The annual Alternative Service Breaks program through the Community Service Center at BU is continuing virtually over three weekends in place of their usual spring break trips around the nation — serving organizations remotely in the Greater Boston Area and beyond.
Gareth McFeely, executive director of Study Abroad, said the decision was motivated by the same pandemic-related concerns that prevented the University from running the program last summer.
Dean of the College of General Studies Natalie McKnight announced the cancellation of the Boston-London Program for the CGS Class of 2024 in an email Monday, nearly a year after the suspension of the program for the previous class.
Today on East to West, we cover BU’s record-breaking rise in Covid cases, a battle over the BU rock on Trans Day of Remembrance, a police reform bill out of the Massachusetts Legislature, and more.
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Travelers from Hawaii are the only ones remaining who can enter Massachusetts without a mandatory 14-day quarantine or a negative test result within 72 hours before arrival.
We were extremely lucky to have made it through the Fall so far without a major outbreak on campus, but we are pushing our luck to think we can do the same this Spring without fine-tuning our safety measures.
Allowing travelers from states deemed low-risk into the Commonwealth without any quarantine requirements implies a blind trust in all residents of those states to be virus-free if they are to enter Massachusetts. This is an unsafe policy for several reasons.
Join us on East to West today as we discuss the impacts of a national coin shortage on BU students, the College of Fine Arts’ budget cuts, changes to Massachusetts travel restrictions, and more.
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After three years of planning and preparation, 13 Boston University students will travel to Havana, Cuba on Sunday for a five-day Alternative Spring Break, arranged by the university’s Latin American...
