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 [...]

The First Ever Boston Graduate Student Party — billed as the hottest party for Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis, Emerson College, MIT, Northeastern, Suffolk, Tufts, etc., grad students — will be held April 30 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Roxy Nightclub on Tremont Street.
Email boston-party@mit.edu to get on the list if you’re [...]

The Boston Public Health Commission has confirmed that there are two definite cases and 10 probably cases of mumps in Boston.
Of the 12 total cases, 11 patients attend Northeastern University.
According to the Health Commission, mumps illness is caused by a virus that lives in a person’s nose, mouth, and throat. It can spread to [...]

Twenty-seven brothers of the Xi-Beta chapter of the Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity  recently participated in the all-night Relay for Life, benefiting the American Cancer Society.
Traveling  to the Gordon Indoor Track at Harvard University, Xi-Beta’s team was  able  to raise  $2,000  for cancer research, and logged more than 500 hours  in  service.  Relay for Life is an [...]

In our ever-continuing effort to produce something different — independent and alternative, mind you — in the world of news media in Boston, we turn our attention to one Lauren “Wiz” Dow, a junior pre-med and neuroscience major at Wellesley College who gained attention Monday after offering up her cheeks and lips to motivate passing [...]

Students calling for swift, decisive action in “hate crime.”

The Boston Globe has reported that four Northeastern University students may have the mumps, a once common childhood disease now thought to be virtually irrelevant because of the commonality of childhood vaccines.
The Globe, citing city public health officials, said that the results are not confirmed, but that two students came down with symptoms [...]

And you thought they would just spoil your appetite.
A Simmons College study reveals that sugar-sweetened beverages increase a woman’s risk of heart disease. Regular consumption of beverages like soda and energy drinks puts women at a higher risk for coronary heart disease, according to research findings of nutrition professor Teresa Fung
Published in the April [...]

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