The Heights

LTE: A Response to “Sixteen Minutes at Stokes”

Letters • April 20, 2016

"If this were a flash mob, if we decided to lie in the snow for the Vine, no one would care. But if we do it because we’re passionate about a civil rights issue, because we care about social justice … suddenly it’s against University policy?"

LTE: A Response to “Don’t Let Fear Cast Your Vote”

Letters • April 20, 2016

"Our world may not go up in smoke tomorrow, but it will go up in flames in the future if we don’t change our ways."

LTE: A Response to “BC Faculty Donated Exclusively to Democratic Campaigns in 2014-15”

Letters • April 10, 2016

"I guess freedom of thought is alive and well at BC, as long as the freedom of thought supports the Democratic Party."

LTE: A Response to “Why the Right Must Stop Trump”

Letters • March 3, 2016

A Response to "Why the Right Must Stop Trump"

LTE: A Response to the Election Committee’s Decision

Letters • February 17, 2016

Although the Elections Committee (EC) claims to be an unbiased, nonpartisan group, its decision to limit the UGBC election to two teams is clearly inspired by Bernie Sanders’ argument that “you don’t necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants.”

LTE: A Response Regarding UGBC Debate Changes

Letters • February 14, 2016

"With this in mind, we recommend that the Elections Committee continues to allow student leaders in ALC and GLC to ask questions at the debate. This is not about giving these groups special privileges—it is about ensuring there is equal and adequate representation in the debate."

LTE: A Response to “Eradicate Members Receive Disciplinary Action in Response to Unregistered Protest”

Letters • February 3, 2016

When I first read this article, my initial reaction was to condemn Boston College’s administration for attempting to punish an anti-racism protest. Just more ways that the administration refuses to work...

LTE: A Response to “Winning Over Millennial Republicans”

Letters • February 3, 2016

I read Nicholas Hissong’s Feb. 1 op-ed, “Winning Over Millennial Republicans,” with interest; while I am not sure if I (having been born in 1997) count as a “Millennial” (my dictionary gives...

LTE: Another Response to “Why Bernie Sanders’ Policies Make Sense”

Letters • January 27, 2016

I actually enjoyed Mr. Behrens’s piece; political discourse is always good. Naturally, I don’t agree, either practically or philosophically, and I’ll try to lay out my reasons here.

A Response to “Why Bernie Sanders’ Policies Make Sense.”

Letters • January 24, 2016

It is not surprising to see Boston College students “Feeling the Bern,” but I believe Mr. Behrens’s column supporting Sanders misses a few points.

LTE: A Letter On Institutional Racism

Letters • November 30, 2015

'The thing is, this isn’t about Jack Dunn, or any other individual administrator at BC. It’s about an institution that normalizes and advantages whiteness in policy and in practice.'

LTE: Another Response To The Review Of Big Love

Letters • November 28, 2015

'The article does nothing to promote genuinely intellectual analysis of a piece of art that we struggle to provide to the Boston College community.'