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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When people ask me to describe Mt. Joy, I typically respond with something along the lines of “if Hozier and the Lumineers had a baby, that’s what you would get.” And, their performance at TD Garden on Sept. 20 solidified this notion for me more than ever.
In 1987, the United Nations ratified the Montreal Protocol, banning the production and consumption of CFCs for all member countries.
Nearly 40 years later, the ozone layer is showing signs of recovery, according to a Sept. 16 World Meteorological Organization report.
When faith meets activism, what legacies endure?
The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground hosted on Sept. 24 the first installment of “The Howard and Sue Bailey Thurman Series,” a continuing series to educate students and faculty on the Thurmans’ lives, legacies and philosophies.
The sounds of chirping birds and rustling trees echoed through Calderwood Hall as students and professionals settled into their seats. On the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s agenda for Sept. 25 was the panel “The Larger Landscape Conversation: Museum Landscapes.”
By Mary Goetz, Associate Community Editor
• October 1, 2025
Edson Filho, a BU associate professor of sport, exercise and performance psychology, published a research study Sept. 4, in which he tested interventions on an international-level dart thrower with the aim of unlocking a "flow state."
Since President Donald Trump began his second term in office, he has targeted universities across the country — whether it be through funding freezes, student and faculty censorship or, in Harvard University’s case, lawsuits.
Recently, the Trump administration called for Harvard to invest about $500 million in building trade and vocational schools as part of an initiative to “refocus young Americans on career preparation” instead of on higher education, which Trump called an “economically unproductive postsecondary system.”
When junior Bright Okunbor learned singer-songwriter and rapper Rema was coming to Boston in May, he went to Ticketmaster to buy tickets. However, anytime he uses the platform, he encounters a strange phenomenon.
Millions of consumers have felt surprise — or “sticker shock” — as a result of “hidden” fees, according to the Federal Trade Commission in an 84-page lawsuit against Ticketmaster.
