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For many incoming freshmen, FYSOP is a head-start on getting to know BU and the city of Boston before the academic year begins. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

A beginner’s guide to FYSOP

JenRacoosin June 5, 2018
Do you keep seeing the acronym FYSOP but have no idea what it stands for? Wonder no longer — FYSOP is the First-Year Student Outreach Project, a weeklong community engagement program for first-year students, including freshmen, transfer students and, this year, students entering Boston University as part of the BU-Wheelock College merger.
HAUSER: Misadventures in North Africa

HAUSER: Misadventures in North Africa

Jonathan Hauser December 8, 2016

Snow-covered mountains resting above a grey mist, below-freezing temperatures while the sun sleeps, endless blades of grass glazed by frost; winter has arrived in Grenoble. While it is not a white Christmas...

HAUSER: Presidential elections: France versus America

HAUSER: Presidential elections: France versus America

Jonathan Hauser November 30, 2016

While the fervor of the 2016 U.S. presidential election is dying down with Donald Trump as the president-elect, the French presidential election is starting to heat up for late April 2017. Like the United...

HAUSER: My B Line is better than yours

HAUSER: My B Line is better than yours

Jonathan Hauser November 2, 2016

There are many things that can be said about the T in Boston. The fares are high, it’s overcrowded and infrequent, the service is unreliable and the cars are noisy. The list of negatives goes on and...

HAUSER: French stereotypes do exist, and they are wonderful

HAUSER: French stereotypes do exist, and they are wonderful

Jonathan Hauser October 20, 2016

After being in Grenoble for two months, I do have to admit that some French stereotypes really do hold true. My favorite is seeing French people walk down the street holding a baguette in hand for their...

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