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Save the Muddy River member: Coordinator: WPS purchases condoms for delivery is not an expensive program, Hannah Klarner, a CAS senior, ‘Devastating’ loss of bur oak tree Mooney said said the service should be quicker Condoms: From Page 3
Muddy River: From Page 3
100-plus-year-old bur oak tree that was 43 inches in diameter,” Johansen said. “This is a devastating loss. With continued efforts of protest, we hope to influence a change in plans for phase two of the project, especially regarding the use of herbicides on the common reed, Phragmites.” Both the Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee and the Army Corps of Engineers said they have addressed the concerns of this group. “We have gotten some emails from them,” Keegan said. “We responded to the emails. We are taking approximately 200 trees out. We are putting approximately 200 trees
in their place. The trees we are putting in are going over a smaller area. We will have more trees on less space, as well as planning more than 11,000 small, medium and large shrubs.” The MMOC is still in full support of the planned ecosystem changes that will attempt to mitigate the risk of flooding in the area. “This is America and people have the right to express their opinions,” said Fran Gershwin, the chair of the Muddy River Restoration Project and Management Oversight Committee. “When the opinions are based on some misinformation we try to do the best we can to provide additional information. That’s not to say it will satisfy everyone of course.”
said. Placing an order with the Condom Fairy on the SHS website is simple, Mooney said. After selecting what he or she would like to receive, a student must simply supply his or her name, address and BU identification number. Students can expect a mailbox delivery within five business days, Mooney said. However, only on-campus students can utilize the service. Mooney said she would like to include dental dams or more than one type of condom alongside the other contraceptives offered. WPS purchases the male condoms delivered to students, but even with this cost, Condom Fairy
to accommodate students’ needs. “The idea is really good, but I am not sure I understand the five day waiting period,” Klarner said. Katie Boule, a CAS sophomore who used the Condom Fairy service, said she used the website Saturday after hearing about it around campus. “I used the service because it sounded efficient and more private than buying condoms or going into Health Services in front of everyone and reaching into the big fishbowl of condoms,” she said. Margaret Waterman contributed to the reporting of this article.
SAR soph.: BUS should run more frequently in winter BUS: From Page 3
Riley said six buses run during peak periods on campus, which are from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Three buses run every twenty minutes during offpeak hours. “The main function of the weekday BUS service is to facilitate transportation of faculty, staff and students between the Charles River Campus and [BU] Medical Campus, which are miles apart, not along a single walking campus,” Riley said. Riley said the BUS service is an option — just as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Green Line trolley and Route 57 bus are — for members of the
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She said she expects plenty of orders to be placed in the coming weeks as they begin to advertise the Condom Fairy on four Boston University Shuttles. WPS might use Condom Fairy appearances and a QR Code to further promote the service. Anna Treyzon, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman, said she hopes the Condom Fairy service promotes safe sex among students. “People are often unprepared and that is when bad things happen,” she said. “Hopefully this can lead to smarter decisions.” However, several students are more pessimistic about the new service.
BU community to travel up and down Commonwealth Avenue. Danielle Fusaro, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences sophomore, said she believes the bus runs more efficiently on sunnier, warmer days when fewer people are taking it. “The bus is useful when it’s there, but it does not always show up for the scheduled time,” Fusaro said. “The bus should run more frequently when it’s freezing because so many more people take it on cold days.” Fusaro said she does not take the BUS often, and would not support paying more for more buses to be added to the fleet. “There should be more buses running so they don’t get over-
crowded and so they can meet the schedule,” said Rebecca Long, a College of Fine Arts freshman. “It’s very hectic and the crowding can get dangerous.” Long said she worries about crowding on the buses on cold and rainy days because there is a greater chance of the bus having an accident. She said as more people ride the BUS on inclement days, the chance of injury is increased. “Everyone is trying to squeeze on the bus to avoid walking in the cold,” Long said. “It’s like the survival of the fittest because people will push, and whoever wants to get on the most will push the hardest to get on.”
Secretary: Ambassadors meet students bimonthly Ambassadors: From Page 3
culture. “Talking to different people and learning different cultures is basically what this is for,” Lin said. Lin’s exchange student, Safa Yerliyurt, an SMG junior from Turkey, said he was eager when he first learned about the club. He said he recently sent an email advising his school at home to incorporate a similar system to
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help its incoming exchange students adjust to the new setting. “When I was in Turkey I saw first Faith’s email, and she explained the program and she asked me if I wanted to join,” Yerliyurt said. “I had no idea about the campus life — I said I wanted to join immediately.” Constance Remy, one of the co-heads of SMG Ambassadors in the second year of her four-year
exchange program, said a couple of months passed before she found a café she liked. “If I had the opportunity to have somebody already here to [show me] how everything functions, it would have been awesome,” Remy, an SMG sophomore said. “[Being an ambassador] is not complicated, it’s just being there for someone.”