Archive for ‘September, 2006’

ROSENBERG: The many benefits of dying more than one time

Imagine my unbridled glee earlier this week as I opened my phone, hit the mobile web button and sifted through my Verizon Wireless “VZWNews” headlines. First, unbridled glee at finally knowing what was happening in the world after spending the last two weeks as a shut-in, coming out only to file columns for The Daily Free Press.

EDITORIAL: Ampersand

Ever since Elie Weisel and George Clooney teamed up to save Darfur, we here at the ol’ Free Press decided to look for some other dynamic duos who could change the world. l President Robert Brown and Colonel Sanders advocate mustache awareness. l Tobe Berkovitz and Arnold Schwarzenegger star in Twins Two: East Meets West.

EDITORIAL: MBTA Mishaps

After the smoke cleared on yesterday’s T debacle, it became painfully evident that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is gravely under-prepared for an emergency. At approximately 4 p.m., thousands of T passengers spilled out of the Kenmore Square Station to catch shuttles to Park Street and elsewhere.

The student travel market takes off

Although the members of generation Y have every opportunity to explore the world from home via the Internet, TV and yes, even books, students today choose to travel more than ever before. However, despite the increase in youth travelers, student travel concerns remain largely underrepresented in the travel market.

Campus Crime Logs

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Sept. 10 to Sept. 23. At 3:11 a.m. Sept. 17, a resident assistant reported a male party causing a disturbance in Rich Hall at 277 Babcock St. BUPD officers attempted to speak with the party, but he became aggressive toward officers, waving his arms and yelling at them.