Columns

BU dining needs to better accomodate gluten-free students

Man versus hunger — a timeless strife that has plagued our world for thousands of years. The first established human societies were limited to a life of foraging and hunting, oftentimes going...


Columns

Belgium's genocide in the Congo has been swept under the rug

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Belgium? Waffles? Chocolate? Or maybe the fine taste of its alcohol? Perhaps its wonderful rubber — wait, rubber? One...


Staff Editorials

Editorial: SA E-Board and BU Council representative endorsements 2022-2023

Every year, Pipe Dream’s E-Board interviews all of the candidates running for Student Association (SA) positions. This year’s SA elections will take place on March 9. In talking to candidates, we learned...


Columns

Social media is not suited for activism

The beginning of June 2020 was marked with protests, as George Floyd’s death took place in late May that year. Protests mounted as people demanded justice. However, protesters and organizers alike faced...


Columns

Biden must improve messaging before midterms

It’s been just over a year since Joe Biden took office, and the reviews have been mixed. With Democratic majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives, Biden has been able...


Columns

NFTS are environmentally unsustainable

Last week, a group of hackers stole hundreds of NFTs from a site called OpenSea, with an estimated final total falling at 254 tokens stolen. It was later revealed the hack was...


Columns

Legislators mask transphobia with weaponized language

I’m very passionate about ideas I believe in and the policies and positions that I believe are good and moral. But although I may be passionate, it takes a lot for me...


Columns

Robert Pattinson will make a strong Batman

Michael Keaton. Val Kilmer. George Clooney. Christian Bale. Ben Affleck. What all of these actors have in common, aside from being Hollywood A-listers, is that they have all donned the iconic cape...


Columns

What sourdough baking has taught me

To Anna, who will forever be one of my greatest teachers. I went to San Francisco recently. Being in America’s sourdough capital, I took some time to reflect on what it was...


Columns

The bright side to sports injuries

I’ve always been an athlete, ever since the days when tangy, sticky orange slices served as the pinnacle of my simple existence — the vehicle by which our parents eased our hearts...