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East to West: Apr. 30, 2021

East to West: Apr. 30, 2021

Veronica Thompson April 30, 2021

Season 5 Finale! Today on East to West, we cover landlords charging student tenants illegal fees, Boston University’s reaction to the result of the Derek Chauvin trial, a demonstration against...

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Class registration returns to regular schedule

Rin Velasco April 28, 2021
The single-weekend registration used last semester was changed back to a staggered model.
The course planner on the Boston University Student Link website. BU students found registration for the Spring 2021 semester especially competitive this year. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students find Spring 2021 class registration more competitive than before

Claire Williams December 10, 2020
While course registration depends largely on luck, some BU deans said factors such as canceled Study Abroad programming and shifts to the registration schedule might be partially to blame for classes filling up earlier this round.
The Undergraduate English Literature Association at Boston University is advocating for more diversity among faculty and coursework in the English department. KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DFP FILE

English students petition for more diversity in curriculum, hiring

Nick Kolev October 27, 2020
Unddklkdfs English department, according to a petition sent to English students Wednesday and shared among department heads Friday.
East to West (Season 4 Premiere): August 14, 2020

East to West (Season 4 Premiere): August 14, 2020

Justin Tang August 14, 2020

In this Season 4 Premiere of East to West, we cover BU’s official decision to begin offering posthumous degrees, a controversial memo sent to CAS faculty regarding the Fall 2020 semester, updates...

Letter to the Editor: Response to 'A Letter to Dean Bizup'

Letter to the Editor: Response to ‘A Letter to Dean Bizup’

Daily Free Press Admin August 13, 2020
"It pains me to know that colleagues whom I respect found my memo inappropriate. It pains me even more to know that it has damaged the trust that you and other students should have in your University. I am sorry for that most of all."
Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences. In an email to CAS department chairs, Joseph Bizup, associate dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies, discouraged professors from discussing the pandemic with students when communicating about their course formats for the Fall. BRITTANY CHANG/ DFP FILE

CAS professors asked to self-censor in communications with students

Katarzyna Jezak August 3, 2020
A memo sent to CAS department chairs asked professors to avoid references to the ongoing pandemic and to treat LfA as the optimal learning model for BU.
A student in professor Andrew Bottom’s American Sign Language 5 class practices signing. Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences will count ASL as any other second language for its foreign language requirement. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CAS changes requirements for ASL as second language

Damian Walsh October 25, 2018
Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences has enacted a new policy updating the conditions for American Sign Language to fulfill CAS’s second language requirement.
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