The Heights

Technology Fast

Dee Espinosa • April 1, 2025

What did you give up for Lent? If you're not Catholic, what would you sacrifice for a brief period of time? And why isn’t it technology? This Lent, I decided to give up—at least to some extent—my technology usage.

My Quest for the Four Leaf Clover

Scanlon Mellowes • March 23, 2025

If you give a ginger a Guinness, she’s going to want Lucky Charms. If you give a ginger Lucky Charms, she’s going to want a four-leaf clover—the list continues with all the Irish nosh and haberdashery that I believe I should be showered with this St. Patrick’s Day.

Embracing the Simplicity of Spirituality

Scanlon Mellowes • March 16, 2024

The most numerous stat to my name is the number of times I have attended mass. 52 Sundays multiplied by 19 years equals 988. I am rapidly approaching my 20th birthday, so add a few for the past year—plus Holy Days of Obligation & all school-mandated mass in high school—I have probably attended mass around 1,000 times.

Try Fasting this February

Indira Marzbani • February 6, 2022

Anyone who has ever run cross country or track will fondly remember nights before a race where they stuffed their face full of carbs in order to "load up." Those same people might be surprised to hear...

Lenten Ads, Articles Reveal Students’ Traditions, Attitudes, And Sacrifices

Samantha Costanzo • March 16, 2014

Students have taken both fervent and funny approaches to Lent over the years.