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Dartmouth College Running Out of Paper Straws
Dartmouth College's switch to paper straws to reduce the use of plastic on campus isn't working out as…
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Wahlberg’s Boston Marathon bombing movie seeks extras
Local residents of the Greater Boston area will have a chance to play a role in the re-telling of one of…
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Active shooter detection systems recommended by Senate for UMass
The Senate on Tuesday tacked onto its budget a directive for the University of Massachusetts to study the feasibility of installing on…
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Dartmouth Black Lives Matter protesters tear down memorial to slain police
A controversy has erupted at Dartmouth College after a pro-police display was torn down by Black Lives Matter activists, who denounced…
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Dartmouth students defend tearing down police display
Black Lives Matter activists at Dartmouth College are circulating a lengthy letter justifying their decision to tear down a display honoring police…
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Mass. Senate ready to make case for higher education funding increases
STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts Senate is poised in the coming weeks to press the House and Gov. Charlie Baker to make larger…
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Encourage kindness and maturity, not political correctness
Having kids who are in middle school provides a painful reminder that many children go through a phase of being cruel to…
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Dartmouth sorority buckles to protests, cans Derby party
HANOVER, N.H. – A Dartmouth College sorority, hit by protests that a May 2015 Kentucky Derby party was racist and a symbol…
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Homegrown: Meehan committed to UMass for the long haul
BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts might be going places, but Marty Meehan, the former congressman from Lowell who will be sworn in…
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Ex-Rep’s bank boxes found stuffed with cash, prosecutors say
BOSTON – John George Jr., a former state representative from Dartmouth convicted earlier this year on embezzlement-related charges, concealed more than $1…
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UMass Foundation agrees to divest from coal companies
STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Foundation will divest its $770 million endowment from investments in coal companies, marking a victory for…
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Tuition costs at UMass should — and can — go down
Since 2008, tuition at Massachusetts public four year colleges has increased more than 21 percent, according to the Center on Budget and…
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Dartmouth, Vermont town have century-long tuition deal
Written by Wilson Ring WHEELOCK, Vt. (AP) — For more than a century Dartmouth College has been making good on a promise to…
