Archive for ‘December, 2006’
Boston Common Christmas tree lighting attracts 20,000 revelers
Close to 20,000 people converged on the Boston Common last night to watch the 65th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting, an event record, Boston Parks and Recreation Department Commissioner Antonia Pollack said after the lighting. “I think it was so warm lots of families brought their kids out,” she said, adding that last year’s colder lighting ceremony drew only 11,000 spectators.
Group auctions photos to support middle, high schools
Black-and-white photos were just a few of the images lining the George Sherman Union’s Terrace Lounge walls last night as Boston University’s Exposure Initiative, an on-campus student photography organization, held its first silent auction and to raise money to expand its community service-oriented program.
New U.S. Reps. get briefed on energy issues
Newly elected United States Representatives received a crash course on energy policies yesterday as part of a traditional event hosted by the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The week-long seminar, intended to educate freshman Representatives about issues they will address in Congress, featured a presentation by U.
SHS offers students free HIV testing
Boston University’s Student Health Services saw almost three times the amount of students it could accommodate for free and confidential HIV/AIDS testing over the past two days, forcing officials to turn away many students. Students were turned away because of limited space and hour-long waits for the testing, organized to coincide with World AIDS Day today, the final day of the three-day initiative to encourage students to get tested.
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
