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Email about the Class of 2025 Leadership Reception. Boston University Moot Court Organization opted not to present at the Student Leaders Dinner held by the Office of the President April 7 after it was informed it had to remove two slides from its presentation by the Dean of Students’ office.

‘Not the appropriate time or place’: DOS calls for BU Moot Court to alter Student Leaders Dinner presentation, removing sanctuary campus requests, feedback for SAO

By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor April 23, 2025
BU Moot court elected not to present at the Student Leader Dinner after being asked to alter their presentation
Boston University Young Democrats Socialists Association Instagram post. YDSA received an email Friday from the Student Activities Office that their group is now suspended.

BU YDSA suspended for violation of University policies

By Elizabeth Mehler, Associate Campus Editor April 14, 2025
Executive board members of the Boston University Young Democratic Socialists of America student group say they were informed by the Student Activities Office April 11 that the group is suspended as an active organization until Dec. 31, according to an Instagram post on the group’s page.
A picture of the Boston University Student Activities Office with signs taped to the doors posted to the BU Students for Justice in Palestine Instagram account. Following this post, BU SJP announced it would be holding an emergency rally Wednesday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

SJP placed on probation by SAO for referendum posters

By Truman Dickerson, City Co-Editor March 3, 2025
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine was placed on probation by the Student Activities Office Monday for violating the University’s Publications and Publicity Policy.
Boston University Duan Family Center for Computing and Data Sciences. CDS Student Government senators will begin holding weekly meetings to determine how the Community Service Fee is distributed. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

CDS senators provide Community Service Fee allocation update

By Sangmin Song February 26, 2025
Undergraduates' community service fund allocation is currently being negotiated in CDS student government.
Members of the Russian-Speaking Society at Boston University talk to a prospective member at their table at Splash 2.0. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Students Splash into the Semester with Welcome Week Events

By Sarah Cruz and Rachel Feinstein January 28, 2025
The Boston University Student Activities Office hosted multiple events during the first week of classes to welcome students into the spring semester.
Boston University Treblemakers performing at Melissa Gilliam’s inauguration. The Treblemakers were among the student groups asked to perform during inauguration week. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Student performers take stage during historic inauguration week

By Lindsay Gould September 30, 2024
To celebrate the historic inauguration of Boston University’s president, Melissa Gilliam, BU student groups showcased their various talents the week prior to the inauguration. The events united singers, dancers and musicians across campus to not only honor Gilliam, but commemorate a new era in the University’s history.
Clutter in the Student Activities Office storage unit. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Students demand improved conditions for campus storage units

By Crystal Yormick, Managing Co-Editor March 20, 2024
BU students and club members are frustrated about the unhealthy conditions of storage units on campus.
An Associated Press Sports Editors plaque. To create more opportunities for sports student journalists at Boston University, students are organizing a chapter of the Associated Press Sports Editors. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU’s new APSE chapter hopes to create opportunities for students in sports media

By Ella Willis February 13, 2024
Students are organizing a new student chapter of the Associated Press Sports Editors at Boston University, advised by journalism professor Sherrod Blakely, in an effort to create more networking opportunities for aspiring sports journalists.
The Boston University Student Activities Office at ​​1 University Rd

Exiled from SPLASH: a look at BU’s unofficial clubs

By Devan Colby October 5, 2023
It was a sunny October afternoon, and a team of Boston University athletes was in the midst of its semiweekly practice on Magazine Beach, a stretch of green along the Charles River in Cambridge. 
StuGov

Student Government discusses senator accountability, SAO Reforms, confirms senate chair

By Anna Vidergar April 25, 2023
StuGov discussed an endorsement of possible changes to the SAO and constitutional amendments that would automatically remove inactive senators from office.
Nick Kulda, Chair of the Rules Committee, talking to students. BU StuGov Senate met for their first meeting of the year Monday. ISABELLE MEGOSH/DFP STAFF

BU StuGov Opens First Meeting of Year With Budget Discussion

By Anna Vidergar September 27, 2022
Boston University Student Government shared updates on a transportation bill approved last semester, confirmed the yearly budget, and created a new finance committee during their first Senate meeting of the year.
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What to expect from campus news

By Talia Lissauer June 9, 2022
The Daily Free Press has a campus news section which solely covers news, events, and investigative stories at BU.
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