Adil Yunis has claimed the Student Union presidency by 30 votes over current Vice President Mark DiCristofaro in one of the closest elections in Boston University history. When Yunis assumes the office this summer, he will be joined by the three students who campaigned with DiCristofaro -- John Grant as vice president, Elena Quattrone as secretary and Josh Levine as treasurer.
On a recent trip to a multi-faith retreat center in Sherborn, a group of Boston University students gathered near a chaplain who explained the consequences of choosing not to forgive. "If you're connected to revenge," said Peace Abbey Chaplain Dot Walsh, "you create the disconnect [of] unifying people.
On what was arguably the first day of spring weather this year, Boston University students snacked on free nutrition bars and gathered for five hours of giveaways, live music and festive atmosphere for the third annual Earth Day Celebration at Marsh Plaza on Friday.
At the largest fundraiser of his campaign to date, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday night railed against President Bush's decision to invade Iraq and promised to grant universal healthcare to all Americans if elected. Almost 6,000 attendees packed Agganis Arena at Boston University and cheered as the senator pledged to end the war in Iraq, which he said was botched from the beginning.
Wearing white baseball-style T-shirts with the number 20 on the back to commemorate the anniversary of the Community Service Center, Boston University students volunteered more than 1,800 hours as they scattered around the city for the second annual day of service Saturday.
Academics from around the world holed up at Harvard for the weekend debating how to aid developing countries plagued by neglect and corruption, and on Saturday decided money for healthcare is so desperately needed it is worth the risk that some of it could be siphoned off by corrupt or inept officials.
Boston traded its usual Irish green for blue and white over the weekend, as the Boston Common and the streets around it filled with generations of Greeks, Greek Americans and even a few locals waving the national flag in the little-noticed community's annual celebration of its Hellenic heritage.
Massachusetts students perform volunteer service less often than their peers in other states, a national service organization reported last week, sparking controversy among local officials who say the report is flawed. The Corporation for National and Community Service released a study April 16 that ranks Massachusetts 44th among states and the District of Columbia in terms of student volunteer work.
The average full-time working woman has to wait until tomorrow to earn the amount of money her male counterpart made by the end of 2006 -- and if she has a college degree, she has even longer to go. Women's groups across the country recognize a Tuesday in April as Equal Pay Day in hopes of drawing attention to the fact that, according to the 2005 U.
