The Heights

You Are Wonderful

Skyler Safriet • December 8, 2024

You are wonderful. And I'm going to prove it to you. You, yes you, are wonderful and infinitely valuable. If you just read those words and thought, “No way, not me. Wonderful is not the word I’d use. What do I have to offer that someone else can’t do better?” Make no mistake, all the world needs you to be is yourself.

An Ode to Shenanigans

Olivia Franceschini • April 2, 2023

Be completely honest with yourself for a minute, when was the last time you participated in a shenanigan? A little tomfoolery? Horseplay? I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s been a while since you let yourself have fun.

Romanticizing Life: Just a Trend?

Elise Jarvis • March 26, 2023

In a world where working yourself to exhaustion is respected as part of “the grind,” it is important to create moments of peace.

Life, Flexibility, and the Pursuit of Oak Dressers

Olivia Franceschini • February 5, 2023

So much had refused to go my way. Abroad, internships, friendships, clubs, and oak dressers—they all teamed up against me. Throwing wrenches in my beautifully designed plans.

Ground Zero for Below Ground Life: What Happens to Us After Life?

Alli Hargrove • December 4, 2022

I was curious about how our bodies—or parts of them, like nails—contribute to the soil’s microbiome. This is especially relevant in the modern age, where we generally spend our lives indoors and away from nature. But, humans still affect the earth’s soil in critical ways, including after we die.

Pennacchio-Harrington: Being a Part of BC, Even Apart From BC

Rita Pennacchio-Harrington • November 3, 2020

Aside from the Weeks of Welcome, classes have been a new and exciting experience across the board. Although I do believe I’ve truly missed the feeling of being in a real classroom, in general, students are very kind and eager to meet others, even over Zoom.

Building Our Lives like We Build Our Homes

Vaughn Feighan • December 3, 2018

In the past four years, having transferred out of CSOM and into MCAS, I saw how people reevaluated my future.

We’re All Oddities, When You Think About It

Emily Himes • July 26, 2018

Assistant Arts Editor Emily Himes reflects on a comically uncomfortable moment while visiting a museum in Philadelphia.

Reflecting on Micro-Bravery

Marta Seitz • February 4, 2018

"But we need to change our mindset to realize that “best” is not synonymous with “perfect,” and that a little stumble here and there is all part of the process."

A Day in the Life of a Pitcher

Jack Nelson • January 21, 2018

"That’s the other funny thing about baseball: if you think, you’re dead. The action happens too fast. To be great you have to trust your training, trust your instincts, and simply react."

While Lacking Originality, ‘Life’ Still Succeeds Through Fright

Peter Gavaris – Film Critic • March 26, 2017

Though 'Life' does make audiences think about the larger implication of life beyond earth, it does suffer from some derivative horror tropes that one can see even from space.