Archive for ‘April, 2011’

Report: Couric says she will speak at BU commencement

She may be leaving her role as CBS Evening News anchor in June, but Katie Couric has reportedly said that she will first be headed to Boston University in May to speak at commencement. News of Couric’s BU plans was first reported on April 20 by Tuft University’s student newspaper, The Tufts Daily, in an [...]

Patrick pick for Supreme Judicial Court faces confirmation hearing

Judge Barbara Lenk’s confirmation hearing for her appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court lasted more than eight hours as the Governor’s Council heard testimony for and against her appointment on Wednesday. If confirmed, Lenk would be the first openly homosexual member of the highest court of Massachusetts. However, most of the councilors said that [...]

City crime logs

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from April 21 to April 26, 2011. Tuesday morning at about 8:45 a.m., an officer who had been monitoring the Great Hall area of Dorchester for prostitution was approached by a woman who entered the officer’s unmarked vehicle. After getting in the [...]

Writing class treated to ‘Colbert Report’ taping

This week, one lucky Boston University freshman writing class went on the field trip of a lifetime when College of Arts and Sciences Professor Michael Rodriguez took his class to New York City to a taping of “The Colbert Report.” Members of Rodriguez’s class, entitled “The Colbert Report: American Satire,” ventured to the Big Apple [...]

Producing plays is a malleable process, speaker says

About 40 Boston University staff and faculty members gathered in the Playwrights’ Theatre on Wednesday to listen to stories and advice from Kate Snodgrass, the artistic director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. Snodgrass also co-founded and directs the Boston Theater Marathon and runs BU’s Master of Fine Arts Playwriting Program. Natalie McCracken of BU’s Women’s Guild [...]