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Scarlet Key 2009-2010 Selection Information
Scarlet Key, Boston University’s honor society for extracurricular involvement, has added a fall induction ceremony. Nominations for October induction are now being accepted. Read the official release for details.
The Spirit of a New Year
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars […]
Guest Post: We’re All in this Together 2 – H1N1
If I stay healthy, will you? Guest post put together by Celie, featuring Dr. David McBride on flu and staying healthy: Thanks Celie and Dr. McBride — simple and common sense advice. I’m hoping the hype doesn’t overtake the real threat. Regardless, I’m on my way to wash my hands and find a way to […]
Guest Post: We’re All in this Together – Computers and Cups
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” (Hamlet, Act IV, Sc. 5) Will big changes in our collective behavior make a dent in global climate change? If we, BU, put the pieces our changed lives together, will it make a difference? Plenty of people will shout, “Yes!” Susan Chaityn Lebovits […]
Residence Move-In Advisory – August 27, 2009
Dean Elmore issued the following advisory today regarding University move-in on Saturday, August 29, 2009. It was sent out via email to all students who had not moved in as of Thursday, August 27, 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 […]