The Heights

“This Is Your Time To Fly”: Dame Louise Richardson Urges Action as Class of 2025 Commencement Speaker

Annika Engelbrecht • May 20, 2025

Dame Louise Richardson, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, urged the Class of 2025 to confront the world’s ongoing crises using the skills they gained at Boston College, comparing them to superheroes in her commencement address Monday morning.

A Critique of Sophomores (From a Sophomore)

Mary Perez • October 16, 2022

After only a year on this campus, I feel that most of the sophomores see themselves as too good for any “adventure.” Everything feels below them, in the bluntest way possible. The rose-colored lens that covered freshman year has been ripped off our faces, and now we are confronted with the realities of college life: the routines.

BC Ranks No. 53 for Distance Students Travel To Attend

Meadow Vrtis • November 28, 2021

On April 5, 2021, social media users across the country opened the Boston College Facebook page to find it showing off its latest achievement. BC had chosen its Class of 2025—easily one of the most competitive and diverse classes in the school’s history.