Boston College

BC student gets quick physics lesson

adamg — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:36:03 -0400

F=ma, i.e., the Force with which you hit the ground when you try to shimmy down a tree just outside your second-floor window equals your mass times the size of your allegedly dumb ass when you slip and fall instead.

Herald: State trooper cleared of BC bar-brawl charges

adamg — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:12:55 -0400

Found innocent on charges he smacked a guy with a bottle in a fight last year at the Greatest Bar. Two former BC players, both now in the NFL, had been put on probation for the incident.

BC has a chain gang?

adamg — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:47:03 -0400

Michael Pahre reports from a community meeting at which BC officials defended buying up apartment buildings off campus and such:

... Now BC's director of public affairs, Jack Dunn, increased his rhetoric again by saying Tuesday night that the housing on part of their Chestnut Hill campus is so dense that to find denser housing "you would have to go to a prison." ...

For some reason, residents didn't buy that argument; Pahre provides the numbers to show that BU, which nobody has yet compared to a prison, actually has a higher student density than BC.

Menino to BC: Cut the doublespeak

adamg — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:00:34 -0400

Menino tells Banker & Tradesmen that maybe a bit of sophistry is involved when BC says it'll house all its undergrads on campus, then turns around and buys a high-rise apartment building on Comm. Ave. that isn't on campus.

Via Michael Pahre, who notes that BC officials are careful to talk about "university-controlled" housing rather than "on campus."

BC seeks to buy Comm. Ave. apartment building

adamg — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:44:55 -0400

The 16-story, 190-unit building at 2000 Commonwealth Ave., GlobeSt.com reports.

As GlobeSt.com notes, the building was put up by Jerry Rappaport, the same guy who tore down the West End.

It's currently cat friendly.

BC vs. Suffolk

adamg — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:03:28 -0500

Michael Pahre compares the reaction of BC and Suffolk when the city backed nearby residents and opposed new dorm plans: One worked with the city to find a more acceptable location for new housing; the other accused opponents of NIMBYism.

A man who knows something about gridlock says BC expansion plan could cause gridlock

adamg — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:24:19 -0500

Harry Mattison posts a copy of a letter from Brighton resident Fred Salvucci to the Boston Redevelopment Authority's BC expansion project manager on the potential impact of the college's proposed buildout on traffic from Cleveland Circle to Brighton Center. And he says that unless the college takes steps to mitigate the increased traffic, the result would be a gridlocked neighborhood.

Salvucci knows from gridlock - perhaps more than anyone, he is responsible for the Big Dig, which started when he was transportation secretary under Mike Dukakis.

Jew-hating, misogynistic Boston College sports fans

adamg — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:21:14 -0500

Michael Pahre provides the details:

In a series of recent postings at online forums and a discussion group, fans of Boston College athletics have repeatedly used anti-semitic and misogynistic language directly at a Brighton resident and community activist. The language has also included the suggestion of violence towards her. ...

Complete with examples. He says a BC official, while emphasizing the college has nothing to do with the forums, apologized for the language at a meeting this week of a college/community task force looking at BC's expansion plans.

One forum particpant reacted quickly to Pahre's post:

We may want to clean up our act since these interwebs are being monitored now.

Mayoral maneuvering

adamg — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:38:05 -0500

Joe Keohane ponders why Tom Menino might get upset with Councilor Feeney's proposal for a citywide coffee klatsch at the South Boston convention center (no, it's not because he's concerned we wouldn't all fit).

Michael Pahre looks at why the mayor might have gotten involved in the issue of Boston College expansion in Brighton.

BC makes up a bus line

adamg — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:30:42 -0500

Michael Pahre notices that a map provided by Boston College to show how awesome public transportation already is around its proposed campus expansion has a few problems, such as an MBTA bus line that doesn't exist and fanciful extensions of other bus lines.