Archive for ‘November, 2006’

Students look to cash in on console frenzy

Following last week’s release of two major video game consoles, Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3, many students found themselves looking to make a quick buck by waiting hours in line to buy the systems and then “flipping” them to friends or selling them through online auction sites for upwards of a million dollars.

Berklee prof. guides teens in TLC show

In the midst of one of the bloodiest years Boston has seen in decades, 24 troubled teens from the area have found a new way to cope with life on the streets with the help of Berklee College of Music professor Jerome Kyles, star of The Learning Channel’s six-episode documentary Trial by Choir, which premiered last night.

COM faculty say college’s real core lies in its liberal arts requirements

Boston University students in the College of Communication may find the lack of a core education perplexing, although college officials say the knowledge gained through liberal arts requirements is key to careers in communication fields. The requirements, which college faculty say are sometimes wrongfully pegged as core courses, have been in existence for decades but have not been modified in at least five years, according to mass communication department chairman T.

MySpace sued for copyright infringement

Universal Media Group filed a lawsuit against MySpace last week after site users allegedly leaked rapper Jay-Z’s Kingdom Come album prior to its Nov. 21 release date, claiming the website violated copyright laws with its video and song-sharing features — a complaint the industry has recently brought with many filesharing services.

BUCR controversy takes national stage

A whites-only scholarship offered by the College Republicans drew national media attention to the Boston University campus last week, even as state Republicans sought to distance themselves from the student group’s political stunt. Since The Daily Free Press broke the story last Tuesday, The Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, CNN, FOX News, The Metro Boston and various talk shows have contacted BUCR about the scholarship, which a Massachusetts GOP spokesman called “offensive” on last Wednesday afternoon’s CNN broadcast.