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W. hockey defeats UConn in first-ever Hockey East championship win

Terriers will face top-seeded Mercyhurst in NCAA first round

The Boston University women's hockey team won its first Hockey East Championship in program history Sunday, defeating the University of Connecticut, 2-1, in overtime. Full story

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BU secures 3rd seed in playoffs with victory over Huskies

Gilroy comes back with game-winner after hospitalization Friday night

Read all about it on The Boston Hockey Blog, here and here.

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UC students protest tuition hike

"Tomorrow is the day." This was the first line in mass email sent to University of California-Santa Cruz students by the UCSC Strike Committee on Wednesday. Full story

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Technology changes, but reporting basics must stay the same, former DFP editors say

Razor blades and wax aren't words that usually come to mind when reading a newspaper. But former Daily Free Press Editor-In-Chief John Madden (College of Communication '91) said that when it came to putting together the paper in 1990, razor blades and wax were "what it was all about." Full story

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U.S. politics: eluding Americans, controlled by media and lobbyists, speaker says

As corporate corruption spreads in politics and the economy, Americans are gradually becoming disillusioned with the United States government; or at least they should be, said Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges. Full story

Housing rates increase up to 3.5 percent for 2010-2011

New on-campus housing and dining rates for the 2010-2011 academic year were announced Tuesday in an email to students who paid their $600 housing guarantee payment by Feb. 26, showing increases of a few hundred dollars, up to about 3.5 percent, across the board.

Ten arrested for underage drinking at BU frat party

Ten people were arrested and charged with underage drinking and disturbing the peace Thursday night at a Boston University fraternity party after a plainclothes Boston Police Department officer was invited into an Ashford Street home, BPD said.

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Census Bureau seeks out students' participation in 2010 survey

Every 10 years, the United States takes a snapshot of its population by sending a survey to every household in the country. Mandated by the Constitution, the census not only provides statistics and demographics, but also sets the course for the allocations of billions of dollars to cities and towns across the country.