Newton For Everyone, a coalition that supports the Village Center Overlay District, started petitions against Save Newton Villages’ signs.
Metro, Newton
Newton City Council Strikes Down Parking Ban Petition
Newton City Council struck down a proposed two-year suspension of the city’s winter overnight parking ban in a 17–7 vote on Monday night.
News, Off Campus, Top Story
Michelle Wu and Several City Councilors Sign Petition Calling for LGBTQ+ Resource Center at BC
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and nine former and current Boston city councilors signed a petition calling for Boston College to create an LGBTQ+ resource center on campus and include gender identity in the University’s discrimination policy, according to a post on BC Equality’s Instagram on Monday.
News, On Campus, Top Story, Featured Story
Parent-Created Petition Proposes Additional Exemptions to BC’s Booster Mandate
A petition urging Boston College to allow four exemptions to its vaccination booster mandate claims there are “very serious safety concerns” with the University policy. The petition has garnered 830 signatures as of Sunday.
News, On Campus, Featured Story, Coronavirus Updates
Petition Calls For BC to Hold In-Person Commencement
In the four days following the announcement that Boston College would be moving online for the semester, seniors wrapped up their time on campus by cramming in final Mod parties and barbecues, watching the sunrise at the reservoir, and saying their final goodbyes to some of their classmates. One event that was absent from the…
Metro, Off Campus, Politics, Featured Story, Administration, Boston, Coronavirus Updates, Colleges
Boston City Councilor Liz Breadon Petitions Universities to Stay on Campus
Boston City Councilor Liz Breadon encouraged BC, BU, and Harvard students to assist them in petitioning their universities to stay on campus.
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Update: University Planning on Continuing Classes Despite Petition
A petition circulating in the BC community calls for the school to temporarily move all classes online in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Union Withdraws NLRB Petition, Demands Direct Bargaining With BC
“In recent weeks, the NLRB has issued decisions that make clear it is a partisan vehicle for limiting workers’ rights,” the Boston College Graduate Employees Union organizing committee wrote in an email.
On Campus, News
Students’ Petition Calls for Changes in the Core
Three BC students created a petition to make the core curriculum less Eurocentric as part of their class titled the Challenge of Justice.
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Anonymous Online Source Posts Petition Concerning Plans for New Plex
An anonymous source started a petition calling on the University to include a larger pool and more tennis courts in the new recreation complex.
