Red Sox fans everywhere enjoyed Friday's resounding win over the bad guys. Fans who parked in Brookline along Beacon Street possibly didn't like paying $22 to park. The federal government is open! A last minute deal cut $38.5 billion in spending and stopped a government shutdown. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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The Governor's Council approved our new Parole Board members. UMass Amherst's Faculty Senate votes next week on a measure to make the campus smoke free in 2013. Five Parole Board members resigned in January after a paroled felon killed Woburn police officer Jack Maguire. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Hosni Mubarak reportedly left Egypt entirely for the United Arab Emirates. The bus crash involving UMass Amherst students on a ski trip in December was likely caused by a malfunction in the driver's pacemaker. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
It's going to be very cold this week and that means the snow is going nowhere. Except in Marblehead. Their snow is going into the ocean. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Paramount rocked its return and so did Coco. We'll remember the TARDIS.
Universities in Massachusetts are making news.
The Boston Globe recently described University of Massachusetts-Amherst as a place stuck between what it is and what it wants to be. Resources are limited, facilities are lacking, and home grown students are going to exotic places like Connecticut for the education the Amherst campus can't provide.
According to the Boston Globe, UMass Amherst wants to become a "public Ivy" along with institutions like Michigan, Virginia, and Cal-Berkely. If you are Robert Holub, chancellor of the Amherst campus, the news that the new academic year begins with an attempt to make the largest sushi roll - 400 feet long - in the world can't be a good sign.
- Ted Kennedy's FBI was made public some 10 months after his death. The file includes over 40 years worth of death threats directed at him. [CNN]
- The John Hancock Tower is for sale, again, just 15 months after the current owners bought it at a foreclosure auction. [Boston Globe]
- Cannoli wars; Who ya got? Mike's Pastry or Modern Pastry? [TheSpottedDuck.com]
UMass-Amherst is lamenting the presence of that pesky "-Amherst" in its name. As Massachusetts' preeminent state school attempts to grow in prestige, the university feels the qualifier takes away from its importance. Having lived in places where Wisconsin and Texas mean only one thing when it comes to higher ed, this Bostonist can understand this dilemma. The UMass alumni association has a catchy slogan--"You were. You are. UMASS."--but we think that a pair of prestigious alumni have offered an even better solution in the form of a certain song. Still, we won't exactly be surprised if the university doesn't start singing that tune.
--Boston University police have released a sketch (left) of a suspect in the robbery of a law student--"one of several recent attacks on young women near the BU campus." [Boston Herald]
--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]
A tipper left notice yesterday that another Massachusetts college campus found "threatening notes" in the school bathrooms. After notes appeared at Bridgewater State and Framingham State, a janitor found notes in UMass-Amherst bathrooms.
-- Four Salem High School students have pleaded not guilty to charges that they raped a teen girl in a Lynn home late Friday night. The four boys, three 17 year-olds and one 18 year-old, were arraigned Tuesday on charges of aggravated rape. The alleged victim reported the incident to police Saturday morning. [Globe; Herald]
The spring semester is just underway. The student population has brought back an influx of students into Boston and across the Commonwealth. But a student, Brian Marquis, at UMass Amherst won't let the fall semester go. He's holding on and disputing a grade he received. He's exchanged the emails with the TA, talked to various higher-ups in the department, and taken it to the next step. He's filed grievance in the courts – fifteen counts...
While we don’t long for the days of having a required summer reading list, Bostonist has been feeling a bit inspired to pick up a book and actually start reading something not on a computer screen. Since we’re going to be “vacationing” in the city this year, we might as well read some books that are set here in our fair state. Here are some of our Bostonist staff picks for your reading enjoyment. History...
After a weekend of green, beer, and basketball, Bostonist is drained. It all started for us 10 years ago when our Western Mass. roots were honored as UMass Amherst team went to the Final Four with Coach Cal. and Marcus Camby (who later cost the Final Four standing for “improper gifts” – jewelry and prostitutes). Since then we’ve faithfully filed out our brackets each season. Sometimes we pick the underdogs for an upset and sometimes we glean knowledge from those who have followed entire season. We usually only catch a dozen or so games before the Madness begins. This year seems to be a particularly bad year for our bracket. It’s not any consolation that Dick Vitale is sitting in our boat for the Final Four selections.
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