Features Articles

Kissing and telling: dating part of BC class

By Elizabeth Flock
By Elizabeth Flock For The Heights In physics, vertices are defined as those points where particles collide and interact. At Boston College, they provide the name for a seminar taught by Kerry Cronin, the director of the Lonergan Center at Bapst Library.

Pledging to make BC green

By Molly S. Griffin
By Molly S. Griffin For The Heights Things are looking a little greener around Boston College this year thanks to EcoPledge. Though the environmentally conscious group is not new, its current officers have recently taken great strides to spread the word about a sustainable campus in the school's future.

PEPs allow students to choose classes wisely wiselylhestudents

By Charles Kelliher
By Charles Kelliher For The Heights That time has come once again: course registration. It is a process that each Boston College student must undergo, a stressful one that requires thought, inquiry, and planning. Perhaps the biggest concern for choosing a potential class is the nagging question of selecting a professor.

He Said / She Said

Lisa Cook & Ryan Lopez

By Eric Procopio / Heights Contributor
I started seeing a girl last year, and it's been a number of months now. Things are going great, but I've been talking with my old girlfriend from high school who wants to come visit me in Boston. She is a great friend and I want to see her, plus she has a new boyfriend, so there's probably no lingering feelings.

The World Record: Quito, Ecuador

By Kerry Moynihan
By Kerry Moyninan Heights Staff Traveling in Ecuador is cheap and generally very simple. The bus I take to school costs 25 cents. A cab across Quito costs about $2. A roundtrip flight from Quito to one of the other major cities is around $100. The low cost of travel, combined with the fact that Ecuador is an enchanting and beautiful country, makes it popular among tourists.

College Connections: Brains or Bluto?: The scheduling dilemma of senior spring

By Steven Keppler / Heights Senior Staff
One of the more fateful weeks in a college semester is upon us - registration week. As I was trying to consider how I wanted to spend my last academic semester, I began looking for advice in many forms, the only relevant one being a viewing of Animal House.

First Impressions: Staying in touch with that other family

By Zachary Thompson
College is supposed to be your home away from home. You move in, you bring things that are important to you, and you settle into your new place of residence. You learn the habits of people you live with and those that live on your floor, and you learn the tiny intricacies of where you live, just like you would at your house.

Alumni Profile: Jim Centorino, BC '71, returns to play national anthem

By George Toth-Demetriade
By George Toth-Demetriade For The Heights On Sept. 8, thousands of fans gathered to witness a display of talent by several Boston College-bred athletes at Alumni Stadium. While processions of tardy tailgaters stumbled in from the Mods, few of the fans realized that in arriving late, they may have missed the most prolific talent present in Chestnut Hill that day.

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