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The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include multiple intoxicated parties, destruction of property and trespassing.

Campus Crime Logs: April 20-23

By Alina Fairlie April 28, 2025
This weeks crime logs include multiple reports of trespassing, theft and assualt and battery
Cambridge brothel bust: a fight for anonymity, city councilor implicated

Cambridge brothel bust: a fight for anonymity, city councilor implicated

By Liam Dunne, Associate City Editor April 25, 2025
The “booker” of a network of brothels operating out of Massachusetts and Virginia was sentenced April 18 to a year in prison and another year of supervised release, as well as fined $200,000 in a Boston federal court.
A letter by the American Association of Colleges and Universities speaking out against “unprecedented government outreach.” Boston University President Melissa Gilliam joined more than 400 other college presidents and leaders in co-signing the letter.

BU President Melissa Gilliam co-signs letter opposing ‘undue government intrusion’ in higher education

By Kayla Baltazar, Managing Co-Editor April 24, 2025
Boston University President Melissa Gilliam joined more than 400 other college presidents and leaders in co-signing a letter speaking out against “unprecedented government outreach.”
International Student Advisor Chris Moca at Marsh Plaza. Boston University’s chapter of Hillel honored Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, Thursday by reading the names of Holocaust victims.

BU Hillel honors Holocaust victims in ‘Reading of the Names’ at Marsh Plaza

By Adah Kaplan April 24, 2025
BU Hillel honored Holocaust Remembrance Day by reading the names of the Holocaust victims.
Lynn residents and local workers at Lynn Common Wednesday. They held a walkout to protest the Trump administration’s threat to cut billions of federal funding to Medicaid.

‘Hands off Medicaid’: Protesters rally against proposed Medicaid cuts in Lynn Common

By Charlie Johnson April 24, 2025
Lynn residents and local workers held a walkout at Lynn Common Wednesday protesting the Trump administration’s threat to cut billions of federal funding to Medicaid.
Gov. Maura Healey at Mayor Michelle Wu’s 2025 State of City Address at MGM Music Hall. Healey announced April 16 that 15 public community colleges across Massachusetts will receive a $9.7 million award to expand workforce training in critical health care professions.

Fifteen Mass. community colleges receive $9.7 million to boost health care training

By Amil Coutinho Amado April 24, 2025
Gov. Maura Healey announced April 16 that 15 public community colleges across Massachusetts will receive a grant totaling $9.7 million to expand workforce training in critical health care professions.
Email about the Class of 2025 Leadership Reception. Boston University Moot Court Organization opted not to present at the Student Leaders Dinner held by the Office of the President April 7 after it was informed it had to remove two slides from its presentation by the Dean of Students’ office.

‘Not the appropriate time or place’: DOS calls for BU Moot Court to alter Student Leaders Dinner presentation, removing sanctuary campus requests, feedback for SAO

By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor April 23, 2025
BU Moot court elected not to present at the Student Leader Dinner after being asked to alter their presentation
Boston Police cars and cordoned-off area around Glenville Avenue Street in Allston. Boston Police officers are investigating a homicide in the Allston neighborhood and currently have one suspect in custody, said Officer Mark Marron of the BPD.

Homicide investigation in Allston, one suspect in custody

By Truman Dickerson, City Co-Editor April 21, 2025
Boston Police officers are investigating a homicide in the Allston neighborhood and currently have one suspect in custody, said BPD Officer Mark Marron. 
Earloop Masks at City Convenience in the George Sherman Union. The Brandeis Jewish Bund, an anti-Zionist group composed of Jewish students, held a pro-Palestine protest on campus April 4.

Brandeis bans face masks in response to pro-Palestine protest on campus

By Isabelle Zhang April 18, 2025
Following a pro-Palestine protest organized by the Brandeis Jewish Bund April 4, Brandeis University banned the use of face coverings on campus outside of medical or religious purposes.
A letter from the Democratic Town Committees to the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation. 44 Democratic town and ward committees across Massachusetts signed this letter April 9 calling on party leaders to take stronger action against the Trump administration’s agenda.

Mass. Democratic Committees urge party to oppose Trump’s agenda in open letter

By Liam Dunne, Associate City Editor April 17, 2025
44 Democratic town and ward committees across Massachusetts signed an open letter April 9 calling on party leaders to take stronger action against the Trump administration’s agenda.
Nathan Philips, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Earth and Environment. The professor held an individual demonstration at Marsh Plaza Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post Tuesday threatening the expulsion or imprisonment of university community members who commit “illegal protests.” PHOTO BY PHOEBE MILLER

BREAKING: Professor commences hunger strike for Rumeysa Öztürk after conflicts with BU signage policy

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief April 17, 2025
Nathan Phillips, BU professor and outspoken activist, says he is on a hunger strike for Rumeysa Öztürk
An Instagram post from Quinobequin Student Front For Palestine. The Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism was vandalized March 27.

CGSA vandalized, remains closed as BUPD investigates

By Elizabeth Mehler, Associate Campus Editor April 16, 2025
Students found the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism “ransacked and vandalized” March 27, according to a joint Instagram post made by the Quinobequin Student Front for Palestine — formerly known as Students for Justice in Palestine — Boston University CGSA and BU Young Democratic Socialists of America.
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