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Boston University alumni created “Google Feud,” an online game that allows users to guess the most popular Google autocomplete entries. PHOTO FROM GOOGLE FEUD

Why are headlines in present tense: BU alums play the Feud, search for answers

By Laura Porecca March 25, 2015

As if Google autocompletes weren’t already entertaining enough, now there’s a game that manages to go beyond: Google Feud. The brainchild of College of Communication and College of Arts and Sciences...

Boston University alternative service break participants take a break during volunteering in Hobe Sound, Florida last week. PHOTO BY MICHAEL DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

To ASB coordinators, vacation not all that’s ever wanted

By Andrea Kaufman March 19, 2015

During spring break, many Boston University students participated in the Community Service Center’s Alternative Service Break trips, where they dedicated their time to volunteering in locations around...

Boston University Nutrition Club members make healthy pizza as part of National Nutrition Month. PHOTO COURTESY OF SARAH WU

With ‘healthy pizza,’ BU Nutrition Club makes eating well look easy, cheesy

By Betsy Henriquez March 18, 2015

As spring break comes to an end, summer rapidly approaches and the end-of-semester slump sets in, the Boston University Nutrition Club sees the perfect opportunity to continue its efforts to promote...

Filipino-American actor Dante Basco speaks at Boston University Friday about Asians in the media. PHOTO BY ALEX MASSET/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Basco talk reveals prejudice but progress in Asian-American Hollywood

By Shannon Zeng March 5, 2015

The Boston University Filipino Student Association hosted Dante Basco as their guest lecturer on Friday, opening a forum to talk about the intersection of culture and art. Basco, a Filipino-American...

Larry Tish and Ron Jones perform in "The Black-Jew Dialogues," a touring play hosted by Boston Univesity Hillel and Umoja Monday at the College of Arts and Sciences. PHOTO COURTESY OF LARRY TISH

“Black-Jew Dialogues” connects communities through grannies, puppets

By Sara Boutorabi March 4, 2015

What better way to forge connections between two American minorities than through two men dressed up like grandmas squabbling about Jewish comfort and soul food? “The Black-Jew Dialogues,” a touring...

A Feb. 19 panel spoke about the impacts of the recent injunction on U.S. President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration. GRAPHIC BY KATELYN PILLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In immigration injunction’s wake, panel looks at those pulled under

By Andrea Kaufman February 26, 2015

In light of U.S. President Barack Obama's immigration policy woes, Boston University's School of Law held a panel on Feb. 19 to explore the history of immigration policy in the United States. On Feb....

Eliza Griswold will present a talk on Afghan folk poetry Friday at Boston University's School of Theology. PHOTO FROM WIKIMEDIA

Afghan poetry talk to address art as escape

By Liliana Flam February 25, 2015

Upon hearing of a young woman’s suicide, Eliza Griswold traveled to Afghanistan with photographer Seamus Murphy to cover the story of Rahila Muska and her poems known as landays, “two-line 22-syllable...

Boston University faculty members gathered Wednesday at the Tsai Performance Center for the Spring 2016 Faculty Assembly and listened to reports from BU President Robert Brown, University Provost Jean Morrison and Faculty Council Chair Stephen Brady. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DFP FILE PHOTO

Redstones finalists turn production prowess into prodigious projects

By Sonia Rao February 19, 2015

Sundance might be over for the year, but there is a new reason for film festival followers to rejoice — Boston University’s very own festival premieres later this month. The Redstones, presented...

"Sex-Ed at Hogwarts,” a seminar as part of Boston University Wellness and Prevention Services' Frisky February, will imagine sexual education inside the curriculum of the famed school of wizardry on Feb. 26 in the College of Arts and Sciences. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARCELLE LOUBACK/FLICKR

“Sex-Ed at Hogwarts” gives insight into students’ chambers of secrets

By Katrina Uy February 18, 2015

If you’ve ever wondered why Harry, Ron and Hermione never had to endure awkward but necessary sexual education classes, you’re not alone. “Sex-Ed at Hogwarts,” which will be held on Feb. 26,...

Tyler Adams, a Boston University School of Management graduate, competed in “The Amazing Race,” which will premiere Feb. 25. PHOTO COURTESY OF TYLER ADAMS

SMG alum talks teamwork in running “The Amazing Race”

By Sophia Labas February 18, 2015

When Tyler Adams, a 2010 graduate of the Boston University School of Management, signed up for CBS’s “The Amazing Race,” he prepared himself for a lot of unthinkable situations. There was one,...

Students began registering for a revised MCAT Wednesday which will be a longer test with more emphasis on social sciences. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY OLEG TEPLYUK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Revamped MCAT goes down with spoonful of social science

By Sonia Rao February 12, 2015

As of Wednesday, pre-medical students across the nation will be able to register for the revised edition of the MCAT, the medical college admission test, which will be administered in April. For the...

Gordon Dale will lead a class on Israeli music Wednesday at Boston University Hillel. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hillel course to view Israel through its music

By Alix Jansma February 11, 2015

While the mighty competition between pen and sword is well known, some may say the flute is an even stronger contender. On Wednesday evening, Gordon Dale, a Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology at the...

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