Getting the body right is only half the battle
2/20/2008The human body was not designed to play sports. Our joints evolved to allow for great flexibility and range of motion, connecting bone to bone by remarkably strong, fibrous ligaments, and cushioning them with cartilage. But those tissues have a limited durability, and the constant wear and tear of competition takes a toll. CONTINUE
Legislature again delays gay marriage vote
Decision could have put question on 2008 ballot
11/10/2006Massachusetts legislators voted 109-86 to recess yesterday's State Constitutional Convention without voting on a bill that would let voters consider banning gay marriage on the 2008 ballot, a decision that could mean the end of the ballot initiative. CONTINUE
Boston Wireless hits downtown in pilot phase
Quincy Market, North End get high-speed access
10/19/2006Mayor Thomas Menino announced Monday that Boston's Wireless Initiative is entering the pilot phase, starting with the lighting of two hot spots downtown and the announcing of a demonstration wireless network to be built in Roxbury. CONTINUE
WiFi to bring affordable Internet
City creates network for 'net innovation
10/19/2006Boston is a unique city, boasting some of the country's oldest buildings and richest cultural institutions, while at the same time attracting some of the most cutting-edge research institutions. So, when Mayor Thomas Menino announced he was forming a Wireless Task Force to examine the practicability of making the city wireless, it was at once surprising and somewhat expected. CONTINUE
Harvard to end early admission
Effective January 1, 2007
9/19/2006For the freshman class of 2012, Harvard University will no longer offer the option of early action, which Harvard officials say tends to favor affluent applicants. CONTINUE
Plan would rope off part of Hanover St.
9/19/2006A waiter carries a tray of cappuccino and cannoli to customers lounging at a sidewalk café table. Over his shoulder, pedestrians stroll leisurely through an open Hanover Street, without a care in the world. CONTINUE
Deal me in
With poker more popular than ever, people are buying-in both on and off campus
4/28/2006Tonight, somewhere on the Boston University campus, a group of five to seven students will break the law. CONTINUE
To fund or not to fund
Exploring the business behind student athletics
3/31/2006Boston University, with a student population of more than 30,000, is not likely to be mistaken for either Union College, with a student population less than a tenth of that, or the University of Texas, which weighs in at 50,000 students. The three schools are very different, yet they share a common ground. CONTINUE
Disappearing newspapers
More and more, news is printed on monitors instead of newsprint
3/17/2006Are you reading this in print or on the web? With each passing year, publishers are becoming increasingly concerned with the answer to that question. CONTINUE
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