Archive for ‘February, 2011’
STAFF EDIT: Staring race in the face
When the Boston School Committee approved the merger or close of 18 different schools last December in an effort to prevent $63 million in debt for the 2011 school year, teachers and students rallied together in disbelief and anger. Superintendent Carol Johnson sanctioned the decision in hope that the reduction would save $10 million or [...]
STAFF EDIT: Not on Common ground
In other financial matters, a $1.5 million crusade to renovate the Boston Common is in the works. If the initiative gains enough financial support, all of which will be allotted through private contributors, non-profit or corporate organizations, the park could be a “Parisian dream” by this summer. Mayor Thomas Menino vocalized support of the indulgent [...]
FONTANA: Wild wild walking
The streets of our humble city of Boston, although generally devoid of gangs, crime and ice cream trucks (all the truly scary things in life) are now occupied by an even greater threat: cell phone texting, iPod listening, umbrella toting, sunglasses wearing, completely ignorant college students. And this infestation has yet to reach the limit [...]
Evacuate the Dance Floor
MDMA. E. XTC. X. Ecstasy is a drug with many names and a colorful reputation, especially on the dance floor.
M. basketball knocks off top-seeded Vermont
Heading into its last game of the season against University of Vermont, it would have been very easy and even borderline understandable for the Boston University men’s basketball team to fold. The Terriers were playing against the top team in the America East Conference in one of the conference’s most hostile road environments, a place [...]
News
- BUSI aims to educate students about peace, water relations with Jordan
- Author says Occupy movement just beginning
- BU students stopped at U.S.-Canada border, found with illegal substances
- Judge turned down for School of Law job after controversial decision
- BU alum, news reporter dies at 83, known as devoted reporter
Campus
- BUSI aims to educate students about peace, water relations with Jordan
- BU students stopped at U.S.-Canada border, found with illegal substances
- Judge turned down for School of Law job after controversial decision
- BU alum, news reporter dies at 83, known as devoted reporter
- FOX executive tells students to take industry challenges head on
Politics
- Panelists weigh in on election-year issues, voter participation
- Smoking, cage-free eggs proposals among Union’s successes, members say
- Parliament proposal would unite student leaders, supporters say
- Mass. legislature prepares gaming bill provisions in winter recess
- Mass. gives BU biolab preliminary approval to operate
Finance & Economy
- Judge extends Occupy’s temporary restraining order against city
- Study reports income inequality a growing trend in Boston
- Fee free: Occupy demonstrators encourage opening credit union accounts
- Students say Obama’s loan proposal has potential to alleviate debt
- BU students express frustration over new Bank of America annual charges
Science & Technology
- BU enrollment in math, sciences, tech rises slightly
- BU profs find DNA connection to onset of menopause
- The real butterfly in your stomach: Scientists explore the possibility of a “second brain” in our gut
- Tournament encourages entrepreneurship with $200,000 prize
- Mass. gives BU biolab preliminary approval to operate
International
- Study Abroad, COM to send 15 students to London to cover Olympics
- Holocaust survivors share experiences with students
- Protesters flock to streets in opposition of Palestinian occupation
- Students say Amanda Knox scandal does not affect decisions to study abroad
- Study Abroad encourages students to immerse themselves fully, officials say
