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An American in Paris: You’re Welcome?
Over the past several weeks, I have slowly become aware of the fact that I am not awful at French anymore. This is not to say, of course, that I …
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Bye-Bye Boston: A City Without Its Students Over Winter Break
The most wonderful time of year has just about arrived. Students’ planners are color-coded chicken scratch and brains are fried. While notebooks and handouts loom tall on desks, stacked higher …
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New Documentary by BU Professor Tackles Flawed Family Court System
In 1992, Holly Collins went to a Minnesota family court intending to secure full custody of her two children, Zackary and Jennifer. She had believed that if she told the …
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Occupy Boston: Two Months In Photos
Occupy Boston, the anti-corporate protest encampment in Dewey Square, has been a focus of local headlines for the past two months. Now, protesters await the city’s final decision December 15 …
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BU Tweetcreep: November 28th – December 2nd
Does that Tweetcreep bird look a little fatter to you? I heard that pets tend to look like their owners. So a writer’s article icon must look like it’s writer, …
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West African Research Association Panel Examines Race And The US Judicial System
In the GSU’s Terrance Lounge, the West African Research Association held a panel questioning blacks and the U.S. judicial system this past Wednesday night. The discussion, titled “Mass Incarceration: Africans …
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BU Occupies Boston Teach-In: Professors Contextualize a Modern Movement
Yesterday, 99% was nothing more than an answer scribbled on a homework sheet or a statistic on a survey. Today, the percentage represents the increasingly self-aware fraction of Americans subject …
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Anti-Domestic Violence, Pro-Peace: An Evening of Art
Most BU students have seen that little glass-walled room on the second floor of the GSU – just up the stairs, to the left, a sight en route to the …
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An American in Paris: Thanksgiving
I have always been one of those people who believes strongly in the sanctity of Thanksgiving. It isn’t a just a buffer holiday so people have a reason for a …
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Professor Wiesel’s (Potential) Last Lecture: What a Treat
Monday night in the GSU’s Metcalf Ballroom, Elie Wiesel gave what may very well be his last lecture at Boston University. The ballroom was packed and the stage was set …
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Anarchist Bookfair Brings Perspective to Contemporary Social Activism
Visitors got an alternative education last weekend at the 2011 Boston Anarchist Bookfair, sponsored by the Progressive Librarians Guild at Simmons College. The bookfair, held from November 11 to 13, …
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Thanksgiving Style Tips: 3 Things to Take, Bring and Keep
Getting dressed these days, you might catch yourself wishing you had a few things around (that amazing sweater! those fuzzy slippers!), and wondering why a few remain inexplicably in your …
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