BU Now » World Trade Center http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Senior week taking place now http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/16/senior-week-taking-place-now/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/16/senior-week-taking-place-now/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 13:47:45 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=9299 Each day this week, the class of 2011 has a plethora of events to chose from to celebrate the end of finals and their last week as students here at BU ending, of course, with commencement on Sunday, May 22.  Here are some of the highlights:

Monday, May 16: Boston Harbor Cruise from the World Trade Center pier
Tuesday, May 17: House of Blues Party with the Cataracs
 Wednesday, May 18: BU Takes Over Six Flags New England
Thursday, May 19: Senior Ball at 808

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]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/16/senior-week-taking-place-now/feed/ 0 “Ground-Zero mosque” debate http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/08/18/ground-zero-mosque-debate-continues/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/08/18/ground-zero-mosque-debate-continues/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:01:43 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=6641 Cordoba House - Park51 mosquePresident Obama says he has no regrets about insisting that any religious group has the right to build a house of worship wherever it is legally approved, like the Islamic center planned for a site two blocks from where the World Trade Center towers once stood.  But conservative bloggers have been pushing the so-called “Ground-Zero mosque” story as a political wedge between Obama and Congressional democrats around the country facing re-election battles.  Political science Professor Graham Wilson, author of “Only in America? American Politics in Comparative Perspective,” says it’s a classic case of public opinion swayed from Constitutional principles by xenophobic cries, these hostile to all of Islam not just the radicals responsible for 9/11.

“It would be great to see all the living ex-presidents issue a joint declaration that religious tolerance is core American value and that toleration includes Islam.  The American public needs to be reminded what the Constitution says, and both our friends and foes in the Islamic world need to hear us saying that loud and clear.  Let’s be clear: ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.’”

Contact GrahamWilson, 617-353-2540, gkwilson@bu.edu

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