If there are three letters Brittany Phillips loves, they are P, B and J '-'- she eats one of the classic lunchbox sandwiches, or its slightly less-loved variation, peanut butter and banana, almost every day.

Plagued by perceptions of inaction, the Boston University Student Union will reformat its General Assembly meetings in a way designed to tell students about specific achievements.

Following up his letter to Boston University faculty and staff regarding the $10 million budget gap forecasted for the 2010 fiscal year, President Robert Brown addressed about 480 of the 8,500 faculty and staff members to discuss the current economic crisis and its potential effects on the BU community in Metcalf Hall Thursday.

Police arrested four men suspected of robbing two other men at gunpoint on Gardner Street Monday night, Boston Police Department spokesman James Kinneally said.

Guaranteed employment appears to be a tough offer to pass up after the economic downturn has left the American job market in shambles. Student enlistment in alternative graduation routes, such as the military and the Peace Corps, has seen increased popularity recently.

The poor economy may actually benefit Alex Goldschmidt's internship experience, the Boston University College of Communication junior said.

Fraternity recruitment at Boston University is traditionally less structured than sorority recruitment, but that is quickly changing, and as a result, more men are going out for recruitment, Greek life officials said.

Despite Boston University budget cuts, professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have created a new neuroscience program that is garnering popular attention in its first full semester.

The majority of Massachusetts residents may have voted to decriminalize marijuana in November, but Boston University administrators plan to continue the university's zero-tolerance marijuana policy, BU officials said.

The College of Communication administration surprised its professors by giving new meaning to the command, 'stop the presses' earlier this month.

Although a successful, collaborative world government may be a hot topic these days, it is not what the world needs, speaker Predrag Cicovacki told about 55 students in his lecture in the Boston University School of Law Wednesday.

As President Barack Obama was sworn into office in Washington, D.C., Boston University students skipped classes and rearranged schedules to watch the historic occasion on campus. In Metcalf Hall, 1,300 students gathered in the morning to watch Obama take oath and listen to BU professors speak of the occasion.