Archive for ‘January, 2007’

LETTER: Student activists don’t deserve ‘bad rap’

n When it comes to opposition to the war in Iraq (“Antiwar protesters rally on Common, D.C.,” Jan. 29, p. 1), college students have been getting a bad rap. This past weekend, I, along with two of my fellow BU freshmen, traveled down to Washington, D.C. on a bus filled with other Boston-area students to join the other hundreds (and possibly thousands) of college students who showed up to march on the Capital.

PERSPECTIVE: Never so sure of complete uncertainty

I admit it. I am a college junior who has no idea as to what she wants to do after she graduates from college. I was told earlier this week by one of the College of Communication’s academic counselors that I could graduate a semester early if I felt so inclined.

BERKOWITZ: The crimson-eyed monster

Apparently there’s this college on the other side of the Charles River that’s pretty famous. I forget what it’s called, but maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s an Ivy League school, I believe. It’s got some pretty buildings and it’s a fine institution, I suppose, although I doubt we simpletons at Boston University are even really capable of comprehending the magnitude of its superiority.

CHANDONNET: Additional props: jeans and Converse

Located at 1055 Commonwealth Avenue is one of the most overtly stigmatized facilities we, as young adults, have had to encounter at some point in our lives — Planned Parenthood. The building itself is big and clean, with nice, neat signs that inform you of the services provided within.

EDITORIAL: Power of the purse

On August 7, 1964, Congress passed a resolution that gave President Lyndon Johnson the power to “take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force” to assist allies in Southeast Asia. Thirty-eight years later, Congress again passed a resolution that gave President Bush the power “to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq.