The Fallacies of Award Shows
Admirable, yet unexciting. These words could be used to describe much of the content that has won major artistic awards over the last few years, from the Oscars to the …
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Quadcast, Episode 2: Game Day
Your browser does not support audio embedding. Boston University certainly has a sport culture, but it doesn’t seem to be like sports culture at other big schools. While football can …
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Warrior Women: Panetta’s Decision and the Female Soldiers of Tomorrow
Kayleigh Andreason, blonde and blue-eyed in a sweet grey and white cardigan, spins her laptop around and points to her Facebook profile picture. She is barely recognizable, looking over her …
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A Look Back On The 2012 NFL Season
As Super Bowl Sunday passes, so does another NFL season, and what an interesting year it was. From replacement referees and the post bounty-gate New Orleans Saints to the return …
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Female Hockey Fans Still Faced With Sexism
“News of the NHL lockout’s end caused as much excitement in the male world as a 70 percent off sale does in a woman’s.” The aforementioned quote is from the …
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The Inside Man: Interviewing a Rhett
Nobody may love Scarlett more than Rhett, but nobody loves Rhett more than BU. Everybody at BU knows Rhett. Or, at least they think they do. The Quad spoke with …
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On CITGO, Neon, and Boston’s Favorite Sign
It’s just a coincidence that one of Beacon Street’s major intersections lies beneath the glow of the CITGO sign. There was no grand design for Commonwealth Avenue to meet Beacon …
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Manti Te’o and the Changing World of Online Romance
By now you’ve doubtlessly heard the bizarre story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o, Heisman runner-up and one of the main cogs in the Fighting Irish’s trip to the National …
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Aaron Swartz’s Death Throws Internet Freedom into the Spotlight
In July 2011, Aaron Swartz was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly downloading millions of documents from JSTOR. On September 24, 2012, he pleaded not guilty to these …
Read More QuadCast, Episode 1: An Introduction
Your browser does not support audio embedding. I can count on one hand the number of BU traditions I know of—walking across the campus on Matriculation, going to hockey games, …
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How I Learned to Love Christmas
1997. Walking through the local Stop & Shop, my small mittened hand enclosed in my mother’s, I asked who the man in the red suit was. He loomed above me, …
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Photo Story: Allston March in Response to Rape Culture and Racial Profiling
On Thursday, December 1, the Allston Feminist Action Community held a march against racial and social profiling. A crowd of approximately 30 Boston University students gathered together on the last …
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