On the same day Mayor Thomas Menino proposed an order to reduce greenhouse emissions in the city, he said he wants Boston, currently the seventh-most energy-efficient major city in the country, to take over the top spot. After signing the United States Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, Menino proposed the Executive Order for Climate Actions in Boston to reduce greenhouse emissions by 7 percent during the next five years and by 80 percent by 2050 yesterday at the Boston Children's Museum.
As community watchdog groups like the New York-based Guardian Angels have been trying to combat crime in Boston, a city councilor is saying a stronger presence of youth and street workers will help alleviate a burgeoning crime problem. The City Council's Committee on Youth Affairs and other area youth experts discussed Councilor Charles Yancey's (Dorchester, Mattapan) March 7 proposal to hire 300 additional youth and street workers at a City Hall meeting yesterday afternoon.
While Boston University fulfills its legal requirement for providing information about sex offenders on its campus, health experts are calling on U.S. colleges to publicize more information about offenders than the law requires so students are aware of possible dangers on their campuses.
Instituting universal healthcare is long overdue in the United States, said leaders from various Boston area healthcare institutes last night at Simmons College. Robert Coulam, assistant healthcare professor at Simmons College, said U.S. citizens pay more for healthcare than any other industrialized country but do not benefit enough from it, adding they pay more than enough to have a universal healthcare program.
After a former Sudanese slave canceled his scheduled appearance at a seminar about modern-day slavery, more than 50 Boston University students turned to discussion and called for more action against global slavery last night at the School of Education. Student group leaders and representatives from national human rights organizations said the opportunity for change can start at BU if enough students are energized to spread awareness.
"If someone wants to pay me to film a bunch of drunk people dancing around in a cabin, I can do that," said College of Communication senior John David Beebe, who recently won a Tag Body Spray contest asking students to show how college students should "sleep less" and "score more.
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from March 25-31. BUPD received a report at 5:23 p.m. March 29 of three parties trying to jump through a window of the BU Boathouse at 619 Memorial Drive. An officer responded to the scene and determined the parties were members of the sailing team.
Students who spend their late nights with a cup of Starbucks may be reaching out for more caffeine to get them through a virtual quest to solve global warming after the coffee giant released a new environment-conscious video game. Starbucks and the environmental organization Global Green USA have partnered to launch Planet Green Game, which allows players to track their own environmental impact.
