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Letter to the Editor: In Response to: “Koch Foundation Offers Funding for Political Science”

Letters • November 18, 2019

When The Heights reported news of the Boston College political science department receiving funding from the Koch Foundation, the reaction was unsurprising. Yet, I question those who express concern that...

Letter to the Editor: In Response to “BC Republicans’ Choice to Invite Klavan Unproductive, Needlessly Divisive”

Letters • November 18, 2019

Throughout my four years at Boston College, The Heights alternated from being vaguely, if superciliously, tolerant of those critical of its left-wing editorial stance—to being unduly belligerent of...

In Response to: “To Compete with Top-Ranking Institutions, BC Should Take Koch Foundation’s Funding”

Letters • November 11, 2019

We live in an era of outsize influence of the ultra-wealthy in our institutions. Lobbying has never been so profitable and so widely used. A single large donation to a politician’s campaign often is...

Letter to the Editor: In Response to “Boston College Republicans to Host Speaker With History of Islamophobic Comments”

Letters • November 8, 2019

On Nov. 5, Boston College Republicans brought Andrew Klavan, a prominent journalist, to our campus as a speaker on the topic “The Art of Being Free.” The AHANA+ Leadership Council believes many...

In Response to: “Koch Foundation Offers Funding for Political Science”

Letters • November 4, 2019

To the Editor: I was deeply disappointed to read that the political science department (of which I am a graduate) is considering a proposal to take funding from the Koch Foundation. I...

LTE: In Response to “Leahy Addresses Faculty at Convocation”

Letters • September 5, 2019

We, the members of Climate Justice at Boston College, read the August 29 article about Fr. Leahy’s convocation address with hope. We applaud Fr. Leahy’s stated commitment to BC’s “long-standing...

Letter to the Editor: In Response to “The New England Classic Calls for Abolition of UGBC”

Letters • May 1, 2019

"The vast majority of UGBC’s advocacy work, however, is done by ALC, GLC, and CSD, which is often forgotten in the midst of Senate elections and debates that do nothing for the student body."

Letter to the Editor: In Response to “A Fifty Year Love Story: Jeff and Margaret Flagg”

Letters • April 10, 2019

"You’ve meant so much to me and to all of us who have been in your classes."

Letter to the Editor In Response to: “Upcoming ‘Lies Feminists Tell’ Event Sparks Controversy on Campus”

Letters • March 31, 2019

"The reality is that the title “Lies Feminist Tell” propagates this idea of women lying."

Letter to the Editor: In Response to “LTE: Professors Debate Over Immigration, Border Wall”

Letters • March 31, 2019

"We can do better, and we can start by respecting the facts—and the intelligence of our fellow citizens."

In Response to: “Reactions to ‘Lies Feminists Tell’ Counter Free Speech”

Letters • March 25, 2019

"In my opinion, the event did not promote “respect and empathy” for middle-class, abled, and heterosexual Catholic white women, let alone those of different(/no) genders, races, ethnicities, sexualities, religions, abilities, and socioeconomic backgrounds."

In Response to: “Professors Debate over Immigration, Border Wall”

Letters • March 25, 2019

"In the present world, though, a 1986 Federal law mandated that the border be secured, an achievable goal with present technical and financial resources. "