The moment I joined BU’s Class of 2016 Facebook group, I saw roommate surveys posted by future students for all to see and judge. Though I’m kind of the jobless person who likes to fill out surveys,...

My high school is a very tight-knit community in the suburbs of Los Angeles. My graduating class is fewer than 150 kids, and we were all friendly with each other. Since my school was so small, it was very...

When I first got to Boston University all those years ago, I knew it would be tough, like, “Oh no! What’s that? It’s an earthquake, everybody stay calm!” [Insert mass hysteria]. But after all these...

Having lived abroad, I’m no stranger to the awkward feeling of being l’étranger (the stranger) in an unfamiliar room of regulars — encroaching where I do not belong is my specialty. Comment, Monsieur...

Music has always been an integral part of my life. When I was younger, I would obsess over CDs or be constantly tuned into the radio. When the age of MP3 players emerged, I was hardly without one. In fact,...

Some of the greatest minds in the world have boiled the “date” down to approximately three steps: 1) Pickup date 2) Spend time with date 3) End date. And while there may be some wiggle room on what...

There is a certain quiet energy about Boston that keeps me coming back to it, even though my relationship with the city resembles a very rocky, Nora Ephron-esque love story — that is to say, an almost...

As college students, we’re constantly wired to technology. It has become an integral part of our day-to-day lives — we’re plugged in through our laptops, our smartphones and our tablets. Our incessant...

My MacBook Pro is a pro at many things, but it is especially a pro at scaring the crap out of me. This weekend my MacBook went into cardiac arrest. Everything turned out to be fine. If it hadn’t, I...

When I returned to campus at the start of my sophomore year last August, I felt comfortable — relieved even that Boston University was just as I had left it. Nothing about the campus, at least nothing...

Your pencils are sharpened. Your schedule is made. Your glasses are polished. Your outfit is ready. Your dorm is clean. You stand at the door ready to begin a journey that will take you through four years...

You rising freshmen at Boston University are in the same position I was a year ago.  It’s the beginning of a new chapter in life for everyone, but for some it’s the beginning of a larger adventure....