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Your gluten-free guide for a no wheat Boston sweet

By Samantha Marshall February 15, 2024
Since I can’t eat gluten, there aren’t many options for safe and sweet treats on campus. So, I decided to venture out and see what might be offered. With a lunch break in between, I was able to find three places with a variety of gluten-free options — let me share them with you. 
Commonwealth Ave. as seen from 660 Beacon St. in 1912. The “Ghost and Shadows of Commonwealth Avenue’s Automobile Row” lecture held in Brookline’s Larz Anderson Auto Museum Thursday focused on the revitalization of Automobile Row as a dealership mecca in the early 20th century. COURTESY BOSTON CITY ARCHIVES VIA FLICKR

The history of Commonwealth’s automobile row

By Miriam Fauzia February 12, 2020
Almost a century ago, long before Boston University students dominated the busy stretch of Commonwealth Ave., cars ruled the street. With Cadillacs, Buicks, Studebakers and LaSalles, the Automobile Row had been Boston’s dealership mecca of the early 20th century. But it is a history many are not familiar with.
Aaron Halford, Avinash Nagpal, Ethan Brin, Joel Rothenberg, Matthew Michna, Aron Friedlander and John Claxton of StuVi Snacks. PHOTO BY JEN RACOOSIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students launch food delivery business StuVi Snacks

By JenRacoosin February 25, 2018
A new business run by Boston University students is on the rise. StuVi Snacks, a company that delivers food from local establishments to students living in StuVi 2, opens for business on Monday. Its management team is hoping to help students and make it an integral part of West Campus dining culture.
HAGERTY: Kombucha: what the heck is it!?

HAGERTY: Kombucha: what the heck is it!?

By Grace Hagerty September 20, 2017

I first heard of kombucha in the spring of my senior year of high school. My friend Mary Anne drank it in our English class. She was a vegan, which at the time was incredibly edgy, especially considering...

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