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Ktoridi: Six Reads To Ring in Spring

Angeliki Ktoridi • April 3, 2025

For those days when it’s finally 60 degrees and you’re sitting on the Quad, here are six books you should pick up and give a try.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of Apr. 7

Opinions • April 7, 2024

The end of the semester is approaching fast, but there’s still time for festivities before our schedules are jam-packed with study sessions. Tune into the Frozen Four semifinals on Thursday, support BC’s talented dance teams at Showdown on Saturday, and wear your most atrocious attire for Marathon Monday.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of Feb. 4

Opinions • February 4, 2024

Even though we’ve settled into our class routines, there’s one more task we need to factor into our busy schedules: laundry day. But broken washing machines, faulty dryers, and piles of clothes atop every available surface don’t exactly create the most inviting environment.

April Showers, May Flowers, and New Chapters

Makayla Hickey • May 3, 2023

Spring is bittersweet. It marks the end of our academic year and the last few weeks with college friends, but it also symbolizes the turning of a new chapter.

BC Hot Takes: Voicing My Most Stubborn Opinions About Campus

Pat Connell • April 23, 2023

As the school year comes to a close, I think it is time to finally share some of the Boston College hot takes that have accumulated in the back of my mind over the past two years.

Leaf: Top Fashion Trends to Follow in Spring 2023

Parker Leaf • April 16, 2023

Arts Staff Writer Parker Leaf predicts five fashion trends for Boston College students as the weather gets warmer this Spring semester.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of April 16

Opinions • April 16, 2023

With the first glimpse of summer at the end of last week, Boston College students emerged from their dorm rooms and flooded the quads.

A Prescription for Sound

Alli Hargrove • March 20, 2022

I am sure we are all too familiar with the major glitches that affected Spotify a week or two ago. Everyone was kicked out of their accounts, and there were plenty of comical tweets begging for Spotify...

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of March 22

Opinions • March 21, 2021

Thumbs Up: First Week of Spring This Saturday marked the first day of spring, and hopefully is a sign of warmer weather to come. While Boston winters are a staple, Boston College students are all...

Study Abroad Application Process Adjusted Based on Student Feedback

Abby Hunt • September 8, 2019

After making adjustments to the study abroad application process last year, the Office of International Programs (OIP) will no longer require students to list a fall program on their study abroad applications and will now ask students to list six programs, instead of three, when they apply.

Annual Art in Bloom Festival Celebrates the Return of Spring

Isabel Fenoglio • April 29, 2018

Fresh flowers and breathtaking arrangements filled the MFA this weekend. Visitors flocked to the annual festival to see their favorite works reimagined in bloom.

Warm Winters: TU/TD

TU/TD • January 29, 2018

"But this prematurely mild weather, besides taunting everyone with a brief taste of spring, conceals a frightening phenomenon that becomes increasingly problematic while people continue to deny its existence."