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Starting the Year Off Right: An Intro to the Local Music Scene
Free on a Saturday night? Music guru Jen Brown shows you where to find that indie underground treasure.
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Timing the Choke
The modern (or post-post-modern or contemporary or whatever you want to call it) novel seems to live in the fourth dimension: time. Ever since Faulkner, authors cannot keep their chronology …
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Cutting the Red Tape Around Gender-Neutral Housing
As colleges all around the nation embrace more liberal student policies, it is no wonder that many BU students strive to do the same and alter some of the university’s …
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Gettin’ Fresh: The Freshman Hookup Phenomenon
Why are “Fresh Meat” so into getting freaky? Sex columnist Jackie Reiss observes excited teenagers in their wild habitat.
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The Science Behind Pullman’s Golden Compass
When I was in fifth or sixth grade, I was addicted to the His Dark Materials trilogy. For those of you who haven’t heard of this, it is the collection, …
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Streetlight Manifesto @ House of Blues
The sign said “No moshing, no crowd surfing, and no stage diving,” which was a feeble attempt at preventing people from doing what comes naturally at a ska/punk show. By …
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In Class, It Helps to Dress to Impress
Ladies and gentlemen, You may be shocked, appalled even by what I am about to tell you: how you dress for class matters. I know, I know, people shouldn’t judge …
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“Drop Whatever You’re Doing” and Listen to The Big Big Bucks
Crucial Schmooze, the first full-length LP from the local band The Big Big Bucks, has been circulating the underground Boston music scene for months now. When I say “underground,” I …
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OH MY GOD, MOVE: Learning to walk unselfishly
As college students it is a fact that most, if not all of us have been walking upright, on our own two feet, for roughly two decades. It is something …
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Perez Hilton Tour 2009
Mondays are usually unfortunate nights for concerts, and the Boston stop on the Perez Hilton Presents Tour 2009 was no exception. The show it self was enjoyable, and the performers …
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Eric Johnson From Fruit Bats and The Shins Gives Me A Few Minutes While On His Way To An In-store…
The Sub Pop band The Fruit Bats toured through town last week. I was able to catch a few words with them before they left Boston and then did a …
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Sondre Lerche, Destroy the Universe!
Few experiences are as risky as going to a concert that you know nothing about. There are no high expectations like when you see your all-time favorite artist, and there …
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