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The Lines section of the Terrier Transit app. Boston University students are walking to class instead of waiting in the cold because the app has inaccurate BU Bus arrival times. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU students express discontent with unreliable Terrier Transit app tracking

Charlie Johnson January 28, 2025
Students are experiencing unreliable live tracking and other complications on the Terrier Transit app, which is proving challenging given Boston’s freezing January temperatures.
A student grabs a plate of lobster and sides during Lobster Night in Marciano Dining Hall on Sept. 19. Boston University Dining Services is committed to reducing waste coming into Lobster Night, and students met the annual tradition with mixed reactions. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Lobster Night returns with tradition, sustainability, mixed student reactions

Samantha Genzer September 20, 2024

Boston University’s highly anticipated event, Lobster Night, returned Thursday night in on-campus dining halls.  According to BU Dining Services Director of Marketing Lynn Cody, the event is...

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Students express dissatisfaction with BU dining plans, noting increased prices for same number of meal swipes

Phil London September 22, 2021
250 Dining Plan increased $370 in cost for the 2021-2022 year for the same number of meal swipes.
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BU community has mixed experiences with COVID-19 rule enforcement

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 25, 2021
Students noted inconsistent enforcement of many COVID-19 restrictions in place since the Fall.
Boston University students have found that dining hall menu items often change unexpectedly before they arrive to pick up food. ANH NGUYEN/ DFP FILE

Changes to the dining hall menu affect students meals, plans

Tanisha Bhat February 12, 2021
Boston University dining hall menus often unexpectedly change before meal services, which students say has caused them inconveniences with their number of meal swipes, dietary restrictions and overall expectations.
Boston University Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore and other members of BU administration hosted virtual Back2BU panels Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to answer questions about the Spring 2021 semester. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

University holds Back2BU panels to discuss transition into Spring

Anna Vidergar January 9, 2021
BU officials discussed plans for the Spring semester in a series of three virtual Back2BU panels hosted by Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore this week.
Some Boston University library employees will work partially in person during the Spring semester because their requests for full workplace accommodations were denied. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

BU library staff denied full workplace accommodations for Spring

Daily Free Press Staff December 17, 2020
Multiple BU library staff members have been denied full workplace accommodations and are required to work in person for a certain number of hours per week.
Technical problems such as dead phone batteries pose challenges to Boston University students who must show their COVID-19 compliance badges at checkpoints around the University. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Phone battery dead? Students must still show green badges to enter residences

Emily Stevenson December 6, 2020
With badge compliance checkpoints gatekeeping BU dining halls, the George Sherman Union and residence halls, technical problems are adding new stresses to students’ daily lives.
Vanessa Bartlett/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Students must exercise more discipline despite COVID-19 fatigue

Editors November 9, 2020
BU needs to begin truly enforcing regulations rather than simply “encouraging” students to follow them. The student body, meanwhile, can't be stubborn in evading these rules.
Beginning this semester all BU students will utilize an online portal to select their on-campus housing. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students encouraged to adhere to curfew as stay-at-home advisory goes into place

Nick Kolev November 7, 2020
As cases continue to rise at Boston University and across the country, Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore wrote to students Friday asking the community to “do better” and to comply with the Massachusetts stay-at-home advisory that took effect Friday night.
Jun Li/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: BU can do more to better its dining experience

Editors November 6, 2020
Students need better options for dining. With some creativity — and more salt and pepper — the University can adjust the dining hall and other campus eateries to better accommodate for an unavoidably lackluster school year.
Vanessa Bartlett/DFP STAFF

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.
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