The books of the Harry Potter series are the most frequently challenged books of the 21st century. That is horrible. I think that for a long time, reading was considered uncool. Kids would brag about never reading the books assigned for class, and the kids who carried around the books they read for fun sometimes [...]

Tomorrow, in the link outside the new entrance to Mugar, we’ll be hosting a banned books reading and information session! Come and learn about the history of banned or challenged books in America and what libraries around the country have done to fight literary censorship.

Any Bob Dylan fans bored tonight? Check out Professor Christopher Ricks’ lecture on the man and the legend on the balcony of the 3rd floor of the GSU. It’ll be the most college thing you’ll do all week, and I promise you, you won’t regret it.

When I was about three years old, I remember forcing my mom to teach me how to read. I did not like the way my older sister read to me. She did the character voices all wrong, she made up extra parts to the story and sometimes she would not read to me simply because [...]

Obviously, no. I’m not. But I can’t help but feel like the odd-man-out when everyone else in my class whips out their silver, chrome finished Macbooks and I take out my jet black, shiny HP laptop. It used to be even more embarrassing to take out my 2007 Toshiba Satellite and have to wait for [...]

3 LATINOS EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW This has been quite the quiet Hispanic Heritage month in my eyes. Let’s take a moment to highlight 3 Latinos that YOU should know. These are individuals that shaped the world you and me both lived in. I do not mean to exclude the notorious and impactful Latinos of [...]

Rape culture is a term that is thrown around Boston University a lot in the past year. We talk about what we do to cultivate it, we have rallies to combat it, but no one has clearly defined what rape culture is and how it pertains to Boston University and American mainstream culture. In this [...]

Living off campus this semester for the first time, I’ve had to make some compromises. Given my new location, about a mile west of West Campus down Comm Ave, I’ve been biking to class. It saves me the extra 20 minutes it would take to walk, not to mention the T fare. But every morning [...]

You know that part at the beginning of Almost Famous where Zooey Deschanel leaves her record collection to Patrick Fugit? And he sits there at the edge of the bed, running his hands over the vinyl, touching each one until he comes upon the one’s he’s looking for: The Who’s classic rock opera Tommy. He [...]

Am I the only one who is incredibly underwhelmed with the new student center on 100 Bay State? Let me just rattle them off: 1.) Navigating your way in and out of the dining hall is awkward when you’re tapping in and someone is trying to exit. The T-style entry booths only allow for the [...]