Boston University

Boston University is a non-sectarian private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded as a Methodist seminary in Vermont in 1839, then transferred to Concord, New Hampshire in 1847, to Brookline, Massachusetts in 1867, and finally moved to its present campus along the Charles River in Boston from 1939-1948. Originally the "Newbury Biblical Institute," it changed its name to "Methodist General Biblical Institute of Concord," "Brookline School of Theology," "Boston Theological Seminary" and "Boston School of Theology" before adopting the name "Boston University." http://www.bu.edu/visit/about/history/index.html It should not be confused with Boston College, an entirely separate university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Student Activities

Athletics

Main article: Boston University Athletics

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Boston University's Terriers compete in basketball, cross country, golf, ice hockey, rowing, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling, while the Lady Terriers compete in basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming, tennis, and track. Boston University Athletics teams compete in the America East, Hockey East, and Colonial Athletic Association conferences, and their mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier. Boston University recently constructed the new Agganis Arena, which opened on January 3, 2005 with a men's hockey game between the Terriers and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Related Topics:
Boston University Athletics - America East - Hockey East - Colonial Athletic Association - Rhett the Boston Terrier - Agganis Arena

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Boston University has won 26 Beanpot titles, one fewer than the rest of the Beanpot teams (Boston College, Harvard University, and Northeastern University) combined.

Related Topics:
Beanpot - Boston College - Harvard University - Northeastern University

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Club Sports

Boston University students also compete in athletics at the club level. There are a total of twenty seven club sports recognized by the university. Some of the club sport teams include: Baseball; Men's Lacrosse; Boston University Snowboard Team; Ultimate Frisbee; Kung Fu; Fencing; Boston University Rugby Football Club; and Women's Rugby.

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Student Publications

There are several student publications on campus, including the Daily Free Press, an independant student run newspaper.

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Perhaps the most controversial student publication is the fully student run pornography magazine, Boink. It claims to feature actual BU students posing nude, as well as articles discussing sexuality written by BU students. The school does not support or endorse the magazine. It is available at Newbury Comics, among other sources. It was developed after Harvard students began publishing the H-bomb, their own pornography magazine.

Related Topics:
Boink - Newbury Comics - Harvard - The H-bomb

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FYSOP

FYSOP stands for First Year Student Outreach Project. The program is run by the non-profit Community Service Center (CSC). FYSOP involves hundreds of incoming freshman and transfer students, the "First Years", who volunteer at sites throughout Massachusetts. The First Years are lead by FYSOP staff members, of which there are normally about 125. The service these First Years do serves one of eight issue areas: Children, Disabilities, HIV/AIDS, Elders, Gender Focus, Environment, Homelessness and Housing (H&H), and Hunger.

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Each issue area has two coordinators who spend the summer planning the itinerary for the coming FYSOP. FYSOP staff spend 5 days training and then about a week before school begins the First Years arrive. FYSOP is fit into a week and consists of an opening day, an education day, and three on site days of service.

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