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OP-ED: We invite BU to join us in the fight against gun violence

Guest Writer January 28, 2024
Inspired by the recent op-ed published by March For Our Lives at UNC-Chapel Hill, leaders of Students Demand Action at BU invite students to join the fight against gun violence, too.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The BUPD — Part 7

Bini Ollivier-Yamin September 24, 2020
Abolishing the BUPD does not mean abolishing all University services and leaving it at that. Abolishing the BUPD requires that we create and fund more effective alternatives.
A law enforcement official on the scene after a hoax call was made to BUPD's dispatch center warning of guns and bombs in Mugar Memorial Library last year. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DFP FILE PHOTO

BU community concerned over active shooter preparedness

Sophia Brown February 22, 2018
As mass shootings in the United States have become increasingly prevalent in recent years, the issues of gun safety and active shooter attack preparedness at Boston University have come to the forefront of the community’s concerns.
The Community College of Philadelphia was put into lockdown Tuesday after police reported that a man threatened a student with a gun and ran into a campus building. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Following college shootings, BU students worried about safety, trust BUPD

Sadiah Thompson October 9, 2015

In the wake of recent shootings at and violent threats to college campuses around the nation, several students said they nonetheless still feel safe on Boston University’s Charles River Campus. And...

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