Fall 2025 Columnist Application
As a columnist for The Heights, you will be responsible for writing an opinions column every two weeks on a topic of your choosing. You will be expected to meet regularly with the opinions editor and will be published online and sometimes in the Heights e-edition. As a staffer, you will gain valuable experience in contributing regularly to an award-winning student newspaper. We’re looking for columnists who have specific interests/themes and can consistently comment on these topics in their columns. 

Please submit this application by 11:59 p.m. on September 7. 
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BC Email Address *
Full Name *
School and Class Year *
Major(s) *
Please list any other activities/campus organizations that you are involved with and/or any on- or off-campus jobs you currently have. *
In 200-250 words, please explain why you are interested in writing for The Heights as a columnist. *
If writing about any of the topics/beats below interest you, please select them. Keep in mind if you are going abroad, you can ONLY write for the study abroad beat. m
If none of the beats above interest you, please list three additional topics you would be interested in writing a column on, along with a short explanation of why these topics are important. (Keep in mind that most columns in The Heights are BC-related.)
You may also attach a relevant writing sample of 300-500 words to bolster your application (optional).
How did you hear about this application? *
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