Archive for ‘September, 2008’

LETTER: Don’t forget to vote

I remember the day as if it were yesterday. It was a beautiful fall day at Boston University – Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. I rushed out of my 11 a.m. freshman humanities class, my friend Brian Halloran and I hopped in my jeep and we were on our way to our respective polling stations near Philadelphia, Pa.

RODRIGUE: Walk a day in my shoes

During this year’s edition of my annual back-to-school pack-a-thon, I was digging through the caverns of my closet when I was reunited with, along with a battalion of aggressive-looking balls of dust, my favorite pair of boots.

STAFF EDIT: What a four-day week

Schools across the country are beginning to initiate a new program to cut down on energy and transportation costs, saving thousands and possibly millions of dollars.

STAFF EDIT: A bailout, not a race

The last time the Bush administration took major action, it brashly decided to send U.S. troops to Iraq, claiming that America would not pull out until it achieved victory. More than five years and nearly $700 billion later, our troops are still in Iraq, carrying out a vague mission.

The Housing Hunt

You can’t get much better than this, Greg Curran said Friday Sept. 26, leaning back to survey the view from his 14th floor Student Village apartment. Glass windows take up three sides of Curran’s living room for a good reason: