Archive for ‘January, 2006’
BU filmmaker, actress speak on experiences
More than 60 students crammed into the College of Communication’s room B-05 Friday night to catch a screening of Mutual Appreciation, a film directed by Boston University film production professor Andrew Bujalski starring COM alum Rachel Clift. Mutual Appreciation is the story of three friends’ quest to form a two-person band in New York City.
Music festival highlights local bands, raises money
More than 150 students gathered at Friday’s Amnesty International-sponsored “Jamnesty: A Jam for Justice,” which used music as a medium to promote human rights. The event, in Metcalf Hall, showcased local bands as a backdrop while attendees participated in letter writing campaigns against violence in Nigeria and at Guantanamo Bay.
Disabled BU students turn to the ODS
Coping on Campus The first in a three part series focusing on BU students with disabilities At an institution of higher learning as vast and complex as Boston University, the Office of Disabilities Services and the students it aids tends to go unnoticed.
Students offer 24 hours of comedy for Help Now
With the help of flying pink elephants, Disney songs and Harry Potter references, Liquid Fun, Boston University’s only non-audition improvisation comedy group, and ten other comedy acts from the Boston area kept a rotating audience of five to 50 people laughing for 24 hours during the 24 Hour Comedy Marathon at the Sargent Activities Center.
Teacher blog rates students
As if grades weren’t enough to make students anxious, a new website inspired by the popular RateMyProfessors.com, may make some students quiver. RateYourStudents.blogspot.com, created as the professor’s answer to RateMyProfessors.com, allows professors to log on and vent their daily frustrations.
News
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
- ENG junior Austin Brashears had passion for alternative energy, adventure
- Daniela Lekhno remembered by friends, professors
- Vigil attendees remember BU students killed in New Zealand
The Muse
- Fuzz and Honey: M. Ward and Lee Ranaldo Play the House of Blues
- The Pretty Disheartening: Taylor Momsen’s band at Paradise Rock Club
- Glass half-something: Horse Feathers’ balancing act on “Cynic’s New Year”
- Yann Tiersen’s latest leap in genre
- Comic Relief: Five-Year Engagement pokes fun at itself, wins laughs in process
Campus
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
- ENG junior Austin Brashears had passion for alternative energy, adventure
- Daniela Lekhno remembered by friends, professors
- Vigil attendees remember BU students killed in New Zealand
City
- Violin prof. Roman Totenberg dies at 101, leaves behind legacy of devotion
- Marchers protest for workers’ rights, honor May Day
- Bankers urge customers to use caution when swiping cards at ATMs
- Theft high among cell-phone bearing pedestrians, police say
- Free fitness classes offered in Hub after finals, during summer
National
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
- Violin prof. Roman Totenberg dies at 101, leaves behind legacy of devotion
- Seau family considering brain donation to BU, still undecided
- Brown, Warren among top earners, tax records show
Finance & Economy
- Judge extends Occupy’s temporary restraining order against city
- Study reports income inequality a growing trend in Boston
- Fee free: Occupy demonstrators encourage opening credit union accounts
- Students say Obama’s loan proposal has potential to alleviate debt
- BU students express frustration over new Bank of America annual charges
Science & Technology
- Seau family considering brain donation to BU, still undecided
- Public meeting for biolab set for April
- BU enrollment in math, sciences, tech rises slightly
- BU profs find DNA connection to onset of menopause
- The real butterfly in your stomach: Scientists explore the possibility of a “second brain” in our gut
International
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
- Daniela Lekhno remembered by friends, professors
- Vigil attendees remember BU students killed in New Zealand
- Three BU students killed, five injured in car accident while studying abroad in New Zealand
Cross Country
- Track and field find success in two separate invitationals
- Three student athletes honored by BU for leadership, ability
- Terriers combine for 23 top-10 finishes during three different meets
- Weekly roundup: Track and field favored in preseason poll
- Weekly Roundup: Two members of wrestling team qualify for NCAAs
Film & TV
- Comic Relief: Five-Year Engagement pokes fun at itself, wins laughs in process
- For The Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival
- Whedon & The Avengers: An interview with film director Joss Whedon
- Catch A Little ‘Luck’ This Spring: An Interview with Taylor Schilling
- On ‘Detention’: An interview with Josh Hutcherson
