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generation. BU's president, Robert Brown, said the tower will allow the entirety of the 80% of 16,000 undergrads who want to live on campus to be able to do so. Because the school guarantees on-campus housing, freshmen were often shunted into nearby hotels, a practice long criticized by the student newspaper. Brown also said it assuages
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ran a cover-page article about it, describing it as "perhaps the most opulent residence hall to ever grace the local college landscape." The student residences and others like it have created somewhat of a controversy, with detractors saying it represents a step further of coddling the younger
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Plans were made for an additional residence located between the student residences at 33 Harry Agganis Way and 10 Buick Street. The project, known as Student Village III (StuVi3 or StuViii), are currently on hold as a result of the
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The student residences at 10 Buick Street (often abbreviated to "StuVi" by students) opened to juniors and seniors in the fall of 2000. 10 Buick Street houses 817 residents in apartment-style living. In 2002,
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A 26 and 19-story dorm tower which houses 960 students was finished in late 2009 (often abbreviated "StuVi2" or "StuVii" by students).
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and the start of construction. The John Hancock Student Village was designed with the intention of fostering
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in the foreground and Boston in the background, before the construction of StuVii.
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In March 2005 the final element of phase II of the Student Village complex, the
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on the right are dwarfed by the 26-story tower, one of three in StuVi.
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announced its sponsorship of the multimillion-dollar project. The
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games in January 2005. The 7,200-seat arena replaced the smaller
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games and has also been used for concerts, shows, and events.
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relations with local Allston residents in response to
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courts, a competition pool, a recreational pool, two
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