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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WOULD STRUGGLE UNDER PROPOSED DHS RULES

Written by WENJING DING AND HONGYU LIU Posted December 12, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Orwellian runaround

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Boston, DHS, emerson college, Homeland Security, international, Joe Biden, justice, Massachusetts, Protest, student, tufts university, visa

CLOSE ALL THE SCHOOLS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 24, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Illustration by Scott Brundage

Act today to prevent a coronavirus explosion

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, children, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, education, Health, Jason Pramas, labor, mask, Massachusetts, parents, reopen, safety, student, teacher, union

HARVARD AND MIT MUST HELP THEIR WORKERS AND AREA HOMELESS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 22, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

Institutions with more wealth than many nations have no excuse for inaction during a pandemic

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Cambridge, Column, contractor, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, economy, employee, endowment, Harvard University, higher education, Homeless, Jason Pramas, L. Rafael Reif, labor, Larry Bacow, layoff, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, news analysis, pandemic, power, public, Shelter, slider, student, wealth, worker

UNIVERSITIES MUST SEVER TIES WITH SAUDIS AND UAE

Written by CHANCE CHARLEY Posted February 28, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, boston university, MIT, Northeastern University, Peace, Protest, Raytheon, Saudi Arabia, student, UAE, United Arab Emirates, United States, war, weapons, Yemen

FAIR HOUSING WHACKED: TUFTS STUDENTS FIGHT ADMIN PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH “CLASSIST” DORM SYSTEM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 5, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

More than 200 Tufts University students, faculty, and allies from surrounding communities held a march and demonstration last week to protest a new campus housing policy, according to the  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, development, dorm, gentrification, government, higher education, Housing, Jason Pramas, news, Politics, pricing, private, Protest, public, Real Estate, student, tufts

EDITORIAL: A NOTE TO BOSTON-AREA JOURNALISM STUDENTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 17, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

 

Let’s talk

 

So you’re a journalism student. This is a tough time to do what you’re doing. No question. According to Data USA, American ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Boston, DigBoston, editorial, intern, internship, Jason Pramas, Journalism, media, news, student

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

NOT JUST AN EDUCATION, A COMMUNITY

Written by JUAN PABLO BLANCO Posted December 6, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

UMASS student testimony

 

Student testimony to the Nov 29, 2017 UMass Board of Trustees meeting

 

Madelin Walker

Good morning President Meehan, Chairman Manning, and members of the board. I’d like to thank you for letting me speak to you today on behalf of UMass Boston. My name is Maddi Walker and I’m a sophomore at UMB. I have a history of service ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: austerity, board of trustees, budget, cut, labor, layoff, Op-Ed, student, testimony, UMASS-Boston, union, worker

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