“It was not until several years after living in the U.S. that the first seed of doubt was planted.”
“How Do You Procrastinate?”
In this Thursday’s edition of ‘Voices from the Dustbowl,’ we asked students how they procrastinate. [aesop_gallery id=”122112″] Featured Image by Margaux Eckert / Heights Staff
LTE: An Alumni Response to “Parking Sign Defaced With Anti-Gay Slur”
“Following an act of homophobic vandalism on Boston College’s campus, a letter to University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., was organically circulated among BC alumni. In just five days, the letter was signed by over 1,000 alumni from 38 different classes spanning over 50 years (1963-2016), and from 42 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 19 countries on six continents.”
After ‘Silence is Violence’ March, BC Must Make a Choice
“Balancing these pressures, the administration has a moral imperative to condemn these hateful actions and not allow the issue to fester.”
LTE: Another Response to “Parking Sign Defaced With Anti-Gay Slur”
Community Confession I am the sixth leaf falling from the tree. And I am the grass pushing up each spring. But the tree contains more than just one leaf, And the lawn stretches beyond everything. We contain multitudes: we can be large. I am large: I fear but I hope each day That every bud…
“What Is One Food You Would Never Eat?”
In this Monday’s edition of ‘Voices from the Dustbowl,’ we asked students what one food they would never eat is. [aesop_gallery id=”121881″] Featured Image by Margaux Eckert / Heights Staff
The Best Four Years of Your Life: A TU/TD Exploration of Loss and Congestion
TU/TD eviscerates falsehoods and oversimplifications in the best piece of writing you’ve seen since the last TU/TD.
Crossing the Divide in the Plex
“Or maybe it was because I had never been initiated into the increasingly obvious boy’s club, the club that encourages deadlifts and pull-ups and cold, metallic weights. I had been initiated into a different club, one with calorie counting and cardio. The boundary between these two clubs seemed impenetrable.”
Learning Unity in the United States
“To me, patriotism is endearing because what people are expressing pride in is something intangible, an idea that makes them American.”
Conservative or Liberal? You Can’t be Both
“That this coupling could exist harmoniously in theory is unlikely and in practice impossible. Indeed, the dissonance and mismatch of these incongruent ideals are jarring and cacophonous.”