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Bars owners give mixed reviews of final call time in Boston

Daily Free Press Admin April 30, 2012

While New Yorkers and Chicagoans can enjoy their cities’ nightlife well into the early morning, bar-goers in Boston must head home at 2 a.m., a closing time typically earlier than other major cities. Standard...

Competiton aids class gift committee, goal of 2012 donors

Daily Free Press Admin April 24, 2012

Incentives such as a BBQ, along with a first pitch throw at Fenway, helped the Boston University Senior Gift Committee’s challenge move toward closing the gap in its goal of getting 2,012 donors, members...

International students’ foreign IDs rejected at area restaurant

Daily Free Press Admin April 19, 2012

When Vicky Britton and Ryan Hickey, two graduate exchange students in Boston University’s College of Communication, presented their passports to order alcoholic drinks at Regina Pizzeria in Allston,...

Active social media presence in BU community, study says

Daily Free Press Admin April 9, 2012

Boston University ranks in the upper quartile of most “buzzed” about colleges online, according to a ranking The Global Language Monitor released Wednesday. The study judged colleges’ Internet...

MBTA Fast Five superheroes battle fare hikes, service cuts

Daily Free Press Admin March 19, 2012

While trouble looms for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, one group of real-life superheroes is fighting for plans that could help reduce the MBTA’s $161 million deficit. The group,...

Meeting the mark in grad school

Daily Free Press Admin February 29, 2012

With more people seeking master’s degrees than ever, students may wonder what it takes to succeed in graduate school. Setting numbers aside, work experience and leadership skills often make the strongest...

Upcoming app to help drug addicts curb cravings with sensor, text messages

Daily Free Press Admin February 27, 2012

University of Massachusetts Medical School scientists developed a smartphone app that may be able to ward off drug cravings in substance abusers. The app, called iHeal, would use both physical and mental...

Another Kennedy in public office?

Daily Free Press Admin February 21, 2012

By Megan Allison, Daily Free Press Staff Writer Joseph Kennedy III, grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, announced his plan to run for the fourth Congressional District Seat in his campaign video released on...

BU alum tells students to follow passions, regardless of degree

Daily Free Press Admin February 9, 2012

Contrary to what his law degree might suggest, Boston University alumnus Eric Becker said law school “wasn’t for me.” “A lot of the perceptions that I had of what law school and what practicing...

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