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.

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.

I'm not going to lie '- the first week of classes was rough. Like sandpaper, or your boyfriend's ironic facial hair. Even before the first syllabus landed on my desk, I could feel the neurons in my brain spontaneously combusting. I was as nervous as a freshman again.

News of the probable closing of the United States Post Office in the basement of the George Sherman Union raises questions of cause and effect. In an effort to rework an outstanding deficit, the USPS is closing branches all over the greater Boston area '- nine in total '- many of which are on college campuses.

As President Barack Obama's Wednesday speech on restructuring health care approaches, Americans wait in uneasy anticipation to hear his most definite plans yet regarding the reform. Since the beginning of his campaign,

Although for most members of the Boston University community the early weeks of the semester signal a time of organization and careful planning, the Student Union is undergoing some significant reshuffling at an especially inopportune time.

The theme of the first 2009 Boston mayoral debate last night surfaced as a textbook lesson in contrasts and comparisons. While current mayor Thomas Menino spent the evening playing defense, his opponents City Councilors-at-Large Sam Yoon and Mike Flaherty and businessman Kevin McCrea used their time mostly to talk about how much they weren't like Menino.

When one of the student body's biggest fears was realized and Boston University administration cut print quotas and eliminated ResNet computer labs, inquiring minds at The Daily Free Press couldn't help but wonder: if in this city, you're either in or you're out, what's next on the list to be offed?

Returning to Boston University from a three-month break, I wasn't quite sure what to expect about the changes to our ResNet labs.