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(Jashodhara Jindal / Heights Editor)

It’s Called a Cliche for a Reason

Tommy Roche April 27, 2025
In the words of a better columnist than me: We’ve arrived, inevitably, at the end of things. Unlike her, I can’t make my last Heights column a bohemian masterwork of creative self-reflection. But I can leave you with a few of the world’s most common pieces of advice—phrases so familiar we call them cliches. Overused? Maybe. But, through my life at BC, I’ve come to believe they’re overused for a reason.
(Parker Leaf / Heights Editor)

My Hair, My Problem

Mary Perez November 5, 2023
When you wear your hair one way, and people tell you they prefer it another way, it's not a good feeling. Especially when you’re an overthinker like myself.
(Parker Leaf / Heights Editor)

In Sympathy of the Rats

Olivia Franceschini October 29, 2023
If you have ever had the luxury of living in a questionably up-to-code off-campus house surrounding Boston College, you have probably experienced the joy of dealing with rats.
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