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In preparation for Parents’ Weekend, we have asked our staff writers’ parents to submit blog posts to The Quad. Our copy editor/campus reporter Lauren Michael’s (CAS ’15) mother, Shannon Michael, …
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In the land of sand and surf, there are no seasons. The sky is either blue or brown. That is the price Southern Californians pay (insert sarcastic chuckle here). So …
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This week, I was lucky enough to experience French culture at its finest. Unfortunately, the culture I was experiencing was France’s love of bureaucracy and unnecessary paperwork. Everyone who moves …
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I firmly believe that every person could use more comedy in their life. Those who attended the free Saturday night performance from Slow Children At Play, BU’s premier sketch comedy …
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When I picked up Swamplandia! for the first time, I was confused. Depicted on the cover in cartoon-style artistry is a little girl, braids blowing in the breeze, sitting atop a …
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Boston-based indie rockers You Can Be a Wesley (YCBAW) will release their full length EP, Nightosphere, on November 1st, and plan to celebrate with an album release show at the …
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This is my second year working in SED. I’ve really enjoyed the environment, except for one important thing; it rains inside. The Instructional Materials Center (IMC), for example, serves as …
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Books, quite frankly, are awesome. They are doorways to other worlds; they are reservoirs of knowledge. They are almost always better than the movie. The Boston Book Festival (BBF) was …
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In 2003, Boston University became one of two universities to receive a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to construct a National Biocontainment Laboratory next …
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I love Netflix. How could I not? Well, there was that Qwikster thing, which is not a thing anymore, but really. Where else could I find The Cove, Angus, AND episodes of …
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Smartphone sales are set to eclipse PC sales by the end of 2011, according to Beyond the PC, an article in the October 8th edition of The Economist. The “Mobile …
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PETA has a long history of controversial advertisements. According to PETA.org, two of the organization’s most prominent strategies of getting its message across are public education and protest campaigns. These …
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