Editorial Articles

Time to create an endowment for service

By Heights Editorial Board
With almost 600 students returning from service trip placements that span the Western Hemisphere, it is hard to deny that Boston College has a culture of service. Issues of ethics, social justice, and solidarity are part of the common parlance on campus, and organizations like the Appalachia Volunteers and Arrupe International Program enjoy wide name recognition and large numbers of participants.

On-campus help for students off campus

By Heights Editorial Board
The creation of the off-campus help e-mail address by the Office of the Dean of Student Development (ODSD) is a step in the right direction toward increasing communication between students and administrators, and providing an official forum through which students can express their concerns about the quality of off-campus life - an important issue in the recent elections for Undergraduate Government of Boston College presidentcy.