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Boston shifts gears on bike safety

February 10, 2011

Boston has been consistently dubbed the worst biker-friendly city in America by Bicycler Magazine and was awarded the first ever “Hall of Shame Award” for world’s worst city by the International Federation of Bike Messenger Associations in 1999.

Menino announces anti-gun task force

February 3, 2011

Boston has a new anti-gun task force, Mayor Menino announced in his annual State of the City Address Jan. 11. The task force is a partnership involving the Boston Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, referred to as the ATF.

Planning for Ruggles Place resumes

February 3, 2011

The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) re-approved a plan Jan. 13 that allows Elma Lewis Partners LLC and Feldco Development Corp. to redevelop an empty lot in Roxbury.

MBTA’s GM contest wraps up

January 27, 2011

The winner of the ‘General Manager for a Day’ contest, announced last week on the MBTA website, will spend the day touring and observing the repair shops and control systems used for the T, commuter rails and buses around the city.

Students respond to lewd half-time show

January 27, 2011

Students, parents, and fans had mixed reactions to The Boston Blazers lacrosse team apology released Jan. 19 for their controversial halftime show Jan. 15.

Libraries soon to shut down in Boston

January 20, 2011

The state has given $350,000 has to keep four branches of the Boston Public Library open for an additional three months. This news comes after Mayor Thomas M. Menino proposed to close the branches as a “cost-saving plan” in a recent interview.

Anthony Bourdain gets a taste of Southie

January 13, 2011

Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain has graced Boston with his presence. Bourdain traveled to South Boston last week to film an episode of No Reservations, hitting several local favorites and sticking to small, locally-owned bars.

Students unruffled by Hill shootings

January 13, 2011

The shooting took place around 6:45 p.m. outside Fuentes Market on 680 Parker St. The victim was a 20-year-old male, shot in the leg. He was treated for injuries at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The Boston Police Department declined to comment any further due to the investigation still being open, but according to the website SpotCrime.com, there was no information on the shooter, and witnesses were uncooperative.

Cleaning up Mission Hill

December 9, 2010

Since Halloween, the Mission Hill Breakfast Club has met on Sunday mornings to help clean up the community. The club is a new student group that is run through the Off–Campus Student Services and organized by the campus ambassadors, and is intended as a means to ease tensions between the Northeastern and Mission Hill communities.

Patick, NU to build center

December 9, 2010

Eager to establish its presence on the forefront of technological innovation, Northeastern University has teamed up with the Patrick-Murray Administration, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, The City of Holyoke, private partners EMC and Cisco and a group of colleges known as the University Consortium to launch a new high-speed computing center in Holyoke.

Free-for-all faith

December 6, 2010

Jason Chrisos has perfect posture. Sitting upright with his hands folded in his lap, he prepares for a contemplative dialogue within the confines of his mind. Usually, this is called prayer, but now, his head is not bowed. It hasn’t been in four years, since he first traded rigid pew benches for plush meditation cushions and a stretched-flesh Crucifix for a big-bellied master. Holding a copy of “Mindfulness in Plain English” in the hands that once held the Bible, Chrisos exhales as he proceeds to start his mid-week reflection as a “Christian-rooted Buddhist.”

Letter: NU students should be more respectful

November 18, 2010

My fellow Northeastern classmates should pay attention to new policy guidelines for off campus students currently being drafted by City Council President Mike Ross. It is difficult to get college students interested in the workings of the Boston City Council, especially if their closest brush with politics was jumping in the reflecting pool in celebration after Barack Obama won in 2008.