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A picture of the Boston University Student Activities Office with signs taped to the doors posted to the BU Students for Justice in Palestine Instagram account. Following this post, BU SJP announced it would be holding an emergency rally Wednesday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

SJP placed on probation by SAO for referendum posters

Truman Dickerson March 3, 2025
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine was placed on probation by the Student Activities Office Monday for violating the University’s Publications and Publicity Policy.
Boston University Duan Family Center for Computing and Data Sciences. CDS Student Government senators will begin holding weekly meetings to determine how the Community Service Fee is distributed. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

CDS senators provide Community Service Fee allocation update

Sangmin Song February 26, 2025
Undergraduates' community service fund allocation is currently being negotiated in CDS student government.
Members of the Russian-Speaking Society at Boston University talk to a prospective member at their table at Splash 2.0. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Students Splash into the Semester with Welcome Week Events

Sarah Cruz January 28, 2025
The Boston University Student Activities Office hosted multiple events during the first week of classes to welcome students into the spring semester.
Boston University Treblemakers performing at Melissa Gilliam’s inauguration. The Treblemakers were among the student groups asked to perform during inauguration week. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Student performers take stage during historic inauguration week

Lindsay Gould September 30, 2024
To celebrate the historic inauguration of Boston University’s president, Melissa Gilliam, BU student groups showcased their various talents the week prior to the inauguration. The events united singers, dancers and musicians across campus to not only honor Gilliam, but commemorate a new era in the University’s history.
Clutter in the Student Activities Office storage unit. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Students demand improved conditions for campus storage units

Crystal Yormick March 20, 2024
BU students and club members are frustrated about the unhealthy conditions of storage units on campus.
An Associated Press Sports Editors plaque. To create more opportunities for sports student journalists at Boston University, students are organizing a chapter of the Associated Press Sports Editors. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU’s new APSE chapter hopes to create opportunities for students in sports media

Ella Willis February 13, 2024
Students are organizing a new student chapter of the Associated Press Sports Editors at Boston University, advised by journalism professor Sherrod Blakely, in an effort to create more networking opportunities for aspiring sports journalists.
The Boston University Student Activities Office at ​​1 University Rd

Exiled from SPLASH: a look at BU’s unofficial clubs

Devan Colby October 5, 2023
It was a sunny October afternoon, and a team of Boston University athletes was in the midst of its semiweekly practice on Magazine Beach, a stretch of green along the Charles River in Cambridge. 
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Student Government discusses senator accountability, SAO Reforms, confirms senate chair

Anna Vidergar April 25, 2023
StuGov discussed an endorsement of possible changes to the SAO and constitutional amendments that would automatically remove inactive senators from office.
Nick Kulda, Chair of the Rules Committee, talking to students. BU StuGov Senate met for their first meeting of the year Monday. ISABELLE MEGOSH/DFP STAFF

BU StuGov Opens First Meeting of Year With Budget Discussion

Anna Vidergar September 27, 2022
Boston University Student Government shared updates on a transportation bill approved last semester, confirmed the yearly budget, and created a new finance committee during their first Senate meeting of the year.
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What to expect from campus news

Talia Lissauer June 9, 2022
The Daily Free Press has a campus news section which solely covers news, events, and investigative stories at BU.
The Boston University Student Government Office. StuGov heard cabinet updates, confirmed cabinet members and approved a proposal for a Winter Formal. 
BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

StuGov hears cabinet updates, confirms cabinet members, approves winter formal proposal

Anna Vidergar December 7, 2021
Senators three new cabinet directors and approved a proposal to hold a winter formal in February 2022.
Boston University students protesting at the Kappa Sigma Fraternity house Oct. 23. The Dean of Students Office announced Wednesday their suspension of the local chapter as the Office investigates alleged incidents of sexual assault associated with the fraternity. ANH NGUYEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU suspends Kappa Sigma fraternity following protests, StuGov resolution

Daily Free Press Staff October 28, 2021
The fraternity will no longer be allowed to claim University affiliation or receive SAO funding.
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