Archive for ‘August, 2007’
A golden ticket
You don’t need to pay for BU sports tickets. Really, you already paid before you set foot in any arena on campus. That’s what your Boston University sports pass does, giving you a year’s worth of prepaid sports tickets for men’s and women’s hockey and men’s and women’s basketball.
Off the Post
While sweating out the move into your new dorm room this weekend, the heat and humidity probably pushed thoughts of upcoming winter to a distant corner of your mind.
A Foreign Game
A youthful Boston University men’s basketball team took to the hardwood in Kainan, Taiwan, for a little conversation in the international language of basketball and came home with more than just a championship trophy.
The dog year ahead
The 2007-08 Boston University sports scene features a mixture of seasoned veterans and highly touted newcomers. Four teams (men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey and men’s hockey) enter their respective seasons without a proven goalie, while the women’s ice hockey and lacrosse programs each boast a duo of netminders hoping to land the starting nod.
Terrier Card opens doors on campus
Each new Boston University student will soon learn that a 2-by-4-inch piece of plastic is one of the most important parts of living on Commonwealth Avenue. Each Terrier Card has the student’s name, picture and identification number and should be treated as a student’s prized possession.
News
- BUSI aims to educate students about peace, water relations with Jordan
- Author says Occupy movement just beginning
- BU students stopped at U.S.-Canada border, found with illegal substances
- Judge turned down for School of Law job after controversial decision
- BU alum, news reporter dies at 83, known as devoted reporter
Campus
- BUSI aims to educate students about peace, water relations with Jordan
- BU students stopped at U.S.-Canada border, found with illegal substances
- Judge turned down for School of Law job after controversial decision
- BU alum, news reporter dies at 83, known as devoted reporter
- FOX executive tells students to take industry challenges head on
Politics
- Panelists weigh in on election-year issues, voter participation
- Smoking, cage-free eggs proposals among Union’s successes, members say
- Parliament proposal would unite student leaders, supporters say
- Mass. legislature prepares gaming bill provisions in winter recess
- Mass. gives BU biolab preliminary approval to operate
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
- 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
- Tournament encourages entrepreneurship with $200,000 prize
- Mass. gives BU biolab preliminary approval to operate
International
- Study Abroad, COM to send 15 students to London to cover Olympics
- Holocaust survivors share experiences with students
- Protesters flock to streets in opposition of Palestinian occupation
- Students say Amanda Knox scandal does not affect decisions to study abroad
- Study Abroad encourages students to immerse themselves fully, officials say
