Archive for ‘December, 2007’
Many Happy Returns
Time may not heal all wounds, but it appears the Boston University men’s hockey team used its three-week hiatus to gear up for the stretch run in an unclaimed Hockey East.
Court requires further review for BU biolab
Construction of a Boston University Biosafety Level-4 Laboratory in the South End will continue, even though the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a prior ruling that the final environmental impact report for lab that is 70 percent complete was “arbitrary and capricious.”
BU still giving testimony in Shattuck suit
Boston University is still providing defense testimony in a civil action suit filed by the parents of a College of General Studies student who was killed in 2005 after being struck by a commuter rail near her West Campus dormitory, an attorney for the plaintiff said.
Assault, collision reports raise safety concerns on campus
A female visitor to Warren Towers reported she was sexually assaulted in a bathroom on the 16th floor of Shields Tower early Sept. 30. She described her attacker as a white man in his early 20s, 5-foot-10 and weighing 170 pounds, according to the Boston University Police Department.
Journalism dept. seeks independence from COM
After a Boston University committee rejected a proposal for a separate journalism school following an evaluation of the College of Communication in May, some journalism professors are fighting to keep some department sections separate from public relations and mass communication.
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
