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The Boston University Queer Activist Collective has organized a group for LGBTQ students who wish to go to the gym together. PHOTO BY MADHAV KOHLI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

From shaky start, recently reopened FitRec adapts to meet student needs

Jacob Nesson September 28, 2020
Boston University's Fitness & Recreation Center has gone through growing pains after reopening to the public with new COVID-19 restrictions in place, but both patrons and staff are adapting.
Boston University’s Fitness and Recreation Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FitRec, the primary source for exercise on BU’s campus, will operate differently this Fall.  MEGHAN SCOTT/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

How FitRec will operate this Fall

Jacob Nesson September 13, 2020
Boston University's Fitness & Recreation Center will look different this semester with limited capacity, face mask requirements and other restrictions.
Empty stands at Boston University’s Nickerson Field. Come Fall, fans may not be able to attend sports games for public health reasons. COURTESY OF GREENSTRAT VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Empty stands will provide unusual experience for all BU sports

Jacob Nesson June 12, 2020
With uncertainty surrounding spectators being allowed in the stands for Fall sports, BU fans, coaches and the Pep Band are adapting to their new set of circumstances.
Boston University’s Nickerson Field. For student athletes, uncertainty looms over whether they will get to play during the Fall 2020 semester. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Despite uncertainty, BU coaches prepare teams for fall season

Jacob Nesson April 30, 2020

When the NCAA announced the cancellation of all remaining winter and spring sports on March 12 due to the spread of the coronavirus, teams were left without proper closures to their seasons.  As...

Senior goalkeeper Emma Heil made 10 saves in her first career start for BU in its 2-0 loss to Harvard University on Tuesday evening. CHRISTOPHER GOUGH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Women’s soccer blanked 2-0 by Harvard in final non-conference game of 2019 season

Jacob Nesson October 15, 2019
The Boston University women’s soccer team was shut out, 2-0, at Nickerson Field Tuesday night by Harvard University in what was Harvard’s fifth straight shutout as well as the final out-of-conference matchup of the 2019 season for BU. 
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