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24, 2007 EDITION
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EDITION KEY HEADLINES: Coal Ben nears completion; Homecoming Week activities previewed; Freshman class makes for highest grades yet; Career Development office offers resume help in panel discussion; U.S. News & World Report give BU high ranks; October is safety awareness month; First Responders program; Academy for Leadership Coaching; BU students learn about the Doctors Without Borders program (see more photos below); Profile of Olfa Souissi, Fulbright Scholar from Tunisia; Blog from Abroad; Movie review-3:10 to Yuma; Restaurant review-Yerbabuena; See what's on fall primetime TV; Writing Zone helps BU students strengthen writing skills; Book review-The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac; Short story starter-Reflections of the Mind (continued below); Opinion-Universal healthcare, celebrities' influence on politics and Facebook garbage; women's volleyball wins; Athlete of the Week-Ryan Schwartz (football); soccer, football, tennis and golf recaps
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DOCTORS
WITHOUT BORDERS:
Students visit Grant Park to learn about the global organization
Doctors Without Borders. The students were given a tour through
tents, shack and latrines to learn how refugees live in poverty-stricken
countries. Photos
by Fadi Shihadeh
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FEATURES
Reflections of the mind (continued
from page 15 of The Candor)
By
Katherine Braun
Contributing Writer
That day
was the first day she tasted the salty water; her bloodshot
eyes poured in streams down her cheeks while standing in front
of her strong enemy. After that it became a normal occurrence
for her eyes to glaze over when she caught a glimpse of her
reflection. But today’s tears were different. Today
she saw her mom start crying when she walked past her daughter
making faces at herself in the bathroom mirror. Today her
best friend from kindergarten had finally plucked up the courage
to tell her how sickly and depressed she looked. Today her
little brother had tried to unsuccessfully hide her Seventeen magazines and the mirror she kept in her purse in his colorful
wooden toy box.
Yes,
today’s tears were different kinds of tears. They no
longer stung with self pity but now cleansed and cleaned her
made up face with realization. It had taken the actions and
words of those who she loved and who loved her most for her
to finally reach her epiphany. As she stared into the mirror,
she now knew she wasn’t seeing her old, normal, smiling
self but instead she was gazing at a clone of the girls in
the hallway that, at one point, she would have given anything
to be.
“This needs to change,” she spoke adamantly out
loud.
“I can’t- I won’t- live like this anymore.”
Now full of determined energy and dried of tears, she leapt
up like a cheetah, grabbed her gigantic biology textbook and
threw it full force at the large monster standing so tall
and menacingly before her. It shattered immediately in one
piercing crunch as sharp pieces of the dying creature nestled
themselves into the lush white carpeting.
Almost immediately her mom was panting at her oak bedroom
door. Her mother’s face turned slowly from a look of
shock to one of understanding. Carefully, her mom tiptoed
around the broken mirror fragments to her silent daughter
and gave her a huge hug.
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OPINION
Noise levels in libary out
of hand
By
Emily Taylor
Opinion Writer
Don’t
you hate it when you are on a roll… flipping through
text, typing out your 12-page paper, while simultaneously
highlighting notes…when all of a sudden, a group of
chatty students pour into the library and manage--out
of all the empty computers--to somehow gravitate to
your neighboring computer and all the while debating who’s
hotter McSteamy or McDreamy? Worst yet, how about when you
are quietly tucked into a comfy chair on the fifth floor and
a mob of students abruptly decide to play Indiana Jones and
outrun the electronic bookcases as they close?
Instead of shooting dirty looks, packing up all your materials
and storming out of the library, try speaking up. We are all
adults. I think, by now, we have learned how to stick up for
ourselves. Politely ask them to lower their voices.
If you are not the kind to verbally address a situation, the
library is a large building and I am sure within the multiple
floors, you can find a niche that satisfies ideal environment.
For example, if you need to focus and have silence, the third
and fourth floors are ideally “quiet floors.”
If you have group work, you can reserve one of the conference
rooms located on the third, fourth and fifth. Jack Fritts,
Director of Library Services, said, “These rooms are
only designated for groups – you must be a student and
you should reserve early.” This is because the conference
rooms are filled almost every day.
Lastly, you can always consult one of the librarians. Fritts
said, “If there is ever a concern, students can pick
up the phone located at each elevator to make a complaint.”
I believe the library is here for us all and we can work together.
Fritts said, “The library is designed as a community
space which serves a variety of needs. It is a place for everybody
to work and accomplish their goals. It should be treated as
a community space – not your own.”
Let’s be honest, we shouldn’t be in the library
to gab or to fulfill childhood adventures of the Temple of
Doom. The library’s primary use is to fulfill student’s
academic needs. For the most part, students are aware that
they are in a library and they are respectful of other students.
Occasionally, we forget – we all have. Sometimes people
just need a friendly reminder to be courteous and use indoor
voices. It really doesn’t get much simpler than that.
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