Archive for ‘January, 2011’

BU students gamble for a good cause

Although not everyone at Boston University is of gambling age, the School of Management’s Casino Night on Friday gave students the opportunity to play games while raising money for charities. About 700 people attended the 14th annual Casino Night, held at Metcalf Hall, which raised about $2,000 for the Terrace Arts Project and Charity Water. [...]

Students play games at CAS Winter Carnival

Two weeks into the semester, Boston University students took a break from their workloads and winter weather at the second annual College of Arts and Sciences Winter Carnival on Saturday. About 400 students attended the afternoon’s festivities, which were planned by CAS Office of Student Programs and Leadership and held in the Sargent Activities Center [...]

City Crime Logs

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Jan. 26 to Jan. 30. The worstest bar Officers responded to a call outside the Greatest Bar, 262 Friend St., at 1:26 a.m. on Saturday. A man had run into the street yelling that he was all wet because he did not [...]

Harvard study connects media images to eating disorders

Watching skinny actresses on television and in movies can cause eating disorders in girls, but according to a recent study, turning off the TV is not always enough. In early January, a research group from Harvard Medical School conducted a study on the social influences that can cause eating disorders using as their test subjects [...]

Poor shooting dooms BU against UNH

In a season that has been as maddening as it has been promising, the Boston University men’s basketball team, looking to build much-needed momentum after a win last Wednesday over Binghamton University, fell to University of New Hampshire 60-48 last Saturday in Durham, N.H. UNH guard Tyrone Conley led all scorers with 26 points in [...]