It so easy to avoid real conversations about movies by separating “art” from “entertainment.” This is just a symptom of our ironic detachment from any substantial conversation.
Column, Opinions
For The Smaller Issues, It Can Be Difficult To Discuss Policy
When the grievances are not that serious, it becomes difficult to have a conversation about policy and how sometimes implementation is what’s important.
Column, Opinions
The Scary Truth About Meatball Obsession
A note found in the bushes tells the true story behind Meatball Obsession.
Opinions, Column
Every Man For Himself And BC Against All
By: Nate Fisher
There is nothing like Arts Fest to remind us of the administration’s great sham. Arts Fest is a bait-and-switch that the Boston College higher-ups put on to trick visiting families into thinking this school cares one iota about its clubs.
Column, Opinions
Received Wisdom
By: Nate Fisher
This column is a conversation with Old Nate, a continuation of my first piece about the recent changes made to the Boston College campus and the messages those changes send. Stokes Hall is the most high-profile of these changes. Everyone and his or her mother loves it, with its overwhelming eager-to-please-ness. But hey, this country was founded on the sweeping rejection of received wisdom, so with that in mind, here’s another take.
Column, Opinions
The Devil Filed Into Conte
By: Nate Fisher
Three young men sit in the stands watching a hockey game. For the two seniors, it’s their final game at Conte-the last of many. Their conversation is resigned and detached-Boston College goes on to lose this game and faint worry is only just starting to set in. Mostly, the three young men make big pronouncements, each pronouncement anchored in the 20/20 hindsight of old age. They’re seated pretty high up.
Column, Opinions
Watching Us Watch ’12 Years A Slave’
By: Nate Fisher
Steve McQueen leapt up and down like a punk rocker when he won Best Picture. “I hate that guy,” I said. And so another awards season came and went. It was a foregone conclusion, really. Prettified movies about “important” subjects are eternal shoo-ins for Academy Awards.
Column, Opinions
COLUMN: Introduction To Politics
By: Nate Fisher
Piles of fliers are being dragged down hallways around Lower Campus, and heaved into trash rooms engorged on this wasted paper. And the knocking, the I-swear-to-God if-it’s-another-one-of-them, the knocking quite literally hits home. UGBC election season is back.
Column, Opinions
COLUMN: In Defense Of Concrete
By: Nate Fisher
Our time at Boston College is defined by construction projects-Stokes Hall, St. Mary’s, Shea Field, and many others. This column is about design, in particular why the current designs of O’Neill Plaza and the Quad demand more scrutiny than they’ve had up to this point.
