Archive for ‘November, 2011’

STAFF EDIT: Television supreme?

Flicking through television channels, you will eventually stumble upon a courtroom drama of some form. The scene is an alarmingly familiar one: two caricature-like members of the public thrash out a legal dispute before the eyes of an animated judge. The courtroom and the stage are strangely similar. Both carry weight of expectations, but the [...]

STAFF EDIT: Fostering fat

Obesity is a notorious epidemic that has plagued America for decades. In the land of plenty, visitors from near and far usually stare aghast as they are bombarded with jumbo meals. In our world’s infamous ‘fast food nation,’ members of the public have crushed weighing scales and added on hundreds of pounds of processed foods. [...]

PEARSON: Giving Thanks

I really needed a vacation. Even though fall semester is almost an entire month shorter than spring (its true!), I still feel the crushing weight of group projects, midterms and impending finals somewhere between Halloween and study period. Thankfully, students are awarded a wonderfully long weekend known as Thanksgiving Recess to sleep off some of those [...]

Oh Christmas tree: Menino kick starts holiday season with Copley tree lighting

The sounds of the classic Christmas carol “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” rang through Copley Square as Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino helped kick off the Copley Square Tree Lighting ceremony on Tuesday evening. About 400 people gathered at about 5 p.m. in unusually high 60-degree November weather to [...]

Panel weighs successes, failures of Obama’s presidency

Three years after President Barack Obama’s election, Boston University professors and students explored their views on his campaign promises and the youth vote at “Hope and Change? A Conversation on the Obama Presidency” Tuesday night. The lecture, held in the George Sherman Union Terrace Lounge, featured Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore, who delved into Obama’s [...]