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May 1, 2023

They Played for BC’s Best Men’s Basketball Teams. Now, They Worry They’ve Been Forgotten. Nine former players told The Heights that BC has failed to celebrate former players’ accomplishments, rarely used players’ connections to help the current program, and even ghosted them when they offered mentorship to the team throughout the past 10 years.

See A13

After Anti-Drag Protest, NNHS Principal Reacts By Connor Siemien Newton Editor Shruthi Sriram Assoc. Newton Editor and Ella Song Asst. Newton Editor

PHOTO COURTESY OF KELLY COUGHLAN

Lacrosse Wins First ACC Championship By Luke Evans Asst. Sports Editor

6–22. That was No. 4 Boston College lacrosse’s all-time record against one of its biggest foes, No. 6 North Carolina, before Sunday’s ACC Tournament Championship game. “You know, having those painstaking losses in other years can be a part of the process for this year, too,” BC head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein said. “It doesn’t have to be the end all be all when you lose, it’s part of it. And I think those girls carry those memories with them, and it leveraged them today.” On a quest for its first-ever ACC title, the

No. 1-seed Eagles ran into none other than No. 3-seed North Carolina in the championship game. The holder of six straight ACC Tournament titles, the Tar Heels had taken down BC in four of the last five ACC Tournament Championship games and entered the game on a four-game win streak over the Eagles. But BC snapped the streak Sunday, as it came back from a three-goal third-quarter deficit and held the Tar Heels’ scoreless in the final quarter of play to hoist the ACC Championship trophy for the first time in program history.

Newton North High School’s ToBeGLAD Day programming, which centers around LGBTQ+ awareness and celebration, sparked a protest and counterprotest due to the inclusion of a planned performance from drag performer Missy Steak. The community’s response to protestors that called to cancel the planned performance

demonstrated Newton’s inclusivity, according to Newton North principal Henry Turner. “I do think that, largely, the community, you know, stands up for the values that we have in the schools and we have in the community—that we are an inclusive community,” Turner said. “I also am very proud of their leadership and also think it’s an attribution to the hard work that we do to prepare them here at school and with their families.” Students at Newton North plan the programming for cultural diversity initiatives such as ToBeGLAD Day, according to Turner.

See Newton North, A4

Seniors Reflect on Identity

See Lacrosse, A16

The Class of 2023 is the final graduating group that remembers a pre-Covid BC. Seniors reflect on four years of changes. See A6

ERIN FLAHERTY / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Opinions

Predicting a court-mandated end to affirmative action policies at colleges nationwide, columnist Elise Jarvis assesses the potential impact at Boston College.

In her final column, longtime columnist Alli Hargrove reflects on her upcoming graduation and how people go through seasons of change, just like trees.

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Exploring UGBC’s Budget A2

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