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The Werner Herzog Attack Wing of Bostonist.com has been breathlessly awaiting the Boston release of Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans, Herzog's not-remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 classic. Darryl Strawberry doesn't show up in this newer version, we don't think, but Nic Cage, Mr. Dinosaur Skull does, which might even be better.

• Boston University set aside rooms for students exhibiting flu-like symptoms. Students are discussing the policy's strengths and weaknesses. [B.U. Daily Free Press]

• Consider this: Could fears about the swine flu be more disruptive than the actual flu outbreak? [Yahoo!News.com]

Tom™5's photo has a play on perspective that initially makes it appear to be two separate images blended together. The strong curves of the left half of the frame intermingle like vines, while the right half of the frame is dominated by the lighted tower.

Joel Tenenbaum, a Boston University grad student from Providence, is accused of illegally downloading and distributing thousands of songs in a civil lawsuit filed by the recording industry. The recording industry alleges Tenenbaum downloaded more than 800 songs on the Kazaa file sharing Web site. The suit is only focusing the suit on 30 songs. He expects to lose, and if he does, could be fined up to $4.5 million. His lawyer, Harvard law professor Charles Nesson, said that possible fine is "crazy". Tenenbaum, 25, has a websiteexplaining his perspective. Check out this ComputerWorld blog for more details.

A piece of concrete the size of a basketball broke off the facade of the Barnes and Noble bookstore at Boston University and fell to the ground at around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. No one was injured and there isn't any structural damage. This the second such incident in Boston in less than two weeks. On July 13, the facade of a Huntington Ave building on Northeastern's campus collapsed.

Self-important Boston University students didn't think representative Mike Capuano was important enough to speak at their graduation, apparently inspiring instead for someone like Smokey Robinson or Michelle Obama (who was won over by earnest efforts, not empty complaints, from students). Yesterday, though, Capuano apparently impressed the BU students who'd never heard of him. Proving that you don't need to be on a magazine or CD cover to be important, Capuano sent a message that work, not fame, is what matters. It might have been a surprise to BU students, but it's no surprise to students of life.

-- Passive aggressive notes from BC are "great practice for when you are living alone or with your husband." [Passive Aggressive Notes]

Hundreds of BU students were displaced last night following a tragic oil spill in the Miles Standish Student Preserve. Rescue crews were dispatched to the area immediately in order to rescue as many students as possible, with volunteers scrubbing oil-soaked students in makeshift baths hurriedly constructed on Comm Ave.

The Celtics throttled the Oklahoma City Thunder (we had to look them up, too) last night, 103-84, but not before Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant split Glen Davis's head open during a third quarter scrum for a rebound. Big Baby, whose head needed 10 stitches, ended the game with his second consecutive double-double (19 points, 10 rebounds). It's an auspicious streak for a man who is starting in place of Kevin Garnett.

        

The Hockey East final was a great game to conclude two very good weeks of hockey. The Terriers of BU took home their seventh Hockey East championship by defeating the UMASS Lowell River Hawks. Kieran Millan posted 32 saves and was named tournament MVP en route to a 1-0 shutout, the 3rd in Hockey East finals history.

         

It was a terrific night of hockey at the TD Banknorth Garden on Friday as 4 area teams took the ice for the Hockey East semi-finals. UMASS Lowell squared off against Northeastern in game 1, and Boston College took on Boston University for the second game. The players were clearly excited to play in front of the big crowds at the Garden, and the fans were loud and proud and did not disappoint.

           

Welcome to Collegitate Matchup, a new feature on Bostonist. We'll be bringing you the big games from our local universities every week and we certainly decided on a great weekend to start. On Friday night, we caught some men’s ice hockey, as the #1 ranked Terriers of BU took on the #4/5 ranked Huskies of Northeastern at Agganis arena.

       

While Bostonist already passed on 200th birthday wishes to Charles Darwin, it didn’t seem quite right to end it there. So we decided to peruse some of the Darwin Day fare offered up by this uniquely scientific city. We think ol’ Chuck would’ve been pleased with the diversity of the events we managed to find. After all, if there is no variety within a population, natural selection can’t really lead to speciation…oh, never mind.

Lost triumphantly returned to television this week, turning even the most composed fans into shuddering masses of confused jelly. Questions abound—is Locke really dead? Who wants Aaron and why is he so important? Can Sawyer not wear a shirt for the rest of the season, please? It would be easy to write off work or school and just re-watch the show from the beginning, hopelessly taking notes and trying not to freak out over polar bear sightings. This, however, would be a mistake. Instead of wasting time on the black hole that is Lost fandom, why not try another J.J. Abrams show, Fringe?

We start with the research of BU computer engineer Thomas Little, who is currently working on transmitting wireless internet through room lighting. Using LED’s from a flashlight and a router, Little has already developed a prototype of his system, which has received interest from several communications firms, and may be available for purchase in a year or two.

Every week, Boston Viral Video brings you the choicest slices of Grade-A YouTube.

You might've seen ads for Ennio's show around the internet (and even right here on Bostonist). We weren't sure what to make of the bright colors and crazy costumes featured in the ads, so we thought we'd check out the show for ourselves. After spending the first few minutes of last night's show in utter bewilderment, we warmed up to Ennio and his odd combination of paper costumes with energetic lip synching.

Every week, Bostonist dispatches its internet spiders to canvas the interwebs, bringing you the juiciest morsels in Boston-based viral video.

--Police put out a BOLO ("Be on the lookout") for a recent immigrant from Haiti who speaks no English and who has been missing since Wednesday. His name is Roc Sanon, he is 43 years old, and his photo is to the left. [BPD News]

--A student from Hingham died early this morning after "he apparently jumped out the 17th-floor window of a dormitory" at UMass-Amherst. [Boston Globe, tip board]

--The Commonwealth's fire marshall says that arson caused a fire that took out five businesses Tuesday in Northborough. 70 firefighters were needed to put down the flames. A five and dime that had been in operation for 50-plus years was among the casulties, which also included "an appliance store, a jeweler, a market and a bead shop." [Boston Herald]

Update: The BU Free Press has a piece today entitled "Frat Brothers Try to Dispel Myths." Although we were expecting them to say they actually trash Radissons, not Days Inns, some of the nicer fraternity brothers explained that a few of them engage in philanthropy.

--St. Patrick's Day, of course! Platinum Elite has wonderful photos and commentary from the parade. We were particularly enamored of the Elvis sighting. [Platinum Elite]

--As if it couldn't get any worse for the MBTA. Hackers have been playing with the Charlie Card. [Boston Herald]

Console yourselves, people. Go out tonight.

South End residents who are bracing for the opening of the BU Biolab, where scary germs like ebola will be studied, have a reprieve. The "National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories" was supposed to open in the fall, but the National Institutes of Health has declared that its review won't be finished until "on or before" April 2009, the Globe reports.

--A Brazilian doctor pled guilty today of manslaughter after allegedly killing a woman in a botched liposuction surgery that took place in a Framingham house in 2006. However, the judge has rejected the guilty plea. [WBZ]

--A man walking on a pond in Weymouth on Sunday fell in and was rescued before freezing to death. Neighbors heard his screams and called for help. The footage of the rescue was so dramatic that it's been making the rounds on CNN. [WCVB]

A recent piece of the Boston University police blotter reads like a lost, possibly porny, chapter of the fairy tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears":