By Ruby Voge, Opinion Co-Editor
• November 18, 2024
For five decades, Boston University’s AdLab course has given students the opportunity to gain experience in a full-service advertising agency setting. Founded in 1974 by professors Walter Lubars and Bob Montgomery, AdLab is the largest student-run advertising agency in the country — and this year it is celebrating its 50 year anniversary.
One week after Election Day and a few days after the announcement that President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 election, BU students, faculty and staff gathered virtually to reflect on the election Tuesday night.
With a presidency and 35 Senate seats to decide on in less than a month, candidates are leaving no stone unturned to appeal to their voters. Boston University’s College of Communication hosted a panel Wednesday entitled, “Political Ads: What Do Candidates Get For $1 Billion?”
Michael Dukakis, former Massachusetts governor and 1988 presidential candidate, and his wife Kitty, a Boston University alumna, talked about the importance of political involvement and grassroots activism...
Recently, college campuses have been hotbeds of free speech controversies, with the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions chiming in last week. Sessions declared on Sept. 26 that “freedom of thought...
From Donald Trump Jr.’s controversial Skittles tweet to “Yaaas Hillary” T-shirts and everything in between, the media and American politics have had, and continue to have, an interesting relationship.
Playwright...
When Corbin Carter cast his ballot for the 2014 general election at 111 Cummington Mall on Tuesday, he said he was only one of two people at the polling booth.
“I live really close to campus…[but]...
In a campaign set against Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama, experts said Mitt Romney’s history as the former Massachusetts governor has been a delicate aspect of his campaign.
Romney’s Massachusetts...
