Massachusetts businesses would be banned from distributing disposable plastic straws unless a customer requests one, under a bill endorsed by a legislative committee on Monday and described as "ridiculous" by a leading small business advocate.
Both Saint Anselm College in Goffstown and the Order of St. Benedict in New Hampshire were established 130 years ago.
"Saint Anselm is a Catholic, Benedictine college providing all its students a distinctive liberal arts education," begins the school's mission statement.
