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To Be as Still as the Shoe Shining Man: Part One

Emmbrooke Flather • September 30, 2025

Years ago, I was lucky enough to learn a lesson that takes most people an entire lifetime to discover: the most significant factor contributing to our happiness are the people we choose to surround...

Shifting Power Dynamics: A New Defense Agreement in the Middle East

Jose Garcia • September 28, 2025

Defense umbrellas have long been a hallmark in alliance formation, with nuclear protection serving as the most powerful deterrent in international agreements. Recently, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed...

The Highland View: Anemoia

Amelia Glover • September 28, 2025

Last week, I sat huddled in an unfamiliar kitchen with seven new friends, watching the finale of a show I had never watched before. Everything was entirely new, yet I somehow felt perfectly at home. I confess, I’d never had much interest in watching The Summer I Turned Pretty —I always thought it to be too cliche.

Finding My Oasis

Makayla Hickey • September 21, 2025

I choked back tears as the glass doors to Heathrow Airport slid open in front of me, an invisible barrier about to split my life down the center. Four months had flown by in the blink of an eye, and, somehow, my long-dreaded departure from London had finally arrived.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of 9/22

September 21, 2025

Welcome to the 2025–26 school year, Eagles! At this point, we’re four weeks in, so the shiny and new is starting to become old and dull. In the grand scheme of things, however, it’s still just the beginning.

If You Can Argue in the Comments, You Can Publish in ‘The Heights’

The Heights Editorial Board • September 21, 2025

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, The Heights published an op-ed—a guest opinions piece sent to us by a member of the Boston College community—on the murder and its implications for free...

A Study Of Mornings

Lucia Hernandez • September 21, 2025

My September mornings at Boston College have, so far, all begun with the loud, incessant beeping of trucks unloading by Walsh Hall. Then, the morning light will pierce the gap between my curtain and bed, dyeing my room with shifting shades of gold.

Letting It Soak

Jaya Gautam • September 21, 2025

I arrived at my quaint, two-unit house on Gerald Road a couple of weeks ago with high hopes for the semester ahead. Since I was a consistent loser in the BC housing lottery, this house was a major upgrade from the traditional double I had lived in for the past two years. I spent all summer fantasizing about sharing a kitchen and bathroom with fewer than 30 people.

The Sin of Silence

Catherine May • September 13, 2025

Several American institutions have forever ruined their reputation by folding to the Trump Administration. This past July, Columbia University, for example, agreed to pay a $200 million settlement to the...

Charlie Kirk, Boston College, and the U.S. Free Speech Crisis

Skyler Safriet • September 10, 2025

News broke Wednesday afternoon that conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot in broad daylight at a Turning Point USA campus engagement event at Utah Valley University.

The U.S. Rewrites Its Mineral Playbook

Jose Garcia • May 5, 2025

Mining has become a focal point of the Trump administration's agenda. It has continuously emphasized the significance of the natural resource industry since January, evidenced in both the proposed Ukraine deal and the potential acquisition of Greenland. Both acquisitions are being evaluated not only for their strategic significance to the United States, but also for the immense mineral value embedded in their land.

Period Poverty on a Privileged Campus

Elizabeth Pozniakova • May 5, 2025

We’ve all had at least one period-related trauma. I’m willing to bet my quarter (that I’d need for an empty dispenser, so it’s useless anyway) that this trauma ensued from a lack of preparedness. As much as I’d love to be considered a “period fairy,” with an arsenal of cotton products and medications in my backpack for the battleground that is my uterus every month, it is more my style to frantically ask strangers for tampons when the time comes.