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Chris Jericho is UNDISPUTED
WHO: Chris Jericho, top pro wrestler, New York Times bestselling author, host of the ABC game show Downfall, and frontman for the rock band Fozzy. WHAT: Meet Chris Jericho at a signing of his newest memoir, Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps. WHY: The eagerly awaited follow-up to the New [...]
News Notes – February 6
Blogger active in protests learned media skills at NU By John M. Guilfoil – Globe Staff / February 6, 2011 A blogger who has become a strong voice in the Egyptian protests was wearing a Red Sox hoodie when progovernment demonstrators severely beat him Thursday in Tahrir Square. Mahmoud Salem, 29, is a 2004 graduate [...]
News Notes – February 3
University evacuates 3 students from Egypt By Colin Young/The Huntington News – 2/03/11 Three students enrolled in the university‘s study abroad program in Cairo, Egypt returned to Boston last night after spending more than a week in the politically unstable country. Danielle Kluger, a middler criminal justice major who was one of three Northeastern students [...]
Squash, Academics and Community Service
By Courtney Flynn A Boston-based youth-development program named SquashBusters serves Boston youths by combining squash, academics and community service. SquashBusters works primarily with middle and high school students from the Dearborn and Timilty middle schools, both located in Roxbury. SquashBusters runs out of a Northeastern University athletic center on Columbus Avenue, where it has a [...]
Special Offers for Local Residents from Fenway Park
From time to time, Fenway Park administration offers special access to game and concert tickets to Fenway residents. They announce this with an email sent to people on a list they maintain for just that purpose. If you would like to get on that list, send a note to Korey McIsaac, [email protected], to find out [...]
News Notes – December 30
A First Night to remember By Marie Szaniszlo and Colneth Smiley Jr./Boston Herald – December 29, 201 The Hub is set to welcome more than 1 million New Year’s Eve revelers with music, dancing, ice sculptures — and a “significant presence” of police, BPD Commissioner Edward Davis said yesterday. “We’re completely focused on making sure [...]
News Notes – December 21
Developer Samuels files $250M Fenway building plan By Thomas Grillo/Boston Herald – December 20, 2010 Steven Samuels has filed his latest plan to complete the transformation of Boylston Street, behind Fenway Park. The Boston developer, who has won praise from Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the neighborhood for Trilogy and 1330 Boylston, is planning a [...]
News Notes – December 1
Berklee retunes plans for dorms By Thomas Grillo/Boston Herald – December 1, 2010 Berklee College of Music is moving ahead with plans for a 16-story, mixed-use building at 168 Massachusetts Ave. that would house a 350-student dorm, increasing the school’s on-campus housing capacity to 1,200. The school hopes to start construction on the $65 million, [...]
News Notes – November 28
Aiming to comfort sick children, Boston’s pros make the rounds By Dan Shaughnessy – Globe Columnist / November 28, 2010 Standing outside a patient’s room on the 10th floor of Children’s Hospital Boston, Kendrick Perkins, clad in a yellow gown to prevent spread of germs, struggles with a pair of rubber gloves. Perkins’s hands are [...]
News Notes – November 26
Come together – The Berklee Singers Showcase takes on the Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ By Matt Parish – Globe Correspondent / November 26, 2010 Once upon a time, it was all about a few years’ worth of tunes cooked up by a group of nice English lads and played on turntables in bedrooms. The world’s favorite [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
