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What is FYSOP?
December 8, 2021 By Lindsay Boudreau Right before my freshman year, I participated in BU’s FYSOP. Ever since then, whenever it comes up in conversation, I am met with the following question: “What is FYSOP?” Because it has always surprised me that so many BU students have never learned about this program, More
Opportunities for Inter-Regional Solidarity
December 8, 2021 By Faisal Ahmed Why are you where you are? It sounds like a weird question, and most of us don’t really think about it that often. After all, what's the weather or climate got to do with who we are? We don’t think about the implications of a geographic... More
Helping Holiday Hunger
December 8, 2021 By Amanda Bang Food insecurity is a problem that persists and affects millions of people around the world. In 2020 alone, over 38 million Americans, which is around 12 percent of the population, lived in a household that struggled with food insecurity or had trouble accessing an affordable and... More
Writing/Using/Saying Words
November 30, 2021 By Faisal Ahmed Thinking about words is one of the most entertaining things you can do. It is a little weird to think about words because we use words to think. Depending on how you frame it this can either make thinking really hard, because you might feel something... More
Language, Thought, and Dreams
November 30, 2021 By Amanda Bang A language is a structured method of communication by mostly speech and gesture. There are thousands of different languages present around the world, with many different systems and dialects within. Boston University being a very diverse school, has a large number of students that know a... More
Searching for Common Ground
November 30, 2021 By Lindsay Boudreau Diversity is one of BU’s greatest assets. The student body is composed of people from all over the world with different backgrounds, skill sets, and opinions. But, while this is a strength for the University, it’s not always easy for students to connect with each other. More
Why COP26 Matters
November 17, 2021 By Alex Shores The history of climate action is one long, winding road that has taken decades to get where it is today. The first global summit on climate change was in 1972 in Stockholm, headed by the United Nations. Here is where countries first began to realize that... More
What is Meta?
November 17, 2021 By Faisal Ahmed On October 28th, 2021 one of the world’s largest social media companies, Facebook, hosted their annual conference and announced large-scale restructuring of the company. They aim to rebrand Facebook and its subsidiary companies (Instagram/Whatsapp) under a larger parent organization they’re calling “Meta.” You may have seen... More
Astroworld: How a Festival Turned into a Tragedy
November 17, 2021 By Amanda Bang On Nov. 5, 2021, one of the biggest tragedies involving concerts in the U.S. happened in Huston, Texas, at a festival called Astroworld. From that night, a total of 10 people died, the youngest being a 9-year-old boy. Uncountable members of the audience were injured. What... More
The Afghan Adjustment Act
November 17, 2021 By Lindsay Boudreau Laws in the United States are ever-changing because reality is ever-changing. Time and time again, we are faced with new situations that can’t be properly addressed by the past and call for us to reevaluate. Today, we are in the midst of one of these occurrences... More