The Heights

George Lucas vs. the People

Matthew BeDugnis • January 31, 2016

While Disney can logically buy the rights to use these figments of Lucas’ imagination, one wonders whether true ownership has been transferred at all.

Visiting Nicaragua: The Bitter Reality

Michelle Kang • January 27, 2016

Our week in Managua was not a vacation, nor was it a service trip—it was a much-needed encounter with the real world. We came back feeling bitter, furious, and woken-up.

A 1/292 Chance of Being Happy?

John Miotti • January 27, 2016

We are so desperate to improve the quality of our lives—our happiness—that we unconsciously ignore the numbers. It is our innate hope that creates optimists instead of realists.

In Support of the Iran Nuclear Deal

Conor Sheehy • January 27, 2016

While it is not a perfect solution, it is plain to see that the deal achieves the primary goal of the international community: preventing Iran from building nuclear weapons, and preventing a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

A Broad Perspective: Memories From a Semester at Home

James Lucey • January 24, 2016

People often hear stories of juniors who studied abroad. But what about the juniors who decided to stay at BC?

This is Holy Ground: A Message to the Class of 2016

Nick Genovese • January 24, 2016

Nick Genovese muses over the holy mission of Boston College and offers words of advice to the Class of 2016.

Mental Health and the Got Time? Campaign

Sean Sudol • January 24, 2016

Rather than fault students for their temporal mismanagement, the Got Time? campaign should consider how modern education reinforces and ingrains a lifestyle that leads to increasing mental unwellness.

Defending the Foodstagram

Valerie Cherbero • January 24, 2016

Food does more than just physically sustain us—it provides comfort, connection, and perhaps even love. It can bridge any cultural gap and forge bonds between anyone willing to prepare a dish or take a bite. Instagram facilitates this relationship, allowing the emotional bonds of the dinner table to preserve in an increasingly globalized world.

Pushing Back Populism in the 2016 Elections

Chase Schaub • January 24, 2016

America must resist the temptation of populism and unify behind a rational candidate. It is true that this election cycle lacks extremely strong candidates, but some more moderate ones are capable of leading our nation.

The Effects of BC Exceptionalism

John Wiley • January 21, 2016

To “Eradicate Boston College Racism,” as the campus’s most recent wave of student activism has urged us to do, demands we investigate the very architecture of a BC education. This certainly extends to policy and curriculum decisions made at the top, but it does not stop there.

Confronting Your True Self

MG Wilson • January 21, 2016

Like so many other well-meaning BC students, I had become over-involved, trapped in that room of mirrors in an effort to play every role.

Why Bernie Sanders’ Policies Make Sense

Josh Behrens • January 21, 2016

The ‘socialist’ policies of Bernie Sanders make economic sense. His proposals will save money, increase the freedom of businesses, and encourage entrepreneurship.