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Author: Heather Vandenengel

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Journalism Isn’t Dead, Storytelling Is Being Reborn

May 3, 2011May 2, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - 1 Comment

Two years ago, every conference that writer Susan Orlean was invited to speak at was about the death of journalism. Two years later it’s still not dead, and at last weekend’s narrative nonfiction conference, the future even seemed, well, bright.

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Dean Elmore’s Face Painted On, Blasted Off Mugar In Less Than 10 Hours

April 29, 2011April 28, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - Leave a Comment

Between speaking at events, competing on game shows and threatening to jump in the Charles River, the face of the Dean of Students Kenn Elmore is everywhere on campus including, for a few hours Thursday morning, the side of Mugar Library.

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Soaking Up Colors And Celebrating Spring At Holi Festival

April 20, 2011April 20, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - Leave a Comment

Forget Marathon Monday.  The most colorful event this weekend took place Saturday on the BU Beach when more than 300 students crowded on a tarp to throw, smear and splash colors …

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Interseqtion Connects Queer Artists Across the Country

April 18, 2011April 18, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - Leave a Comment

A LinkedIn meets Deviant Art for queer artists—there was nothing like it out there, until two Boston University students created it. The website is called Interseqtion and it’s a space …

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Castle Employee Sends Love Back Home

April 17, 2011April 19, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - Leave a Comment

I met Roberto Amaya last year when I started to work as a student event manager at lectures and receptions at the Boston University Castle. During the two or three …

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The Dean’s List Discuss Mixtapes, Tour Life and Breakfast Talk

April 12, 2011April 12, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - Leave a Comment

The Dean’s List, a Boston-based, Berklee-schooled hip hop trio, have created huge buzz since their first mixtape, The Drive In, dropped in late February. Now on the Animal House Tour …

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Scenes From The Underground: BU Central’s All Day Music Fest

April 11, 2011April 12, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - 1 Comment

BU Central’s first Underground Music Festival started at noon with jazz, ended at midnight with hip-hop and had twelve hours of just about everything in between, from punk rock to acoustic to indie dance pop.

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Following Disaster In Japan, BU Community Shows Support

April 4, 2011April 4, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - Leave a Comment

Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti last January, the Boston University community raised over $50,000 for Partners in Health, a Boston-based non-profit medical organization deeply involved in …

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Biking in Boston: On The Cheap

April 3, 2011April 3, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - Leave a Comment

Seeing Boston by bike is a whole new world. You can forgo crowded trains and sidewalks and jet across the city or along the Esplanade. But buying a bike can …

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Campus Hootenanny For a Cause

March 25, 2011March 25, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - Leave a Comment

Attend tonight’s acoustic show, Give a HOOT, at the HER House and you can help support women and disabled children in Niger.

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Senior Bucketlist: Explore Jamaica Plain’s Local Culture

March 21, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - Leave a Comment

This is the third in a weekly series with BU Now that highlights Seniors’ sage advice on absolute must-dos in Boston. Looking for the ultimate list of things to experience …

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Free Live Music in Boston

March 9, 2011March 9, 2011 - by Heather Vandenengel - 1 Comment

The House of Blues may seem miles away when it’s 25 degrees outside and a trek to the Paradise Rock Club looks like an arctic voyage in this cold. To …

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