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Tuesday evening, President Brown sent the Boston University community a second e-mail pertaining to the tragic events of yesterday’s Boston Marathon. This one came with the heavy-hearted confirmation that a …
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The freshly 27-year-old Andrew Jenks is directing and starring in the second season of his primetime MTV show, World of Jenks. Though Jenks is present in nearly every scene, it isn’t entirely his world the program showcases. It’s the worlds of three American twenty-somethings from very different walks of life.
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After 40 years rink-side, one of the most decorated university hockey coaches in American history is retiring. BU men’s hockey coach Jack Parker announced his retirement on Monday, his 68th birthday, …
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A November 2012 study found that 98% of 18-24 year olds use social media. The same study determined that Americans, on average, spend about 7.6 hours per month on online …
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This Super Bowl, advertisers shelled out up to $4 million for a 30 second commercial. About 108 million Americans, bellies full of beer and wings, constituted their captive audience. There …
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Last spring, Student Government proposed a 5-year plan for implementing gender neutral housing at Boston University. The plan took into consideration the results of months-worth of research and an online …
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At approximately 8:30 Thursday morning, Boston University lost a dedicated student and a brilliant talent because of a road accident. Families of victims of deadly accidents like this can seek …
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This fall, Boston University students exercised their right to vote, many for the very first time, in the presidential election. They tuned into televised presidential debates and engaged in productive …
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On November 6, Massachusetts voters will answer Question 3: Should the state of Massachusetts legalize medical marijuana? The state statute known as the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Initiative reads as follows: …
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Boston boasts a long list of museums scientific, historic and artistic. Old world artifacts and millennial abstracts are tucked in buildings throughout the city. When the dim glow of Tumblr …
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This year, BU is seeing some big, fancy changes. There’s the new student center at 100 Bay State Road (or, as @budiningservice so affectionately refers to it, #HUNNY), the state-of-the-art …
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That cold, hard slate they call a “bed.” Those splintery wooden drawers. That busting-at-the-seams closet. That dust bunny-caked carpet floor. And all sandwiched between four concrete slabs of wall. Home …
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