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LETTER: Attitudes create oppression

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

Fergus Hodgson was right on one point, men may not oppress women much these days, but attitudes sure do ("Men do not oppress women," Sept. 29, p. 7). Take his idea that "The greatest and most beautiful gift possessed solely by women is the power to bear children.

Professor calls for better on-campus recycling facilities

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

A Boston University professor has called for dramatic improvements in the school's struggling recycling program, which was criticized last fall after students reported material in designated GSU recycling containers was being thrown out with trash by university employees.

LETTER: Dinner breaks boundaries

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

I'm not sure if everyone felt it, but last night the Earth shook a little bit. The Earth shook, and I felt chills as walls crumbled around me. Last night, the International Students Consortium held a Multi-Faith Dinner in celebration of Yom Kippur, Ramadan, Dussera, Ghandi's birthday and, above all, diversity.

Law grad dishes out ‘spicy’ justice

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

Justice will be served spicy on a new television courtroom drama hosted by former Massachusetts Superior Court judge and Boston University School of Law graduate Maria Lopez. The Judge Maria Lopez Show, modeled after Judge Judy-style court programs, made its premiere Monday, Sept.

LETTER: Why ‘poor fella’ caught butterfly

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

n "And that's how proteins are formed using chaperoning which are themselves another type of protein..." (The interesting things learned from a walk down the street," Oct. 2, p. 7) On his way out of his natural science lecture, he thought of all the reading he ought to have already been familiar with before his upcoming exams.

BU teams up with defense contractors

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

Two Boston University colleges are working with a statewide coalition of schools and defense contractors with the goal of building Massachusetts into a "global leader in the defense technology industry." Metropolitan College and the College of Engineering have programs that cater to the Mass Defense Technology Initiative's goal of corresponding university curricula to meet the needed skills in the defense workplace.

Wolf leads fight for men’s tennis

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

For the second straight year, Marist College dominated the UConn Invitational tennis tournament. But this time, BU senior captain Barrett Wolf did everything in his power to stop it. Wolf advanced to the championship match in flight-A singles, breezing through the first three rounds before eventually losing to Marist's Paraguayan standout Pedro Genovese in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.

Students at sea bring studies port to port

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

For adventurous students who cannot sit still, the University of Virginia's Institute for Shipboard Education's Semester at Sea program, popularized by MTV during the 1990s, offers an alternative to more grounded study-abroad experiences. The program, previously run by the University of Pittsburgh, is dedicated to enhancing the understanding of many different cultures in an ever-shrinking world, according to the website.

McClernon earns her second league honor

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

Boston University women's soccer forward Farrell McClernon has become the first freshman to win America East Player of the Week accolades in 2006 and she is certainly making her presence felt. It's the second time this year McClernon has been awarded by the conference for her efforts.

BU grad writes on leading the ‘broke’ city life

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

Just months after hanging up her mortarboard and hitting the job market, Boston University graduate Lindsay Holst has teamed up with three other students from Boston-area colleges to assemble Broke in Boston, a guidebook on how to live cheap and find the best deals at bars, restaurants and clubs in the city.

Just what is rugby?

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

My first encounter with the American opinion of rugby came when I was but an eager Boston University freshman at orientation. During the social chaos that surrounds that three-day period, I found myself speaking more and more with a young man by the name of Jeremiah Clark.

After months, officials unsure of mayor’s environmental progress

By Daily Free Press Admin • October 3, 2006

Although Boston Mayor Thomas Menino initiated several programs aimed at maintaining the city's environmentally-friendly reputation over the past few months, environmental agency officials are unsure that the mayor's decisions will have a direct effect on the overall environmental improvements.