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Plex Employee With Spotify Premium To Headline Hutapalooza

School Student Life February 6, 2017

NEWTON, MA — The Boston College Campus Activities Board announced Friday morning that the headliner for this year’s Hutapalooza, a new concert held at the Quonset Hut on Newton Campus, will be a Plex Employee with Spotify Premium. This up-and-coming yet secretive DJ is a cult hit in certain... Read more

OPINION: Oops! I “Leaned In” Too Far And Fucked My Professor

Opinion Student Life February 2, 2017

Women have come a long way in the workplace since the days of Rosie the Riveter. Pioneers like Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook and her feminist manifesto Lean In, which I read the first chapter of over winter break, urge women to “lean in” at the physical and figurative table... Read more

Lady Win! This Finance Major Is Slated To Be Her Own Sugar Daddy

Student Life February 2, 2017

FULTON HALL — Sabrina Connors (CSOM ’17) accepted a full-time offer from JP Morgan Chase at the Career Fair this past Wednesday. This is an incredible feat for Connors and an amazing example for all aspiring BC businesswomen to follow – almost as incredible as her underlying feminist victory: she... Read more

OPINION: I’m A Feminist, But Don’t Think I Won’t Cry To Get What I Want

Big Issues Student Life January 30, 2017

Hey, don’t get me wrong—I totally think women should be equal to men. And that seventy-something cents to the dollar pay gap is total bull! Women’s rights are human rights, plain and simple. But just because I think that women and men should make the same amount of money... Read more

OPINION: I Thought I Was His Date, But It Turns Out I Was Only His Homework Assignment

Opinion Student Life January 29, 2017

So there I was, sitting with Greg at The Chocolate Bar. We were talking and sipping cappuccinos, having a genuine, thoughtful conversation about our hometowns, families, and uncertainties about settling in on a major. I learned that he grew up in Akron, Ohio, has four younger siblings, and he... Read more

Career Fair Rigged Against Humanities Major

School Student Life January 26, 2017

CORCORAN COMMONS — After circling the bustling Heights Room during the Spring Career Fair several times, sophomore English major Hannah Ping came to the realization that the Fair had been deliberately and purposefully planned to not help her internship search at all. “This is ridiculous!” cried Ping, who is currently... Read more

Student Happy To Be Reunited With Constant Anxiety After Relaxing Winter Break

Service Student Life January 22, 2017

STAYER HALL — Having spent the past three weeks in a relatively calm state of mind, junior Matthew Angstrom (MCAS ‘18) reported that he was happy to finally reunite with his constant anxiety this week. While admitting that he enjoyed having some time apart from his existential dread during... Read more

Overinvolved Sophomore Finally Busy Enough To Forget Crippling Loneliness

Featured Old Articles Student Life September 12, 2016

“Now I’m only sad right before I go to bed, and that’s only if I’m not too exhausted to fall asleep before I have time to reflect on how unhappy I am!”

BC Places 1% of Freshmen on Georgia State’s Newton Campus

Freshmen Old Articles School Student Life August 1, 2016

NEWTON CAMPUS — It’s early August, and that means that first year housing assignments are now live! For the many freshmen who have been placed on Upper campus, this is a time for celebration—a computer system has randomly decided to make you cool. No, seriously, it’s as simple as... Read more

BC Orientation Takes New, More Realistic Approach

Freshmen Student Life June 26, 2016

“We’ve redesigned Orientation to prepare students for the numerous disappointments that they inevitably will be forced to deal with by the end of their first semester.”