Saturday, January 31, 2009
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- Are Emersonians up to the challenge of "Free for the Weekend"?
- Emerson students visit Washington to witness history
- Some good news: Harvard Square's Out of Town News will not close
- Comedian uses standup to bring a powerful message
- John Updike's death may increase his popularity
- Joe Pantoliano talks about mental disease
- Hopscotch, mocktails and sugar hangovers
- A Cinderella story
- Public parking lots feel pinch of economy slump
- New weed laws leave Mass. dazed and confused
- Low income patients hit by state budget cuts
- Coifs for a cause
- Amnesty recruits Emerson students
- Project aims to assure accuracy of 2010 census
- Fighting for immigrants' rights in hard times
- Not all doom and gloom under the Emerson stage lights
- Suffrage account one sided, historian says
- Students share an apartment and a dream--to become Miss N.H.
- 90,000 sex offenders found on Myspace; Facebook faces renewed scrutiny
- Facebook: More than social networking
- Emerson students unite for Darfur
- After 4 years in school, all they want is a job
- Budget cuts straining home care for elderly
- At Emerson, small sacrifices mark response to recession
- Students debate cases of faculty denied tenure
- Emerson lures prospective students with twin messages of creativity -- and financial stability
- Black History Month events show mixed results in attracting students across the campus
- ASB holds silent auction
- Boston Cares, local organizations partner to fight February cold and hunger
- Boston artists chisel and chainsaw through ice - for a cause
- Anti-racism author Tim Wise says racism not over
- Beanpot schools battle it out with burritos
- UMass professor dissects blaxploitation films
- UMass moves toward $1,500 tuition fee increase
- Attorney General's remarks spur conversations about race relations in America
- Students: Racial issues rarely discussed on Emerson's campus
- Students prepare for Wednesday's internship fair
- The Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards announced
- Brandeis president's apology too little too late?
- MBTA's priorities need to get back on track
- Chocolate and coffee event raises awareness about fair-trade
- Alcohol-related tragedies spur new Emerson policy
- Redefining diplomacy with Iran
- Locks, culture, and politics: EBONI members discuss black hairstyles
- Abraham Path Initiative stresses religious tolerance
- Women's basketball team beats Suffolk 74-45, advances in GNAC tournament
- Pulitzer winner talks about investigative reporting
- The Mind/Body Dialogues helps students love the genes they're in
- H.O.P.E. encourages healthy eating habits for students
- Bikers bear the cold for ICycle III
- Facebook changes course, empowers users
- Parents organize to fight for METCO program
- Get Konnected event celebrates diversity in the workplace
- Bostonians give back to the community for Lent
- Historian explains why Hamilton does not get a "founding father's" respect
- Changing the culture of Emerson
- Artists help Kick for Nick raise money for soccer balls for Iraqi children
- Glovebox Spins for local artists
- Students react to "Culture of Inclusion" plan
- Emerson women's basketball makes history, beats Endicott 76-66 in first ECAC tournament appearance
- Membership at Roxbury YMCA on the rise
- New registration system set to debut for fall 2009
- Emerson women make history
- Lions take pride in historic win
- On Newbury Street, fewer customers, fewer sales
- Journalism Department looking to balance new technologies with old essentials
- Advocates for disabilities fight for right to vote with ease
- Lester contract looming
- Talking baseball with Bobby Cox
- Detroit's new Tiger
- Overseers to offer advice on finding jobs in this tough economy
- Her heart is in Africa
- 28 students vie for finalist spots in Rooftop Comedy Competition
- New candidates race to fill DiMasi's shoes
- Best selling author says storytelling is an essential part of life
- Emerson creates "safety net" for students with special medical needs
- 'Opportunity Rocks' panel offers students tips on a career in the music biz
- For exterminators, spring means termites
- Educator explains how to help children with hearing loss
- Merrill Lynch advisor encourages optimism in hard economic times
- Charlestown coffee house offers alternative to chains
- Bobbi Brown signs books at bookstore, gets gym honor
- Women in the media discussed by Emerson faculty
- Cupcakes take a new life on t-shirts
- Project Runway winner wows Emerson students
- Supporters hope new trash plan isn't dumped
- Emergency Contraceptives for Emerson College
- Emerson rules go up in smoke
- Old media facing new challenges
