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MIT fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s house on Bay State Road. Nearly half of MIT’s fraternity houses are on or around Boston University’s campus. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

The frat flick: What are MIT fraternities doing on BU’s campus?

By Eli Pekelny September 17, 2024

Bay State Road is well known to be beautiful, but wow. Less than 200 ft. from Marciano Dining Hall, one home — or mansion, rather — seems frozen in time. A gleaming marble entryway, skyscraper ceilings,...

People walk around Brattle Street during Paint the Square PINK on Friday. Paint the Square PINK is a block party hosted by the Harvard Square Business Association in partnership with the American Cancer Society to honor breast cancer survivors. COURTESY OF HARVARD SQUARE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Harvard Square painted pink in night of celebration, support for breast cancer survivors

By Deanna Soukhaseum September 16, 2024
Brattle Street in Cambridge transformed into a sea of pink on Saturday as attendees enjoyed live music, sipped pink wines and browsed through tables selling unique items — all in support of a meaningful cause.
Emmanuella Erhunmwunsee, the founder and president of Off the Hook, a philanthropic crochet student group at Boston University. Students in the group crochet handwarmers to donate to the homeless. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHERCOURTESY OF DAVE GREEN

Community service is ‘Off the Hook’: BU’s humanitarian craft group becomes official

By Elizabeth Plese September 12, 2024
Crafting and community service collide in a new philanthropic club at BU called “Off the Hook,” where students crochet hand warmers to donate to the homeless.
A fan records a video on their phone during the Boston Celtics Championship parade. Lifelong fans of the Celtics arrived at the parade on Friday as early as four hours before the scheduled start time to celebrate their team. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

For lifelong fans, the Boston Celtics victory parade was a ‘religious’ experience

By Lauren Albano, Campus Co-Editor June 24, 2024
Among the crowd of more than one million Bostonians at the Celtics victory parade were several lifelong fans.
Reneé Rapp at Boston Calling on May 24. Boston Calling Music Festival 2024 took place from May 24 through May 26 at the Harvard Athletic Complex and featured artists such as Reneé Rapp, Ed Sheeran, Leon Bridges, Chappell Roan, Megan Thee Stallion and Hozier. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston Calling recap: Most anticipated artists, reviewed

By Daisy Levine June 1, 2024
Fans of all ages flocked to Boston Calling from May 24-26 as the four-stage festival overtook the Harvard Athletic Complex in Cambridge and featured some of the most sought-after acts in pop music today. Here’s a look at who met, succeeded and failed to reach my expectations.
Slippery When Wet members Giuliana Balboni, Maxwell Anthony and Sarah Gibertoni perform a sketch. Comedy clubs at Boston University offer students laughs during the academic year. COURTESY OF CADEE STEFANI

Definitely a laughing matter: comedy clubs at BU

By Anna Albrecht, Arts & Community Editor June 1, 2024
The transition to college can be stressful. Moving out, moving in, starting classes, making new friends — it’s an experience that is hard to find the humor in. However, Boston University offers its own solution: a myriad of student-led comedy clubs where there is a place for everyone. 
Lavanda logo. Lavanda is an LGBTQ+ music and arts organization started by Berklee College of Music students, and it will host a pride festival called Camp Fest on June 28 in Boston Common. COURTESY OF LAVANDA

Boston student arts organization Lavanda to host first-ever pride festival

By Samantha Genzer, City Co-Editor June 1, 2024
Lavanda, an LGBTQ+ music and arts organization started by Berklee College of Music students, will host its first-ever pride festival, Camp Fest, on June 28 at the Parkman Backstand in Boston Common.
From left: Junior Angie Chen, freshman Kirstin Smith and sophomore Emerson Gray work on assignments while laying in the grass on BU Beach. ZOE KU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

In the green: BU students search for nature on campus

By Ellie Stevens April 26, 2024
Due to BU’s lack of campus, BU students take it upon themselves to seek nature in Boston.
People race in a game at an F1 Arcade in Seaport. This F1 Arcade is the first one to open in the United States, and it drew a large crowd, proving the support for F1 sports in Boston. TRUMAN DICKERSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

First F1 Arcade in America kicks off Boston opening with launch party

By Truman Dickerson, City Co-Editor April 23, 2024
Inspired by the increasingly popular sport of Formula 1 racing, the first F1 Arcade in the U.S. — outfitted with a full restaurant and multi-screened racing simulators — opened in Seaport yesterday following its launch party Thursday.
Volunteers pick up trash along the Charles River Esplanade on Saturday. BU Sustainability organized the 25th annual Earth Day Cleanup as part of its Earth Day 365 initiative. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Student volunteers help protect BU’s backyard in Earth Day Esplanade cleanup

By Siena Griffin April 22, 2024
Boston University students volunteered in the 25th annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup on Saturday to help clean campus' neighbor — the Esplanade.
A student rifles through a rack of clothes at the Earth Day clothing swap on Thursday at Kilachand Hall. BU Closet and professional fraternity Epsilon Eta collaborated to host the Earth Day 365 event with over 400 clothing items swapped. ZOE KU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Terriers swap clothes, celebrate the planet for Earth Day

By Martha Kolpien April 22, 2024
Combining fashion with sustainability, BU Closet and professional fraternity Epsilon Eta hosted an Earth Day clothing swap on April 18 — their biggest event yet.
Mike Casciere standing in front of the George Sherman Union. Graduating from Sargent College in 1976, Casciere ran his first Boston Marathon during his sophomore year at BU. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

He first ran Boston in 1974 as a BU student. 50 years later, he ran it again.

By Matthew Eadie April 16, 2024
Monday marked exactly 50 years since Mike Casciere ran his first Boston Marathon as a BU sophomore, but this year, he's running again for a cause.
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