BU Professor Traces Life of Notorious Boston Mobster
An interview with Boston University’s Professor Dick Lehr about recent biography of James J. “Whitey” Bulger, a mob boss especially infamous in Boston for his shaping of the South End.
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The Quad Goes to SXSW
Over the past ten days or so, in between your spring break beach visits and mixed drinks, you probably checked your Twitter and/or Facebook feeds. You were probably confused as …
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BU Allocations Board to Institute New Policy
The BU Allocations Board hosted a town hall meeting Tuesday to discuss an upcoming policy change coming into effect fall of 2013. The Allocations Board is responsible for determining the …
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Obama Adminstration Pushing Forward with Liberal Agenda
In his inauguration speech this year, President Obama mentioned the Stonewall Riots in the same breath as the Seneca Falls Convention and the Selma marches, setting the stage for progress …
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Predicting the 2013 Academy Awards
For last Sunday’s issue, I examined the recent trend in award shows toward the unexciting and traditional and away from the groundbreaking and challenging. This year’s Oscar nominations took a …
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The Fallacies of Award Shows
Admirable, yet unexciting. These words could be used to describe much of the content that has won major artistic awards over the last few years, from the Oscars to the …
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‘The Americans’ Review
The leads in FX’s new drama, The Americans, which premiered last Thursday, don’t seem a terribly compelling subject for a series. Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings live and work in the …
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Manti Te’o and the Changing World of Online Romance
By now you’ve doubtlessly heard the bizarre story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o, Heisman runner-up and one of the main cogs in the Fighting Irish’s trip to the National …
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Ray Lewis: A Career Retrospective
On Sunday, Ray Lewis, 17-year veteran and Baltimore Ravens linebacker, will take the field one last time, ending a storied career that included thirteen Pro Bowl appearances, ten All-Pro selections, …
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Standing Up To Stand-Up
Nestled among the bohemia and academia of Cambridge and Harvard University, two floors above the Hong Kong Restaurant and one floor above a tiny college bar, Rick Jenkins’ Comedy Studio …
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2012’s Overlooked Movies
With Oscar season approaching and with prestige films like The Hobbit, Les Miserables, and Django Unchained set to dominate the headlines for the coming months, now is the time when …
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“Skyfall” is Bond at its Best
Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond movie and the third starring Daniel Craig, deftly balances the standard action fare that we have come to expect and cherish in the franchise while also …
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