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East to West: September 23, 2022

East to West: September 23, 2022

Taylor Hawthorne September 23, 2022

Happy first day of fall! Today on East to West we cover a fire in Allston which left close to $3 million in damages, a campus-wide power outage,Martha's Vineyard migrant crisis and more. Click here...

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Sincerely, Ally: Sharing finances with your partner doesn’t have to be a point of contention

Alexia Nizhny February 16, 2021
We need to shift how we viewed wages. There’s a cultural association between money and worth: The higher you’re paid, the more valuable of a person you are. But that association is arbitrary.
Samuel Shupe, a former Boston University lecturer, posted an essay on Reddit last week detailing his frustration with BU’s failure to pay faculty members a living wage. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Former BU lecturer posts essay criticizing University’s unlivable wages

Madhri Yehiya January 25, 2021
In the post titled “BU’s Poor Treatment of Faculty (and Students),” Shupe describes how he was forced to quit his job teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Writing Program due to inadequate pay. Shupe taught at the University for seven years and received his Ph.D. from BU in 2019.
In a Wednesday webinar hosted by the Questrom Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, attendees discussed feelings of imposter syndrome in the business world. COURTESY OF QUESTROM CENTER FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION

Questrom hosts conversation on imposter syndrome among students

Madeline Humphrey October 20, 2020
Overcoming self-doubt can be difficult for college students, but Questrom's Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sought to navigate this issue.
Mayor Martin Walsh speaks at an event last year. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston is working to help those who are underemployed or unemployed

Michal Shvimer February 22, 2018
A new city-led initiative with plans to place 20,000 unemployed or underemployed city residents in living-wage jobs by 2022 launched Sunday.
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