Amherst College has the resources to deal with this. So many small schools don’t have such reserves.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports:
Amherst College says shutdown will cost it $10M
Costs associated with Amherst College’s decision to move instruction online, and sending students home for...
The parents are worried about Coronavirus and who could blame them? They did make some provisions for their son.
Mass Live reports:
Coronavirus: Springfield College student banned from his family home after spring break
Springfield College student Matt Levine returned to his family home in Nanuet, New York after a short stay on South...
There is a petition calling on Harvard to do this. Suffolk made the decision on their own.
WCVB News in Boston reports:
Suffolk University dorm transformed into shelter for homeless during coronavirus crisis
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced the creation Sunday of hundreds of additional beds to house the city’s homeless population.
“These additional beds...
This approach should be replicated throughout the country if necessary.
CBS News in Boston reports:
Health Officials, Universities Consider Using Empty Dorms To Help Coronavirus Crisis
Tufts University President Anthony Monaco is preparing his campus for a crisis. Health officials have predicted coronavirus cases could spike and overwhelm local hospitals, so Monaco is offering...
This is amazing. Amherst is not only going to remote, internet based classes, they are sending the students home.
🦠 Big news. Amherst College is closing down. Remote learning will begin after spring break. Kids must be out by Monday. They’ve been told to pack up as if...
As we commemorate Elizabeth Warren’s Super Tuesday loss in Massachusetts, it’s important to note that she not only lost the state she represents in the United States Senate, she came in third.
Elizabeth Warren has lost her home state of Massachusetts. Bigly. She finished a distant third behind Biden and Sanders.
Warren’s only success was to hurt Bernie Sanders, in Massachusetts and elsewhere.
Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts is challenging MA Democratic Senator Ed Markey for the United States Senate seat he has occupied since 2013.
Markey has the backing of many established figures in the party, but Kennedy has opened a lead according to a new poll.
Elizabeth Warren’s placement in the New Hampshire primary was not only awful, but embarrassing for her and her supporters, considering it happened in her backyard. What happens if Bernie Sanders creams her in Massachusetts on Super Tuesday?
The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts just brought the concept of sanctuary city to a whole new level. In an effort to protect illegal immigrants from ICE, the city has passed a new law which directs police not to arrest illegals caught driving without a driver’s license.
The student recently returned from Wuhan, China. Good thing they identified the infection so quickly.
CBS News in Boston reports:
UMass Boston Student Becomes First Case Of Coronavirus In Massachusetts
A man in his 20s has the first case of coronavirus in Massachusetts, the...
It seems like this is happening at one or two schools a month. What’s going on?
Boston.com reports:
Emerson College is investigating racist graffiti found in dorm
Derogatory words toward Asian and Asian-American students appeared on multiple doors in an Emerson campus dorm hall, just days after swastikas were found scrawled across campus stairwells,...
It’s amazing that this story isn’t getting much notice in the media. It’s like the plot of a movie.
Boston.com reports:
Former Boston University student wanted by the FBI for alleged counterintelligence
The FBI has released a “most wanted” poster for a Chinese lieutenant who allegedly acted as an agent for a foreign government...
Here’s a piece of advice that applies to everyone, not just college students. Never, ever walk away from your drink or leave it unattended.
WHDH News reports:
Police investigating after 2 Holy Cross students say...
The left seems to see racism everywhere. It’s like an obsession.
The College Fix reports:
UMass Amherst seminar: Healthcare is ‘centered within the oppressions of whiteness’
In just two weeks, the University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing will host a “health ethic...
It’s not entirely clear at this point why he was deported. Get ready for student protests over this.
The Hill reports:
Iranian student admitted to US university deported
An Iranian student admitted to Northeastern University was reportedly deported Monday night despite an emergency stay granted by a Massachusetts district judge.
Mohammad Shahab Dehghani Hossein was...
This administrator was initially placed on leave but has now been fired. FIRE sees this as a free speech issue and has released a statement.
