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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.
TikTok For You Page. Last Saturday TikTok voluntarily shut down access to users in the U.S. before reinstating access over 12 hours later, leaving students at Boston University reflecting on the platform’s cultural significance and its role in campus life. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Students concerned over censorship, career instability in wake of TikTok ban

Jewel Silva January 23, 2025
After TikTok voluntarily shut down for United States users Saturday evening before restoring access approximately 12 hours later, Boston University students reflected on the platform’s significance and noticeable shifts in user experience since its brief hiatus.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The pandemic has shown the continued prioritization of athletics over the arts

Editors February 17, 2021
FitRec’s reopening is timely and beneficial, and we can’t ignore how great it is to have this facility available to us once again. But it also serves as another example of how athletics — whether justly or unjustly — are prioritized in our society.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The University’s actions are unacceptable, we demand more

Editors February 10, 2021
BU needs to make a constant commitment to the cause, actively work to ensure students’ safety, dismantle the prevalent rape culture on its campus and establish trust so students will be willing to speak up and report assailants in the first place. It will never be as easy as one quick, overnight policy change.
While Marsh Chapel does not plan to reopen for in-person services until Boston University COVID-19 guidelines allow it to, the space is being used for afternoon classes. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Campus religious organizations adapt spaces to pandemic

Sarah Readdean October 26, 2020
Religious groups on BUs campus have shifted some programming online this Fall, but while university-affiliated Marsh Chapel remains closed, other buildings unaffiliated with BU have kept their doors open
A scene from Boston University Stage Troupe’s production of Alan Ball’s “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,” which showed at the BU Student Theater last Fall. Stage Troupe plans to implement “Stage Troupe From Anywhere,” which will allow students the flexibility to participate in auditions, workshops and productions remotely or in-person. COURTESY OF ROBERT BRANNING

Campus performance groups to audition virtually this season

Varsha Subramanian September 9, 2020
BU's talent-based groups have to reimagine what their recruitment and eventual performances will look like without the lights, costumes and live audiences.
Students at the National Society of Collegiate Scholars table at SPLASH in 2014. On Wednesday, the Student Activities Office at Boston University released guidelines restricting student organizations to holding most meetings virtually in the Fall. MIKE DESOCIO/DFP FILE

Student organizations must hold most Fall meetings virtually

Inyeong Kim August 3, 2020
BU's student organizations must hold most events virtually this Fall, according to SAO. Some gatherings can still be held in person, but under strict capacity limits and with furniture fixed in place to ensure social distancing.
SPLASH, an bi-annual event on Nickerson Field, is an opportunity for students to learn about the many clubs and organizations available at Boston University. MIKE DESOCIO/ DFP FILE

BU student organizations for every niche

Ellie Yeo June 12, 2020
As incoming students begin planning their move to college, the question on their minds shifts from what school they will be attending for the next four years to what they will do with their time there. 
Geoffrey Hodgkins, secretary of Society of Athletic Training Students, attends a training session Sunday for OrgSync, a tool for organizing student groups that launched this week. PHOTO BY HEATHER GOLDIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SAO launches new student organization platform

Heather Goldin January 26, 2015

The Boston University Student Activities Office will launch a new online platform Monday using OrgSync, a club management tool, replacing its current system, YouDo. On Saturday and Sunday, SAO staff...

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