Boston University is home to 12 fraternities, many of which have begun the recruitment process for the spring 2026 semester by hosting “apartment crawls,” open houses and invite-only events.
Following these recent functions, a wave of posts that rank, mock and criticize the campus fraternities emerged on Yik Yak, an app where college students post text and images anonymously among others in their campus community.
Members of Boston University’s Greek Life held two meetings this past weekend to discuss diversity and inclusion, as well as sexual assault prevention within sororities and fraternities on campus.
Boston University sororities and fraternities held Spring Recruitment and Rush the past two weekends over Zoom — an experience that had unexpected difficulties and upsides for prospective members trying to make a connection.
BU needs to make a constant commitment to the cause, actively work to ensure students’ safety, dismantle the prevalent rape culture on its campus and establish trust so students will be willing to speak up and report assailants in the first place. It will never be as easy as one quick, overnight policy change.
Boston University Student Government discussed updates on upcoming elections, changes to BU Greek Life and proposals to create new Senate roles in a Zoom meeting Monday night.
A fundraising campaign by BU’s Greek Life organizations has raised nearly $30,000 since since March 20 to donate to Project Sunshine and support hospitalized children
The parents of Anthony Barksdale II, a freshman in Boston University’s College of Engineering who died on March 2, 2013 at an off-campus party allegedly hosted by the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, filed...
The Daily Free Press raised more than $70,000 through an online crowd-sourcing campaign. We here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering how BU people would raise such a hefty sum:
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Boston University’s chapter of Delta Kappa Alpha, a national, coed cinema fraternity, is hosting recruitment events through Sept. 26 to expand their film-focused community at Boston University.
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With over 500 student organizations and almost 16,000 undergraduate students, Boston University can be overwhelming and, at the same time, an exhilarating place for any incoming student. While it’s flattering...
