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Everybody loves a good concert, especially when a living legend happens to be the one headlining the show. When I first heard that Bob Dylan was coming to the Mullins Center on Friday, November 19, my first thought was that … Continue reading →

I. REWRITE THIS LEAD PARAGRAPH INTO TWO PARAGRAPHS, BASED ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE. TEHRAN — The country of Iran on Tuesday, a day coinciding with busy traffic in downtown Tehran, its historic capital city, celebrated the start of … Continue reading →

It’s only fitting that Massachusetts Gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker addressed his supporters at the Boston House of Blues following his loss to Deval Patrick on Tuesday night. Baker, who garnered 41% of the vote compared to Patrick’s 49%, was not … Continue reading →

The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees committee approved $546 million dollars worth of construction projects that would benefit all five campuses on Wednesday. The building program, which has already spent $2 billion over the last decade, aims to improve … Continue reading →

Farmer James Pasiecnik has been ordered by the EPA to restore more than 17 acres of freshwater wetlands in Whately, MA, that he altered for expanded farmland. Pasiecnik, who owns J. M. Pasiecnik Farms, had “grubbed, graded, filled, and altered … Continue reading →

One of the big things that dictate our country’s foreign policy right now is the war in Iraq.  Now, over seven years later, President Obama has withdrawn the last combat troops from the country, signifying an end of an era.  … Continue reading →

Every body goes to libraries to learn, work, and study for a plethora of different classes and projects.  Whether it’s Journalism 300 or Botany for Gardeners 110 or Astrophysics 251, the library is a place where people can go and … Continue reading →

Journalism 300 QUIZ / Sept. 29, 2010 Provide short definitions and purposes of the following: – The lead. The lead is the introduction to a news story that summarizes the event in a way that allows for more in-depth coverage … Continue reading →

The effect that sports has on a person’s life path can be empowering, strong, and all-encompassing to several degrees.  They can be someone’s passion, their career path, their link to their childhood, and even their cause for action in life. … Continue reading →

Hi, this is David Martin, and I completely understand what the course expects of me and I swear to live up to them. I really want to take away from this class not only a better understanding of how to … Continue reading →