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...Holyoke Center. The group ignored a warning by Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd and two University police officers that they were not registered protesters and were not permitted to proceed. The protesters then rode buses to the Harvard Club on the corner of Mass. Ave. and Commonwealth Ave., where a large crowd assembled. Courtney Snegroff, an organizer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615, estimated that more than 200 workers and their families participated. The group marched up and down in front of the Harvard Club, waving signs, shouting slogans, and banging percussive instruments?...
...police department.” HUPD officers individually, rather than collectively, enjoy police powers—the authority to stop, question, detain, formally arrest, use force, and interrogate suspects—not because University Hall wills it to be so, but because they are recognized police under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and its officers are deputized by the Middlesex and Suffolk County sheriffs and the colonel of the state police. If HUPD seeks this extra power—which few other campus police offficers enjoy—it is only fair that they accept the reporting responsibilities when they swear...
...about as wholesome as a visit to About Hair, the city’s best known salon-cum-den-of-prostitution. Recent research suggests that our college town hosts thousands of tons of chemical toxins and carcinogens, making it one of the most environmentally disastrous parts of the Commonwealth. Clearly, my naive belief that the grass would be greener on the other side turned out to be entirely without merit. There is actually very little grass left in Cambridge. Perhaps the most troubling aspect of urban life, however, is crime. Through the joint efforts of bicycle gropers and the armed...
...President George W. Bush, who carried Virginia by 9 points in 2004 and 8 in 2000, is dropping into the Commonwealth on Monday night on his way home from South America to headline a turn-out-the-vote rally for Kilgore at a Richmond hangar. Kilgore caused a stir last month when he did not join Bush for a "War on Terror" appearance in Norfolk, a military community that along with Richmond is the biggest swing area in this race. It was described as a sign that Bush's woes were dragging Kilgore down, although Republicans...
...been my motivation.”After attending local public schools, Sullivan majored in economics and political science at Boston College. He went on to earn a law degree from Boston College Law School.Sullivan served as Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County and as Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts before his election to the City Council in 1993.TARGETING SCHOOLSPointing with obvious delight to the colorful student artwork that covers the walls of his office in City Hall, Sullivan calls education his top issue. One of the mayor’s major roles is to serve as chair...