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Author: Nina Jobim

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“The Story of Writing”: A Lecture on the Development of Writing Systems

November 22, 2013November 22, 2013 - by Nina Jobim - Leave a Comment

Professor Sasha Nikolaev is a young and charismatic professor from the Boston University Department of Classical Studies. His Russian nationality is easily guessed from his name and accent, he recently …

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BU on Wheels: The Campaign for Greater Bike Safety

November 18, 2013October 25, 2014 - by Nina Jobim - 1 Comment

BU is open to the same dangers as the rest of Boston, and this means students on bikes need to be extra careful.

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Review: Femina Shakespeare Troupe Presents Romeo & Juliet

October 25, 2013October 25, 2013 - by Nina Jobim - Leave a Comment

Room 352, the “Jewels 1” Miller Studio Theatre on the third floor of the College of Fine Arts, is not large, as theatres go. The entire center section of the …

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Second Student Discovery Seminar of the Year Puts on a Show

October 18, 2013October 18, 2013 - by Nina Jobim - Leave a Comment

To get to the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Reading Room, take the elevator to the right of the main entrance of the Mugar Memorial Library to the fifth floor. …

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Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Honors Aaron Spelling with New Exhibition

October 7, 2013October 7, 2013 - by Nina Jobim - Leave a Comment

The evening began with a rather different view of the first floor of Mugar Memorial Library than most students are used to. The entire back section of the first floor, …

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Review: “Burning” Sheds Light on the Harsh Realities of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

September 30, 2013September 30, 2013 - by Nina Jobim - Leave a Comment

A mix of cold and warm lights focuses on Cy Burns, center stage. Cy wears loose-fitting clothing, has short, greying hair, and a tough face. She breaks the fourth wall …

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“The Poetry of Suffering and Waiting:” Bucknell Professor Begins Annual Lecture Series Program

September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 - by Nina Jobim - Leave a Comment

That BU is a massive school is a fact that its students are all acutely aware of. One of the downsides of this is the proportionately massive number of amazing …

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Sustainability and Bike Safety Festival Brings BU Together

September 16, 2013August 17, 2021 - by Nina Jobim - Leave a Comment

The wind, heat, and humidity didn’t stop groups from not only the BostonUniversity community, but also the city of Boston and surrounding areas from coming together on Thursday, September 12th, for …

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Believing What We Know: The Crossroads Project

April 26, 2013April 26, 2013 - by Nina Jobim - 1 Comment

Making an enormous auditorium like the Tsai Performance Center seem intimate may be difficult to imagine, but this was nonetheless achieved by The Crossroads Project at 7:30 p.m. on April 23. …

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CGS Community Service Club Hosts West Campus Block Party

April 19, 2013April 19, 2013 - by Nina Jobim - Leave a Comment

Earth Day may not be until April 22nd, but that didn’t stop the College of General Studies Community Service Club from hosting their fourth annual Earth Day West Campus Block …

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Review: ‘ETTY’ Brings Realities of Holocaust to BU

April 5, 2013April 5, 2013 - by Nina Jobim - Leave a Comment

“Your first word of all was light,/and time began. Then for long you were silent./Your second word was man, and fear began,/which grips us still./Are you about to speak again?/I …

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