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One Final Note to the Class of 2008
BU faculty and staff on what you need to know now that you know everything
Editor’s Picks
- Red Sox President Larry Lucchino to Give Commencement AddressCEO fulfilled pledge to bring Boston its first World Series title since 1918
- The Other Side of AdderallStudy drugs come with health risks, BU docs say
- From Chemistry to Pottery, Summer Classes May Be Right for YouDeadline is approaching to register for Summer Term at BU
- Points of Departure: "Where Does the Love Begin?"David Yi (CAS’08) and Marina Barcelo (CAS’08)
- Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Davis SquareA guide to eating, shopping, and hanging out in one of the 10 hippest places in America
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Arts & Entertainment
- Seniors Put Their Stamp on the Theater World
- An Artistic Ending for MFA Students
- A Marathon, Not a Sprint, for Actors and Playwrights
- Fashionably Early
- NASCAR Reality Show Gets Network Nod
Science & Technology
- A Scientific Symphony
- Solutions for a Crowded Planet
- Making Every Day Earth Day
- SED Harnesses Solar Power
- Your Body, Your Life: News from the Medical Campus
BU in the World
Sports
- Terrier Tennis Tripped Up by Stanford in NCAA First Round
- BU Lacrosse Heads to Sixth NCAA Appearance
- Men's Crew Claims Bill Cup Over Dartmouth, Rutgers
- Going the Distance
- Six Strategies for Buying Red Sox Tickets
Campus Life
- The Other Side of Adderall
- Red Sox President Larry Lucchino to Give Commencement Address
- What Women Want: MBAs from GSM
- Chobanian Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
- There’s More to Commencement Than the Cap and Gown
Senior Champagne Reception
Kol Echad A Cappella Performance
Picnic on the Mall 
Paper copy versus digital copy
Absolutely! This is why we are safer with only electronic copies of documents (but properly protected). The same argument applies to credit cards and SSNs. They are vulnerable (and hard to keep secret/private) precisely because they are accessible in their original form. Check what our resident expert in security Leo Reyzin says about this http://www.bu.edu/today/world/2007/09/16/safety-numbers
"Or maybe he never had any original document and it was a vindictive forgery."
Sure, but here again the answer is to use the proper technology that can check authenticity of digital content.
The issue is not that we don't know how to solve some (if not most) of the challenges posed by the pervasiveness of the Internet, the issue is that we as a society are not demanding the necessary changes to allow the deployment of such solutions.
--Azer