Allston residents expressed concerns as Harvard University President Lawrence Summers released plans last week to quicken the pace of university expansion into Allston-Brighton. The concepts proposed for the first phase of development include new science facilities, the relocation of the School of Public Health and the Graduate School of Education, a new space for arts and culture and possible additional undergraduate and graduate housing along the river, according to an Oct.
An Indiana State University study revealing that 40 percent of male college students participate in drinking games to take sexual advantage of their female opponents has led the Boston University community to look inward at the behavior of its own students.
Arguing that it would promote nuclear proliferation and create an unstable global environment, local professors and students rejected the Pentagon's proposal to allowpreemptive nuclear strikes against non-nuclear countries. The proposed change in U.S. nuclear weapons policy has become a heated controversy between the Bush administration and physicists worldwide in the form of a petition, which claims that the Pentagon's plan blurs "the sharp distinction that exists between nuclear and non-nuclear weapons and heightens the probability of future use of nuclear weapons by others.
Transfer students at Boston University face many opportunities and challenges when it comes to getting involved on campus, from making friends to attending university activities. Every year, BU receives more than 2,000 applications from potential transfer students from other colleges, Transfers Associate Director Kevin Lackey said.
This is the third in a seven-part series about the people and departments who work behind the scenes to make Boston University function. If you happen to stroll into the George Sherman Union after 8 p.m. on any given night, you are likely to see a group of students clad in white jackets watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and joking about the day's events.
In an effort to promote environmental awareness on campus, Boston University student organizations gathered Tuesday morning as part of America Recycles Day to collect used clothing, hand out recycling information and raffle off prizes on Marsh Plaza. Organizers, including BU's Environmental Health and Safety Office, provided free coffee for attendees with their reusable mugs to minimize the waste of paper cups.
Calling for a sharp reduction of salt levels in both restaurant and processed food, the Center for Science in the Public Interest issued a legal petition last week to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, citing a report that excessive sodium consumption kills 150,000 people each year.
The next time the circus rolls into Boston, it may be with dogs instead of elephants and tabby cats instead tigers, if Massachusetts state legislature passes a bill banning exotic animals from performing. Circus leaders and others who make their living through animal entertainment testified against the bill at State House hearing Tuesday, saying they may have to move their businesses out of the state if the bill is passed.
Boston University students and a panel of media experts criticized the quality of the news industry on Tuesday at the last of three media and politics sessions at the School of Management and said that, to maintain its widespread influence, the media must return to covering more traditional news.
As concern about the avian flu virus grows, Massachusetts Department of Public Health officials updated their vaccination distribution plan and the status of the avian virus Tuesday at the department's headquarters. DPH Immunization Program Medical Director Dr.
