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Two weeks ago, people all over the country began protesting a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson for shooting and killing Mike Brown, an unarmed black teenager. In many places, they were joined by …
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It’s hardly a secret that it’s tough to make a career in the arts financially stable, but Elizabeth Stevens, a professor in the Boston University Arts and Sciences Writing Program, didn’t …
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Four BU Professors discussed some hitherto neglected subjects regarding the Ebola crisis.
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Last weekend, some friends and I decided to escape the city and explore the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts while there was still some fall foliage to enjoy. And once we got our …
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Would you believe around 50 strangers spent a Wednesday night watching porn together in CGS’s Jacob Sleeper Auditorium? That’s exactly what happened when Megan Andelloux, a certified sexologist and sexuality …
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Last week, Taylor Swift’s new album 1989 sold 1.2 million copies. This immediately made it the best selling album released in 2014 (the indefatigable Frozen soundtrack, which came out at the tail end …
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Parker Millsap answered the phone with a twang in his voice and a polite “This is Parker. How’s it goin’?” Millsap’s smoky voice and soulful lyrics have earned him a nomination by the Americana …
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Eddie Redmayne absolutely shines as physicist Stephen Hawking in James Marsh’s beautiful new film, The Theory of Everything.
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Public restrooms are already gross, but can you imagine having to pay to use one? The nightmare is the reality in Greg Kotis’s Urinetown. While the name Urinetown isn’t overtly inviting, this musical …
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By Michael Whitesides “I want you to try and imagine your teenage years. You don’t remember birthdays and dates you remember events. The more you think back on it, it’s …
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A small skeleton wearing a sombrero and holding a guitar was propped on top of the drum kit. An illuminated plastic pumpkin grinned out to the audience in the darkness. …
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