February 2012
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BC Fashion Highlight: Claire
Marilyn Monroe once said, “give a woman the right pair of shoes and she can conquer the world.”
With these beautiful brown, leather Tory Burch boots, Claire is ready to conquer her world that is BC. She is ready to take on the cold weather, the stairs, and her classes. Her nice Burberry coat and warm, cozy sweater add extra warmth for that cold wind that whips through campus. Her double gold...
Nicki Minaj's Grammys Performance Takes On...
On Sunday night at the Grammys, in front of a crowd wrecked by sadness, Nicki Minaj ascended to fantastic heights in a religious themed performance that had many wringing their hands.
As she strutted down the red carpet in red vestments, shrouded in a hood and flanked by a man dressed as the pope, audiences wondered what she might do during her performance. As the opening whirs of “Roman’s...
Tech To Try: Temple Run
In case you needed a distraction for your other distractions, Temple Run is just the mind-numbingly-simple-yet-devastatingly-addicting game for you.
The premise is an ambiguous one—it has something to do with nabbing some treasure and subsequently being chased by ravenous monkeys through a never ending chain of obstacles, of course, it’s the game’s increasing speed and frequency of obstacles that...
Alumni Spotlight: Elisabeth Filarski Hasselbeck
You may know Elisabeth Filarski Hasselbeck, A&S ‘99, from ABC’s The View, where she’s gained a reputation for her conservative standpoint on hot-button issues. Perhaps a considerably less-coifed version comes to mind recalling her 2001 television debut on Survivor: Australian Outback where she made it to the final four? If you were a Boston College student from 1995 to 1999...
January 2012
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Hopefully You Weren't Planning On Using Wikipedia...
Whether you’re a college student in dire need of sources for that premature research paper due tomorrow or simply curious about an obscure space weather phenomenon, Wikipedia won’t be there to help you today. Today is “Internet Blackout Day.”
Wikipedia is just one of several major websites participating in a campaign to simulate what the Web experience would be like if...
November 2011
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“I have a lot of friends. They’re just all… Eagles.”
– Professor Ed Taylor, Federal Taxation
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Campus Reader: Spotted in Fenwick Lounge
Name: Tim Prentiss (A&S 2015; from Oregon) Reading: Inheritance by Christopher Paolini, the latest book in the Eragon series. Are you a big Eragon Fan? “Not really, I just read it when I was a kid so I wanted to finish it out.” Why the Kindle instead of paperback? “It’s just cheaper and real easy to use. You can just go online and download what you want rather than go find a bookstore.”...
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A stitch in time saves (Plex edition)...
Do you ever wonder what is the fastest route from upper campus to the Plex? So far the weather has been pretty decent, but that is soon going to change as we enter the winter months. Following up on a prior post on shortcuts between Upper and Lower, we had staffers time routes from Upper to the Plex and determine the fastest route. Below are the recorded times of a few routes:
1. Route Number...
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Everyday is Sandwich Day at BC.
In honor of National Sandwich Day, we surveyed the most popular cafe destination on campus for the top 5 best-selling sandwiches. Number one selling panini-sandwich at Hillside Cafe? You might be surprised to find out it is not the New England Classic.
“The New England Classic was the number 1 sandwich until we introduced the Baja Chicken a couple of years of ago,” said Colleen...
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Blogger Opinion: Through wins & losses,...
Photo by Patrick Semansky / AP Photo.
How many SuperFans will brave the early November chill to watch the Eagles play Florida State on Thursday?
It’s a nationally televised game, which would normally mean that any SuperFan worth his or her salt would go all out on the face paint, cheering, and of course, pregaming. But given BC’s record this season, is it worth it? Does last week’s win against...
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The 4 W's: Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street protest in Oakland, CA. Photo courtesy of Occupy Wall Street website.
WHAT IT IS: If you’ve been living under a rock (or in Bapst) for the last five weeks, you may well have no idea what this movement is about. As it so happens, like many wide-scale movements with no declared leader(s), OWS has articulated no specific central demands or goals. However, in their own...
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Tech to Try: Hit Play on Spotify
How does this sound? Free access to over 15 million songs whenever you want. And we’re not talking Pandora-style free access here (“Tell us the song you want and we’ll ignore you and instead play songs like the song you want.”) We’re talking “I want to hear ‘Pumped Up Kicks’” and then it just starts playing. It’s all 100% legal did I mention it’s completely free? So what is this...
October 2011
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Newton Bus Etiquette: Dos & Don’ts
We’ve all cringed when we’ve seen that one kid drunkenly stumble onto the bus at one a.m. on Saturday morning, and we’ve all given a brownie point out to the person that always remembers to say “thanks” to the driver. Here are some dos and don’ts to help you get back to the dorm in one piece and look cool doing it. DON’Ts:
Don’t do flips like you’re on the monkey bars at recess. Those ...
“Yeah, there’s definitely frustration. It’s been there for the past five or six...”
