Exploring Boston’s Poetic Past—and Present
The feet that walked Greater Boston’s cobblestoned streets from this town’s founding to the present day are those of people who shaped and are shaping the United States’ development as …
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Op-Ed: The Silence After The Boom
We were seated outside the Au Bon Pain three blocks from the finish line when we heard the first boom. Like a cannon shot. There was silence; we looked around …
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Sargent Choice Test Kitchen Provides Life Skills, Healthy Dessert
Fudgy brownies are always a tempting dessert option. But what about fudgy black bean brownies? Thursday evening, students baked and tasted these healthy treats at the Sargent Choice Test Kitchen …
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Liquid Fun’s 24-Hour Marathon is Bigger Than Ever Before
Between 8 p.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday, twenty Boston improv comedy groups, hundreds of BU students, and one Boston University Dean of Students found themselves laughing or performing in …
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SPF ’13: Seth Meyers Provides Laughs, Mid-Semester Relief
Greece’s “yogurt-based economy,” online dating, and gender politics inherent in towel usage were among many topics discussed Friday night in Metcalf Auditorium. Seth Meyers, head writer and Weekend Update anchor …
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Middle East Feast: Food, Music, Literature, and Course Listings
Students feasted on falafel, hummus, and more in BU Central Monday night as part of the Modern Languages and Comparative Literature Department’s Middle East Feast. In what event co-organizer and …
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TED Talks Night: Defining BU Clubs Eloquently
Monday evening in CAS B25, six unrelated student organizations met to share their club missions. Each student group chose one TED talk video that best aligned with the club mission …
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Winterfest: Frozen Fun and A Cool Contest
This past Saturday, teams of BU students and alumni gathered in Marsh Plaza for some friendly winter competition: an ice-sculpting contest. Eight chiseled works of frozen art were created over …
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The Good News Poetry Tour: Good News and Great Poems
What do you get when you put two College National Poetry Slam champions and a haberdasher in a room with microphones and a college audience? You get The Good News …
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Cinematheque: An Evening With Ross McElwee
On Friday evening, a large lecture hall in BU’s College of Communication got much smaller. While no actual construction or re-arrangement of furniture occurred, the room went from being a …
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