- Task force report begins conversation about quality of Emerson education
- Emerson's tuition up 3.7 % for 2009-10
- Gender Neutral Housing campaign heats up
- Emerson refuses to give student information to city council
- Tiedemann named Emerson VP of communication and marketing
- Scrabooking improves with technology
- AIG bonuses an insult to the American people
- Kappa Gamma Chi raises more than $2,000 to fight against domestic violence
- New scholarship will derfray cost of grad school for Emerson alums
- NY Connection trip takes record number of students to Big Apple
- Earth Hour goes unnoticed at Emerson
- Emerson alumnae urge students to help others
- ERA hosts Spa Weekend
- SGA presidential election heats up
- Local librarian hopes to inspire a love of reading in Charlestown children
- The Case for Israel inspires heated discussion amongst Emerson students
- Four Emersonians to run in the Boston Marathon
- Emerson's Greek Week theme is Nickelodeon
- Emerson's Taiwan sister school visits Boston
- Hillel, Newman Group, Amigos, Spiritual Life, Aramark, give students Passover options
- Emerson action day takes Emersonians into Boston community
- Emerson's WEBN wins Mass. AP News Station of the Year
- Job worries filter down to Emerson underclassmen
- Emerson professor Jason Roush celebrates release of new book
- Northeastern beats UMass 5-3 for Beanpot Baseball title
- Higginson withdraws from candidacy for state representative
- Outlandish "Mighty Boosh" hits Cartoon Network's Adult Swim
- Presets rock the Paradise
- Boston International Film Festival hits theaters this week
- Boston Marathon: Live blogging from Wellesley College
- Police chief defends surveillance cameras
- Emerson freshmen seeking library refuge as first year ends
- Communication Disorders offers Emersonians free voice, speech, and hearing clinical therapy
- Dance party goes quiet...
- Boston Society of Architects president speaks on importance of being green
- Prof. M. E. Adams to be honored for 40 years of service to Emerson
- Author Howard Zinn speaks his mind at Emerson
- "Living Newspaper" comes to MIT
- Street performers fight for spot in Faneuil Hall summer line-up
- Recent Emerson grad finalist for Pulitzer prize
- Emerson marathoner finishes 104th...
- Bone marrow drive to save girl's life
- Panelists speak out against homelessness
- Proposed bike lane has town divided
- Brighton's Cleveland Circle proves a moment of truth for marathoners
- Boston non-profits should pay more, state representative candidates say
- Emerson Global Network site goes live
- Emerson senior reads at Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival
- Volunteers clean up trash along the Charles River
- Tourists win scavenger hunt in Cambridge
- VMA Prof. Robert Todd, recognized for his lyrical short films by LA Times
- Gardening, growing and exploring journeys
- Emerson women win lacrosse, softball GNEAC 2009 championships
- Emerson student publishing company publishes first book
Boston/Region
- College students struggle with money management
- Dunkin Donuts challenges commuters with a new "Kin Do" spirit
- The sun still rises on Hemingway's love for Spain
- Teaching to surf the Internet, one surfer at a time
- A call for more open government
- Boston becoming world class biking city
- Good Asian Drivers perform at Berklee
- Wild turkeys are back in Brookline!
- Mass. Open Records law comes under fire
- Rhode Island College offers tuition break to students living within 50 miles of campus
- Talented high school students compete in Berklee Jazz Festival
- Brandeis to close Rose art museum; destination of art still unclear
- GNAC raises lupus awareness
- The Lion Dancers
- Macy's employees say Downtown Crossing store won't suffer with the layoffs
- The struggle of feelings and faith
- Brookline Seniors Battle Cold, Economy
- Newbury Street loses some of its shine
- Chinatown New Year's Parade
- Slamming into a pothole can hit drivers hard in the wallet
- Moustache-A-Thon to raise money for literacy
- Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa tells Bostonians how they can create a happier city
- Hundreds rally to save funding for "safety-net" hospitals
- Latin American art making a big statement in Boston
- YAVA helps volunteers donate time despite busy schedule
- Local football players go big time on National Signing Day
- Boston pushes for accurate count in 2010 census
- BRA eyes U.S. funds in pushing for complete count in 2010 census
- Boston Redevelopment Authority gears up for 2010 census
- Immigrants pose challenge to Boston planning agency's sense of space and place
- BU closes environmental education center due to weak financial support
- A busy month for Shepard Fairey....
