Hi, my name is Sophia Caffrey,
I'm a junior here at the College of
Communication at BU and
welcome to this campus stroll with
me down Comm Ave.
This one and
a half mile stretch behind us is
integrated within the city.
And today Kriever and
I are going to be showing you
roughly where that starts and
ends and talk about a little bit
of everything in between.
We have a long stretch of road
ahead of us, so let's get started!
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We are currently in East Campus,
which is generally
considered by most BU students to
be the start of campus.
Behind me we have
Myles Standish Hall, which was
originally built in the 1900s and
transformed into a hotel to housing
for these students.
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We're here in Kenmore Square,
behind me is Kenmore Station which
is a central hub spot for
all things transportation,
which will get you to anywhere in
Boston seamlessly.
Behind me you can see the stadium
lights, which is home to no
other than Fenway Park,
home of the Red Sox.
The Fenway area is a frequented
area by BU students with a lot
restaurants and nightlife.
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This is the Questrom School of
Business, and if you find yourself
walking by here,
don't be surprised if you see
business students coming in and
out with professional work attire.
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Behind me we have
the Wheelock School of Education
and Human Development, it is super
easy for BU students to get to.
We have a Blue Bike station right
in front of the doors or
outside the building's front
doors we have the BU bus stop.
Across the street here is
Metcalf Center for Sciences and
Engineering, a lot of STEM classes
happen here as well as labs.
And then this dome looking thingy
behind me is Morse Auditorium.
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We are now in central campus, right
behind me this tall glass building
is the Kilachand Center for
Integrated Life Sciences and
Engineering.
Lots of research happens here on
Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
diseases, but my personal favorite
is right next door, which is
the College of Communication.
I'm an advertising major here, and
I absolutely love it.
Ever since I was little, I used to
obsess over the Super Bowl
advertisements with my dad.
And now that I'm here at BU, I get
to learn from one of my professors
who's actually worked on a couple
of Super Bowl Pepsi Cola campaigns,
which is super cool.
And across the street from me,
we have Sargent College for
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
Right next to it,
we have the Center for
Computing and Data Sciences,
which us BU students also refer to
as the Jenga Building.
So many floors, so
many great study spots,
the vibes are just immaculate.
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We're here at Warren Towers,
use most popular underclassmen
housing spot on campus,
it's been around for decades.
It's in central campus, so
it's a super convenient and
easy walk to basically anywhere on
campus and classes.
We don't have time for an in-depth
dorm tour, but we actually do have
one up on our YouTube channel, so
go check it out.
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Behind me we have the whitestones,
which is more on-campus BU housing,
their apartment style.
Just a couple steps away we have
the BUild Lab,
which is home to innovate at BU.
It's a great place where students
can foster their entrepreneurial
spirit or
build their networking skills.
Down the street here we have EPIC
which stands for the Engineering
Products and Innovation Centre.
Here you can find engineering
classrooms, labs, and
we also have a machine shop, which
students can build prototypes for
classes or research.
Fun fact anyone's allowed in as
long as you get training provided
by EPIC staff
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So we're here at Marsh Plaza,
this is what most BU students refer
to as the center of campus.
Behind us we have the Chapel, on
either side of the Chapel here is
College of Arts and Sciences, also
known as CAS, and then on this side
we have the School of Theology.
The College of Arts and Sciences is
a very common building to have your
prerequisite classes in and
your gen eds in.
It's also really common building to
have club meetings in,
because it's easy reserved rooms.
And in the basement there's
a hidden bagel shop,
where you can get a bagel or
coffee before your next class
if you're feeling kind of hungry.
Then across from CAS behind me is
a School of Theology, it's pretty
self explanatory you can do.
>> Stop, stop, stop.
>> My gosh, I almost stepped on
the seal.
We're at the George Sherman Union,
aka the GSU.
This is the hub spot on campus for
students to stop in and
talk to their friends, or
grab a bite to eat at Starbucks,
Basho, Panda Express, and
more restaurants in there.
If you want a quieter spot,
definitely try out Mugar,
it's the library right next door.
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So now we're in West Campus,
just right across the BU Bridge.
Behind me we have
the Howard Thurman Center for
Common Ground and to the left of us
is the Booth Theater.
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Further down the sidewalk you'll
find the College of Fine Arts and
then right next door,
the College of General Studies and
a little bit further down
Student Health Services.
Then across the street,
there's a bunch of retail shops and
restaurants.
Say for example, you wanna grab
a cup of coffee with a friend or
smoothie you can go to Life Alive
or Starbucks or
if you need to run some errands or
pick up a package, you can go to
Amazon and we also have a target.
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We're next to FitRec and
Agganis Arena, so our FitRec,
stands for Fitness and
Recreation Center,
which is basically our student gym.
And then over here we have, again,
Agganis Arena,
which is our ice hockey arena.
We are a huge hockey school, but
besides operating as an ice hockey
rink, we also do concerts here and
if you're in
the school hospitality,
it's right across the street.
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Most BU students consider
West Campus to have more of
a traditional college vibe to it.
We have a number of dormitories and
residences.
We have StuVi one, StuVi two, and
the West Campus dorms,
which all surround Nickerson Field
in sort of a bubble.
I've chosen to live in West Campus
for the majority of my college
experience because of the social
environment.
And although it is a bit far from
classes, I do love that degree
of separation between classes and
what I call home.
Guys, sadly this campus tour has
come to an end but
the fun does not stop here.
There are so
many more exciting things to do
just outside these campus.
For example,
you could take the green line from
here all the way to its last stop,
which is Boston College, but
why would you wanna do that when
you can be you at BU?
[SOUND] All right,
that's my cue to go