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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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By Samantha Mellman A crowd of students lined up outside Boston University’s College of General Studies the Tuesday night before Halloween eagerly awaiting the moment the doors would open …
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Upon hearing a book is being adapted into a film, most fans go into a frenzy. Questions of whether it will be as good, who will star in it and …
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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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We like to rank everything as if the world is black and white. College rankings, like Princeton Review, Forbes, and the U.S. News & World Report, try to create an objective representation of …
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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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