YouSpeak: Plastic Surgery
In 1996, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, about 14,000 teenagers had some kind of elective plastic surgery. In 2010, the number was 219,000. What’s up with that? Rhinoplasty (nose...
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New Cycling Safety Measures on Comm Ave
More warning signs, better bike lane markings, and highway reflectors will be added to the campus’ mile-and-a-half strip along Commonwealth Avenue to improve safety in the wake of the death of a...
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Alternative Spring Breaks: Baltimore
Nearly 400 students volunteered in this year’s BU Community Service Center Alternative Spring Breaks program. ASB paired students with more than three dozen organizations around the country involved in...
View ArticleBU Tuition to Rise 3.7 Percent
Tuition at Boston University for the 2013–2014 academic year will rise 3.7 percent, a slightly lower hike than last year’s 3.79 percent and one of the lowest rates of increase among BU’s peer...
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Alternative Spring Breaks: Reading, Pennsylvania
Nearly 400 students volunteered in this year’s BU Community Service Center Alternative Spring Breaks program. ASB paired students with more than three dozen organizations around the country involved in...
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Alternative Spring Breaks: Killeen, Texas
Nearly 400 students volunteered in this year’s BU Community Service Center Alternative Spring Breaks program. ASB paired students with more than three dozen organizations around the country involved in...
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Alternative Spring Breaks: Orland, Maine
Nearly 400 students volunteered in this year’s BU Community Service Center Alternative Spring Breaks program. ASB paired students with more than three dozen organizations around the country involved in...
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Alternative Spring Breaks: Detroit
Nearly 400 students volunteered in this year’s BU Community Service Center Alternative Spring Breaks program. ASB paired students with more than three dozen organizations around the country involved in...
View ArticleDepression, Anxiety Persistent Problems at Universities
Depression and anxiety remain serious problems affecting nearly a quarter of BU students, according to data from a 2012 mental health survey—statistics that reflect a national trend. But there is...
View ArticleYouSpeak: Boldly Going Where No Man Has Gone Before
How about this for a job description? Applicants must be “at least 18 years of age and have a deep sense of purpose, a willingness to build and maintain healthy relationships, the capacity for...
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Muslim for a Day
Sonia Perez Arias’ friend giggled when he saw her and total strangers greeted her on Commonwealth Avenue with the word “Salaam.” Anya Gonzales gained what she calls “a new-found respect” for Islam. For...
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Helping Hands
When Rosario Cano and fellow board members of the BU Alumni Club of Spain planned their participation in this year’s Global Days of Service, they had an eye toward their country’s financial woes. The...
View ArticleYouSpeak: Same-Sex Marriage
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases that could have a dramatic impact on the future of same-sex marriage. In one, the court is asked to consider whether California’s...
View ArticleBU Class of 2017 a Select Group
Becoming a Terrier got a little harder this year: only 36 percent of Class of 2017 applicants were offered admission to Boston University, compared to 46 percent last year. “The BU Class of 2017 is...
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DivestBU Pushes for Green Endowment
Some movements start with a bang; others start more quietly, with an idea like the one planted in Benjamin Thompson’s brain after he read Bill McKibben’s July 2012 Rolling Stone article “Global...
View ArticleYouSpeak: What Are You Listening To?
Justin Timberlake’s new album, The 20/20 Experience, has become this year’s first to top $1 million in sales. Released just two weeks ago, the album has held the number one spot on Billboard’s top-200...
View ArticleStrike “Bored” from Your Vocabulary
Getting involved on campus just got easier thanks to the new BU Student Activities Office website. Unveiled last week, the site boasts a cleaner design, better search and navigation capabilities, an...
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JetBlue CEO Talks Airlines, Aspirations
David Barger, JetBlue president and CEO, liberally mixed humor and candor throughout an hour-long discussion last week at the School of Management about JetBlue’s success in an airline industry replete...
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Got 15 Minutes? Take a Survey
Why not multitask the next time you’re standing in line at Starbucks? The 2013 Undergraduate Student Library Survey takes about 15 minutes to complete, and you could win $25 in Convenience Points or—if...
View ArticleDepression, Anxiety Persistent Problems at Universities
Depression and anxiety remain serious problems affecting nearly a quarter of BU students, according to data from a 2012 mental health survey—statistics that reflect a national trend. But there is...
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