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East to West: Dec. 5, 2022

Ellen Maloney December 5, 2022

Last full week of classes! Today on East to West we cover a letter to rename Myles Standish Hall, student commentary on study period, city council petition to lower voting age, and more. Click here...

playground at James H. Roberts Park

Allston park renamed to honor Black WWII veteran, City employee

Madison Mercado March 1, 2021
An Allston-Brighton park was formally renamed to memorialize James H. Roberts, a Black WWII veteran, following a 50-year delay in the process brought on by a clerical error.
The Yawkey Center for Student Services at BU. Some are advocating to rename nearby Yawkey Way in light of its namesake’s history of racism.  PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Concerns raised over Yawkey Center’s name as decision to rename Yawkey Way looms

Mike Reddy March 22, 2018
Efforts to rename Yawkey Way, a street along the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park, have raised questions at Boston University about whether the Yawkey Center for Student Services should also be renamed.
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