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Voices & Opinion

Boston University BU, opinion column, Point of View POV, Ukraine Kiev protests, Sochi winter olympics, Valdimir Putin, political protests

Science & Technology

POV: Sochi, with a Side Trip to Kiev

February 25, 2014

Boston University BU, Robin Thicke, Agganis Arena, Blurred Lines, Rape Culture, student protests

Music

POV: Cancel Robin Thicke’s Concert at Agganis

February 24, 2014

Boston University BU Today opinion column Point if View POV, gay athletes, football player Michael Sam, LGBT gay community

Men's Sports

POV: The World Is Ready for Openly Gay Footballer

February 18, 2014

surgeon general warning, smoking, tobacco, smoking kills, anti-smoking organizations, anti-smoking advertising

Public Health

POV: Antismoking Movement Has Been Co-Opted

February 11, 2014

faith based schools, rights, right to enforce faith based beliefs

Religion

POV: Why Catholic Schools Have the Right to Fire Married Gay Staff

February 5, 2014

conservative values, individualtiy, liberal social culture, conservative social culture, liberal values

Culture

POV: How a Liberal Learned to Like Conservatives

January 28, 2014

Boston University BU, religion, interfaith, multifaith, Evangelical Christians, BU Interfaith Council

Voices & Opinion

POV: What BU Can Learn from Evangelical Christians

January 21, 2014

United Nations, UN, Arms Trade Treaty, international arms trade, international conventional weapons trade

Science & Technology

POV: To Stop Bad Guys, Ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty

January 14, 2014

Nepal, Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness, ECCA, community suported agriculture, community supported farming, sustainability, natural resources, third-world countries, Helen Petty, opinion, op-ed

Voices & Opinion

POV: What We Can Learn from a Poor Nation

December 18, 2013

gun law reform protest, anniversary of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Newtown Connecticut, David Schonfeld, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, at Drexel University College of Medicine, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

Politics

POV: After Sandy Hook’s Wake-Up Call, Did We Hit the Snooze Button?

December 13, 2013

Pope Francis, op-ed, opinion

Faculty

POV: Leave Your Bias at the Door When Reading Pope Francis

December 12, 2013

Boston University BU, Iranian nuclear weapons missile deal, Islamic Republic of Iran nuclear program, POV opinion, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, professor of international relations former US ambassador to Lesotho professor Robert Loftis, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif

Science & Technology

POV: Iran Nuclear Accord Is a Good Deal

December 9, 2013

philippines typhoon 2013, climate change, richard murray, boston university college of arts and sciences, CAS

Earth

POV: Is Philippines Typhoon the New Normal?

December 3, 2013

Boston University BU, Point of View POV opinion, faculty Joan Salge Blake, Sargent College SAR, nutrition Thanksgiving

In the City

POV: Equal Servings of Common Sense and Generosity

November 26, 2013

Boston University BU, point of view, opinion, American decline exceptionalism

Politics

POV: What’s So Exceptional about America?

November 25, 2013

Boston University BU, point of view, opinion editorial, JFK, John F Kennedy, kennedy assassination 50 anniversary, gun control

Politics

POV: 50 Years after Dallas, It’s Time for Gun Control

November 22, 2013

Boston University BU, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention International Survivors of Suicide Day, mental health, Conference on Mental Health, Active Minds,

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Need to Talk More about Suicide

November 21, 2013

Food and Drug Administration FDA, trans fats ban

Voices & Opinion

POV: Banning Trans Fats Is Just the Beginning

November 15, 2013

Neta Crawford, United States military, collateral damage

Voices & Opinion

POV: US Military’s Plummeting Collateral Damage

November 11, 2013

gender equality in the workplace, equal opportunity, gender issues, women in business

Voices & Opinion

POV: Women’s Rights? Yeah, Right

November 6, 2013

POV: Women’s Rights? Yeah, Right