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COLUMN: The Trials And Travails Of Abroad

Kimberly Crowley • December 9, 2013

As a senior who studied abroad in the spring of last year, I am reaching that point of the semester where I am starting to feel nostalgic for my time abroad, and with that nostalgia comes a memory of the anticipation and nervousness I felt around this time just a year ago.

COLUMN: Coming To Understand Humility

Kwesi Aaron • December 9, 2013

"Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting." So wrote William Shakespeare, and in addition, unknowingly gave license for people to indulge in centuries of arrogance and egotism.

Deck The Halls For The Holidays

Nathan Bubes • December 9, 2013

Even if you have a single room and are the only one who will ever see it, a successful Boston College campus requires everyone to have the Christmas spirit.

Dec. 9 Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

TU/TD • December 9, 2013

Thumbs Up Christmas tree lighting - Well, it's officially that time of year again. Thanksgiving has come and gone and now it is officially okay to start playing Christmas music. Yes, we know that some...

LTE: BC Loses By Closing Campus School

Letters • December 9, 2013

A friend of mine, on his first visit to Boston College, said that the place resembled a kind of academic "eugenics camp"-filled with healthy, eager, gifted, energetic, well-scrubbed, "beautiful" people....

News, Drugs, And A Life Of Love

Samantha Costanzo • December 9, 2013

I tell people all the time that The Heights is like a drug. It's like Tylenol or antibiotics-it fixes what hurts.

LTE: Campus School Should Not Be Dissolved

Letters • December 9, 2013

The wonderful entity that is Campus School should not be dissolved by Administrative intentions, (however guided), to force the program off-campus.

LTE: WRC Works Hard To Address Body Image

Letters • December 9, 2013

As the first member of my family, and one of the only students from my high school, to attend Boston College, I wasn't sure what to expect coming in for my freshman year. I remember sitting down for the...

COLUMN: Student In College?

Lucy Smukler • November 20, 2013

By: Lucy Smukler

You roll over in bed, and look at the clock. In the warmth and darkness of your double, you read the numbers 1-0-3-0. It's 10:30 a.m. on a Saturday, and you have to start drinking in an hour.

COLUMN: Collegiate Nomads

Lucy Smukler • October 30, 2013

By: Lucy Smukler

I'll be honest, sometimes I dread coming back to school. It's not that I hate Boston College or wish I was back in high school, but I always seem to struggle with the transition between school and home.

Why Bartending Is The Best Job Ever

Alexia LaFata • October 23, 2013

The soundtrack of the greatest summer of my life: pint glasses of Sam Adams Summer Ale clanging against wooden surfaces, Bruins hockey sticks scraping against the ice on flat screen TVs, guitar riffs of '80s rock songs blasting from the jukebox, and the shake-shake-shaking and mix-mix-mixing of blueberry mojitos and a million rum-and-cokes.

COLUMN: The Elephant In The Room

Lucy Smukler • October 2, 2013

By: Lucy Smukler

I'm psyched to see that BC and OHP are taking steps to draw attention to such prevalent health issues as eating disorders, but I've noticed a substantial gap. What about counseling services?