Archive for ‘January, 2009’

Getting ‘Linked In’ to Get Paid

When most students entered the Facebook realm of tagged photos, wall posts and poke wars, they did so with the innocent intention of sharing information with a network of mostly college-age friends.

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Stuffy “Auntie Beeb” gets a makeover

Many may be unfamiliar with ‘Auntie Beeb,’ but’ the television channel BBC America is trying to shed its ‘matronly’ garb in order to impress American audiences.

CAS students use, study their brains in new major

Despite Boston University budget cuts, professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have created a new neuroscience program that is garnering popular attention in its first full semester.

Group calls for ban on highway cell phone use

Multitasking on the road may be a thing of the past if the National Safety Council gets its way. The NSC, a nonprofit advocacy group, recently proposed a nationwide ban on cell phone use on the road, calling on all motorists to save their conversations until they are safely stationary.

Greek groups revamp recruitment

Fraternity recruitment at Boston University is traditionally less structured than sorority recruitment, but that is quickly changing, and as a result, more men are going out for recruitment, Greek life officials said.