by Jennifer Brown | March 12, 2010
(No Ratings Yet)Between February 8 and 14, the city of Boston hosted TOGETHER, its first successful electronic music festival, organized by Dig writers David Day and Mike McKay. The festival hosted local, national, and international electronic acts throughout the week, along with DJ workshops, record fairs, silent discos, movie screenings, music panels, and a fashion show, bringing [...](read more...)
by Andrea Abi-Karam | March 11, 2010 (No Ratings Yet)Beware the Ides of March: Issue 10. (read more...)
by Stephen Maouyo | March 5, 2010 (No Ratings Yet)I am so happy that this week is over. Rarely would I refer to myself as ecstatic, but I’m there. And I’m banking on the fact that you’re pretty happy too. Even if your week wasn’t hellishly filled with exams and essays and academic whatnot, it’s still finally spring break. Hallelujah. Now every year, I consider [...](read more...)
by Patty Ball | March 5, 2010
(+1)“I Was a Teenage Illiterate,” is the title of the New York Times article by Cathleen Shine my father emailed me earlier this week. “Seriously, Dad?” was my initial reaction as I opened the email. I am aware that no person who has yet to read the “insuperable masterpieces” of Joyce’s “Ulysses” and Tolstoy’s “War and [...](read more...)
by Sarah Cox | March 4, 2010 (+2)As our exams and papers have for the most part ceased to rule our lives, we as students look towards spring break for fun and relaxation. Sitting on the floor of a public bathroom and puking isn’t my particular type of relaxation but I know that some of you disagree. Here are a few social [...](read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | March 4, 2010 (+1)Jukebox the Ghost played at Great Scott last night after just arriving back from their European tour. The band opened for Tally Hall. Here’s some footage from the show with an interview. Jukebox the Ghost comes to Boston from Jennifer Brown on Vimeo. (read more...)
by Brian Roach | March 4, 2010 (No Ratings Yet)When the Terriers take to the ice this weekend against Huntington Ave. rival Northeastern, they’ll have (another) chance to lock up the number four spot in the Hockey East standings. Boston University will need help — but if recent play has been any indication, these Terriers probably don’t deserve a fourth-place finish. A February 19 loss [...](read more...)
by The Quad | March 4, 2010 (+3)This morning, the Quad received a tip about a banner drop on BU campus from a group identifying themselves as the “Committee for the March 4th Day of Action.” Today is the Day of Action to Defend Public Education, a movement which, according to the Huffington Post, “originated in California last fall in response to [...](read more...)
by Leia Poritz | March 4, 2010 (+3)As we finish up our midterms and papers, we all have one thing on our minds: spring break is almost here! I think I can speak for a lot of people when I say I need a break. Next week I will be in Israel on Alternative Spring Break, doing community service projects in the [...](read more...)
by Caitlin Clancy | March 4, 2010 (No Ratings Yet)First identified in a New York cave in February 2006, White nose syndrome (WNS) has since devastated over one million bats in ten different northeastern U.S. states (including our very own Massachusetts), and continues to contribute to a decline in bat populations of unprecedented proportions. Likened to such mysterious phenomena as colony collapse disorder in [...](read more...)
