The student body president at the University of Massachusetts Boston was arrested and charged as a repeat drug dealer last week after the Boston Police Drug Control Unit raided his Dorchester apartment.
Terral Ainooson, 25, was arrested along with roommate, Ryan Oshima, 23, on November 11, when police found more than a dozen plastic bags of [...]

Medford nonprofit helps developmentally disabled through creativity

Ben Folds engages fans of every generation with incredible live performance

One hundred five people including 91 Colby-Sawyer College students were arrested at an illegal party in New London, N.H. Friday night, according to WMUR-TV.
Police told the television station that, of youths arrested, 55 were charged with alcohol possession after the blew above .02 percent blood-alcohol content. Others were released to their parents.
The party’s hosts, three [...]

The University of Massachusetts Amherst student newspaper reported that former United Freedom Front leader Raymond Luc Levasseur said he was denied permission to travel to the University of Massachusetts for the event by the U.S. Parole Board.
Here is a statement released by organizers of the event that Levasseur was scheduled to speak at:
The U.S. Parole [...]

The union representing the UMASS Amherst campus police announced Wednesday that officers who work overtime details required for security if/when Ray Luc Levasseur speaks on campus November 12 will donate all of their pay from that day to a memorial fund set up for a New Jersey state trooper killed in a wave of violence [...]

Emerson College theatre studies student Matthew Starring was only a few credits short of earning his hard-fought degree. A degree he battled to earn even while fighting leukemia for the past two years.
Jackie Liebergott, Emerson’s president, in a campus-wide e-mail, reported that Starring died this week.
“He was a bright and talented young man, earning Dean’s [...]

President praises work of MIT

Only RISD makes the list in New England

BU grad Sam Mendoza presented his collection at the Liberty Hotel

A female Emerson College student was groped Friday night after leaving the Loews Boston Common movie theater on the outskirts of the school’s downtown Boston campus, police said.
According to George F. Noonan, Emerson College’s police chief and director of public safety, the victim was leaving the movie theater when she was approached by a man [...]

Álvaro Uribe Vélez cites record on public safety, health care while protesters urge him against seeking a third term

Band features Emerson College alum

Student journalist leads investigation

Don’t worry, NU and BU aren’t on the list. And Emerson kids get laid in their own, dramatic way

Emerson College, one of Boston’s “downtown colleges” is beginning a major renovation project to one of its main buildings, the Little Building on the corner of Tremont Street and Boylston Street.
The school says traffic and building access will not be disrupted but scaffolding will be erected all around the busy corner as Emerson restores the [...]

Local company offers new discounts for the college crowd

We’re surprised that there’s not more of this, given the fact that most colleges are run like greedy Fortune 500 companies lately.
The New York Post reported that a New York City woman who recently graduated from Monroe College can’t find a job and says her school isn’t helping her land gainful employment. Trina Thompson filed [...]

David P. Twomey, of Portland, Maine, died June 30.

A Wesleyan University student was shot and killed at the school’s bookstore Wednesday, according to WTNH-TV New Haven.
Police were still seeking a suspect, but WTNH reported that a gun was found.
The shooting occurred at 1 p.m. at the Red and Black Cafe inside the Wesleyan bookstore, Broad Street Books.
The student’s name has not bee released.
Wednesday [...]

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