The fine arts community has been a hot topic since Donald Trump was elected president. From talk of defunding the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) earlier this year, to the president tweeting about actors and filmmakers harassing him on shows like Saturday Night Live,…
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Patriotism is important to many people in the United States of America. This is part of what makes America so great: being proud of where you came from. This is also what makes Minnesota so great: no one has more pride than Minnesotans, myself included.…
In 1994, October was designated LGBT History Month, and since then, individuals across the country have celebrated the history and identities of the queer community. But lately its been hard to think of the queer community without unfortunate and sometimes painful situations coming to mind.…
Over the summer, my dad took me to see Tom Petty perform live at Wrigley Field, one of the many stops Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers made on the groups 40th anniversary tour. The weather that day consisted of sprinkled rain showers, which rolled on…
I used to say a prayer every time I heard ambulance or fire truck sirens nearby. This lifelong habit changed in May when I started to intern as a police beat reporter for the Peoria Journal Star. Reporter Phil Luciano sat at the desk next…
Getting through college isnt a walk in the park. As students, we are faced with a multitude of demands. Society assumes since we are the future of America, we must be well-suited in many facets of professional life. We are told we need to strive…
This week, The Scout saw a number of flyers posted around campus Join Trash Crew, they said. The group, officially titled BU Clean Up Crew, meets on Friday mornings to pick up garbage along roads and fields near campus. This was refreshing to see. Its…
It seems that almost everywhere I go, especially in the summertime, people will stop me to either compliment my tattoos or to barrage me with questions about them. OK, Im not that tatted up, but I do have six tattoos, which seems like kind of…
Weve only been on the Hilltop one month, and it feels like there are changes everywhere. The Scout rated some of the most noteworthy things that have taken place below. Campus WiFi Last week The Scout ran an article about Bradleys network, prompted by…
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is on the fringe in Washington. President Donald Trump announced Sept. 5 of his plans to defund the Obama administrations program, which currently allows young illegal immigrants to live and work in the U.S. without fear of…