Archive for ‘October, 2006’

MARBLE: Violent games under fire

I just finished playing some Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Man, I love that game. There’s something about it that makes me want to put down my controller, pick up the AK-47 I have lying around my dorm, go out onto Commonwealth Avenue and start shooting. I’m not serious, obviously.

EDITORIAL: The state of print

Why are our country’s newspapers vanishing? This has been the million-dollar question on the minds of frustrated newspaper publishers and terrified journalism students ever since newspaper circulation began its steady decline in the 1990s. The debate gained new urgency this week when the Audit Bureau of Circulation released figures showing newspaper circulation has taken a nosedive in the last six months, ending Sept.

City Crime Logs

The following reports were taken from Allston-Brighton’s District 14 crime logs from Oct. 23 to Oct. 30. Four officers witnessed a violent fight in progress on Kelton Street in Allston at 12:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29. When the officers arrived at the scene, they observed a 24-year-old man punching a 20-year-old victim in the face repeatedly.

ENG students get real-world look as seniors

Every year, the College of Engineering challenges its seniors to apply four years of study toward developing a project that meets the needs of real-world clients. Each of the college’s four departments — aerospace and mechanical, biomedical, electrical and computer (ECE) and manufacturing — has its own project requirements.

BU grilled on biolab transportation measures

Gubernatorial Green-Rainbow Party candidate Grace Ross chided Boston University administrators at City Hall last night for not contracting a certified company to transport hazardous substances to and from its Level 4 Biosafety Laboratory, which includes Ebola, the Marburg virus and anthrax.