Archive for ‘October, 2007’

State groups look to DREAM

Though the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007 – which would have allowed the children of illegal immigrants a fast track to citizenship if they joined the U.S. military – died on the U.S. Senate floor last week, Massachusetts lawmakers and immigrants’ rights organizations say they will keep the fight to revive it alive.

Abortion protesters might be pushed back

Protesters canvassing the front doors of abortion clinics and reproductive health facilities in Boston — including the Planned Parenthood on Commonwealth Avenue — could be pushed back twice the allowed distance if a bill going through the state Senate passes.

Students throw up hail mary for BU football

Ten years after Boston University sacked its football program, Aaron Horvitz, a freshman, says he cannot stomach the idea of settling for cheering on Boston College’s team.

Dental school assoc. dean will hold interim spot

The Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine yesterday announced a senior associate dean will temporarily fill the top spot vacated by longtime dean Spencer Frankl, who died Oct. 20 after battling cancer.

CAS senior finds a cause in making art

A painted tree set against a dark blue sky sits atop a tangle of skulls and roots, symbolizing the tree of life. The painter hopes it will inspire an end to violence between Israelis and Palestinians.