Archive for ‘January, 2012’
Panelists weigh in on election-year issues, voter participation
While College of Communication sophomore Candace Shelton was ineligible to vote in 2008, she said she intends to cast her vote for in November. “Looking back at me in high school, I would’ve done it just to be like everyone else, to be honest,” she said. Yesterday, Shelton was one of 30 students, faculty and [...]
Man in possession of child porn is second in week
Newton police officers arrested a local man for allegedly owning child pornography Tuesday, just a week after a Newton schoolteacher was arrested for similar charges. The 47-year-old Peter Buchanan, of Newton, was arraigned Wednesday for possessing and disseminating child pornography, according to a Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office press release. Police arrested the Newton [...]
Students explore MLK’s history through archives
Martin Luther King, Jr. may have passed, but his message lives on in his letters, journals, essays and other documents in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. Wednesday night the HGARC, located on the 5th floor of Boston University’s Mugar Memorial Library, hosted a Student Discovery seminar where students could view and even handle authentic [...]
Travel Channel to broadcast Green Street Vault clothing truck on ‘America’s Best’
Green Street Vault’s eye-catching lime-green truck will be the star of an episode of Travel Channel’s “America’s Best” airing in March. The mobile clothing company, which started its engine in Boston less than a year ago, features “high-end street wear” and “fresh kicks.” The Travel Channel interviewed owners Howard Travis and Derrick Cheung for a [...]
City Crime Logs: Mirror, mirror, on the car
The following crime reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton District D-14 crime logs from Jan. 18 to Jan. 24. Mirror, mirror on the car Last Wednesday, a 22-year-old male left his Brighton apartment at approximately 7:30 a.m. and found that someone had stolen the passenger side mirror to his black 2010 Mazda sedan. He had [...]
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
