Baseball fans see improvements to Fenway Park menus this year
Baseball fans that attended the Boston Red Sox’s opening day Friday had a host of new healthy foods available to them as one of several improvements made to Fenway Park for the 2014 baseball season, but many attendants said they prefer “classic” ballpark snacks. The Red Sox announced its menus would be expanded to offer items such […]
BU IT fixes glitches in SG voting system
A glitch in the online voting system for the Spring 2014 Boston University Student Government Executive Board Elections prevented an unidentifiable number of students from casting their votes until the issue was resolved on Wednesday afternoon, leaving members of both competing SG slates concerned about losing student participation in the process. The error, which has […]
BUPD, BPD clear Boston University buildings of bomb threats
A Boston University administrative office building received a telephoned bomb threat Thursday at 10:19 a.m., officials at the BU Police Department and Boston Police Department said. “An employee from BU received the phone call at a school building along Commonwealth Avenue,” said BUPD Captain Robert Molloy. “The threat was for a specific department and involved […]
Safety at 2014 Boston Marathon among topics of conversation at SG town hall meeting
Prominent members of the Boston University administration and BU Police Department met with BU Student Government Wednesday to allow students to voice concerns about campus safety, crime prevention and the upcoming Boston Marathon at a town hall meeting. “There’s going to be a larger police presence no matter where you’re watching from,” said BUPD Chief […]
Prescribe-a-Bike discounts Hubway membership to fight obesity
To fight obesity and other health problems, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has teamed up with Boston Medical Center to head the Prescribe-a-Bike initiative, which gives healthcare providers the ability to prescribe their patients a special discounted membership to Hubway. Prescribe-a-Bike aims to save individuals money by granting them $5 Hubway memberships, which are usually $85 […]
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