“Her personal and academic accomplishments, along with the work she’s done to assist other children facing similar physical mobility challenges was inspiring to me and to the committee.”
Top Story, Features, Long-term Features, Long-form Features
Creating a Campus for All: Students and Advocacy Groups Push for Greater Accessibility
“It was very difficult to get the administration to commit to it,” Claudio said. “We had a few people, you know, on the lower end of the administration really trying to help us out a lot. The problem was getting the higher-ups to commit to it.”
Arts, iEdit
iEdit: Isabella Pieretti’s Old Soul Peeks Through on Characteristically Contemplative Playlist
Magazine Editor Erin Flaherty underscores Isabella Pieretti’s music taste as reflective and comforting, drawing on legendary musical artists.
iEdit, Arts
iEdit: Natalie Arndt Offers up an Emotional Invitation and a Love Letter to L.A.
Newsletter editor Natalie Arndt crafts a playlist that is simultaneously lively, Americana, romantic, and an ode to her hometown.
Top Story, Features, Long-term Features, Long-form Features
Healing the Catholic Church in the 21st Century: C21 Center Celebrates Two Decades at BC
“I’m also really proud that the center is really looking to the future of the church, being young people with a particular focus,” Kiefer said. “Our commitment to having big conversations about roles and relationships in the church and the Catholic intellectual tradition … and constantly creating new opportunities to engage more people in important conversations about the importance of God.”
Long-form Features, Top Story, Features, Long-term Features
From 1973 to 2022: The Abortion Debate at BC
Across the country and at BC, both abortion-rights and anti-abortion advocates are processing the Dobbs decision, which overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, establishing that the U.S. Constitution does not recognize a federal right to an abortion. Although not physically together on campus, students, alumni, and professors are grappling with what this decision means for the future of abortion in the United States.
Features, Long-term Features, Long-form Features, Title IX
Trials and Transformation: The 50-Year History of Title IX
Title IX—passed on June 23, 1972—prohibits discrimination based on sex within educational programs or activities that receive federal funding in a mere 37 words:
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
Profiles, 2022 Marathon Profiles
Nina Khaghany
“When I got to see Newton, after running all those places, it was just like, I finally made it home,” Khaghany said.
Profiles, 2022 Marathon Profiles
Jack Grady
“It’s definitely a day I’ll never forget,” Grady said. “I felt a lot of love from people I did know and didn’t know.”
2022 Marathon Profiles, Profiles
Caroline Kacha
“Once you get over [Heartbreak Hill] and … you see the place that you’ve been over the last four years—it just kind of was a sigh of relief,” Kacha said. “Honestly, I can’t even put into words how amazing it was to kind of just see all the people that I’ve spent my entire four years here with just there supporting me.”
