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Rebecca Rutenberg (CAS’13) conducts a campus tour for prospective students and parents.
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A brisk wind blew across the Charles River, forcing the BU crew launch Kenneth Elmore—clad in a BU swim cap, goggles, wet suit, tuxedo, and red patent leather Converse hightops—was standing on to drift to the side. The BU Band unleashed [...]a drum roll. On the shore, hundreds of seniors chanted a countdown. And then, as promised, there was a splash, an ear-splitting cheer, and a very wet dean of students doing a leisurely backstroke toward the boat.
Elmore’s plunge into the Charles River on Friday was a grand public acknowledgment that the Class of 2011 had met a challenge calling for at least 2,011 seniors (more than half the class) to donate to the Class Gift campaign.
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Nathan Phillips, a University researcher and associate professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, maps gas leaks on the city streets.
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The sights and sounds from Commencement 2011
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In the video above, alums Clif Garboden (CAS’70) and Esther Wineburgh Rothkopf (SED’70) discuss the political turmoil at BU in the spring of 1970, the Kent State shootings, and what it means to finally graduate.
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There are 9,935 women undergraduates on the Boston University campus, but only 6,689 men. With Valentine’s Day here, that got us to thinking about what impact those numbers have when it comes to romance and dating.
So, this week’s [...]“YouSpeak†asks: “Are there enough men on campus?â€
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In the last week, more than 4,000 freshmen arrived on campus, and at one point most of them had to say the same simple word: goodbye. Some did it in their dorm rooms, some in elevators, some in the streets. Some goodbyes were tearful, some were [...]eagerly awaited, and many were painfully awkward. Some goodbyes lasted longer than the visits. Some hugged, some just shrugged, and some said their final goodbyes on cell phones as their parents headed home.
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This week’s “YouSpeak†asks, “Is sexting a bad idea?â€
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Students sound off on leggings, UGG boots, and preppy’s return.
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http://www.bu.edu/today/node/11851
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