Heating
plant site work set to begin
Weather permitting, site preparation for a planned $85 million central
heating plant is scheduled to begin this week, according to John
Mathews, assistant director for Campus Infrastructure Projects at
Facilities Planning.
Lombardi,
Bulger give joint talk
Chancellor John Lombardi and President William
Bulger spoke about the Univeristy's role as the economic engine
in the commonwealth at a gathering hosted by the Technology Enterprise
Council in Springfield Dec. 3.
State
revenues rose during November
Boosted by a tax amnesty program, state revenues
increased by $16 million in November, but are still lagging 1.6
percent below last year's level, according to Secretary of Administration
and Finance Kevin Sullivan.
Faculty
Senate puzzles over Athletics Department budget
The annual presentation of the Athletics Council to the Faculty
Senate turned into an accounting discussion Nov. 14 as senators
struggled to make sense of the Athletic Department's budget.
Bulger called
to testify in probe of FBI
A congressional committee investigating FBI misconduct has subpoenaed
President William M. Bulger to testify about his older brother,
fugitive crime boss and FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger.
Trehub's
'moon illusion' theory draws new notice
Nearly everyone's experienced the "moon illusion," that
brief time when the celestial orb looms huge on the horizon and
then seems to shrink away as it rises into the night sky.
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