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An Ode to College Application Season: My “Why BC?” Three Years After Applying

Cameron Walker September 25, 2022
All of the campus visits, carefully crafted supplemental essays, and emails to BC admissions are made in a desperate hope to convey that you’re the “right choice.” But simultaneously, you might try to convince yourself that BC is truly the right place for you. So, three years after applying with two years of college in the rearview mirror, this is my “Why BC.'' To my surprise, it's wildly different from when I applied.
(Paige Stein / Heights Editor)

Normalize Fanfiction

Evelyn Knouse September 18, 2022
I will say it loud and proud: I love fanfiction. You can find smut and fluff, G-rated content and R-rated content, and everything in between. There are works that are fewer than 500 words and longer than 500,000 words.
(Paige Stein / Heights Editor)

My Internship Made Me Feel Like Sh—

Alexa Piedra September 18, 2022
I gained more from my internship by realizing that although college is kind of like playing pretend, the feelings we experience are very real, so we shouldn’t take them lightly. Addressing what you feel is needed and will make you feel more secure about experiences out in the real world. 
(Paige Stein / Heights Editor)

VRoom VRoom: Oh Listen It’s the Sound of the Simulation Taking Over

Alli Hargrove September 18, 2022
Virtual reality makes me nauseous. But not like the nauseous I get after challenging my stomach to another night of BC dining—it’s more like the nauseous I get when I feel impending doom...
(Liz Schwab / Heights Editor)

Why You (Probably) Hate Vomiting Ducks

Benjamin Burke September 11, 2022
I found it a curious sign of our times that when I emailed the former president of the Boston College Republicans, a student group on campus, to invite an interview to speak on free speech and other issues, their president, Thomas Sarrouf, expressed hesitancy.  It was not an unexpected response. I suppose I may be the sort of person to whom they would be wary of speaking with.
A Polite F—k You to the Institutions

A Polite F—k You to the Institutions

Alexa Piedra May 1, 2022

It’s hard to encapsulate the emotions, thoughts, and feelings that occur during your first year of college. I’m not eager to answer the question “how was college?'' because at that moment I know...

Thumbs up Thumbs Down: Week of May 2

Thumbs up Thumbs Down: Week of May 2

Opinions May 1, 2022

Thumbs Up: Room Number Nicknames Nothing is more wholesome or community-based than referring to a group of people by the number of the room that they currently live in. From 406 to 302 to 113,...

Your Glee Horoscope

Your Glee Horoscope

Evelyn Knouse May 1, 2022

Many of us have had the amazing, unique, and yet unfortunate experience of watching Glee. Lots of words could be used to describe the show, but honestly, I must say that it slayed—it’s the first and...

Canceling Student Loan Debt is the Right Thing to Do

Canceling Student Loan Debt is the Right Thing to Do

Sophie Carter April 24, 2022

When thinking about what I wanted to write about for my last political column before I graduate, I had no shortage of options—among the war in Ukraine, the proliferation of efforts to restrict the rights...

Thinking Outside the House

Thinking Outside the House

Alli Hargrove April 24, 2022

There is something so ethereal about eating fruit in the sun. Strawberries specifically, in my opinion, but it doesn’t really matter which fruit. I have the biggest—and I cannot emphasize this enough—soft...

Stop Casually Using the Word Depression

Stop Casually Using the Word Depression

Evelyn Knouse April 24, 2022

This column contains descriptions of one person’s experience with depression and other mental health related struggles which some readers may find upsetting. If you or someone you know is in distress,...

Goodbye and A Guy Named Steve

Goodbye and A Guy Named Steve

Grace Christenson April 10, 2022

We’ve arrived, inevitably, at the end of things. Three years and thousands of words have all been building to this moment: my final column. There are a few dozen versions of this where I rehash the...

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