Archive for ‘September, 2008’

STAFF EDIT: Wasted help

It’s an issue that is visible, tangible and real. Homeless people are a part of Boston, and also a part of Boston University’s urban campus. From panhandlers in Kenmore Square to working families with a house and job but no financial security, the poor are unsurprisingly a part of everyday life in the city.

Academics warn of looming energy crisis

In the United States, it would take 3,717 nuclear power plans to produce and distribute the amount of energy required to meet the American need.

Prof. takes biology to soaring heights

Not content to peer down at creatures on sea and land, Boston University professor Thomas Kunz is pioneering the idea of “aeroecology” by studying the millions of species that take to the skies.

Venues: 21 is too young

While the Amethyst Initiative has universities supporting an open debate about lowering the drinking age to 18, Boston University’s Harry Agganis Arena still will not serve students aged 21 to 24 unless they have Massachusetts identification, BU officials said.

I’m gonna tell my daddy

Officers responded to a report for a fight in Brighton at 12:24 a.m. Sept. 14. Officers found two men standing in the middle of the street yelling at each other.