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The Heights
@bcheights
The independent student newspaper at @BostonCollege
Chestnut Hill, MA
Born November 19, 1919
Joined March 2009
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    30 years ago today, Boston College football took down No. 1 Notre Dame on the road. With Eagles kicker David Gordon successfully executing a 41-yard field goal, the Eagles won within the last seconds of the game and defeated the national title frontrunners.
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    BREAKING: Boston College purchased the Mount Alvernia High School campus and convent property at 790 Centre Street across from Newton Campus. Story to come.
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    Congratulations to Heights Senior Staff Madeleine Romance, who as an intern at the Miami Herald was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for coverage of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex.
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    Congratulations to Heights alum Timmy Facciola, who as a part of the New York Times staff was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the pandemic.
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    Students gathered for a “Boston College Speaks Out for Palestine” protest on O’Neill Plaza early Thursday evening. The protest was registered in advance with the University.
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    Former Boston College women’s soccer coach Alison Foley is suing the University for gender discrimination and illegal wiretapping after allegedly being forced to resign in 2018 following her record-setting 22 seasons.
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    BREAKING: The Boston College history department announced on Friday that it will be asking its students to wear masks in class and in department offices beginning on Monday, in accordance with recent local mask mandates. Story to come.
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    Approximately 1,600 Bostonians packed into the Orpheum Theatre on Friday to attend the Our Revolution Boston Rally. bcheights.com/2017/04/01/san…
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    BREAKING: The cost to attend Boston College will increase to $80,296 for 2022-2023 academic year, a 3.86 percent increase from the previous year. Story to come.
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    BREAKING: BC will require community members to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in order to return to campus for the 2021-22 academic year. The University will be administering 4,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Monday through Wednesday of next week. Story: bcheights.com/2021/04/23/bc-…
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    Happy first day of classes, Boston College!
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    Boston College lifted its mask mandate for vaccinated individuals and rescinded all capacity limitations for on-campus classrooms, workspaces, and outdoor areas on Saturday. bcheights.com/2021/06/04/bc-…
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    As the director of the Inflation Research Group in Turkey (@ENAGRUP), Veysel Ulusoy (@ekonomikanaliz) faces persistent challenges, but he said none of these get in the way of his mission: to present accurate inflation data to the Turkish people. bcheights.com/2023/04/23/aga…
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    On this day, we remember the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, including Boston College alumnus Welles Crowther, "the Man in the Red Bandanna." When faced with the choice of leaving the South Tower for safety or heading back in to help others, he chose the latter.