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Let’s Talk About: A Second Freshman Year

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol September 7, 2021
I felt like I was robbed of my freshman year, but ruminating on lost time may only lead to more lost experiences.
As Winter Intersession approaches, Boston University students are weighing whether to go home, leave campus or make other arrangements. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Navigating winter break 2020: a guidebook

Anne Jonas October 25, 2020
From international travel restrictions to general uncertainties regarding domestic travel, BU students are weighing their options for Winter Intersession: go home, leave campus or make other arrangements.
Boston University’s Student Village 2 dormitory. BU’s administration has launched an investigation following a video posted to the @bu_gigs Instagram page Saturday showing a large number of students partying in StuVi2. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students caught gathering in social media video, results in investigation

Ellie Yeo September 15, 2020
A video posted to the @bu_gigs Instagram page Saturday depicting a large social gathering in Student Village 2 has elicited the attention of BU administration. The event in the video is reportedly under investigation. 
Bearing Witness: Police disparities in drug arrests

Bearing Witness: Police disparities in drug arrests

Ariel Stein April 4, 2018
It's a Friday night in StuVi2 and you and your friends are getting ready to go to a frat party. Music is blaring, the vibe is good and everyone is celebrating the fact that it’s the weekend. For a few hours, you can escape the overwhelming amount of work you have.

Writer of racist slur apologizes to BU community

Andres Picon February 8, 2018

Residents of an 18th-floor suite at 33 Harry Agganis Way woke up on Monday morning to find a racist slur written on a whiteboard on their door. Following an investigation led by the Boston University Police...

Racist slur on students’ door spurs BUPD investigation

Andres Picon February 8, 2018

The Boston University Police Department is in the midst of an investigation after a student reported someone had written a racist slur on a whiteboard on their door Monday morning. The slur, which was...

Between 2 and 2:50 a.m. on Oct. 18, a female student was allegedly sexually assaulted in her room at 33 Harry Agganis Way. PHOTO BY MADISON GOLDMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Female student sues BU over alleged sexual assault at StuVi2

Sophia Eppolito December 12, 2016

A Boston University female student filed a lawsuit against the university on Thursday, claiming that BU failed to provide secure on-campus housing and did not protect her from sexual harassment. The...

PHOTO BY CLINTON NGUYEN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Top 10 study spots on campus

Lexi Peery June 2, 2016

If you want to study for a quiz with friends, hunker down for several hours to pass a cumulative final exam or just finish reading a book that has sat on your shelf for weeks, BU offers a variety of intriguing...

Interactive Charles River Campus Map

Editors June 10, 2015

Boston University’s main campus is easier to get around than you may think, stretching a scenic two miles along the Charles River. This map provides information about the colleges, residences and resources...

Sargent Choice Test Kitchen is a weekly event held in Student Village II where students can sample new Sargent Choice recipes such as vegetable fried rice. PHOTO BY HEATHER GOLDIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students try healthy recipes, find home-away-from-home at Sargent Choice Test Kitchen

Heather Goldin September 25, 2014

For Karen Jacobs, cooking in her Student Village II apartment at 33 Harry Agganis Way is more than just her way of encouraging students to make healthy choices. “As a faculty-in-residence, I want students...

Top Ten Study Spots

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2014

The city of Boston has so many interesting venues, museums, schools and colleges and things to do that it can become easy to forget why students attend Boston University in the first place: to go to school....

Timeline: A History of BU

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2014

  April 24, 1839 A group of Boston Methodist ministers establishes a theological school in Newbury, Vt., called the Newbury Biblical Institute, which would later become the BU School of Theology. 1847 The...

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