Boston University

Voices & Opinion

Kenneth Elmore, Boston University Dean of Students

Voices & Opinion

POV: My Riffs and Questions about Race

March 27, 2014

op-ed, opinion editorial column, point of view POV, Philip Seymour Hoffman, heroin overdose, public health, drugs, addition treatment

Drugs

POV: Let’s Get Serious about Treating Addiction

March 21, 2014

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of State John Kerry, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ABE, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio KISHIDA, and Minister of Defense tsunori ONODERA

Global

POV: Obama’s Asian Pivot in Peril?

March 11, 2014

Boston Unversity BU, Point of View POV, opinion column, Arizona, Governor Janice Jan Brewer. proposition 102, discrimination, anti-gay, business discrimination

Faculty

POV: Religion Cannot Excuse Discrimination

March 4, 2014

Boston University BU, opinion column, Point of View POV, Ukraine Kiev protests, Sochi winter olympics, Valdimir Putin, political protests

Politics

POV: Sochi, with a Side Trip to Kiev

February 25, 2014

Boston University BU, Robin Thicke, Agganis Arena, Blurred Lines, Rape Culture, student protests

Health & Medicine

POV: Cancel Robin Thicke’s Concert at Agganis

February 24, 2014

Boston University BU Today opinion column Point if View POV, gay athletes, football player Michael Sam, LGBT gay community

Women's Sports

POV: The World Is Ready for Openly Gay Footballer

February 18, 2014

surgeon general warning, smoking, tobacco, smoking kills, anti-smoking organizations, anti-smoking advertising

Public Health

POV: Antismoking Movement Has Been Co-Opted

February 11, 2014

faith based schools, rights, right to enforce faith based beliefs

LGBTQ+

POV: Why Catholic Schools Have the Right to Fire Married Gay Staff

February 5, 2014

conservative values, individualtiy, liberal social culture, conservative social culture, liberal values

Science & Technology

POV: How a Liberal Learned to Like Conservatives

January 28, 2014

Boston University BU, religion, interfaith, multifaith, Evangelical Christians, BU Interfaith Council

Voices & Opinion

POV: What BU Can Learn from Evangelical Christians

January 21, 2014

United Nations, UN, Arms Trade Treaty, international arms trade, international conventional weapons trade

Politics

POV: To Stop Bad Guys, Ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty

January 14, 2014

Nepal, Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness, ECCA, community suported agriculture, community supported farming, sustainability, natural resources, third-world countries, Helen Petty, opinion, op-ed

Global

POV: What We Can Learn from a Poor Nation

December 18, 2013

gun law reform protest, anniversary of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Newtown Connecticut, David Schonfeld, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, at Drexel University College of Medicine, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

Public Safety

POV: After Sandy Hook’s Wake-Up Call, Did We Hit the Snooze Button?

December 13, 2013

Pope Francis, op-ed, opinion

Faculty

POV: Leave Your Bias at the Door When Reading Pope Francis

December 12, 2013

Boston University BU, Iranian nuclear weapons missile deal, Islamic Republic of Iran nuclear program, POV opinion, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, professor of international relations former US ambassador to Lesotho professor Robert Loftis, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif

Science & Technology

POV: Iran Nuclear Accord Is a Good Deal

December 9, 2013

philippines typhoon 2013, climate change, richard murray, boston university college of arts and sciences, CAS

Voices & Opinion

POV: Is Philippines Typhoon the New Normal?

December 3, 2013

Boston University BU, Point of View POV opinion, faculty Joan Salge Blake, Sargent College SAR, nutrition Thanksgiving

Food

POV: Equal Servings of Common Sense and Generosity

November 26, 2013

Boston University BU, point of view, opinion, American decline exceptionalism

Politics

POV: What’s So Exceptional about America?

November 25, 2013

Boston University BU, point of view, opinion editorial, JFK, John F Kennedy, kennedy assassination 50 anniversary, gun control

History

POV: 50 Years after Dallas, It’s Time for Gun Control

November 22, 2013

POV: 50 Years after Dallas, It’s Time for Gun Control