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BU’s John Silber Did Not Support Free Speech on His Campus

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 14, 2023 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Boston University student anti-apartheid protestors in 1986. Photo of 2010 scan of a page from the April 30, 1986 edition of the Daily Free Press by Jason Pramas. Original Daily Free Press photo by Paul Callard.

And I know that because his Boston University administration expelled me for participating in nonviolent student anti-apartheid protests in 1986

Recently, CommonWealth Magazine published an opinion piece by Rachel Silber Devlin, the daughter of former Boston University Chancellor John Silber, who published a book about her father last year and is giving a talk about him at BU today.

Her article paints a picture ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anti-apartheid movement, apartheid, Apparent Horizon, boston university, college, Column, Constitution, criticism, Divestment, free speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, Jason Pramas, John Silber, justice, Protest, Rachel Silber Devlin, south africa, student

State Wire: Mass Advocates Of Higher Ed Set Goals For Fair Share Revenue

Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Posted January 25, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"This new funding revenue hopefully gives us the chance to be innovative and think outside the box."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: college, Fair Share amendment, news

State Wire: Early College Gives HS Students Head Start On Degrees

Written by LILY BOHLKE Posted July 5, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"When you have both high school teachers and college instructors supporting students, they get double encouragement"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: college, news, news to us

State Wire: Increased Student Fees To Pay Off Mass Campus Debt Raise Alarm

Written by LILY BOHLKE Posted April 21, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"It's more so up to the state to step in and help with the unbelievable amount of debt that state colleges are in."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, college, debt, news, UMass, universities

BILL O’REILLY ALMA MATER FOOTS BILL TO SECURE SPEECH BY GUY WHO DENIES SLAVERY’S LASTING IMPACT

Written by CARINA IMBORNONE Posted November 20, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"BU is not designed for us, and this BU does not belong to us just as our bodies and our minds do not and have not belonged to us since our rights as human beings were stripped away in the wake of slavery."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ben Shapiro, boston university, BU, campus, college, demonstration, MAGA, Protest, slavery, Trump

EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SEEKS ADS FROM COLLEGES & COMMUNITY BANKS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

 

Have a connection for us? Drop us a line.

 

Regular readers will recall that my DigBoston colleagues, Chris Faraone and John Loftus, and I love to pull back the curtain on our operations now and again to give our ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: advertising, co-operative bank, college, colleges, community bank, credit union, DigBoston, editorial, higher education, Jason Pramas, universities, university

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR PROFS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR THE NEW COLLEGE STUDENT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 12, 2018 Filed Under: Guide, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

So you’re a first-year undergraduate. You’re in college to cram your head full of knowledge, true. But you’re also there to build your personal network. Because the friends and allies you make while taking courses could very well stay with you for your whole ...  read more

Filed Under: Guide, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: article, Back to School, college, guide, how-to, Jason Pramas, management, professor, psychology, relationship, student

JOINT PERSPECTIVE: DECADE BEFORE DABS

Written by MARCUS JOHNSON-SMITH Posted April 18, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE

A snapshot of what weed is like today on Boston campuses

Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Boston, cannabis, college, Joint Perspective, kush groove, Marcus Johnson-Smith, Marijuana, Northeastern University, weed on campus

UNDERLING: CHECKING IN WITH THE GROUND-FLOOR REVAMP TO FIRE + ICE

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted May 29, 2015 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

A round of drinks and food won’t completely break the bank here, either

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: after work, Back Bay, BBQ, cocktails, college, fire and ice, fishbowl, herbs, lava stones, mongolian, muddled, table, tacos, tourist, underfire, young crowd

SECRET ASIAN MAN: TAX TRACKER

Written by TAK TOYOSHIMA Posted February 1, 2015 Filed Under: Comics

For all those who argue that their tax dollars are paying for stuff they don't want to pay for

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: bomb, college, community, cystic fibrosis, dollars, Secret Asian Man, tax, Tax Tracker, taxes

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