The Heights

Frontis Reflects on Behind-the-Scenes Progress at BC

Jack Miller • November 5, 2018

Taraun Frontis stepped into his new position at UGBC following a term as the chair of the AHANA+ Leadership Council. Throughout his time in UGBC, he’s helped to push two major initiatives: DiversityEdu and the recently-released Student Experience Survey.

Moore Hopes to Expand Open Dialogue on Campus

Abby Hunt • November 5, 2018

A year after the “Silence is Still Violence” demonstrations, Joy Moore, interim vice president for student affairs, is looking to continue opening the dialogue around diversity and inclusion

Jean-Charles Encourages Continued Student Activism

Abby Hunt • November 5, 2018

One year ago, romance languages and literatures and African and African Diaspora Studies professor Régine Jean-Charles told students at the Silence is Still Violence march to take the emotions they were feeling and channel them into activism.

CSOM Recruiting Trends Shift After Goldman, JPMorgan Decisions

Jack Goldman • November 5, 2018

Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase won’t participate in business school recruiting of sophomores, according to the Wall Street Journal. Last year, recruiting for the summer of 2019 opened during the spring semester for sophomores.

Lynch School of Education to Undergo Name Change

Abby Hunt • November 5, 2018

The Lynch School of Education is changing its name to the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, effective this January.

Student Assembly Adds Representation for International, Transfer Students

Nate Hiriak • November 1, 2018

UGBC unanimously voted to pass a resolution to its constitution that converts two of its pre-existing seats into seats for international and transfer students.

Conduct and Student Rights Chair Looks to Increase Accountability

Nate Hiriak • October 29, 2018

While this may be the first year Kalkidan Tadesse, the chair of the UGBC’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and MCAS ’21, is a part of UGBC, it is far from her first time getting campus-wide change initiated.

Eishingdrelo Eyes Minor Improvements to Campus Life

Nate Hiriak • October 29, 2018

Alex Eishingdrelo, the new chair of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College’s Campus Improvements Committee and MCAS ’20, wants to focus on small, tangible refinements that students at BC can really experience.

Political Affiliation Protections Fail in Student Assembly Vote

Samantha Karl • October 28, 2018

A motion to add “political affiliation” as an identity protected under Section 5 of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College Constitution failed to pass in the Student Assembly (SA) last Tuesday.

Obama EPA Head Talks Trump Environmental Policy

Scott Baker • October 28, 2018

Gina McCarthy, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Obama administration, came to speak at Boston College on Tuesday in the wake of recent rollbacks by the Trump Administration of many Obama-era EPA policies.

Simmons Reflects on #LoveWITHAccountability Movement

Emily Browder • October 28, 2018

Aishah Shahidah Simmons, a black lesbian feminist and award-winning producer, writer, and director of NO! The Rape Documentary, spoke about her personal experience of childhood sexual violence and its impact on her life and professional career.

Solnit Speaks on the Violence Behind Voicelessness

Celia Carbone and Nestoras Apodiakos • October 28, 2018

Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit spoke on the silencing of women and altering of reality in the context of today’s political climate on Wednesday evening.