Archive for ‘November, 2011’

CSC, SHS raise awareness of STD prevention as part of World AIDS week

In light of World AIDS Day on Thursday, the Community Service Center has offered testing and other activities meant to raise awareness about AIDS prevention, officials said. Project Hope manager Maria Gutierrez said that AIDS does not seem to be a prevalent issue in students’ minds today because Boston seems to have AIDS “under control,” [...]

Students think outside the box to cover tuition costs

To compensate for the high cost of tuition looming over families’ heads, college students have found alternative ways to pay for their education. One extreme example is that of Metropolitan College graduate student Felipe Yahir Flores, who supplemented his Boston University tuition by joining the military. “I didn’t want to be a burden on my [...]

DiMasi claims to maintain innocence despite prison sentence

Although former House speaker Salvatore DiMasi is headed to federal prison on Wednesday, he said that he maintains innocence in the charges made against him and has held high standards during his 30 years in office. “While there will be time to dwell on specifics in the months and years to come, I think it [...]

Planned Mass. Ave. bike lane gets mixed reaction

Navigating the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue from Boylston Street to Symphony Hall can be quite the task for city cyclists like Bud Durand, something the general manager of Cambridge Bicycle learned the hard way. “It’s a very narrow and dangerous section of Mass. Ave., and the bike path will make that section a lot safer,” [...]

Davey looks to use new mantra to change MBTA

With a projected $161 million deficit for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in 2012, Massachusetts Department of Transportation Secretary and CEO Richard Davey said he seeks to change the organization’s direction. “I have a new mantra that I am spreading throughout MassDOT,” Davey said in an email. “I have even had it printed on buttons: [...]