Pandemic? What pandemic?
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Homeless BC student on 550-mile trek to Newton
Boston College sophomore Gordon Wayne is on a 550 mile journey from his hometown in central Virginia to Newton to raise funds and awareness about homelessness, an issue that impacts more than half a million people in the U.S. every day, including Wayne. MassLive has...BC rejects Pope’s call to divest in in activities ‘harmful to human or social ecology’
Boston College is rejecting a recent call from the Vatican for Catholics to divest from companies and industries engaged in activities “harmful to human or social ecology” and the environment. The call appeared in a Vatican document released on the fifth anniversary...BC Study Abroad students test positive for Coronavirus
Two Boston College students, one who had been studying abroad in the United Kingdom and one who had been studying in Ireland, have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, according to an email sent to BC students studying abroad from Office of International Programs...
The day Kobe Bryant audited a class at Boston College
From The Heights, the Boston College newspaper. “I started off [class] by what I thought would be a compelling example of international marketing, and I used the NBA as an example,” [Nick] Nugent said in a phone interview. “I asked the class who they thought was the...Conservators: ‘Webster Woods now belongs to the City of Newton’
The City of Newton filed legal papers at the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds on Tuesday to take ownership of 17 acres of Webster Woods, according to the Newton Conservators website. Boston College has the right to go to court to challenge the $15.2 million price...BC board won’t participate in program funded Charles Koch Foundation
The international studies academic advisory board at Boston College has decided it will not participate in a new security studies program that would provide public speakers, undergraduate workshops, a post-doc program, a Ph.D. program and training programs because it...
Let BC’s Father Leahy know you support preserving Webster Woods by eminent domain
Gloria Gavris posted one of those comments that seems worth turning into a separate thread: Have 3 minutes? Send Father Leahy a quick email & tell him you support the eminent domain taking and want Webster Woods protected as open space for generations to come....
Boston College concern trolls on Webster Woods
From a reader, we received a copy of the most recent letter from Boston College to its neighbors. The full text of the letter, below. It amounts to a factually sketchy warning that your elected representatives don’t have your best interests in mind. BC, however,...VIDEO: Watch NewTV’s election night interview with Mayor Fuller here
NewTV’s election night coverage Tuesday began with a wide ranging interview with Mayor Ruthanne Fuller where she discussed Webster Woods, NewCAL, Newton Power Choice, Northland, Riverside and other developments (including breaking news about a residential tower at Chestnut Hill Square) and zoning (along with what types of development projects might be proposed in the future).
This same video also includes interviews with Gail Spector and a BU student journalist, School Committee member Steve Siegel, City Council President Marc Laredo and Councilor Cheryl Lappin, following by election results and analysis.
Should Newton take Webster Woods from Boston College by eminent domain?
The Globe has published columns in favor and opposed to Mayor Fuller’s plan to take Webster Webster Woods from Boston College by eminent domain.
BC says employees, alumni will punish Fuller for efforts to take Webster Woods
Both the Globe and Newton Patch take deep dives this morning into Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s efforts to take 17 acres of Webster Woods from Boston College by eminent domain.
The Globe’s John Hilliard revisits the decision to by then Mayor Setti Warren to pass up a chance to purchase the woods when Congregation Mishkan Tefila was first looking to sell it.
“We reached out to the city, but they didn’t show any interest,” said Steven Kaitz, one of three co-presidents of the congregation.
And Patch’s Jenna Fisher quotes Boston College spokesperson Jack Dunn who says ts Fuller will
