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While you might only use yours for playing Angry Birds, Vining and texting, your smart phone has incredible computing power that can actually be used in other impressive ways. Instead …
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As the 2013 NFL Draft begins tonight (8pm on NFL Network and ESPN), 254 young men from the collegiate ranks are going to join an elite group of athletes in …
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On Saturday afternoon, Boston University students ran to the new pedestrian mall behind Warren Towers to celebrate Holi. The festival is a traditional Hindu celebration of the renewal of spring …
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Mad Men has, to some degree, always been about transactions. More specifically, Mad Men is concerned with the buying and selling of happiness. Don Draper is a merchant of joy, creating desire where …
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In preparation for summer, which seems to be on the way (no matter how bipolar the weather in Boston is), Popsicles are a great option for a summer snack: they’re …
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In a season where Carmelo Anthony became a real star, the Miami Heat went on a streak to beat all (but one) winning streaks, and Chicago waited for their prodigal …
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For the past 33 years, Linda Wells has served the Boston University community as an educator, administrator, and mentor, making strident contributions to the generations of people who have passed and will pass through Boston University. Last October, BU Provost and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Jean Morrison announced that Linda Wells had informed her and President Brown that she would like to step down as Dean of the College of General Studies at the end of the 2012-13 academic year.
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These days, it’s harder to find music with integrity — especially since irony’s takeover. A lot of artists subscribe to superficial “brands.” Rather than the actual music, they are more …
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Boston has made it through an unimaginably horrible week. For five days, from the explosions on Marathon Monday, which claimed the lives of three innocent young people, until Friday night’s …
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When I was 13, I got two albums for Christmas. One was Weezer’s Make Believe, a really bad album with a ubiquitous single that I wish didn’t exist. The other …
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Most people probably haven’t heard of the Wonderwerk Cave. An enormous 140-meter long tunnel first excavated in the 1970s, the cave lies in Southern Africa and reaches deep enough for …
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After a long, hard winter, yesterday was the first day of real spring. But for most of it, we were trapped inside. Yesterday, Boston University was on lockdown. The Dean’s …
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