As some students choose to make the move from dormitories to off-campus apartments for next fall, most Boston University students will stay close to campus, students and realtors said.

Massachusetts State Treasurer Timothy Cahill, a Boston University alumnus, told students on Wednesday that although the economic forecast is gloomy, there is still opportunity in the job market for open-minded graduates.

A vehicle struck a Boston University graduate student in front of Agganis Arena Wednesday between 5 and 6 p.m.

Boston University students waited eagerly inside a partially constructed room in Student Village Phase II on Wednesday, unsure of what to expect on the first-ever open tour of the newly constructed towers of the West Campus high-rise.

A caller reported a chunk of ice that fell off of 575 Commonwealth Ave. and damaged her car on March 4.

As housing selection week approaches, Boston University students said they have mixed opinions about living a second year in the large dormitories in central campus.

On the street, the cost of buying drugs can easily exceed more than $100. On the Internet, to the doubt of some Boston University professors, a website claims that all it takes for a high is a few dollars, a mouse click and a pair of headphones.

School of Management sophomore Kara Fleishaker spends 'four or five hours' laboring over what her peers read in one hour.

Science may conjure visions of pocket protectors, but Simmons College professor Ren'eacute;e Bergland explained that that science can be sexy '- include more than one of the sexes, that is.

The Boston University Student Union could have been headed down a counterproductive path. At the Feb. 23 General Assembly meeting, Campus Safety Chairman Leo Gameng proposed a Voter Cleanup Act that would have forced the Union to focus on internal problems.

Students touring Student Village Phase II this week may think the tower seem to have risen from the muddy construction site overnight, but plans for the building are older than most of its residents will be next year, Housing Director Marc Robillard said.

Amidst renewed violence between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, Boston University students said they hoped peace would be restored by St. Patrick's Day.