Researchers deem social media usage detrimental to GPA
Whether someone is hitting the books in the library or completing an online problem set, the temptation to procrastinate is always present. Facebook is often opened in another computer tab and a cellphone is always nearby, buzzing with text messages or Twitter updates. Regardless of the type of media being used, these distractions are always [...]
BU students share their experiences from Alternative Spring Break
For some students at Boston University, spring break means going back home, visiting friends, eating home-cooked meals and catching up on sleep. However, a number of students ditch the couch potato act and instead gave back to the community through Alternative Spring Break programs. Fighting HIV in San Juan, Puerto Rico Since San Juan, [...]
Q&A: Milo Greene’s Graham Fink on touring, road music and making friends on social media
Sydney Moyer: Last time we spoke, you guys were about to start out on your first headlining tour. Now you’ve been around the country a bit, stopped by Letterman and even London. How does it feel to get off the ground like this and have so many people responding to your music? Graham Fink: Uhh … exhausting. [laughs] No, [...]
Q&A: A Place at the Table and hunger in the USA
MUSE Staffer Josh Stadtner sat down with director Lori Silverbush and her husband, celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, to discuss their new food documentary, A Place at the Table, which comes to theatres tomorrow. Here’s an excerpt from the interview with the two about the film, which illuminates the seldom talked-about issue of hunger in the U.S. [...]
Up close and personal: Dean Elmore and Dean Battaglino
Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said working so closely with college students is an “absolute joy” and one of the most interesting and exciting jobs he could ever imagine. Elmore, along with Assistant Dean of Students John Battaglino is well known around campus and the tandem’s popular twitter handles are all over social media. [...]
