Archive for ‘March, 2011’
BU hosts Harvard in home opener
After opening the season with three road trips to play 19 games in four tournaments in less than a month, the Boston University softball team might be glad to be home – but not so glad to come back to the typical New England weather. Just a day after being welcomed back from a 10-day [...]
Softball goes 9-4 in 10 days over spring break
On Monday, the Boston University softball team returned from Florida ending a stretch that saw it go 9-4 in 13 games over the course of just 10 days during spring break, the team’s busiest week and a half of the season. The Terriers (12-7) got off to an average start in the University of South [...]
Lacrosse falls to Denver as Baumgartner reaches milestone
Even as senior attack Erica Baumgartner reached a career benchmark, the Boston University lacrosse team fell to University of Denver 13-11 last Saturday in Denver. The loss is the second in a row for the Terriers (3-4), dropping their overall record below the .500 plateau for the third time in the young season. Despite the [...]
Wild ride stops just short of title
The America East championship dreams came to a halt for the Boston University women’s basketball team at home against University of Hartford on March 12 with its 65-53 loss in the championship game. But while the Terriers did not emerge from the 2010-11 season with another America East championship, the season had its high points [...]
Campus Crime Logs
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from March 14 to March 21. Because I got high Residence Life staff contacted the BUPD on March 21 at 1:20 a.m. to report that they suspected marijuana in a student’s room at 10 Buick St. After investigating the dorm, they found [...]
News
- Piracy case bumped down to appeals court, Tenenbaum looks ahead
- Doomsday no more: BU researchers find oldest Mayan calendar
- Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells BU grads to solve world’s problems through technology, innovation
- SHA student who drove in NZ crash faces charges
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
Sports
- Softball eliminated from NCAA tournament, goes 1-2 at NCAA Regional
- Teller named to U.S. national Quidditch team
- Barwise caps off stellar season with U.S. Olympic Trial qualification
- Softball wins America East title, advances to NCAA regionals
- Track and field junior qualifies for U.S. Olympic trials
The Muse
- Insight & India in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
- Regina Spektor visits the Orpheum, leaves fairy dust scattered across stage
- Fuzz and Honey: M. Ward and Lee Ranaldo Play the House of Blues
- The Pretty Disheartening: Taylor Momsen’s band at Paradise Rock Club
- Glass half-something: Horse Feathers’ balancing act on “Cynic’s New Year”
Campus
- Piracy case bumped down to appeals court, Tenenbaum looks ahead
- Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells BU grads to solve world’s problems through technology, innovation
- SHA student who drove in NZ crash faces charges
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
City
- Violin prof. Roman Totenberg dies at 101, leaves behind legacy of devotion
- Marchers protest for workers’ rights, honor May Day
- Bankers urge customers to use caution when swiping cards at ATMs
- Theft high among cell-phone bearing pedestrians, police say
- Free fitness classes offered in Hub after finals, during summer
National
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
- Violin prof. Roman Totenberg dies at 101, leaves behind legacy of devotion
- Seau family considering brain donation to BU, still undecided
- Brown, Warren among top earners, tax records show
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
International
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
- Daniela Lekhno remembered by friends, professors
- Vigil attendees remember BU students killed in New Zealand
- Three BU students killed, five injured in car accident while studying abroad in New Zealand
Cross Country
- Track and field find success in two separate invitationals
- Three student athletes honored by BU for leadership, ability
- Terriers combine for 23 top-10 finishes during three different meets
- Weekly roundup: Track and field favored in preseason poll
- Weekly Roundup: Two members of wrestling team qualify for NCAAs
Softball
- Softball eliminated from NCAA tournament, goes 1-2 at NCAA Regional
- Softball wins America East title, advances to NCAA regionals
- Softball sweeps UMBC, takes America East regular season title
- Softball to face UMass, Plourde
- Three Terriers take home weekly America East honors after leading their teams
Music
- Regina Spektor visits the Orpheum, leaves fairy dust scattered across stage
- Fuzz and Honey: M. Ward and Lee Ranaldo Play the House of Blues
- The Pretty Disheartening: Taylor Momsen’s band at Paradise Rock Club
- Glass half-something: Horse Feathers’ balancing act on “Cynic’s New Year”
- Yann Tiersen’s latest leap in genre
Film & TV
- Insight & India in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
- Comic Relief: Five-Year Engagement pokes fun at itself, wins laughs in process
- For The Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival
- Whedon & The Avengers: An interview with film director Joss Whedon
- Catch A Little ‘Luck’ This Spring: An Interview with Taylor Schilling
