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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

Yale Vermilion Theater: Bridging Cultures and Breaking Boundaries

Written by ARTEMIS HUANG Posted August 25, 2022 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Scene from “Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land.” Photo courtesy of Yale Vermilion Theater.

The first bilingual production of an iconic Chinese play to be staged in Cambridge this weekend

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: bilingual, Cambridge, china, Chinese, English, Massachusetts, play, student, theater

BU Vows to Protect Reproductive Healthcare

Written by ARTEMIS HUANG Posted June 27, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Boston University. Photographed by Janice Checchio for Boston University Photography. Used with permission.

Pres. Robert Brown expresses “profound disappointment” with Roe nullification

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: abortion, Health, reproductive healthcare, Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS, student, university, Women

OPINION: UMASS BOSTON COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS BY CLASS OF 2022 JFK AWARD WINNER

Written by MG XIONG Posted June 6, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

MG Xiong. Photo by Lee-Daniel Tran.

“We cannot capitalize off of our diversity while the individuals that make us diverse are fettered by debt.”

Welcome and nyob zoo*, fellow graduates of UMass Boston’s Class of 2022. Welcome and thank you, friends, family, faculty, staff, and community members for joining us today on this momentous occasion. As a first-generation ...  read more

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, commencement, graduation, higher education, JFK Award, Massachusetts, speech, student, UMASS-Boston

Ukrainian NU Student Helps Family and Country From Afar

Written by MARENA MOSHER Posted April 8, 2022 Filed Under: Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Helping her family and her country from afar

Filed Under: Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Interview, Massachusetts, Peace, Protest, Russia, student, Ukraine, usa, war

HOPING FOR A ‘HOT SPRING’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 21, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Hoping for a Hot Spring." Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

If we want to live in a democracy, we all have to take to the streets … and stay there

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: abortion, anti-racism, Apparent Horizon, Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston, Column, contingent work, coronavirus, COVID19, debt, Democracy, Democratic Party, DoorDash, evangelical, gig work, Healthcare, Instacart, Jason Pramas, loan, Lyft, Massachusetts, Medicare for All, middle class, military, Peace, Politics, President Joe Biden, Protest, public health, racism, Republican Party, Russia, student, Uber, Ukraine, United States, voting rights, war, Women, worker, working class

SOME SUBVERSIVE IDEOLOGIES NOT MENTIONED IN NH’S ORWELLIAN ‘TEACHER LOYALTY’ BILL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 7, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Head 3," CC-BY Son of Groucho. Photo of a statue in honor of assassinated Turkish investigative journalist Uğur Mumcu.

(Jackboots and torture and slaughter, oh my!)

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, children, Column, communism, Democracy, education, fascism, fascist, free speech, free thought, freedom, government, Jason Pramas, legislature, Libertarian, liberty, Marxism, nazism, New Hampshire, parents, public, racism, racist, Republican, socialism, student, teacher, white supremacy

MA SCHOOLS NEED FREE HIGH-QUALITY MASKS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 6, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"3M N95 Particulate Respirator.JPG" by Banej is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

And the federal government should start providing them for all US residents ASAP

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Cambridge, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, faculty, Family, FFP2, Health, Jason Pramas, KF94, KN95, MA, mask, Mass, Massachusetts, N95, pandemic, policy, public health, school, staff, student, teacher, usa

FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE COULD HELP EQUITABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY

Written by LILY BOHLKE Posted May 3, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

How investing in local institutions could benefit students and employers.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: community college, economy, education, student

COLLEGE STUDENTS WRESTLE WITH ADMIN OVER PANDEMIC SPRING BREAK

Written by MARYCATHERINE NEAL Posted March 22, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“What is leading to some of the stress is the fact that not only is school stressful, but you have all these extra hoops to jump through and there’s no end in sight.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: administration, emerson college, student

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