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Six months after the death of Boston University’s unofficial mascot Rhett the Boston Terrier, owner Calvin Iwanicki introduced a new Terrier to campus: three-month-old puppy, R2. COURTESY OF CALVIN IWANICKI

There’s a new Rhett in town

Cameron Morsberger August 29, 2020
Calvin Iwanicki, owner of the late unofficial mascot Rhett the Boston Terrier, has introduced a new Terrier named R2, meaning Rhett the Second, to Boston University's campus.
Boston University mascot, Rhett the Terrier, at a Women’s Hockey Game in February. In an email Wednesday, BU President Robert Brown announced he has appointed a committee to consider changing the name of the University’s mascot because it was inspired by a character in a racist film. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community responds to potential renaming of mascot Rhett the Terrier

Sarah Readdean July 1, 2020
After receiving criticism for naming its mascot after the depiction of a character in a racist film, Boston University has appointed a committee to consider renaming Rhett the Terrier, President Robert Brown announced in an email Wednesday.
Rhett sits in front of Marsh Chapel. The Boston Terrier, who was Boston University’s unofficial mascot, died Tuesday morning. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DFP FILE

BU mourns the death of real-life Terrier mascot Rhett

Jennifer Suryadjaja March 4, 2020
For many universities, a mascot is just entertainment at sports games. At Boston University, a mascot was a smiling face on Commonwealth Avenue.
A look at BU’s past: 1939-2017

A look at BU’s past: 1939-2017

Andres Picon June 7, 2017

In less than two centuries, a countryside theological seminary blossomed into a leading global research university. Here is a walk down memory lane, BU edition.

Timeline: A History of BU

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2014

  April 24, 1839 A group of Boston Methodist ministers establishes a theological school in Newbury, Vt., called the Newbury Biblical Institute, which would later become the BU School of Theology. 1847 The...

INTERROBANG

Daily Free Press Admin November 7, 2013

Some drunken French teenagers scouted out a circus in Bordeaux to kidnap a zebra. According to BuzzFeed, the llama named Serge seemed more keen on an adventure, so the boys took him on a tram tour of the...

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