Archive for ‘March, 2011’

College officials disagree over impact of two year colleges

Is it worth spending $50,000 to take general education classes at a four-year university? Not surprisingly, community college admissions experts and private university spokespeople disagree on whether or not it’s better to attend a two-year school before transferring instead of going straight to a four-year institute. Some, like Roxbury Community College admissions officer Michael Crowley [...]

Business students race to the finish in technology competition

Graduate students from business schools across the globe had 24 hours to showcase their business administration and entrepreneurship talents this weekend at the School of Management. The 64 graduate students participated in the sixth annual International Tech Strategy Case Competition, which awarded $25,000 to the first to solve a marketing challenge with an emphasis on [...]

Softball routs Stony Brook three times

In the opening weekend of the conference portion of its schedule, not much more could have gone right for the pre-season America East favorite Boston University softball team. In a rematch of the 2010 AE championship game, the Terriers (15-8, 3-0 AE) swept a three-game series against Stony Brook University (8-12, 0-3 AE), winning 10-1 [...]

Early second-half run secures Terrier victory

With just over a minute remaining in the first half of its game against Binghamton University, it appeared as though the Boston University lacrosse team was without direction, looking for answers. After taking an early 5-1 lead in its America East Conference opener, the Terriers (4-4, 1-0 AE) had just as quickly squandered their fortunes [...]

Lacrosse overpowers Binghamton in first AE win

Junior attack Hannah Frey and sophomore attack Danielle Etrasco each scored four goals to lead the Boston University lacrosse team (4-4, 1-0 AE) to a 15-6 win at Nickerson Field over Binghamton University in the Terriers’ first America East game of the season on Saturday. For BU coach Liz Robertshaw, the win helped her team [...]