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Amanda Urban, John Stauffer and Isabel Wilkerson speak at The Power of Narrative conference at Boston University | Photo by Heather Vandenengel

Journalism Isn’t Dead, Storytelling Is Being Reborn

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Two years ago, every conference that writer Susan Orlean was invited to speak at was about the death of journalism. Two years later it’s still not dead, and at last weekend’s narrative nonfiction conference, the future even seemed, well, bright.

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May 3, 2011 | 1 Response

The image that was painted onto the side of Mugar Library | Photo by Heather Vandenengel

Dean Elmore’s Face Painted On, Blasted Off Mugar In Less Than 10 Hours

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Between speaking at events, competing on game shows and threatening to jump in the Charles River, the face of the Dean of Students Kenn Elmore is everywhere on campus including, for a few hours Thursday morning, the side of Mugar Library.

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Apr 29, 2011 | Leave a response

BU students celebrate Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors | Photo by Heather Vandenengel

Soaking Up Colors And Celebrating Spring At Holi Festival

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Forget Marathon Monday.  The most colorful event this weekend took place Saturday on the BU Beach when more than 300 students crowded on a tarp to throw, smear and splash colors [...]

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Apr 20, 2011 | Leave a response

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Interseqtion Connects Queer Artists Across the Country

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A LinkedIn meets Deviant Art for queer artists—there was nothing like it out there, until two Boston University students created it. The website is called Interseqtion and it’s a space [...]

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Apr 18, 2011 | Leave a response

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Castle Employee Sends Love Back Home

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I met Roberto Amaya last year when I started to work as a student event manager at lectures and receptions at the Boston University Castle. During the two or three [...]

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Apr 17, 2011 | Leave a response

Sonny Shotz, DJ Mendoza and Mik Beats on stage at BU Central | Photo by Heather Vandenengel

The Dean’s List Discuss Mixtapes, Tour Life and Breakfast Talk

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The Dean’s List, a Boston-based, Berklee-schooled hip hop trio, have created huge buzz since their first mixtape, The Drive In, dropped in late February. Now on the Animal House Tour [...]

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Apr 12, 2011 | Leave a response

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Scenes From The Underground: BU Central’s All Day Music Fest

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BU Central’s first Underground Music Festival started at noon with jazz, ended at midnight with hip-hop and had twelve hours of just about everything in between, from punk rock to acoustic to indie dance pop.

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Apr 11, 2011 | 1 Response

Photo by Yu Ishihara

Following Disaster In Japan, BU Community Shows Support

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Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti last January, the Boston University community raised over $50,000 for Partners in Health, a Boston-based non-profit medical organization deeply involved in [...]

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Apr 4, 2011 | Leave a response

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Biking in Boston: On The Cheap

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Seeing Boston by bike is a whole new world. You can forgo crowded trains and sidewalks and jet across the city or along the Esplanade. But buying a bike can [...]

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Apr 3, 2011 | Leave a response

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Campus Hootenanny For a Cause

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Attend tonight’s acoustic show, Give a HOOT, at the HER House and you can help support women and disabled children in Niger.

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Mar 25, 2011 | Leave a response

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Senior Bucketlist: Explore Jamaica Plain’s Local Culture

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This is the third in a weekly series with BU Now that highlights Seniors’ sage advice on absolute must-dos in Boston. Looking for the ultimate list of things to experience [...]

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Mar 21, 2011 | Leave a response

The Antlers | Photo by Flickr User Kevin N. Murphy

Free Live Music in Boston

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The House of Blues may seem miles away when it’s 25 degrees outside and a trek to the Paradise Rock Club looks like an arctic voyage in this cold. To [...]

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Mar 9, 2011 | 1 Response