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BU students hopeful for change with new LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center

Kaninika Dey March 15, 2023
A new, professionally staffed LGBTQIA+ Resource Center for is opening at 808 Commonwealth Avenue after years of advocacy from BU students.
East to West: Sept. 24, 2021

East to West: Sept. 24, 2021

Veronica Thompson September 24, 2021

We’re fully in person and it shows! Today on East to West, we cover student concerns about crowding on campus, developments in BU StuGov’s senate, Boston’s designation of “Always Ask, Proud...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: BU needs to prioritize students, not normalcy

Editors September 23, 2021
We understand the administration’s desire to go back to normal. But this mentality is outdated and dangerous.
students in line for COVID testing

Agganis Arena to close for COVID-19 testing, faculty and staff will continue unobserved testing

Anna Vidergar September 9, 2021
Charles River campus students note the inconvenience and difficulty of finding available tests.
East to West: January 27, 2020

East to West: January 27, 2020

Justin Tang January 27, 2020

New semester, new theme music, new format! In the season premiere of “East to West,” we cover the grand opening of the new Howard Thurman Center, a new School of Public Health online Master’s...

The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. The HTC will move from the basement of the George Sherman Union to 808 Commonwealth Ave. LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE

Work underway for Howard Thurman Center move

Damian Walsh January 31, 2019
BU's Howard Thurman Center is in the process of moving from the George Sherman Union to a location just across the BU Bridge at 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Campus crime logs: 11/1

Campus crime logs: 11/1

Conor Kelley November 1, 2018
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Oct. 26–29.
Campus crime logs: 10/4

Campus crime logs: 10/4

Conor Kelley October 3, 2018
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Sept. 27–Oct. 1.
CFA's Undergraduate Showcase offers real world experience for art students

CFA’s Undergraduate Showcase offers real world experience for art students

Kimberly Rendon September 16, 2014

A cardboard octopus looks out the 808 Gallery’s glass windows onto the Commonwealth Avenue sidewalk, as Boston University students walk to and from classes. Some students glance curiously into the building,...

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