Over the summer, BC revised its sexual misconduct policy to define important terms, such as “consent,” and to change the model of investigation and adjudication of sexual assault cases. These changes are improvements in the University’s policy.
Opinions, Column
Behind A Wall Of Anonymity, Our Worst Tendencies Come Forth (Or, Our Sacrifice To The Yak-Gods)
We are capable of awful thoughts, and anonymous message board such as Yik Yak give us the ability to voice those thoughts without any consequences. That does not make it good for us.
Opinions, Editorials
Augmenting Elementary Education In The Arts With Student Volunteers
Mentorship Through the Arts, a volunteer program founded by junior Meredith Smith, helps local public schools provide an arts education by putting BC students in art workshops for K-4 students, a valuable service for schools that have seen arts funding cut.
Opinions, Column, Featured Column
Inflating My Ego: Easy As Pie
I love making and sharing apple pies, but it isn’t quite what it seems. It’s not about being generous. It’s about inflating my ego, and it works very well.
Opinions, Column
Ghost Stories, Mysticism, And Our Love Of The Unreal
In a way unlike all other stories, ghost stories allow us to suspend reality and see things in a dark and twisted manner. It sparks a sense of mysticism in us that we don’t otherwise see in the world and that is something we desire.
Opinions, Column
Hiding Out In Fulton With Pumpkins
It’s been a rough week for the world. Two great men recently died, we heard Nickleback’s “Photograph” voluntarily played, and everyone is making way to big of a deal over “Taylor Swift’s” tweet. That’s okay, we’ll always have pumpkin-flavored food and beverages and conference rooms.
Column
Learn First, Lead Second
At a school that grooms students to be future leaders, it is necessary to first take the time to step back, check your privilege and bias, and realize that in order to lead we first must learn how to listen, observe, and follow.
Opinions, Editorials
An Improved Outlook For The Campus School
After a semester of tense relations between the Campus School parents and BC’s administration regarding the school’s future, the parents and the University have commendably collaborated on securing the Campus School on BC’s campus for the future.
Opinions, Column
Where Is The Real Value Coming From (Or, Whose HBO GO Is It Anyway)?
In both our personal life and our country’s trade balance, we should stop to ask one important question: Who’s paying for the HBO GO?
Featured Column, Column, News
The Ebola Problem Has A Czar, But No Clear Solution
Without any medical expertise or past experience with global health, the former Chief of Staff to the Vice President has been tapped by the Obama administration to salvage a botched effort to contain the virus.
