Archive for ‘October, 2007’
Tuning in to 2008
With barely a year until polls on election day, students are thinking about the scoping the candidates and picking favorites now.
Strength in net
As the fall sports teams wrap up regular-season play and the ice hockey teams enter the fourth weekend of their respective seasons, several Boston University athletes are hitting their stride at the right time.
LETTER: New honors program needs time
I can empathize with University Professors Program students (“The mystery honors program,” Oct. 30, p. 4). This year, my major, rehabilitation and human services, was discontinued rather abruptly. In my class year, just seven of us graduated from the program
A ‘hateful’ Nation does not know how to appreciate victory
As my four-year college career heads unfortunately toward its end, I can’t help but think about how things have come full circle. I still love grilled cheese; I still attend Elie Wiesel’s lectures and now, again, I have to watch Red Sox Nation turn into a bunch of hooligans and contemptible heathens.
Don’t sign a new curse, Sox
Leave it to A-Rod. After carrying the Yankees on his back for all of September and willing them into the playoffs, Alex Rodriguez — infamous for his postseason flops — couldn’t get New York past the Division Series. Another “failed” season and another early exit for the Yanks, capped by the inexplicable and premature dismissal of one of the best managers of the past two decades.
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
