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In Response To: "Class Of 2025 Inattentive At Annual Convocation"

In Response To: “Class Of 2025 Inattentive At Annual Convocation”

Letters September 19, 2021

To the Editor: We, students in Professor Sue Roberts’ fall Courage to Know class, are writing to challenge the Sept. 10 Heights article “Class of 2025 Inattentive at Annual Convocation” that...

Lela In Response To: "To Promote Dialogue, Student Organizations Should Not Invite Prejudiced Speakers"

Lela In Response To: “To Promote Dialogue, Student Organizations Should Not Invite Prejudiced Speakers”

Wayne Lela May 28, 2021

So, “Student organizations should not invite discriminatory speakers that ostracize members of the BC community and do not constructively participate in open debate." I guess it's okay to discriminate...

Watts In Response To: "To Promote Dialogue, Student Organizations Should Not Invite Prejudiced Speakers"

Watts In Response To: “To Promote Dialogue, Student Organizations Should Not Invite Prejudiced Speakers”

Hollie Watts May 28, 2021

It is common sense that “To Promote Dialogue, Student Organizations Should Not Invite Prejudiced Speakers,” as The Heights’ Editorial Board wrote on May 3. Unfortunately, Boston College, including...

Leahy’s Leadership Is Not Jesuit: In Response to: “Complaints About Boston College Priest”

Leahy’s Leadership Is Not Jesuit: In Response to: “Complaints About Boston College Priest”

Letters May 27, 2021

During his tenure at Boston College, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., has made a big deal out of living one’s life in accordance with Jesuit values.  Shortly after becoming...

In Response To: "Complaints About Boston College Priest Sent To Leahy And Jesuit Provincial Years Prior To Rape Allegation"

In Response To: “Complaints About Boston College Priest Sent To Leahy And Jesuit Provincial Years Prior To Rape Allegation”

Letters May 3, 2021

Dear Editors: I write this as a huge fan of most things Ignatian. I was lucky to know and be informally mentored by a variety of the fathers at BC and elsewhere. I am not surprised that Dziak and...

University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., Issues Statement in Response to April 26 'Heights' Article

University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., Issues Statement in Response to April 26 ‘Heights’ Article

Letters April 27, 2021
The Heights article of April 26, 2021 describing allegations against Fr. Ted Dziak contains erroneous and irresponsible claims about me and my role as President of Boston College. A response is necessary.
In Response To: "Admitted BC Student Linked To Admissions Scandal"

In Response To: “Admitted BC Student Linked To Admissions Scandal”

Letters March 24, 2021

To the Editor,  I recognize that the article on the admission scandals and cheating presents some important information.  However, I feel that the timing of The Heights release of this...

In Response To: "'Why Is It Only Our Floor?...Why Us?:' Multicultural Learning Floor Vandalized Saturday Morning"

In Response To: “‘Why Is It Only Our Floor?…Why Us?:’ Multicultural Learning Floor Vandalized Saturday Morning”

Letters February 4, 2021

On February 2, The Heights reported on an incident of vandalism in the Boston College residence hall of CLXF on the third floor of Xavier. According to Heights reporting, door decorations were torn off,...

Read The Faculty for Justice's  Open Letter on Anti-Racism Steps BC Should Take

Read The Faculty for Justice’s Open Letter on Anti-Racism Steps BC Should Take

Letters June 25, 2020

The Solidarity Statement and Action Plan below was written, circulated, and signed in advance of University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J.’s letter to the BC community on June 10. The statement...

In Response to "To Be Pro-Life, Be Pro-Climate"

In Response to “To Be Pro-Life, Be Pro-Climate”

Letters February 9, 2020

I pity the one-trick pony. For all he knows, the trick he does is the finest in the world, and he does it with all his might. That’s why I write, on his behalf, in his defense. Even if he knew more...

In Response To: "Faculty Consider Advisory Board for Koch Program"

In Response To: “Faculty Consider Advisory Board for Koch Program”

Letters November 29, 2019

On Nov. 18,  The Heights reported on the potential creation of an advisory board to oversee new political science program(s) funded by the Koch Foundation. In reading the article, I was disappointed...

In Response To: "Preservation Committee Passes Webster Woods Acquisition, City Council to Vote Soon"

In Response To: “Preservation Committee Passes Webster Woods Acquisition, City Council to Vote Soon”

Letters November 27, 2019

It is already quite difficult to speak out against my own school regarding Webster Woods, especially when I want to see it expand and do well, but to see its response in a recent Newton Tab article, among...

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