So…it’s pretty cold out guys. Like wind whipping you in the face you just want to be a turtle sort of cold. But as a long time North Easterner(ite?) I’m here to provide you with a few tips to stay warm this winter. Layers. Seriously…this is key. I see you walking around in your fancy [...]
Category: Graduate Life
Admissions Deadlines and the Art of the Snowdrift Luau
January 1, 2013 at 10:43 am
Here it is: 2013. To be frank, I was like sixty-five percent sure that we wouldn’t live to see this night. I mean, I’m not saying that I buy into every single Mesoamerican prophecy that hits center stage, but I really had a good feeling about this one. Oh well. We can’t all be right [...]
Your Finals Week Playlist
December 16, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Every six months, writing students bang their heads against the walls for hours on end, repeatedly asking themselves why they waited until the end of the semester to do all of their rewrites and revisions. You can trust me on this. I’ve been doing it for years. So, as the only person who will ever [...]
The Nomad
December 12, 2012 at 2:27 pm
I’ve moved six times in seven years. That’s not a fun way to live. But by far the most challenging move what the one I made from Los Angeles to Boston just about a year and a half ago. There are several obvious reasons for that. 1) Distance — Pull out your nearest map. Now [...]
Meet Alina Rubezhova
December 12, 2012 at 2:22 pm
I’m a die-hard New York sports fan, so you could probably imagine my dilemma in moving to Boston – land of the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins and Celtics. But in my time here, I’ve realized it’s so much more. Boston University sits at the center of all the action – Fenway Park is walking distance [...]
The BU Family
December 6, 2012 at 9:06 pm
The relationships you develop in COM go well beyond networking. These are friendships you will most likely maintain for the rest of your life. Nor are they confined to your specific major. I have been lucky enough to develop strong friendships throughout COM’s graduate programs: film, TV, journalism. I even met the love of my [...]
Don’t Judge Me, Stranger
November 29, 2012 at 4:40 pm
As a graduate student, I find a pretty consistent need to get myself out of my own element. Put simply: I can’t work at home. There’re too many distractions. Why in the world would I ever write a script when I could just as easily go a few days on Minecraft or catch up on [...]
Meet Rucker Manley
November 28, 2012 at 4:58 pm
The Art of Giving (or, “What I Did on My Thanksgiving Vacation”) Once a year, I throw a party. Now, I can’t tell you what kind of party it is, but it’s Beersgiving, and you, prospective graduate student, are invited. Except next year, it’s in Los Angeles. So here’s how it goes. Fellow screenwriter Chris [...]
