On this week’s episode of East to West, “The Month of Big Changes,” we’re discussing a new dining option on campus, the push for reusable straws and the reopening of the Boston University Castle. You...

On this week’s episode of East to West, “Out With the Old, In With the New,” we’re discussing changes at BU and in Boston — like new reusable straws at Eastern Standard, the elimination of the COM computer labs, and skating teams' request for locker room renovations.

Goodbye plastic, single-use straws, hello reusable alternatives. Eastern Standard Kitchen and Drinks, located in Kenmore Square, decided to switch to reusable plastic and metal straws after its management team found the restaurant wasted around 60,000 plastic straws annually, said Diego Alejandro Peña-Herrera, the bar manager at Eastern Standard.