Year: 2009

It’s On! 2009 is Stepping Off in Style

I join the chorus of folk singing – proudly, with energy, beautifully, and, with lots of joy – Welcome! (As a prelude to a great academic year I recommend you stop to listen to Sinatra’s Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words). I hope your summer was wonderful – restful, productive, and beautiful. I […]

See you at on Sunday — Terrier Tailgate!

Welcome Back! As you kick off the 2009-10 school year, how does a semester of free textbooks sound? Well, I want to stay connected with each of you, so if you text BUKARMA to 47647 and opt in for information on some exclusive events you’re only going to hear about through me, you’ll have a […]

“I Want My Country Back” — From What?

I haven’t been able to get to a town hall-style meeting on health care – I’m getting my info primarily through news reports. More power to the folk showing up to listen and to raise their voices. Some are worried about what appears to be organized groups at the ready to shout, disrupt gatherings, and […]

This Time, Hoping for Conversation that Matters to Us

Much ado about last week’s arrest of a Harvard professor by a Cambridge police officer.  The arrest and its ongoing dispute certainly hit a nerve with me, and, obviously, with President O. Not sure that all the drama, investigations, possible lawsuits, trash-talk, apologies, meet ups over beer, and Presidential pronouncements will do much to help […]

I watched some of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.  Sure, this is one of those moments that is inspiring for many – the prospect that a Latina will be on the Supreme Court and that this is the first, important […]

Remixes and Music from the Class of 2013

In his “remixer’s manifesto,” Professor Lawrence Lessig reminds us that community and culture build upon themselves.  This summer, I suggested the BU Class of 2013 add to our culture and show off its remix skills. We like this video but thought 2013 could add its own style: Remixers in the class worked this video and […]

Iced Coffee and Cool Conversation – Keep Looking Out

We’re taking time off from weekly Coffee and Conversation sessions – it’s summer. We had great discussions this year – our conversations straddled race, politics, fashion, and art.  We talked about threats to the environment and perceived inequities in the way people obtain wealth. We argued about the country’s lack of policies regarding energy use, […]

Lots of Experiences, Little Time

As our new alumni (Class of 2009) fly away, our up and coming alumni – members of the Class of 2010 – are thinking about the future.  I ran into Amy, Allison, John, Jay Jay, Amanda, and Tim, playing darts and lounging at a local watering hole, and asked them to think ahead: in addition […]

Coffee and Conversation’s Summer Hiatus

Dean Elmore’s Coffee and Conversation is on its summer vacation. Coffee and Conversation will resume on Friday, September 11th from 3-5pm in the Howard Thurman Center in the George Sherman Union. Coffee and Conversation was lucky enough this past semester to have coffee and cookies provided by Clear Conscience Cafe (C3). C3 is owned by […]