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Local media reported earlier this month that The New York Times Company has threatened to close The Boston Globe, its erstwhile New England jewel whose once-bumper profits have morphed into massive losses. It’s easy to see why Times executives are fed up—losses at The Globe this year are projected at $85 million, a heavy burden that virtually no media company can bear in today’s economic environment...
Yesterday’s announcement that senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti and senior defensive end Desmond Bryant were going to the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders, respectively, as undrafted free agent signees got me thinking about the current state of the Ivy League in the NFL.Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not delusional. I know Ivy League football pales in comparison to top tier conferences, but something has to be said for the fact that the Ivies are the only conference in the football championship subdivision (FCS) to have a player from each school...
...classes. Last week, Baber Johansen, one of Munir’s professors, received an e-mail that explained his student’s month-long absence. The e-mail stated that Munir had been detained for the past month by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement at York County Prison in York, Pa., on charges of illegal residence in the United States after his application for political asylum was denied. Although Munir had applied for asylum in 1999 on the grounds of fear of persecution, he was denied and has been appealing the judgment since then. Professor Baber Johansen?...
...epidemic. Right now it’s hard to say how extensive it’s going to be,” said George R. Seage, associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. The flu has already been detected in Kansas, Texas, California and New York. And Massachusetts is on high alert while two children in Lowell, Mass., await test results for the illness after returning from a trip to Mexico. The virus may not have infected Boston yet, but Harvard students are already feeling its effects. For Francisco J. Marmolejo...
...resources after graduation, but said that she did not “feel like they were particularly helpful.” “They tried, and their heart is in the right place,” she said. OCS is useful for alumni in Boston and New York but is less effective for graduates outside those areas who are uninterested in going to graduate school, Minkoff said. Other recent alumni agreed. “They’re certainly great for an educational perspective like learning about careers, probably less helpful in actually getting a job, which is what...