– Wide receiver Bobby Swigert (via heightssports)
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5 Ways to Spice Up Your Laundry Time
A college freshman male’s worst nightmare: the laundry room. Every trip to this dreaded place is guaranteed to be filled with hard work, awkward small talk and an overwhelming sense of despair. Is there any way to avoid the laundry room altogether without having your clothes smell or violating the 13th Amendment? Unfortunately no, but try out these five tips and washing your clothes will be fun...
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Tech to Try: Steve Jobs Biography
As everyone already knows, Steve Jobs, the co-founder and former CEO of Apple, Inc. passed away earlier this month. Jobs’ death has sparked a massive public response as people across the world remember the life and impact of the tech visionary. Anyone who’s visited to the Apple Store on Boylston Street recently is sure to have seen the growing tribute there, where people have left countless...
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Campus Reader: Spotted in O’Neill Library
In this series, we will profile the everyday Heights reader.
Name: Sophia Chalmer (A&S ’13, exchange student from Denmark)
Reading: Marx’s Ghost by Charles Derber
Why? I’m reading it for my American Economic Crisis & Social Change class.
How do you like it so far? It’s interesting. It’s different because it’s sort of like fiction, but based on a real theory.
What about the characters? My...
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Newbury Street: The Hollywood of Boston
Scene in Boston: This morning, a small camera crew came to Newbury Street to shoot a scene from the upcoming movie Ted. Directed by Seth MacFarlane (of Family Guy fame) and starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis, the film is about a man’s childhood teddy bear coming to life. It’s slated to arrive in theaters in July 2012.
—Eleanor Hildebrandt / Heights Staff
Photo: Eleanor...
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You, Your Food, and Your World
FOOD!
Have I gotten your attention? At least half of the events you’ve attended on campus probably sparked your interest by offering free food, so why not take a minute to consider the impact of all that consumption.
For the next 10 days you can check out EcoPledge’s art exhibit in the O’Neill Level One Gallery to see how food is affecting your body and the environment:
How much waste is...
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Tech to Try: Get a New iPhone for FREE!
Now that I have your attention, listen up. This week’s Tech to Try is about how everyone walking around the Heights with their head buried in their iPhone (there are a lot of you) can instantly get 90% of the new features coming in Apple’s newly announced iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4S is only a modest upgrade to the insanely popular iPhone 4 – it’s faster, has a better camera, and features...
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You are Loved!
Today in O’Neill Plaza, Allies of the GLBTQ community are hosting the You-Are-Loved Chalk Project, a campaign that offers positive words of love in place of anti-GLBTQ language. The Chalk Project kicks off this year’s Ally Week, a national week-long celebration of support for the GLBTQ community and a stand against bullying and harassment.
“During Ally Week, our group always...
Re: Mysterious structures in Fulton
We know you all have been anxiously awaiting the response to yesterday’s post about the mystery behind the newspaper structures in Fulton. Thankfully, we found a student who knew exactly what these structures are.
Matthew Lowie, a first year MBA student, explained, “We built them for my Managing People & Organizations class. It’s a first year MBA class. The point of it was to help us learn...
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B-L Investigates: an unusual modern art exhibit in...
Since everyone has been wondering what exactly were the newspaper-clad structures in Fulton, constructed mainly with The Heights newspapers, we decided to do some investigating (and get a few laughs).
We asked several people in the building this question: “What do you think these structures are for?”
We received answers like, “I have no idea,” “Some kind of art project,” and also many, many weird...
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Tech to Try: Amazon Student
As college students, we’ve got it pretty good. We get to spend our days on a beautiful campus with all of our friends, we still get summers off, and we’re supposedly living out “the best 4 years of our lives.”
Another perk of being a college student? Student discounts. This week’s Tech to Try is a student discount that a lot of people don’t seem to know about, and it comes from everyone’s...
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GLC invites BC campus to “support love” during...
No, MacElroy isn’t on fire— that column of smoke you’re seeing is coming from McGuinn lawn, where the Gay and Lesbian Council’s National Coming Out Week (NCOW) kick-off barbeque is in full swing! Stop by today until 4 o’clock to get some free food, tie-dye a t-shirt, and show your support of BC’s GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning) community.
“It’s about...
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“People don’t have needs… they have demand curves!”
– Professor Richard Tresch, Principle of Economics lecture
September 2011
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Two BC Grads start pop-up creperie in Boston...get...
As a new food craze, crepes are becoming an alternative item for lunch in the city and dessert on the go. The light and fluffy French treat has made its way to Boston at the new pop-up restaurant Doré Creperie. Sweet dessert crepes include numerous flavors such as Nutella, chocolate, berries and cream, bananas foster, s’mores, and apple pie. Lunch menu options include grilled cheese crepes,...
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We've found some new BC haunts...
Stuff BC People Like (truncated): 1) Fro-yo, 2) good pizza, 3) sushi, and 4) Hillside Cafe.
Luckily for us, there are four new businesses opened yesterday along Washington Street in the Brighton, some tried-and-true favorites and something new, all within walking distance of our sprawling campus:
Naked Pizza (433 Washington): National media network-approved pizza with online-ordering,...
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Campus Reader: Spotted in Stuart Dining Hall
In this series, we will profile the everyday Heights reader.
