Legislature divided over budget issues
Lawmakers last week approved another two-week interim state budget after sparring over the issue of Clean Elections funding.

MLRC clears GEO on labor complaints
The Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission on Wednesday this week determined that the Graduate Employee Organization did not encourage or condone a sick-out by graduate student instructors in the Division of Continuing Education on Aug. 16-17.

Convocation to welcome Class of '05 to campus
Members of the Class of 2005 will be welcomed to campus Sunday night at the annual New Student Convocation at the Mullins Center.

Faculty and librarians vote to ratify 3-year contract
Members of the Massachusetts Society of Professors ratified a three-year contract with the University during balloting that closed Aug. 20. Faculty and librarians voted 481-16 in favor of the agreement.

USA approves new contract
Clerical and technical staff voted Aug. 23 to ratify a new, three-year contract, according to Donna Johnson, University Staff Association president.

Problem dorm to start fresh
In a move campus officials hope will alter a pattern of destructive behavior among some students, Butterfield House, a site of ongoing vandalism and other illegal behavior, has been repaired and reprogrammed for the fall

University Store Moves to Makeshift Quarters
Students and staff seeking to shop at the University Store early in the semester will find it in four temporary locations until renovations at the store's usual location in the northwest corner of the Lincoln Campus Center can be completed

Hannum selected for DCI Hall of Fame
It is often said that some people march to the beat of a different drummer. In Thom Hannum's case, a lot of people have marched to his beat.