Boston University

Voices & Opinion

Frank Macri, English as a Second Language teacher, China, teaching abroad, teaching english abroad, teaching english in China

Travel

POV: Lessons Learned from a Year Abroad

June 30, 2014

victims of violence, urban violence, gun violence, shootings in boston, memorials for victims of violence

Voices & Opinion

POV: Who Mourns for Brianna?

June 6, 2014

minimum wage, federal minimum wage, livable minimum wage

Business

POV: Raise the Minimum Wage, but Don’t Expect Much

May 12, 2014

Lyndon B Johnson, LBJ, War on Poverty, 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty, Economic Opportunity Act, EOA, poverty in the united states of america, homeless in the united states of america, homelessness in the united states of america

Public Policy

POV: LBJ’s War on Poverty 50 Years Later

April 29, 2014

Boston University BU, Marty Walsh, Boston mayor politics, point of view pov opinion editorial

Politics

POV: Memo to Boston’s Mayor on How to Fight Inequality

April 23, 2014

legal drinking age in the United States, 18 vs 21, william dejong, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH

Alcohol

POV: Legal Drinking Age of 21 Works. Deal with It.

April 8, 2014

Boston University BU, Bryan Stone associate dean for academic affairs, School of Theology STH, Noah Movie, Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, Russell Crowe

Arts & Culture

POV: Do We Really Need Another Bible Film?

April 1, 2014

Kenneth Elmore, Boston University Dean of Students

Culture

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

Voices & Opinion

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

Voices & Opinion

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

Law

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

Faculty

POV: Sochi, with a Side Trip to Kiev

February 25, 2014

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

Arts & Culture

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

Voices & Opinion

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

Social Sciences

POV: How a Liberal Learned to Like Conservatives

January 28, 2014

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

Religion

POV: What BU Can Learn from Evangelical Christians

January 21, 2014

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

Voices & Opinion

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

Sustainability

POV: What We Can Learn from a Poor Nation

December 18, 2013

POV: What We Can Learn from a Poor Nation