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Incumbent Student Body President Dhruv Kapadia speaks at the StuGov election results announcement dinner.

Fight 2 BU re-elected for 2023-24 BU StuGov executive board, all at-large party gain seats

Anna Vidergar April 4, 2023
Student Election Commission announced this weekend regarding Fight 2 BU being re-elected for the executive board of the 2024 Boston University Student Government.
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StuGov starts semester with committee chair confirmations and elections presentation

Anna Vidergar January 24, 2023
Boston University Student Government confirmed committee chairs, heard about upcoming StuGov election processes and approved the spring 2023 budget in its first meeting of the Spring semester.
StuGov

StuGov Hears End-of-Semester Updates, Committees Share Upcoming Plans

Anna Vidergar December 6, 2022
BU StuGov heard committee, cabinet, executive board and budget updates in its final meeting of the semester Monday night.
Boston University Student Government. BU StuGov slate candidates discussed ideas to solve student issues during a town hall meeting at the George Sherman Union Back Court March 16. HUI-EN LIN/DFP STAFF

Running slates answer student questions on Black mental health, student involvement in StuGov election town hall

Anna Vidergar March 17, 2022
Students asked slate representatives how they would respond to issues of mental health, diversity and more.
A student writes on a blackboard during a Student Government Executive Board election campaign kick-off event in 2016. Two slates, BeYou and Fight to BU, are running for the 2022-2023 academic year Executive Board positions. LEXI PLINE/DFP FILE

PREVIEW: Slates and parties running for Student Government election

Anna Vidergar March 16, 2022
Fight to BU and Be You are running for Executive Board, while five parties are running for eight At-Large party seats.
Boston University Student Government meeting

StuGov prepares for elections, confirms Judicial Advisory Commission proxy

Anna Vidergar February 23, 2021
Boston University Student Government heard updates from its executive board, held a presentation on Senate chair elections and confirmed a proxy for the Judiciary Action Committee in a short meeting Monday night.
OneBU, the executive board of Boston University’s Student Government, has made progress toward realizing some of its platform promises, despite setbacks. COURTESY OF DAVID HAETTY

OneBU works to meet platform promises

Claire Williams November 16, 2020
OneBU, BU StuGov's 2020-2021 elected slate, has returned some of its platform promises such as networking resources and mental health care, and is working on doing more for the student body.
Boston University’s Cybersecurity Association hosted a virtual event Monday to discuss how an organization’s leadership must take a more active role in understanding cybersecurity and data protection. COURTESY OF BU CYBERSECURITY ASSOCIATION

Cybersecurity expert says data security lies in people, not just technology

Kelsey Ffrench November 10, 2020

While it may be easy to assume cybersecurity is solely the responsibility of computer scientists or information technology professionals, all members of an organization play a part in data protection....

Forge Design Studios, a graphic design student organization at Boston University, hosted a five-hour designathon on Saturday entitled “Catalyst.” COURTESY OF FORGE DESIGN STUDIOS

BU Forge Design Studios encourages creatives to find their voice

Irene Chung October 29, 2020

The field of digital design is changing, and at Boston University, students are finding opportunities to expand their skills and explore mediums with professional designers. BU’s Forge Design...

Kara Chen/DFP STAFF

Mind Your Business: Vote yes on Question 2

Abbigale Shi October 28, 2020
Ranked-choice voting matters because people deserve to see their legislators represent the issues they care about. Our current electoral system makes it extremely difficult to achieve these changes.
Action Hour is the Boston University Queer Activist Collective’s weekly commitment to anti-racism activism. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s Queer Activist Collective calls on community to fight for social justice

Julia Furnari October 28, 2020
The LGBTQ+ advocacy group holds a weekly "Action Hour," where members call representatives to demand justice for victims of police brutality and race-based violence.
Boston University’s Student government passed a resolution Monday to support a petition calling for reinstatement of the University’s Credit-No Credit policy this Fall. ANNA VIDEGAR/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU StuGov endorses Credit-No Credit petition, ratifies BIG membership

Anna Vidergar October 27, 2020
BU StuGov passed a resolution endorsing a petition to reintroduce Spring semester’s Credit-No Credit policy this Fall, as well as ratified BU’s membership in the Boston Intercollegiate Government, in a Zoom meeting Monday night.
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