Archive for ‘December, 2011’

INTERROBANG

A BU professor was recently arrested after the police discovered a meth lab in her house. So we here at the ol’ Free Press thought of things BU students would be caught doing. SMG students would be caught in sweatpants drinking Espresso Royale instead of Starbucks. CFA would be caught listening to Nickelback and [...]

MAHDI: The Last One

Warren Towers on a Sunday morning is reminiscent of the eerie quiet before a storm. All is silent; the dining hall is deserted. Mailboxes stand unopened, miniature windows into the brightly lit hall. I walk up to the security desk to reclaim my ID card. The guard rifles through some papers before happening upon my [...]

STAFF EDIT: The time has come

Yesterday, a Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled against the Occupy Boston protesters, removing a restraining order that prevented the city from evacuating the encampment in Dewey Square. In the judge’s decision, in which she denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that would prevent eviction, she cited that “while Occupy Boston protesters may be exercising their [...]

McCARTHY: The imperfect perfection of the BCS

“Everybody is just very tired of the BCS. I think that’s the bottom line. Everybody is frustrated. Everybody doesn’t really know what to do anymore. It doesn’t make sense to anybody. I don’t think anybody is happy anywhere.” These are the venom-laced words of scorned Boise State University head coach Chris Petersen, following the BCS [...]

Bird is the word: Terriers prepare for Hawks

Fresh off its first win against Boston College since 1974 and finally out of the hole dug with a season-opening four game losing streak, the Boston University men’s basketball team will begin what is arguably the toughest stretch on its 2011-12 schedule. The Terriers (4-4) will make two trips to Philadelphia in the next week, [...]