senior year - The Heights

Seasons of Change

There are times when change is the best thing for you, whether you think it is or not. Change is life—just look at the trees.

Opinions, Column

Your Housing Appeal Update: With Love, ResLife

Living off campus in just my second year at BC feels undoubtedly negative to me. It’s difficult to find positives when you are as blatantly rejected as I was.

Column, Opinions

Pain and the Point of Senior Year

It was mid-November and I was at the end of my rope. Cards on the table: I’d had a bad six months. I ended the spring with MonoStrep (a simultaneous bout of mononucleosis and strep throat) and started the fall with a cold-turned-lung infection-turned-perforated eardrum. Sexy, I know. Not everything was going wrong—I have a…

Arts, Music, Column

Ramirez: Senior Year: Am I Gonna Miss This?

When Arts Editor Kaylie Ramirez woke up with Trace Adkins’ “You’re Gonna Miss This” replaying in her head, she noticed the lyrics reflected her dad’s earlier advice about senior year.

Column, Featured Column, Features

You’re Gonna Miss This: Tone-Deaf Nostalgia and Senior Year

Features editor Archer Parquette struggles with a Trace Adkins tune that won’t get out of his head, as well as the song’s meaning for his future.

Opinions, Column

The Beauty of Beginning

“Perhaps we could all benefit from seeing the world, and more specifically, the BC community, through the unique scope of a beginner’s eyes, while continuing to recognize it as a familiar place in which each of us belong.”

Opinions, Column

Asking Questions of Ourselves

“This has left me questioning whether I have changed fundamentally, or whether those around me have influenced the way I perceive myself. We like to paint ourselves as the drivers of our own experiences, but uncontrollable circumstances often shape our perceptions.”