The Heights

Parkland Students Discuss Gun Control at Harvard

Abby Hunt • March 21, 2018

The forum was titled "#NEVERAGAIN: How Parkland Students are Changing the Conversation on Guns."

Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor Reflects on Spiritual Life

Jaehun Lee • March 20, 2018

Patrick Downes gave the Ignatian Society’s inaugural AMDG (ad maiorem Dei gloriam) Lecture on Monday night.

CSD Advocates to Improve Eagle Escort

Heidi Dong • March 18, 2018

“We’ve been working pretty extensively with the administration from prior to the resolution, I would say,” said Clair Chatellier, the current chair of CSD and MCAS ’19.

International Assistants Help Foreign Students Adjust to Life at BC

Colleen Martin • March 18, 2018

Krissy Malonne, an International Assistant and LSOE ’19, was a freshman when she became friends with an Australian exchange student in one of her classes. He spoke fondly about his IA, and his happiness with the program inspired her to apply for the next year.

Krause Debates Northeastern’s Abrahms on Effectiveness of Terrorism

Abby Hunt • March 18, 2018

“I see us both trying to answer a similar question and kind of snipping off different parts of it, and together you put together kind of the patchwork of the answer,” said Peter Krause.

Students, Faculty Gather for #Enough National School Walkout

Jack Miller • March 15, 2018

The walkout, part of the broader #NeverAgain movement, aimed to make the lives and safety of students a priority in Congress, and ensure that gun violence in schools and communities around the United States ends.

Political Figures Samantha Power, Ed Markey to Lecture at BC

Colleen Martin • March 14, 2018

Samantha Power graduated from Yale University in 1992 and Harvard Law School in 1999, and Ed Markey, a Double Eagle, graduated from BC in 1968 and BC Law in 1972.

Newton City Council Passes Temporary Ban on Recreational Marijuana Establishments

Colleen Martin • March 14, 2018

The ban did included an amendment that shields Garden Remedies, a current medical marijuana facility, from being included in the moratorium.

David Fialkow, BC ’85, Wins Academy Award for ‘Icarus’

Cole Dady • March 7, 2018

“We hope Icarus is a wake-up call—yes, about Russia, but more than that, about the importance of telling the truth, now more than ever,” said producer Bryan Fogel at the Academy Awards.

Farmer and Himes Discuss Friendship, Health Care

Kaitlin Meeks • March 1, 2018

“I knew I had wanted to go into medicine, [but] I had no idea why—Haiti made me know why,” said Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health.

Students for Sexual Health Strategizes Next Move

Abby Hunt • March 1, 2018

“After reviewing the university statement on the referendum and holding preliminary discussions with university administrators, we are dismayed to confirm that the University has no intention of allowing the Students For Sexual Health to distribute contraceptives on campus, despite the overwhelming student need and demand for these resources,” Connor Kratz, MCAS '19, said.

7 Break-Ins Reported at Students’ Off-Campus Residences This Year

Colleen Martin • February 26, 2018

Of the seven break-ins, all were reported to have no signs of forced entry, and four involved the theft of a laptop.