HAVANA, Cuba – Fidel Castro has survived over 600 assassination attempts, according to the Cuban government. The Revolution started in 1959 and still persists in 2013. As we all know, like any other human being, Fidel will die soon enough and the future of Cuba could change dramatically. I arrived from Cuba yesterday and the [...]

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Financial District, Boston MA The Occupy Boston movement based itself in the heart and center of the financial district. A beautiful building, 89 South Street, houses a variety of non-profit and corporate organizations. In the lobby of the building, a “community organizing” room is present. Tonight over 10 different organizations and 20 individuals came together [...]

It is absolutely freezing out. Remember that day where it was around 60 degrees? Doubt that is happening again until the Spring Semester really becomes “spring.” Besides the weather I feel motivated this spring semester. Organization has really become the key to success. iCal on my Macbook has definitely come in the clutch. However, I [...]

This winter break was eye opening. I started my winter break with a nice road trip from Massachusetts to New York. I drove with my two fraternity brothers, on the day break started. The traffic was horrendous. I was driving so my gluteus maximus was numb by the time we got to the concrete jungle. [...]

Finals That time of the year has come around again. As a BU student its tough to actually push through these last couple weeks because we have made it this far already and that in itself is an accomplishment! There’s something in us that says “yo you have done so much, why not actually take [...]

“Student Voices, Student Ideas, Student Action” So there’s this new organization on campus. It’s your friendly neighborhood BUPAO. Huh? Boston University Political Action Organization. “Oh boy not another political org” – WRONG Come to Sargent College tonight Room 101 at 7:00pm to find out why we are different. Hint: We apply what you’ve learned in [...]

This week is Banned Books Week, a week long celebration sponsored by the American Library Association (and other organizations–a full list can be found below) every year to call attention to frequently banned or challenged books. But what exactly is a frequently banned or challenged book? First, we should understand the difference between a challenge [...]

My uncle is a fired up Dominican man. He is hypocritical about a lot, and finds fault particularly in U.S. foreign policy. I recently just spent a long car ride with him. I love the man, but as a Political Science and International Relations double major, I argued with him. He does make some valid [...]

Mugar Library’s student film team created and produced a video last fall on Open Access. Congratulations to Zack McGeehan, Olivia Kimmel, Dimitri Kouri and Jason Weitzman — the students who worked on the winning film. The video won a Special Merit award from the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (aka SPARC). The “Sparky” awards [...]