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Cheapskate’s Guide to Boston: Week of June 20
Don’t say I never do anything for you, cheapskates. This week’s guide was a bit of a slog, I’m afraid, as the week’s early bits attest. Believe me, if Tuesday …
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A Straight Man in Scotland: The Syrian Blogger Hoax
I do not get angry easily, but when I do, it’s intense and consuming and exhausting. And right now I am not only angry, but I am disappointed and dismayed …
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Orienting to BU: Making Meal Plans—Easy as Pie
Orienting to BU is a series aiming to help incoming freshman in the sometimes bumpy transition from high school to Boston University. Articles will be released around each summer orientation …
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Cheapskate’s Guide : Week of June 13
Monday, June 13 Boston nerdlord writer Ethan Gilsdorf and various New England confederates present Funny as a Crutch, a comedy-music-rap-audio-fiction spectacle the crew describes as a “deep, dangerous vein.” A …
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Orienting to BU: Bringing the Bling
Orienting to BU is a new series aiming to help the Class of 2015 in the sometimes bumpy transition to Boston University. Articles will be released around each summer orientation session. First up, what to bring to your new fancy dorm!
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BU in London: When the Sun Goes Down
“Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber!” -Lord Byron Now that I have been in London for almost three weeks I am starting to realize I may never …
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Cheapskate’s Guide : Week of June 6
Far be it for The Quad to dictate your social calendar, oh cheapskates, but dare we say that there is no valid justification for sitting at home this week watching …
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Cheapskate’s Guide to Boston: Week of May 30
Take heart, my penny-wringing compatriots! With June we truly embark into the season of free and hot-damnedly cheap. Flicks and concerts on the Esplanade or Wharf might not be starting …
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Cheapskate’s Guide to Boston: Memorial Day
Let’s cut to brass tacks — you have Memorial Day off (appy-polly-loggies to those who, like yours truly, fall outside this category) and are looking for something worthy to do …
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BU in London: Seeing the Sights
Greetings from London, Quad readers! On this weekly blog I’ll be detailing my adventures in London where I am completing a six-week CGS study abroad program. I have already been …
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Cheapskate’s Guide to Boston: Somerville PorchFest
For all the flack city folk give suburbia — a wasteland to be escaped from or returned to only under duress, a folksy slowdown for those unable to hack it …
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Cheapskate’s Guide to Boston: Week of May 23
Alright fellow cheapskates, after the glut of free events this weekend (Somerville PorchFest, Ashmont Hill Yard Sale, EarthFest 2011) it looks like the coming week is a bit thin on …
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