- Climbers raise funds for lungs
- BRA wants to count every head in 2010 census
- Boston Children's Museum hosts Chinese New Year celebration
- Rockin' out for autism
- Infants can discern facial differences, research shows
- Race up Boston Place
- Fire department safety at a standstill
- High school students win prizes for creativity
- MSPCA vows to keep caring for pets despite massive budget cuts
- Mass. is losing Brazilian immigrants to other states
- Cambridge questions Homeland Security cameras
- Green Line to roll through Somerville and Medford by 2014
- Ready...Set...Give! Boston Cares launches volunteer challenge
- Professor urges Harvard to confront historical ties to slavery
- Farmers market offers alternative to pricey food
- Businesses not feeling the love this Valentine's Day
- The Natural Selector turns 200 amidst lectures, festivities
- Biology affects romance, mating choices
- Baha'is are everywhere, even in the heart of Boston
- Nike Run Club keeps on the run
- Scott Kirsner tackles Hollywood technology and tribulation at BPL speech
- CBS writer discusses stuggles, benefits of being an African American
- Walpole father loses leg but not his spirit
- Artist not welcome
- Needed: More women in politics, panelists say
- Governor announces plan for 19 cent gas tax hike
- Reform plan expected to cost drivers at the pump
- Harvard offers early retirement packages to staff
- Harvard hosts public observatory night
- Architect sees the need for new type of city
- Stimulus package might breathe life into the N.H. commuter rail plan
- Boston Globe travel show tempts Bostonians with travel escapes.
- Books and theater: how reading can change lives
- The Running of the Brides
- Boston's beloved flower show wilts with the times
- Cycling for Boston's homeless
- Molly Bish case continues to captivate, disturb
- No Losar Celebration for Tibetans
- Somerville alderman proposes new rules to protect trees
- Micro Lending for Boston's Empowerment Zone
- Emerson, other schools plan admissions changes due to weak economy
- Man Panel answers women's tough questions
- Apple store offers cheap perks to users
- Boston plans to create daily public market
- Restaurant Week Boston offers hope to struggling restaurants
- Video game music finds a niche
- Mass. residents with disabilities seek right to vote independently in all elections
- Secretary of state mulling proposal to mandate special voting machines for the disabled
- Disabled seek mandatory availability of special voting machines in all elections
- Biological anthropologist explains theory of "dysevolution"
- Robotics competition comes to Boston
- Alvarez creating buzz at Pirates Camp
- Catcher of the future impresses Orioles of the present
- Women ask age-old question, 'What was I thinking?'
- Southwest to increase competition at Logan International Airport
- Moustache-a-thon nets more than $11,000 for local student literary workshop
- Women, too, fall prey to that March Madness malady
- At forum on women's health, doctors tout exercise
- 'Great to get old,' forum speaker tells women
- Boston's tour operators see a blooming spring opportunity
- Boser book provides new insight into Gardner Museum caper
- Gov. Gerry's monster turns almost 200
- New England needs to build better rail system, advocate warns
- Sports fans rally behind Boston businesses
- THE RIDE service faces possible cuts
- Freemasons open their doors to attract members, dispel rumors
- Barakat holds first annual Boston Bazaar
- The spiritual power of holistic nursing
- Business is as sweet as it gets for this Burlington honey farmer
- Reaction mixed to Brookline parking meter trial
- East Boston students forge bonds to a high-flying neighbor
- Public college dilemma: Less money, more demand
- Delegates assemble for 62nd Annual Student Government Day
- Stimulus bill carries challenges, speaker warns
- And now, the next generation of political leadership
- Berklee's music therapy department rocks out
- Boston gets Down:2:earth with eco-awareness expo
- Cochon 555 crowns Boston's first "Prince of Porc"
- Award-Winning filmmaker Mira Nair shares insight, stories at BPL
- Pack is back
- Oldest Hispanic Civil Rights group honors Roxbury state senator
- East Boston aid drive starts slowly
- Jane Hamilton talks about her new novel
- Northeastern takes Boston Baseball Beanpot Championship from UMass
- Calling Aviv wins Battle of the High School Bands
- Choreographer, filmmaker Rainer discusses her unconventionality
- Red Sox nation keeping the faith
- Back Bay hotels beef up security after attacks
- The race is on
- Inventor Missy Cohen-Fyffe describes her work
- Author says Boston is the best place to be for now
- Swan Boats open for the season
- Springfest raises funds to relocate Chinese orphanage
- 2009 Boston Marathon: Wellesley College style
- Chef pushes locally grown food at Earth Day event
- Rally offers support for Boston Globe
- Panel discusses book, liberalism and torture
- Boston's jazz scene looks for a rebirth
- Russia remains chilly for reporters even after Cold War
Nation/World
- 'Tis the season for (tax) number crunching
- Books at just the touch of a button
- JuicyCampus squeezed dry: popular gossip site shuts down
- Inventors should expose, test their ideas prominent inventor says
- 'Captain Cool' and crew receive key to NYC
- Alternative Middle East journalism: another way of telling the story
- Facebook backs down
- Devil is in the detail, realtors and others say of Obama's foreclosure rescue plan
- Women law students urged to keep breaking down barriers of politics and gender
- Spring break is on
- Anger Can Lead To Heart Failure
- Bleacher Report gets amateur sportswriters in the game
- College newspapers face economic crunch
- March Madness gamblers try for the big shot
- Actress' death sparks new ski helmet debate
- Boston teens say Rihanna responsible for abuse
- Newspaper Revitalization Act interesting but limiting, journalists say
- Viva la revolution! Democracy comes to Facebook
- Obama ignores Bush-era torture to move country forward
- Hundreds rally to protest government spending
- Population decline a world problem
Neighborhoods
- Somerville bakeries and restaurants hit by high costs
- Lion Dance headlines Chinese New Year festivities
- Allston-Brighton residents want quicker snow clearance from sidewalks
- Chinese New Year celebration puts new light on martial arts
- Tree roots ruining some Somerville sidewalks
- Wine shops tap into stay-at-home dining trend
- A lesson in language, difference and tolerance
- In Allston, parking takes plenty of patience -- and a little luck
- Charlestown organizations work to keep kids off the streets
- Brookline Access Television to get a new home
- Another broken promise, or finally a new Maverick Square in East Boston?
