At BU, there will be one prominent academic teaching that you take with you forever (if you pay attention). I think I found mine early on. This post is about the lesson I carried in my heart from the moment I heard it. My freshman year I took a class at BU called The Holocaust [...]

Here are some of the most important things BU doesn’t tell you, but should. You can learn this stuff through experience but it’s nicer when someone just tells you. 1. There Are Other Places To Study, Eat & Hang Out. Tired of all the crowds at the GSU and fighting for a spot in Mugar? [...]

It’s the strangest thing to be less than a week away from finals here at BU.  For me, the end of this year is going to mark the halfway point of college. I’m going to be a Junior come next fall. Then I have two years to collect enough skills, get enough experience and make [...]

On Thursday I settled in for a day of relaxation; the substitute Monday cleared my schedule and left me with time for me, for once. After a two hour nap, a much needed dinner with friends at West and a little bit of cleaning I thought, why not escape for a little bit? You see, [...]

David Bowie, 70s pop-star and actor was recently quoted saying, “People are so fucking dumb. Nobody reads anymore, nobody goes out and looks and explores the society and culture that they were brought up in. People have attention spans of 5 seconds and as much depth as a glass of water.” When I read that, [...]

For me, the 90s were without a doubt the golden years of young adult programming. My personal favorites were Sabrina The Teenage Witch and Hey Arnold! Not to mention Rugrats, Rocket Power and Recess. These shows always had a parable or a lesson and, to this day, they’ve stuck with me. One time Sabrina disappeared [...]

Maybe it’s because I’m Latina, maybe it’s because neither my mother nor my mentors are sizes 0, 2 or 4 but I’ve never defined beauty by size. I can’t. Naturally thin, boy-shaped, curvy, flat chested, voluptuous or big-assed women are all realities. At BU it’s easy to forget that. The standard body type here is [...]

It’s happened to us all (or it will, especially if you’re a COM student): a professor will give staunch guidelines but then encourage asserting creative license. For me it’s become a regular happening in one of my classes this semester and it’s frustrating. I want an A on my assignments but I also want my [...]

Advertising. It’s the type of major people either hate or go into. I chose to go into it and even I wonder what I’m thinking at times. In essence, advertising is the art of manipulation. All day you ask questions: What will make people want this? How are they going to go from the desire [...]

If you know me, you can call me Alex, a sophomore majoring in Advertising and major concentrating in Religious Studies. I’m fresh out of Pico Rivera-a city ten miles outside of Los Angeles, California. Yes. I do miss it, I am a Lakers fan and California girls really are unforgettable. Soy Latina, I’m half Colombian [...]