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Alex Greenberg: Pranks with Purpose
It is the Friday night after the first week of classes, and Ashford Street is the inside of a drunken beehive, swarming and sticky. As the rumble and fizz of …
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Op-Ed: Tarif Ahmed on BU’s Drug Policy
Tarif Ahmed (CAS ’13) is the vice president of the BU chapter of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. It is often the case that institutions experience a lag time …
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Stress-Busting with “Stress Buddy”
Barely two weeks into the semester and its presence is already palpable. On a trek down Commonwealth Avenue, one spies a sea of blood-shot eyes, fidgety hands, and Starbucks cups. …
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BU TweetCreep: September 12th-16th
Who’s tired? Who feels like they are walking around in a mild, zombie-like state, drinking coffee like it’s liquid gold? If you answered, “ME, ME, ME! DEAR GOD, THAT’S ME!” …
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Patti Stanger: The Millionaire Madmaker
Patti Stanger, the Millionaire Matchmaker, makes me angry. Like really, really angry. Like sitting-in-bed-in-my-underwear-watching-TV-and-screaming-to-absolutely-no one angry. And I’m sure I’m not the only one. The premise of The Millionaire Matchmaker …
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Alain Locke and the Lingering Question of Identity
B.U. students and faculty members celebrated Harlem Renaissance leader Alain Locke’s birthday on Tuesday evening. Visiting lecturer Jeffrey Stewart spoke to the crowd about Locke’s famous ideas on “Negro Art,” …
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The Journalist Globetrotters: Foreign Correspondents at BU
What happens when a society of journalists invites international journalists to speak for an audience of undergraduate student journalists? A lot of questions happen. This Monday, correspondents from the World …
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“Quidam”: Cirque du Soleil’s Take on Reality
The world-renowned Cirque du Soleil brings Agganis Arena to a whole different level of entertainment by taking the audience on a theatrical journey of complex circus routines. With the help …
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“Dancing With the Dark”: Joan Snyder’s Life in Prints
Joan Snyder’s expressionist and feminist view on life has taken over the white walls of the Boston University Art Gallery. The exhibition, titled “Dancing with the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints …
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An American in Paris: Behind the Language Barrier
I wasn’t overly concerned about the language barrier when I first arrived in Paris. I was fluent in French at the age of three (a fluency which I later deliberately …
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At the Drive In: Movies at the BU Beach
During the day, BU Beach is usually full of students playing football or, on a summer day, tanning. However, at night, the yard sitting behind the College of Arts and …
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That Awkward Moment When: The R-Rated Hypnotist Visits BU
You know that awkward moment when you’re forced to chase your fleeing genitals through a crowd of your peers? No? Then you clearly weren’t a participant in Saturday night’s show …
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