“BC’s Catholic heritage gives it permission to ask students to grapple with questions of human fulfillment, a privilege not afforded to secular universities.”
Column, Opinions
Assessing the French Election
“No candidate is perfect, and in almost every election, the ideal politician holds a combination of different forms of policy. If Macron can bring populist energy combined with effective economic policy, and make France inclusive, yet not beholden to the whims of the E.U., then France, Europe, and the world in general will benefit.”
Featured Column, Column, Opinions
Saving Love for the Weekend
“As BC students, we have a million doors open to us. We’re told to pick one, any one, but it must be prestigious and, most of all, it must be fulfilling. What are we to do with that? Sometimes this opportunity feels more like a burden than a gift, and the weight on my shoulders becomes nearly too much to bear.”
Column, Opinions
The Judiciary Attacks Equal Pay
“The Equal Pay Act could broaden its scope to better protect women in the workplace who might suffer from this commonplace business principle.”
Opinions, Column
Authoritarianism in Vogue
“The rise of illiberalism is nothing new, but its resurgence is a tour de force, and a scary one at that. And as President Donald Trump has just received his 100-day report card, we would be wise to consider his similarities with the aforementioned cohort.”
Column, Opinions
Expanding Our Political Perspectives
“Although our first instincts are to argue, dismiss, or ignore the solutions to political problems lie in listening, and asking questions with the goal of gaining a fuller understanding.”
Column, Opinions
Finding Inspiration in Nonprofit Work
“The most important thing that I’ve learned at GrubStreet is that you can be inspired by anyone.”
Column, Opinions
Body Shaming and Social Media
“So what happens when we change our bodies, but the bullying, and inevitable self-bullying, continue?”
Featured Column, Column, Opinions
The End’s Not Near, It’s Here
“For me, it came in all of those things, and in the people who walked home with me from Heights production, in a blizzard, after a 12-hour work session, with snow stinging our faces and catching in our eyelashes, and stars winking at us from above.”
Opinions, Column
How to Change BC for the Better
“The truth is, campus activism works. It may seem like those pesky protests on O’Neill Plaza are just photo-ops for #woke students’ Instagrams, but they can be truly transformative events that change the campus culture.”
