The Heights

Black Women Matter Initiative Cultivates Black Joy and Community at Boston College

Ernest Romero and Carina Murphy • February 19, 2024

“This was someone's big idea … and now it's become something that's tangible and possible,” Louis said. “BC has incredible resources—use those resources. Come up with the idea and make the plan.”

Eagles Down the Aisle: Some BC Alumni Return to Campus To Get Married

Spencer Steppe and Lyla Walsh • February 14, 2024

“It’s such a special place to both of us and just to be married there was even more special, and have all the people around who we cared about, and try to do all those little traditions from Boston College and bring that into our wedding as well,” Erin said.

Note-Taking vs. NYT Games: Student Engagement in the Classroom

Beth Verghese • November 19, 2023

“Both lecturing and discussion-based classes work, just as a professor you have to find your own authentic way of teaching,” Serazio said. “But if either side is not bringing energy, focus, curiosity, and passion, that doesn't work. It has to be both.”

Maroon, Gold, and Green: The Divestment Debate at BC

Eliza Hernandez and Ernest Romero • November 13, 2023

“Keep talking,” Landrigan said. “Keep impressing on the elders the importance of the issue. The fact that your generation is going to have to live with [climate change] for a lot longer than we do. And keep making the argument that climate change has to be taken seriously, especially in a Jesuit Catholic University.”

Maroon, Gold, and Green: A Look Into Sustainability Initiatives on the Heights

Eliza Hernandez and Ernest Romero • November 5, 2023

“Sustainability is going to be so important going forward,” Ryan said. “It doesn't matter what your career interest is, or, you know, your individual interests—It's going to apply to so many different disciplines, so I think it's important for students to view it as something they should be paying attention to and being proactive about.”

The Age of AI Anxiety: Academia Adapts to Technological Advancements

Henry Reichman • November 5, 2023

“How we evaluate our kids is really, really subjective at times, and we really don't know the right way forward—and [AI] is quite a disruption," Blanco said. "I think by definition, exams are not authentic assessments. In the sense that when you graduate and go to your jobs, you're not going to be taking an exam, right? You're going to have to demonstrate what you know, through your ability to produce things.”

New Neighbors and Noise Negotiations: A Look Into the Relationship Between Off-Campus Students and Local Residents

Erin Flaherty and Eliza Hernandez • October 22, 2023

“We also remind the students that they're moving into a community—a hard working community where people are,” Boyle said. "It's not college life. You know, it's not the Mods.”

Amid BC’s Jesuit, Catholic Tradition, Non-Catholic Students Build Their Own Communities

Eliza Hernandez • September 24, 2023

“I never felt like the stigma of ‘Oh, they’re going to try to make me Catholic,’ which I think is good,” Bail said. “I’m still Hindu and confident in my own beliefs, but I’ve also been able to engage in Christianity while sharing that Hindu part of myself as well with others.”

After Top Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions, What’s Next for Boston College?

Eliza Hernandez and Erin Flaherty • August 22, 2023

“I just felt a little, you know, disappointed that sadly, now a reality is going to be that now there might be even less of a population of students who look like me or come from similar backgrounds as me,” Beato said. “And there's going to be even less of a population of that in schools that are already predominantly white.”

Navigating a College Experience With an “Asterisk”: The Class of 2023 Reflects on Shifted BC Culture, Identity During COVID-19

Eliza Hernandez, Spencer Steppe, and Karyl Clifford • April 30, 2023

Like many Boston College seniors hoping to take full advantage of their remaining days on the Heights, Kristen Donnelly said she and her friends have a bucket list to tackle before graduation. This...

Tragedy, Recovery, and Community: Recounting and Reflecting 10 Years After the Boston Marathon Bombing

Erin Flaherty, Beth Verghese, and Spencer Steppe • April 16, 2023

“In this weird twist of fate, out of something that was so evil and destructive, I got this glimpse into the really compassionate depths of humans,” Downes said. “It has supercharged me at times when I would otherwise have been really quite down and out. So I would love to find a way to bottle that all up and be able to give it to other people in their times of need as well.”

The Absence of Abstinence: Students Reflect on Sex Culture and Policy at BC

Erin Flaherty, Beth Verghese, and Spencer Steppe • February 14, 2023

“At the end of the day, they're just turning a blind eye to something that's obviously happening on campus,” Parra said. “So I think that that is a very ignorant way of treating a student body.”