As a freshman, Boston University’s campus can be intimidating, daunting and overwhelming. But, now that you have spent a week on campus, navigating your way to COM 101 and WR 150, take your free time this weekend to find some of the intricacies that make BU a just-below-top-tier university. In fact, we here at the ol’ Free Press have compiled a list to make your searching even easier.
The Mugar Library – Don’t even think of spending a minute of your time studying here, that’s why Al Gore invented the internet. But, as Playboy magazine has noted, it is one of the best places to meet – and to study anatomy – with your fellow students. Beware, however, of the University’s Trysting and Enjoyment of the Opposite Sex Act of 1971, a law that prohibits any touching, talking or heavy petting of the opposite sex.
One Sherborn St. – Home to wealthy executives and graduate students looking for a low-paying desk job, this is the brain of Boston University – a brain made of gold, oak and Persian rugs.
Cable – Wait, you have cable? You must go to Boston College, or Northeastern University or Harvard University. Well, while you do have cable, you certainly do not have 25 Beanpot championships, several national championships and a ratio of men to women that makes you think you go to Wellesley.
Football – Yes, we don’t have a football team at BU, and that’s okay. Heck, we still have a homecoming right, and what better way to rally BU’s students around loving our university than a men’s soccer game.
The Roof – Just know that it’s on fire. That’s it.
Dining hall food — You will get sick of it, one way or another. A human can only take in so many grilled cheeses, West Campus burgers and Towers’ burritos. Want to catch some celebrities … it’s been said that hockey players like to dine at Warren Towers, but you didn’t hear that from us.
The Presidential Search – We may not have a president right now, or a Student Union president, or an official provost … and well maybe some of the deans are on their way out, and, yeah, there’s a good number of adjunct professors. But, for $40,000 a year, at least you know that your money is being well spent, because we just heard Dan Goldin bought a powerboat.
Good for him.
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