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OP-ED: Steps taken by BU administration to divest do not go far enough to warrant a full-out celebration

Editors November 1, 2021
BU administration's plan to divest is too vague and non-transparent to warrant a full-out celebration, and we demand better.
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BU divests from fossil fuels, activists react

Claire Law September 30, 2021
BU divests from fossil fuels, which is "a very small fraction of our endowment," President Brown wrote in an email to all students.
students demonstrate for divestment at boston universities

BU’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing reconsiders steps toward fossil fuel divestment

Katarzyna Jezak March 2, 2021
Boston University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing is currently conducting a five-year consideration of fossil fuel divestment to make a recommendation to the board of trustees, which endorsed a review of policies in 2016.
Protestors march at the Boston Climate Strike last December. Boston-based environmental organizations have had to cancel in-person Earth Day rallies and transition to virtual events because of the coronavirus. AUSMA PALMER/ DFP FILE

Environmental activism moves online for this year’s Earth Day celebrations

Molly Farrar April 21, 2020
Environmental organizations are forced to cancel their Earth Day celebrations this year, and continue their advocacy efforts online.
Boston University’s feminist student group VAGMO+ perform their final dress rehearsal for their annual production of “The Vagina Monologues” Wednesday. AZREEN REHMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New campus feminist group performs “The Vagina Monologues,” looks to end stigma

Molly Farrar February 20, 2020
VAGMO+, an inclusive feminist group on campus, is putting on their yearly production of “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend, Thursday through Saturday. The play features a series of monologues performed by club members to portray the female or female-identifying experience.
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