By Michelle Kaczmarek / Assistant Features EditorFor free: 52-inch high-definition TV.
Sound too good to be true? Welcome to the world of dumpster diving. There are no pushy salesmen, no coupons, and no cardboard boxes containing assembly instructions. No shopping carts are necessary and no metal detectors frame the doors at the entrance to warn shoplifters.
By Lauren Viola
It seems difficult for many of us to imagine, in the midst of a tailgate in the Mods, being thrown into the air 21 times after Boston College's third touchdown, or while watching the marching band's halftime show, that the entire student body may not be in the stands singing "For Boston" alongside us.
By Kirk Avery
The upcoming 2008 general election has incited a surge of political activism among students at Boston College. Whether you're in the classroom or hanging out with friends, politics is becoming a more frequently discussed topic. So what is it about this election that the recent surge can be attributed to?
Firstly, the heightened political awareness and involvement at BC is part of a nation-wide spike in voting among America's youth.
By Diana C. Nearhos / Assistant Layout EditorThree weeks ago, families descended on Newton and Upper campuses to drop off their new students. Mothers made beds, tucking the sheets in tightly, not wanting to leave their babies just yet. Fathers helped re-arrange the few pieces of furniture multiple times, until it was just perfect for their kids.
By Dean Praetorius / Online EditorThere aren't a lot of classes at Boston College where students enjoy hearing their professor scream and shout for 50 minutes. But no one complains when Seth Jacobs, a professor in the history department, gets up to the podium in McGuinn 121 three times a week.
By Jaclyn Bernstein / Heights Senior StaffOne day in August, I decided to go on a diet - an information diet. I had had enough. Frankly, I was exhausted. The sheer glut of "news" entering my system each day was making me torpid, tired, and overwhelmed. Why did I feel the need for so much information?
Because, I felt, it wasn't enough to read a single newspaper each day - not when there was an election in Zimbabwe, a presidential primary in New Hampshire, and an earthquake in China, all unfolding or waiting-to-unfold or already-unfolded-and-waiting-to-be-analyzed.
By Maddy Rodriguez
So I'm taking the LSAT on Oct. 4, and according to various conversations I've had or overheard, so are about 1,000 other people on this campus. Yes, in less than two short weeks, practically half of the senior class will sit in a freezing cold room with a giant clock for several hours answering questions that their college education has in no way prepared them for.
By Jason Ng
Maybe I'm having the senior year blues, or maybe I'm just getting nervous, but I can't help but feel a little down that my experience here at BC is already reaching its final stages. But I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way. Some like to deal with this anxiety by partying like there's no tomorrow, maybe because they can't fathom what post-college life might be like without 30s of Natty Light or handles of cheap, nameless vodka.
By Molly Griffin
It looks like autumn, it feels like autumn, the school bus on my street sounds like autumn, yet I am still at home, working during the day and watching TV at night. There's no homework, no class time, no dorm room, and most distressingly, no Ireland yet.
My new academic year starts a month later than at Boston College, which means that while all of my friends have already settled into their off-campus apartments, I'm waiting around with half-packed bags, biting my nails over how many roommates I will have, never mind whether they're going to like me or not.
By Jeremy Chow
10 a.m. Wake up.
10:10 a.m. Shower.
11:15 a.m. Leave my off-campus apartment and walk the 25 minutes to Carney. (Never regretted my English major more.)
3 p.m. Finish classes, trudge back to my apartment and change for the Plex
Finally, I throw on my headphones and jog back to campus.
By Janet Rutledge
Published in The Heights on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2001
Over 550 people crowded aboard The Odyssey for the Midnight Boat Cruise. The event, a two-hour cruise around Boston Harbor, was sponsored by the AHANA Leadership Council (ALC) of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College.
Spring Break
