The BU Quest team had no idea they’d be pioneering a new mode of transportation across campus when they featured bike riding as part of their annual summer camp. “We asked the community to donate old bikes for the kids to use,” says Quest member Sarah Dodgin. “We originally received 30 bikes of all sizes.” [...]
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Memories are few from my days as a Brownie and Junior Girl Scout. I can still recite the Girl Scout Oath and remember the lyrics to Taps. I recall a craft project that involved pouring hot paraffin into milk cartons to make candles, which were later iced with whipped laundry detergent and topped with glitter. [...]
View PostWhere I Grew Up Cameron Smith ’84, his wife Sandi Wood Smith’86 and twin daughters Kristen and Rebecca visit BU in 2006. It’s where I grew up. Not as a small child, but rather in my growth from a naïve high schooler from the Philly suburbs to the adult I continue striving to become. What [...]
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My husband, Mark, and I met at BU. I had a secret crush on “Starbucks guy,” an employee at the campus Starbucks whose name eluded me for a while since he didn’t wear his required name tag. After a few months of secretly crushing on him, blowing a ton of money on over-priced fancy drinks [...]
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