Archive for ‘April, 2011’
De-Plourde yet again
In its third away game in as many days, the Boston University softball team fell in walk-off fashion to University of Massachusetts-Amherst 3-2 Wednesday evening for its second straight loss. UMass center fielder Cyndil Matthew scored on an error to give the Minutewomen the win, the 14th in their last 15 games. UMass (23-15) pitcher [...]
An unusual melting pot
Courtesy of the Great White North by way of Vancouver, Delhi 2 Dublin boldly goes where no band has gone before—blending Bhangra and Celtic music with hip-hop and electronic influences. If your immediate reaction was, Huh? you wouldn’t be wrong. If your second reaction was to dismiss them, then you would. Delhi 2 Dublin’s experimental [...]
Royal Wedding-zilla
Because an SNL Skit wasn’t Enough HBO is moving into production this week on their newest film Game Change, which follows John McCain’s failed 2008 presidential campaign, featuring the one and only Sarah Palin. Julianne Moore has been cast to play the infamous Vice Presidential candidate and the newest photos of the actress in costume [...]
Fighting new Battles
Battles brought their new lineup to Brighton Music Hall on Tuesday night in the supergroup’s first North American show in nearly three years. Delivering a set approaching an hour and a half, the three-piece outfit filled the venue with thunderous bass, loops and samples layered like a cake and keyboard and synthesizer noises that sounded [...]
FLAGLER: Students lose in UMass move to Gillette
The University of Massachusetts has a pretty persuasive trump card supporting its decision to move from the FCS to the FBS in 2012: Gillette Stadium. For free. When the Minutemen join the Mid-American Conference, the team will play its “home” games 94 miles east of Amherst at the home of the New England Patriots, which [...]
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
