Archive for ‘October, 2008’

A superstition that won’t die

The elevator in the Boston University dormitory of Shelton Hall often stops inexplicably on the fourth floor ‘-’- also known as the Writers’ Corridor ‘-’- but when the doors open, no one is there.

Colleges aid students as lenders flee

The federal government may be busy bailing out Wall Street tycoons, but colleges are also throwing out a life raft to the students drowning in tuition bills.

WHITROCK: Time to hoop it up

If New Year’s Day marks the start of a new calendar year, then Media Day denotes the start of the college basketball season. There’s even accompanying festivities, such as last weekend’s Terrier Tip-off, which felt a lot like New Year’s Eve.

Revenge-minded UNH welcomes w. hockey

The No. 8 Boston University women’s hockey team will look to stay hot in conference play tonight against the No. 5 University of New Hampshire at Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H.

Senior trio bids adieu to Jack Barry Field

For three members of the Boston University field hockey team, yesterday’s 2-0 win over Harvard University marked the last time they would walk off Jack Barry Field as competitors ‘-’- the last time they’d don the scarlet and white at home in the regular season.