The Daily Free Press

Tuition soars, and the Student Union stays silent

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

If there ever were a time for Boston University students to take to the streets, it is now. There is no degree that can be earned at this business-like institution that is worth $50,000 a year.

Unfortunately, the elected students who are charged with representing our voice are sitting quietly on the issue of tuition and costs, like they have for years.

Quality control must match cost increases

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Seventeen-year-olds are not given many legal rights: They cannot vote, drink alcohol, run for elected office or serve on a jury. Why, then, is it that American youth, most often at the excitable and impressionable age of 17, apply for acceptance at colleges that in total cost us more than a mortgage we cannot obtain, and begin a lending process that will take us into our 30s? No student should face the public relations and advertising blitz that somehow has brainwashed a nation of high schoolers, parents, senators and guidance counselors into believing $50,000 spent every year for four years, often for only the beginning of an academic career, is a fair price to pay for college quality.

On the move

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

For the most part, the walls of The Daily Free Press are almost as empty as they were in the 1980s when the editors moved there from Cummington Street.

Sobering truths

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

When students in a College of Communication advertising class told The Daily Free Press more than two weeks ago that their professors let them drink beer in the classroom, the first thing we did was confirm all the facts of the incident that led to the dean canceling the Thursday sessions of the class that day.

Reporting the facts

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

For the past week, the front page of The Daily Free Press has been dominated by continuing coverage of the Boston University Police Department's lack of cooperation in providing details about a collision in which a BUPD officer struck a student with his car on Commonwealth Avenue.

Stealing our comfort

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

On Oct. 1, a Boston University men's hockey player had his laptop, iPod and speakers totaling about $1,500 stolen from his room on Bay State Road. The residents of the brownstone said a faulty door was to blame for letting unknown thieves into their homes.

The sense in security

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

With submachine guns pointed at her face, Star Simpson became the center of a short-lived media frenzy that thrived on the public's sense of security. Police forces were swift, and for a few minutes, the bomb scare seemed legitimate at Logan International Airport.

A changing Free Press

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Thirty-seven years ago, the first issue of The Daily Free Press was printed the day after Boston University's deans canceled final exams and Commencement following the Kent State riots.

BU says campus future is up in the air

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Boston University is looking to sew up a deep cut that divides South Campus from Commonwealth Avenue by capping the Massachusetts Turnpike and dramatically altering the campus, officials said. Boston residents now gaze up at the looming Student Village high rises as a blueprint to the university's development plan.

Protests, proposals and politics define semester

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Election fever swept Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, the city passed a change to the zoning code aimed at students in the area, a gunmen went on a shooting spree at Northern Illinois University, the saga of the Boston University Biolab continued and Gov. Deval Patrick's casino proposal was not in the cards at the State House. Here is a retrospective of the biggest city, state and national stories from this past semester.

Semester of costs, crime fails to draw a concerned crowd

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

After an semester that saw highly publicized reported assaults and robberies, litigation and logo changes, a slate sweep in the Student Union election, a tuition hike and even the loss of Taco Bell, here is a look back at the biggest stories of the 2007-08 academic year.

Summer in the city

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

With the summer sun on the horizon, some Boston University students said they are preparing to spend their days in Boston, out of their parents' grasps, and are hoping to secure internships or just catch up on sleep.

RIAA takes BU students all the way to the Court

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Jim Stone, the director of consulting services at Boston University's Office of Information Technology, said he spends a "ridiculous" amount of time each day dealing with lawyers, parents, students, subpoenas, lawsuits and law firms up in arms about RIAA copyright infringement law suits.

It pays to be green, experts say

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The government cannot afford to avoid going "green," even with the looming prospect of a recession, environmental activists said.

Website allows citizens to rate neighborhood police

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Students have complained about quizzes and praised professors on ratemyprofessors.com, but now citizens can muse online about their local police, with a website offering positive and negative anecdotes, juvenile griping and a chance to learn from others' experiences.

Mass. recognizes victims, need for violence solution

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Victims of violence gathered to find strength in their stories and look ahead to state funding aimed at preventing violence among Massachusetts youth during Victim Rights Awareness Day at the State House yesterday.

