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Boston University's Young Democratic Socialists of America

YDSA stages sit-in protest for free laundry at BU administration’s Student Leaders Conversation Series

Nick Kolev April 22, 2021
The organization said its demands continue to be ignored after many meetings with administration.
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EDITORIAL: The University should allow more flexibility with student housing contracts

Editors November 3, 2020
Offering the chance to cancel housing contracts will give students a better peace of mind and more control over their living situations, rather than forcing them to choose between two less-than-ideal options.
Between 2 and 2:50 a.m. on Oct. 18, a female student was allegedly sexually assaulted in her room at 33 Harry Agganis Way. PHOTO BY MADISON GOLDMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Female student sues BU over alleged sexual assault at StuVi2

Sophia Eppolito December 12, 2016

A Boston University female student filed a lawsuit against the university on Thursday, claiming that BU failed to provide secure on-campus housing and did not protect her from sexual harassment. The...

BU received a letter from Congress earlier this week, demanding that the university be more transparent about its sizable endowment spending. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU receives letter for additional examination on endowment spending

Ellen Cranley February 12, 2016

Boston University is one of the 56 colleges and universities in the United States to have received a letter from the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means as part of...

BU has moved forward with their plans to sell the building occupied by the Barnes and Noble and the iconic Citgo sign among others. PHOTO BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s sale of Kenmore properties remains thoughtful to bookstore

Kyler Sumter January 25, 2016

Boston University has moved forward with its plans to sell many of its Kenmore Square properties after nearly four decades of ownership. Barnes and Noble’s lease will be extended through the change...

The BU School of Law announced Tuesday that former Massachusetts Attorney General, Martha Coakley, an 1979 alumnus of the School of Law, will be joining the BU faculty as an adjunct professor of law. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DFP FILE PHOTO

Former Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joins School of Law faculty

Sadiah Thompson January 25, 2016

The Boston University School of Law welcomes former Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley to its faculty as an adjunct professor this spring. Coakley will teach a three-credit course titled...

Boston University Center for English Language and Orientation Programs lecturers unionized with Service Employees International Union 509 Wednesday. PHOTO BY CARLY ROSE WILLING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CELOP lecturers unionize, join BU adjuncts

J.D. Capelouto April 24, 2015

Part-time lecturers at Boston University’s Center for English Language and Orientation Programs, a center for English learners, voted 23-2 to join the Faculty Forward project of the Service Employees...

The parents of Anthony Barksdale II, a Boston University student who died from overdrinking in 2013, filed charges April 17 for wrongful death against Sigma Alpha Mu and four Boston University graduates who lived in the apartment where he died. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Parents of Anthony Barksdale II file complaint against BU graduates, national organization

Mina Corpuz April 24, 2015

The parents of Anthony Barksdale II, a freshman in Boston University’s College of Engineering who died on March 2, 2013 at an off-campus party allegedly hosted by the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, filed...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights began holding open office hours Wednesday for the Boston University community to provide information for the department to review BU’s Title IX policies. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Open office hours for Title IX investigation begin

Sekar Krisnauli April 23, 2015

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights began holding open office hours Wednesday for the Boston University community to aid in the department’s Title IX investigation. The investigation...

Boston University’s African Presidential Archives and Research Center is set to close in June, a decision which not all members of the community support. PHOTO BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Administration, leaders differ on African Presidential Center closing

J.D. Capelouto April 22, 2015

Boston University’s African Presidential Archives and Research Center will close on June 30, but several leaders of the center are questioning the true reasons behind the closing. The APARC enhances...

A participant, running for the Lingzi Foundation, races down Boylston Street Monday during the Boston Marathon. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Lu Lingzi scholarship fund to select first recipients, continue growth

Ellen Cranley April 21, 2015

Following the two-year anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260, including Boston University graduate student Lu Lingzi, the scholarship fund...

A report released Thursday by Lumina Foundation found that there has been progress to increase postsecondary education, but rates are not sufficient enough to meet United States' economic demands in the future. GRAPHIC BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Lumina report addresses college achievement gap, calls for reform

Hannah Libby April 14, 2015

Although more students are earning college degrees, there is still a nationwide achievement gap that leaves the United States’ workforce demands unmet, a Thursday report by the Lumina Foundation found. The...

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