EDIT: Spare the Spanish program
State officials are looking to scrap a dual language program that emphasizes making students fluent in both Spanish and English at Dever Elementary School in Dorchester, one of the most diverse towns in the Boston area. According to a state report from this year about the Dever School, the overemphasis on Spanish has played a […]
EDIT: Salute instead of disrobing
The Kappa Sigma fraternity at MIT has created a charity event called the “Nearly Naked Nearly Mile” in honor of Officer Sean Collier, the MIT police officer who was allegedly killed last year by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. This charity event in which fraternity boys, among others, will run a “nearly mile” will take […]
RUTH: You’re not my type
Whenever I type, Cambria is my font of choice. It’s not the sturdy appearance of the letters that makes me swoon — but the fact that my eyes can actually read it without me hunching over at my desk with my face two inches away from the screen. A slight exaggeration, but you get the […]
MAHDI: Every vote counts?
In the Central African Republic, the site of a former village can sometimes be determined by an influx of mango tree clusters, with unpicked fruits on the ground. Tim Whewell described these groups of trees, the fruit ripening and falling to the ground, inhabiting a land of forgotten people with an intoxicating scent in a […]
EDIT: BUPD’s Delay was reasonable
The Boston University Police Department received a bomb threat in the admissions building from an unidentified individual on Thursday. This call came in between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., and BUPD officials cleared the scene by 11:50 a.m. To ensure the safety of the students and residents in the area, in the span of an […]
