Archive for ‘September, 2004’

Bears no match for Terriers

Pouring rain and an early deficit couldn’t slow down the Boston University field hockey team at Jack Barry Field in Cambridge Saturday. Three Terriers scored en route to a 3-1 victory over Brown University. BU picked up its third win of the season, leveling its record at 3-3.

Terriers strong in weekend sweep

6-1. The score of Red Sox-Yankees score today? No. 6-1. The odds of the Arizona Cardinals pulling off the upset against the reigning Super Bowl champs? No. (Try 600-1). 6-1 is the record of the red-hot Boston University women’s soccer team. After winning two matches this weekend, the first Friday night at Fairfield University, 1-0, and the second Sunday against Brown University, 2-1, at Nickerson Field, the Terriers have compiled a record unseen by Boston University fans in almost 10 years.

A COMEDIAN’S PERSPECTIVE: The karma of punching

I have a strong belief in the existence of karma. That’s why when I punched a kid in the face during my sophomore year of high school, I knew I’d get mine in the end. Then again, I was truly just enforcing karma, or its Irish equivalent: revenge. The infamous punch I’m referring to took place during a Bay High Tennis practice.

STAFF EDITORIAL: BU targets student suicide

While student suicides at New York University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shaken those campuses in the past few years, Boston University has been spared these incidents. BU should be commended for providing the nurturing environment and array of mental services that must have resulted in its low suicide rate.

STAFF EDITORIAL: Reform Electoral College

In an attempt to pack more power into each of the state’s voters for the upcoming presidential election, Colorado recently proposed abolishing the winner-takes-all system of giving all its electoral votes to the majority candidate. Instead, the Rocky Mountain State is looking to join Nebraska and Maine in distributing its electoral votes based on the popular vote.