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Swimmer Speaks Out About Hazing Scandal and Season Cancellation

Lucy Freeman • February 14, 2024
Katrina Sommer thought she found a community when she committed to the Boston College swim and dive program for her fifth year of eligibility. That is, until her swim career was effectively canceled in an eight-minute meeting with Athletics Director Blake James, she said.
Doug Flutie’s Autism Nonprofit Partners With Inclusive Fitness

Doug Flutie’s Autism Nonprofit Partners With Inclusive Fitness

Sofia Laboy • December 29, 2021
The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism is teaming up with Inclusive Fitness, a gym in West Roxbury, Mass., to help minimize the disparity in high-quality athletic training for neurodivergent people.
Rebecca Cegledy Named Associate Athletics Director for Campus Recreation

Rebecca Cegledy Named Associate Athletics Director for Campus Recreation

Jack Miller • July 20, 2019
Former associate director of facilities and operations Rebecca Cegledy will now serve as the associate athletics director for campus recreation.
EVP Lochhead Provides Updates on Pine Tree Preserve, Schiller Institute, and Other Projects

EVP Lochhead Provides Updates on Pine Tree Preserve, Schiller Institute, and Other Projects

Jack Miller • September 3, 2018

In his speech at last Wednesday's faculty convocation, Boston College Executive Vice President Mike Lochhead provided new information on the status of several high-profile facilities projects and renovations,...

The Importance of Adopting a Hobby

The Importance of Adopting a Hobby

Jack Nelson • April 29, 2018
"When all you think about is training and studying, eventually you’re going to snap."
Dedication of Brighton Complex Benchmark for BC Athletics

Dedication of Brighton Complex Benchmark for BC Athletics

The Heights Editorial Board • April 19, 2018
"The dedication of the Brighton complex also represents the opening of the first student-oriented space on Brighton Campus, an important benchmark for the University."
Why Student Athletes Needs Priority Registration

Why Student Athletes Needs Priority Registration

Jack Nelson • April 18, 2018
"It is no secret that many student-athletes at BC would have no shot of acceptance on their own academic merit."
Citing Agreement With Foundation, BC Will Not Change Name of Yawkey Athletic Center

Citing Agreement With Foundation, BC Will Not Change Name of Yawkey Athletic Center

Anthony Rein • February 11, 2018
“The University remains grateful to the Yawkey Foundation for their generosity in support of Boston College,” said University Spokesman Jack Dunn in a statement to The Heights.
Why Boston College Should Rethink Football

Why Boston College Should Rethink Football

Matt Sienkiewicz • September 28, 2017
"It is a dark, unacceptable irony that an institution devoted to developing intellectual capacity would allow, let alone celebrate, the systematic destruction of student brain-function."

In Martin Jarmond, BC Finds Perfect Fit for New AD

The Heights Editorial Board • April 24, 2017
"In Martin Jarmond, BC may have surpassed all of our expectations, not to mention those of fans—and, perhaps, many with the University itself."
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BPDA Approves BC Athletics Indoor Practice Facility

Michael Sullivan • March 23, 2017
The field house must now seek approval from the Boston Zoning Commission, and will eye a July 2018 completion date.
To Replace Bates, BC Must Find Perfect Fit in New AD

To Replace Bates, BC Must Find Perfect Fit in New AD

The Heights Editorial Board • February 23, 2017
"In selecting a new Director of Athletics, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. and the board of trustees must choose wisely."
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