The Heights

Ambrosia for the Ears

Brooke Kaiserman • October 29, 2018

“I’m in music because I like to connect to people. And that’s the vehicle through which I do it. … It’s the connections that I’ve been able to have, the heart-to-heart and soul-to-soul connections with so many people that comes from really great music-making that is what drove me to it and what keeps me inspired," Ambrose said.

Gabrielle Oliveira Tells the Stories Between the Statistics

Andrea Pita • October 28, 2018

“She’s brought a much-needed visibility to anthropology as a sort of important field that attunes us in education around the people and movement in the context … of all the work we do,” said John Wargo.

‘If You Build It, They Will Come’: McCartney Rebuilds Communities

Simran Brar • October 22, 2018

“It was just the most shocking thing I had ever seen,” McCartney said as she recalled arriving in the devastated New Orleans. “To see that level of destruction and devastation ... helped me realize that this whole system of disaster recovery and response in our country, at the time, was really broken.”

Less Capitalism, More Catholicism: Andrew Vaccaro and the Young Democratic Socialists of BC

Timmy Facciola • October 21, 2018

"... people are worth more than just being animals. People have an inherent worth that is elevated by their connection to God," said Vaccaro.

Fifty Years Since the Summer of ’69 and The Society of Jesus

Dan Carroll • October 15, 2018

“The question is how are you most effectively going to engage with the political structures and political like, and I think again, dialogue, engagement, participation, and sometimes confrontation,” Von Arx said.

The Power of Theatre: From Entertaining to ‘Inspiring Radical Change’

Catherine Levine • October 15, 2018

"Theatre can do anything from entertain to inspiring radical change. That is the power of the craft,” said Maurice Emmanuel Parent, this year's Monan Professor in Theatre Arts at BC.

Weiskott Brings Medieval Times to Students’ Fingertips

Simran Brar • October 15, 2018

Middle English, Medieval Literature, and the 14th Century’s customs and intricacies may seem inaccessible and irrelevant to students in 2018, but Erik Weiskott (Twitter verified professor and media-extraordinaire) proves that notion wrong.

The Common Denominator

Joan Kennedy • September 30, 2018

“When you talk basketball, it's hard to have a conversation with alums without talking about Jared Dudley,” Martin Jarmond, Director of Athletics, said.

A Sharp Left on the Journey to Joy

Colleen Martin • September 23, 2018

“I knew it was for some greater purpose that I wasn’t going to ESPN,” Genovese said.

Between Matisse and Monet, Hang a Portrait of Madonna

Abby Hunt • September 23, 2018

“[Maura’s] observations on musical culture are really eye-opening. It has changed a lot of the ways that I’ve thought about different types of music, especially pop music and popular music," said Nick Benevenia, BC '14.

More Than Just Extra Melanin: My Life Through Freckles

Joan Kennedy • September 23, 2018

"At the end of the visit the dermatologist always sends me away with a mission that extends my apprehension: Keep watching that freckle for irregularities," said Joan of a perfectly normal a freckle on her hip that she keeps freaking out about.

Future Veterinarian Aboukhater Flees Aleppo, Interns in Belize

Brooke Kaiserman • September 16, 2018

“I do always think I want to at some point go back home and help in any way possible. Never live there again, I would say, because I believe that history repeats itself, and I don’t want to have my children or grandchildren go through what I went through—but definitely go back and help and give back, because I got something from there that’s a huge part of me,” said Jude Aboukhater, MCAS '20.