Activists react to increased reports of animal abuse

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As United States continues to teeter toward a recession, some experts say they believe people could be taking out their economic frustrations on their pets.

STAFF EDIT: Take hold of your university

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

During his campaign to head the Student Union, President-elect Matt Seidel built his platform on the assumption that Boston University students will always care about the issues affecting them.

HOOK: For those delicious morsels of wisdom, you're welcome

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

When President Brown first asked me to write a humor column for The Daily Free Press, I was reluctant. Did I really want the responsibility of writing a weekly column for the 11th largest newspaper in Boston?

After four years, leaving BU brings memories and tears

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

My first memory of Boston University is in the rain. I was following one of those famous tours around campus with my parents in August before my senior year of high school, and I instantly knew I would attend BU. I saw the rain as a good omen.

LETTER: A new day for the Student Union

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The last two years have been a hell of a ride. Through Student Union, CAS Forum and other groups on campus, I've been lucky enough to experience working with many students and having mentors along the way.

LETTER: Time for student activism

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

At a campus where past student activism is legendary, there has been a quiet rumbling slowly growing within the student body about reviving the rambunctious actions that gave our school the nickname "Berkeley East" back in the '70s.

Konichiwa, Robyn

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Those expecting to see Swedish popstar Robyn belting out some of her Max Martin-penned teen-pop anthems at the Paradise on Tuesday night may have left a bit shaken.

Succulent Scampo hits Beacon Hill

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Contemporary Italian eatery Scampo may have changed the definition of jailbait. Early last September, Beacon Hill's historic Charles Street Jail was converted into The Liberty Hotel, where unique dining and drinking venues tout names like Clink and Alibi.

WALL�E director believes in digital love

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

If the buzz of blogging Pixar fans is any measure, WALL�E is the most anticipated summer movie without the words "Indiana Jones" in the title. If the format of the group phone interview with director Andrew Stanton is any measure, this movie is about Mary Magdalene planning 9/11.

The Free Press -- great or greatest student newspaper?

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Many say the newspaper is disappearing. Experts, bloggers and, I suspect, more than a couple people at Boston University believe, as the snotty kid in a recent Simpsons episode said, "Ha ha, your medium is dying."

The Long Road Back

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It's called clearing the mechanism. That moment just before tip-off when coaches and players attempt to eliminate all distractions that lie beyond the 4,700 square feet of hardwood upon which they're about to enter battle.

Harvard hype

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Boston University softball team can clinch the America East regular season title with one win in this weekend's three-game series against the second-place University at Albany. Before that, though, the Terriers travel to Soldiers Field today with hopes of avenging last week's 1-0 loss to Harvard University.

Time to dance

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

While students across Boston University's campus will be studying for finals this weekend, the lacrosse team will begin its own final exam. The No. 8/6 Terriers square off against Sacred Heart University on Saturday at Nickerson Field in an NCAA play-in game.

Duel on the Cardinal courts

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

After securing its 15th straight America East title last weekend, the Boston University women's tennis team will face No. 4 Stanford University next Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at Taube Family Tennis Stadium in Stanford, Calif.

Corrections

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

In a news story Tuesday ("Morello and Sickos protest state health care," p. 3), it was incorrectly stated do an editing error that a single-payer health care system in Massachusetts is also known as universal health care.

LICHTENBERG: Farewell, for now

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I never thought I'd be writing this final column. I always assumed I would have stormed Nickerson Field at some point this semester and never stopped running.

LYONS: Hockey in the heart

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Well, that flew by. It seems like only yesterday I was a starry-eyed freshman sitting in the old barn trying to figure out what in the world the upperclassmen were shouting before erupting with a cheer of "BC Sucks!"

"We can say that?" I remember thinking upon hearing the certain vulgarity that echoed throughout Walter Brown Arena from Section 8 before the second period and during every Terrier power play.

WHITROCK: Logic or Emotion?

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It's not easy being a Yankees fan in Boston. From the roars of Fenway Park filtering through my dorm room window, to the sheer awkwardness of walking through a world populated by rabid Red Sox fans and the "Yankees Suck" message written on my door's whiteboard by an unknown party, my surroundings provide a constant reminder: You are not from here.