Name: Nicole Panza (A&S ‘15) Reading… The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster Why? “I’m reading it for my Traditions and Counter-traditions class. It’s really intriguing because we discuss the concept of being American and what makes one and American. It’s something that I don’t think natural born citizens consider often.”...
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Bad news beers.
Beer is great for a BC football tailgate, but apparently not at an off-campus party with a catfight brewing. Wicked Local Allston/Brighton recently reported that Boston Police had to break up a wrestling match between two BC women during a loud party on Foster Street.
Officers were responding to a noise complaint, and when they arrived, they were greeted with a beer can-strewn apartment and two...
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Are there any Harry Potter fans out there?
(Well, duh!)
Today only on Amazon.com, the first seven Harry Potter movies are on sale for $29.99. It doesn’t include the most recent and final installment, but that’s still $4.28 per DVD!
Relive Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s younger years and greatest glories for a magical price that not even Albus Dumbledore could grant.
—Jamie Ciocon / Heights Editor
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4&1: Professor Tim Muldoon
In the B-Line’s feature, 4&1, we will be asking a BC student, faculty member, or alum four questions and, in turn, he or she will get the opportunity to ask BC students a question. Suggestions for future interviewees may be sent to online@bcheights.com.
To start off the school year in an academic frame of mind, the B-Line sat down with Professor Tim Muldoon, ’92, who is assistant to...
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Tech to Try: Google Flight Search
What do you do when you need to find something online? If you’re like the vast majority of us, then you probably just Google it. While Google has a wide range of products and services from Gmail and Google+ to YouTube and Android smartphones, the tech giant is still most closely associated with search. Now Google has gone one step further in putting all the world’s information at your...
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State of the Freshman Appetite
McElroy has been known to throw us come curveballs now and then. But, those who thought they’d be able to grab a quick snack at around 8:45 p.m. on Sunday (not quite within the range of prime munching hours) might have been surprised to see this line.
Yes, that’s what we thought. But, for many, late-night wraps are worth 15 sweaty minutes in line.
The cause? We won’t venture to guess. It’s good...
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Campus Reader: Spotted in the O'Neill Library
In this series, we will profile the everyday Heights reader.
Name: Melody Pabon (A&S ’15)
…Spotted reading: Plentitude by Juliet B. Schor in the O’Neill Library
…Why? “It’s for my Freshman Writing Seminar, but I’m enjoying it because it’s about sustainability in the economy, which relates to what I want to do in life.”
…Most interesting concept you’ve come across so...
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Forget this blog post (just try...)
The New York Times reports on recent studies, led by scientist Betsey Sparrow, assistant professor of psychology at Columbia University, showing that human memory is adapting quickly to the advent of the new complex communication technologies, especially the Internet and search engines.
Scientists wondered whether people were more likely to remember information that could be easily retrieved...
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Campus Reader: Spotted in the CTRC
In this series, we will profile the everyday Heights reader.
Name: Juliet Zawedde (A&S ‘12)
Spotted at…the CTRC, catching up on Monday’s news during a meeting
Was reading…the Features section, namely Kris Robinson’s column titled: “Using insight from a dim past to look forward to a bright future”
Favorite section of The Heights: “Arts...
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9/11: We Will Not Forget
Photo: James Estrin for the New York Times
This year, like last year (and the year before that), Americans are taking the time to remember and reflect on the events of September 11th, 2011 through local and national observances. But unlike last year, this time will be on the ten-year mark of the senseless day in American history. And while no amount of time passed will make 9/11 more...
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“Finally, let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11 that we have...”
– President Barack Obama, May 2, 2011 statement on Osama bin Laden’s death
The Heights remembers all those who have lost loved ones during the 9/11 attacks.
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Welcome Back!
The newly renovated Gasson Hall. Photo by: Alex Trautwig / Heights Editor
The Heights would like to welcome the Class of 2015 to Boston College! We look forward to being your trusted news source.
Welcome back returning students, faculty, and administrators! Happy first day!
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Is this for real (estate)?
Benjamin Apartments, a real estate firm in Allston, is offering a free move-in truck to Boston residents on September 1.
Residents who call the number on the side of the truck get to use the truck for free!
The number is 617-206-4822. The truck will be on the road all day.
-Michael Caprio / Heights Editor
Shameless plug disclaimer: Michael Caprio is an active salesperson at Benjamin Apartments.
August 2011
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“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve...”
– Steve Jobs, Stanford University commencement address (June 2005)
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The Best of the Best
Ana Lopez ‘12 (left) and Hilary Chassé ‘12 (right) pause for a picture at The Heights’ annual Christmas Dinner. Photo: Kevin Hou / Heights Editor.
The Boston College Magazine recently featured the work of two of our editors: Hilary Chassé (A&S ‘12) and Ana Lopez (A&S ‘12) for the crowd favorite Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down (TU/TD) feature of our print edition....
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Man caught in possession of class A, B, C, and E...
A “suspicious male” was stopped by BCPD on July 25 after he and two friends were caught searching for pot on campus. A search of the suspect later revealed that he was in possession of every kind of drug on the controlled substances list … besides marijuana.
According to BCPD police reports, the three males asked a BC employee where they could find pot on campus. The employee then notified BCPD...