The Visit
By: Brian Garland Staff Writer The Patriots are Super Bowl champions, and like all champion professional sports teams, they are invited to the White House to meet with the President, a tradition that is over 150 years old.
Year: 2017
Education Majors Unhappy with Secretary of Education Confirmation
By Raymond Loughlin Staff Writer On Tuesday, February 7th, Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education in a 51-50 vote. The senate was tied, so Vice President Mike Pence had to cast a vote. Since her confirmation hearing last month, there was a public outcry to try and get Senators to vote […]
Costly Renovation for Hart Hall
By Raymond Loughlin Staff Writer Eric LePage attended the SGA meeting on 2/7/17, to discuss plans to renovate Hart 213. LePage is the Director of the Teaching and Technology Center, and proposed the renovation to SGA’s Space Committee and has stressed that the current furniture in Hart 213 is immovable during classes. He described […]
Sent on behalf of President Clark
Dear BSU: Following President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Friday effectively closing our nation’s borders to immigrants from seven Muslim countries, several federal courts acted quickly over the weekend to temporarily halt the implementation of the Executive Order. These developments, coupled with news headlines and protests around the world, have left many in our BSU […]
Sent on behalf of those concerned
Dear President Clark, We, the undersigned, recently engaged in an email discussion on our faculty list-serve, denouncing President Trump’s Executive Order suspending all immigration from Syria, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Somalia along with the indefinite suspension of the resettlement of Syrian refugees. This ban has disrupted the lives of hundreds of refugees, scholars, […]
Superbowl Commercials Lose Luster
By David Joseph Staff Writer It does not matter what sport you are a fan of—you know that by far, the most popular sporting finale in the world is the Super Bowl. It is bigger than the Stanley Cup, the World Series, and the NBA finals. However, the average American doesn’t tune into the […]
Where is Spring?
By Cori Dubois Staff Writer Compared to recent years, there has been a shortage of snow this winter. In October of 2011, there was a huge snow storm with strong winds in the Northeastern area. This year, winter had a late start and February seems to be making up for it. Snow totals are playing […]
Travel Ban Impacts Students
By Nikyla Vines Staff Writer Before anything else, let’s recall that this entire capitalist nation was built on the innovation and drive of a number of immigrants: which as we know included the mass killings of the indigenous people. Nevertheless, the country that we live in today addresses men who immigrated as the “Founding Fathers.” So […]
Pilot Project Offers Supplies for Students
By Molly Hurley Editor-in-Chief When it comes to basic classroom necessities, students at BSU have no reason not to be prepared. School Supplies 4 U offers classroom supplies to students on an as-needed basis.
A Comeback for the Ages
By Brian Garland Staff Writer The New England Patriots are on top of the world once again; this time, like every time before it, the Patriots had to make history. This year, it was a 25-point comeback: a 28-3 deficit in the second half, to 21-9, to 28-20, to 28-28 to force overtime, then 34-28 […]