Own Your Story
It’s only been six minutes since Kevin Breel concluded his speech but somehow those 360 seconds tempt to erase the ideas I developed during the past hour. My computer screen blurs as my mind screams to...
View ArticleChange in the Wrong Direction: Reviewing the Safe Campus Act
Earlier this week, former Senator Trent Lott (R – Miss.) was hired by a group of national fraternity organizations working together to pass the Safe Campus Act, a bill proposed over the summer that...
View ArticleClimate Action Speaks Louder Than Words
This year could be pivotal in the histories of both modern global society and Boston College. It might prove as the beginning of when the majority of people around the world and in the BC community...
View ArticleLTE: Refugee Health
I spend my Fridays performing PTSD and depression scales with refugees and asylum seekers at the Center for Refugee Health at Boston Medical Center (BCRHHR). My first intake shook me to the core. It...
View ArticleDon’t Tell Me How to Talk: Why We Need to Stop Policing Young Women’s Voices
The latest innovation to capitalize on the insecurity of women isn’t another cosmetic or diet product; in fact, it’s aimed at empowerment. “Just Not Sorry” is an email extension that aims to...
View ArticleA Brighter Future, A Legacy Defined: President Obama’s Last State of the Union
This, President Obama’s final State of the Union, stands out as drastically different from the previous years’ speeches. The tone is also incredibly different from the campaigns that are currently...
View ArticleWhy We Write: Reflections on the Rock’s 1000th Article
We here at the Rock have never questioned that we are writers. But the craft–the act of it, finding time for it, the commitment to it–is not always easy. We have friends, homework, distractions, naps....
View ArticleFuller House Review: The Good, The Bad, and The Gibbler
Last Friday, Netflix released the long- anticipated 13-episode Full House reboot, Fuller House, with almost the entire original cast. Eighties kids who grew up on the show and nineties kids like myself...
View ArticleWhen All Else Fails, Write.
Sometimes I write when I have nothing else to do. It’s a nice hobby, a mental exercise, an emotional cleanse. Sometimes I write when I’m not sure what else to do to ease my mind or to express my...
View ArticleAlbum to Watch: iii
As I was strutting my stuff on my way to my 8:30 a.m. financial accounting class this morning, I had every intention of writing an article about my favorite bodacious babe’s debut album, Por Vida by...
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