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.

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.

We've been hearing a lot of talk on campus about a story we ran in our first issue about The Daily Free Press' financial situation ('Free Press suffers financial shortfalls,' p. 1). I'd just like to reiterate what I said in my first note: We at The Free Press are in this for the long run.' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '

I've seen the boy '- the one behind the counter '- before. I've even seen him behind a counter before. He's a young man really, and his circumstances have improved slightly since my last sighting.

The Hyatt's lights are a sort of aquamarine color tonight, the sort of aquamarine that makes a man question why he'd use the word aquamarine instead of just saying green. Maybe it's because I'm in college now: I'm an intellectual now.

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.

Just days after Boston University's Student Village II garnered extensive media attention for its unprecedented amenities in a university dormitory, BU residents have yet to consider more housing news.

As universities around the nation ready themselves for a possible rise in H1N1 virus outbreaks on campus, members of college communities must make the contentious decision of where to draw the line between preparedness and panic.