Bostonia by BU

In the spring semester of 2008, a journalism class at Boston University set out to cover Boston. Each student was assigned a city neighborhood or nearby community to cover. This website is the fruit of their work.

Plamena Pesheva (Downtown)

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Plamena Pesheva has delicate cursive handwriting and always is smiling. Quiet and soft-spoken Plamena has a rich history one has to ask for...

Beth Wolfson (Jamaica Plain)

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By Ryan Meehan Beth Wolfson jokes that the highlight of her life is being covered in thick, light-green slime at Nickelodeon Studios when sh...

Ryan Meehan (Dorchester)

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By Beth Wolfson Ryan Meehan was on a train in London while studying abroad in the summer of 2005 when an announcement came over the speaker ...

Maeghan Ouimet (South End)

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by Eric Zuerndorfer “Maeghan Ouimet took a shot at the net. The puck deflected off the goalie and trickled in.” “Maeghan Ouimet sped down t...

Nick Davis (Back Bay)

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Nick Davis’s new year’s resolution was to be able to touch his toes. The Boston University junior positions himself on the floor, one leg ou...

Lauren Sutter (Charlestown)

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Lauren Sutter smiles as she opens her cell phone. She proudly shows the picture of her dog Lucky in a Santa hat, and talks about how obsess...

Kimberly Reiss (Newton)

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Kimberly Reiss, a Boston University junior with flowing blonde hair, a sociable smile, and hazel eyes, loves history, reading, rock music, P...

Mary Vitale (Brookline)

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By Eric Eisenberg Sitting in one of her journalism classrooms on Commonwealth Avenue, Mary Vitale, 20, a junior at Boston University, rememb...

Eric Eisenberg (Allston/Brighton)

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A Collection of 250 Movies is Just the Beginning Boston University junior Eric Eisenberg has a collection of more than 250 movies and does n...

Michelle Gininger (South Boston)

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What makes Michelle Gininger happy is hearing other people’s stories. “You hear the most bizarre things,” she said. The 19-year-old College ...

Eric Zuerndorfer (Chinatown)

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By Maeghan Ouimet BOSTON – Eric Zuerndorfer, a 21-year-old junior print journalism major at Boston University, prefers to go unnoticed in a ...
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