The Heights

Finding Festivity Amid the Frenzy

Punnya Kalapurakkel • December 8, 2024

If I had to pick a favorite month of the year, December would take the cake. It’s not exactly a controversial take. By Dec. 1 (or earlier for some of us), Mariah Carey has begun singing her familiar whistle notes, and Andy Williams has begun to proudly declare that “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

Live, Love, Dutch Blitz!

Olivia Franceschini • December 3, 2023

When the cards fly and the game rapidly unfolds, nothing else really matters. Your brain is so absorbed with numbers and colors that you can’t possibly think about anything else.

Boston College: The School for Sisyphus

Pat Connell • November 6, 2023

It’s that time of year again. No, it’s not time to go apple picking, carve a pumpkin, or even be thankful for our friends and family. In many ways, we’ve skipped past that. Instead, Boston College students went straight to spending our time talking about housing plans for next year.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of Nov. 5

Opinions • November 5, 2023

November brings a great deal of anticipatory holiday cheer, and perhaps a bit of controversy over the ever-important question: Is Nov. 1 the start of the holiday season?

Slowing Your Way Out of the Junior Slump

Mary Perez • October 29, 2023

After two years of existing as a clueless underclassman who can’t tell Stokes North from Stokes South, upperclassman-ship is finally upon me. The glitz and glamor of being a junior is nice, but nobody talks about the instantaneous rush of stress that comes with planning life after college.