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Boston University Student Body President Akwasi Antwi speaks at a BU Student Government meeting Oct. 21. The Student Government approved funding for multiple student organizations on campus and voted to endorse a new training program. JOHN DOWNES/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

StuGov approves funding requests for 4 student organizations

José Quintero March 4, 2025
Boston University Student Government approved funding requests for four student organizations during its Monday meeting.
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Academic planning is a major challenge

Faizaan Ayub November 13, 2023
As a freshman, I’ve been told that I have a whole four years to decide my academic and career paths. I know that I will have to settle for only one or two of my interests in the end. I entered BU with 32 AP credits. I thought this would give me an edge over my peers, potentially allowing me to graduate early. This was far from the truth.
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MyBU ready for its initial launch, set to gradually replace ‘outdated’ Student Link

Caterina Tomassini March 3, 2023
MyBU, a new platform to help BU students navigate their student accounts, will launch on March 6, and gradually replace the homepage of current Student Link.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Returning to in-person classes may invite new anxieties, but will undoubtedly help stabilize our lives

Editors April 29, 2021

If you’re on campus at Boston University and witnessing the city’s slow transition into spring — barring unpredictable Boston weather — the news of in-person classes and Commencement has arrived...

The course planner on the Boston University Student Link website. BU students found registration for the Spring 2021 semester especially competitive this year. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students find Spring 2021 class registration more competitive than before

Claire Williams December 10, 2020
While course registration depends largely on luck, some BU deans said factors such as canceled Study Abroad programming and shifts to the registration schedule might be partially to blame for classes filling up earlier this round.
Thirty-six bike and scooter thefts have been reported to the Boston University Police Department for September and October, according to BUPD crime data. THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

36 bike, scooter thefts reported for September and October

Anne Jonas October 21, 2020
BUPD had 36 reported bike and scooter thefts between Sept. 1 and Sunday — more than the 34 thefts reported in the same period in 2019, but less than the 39 thefts reported in 2018, according to BUPD crime data provided via email by Lt. Dan Healy. 
Sophie Li (CAS ‘23) fills out paperwork at a voter registration event Friday sponsored by ice cream company Ben & Jerry's at the George Sherman Union. CAROLINE FERNANDEZ/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Ice cream and democracy: Ben & Jerry’s registers voters at BU

Aro Choe November 25, 2019
Ben & Jerry’s served free ice cream and registered people to vote Friday at Boston University’s George Sherman Union.
Holding seats in a class for a friend is fairly common practice at Boston University, but is against school policy. ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHIE PARK/ DFP STAFF

Holding class seats prohibited, but not punished

Alex LaSalvia April 10, 2019
When BU students log on to the Student Link to plan their classes each semester, they are warned — not just by friends about the difficulty of certain courses, but also by a message set in large, red type on the registration homepage:

BU encounters IT problems during registration weekend

Daily Free Press Admin November 4, 2013

Wi-Fi problems in parts of Boston University’s Charles River Campus appear to have interrupted students’ weekend and, for some, spring registration. Students complained to IT and on social media about...

LATIMER: What could go wrong?

Daily Free Press Admin September 5, 2013

Do you remember the last time you got that tingling in your toes? You know, that almost shaking cold sensation like a flickering fluorescent light that travels up your ankles then up your spine? It happens...

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