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Letter to the Editor: Trans Day of Visibility Statement from Episcopal Faculty and Staff of Boston College

Letters • March 31, 2025

This Monday, March 31, marks the annual celebration of Trans Day of Visibility, a day emphasizing joy and the flourishing of trans people. In 2025, it comes in the midst of a wave of anti-trans legislation and policies. Much of this activity is being undertaken under the banner of Christian nationalism.

Letter to the Editor: Silence is Not Violence

Wyatt Seder-Burnaford • February 5, 2025

Nick Voll’s recent op-ed, “BC Alum and U.S. Senator Ed Markey’s Inauguration Absence Was Undemocratic,” makes a number of disingenuous comparisons that merit correction. Mr. Voll begins by acknowledging the January 6th riots as “attacks, which directly threatened the lives of several Capitol police officers and members of Congress.” He cites the “left-leaning” arguments that Donald Trump “questioned” the fair election (a generous term for the concerted campaign of proven falsehoods to undermine it) and leveraged his political office for personal gain.

Letter to the Editor: BC Republicans Can Listen and Learn To Lead

William Mooney Sloneker • November 17, 2024

The Boston College Republicans' recent statement to the community shows a disappointing misunderstanding of how politics works on a college campus. Half-baked or unpopular opinions have circulated this campus in every era—often by way of this very publication. The community hashes out the merits and flaws in dining halls, dormitories, and classrooms.

Letter to the Editor: BC Republicans’ Statement Misses the Mark

Robin Lee • November 13, 2024

I’m writing in response to a statement published on Sunday evening, authored by the Executive Board of Boston College Republicans. The authors raise a number of points that I, as a Democrat, agree with: we must reject political “intimidation” and “hate speech,” “ad hominem attacks” are no substitute for healthy “debate and dialogue,” and it is wrong to dehumanize our political opponents over disagreements.

Letter to the Editor: A Response to the Anti-Israel Activities at BC

Letters • April 28, 2024

It is fitting that this letter addressing the current atmosphere on campus should be written during the holiday of Passover. This is a time when Jews around the world celebrate Freedom as exemplified by the Exodus from Egypt, where we were slaves.

Letter to the Editor: Boston College Jews Call for a Ceasefire and Release of Hostages

Letters • April 28, 2024

Jewish people around the world are observing eight nights of Passover, the holiday that remembers our enslavement in Egypt and celebrates our freedom. This year, it has been difficult to not contemplate the six-month war in Gaza and the lives of Palestinians and Jews lost in it.

Letter to the Editor: In Support of Thoughtful Protest and of Dr. Ira Kirschner

Letters • April 28, 2024

The last six months have been emotionally difficult for us as Jews, as people with personal connections to Israel and the Middle East in the aftermath of Oct. 7, and as engaged members of American politics.

Letter to the Editor in Response To: “Ott: Assessing BC Football’s Future Under Bill O’Brien”

Gene Roman • April 24, 2024

Yes. You can win at a place like Boston College, as the new football head coach declared at his introductory press conference.

Letter to the Editor In Response To: “CEO of ExxonMobil Talks Sustainability, Oil and Gas Industry”

Kyle Rosenthal • November 24, 2023

I was horrified but not shocked to learn that the CEO of ExxonMobil recently spoke at the Boston College Chief Executives Club.

Letter to the Editor In Response To: “Jewish and Palestinian Newton Residents Contend With the Israel-Hamas War’s Impacts on Their Daily Lives”

Thomas Sugrue • October 24, 2023

To the Editor: I am writing to express my dismay with the above-referenced article, which ran in the edition of 'The Heights' that arrived in my inbox on Oct. 23.

Letter to the Editor: “Jerry York’s Letter to the Boston College Community”

Jerry York • April 24, 2022

Dear BC Community, Pulling on a BC hockey jersey almost 60 years ago was a dream come true. When Fr. Monan offered me the opportunity to return to the Heights in 1994 as the men’s hockey coach, it...

Letter to the Editor: Resolution Defending Academic Freedom As It Relates to Teaching About Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Critical Race Theory

BCAAUP • April 7, 2022

Co-sponsored by the BC chapter of the AAUP and University partners: Since its founding in 1915, the AAUP has steadfastly opposed political interference in the conduct of this country’s institutions...