The Heights

Michael Osaghae and Tiffany Brooks: Intentionality, Innovation, Intersectionality

Timmy Facciola • February 11, 2019

"I believe in the people in UGBC. … Something that isn’t always present at other universities but is here: when communities are targeted we always stand up for each other in solidarity. We always fill those roles.”

‘I started with strangers, and I left with lifelong brothers and sisters’

Brooke Kaiserman • February 3, 2019

"I had friends of all different backgrounds, all different walks of life, and I just felt so committed to the students, to find ways to bring people together wherever I was, [to] solve problems together and have fun together," said Warren.

All On Their Own, Transfer Students Make BC Their Home

Maeve Reilly • January 27, 2019

“I hadn’t heard anything about [students] being placed on Newton Campus until several weeks into the school year. I didn’t know until a student told me," said Director of Transfer Admissions Mary French.

The Sabia Effect

Joan Kennedy • December 23, 2018

"There's never been a time where it's been this easy for someone to think of something from their brain, translate it from their eyes to their hands, shoot something, make something, and express themselves.” Joe Sabia, BC ’06, said. “It's never been easier for people to do it, but it's also never been harder to stand out."

Bischoff’s App, Hamik, Helps Students Hop From Hostel to Hostel

Catherine Levine • December 3, 2018

"We want to offer the kind of trips where you take whiskey shots in the middle of the jungle with 3D printers workers," said Bischoff.

Ray Madoff Makes Sure Money Maneuvers to the Right Pockets

Isabella Cavazzoni • December 3, 2018

Law professor Ray Madoff began her teaching career at BC almost 25 years ago—in what was originally intended to be a one-year appointment.

GlobeMed Helps Eagles Go to India

Maeve Reilly • November 26, 2018

“I’ve always been drawn to vulnerable populations. I don’t have an interest in working for someone who doesn’t really need it.”

Falling Head Over Peels for Recycled Food

Catherine Levine • November 18, 2018

“We weren’t sure if it was the right decision. We were in a tough spot, and although a juice company seems more glamorous than the logistics we’re doing now, looking back at it now it was the only logical choice," Wong said.

Summer Spent on the Hill

Isabella Cavazzoni • November 11, 2018

“For better or worse, internships are still the best way to land a job on the Hill. There’s no better way to meet the people and learn the skills necessary to succeed here,” Mike Demakos, BC '16 said.

Murphy: Sometimes You Have to Wait

Connor Murphy • November 4, 2018

To do The Heights is often to make the mere suburban blip that is BC into the whole world, to zoom in so close that you breathlessly rewrite headlines at 1 a.m. to better capture the most microscopic of details, or reword a caption on page 14 to reflect this rather than that.

Schlozman Shakes Up Political Science Dept. Since ’74

Colleen Martin • November 4, 2018

Schlozman published an article about sexual harassment on college campuses in 1991.

BC Law’s Kent Greenfield on Kavanaugh, Keeping Things FAIR

Maeve Reilly • November 4, 2018

“If you stay silent, over time, it’s easier and easier to stay silent. Or you [can] speak up. It gets easier and easier to speak,” said Greenfield.