Boston University’s George Sherman Union bustled Thursday afternoon as students, staff and campus partners gathered to recognize World Mental Health Day.
By Kayla Baltazar, Managing Co-Editor
• October 13, 2025
The doors to Agganis Arena opened at 6 p.m. on Friday for the Boston University men’s hockey game against Colgate — but for Charlotte Powers, game day began much earlier.
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When the lights dropped after the openers’ — Blood Orange and The Japanese House — performances, the energy in the room shifted drastically. The rumble of "Hammer" filled the venue, and then the woman of the hour stepped out, wearing ripped mid-wash jeans slouched over visible Calvin Klein boxers and a navy cropped tee, with her hair loose in her face.
Five life-sized cut outs of anime characters stood propped up along the sidewalk, the 2D versions of them plastered across a large bus parked on Harry Agganis Way. Students and passersby gawking at the sight had one question on their minds: Why were they here?
About three-quarters of U.S. adults said they watched a new film on streaming services instead of in a theater in the past year, according to a recent poll.
Yet in Boston, historic independent theaters, like The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge and Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, are drawing some of their largest audiences in years.
For Boston University professor Prasad Patil, well versed in all things trivia, his “Jeopardy!” training consisted of improving his reaction time — it’s all about who gets to the buzzer first.
Patil,...
As recent political controversies send shockwaves through the nation, with Republicans and Democrats alike calling for crackdowns on gun violence, and conservatives flocking to memorial services for Charlie Kirk’s death, Boston University’s Fizz and Yik Yak communities are as active as ever.
By Jack Schwed, Business and Science Editor
• October 8, 2025
Sam Lejfer runs the day-to-day operations of his plant-based ice cream company Lucky Day entirely on his own. When he isn’t selling his frozen treats at one of the many Greater Boston’s farmers markets, he’s in the kitchen hand-crafting and packaging each individual pint of ice cream.
Familiar faces are everywhere on Commonwealth Avenue. They may pass a smile or a courteous wave, but sometimes their names go completely unknown.
BU juniors Joseph Marotta, Frank Yang and Jodi Yu aim to change this with the creation of their newly developed app, MissedConnections.
By Sophie Shatzky, Arts and Community Editor
• October 6, 2025
Over the past seven years, Boston University sophomore Emmett Whitaker has casted, funded, produced and edited five seasons of “Survivor Palisades” — a fan-made version of the competition reality television series “Survivor.” After disaster struck his community, the footage was all that remained.
Earlier this year, a highly destructive series of wildfires swept California, primarily affecting the Pacific Palisades. Whitaker, a Palisades native, was editing his fifth and final season of “Survivor Palisades” when the fires destroyed his home.
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Throughout October, Boston’s WNDR museum is hosting a weekend mystery: An artifact goes missing at...