- Restaurateur credits success to 'going green'
- Crime rate in Chinatown hits an all-time low
- Somerville mayor pledges to keep jobs, increase revenue in dealing with cuts to local aid
- Newbury store uses Facebook to draw recession-conscious customers
- Brookline warily installs town surveillance cameras
- Snowy winter weighing on Brookline budget
- East Bostonians brace for, fight against toll hike
- Hate group, supporters of East Boston gays face off outside school
- Arlington Laughter Club teaches laughter yoga for better living
- Neighbors organize to battle Mission Hill graffiti
- East Boston Main Streets elect new board of directors
- Somerville residents fighting mad over tickets
- Writing still a challenge for award-winning novelist
- Burlington asks parents to serve as role models for 'dry' weekend
- Burlington Education Foundation set to hold 5th annual road race
- Rash of car break-ins hits Allston-Brighton
- Spring cleaning coming to Mission Hill
- Bed bugs bring bad dreams to East Boston landlord
- Development plan spurs Mission Hill debate
Opinion
- Paterson's Senate pick surprises many
- Boston non-profits can't afford higher PILOT
- Farewell, Sal DiMasi
- Bush's NCLB receives a failing grade
- Obama must change U.S. policy on Cuba
- Finally, U.S. lifts "global gag rule" on abortion
- Emerson should remove cap from internship credit
- Steele choice doesn't point to a moderate Grand Old Party
- Blagojevich brings the circus to town
- Cut Phelps some slack
- Ticketmaster continues to give fans, artists reasons to hate it
- Prosecuting Bush will be wrong
- Do the kids a favor: Don't cut teaching jobs
- Octomom pushes bounds of morality too far
- The Grammys need a new alternative
- China throws tantrum over rat and rabbit
- A-Rod needs to do something constructive with his punishment
- Good riddance Juicy Campus
- Obama move into "Graveyard of Empires" risky
- Economic inspiration
- New York Post cartoon racist
- Greedy Italian Fashionistas
- "Life" should not be a state-defined issue
- Supreme Court rules that little known religion does not have the same "speech" rights as Christianity
- Boston World Partnership site is on target
- Private dorms will help students and city
- Arrest warrant for Sudan's president could be a dangerous waste of time
- Ryanair flushes traditional fees down the toilet
- BPD's decision to add extra police at St. Patrick's Day parade wise
- Obama boycotting UN conference on racism
- Pope's condom opinion has no validity
- Democrats' employment track record bodes well for Obama
- Russell Brand's "My Booky Wook"
- New registration system not what students asked for
- Silversun Pickups new album will make you Swoon
- Yeah Yeah Yeah's embrace synth on It's Blitz!
- "Dirty Dancing," a favorite brought to life
- "Fast & Furious" lacks flare and speed
- Feeling the love for man love
- Lowell curfew is ineffective and unecessary
- Catmobile to the rescue
- Metric's Fantasies intrigue and disappoint
- Godspell has its ups and downs in MTS performance
- Make time this summer for Summer
- Miss California supports "opposite marriage"
Entertainment
- Blues Jam in Revere continues a musical tradition
- Glass sea creatures shatter expectations of Harvard museum visitors
- Belly dancing 101: Shimmies, shakes,exercise and a sense of humor
- Naked goes the MFA....
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Entertainment
- Artifaktori hosts art show to help local artists
- Clem Snide's latest album stays faithful to tradition
- The Johnnies challenge the norm in their first release
- "State of Play" is full of action but not ethics
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