Suffolk University

BPD says the party's over for Suffolk students in the North End

adamg — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:46:01 +0000

Boston Police are stepping up patrols in the North End to crack down on both loud late-night parties by students and bars and restaurants that violate their license requirements, A-1 Captain Tom Lee says in an open letter to neighborhood residents.

In recent years, college students have come to rival rats as the annoyance most detested by residents. Lee says that among the steps he's taking are a general beefing up of patrols in the neighborhood, with a specific two-cop patrol along Hanover Street between 11:45 p.m. and 3:45 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, chats with both tenants cited for noise complaints and their landlords, to let them know just what sort of citations they could be getting for future violations, and working more closely with Suffolk on a weekend "noise patrol" that could mean college sanctions in addition to whatever BPD can dish out.

Lee says one neighborhood liquor store has already been cited for selling to a minor and for failing to keep minors from hanging out outside.

And that, kids, is why headlines are no joking matter

adamg — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:52:48 +0000

Staffers at the Suffolk Journal this week learned one of the most important rules of print journalism: If you put in a joke headline, you're going to forget to take it out and it will run and boy are you going to regret it.

In today's issue of The Journal, we published an inappropriate sub-headline in the article "SLI Involvement Fair a success." We want to apologize profusely for the mistake and make it clear that we in no way harbor ill feelings towards the Student Leadership and Involvement Office, nor any of the students and staff that work there. The sub-head was put in as a joke, by editors, that unfortunately slipped through our editing process later in the night. We want to make it clear that the reporter who wrote the article had no idea or anything to do with the subhead.

And just what did they write? See for yourself.

H/t, Dan.

Imagine the Hole full of college students

adamg — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:33:04 +0000

The Globe reports Suffolk University is looking at possibly becoming even more of a presence in Downtown Crossing - where it already butts up against Emerson College - by selling off four Beacon Hill buildings and doing something interesting with either the abandoned Border's building, the Filene's Hole or both.

What if Click and Clack wrote a musical?

lex.galloway — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:42:37 +0000

We could find out later this month, when Suffolk University's newly renovated Modern Theatre premieres "Car Talk: The Musical!"

In fact, director Wesley Savick says, the idea was to make audiences leave thinking that maybe the Tom and Ray Magliozzi really did write the play, which couples parodies of Broadway standards with original songs by Boston's Michael Wartofsky to tell a classic, if auto-themed, love story.

In an interview with Universal Hub, Savick said the use of cars to reflect identities, hopes and embarrassments, combined with the classic story of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, results in an "unlikely marriage between Broadway musicals and automotive advice." Characters include Rusty Fenders, a hapless middle-aged owner of a terminally ill '93 Kia, who falls in love with Miata C. LaChassis, who convinces him to go to the Emerald Garage to get help from the Wizard of Cahs - who proceeds to give them guidance in navigating through life, love, car repair and everything in between.

Renovated Modern Theatre opens today on Washington Street

adamg — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:23:40 +0000

WBUR gives us a peek at the renovated theatre, next to the also renovated Paramount.

Suffolk University thinking of abandoning Beacon Hill entirely for Downtown Crossing

adamg — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:57:07 +0000

The Herald reports on the possibility the school could move en masse to a "continguous campus" fronted on Tremont Street, which would let it increase enrollment without worrying about outraged howls of anger from Beacon Hill residents. But would they be butting heads with Emerson?

When you're the president, you can boot reporters out of your press conference

adamg — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:17:00 +0000

At least, if you're the president of Suffolk University and you object to impudent questions about whether you're too remote or why tuition is so high.

Suffolk students prove they can behave as badly as the ones at Northeastern, BU and BC

adamg — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:47:45 +0000

NorthEndWaterfront.com reports on a trifecta of out-of-control parties in the North End, including one on Halloween at 224 Hanover St.:

... College students were throwing bottles and cans down to the street. The police initially had difficulty gaining access when a male dressed in a baby's outfit refused to open the door. BPD eventually gained access and the officers detained 15-20 Suffolk university students. There probably were more at the party which had dispersed as the police entered. ...

Threatening letter clears out Suffolk building

adamg — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:57:04 +0000

Boston Police tweet the bomb squad is at Suffolk University's 8 Ashburton Pl. building.

Suffolk must be really good - look how much they pay their president

adamg — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:54:53 +0000

Highest-paid college president in the country.

I'm too pretty for my degree

adamg — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:54:21 +0000

Local Spice notices that somebody hates the Suffolk University ads on the T as much as he does.

Beacon Hill and Suffolk University: Agreement reached, for real

rossoduck — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:34:27 +0000

The Beacon Hill Civic Association Board of Directors voted unanimously tonight to accept the agreement with Suffolk University first reported last week in the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald. The agreement had been negotiated by a team representing the group, but it was not final until the board voted to accept it.

The latest chapter in the relationship between Beacon Hill and Suffolk is now complete. The next chapter begins.

A university agrees not to devour a neighborhood

adamg — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:00:58 +0000

Suffolk agrees to a "non-expansion zone" on Beacon Hill.

As Harry Mattison (over in Collegelandia, i.e., Allston/Brighton) notes, one interesting part of the deal is that it was between the school and a residents group, rather than the school and the BRA.

Suffolk University and Beacon Hill

rossoduck — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:49:05 +0000

The Suffolk University debate continues on Beacon Hill. The Boston Redevelopment Authority held a public meeting last week at the Suffolk Law School.

Suffolk submitted an institutional master plan to the BRA in mid-April, and we're currently in the middle of the 60-day comment period for that document.

My personal take (detailed more on my blog) is that the issues come down to "town-and-gown" and the definition of "expansion."

Herald rewrites history in zeal to lather up local pollster

adamg — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:47:37 +0000

The Herald today shows some ink-stained lovin' for David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center:

... In a business that is an uncertain venture at best, it wasn't the first time David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, has proven more accurate than larger pollsters.

In New Hampshire, where Obama beat Clinton by 3 percentage points, Suffolk showed Obama winning by 5, compared with Zogby, which showed him leading by 13. ...

You don't say.

Adam Reilly highlights other examples of Paleologos "accuracy". Blue Mass. Group: Egg, meet face.