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UGBC's Failed Response to On-Campus Racism Highlights Its Uselessness

UGBC’s Failed Response to On-Campus Racism Highlights Its Uselessness

Scott Baker February 28, 2021

The Undergraduate Government of Boston College held an impeachment trial for Christian Guma, UGBC president and CSOM ’21, on Feb. 17 on the grounds that Guma intentionally made an unauthorized statement...

'The Heights' Endorses Jack Bracher and Gianna Russi For UGBC President and Vice President

‘The Heights’ Endorses Jack Bracher and Gianna Russi For UGBC President and Vice President

The Heights Editorial Board February 26, 2021

The Heights endorses candidates Jack Bracher and Gianna Russi, both MCAS ʼ22, for the 2021 Undergraduate Government of Boston College president and vice president.  This endorsement is based...

Bracher and Russi: Collaborative, Comprehensive, Compassionate

Bracher and Russi: Collaborative, Comprehensive, Compassionate

Anna Lonnquist February 22, 2021
“I can’t go around my day being fine and dandy, and then knowing that students don't feel at home here, or students feel unsafe … we don't take it lightly," Russi said.
Atinizian and Nakash: Execution, Transparency, Collaboration

Atinizian and Nakash: Execution, Transparency, Collaboration

Stephen Bradley February 22, 2021
“At the end of the day, you need a student government that listens, while at the same time, appropriately advocating and pushing the administration," Atinizian said. "We’re the team that ultimately will listen.”
Hameed and Henao: Intersectionality, Activism, Institutional Change

Hameed and Henao: Intersectionality, Activism, Institutional Change

MC Claverie February 22, 2021
“I’m ready to serve at an institutional level with an executive position within UGBC because of the intersectional activism that I’ve already done at that personal level," Henao said. "I’ve seen it, I have fought for it, but most importantly I’ve lived it."
Tired of Feeling Targeted

Tired of Feeling Targeted

Anna Lonnquist, Stephen Bradley, and MC Claverie February 8, 2021
“I’m sad to say that, after four years on campus, that I feel like it’s the same campus that I came to four years ago,” Ugocha said.
UGBC Passes Resolution Calling For Upper Campus Accessibility

UGBC Passes Resolution Calling For Upper Campus Accessibility

Haley Hockin December 3, 2020
The Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling for the addition of a more accessible pathway to Upper Campus at an SA meeting on Nov. 17.
"An Election Like No Other": Boston College Braces for 2020 Presidential Election

“An Election Like No Other”: Boston College Braces for 2020 Presidential Election

“I am trying not to hedge my bets. I'm trying not to get my hopes up,” Katz said. “I'm trying not to resort my mental state to just envisioning the impending doom.”
Image by Maggie DiPatri / Heights Editor

Upper Campus Accessibility Referendum Passes with 93 Percent Vote in UGBC Election

Scott Baker September 23, 2020
Students voted to fill 20 out of the 21 open seats in the Undergraduate Government of Boston College Student Assembly and passed a non-binding referendum to create an accessible pathway to Upper Campus by a wide majority on Tuesday.
As BC Again Rejects an LGBTQ+ Resource Center, It Doesn’t Deny Donors Influence Its Policies

As BC Again Rejects an LGBTQ+ Resource Center, It Doesn’t Deny Donors Influence Its Policies

Scott Baker July 12, 2020
UGBC leaders are undergoing conversations with the University administration about ways BC can better support its students who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. While conversations are ongoing, BC has no plans to establish an LGBTQ+ resource center in the near future, according to Vice President for Student Affairs Joy Moore and Director of Student Outreach and Support Caroline Davis.
Students gathered for the Silence is Still Violence Protest after a series of racist incidents occurred on campus in October 2017.

Student Petitions Demand BC Do More to Act Against Racism

Megan Kelly June 12, 2020
After Leahy's statement condemning racism and offering prayers for George Floyd, student petitions call upon BC to better address racial injustice.
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