Red Carpet Premieres and Giveaways

Boston isn't exactly Hollywood but it might as well be when it comes to being a college student. My roommate and I went to Collegefest at the Hynes Convention Center. All you need is a few bucks (or a free ticket!) and a college ID and you are throw into a world of free giveaways, pushy company reps, and total chaos. It's a two day event but we were lined up when it opened to secure our "free t-shirt" loot. They go the fastest, so you'd better get there early!

We visited tons of booths from local start-ups to national chains. Each wanted to fill our bags with flyers, coupons, and freebies all in exchange for one thing: our email. Booths have gotten smarter about the fake emails and started using...FACEBOOK! You have to "Like" the page via cell phone, text message, or on their computers. So basically-- I'm spamming myself and telling my facebook friends that I think it's cool. But out of all of the spam, I got 2 free t-shirts, tons of free drinks (healthy energy drinks), free candy, free pens, and free movie passes to see "The Social Network" for that evening. Oh, and I signed up to win 5 iPads!

The best was the pass to the free screening of the "The Social Network", in theaters Oct. 1st. The storyline follows the creator of Facebook from one night in his dorm at Harvard to the monstrous business that it is now. The movie had a ton of Boston landmarks, a few snide comments about BU, and a lot of local charm. It was amazing to see the inner working of Harvard students, they really recruit some genius students. After the film there was a Q&A with the screen writer, Aaron Sorkin and actor, Armie Hammer. Aaron said that the story was un-embellished but a collection of 4 versions of the story. Marc Zuckerberg was/is involved in 2 major lawsuits about Facebook, so this film taps into all of the sides. The film was really interesting and amazing to see Facebook from the other side of the screen. It was a little freaky though-- and I didn't sign on for about a day after (which in college time is really long). I'd definitely recommend it, but don't believe the BU diss-- we're wonderful.

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