Departments – Spring 2012
Parents Receptions
Los Angeles Parents Reception Photos from the Parents Program reception held in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Photos courtesy of Daryl DeLuca Orange County Parents Reception Photos from the Parents Program reception held in Orange County, California, on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Photos courtesy of Daryl DeLuca
What’s Hot, What’s Not
Spotify Pandora iPhones BlackBerries Facebook video chatting Skyping Tebowing Planking Tavern in the Square White Horse Rob Kardashian Kim Kardashian Beavis and Butt-Head Family Guy Facebook, still Google+ Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Breaking Bad Weeds Bradley Cooper Brad Pitt The Hunger Games series The Twilight series Compiled by Holly Barber (COM’12)
A Letter from the Chairman of the Parents Leadership Council
Dear Fellow Parents, It’s hard to believe that the spring semester is almost over when so many of us are still waiting for winter to arrive. I have recently returned from a trip to the West Coast with the dean of students. We attended receptions for BU parents in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San […]
Did You Know?
BU Offers Free Nutrition Counseling College is a transitional time when students begin to establish many lifelong habits, and the nutritionists at BU’s Sargent Choice Nutrition Center believe healthy eating habits should be among them. To that end, the center offers every BU student a free one-on-one nutrition counseling session. Students who are at nutritional […]
The Center of Catholic Life at BU
Spirit nights and spaghetti suppers help foster one of the campus’s largest faith communities. By Daniel McCarthy (COM’13) Photos by Kalman Zabarsky Just a short walk from Marsh Plaza, squeezed between the Hillel House and the German House on historic Bay State Road, is Boston University’s Catholic Center. The four-story brownstone, owned by the Archdiocese […]
The “Ultimate” Club Sport
BU’s Lady Pilots build camaraderie by tossing Frisbees. By Kendall Salter (COM’13) Photos by Cydney Scott The sport of Ultimate is a conglomeration of unusual influences. It combines a childhood toy with collegiate camaraderie, features strategies drawn from soccer and football, and is a free-flowing, fast-paced contest requiring creativity and quick thinking. For members of […]
20 Questions with Ali Lifton (CGS’12, COM’14)
A busy sophomore, Alexandra (Ali) Lifton serves as the College of General Studies Student Union representative and recently joined the Sigma Kappa sorority. The Long Island native spoke with Parent about Greek life at BU, the joys of living in Boston, and more. Photo courtesy of Ali Lifton (right); also pictured, Kara Niland (CGS’12, COM’14) […]