Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

■3 10 M I. ' The Heights Tiddley-wink Team during off-hourr The Heights J Boston College ' s weekly newspaper, attempted for the forty-fourth consecutive year to inform and entertain its five thousand Friday afternoon readers. News coverage was broadened and deepened, the big breakthrough coming when Heights reporters were admitted to student government meetings. The letters column on the features page provided the occasion for many a splendid verbal battle over some of the many provocative features. Jerry Farrell occasionally crossed the borders of Strictly Sports but his readers, friend or foe, were never apathetic. Heights editors campaigned for curriculum re- vision, a greater emphasis on behavioral science, co-education, and administration respect for student opinion. Their views were wel- comed in some corners, ignored in others as " the same problems which have worried all past editors. " Most students, clearly bored, ignored them. If the editorial policy was traditional, the Heights format was any- thing but. The first Heights of the year appeared on non-glossy paper and before those particularly fond of the old bookcover paper had recovered, the Heights had changed printers and was printed on or- dinary newspaper. The changes gave the Heights a more professional look and a greater capacity for news coverage. That a Heights ap- peared at all came as a great surprise to visitors to the Heights office on Tuesday nights. Editors, staff members and typists were generally in a state of confusion. The confusion usually became a newspaper about 3 A.M. as editors played stickball with rulers and a few less hardy staff members slept on desks. The motivation for those willing to undergo such an ordeal has been variously described as sheer ego- tism, a desire for professional experience, and insomnia. Heights members simply said it was fun. THE HEIGHTS