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Congratulations to Roberta Brown of Cadillac for being the winner of last week’s book giveaway,  “The Better Brain Solution” by Dr. Masley, and thank you to everyone else who entered because we appreciate your support. This week I’m shifting, like the tide, over to thoughts of all things finned, likely because I am Catholic, and we just entered the season of Lent. Thanks to God, I got to grow up in the Great Lakes region of the United States, and while I was raised near its southern end in northern Indiana, I have had the pleasure of traveling completely around both Lak...

Twitter Facebook Boston University students gathered virtually Tuesday night to discuss how the administration is handling sexual assault cases and what steps the campus community needs to take to better support survivors. Titled #BUHasAProblem, the event was organized and moderated by the College of Arts & Sciences Student Government, and it came two weeks after more than 600 students fanned out across the Charles River Campus, with posters and chalk, on February 7 to raise awareness of campus sexual assaults and make five demands of the administration. Student organizers extended an i...

Twitter Facebook Jeffrey Hutter, the dean of Boston University’s Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine since 2008, announced on Monday that he will retire as of March 31. The school, which has had only three deans in its nearly 60-year history, will fill the role with an interim dean until a national search can be conducted and a permanent replacement named. Hutter said he and his wife, Kathleen, along with their two dogs, Kelly and Molly, will fly to Honolulu the morning after his last day, fulfilling a dream he’s held for years to return to the place where he was stationed wi...

Twitter Facebook One year after the widespread postponement of SAT and ACT tests persuaded BU to make standardized tests optional for students applying for undergraduate admission for the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters, the University has extended its test optional policy for another year. In a statement posted Wednesday on the Admissions website, Kelly Walter (Wheelock’81), associate vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions, says the continuing risks associated with the global pandemic and limited access to standardized test administrations persuaded the University t...

Reply An investigation found that at least 219 packages containing heroin and cocaine were shipped by members of the conspiracy from California to the greater Providence and Southeastern, MA, areas. (Shutterstock) MARINA DEL REY, CA — A Rhode Island man who admitted to participating in a criminal drug conspiracy that shipped more than 200 packages containing large quantities of heroin and cocaine from Los Angeles, Culver City, and Marina del Rey, to cities and towns in the greater Providence and Southeastern Massachusetts areas, was sentenced to five years in federal prison, the U.S. Depart...