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Vol. CIII, No. 15 © 2021, The Heights, Inc. www.bcheights.com Estalished 1919
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Monday, October 18, 2021
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
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SPORTS
Asinine graced the stage and kept the crowd laughing this past weekend at its show.
Struggling to get into the endzone, the Eagles suffered a brutal loss on Saturday.
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Students and Runners Celebrate the Electric Return of Marathon Monday
FALLON JONES / FOR THE HEIGHTS
Boston College students filled Mod lawns, wandered off-campus streets, and lined the sidewalks of Commonwealth Ave. on the morning of Oct. 11 as the City of Boston and surrounding areas celebrated the Boston Marathon for the first time since 2019. Usually held on Patriots’ Day in April, Monday’s marathon was a delayed celebration of the April 2021 marathon. The 2020 marathon was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was replaced by a 10-day virtual event in the fall of 2020. Read more about the experience of BC students on Marathon Monday.
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FALLON JONES / FOR THE HEIGHTS
Pemberton Lauds 2020 Graduates AMY PALMER Asst. News Editor
Lighthouses are the “most selfless structure,” existing as a beacon of light in times of uncertainty, and according to commencement speaker Steve Pemberton, the Class of 2020 is the embodiment of the lighthouse. “There are nearly 23,000 lighthouses standing in the world today, but on Monday, May 18 of 2020, we conferred 2,332 more, because the most powerful lighthouses in the world have always always been the human ones,” Pemberton, honorary doctorate recipient and BC ’89, said. The BC community welcomed the
Class of 2020 back to campus for a delayed commencement on Sunday after the ceremony was canceled due to COVID-19 nearly a year-and-ahalf ago. University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., began the ceremony by acknowledging the commitment of the attendees in returning to the Heights for this special event, as well as praising the perseverance of the BC community. “Much has happened since BC and other schools suspended classes in March 2020 because of COVID-19,” Leahy said. “As we know, the months since then have had their share of disruption and heartache, but our world and Boston College have persevered.”
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VIKRUM SINGH / HEIGHTS EDITOR