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Fair Admission: Episode 7 - Competition

Fair Admission: Episode 7 – Competition

Edward Sturm April 8, 2021

College sports and ROTC programs are uniquely competitive and often discussed staples of the college admissions process. When these pathways to college go too far, however, they have the potential...

cabinet updates at a boston university student government meeting

StuGov updates on cabinet, Mental Health Committee, constitutional amendment in weekly meeting

Anna Vidergar March 16, 2021
Boston University Student Government received cabinet updates, confirmed a Mental Health Committee co-chair and discussed a potential amendment to the StuGov constitution that would change the definition of a BU college in a Zoom meeting Monday night.
A student signs in to vote on campus at 111 Cummington Mall.  PHOTO BY JESS RICHARDSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

On-campus polling station sees high voter turnout

Sophia Eppolito November 9, 2016

On Election Day, Boston University students, along with other Boston residents, casted their votes at a polling station on BU campus. Although several students said they were excited to vote in their...

LATIMER: What was that cannon?

Daily Free Press Admin April 17, 2013

TRIGGER WARNING: The following column is a graphic retelling of what my friend and I saw at the finish line at the Boston Marathon. I went to the marathon with my best friends Alex, Paul, Leah and Sam....

Congress votes to protect military tuition assistance

Daily Free Press Admin March 27, 2013

Congress issued a continuing resolution Thursday to restore Military Tuition Assistance programs by limiting spending on political science research to finance government operations through the end of the...

ROTC students support lifting women combat ban

Daily Free Press Admin January 24, 2013

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is set to lift the military’s ban on women in combat, a decision which Boston University students said should prove advantageous for women, the military and the women’s...

Mind the gap

Daily Free Press Admin November 13, 2011

Next time you are low on cash, try giving grandma and grandpa a call. In 2011, the wealth gap between the 65 and older generation and the 35 and younger generation is five times larger than it was 25...

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