My uncle remembers his time in Allston fondly, incidentally so does his wife who married him despite the weekends she spent visiting him there. Neither of them recalls any great hardship or desperation, then again they moved on to the circus of Manhattan real estate.

I seriously question the Student Union executive board's decision to nominate Mikhail Makalski to be the vice president. I hope the executive board carefully reviewed his qualifications, and did not simply nominate him because he played an important role in their election.

As most students prepared to return to campus from summer recess, that familiar anxiety about the impending classes and their resulting grades was likely prevalent in every pit of every stomach.

First, some preemptive redemption. Not because I'm one to make excuses, or because I think my transgression somehow makes me unworthy of your readership, but because I have an identity aside from a certain summer fling and I'm desperate to save face.

Nine years ago, Adonal Foyle, the veteran NBA center who played last year with the Orlando Magic, founded the national student organization, Democracy Matters.' This year Democracy Matters will be making its message known right here at Boston University.

As the General President of Boston Metro Area Local 100, The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, I feel it is necessary to inform you about an urgent matter regarding your post office within the university.

This past week I met with Tracy Schroeder, vice president of information systems and technology, and Michael Krugman, associate vice president of IS&T. During this meeting we discussed both the lack of a 24-hour computer lab and the changes that have been made to print quota.

In the wake of the first few weeks of the semester, students and faculty have had time to experience the effects of the dramatic shift in printing and computing protocol on campus.

Tuesday's Harvard Crimson advertisement scandal, in which the university's student newspaper ran an advertisement that speculated whether or not the Holocaust did in fact happen, generated a campus- and nationwide fury.

President Barack Obama's much-anticipated health care reform speech went off Wednesday night without a notable hitch, discounting the usual repeated interruptions of applause. It was the most decisive Americans have seen their president on how to reform the nation's health care system.

After President Barack Obama's titillating speech left us feeling quite healthy and totally covered, we feel a lot less scared of the illnesses plaguing our campus. Here's a list of some sicknesses BU has been relieved from, thanks to the promise of the most comprehensive health care plan since Advil and whiskey.

Over the past summer and this fall I have heard from many of you regarding your concerns relating to the university's changes in both print quota and computer lab structure. As constituents and customers of the university, we have a right to be heard and have our say and consideration regarding issues pertaining to our interests as students.