For UMass Boston community, Mount Ida deal is a slap in the face

UMass Boston has been beset by budget cuts and a hiring freeze.

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At a time where the Boston campus is cutting jobs, services, and institutes, the UMass system?s purchase of the Mount Ida campus, ostensibly to benefit students in Amherst, stings.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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The message from Amherst couldn?t be louder: Your needs are expendable.

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The president Trump also said special counsel Robert Mueller?s investigation is ?an attack on our country.?

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The latest round of results on the National Assessment of Educational also raises concerns about stagnation.

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Samson Donick was accused of entering a BU student?s room in 2015 and sexually assaulting her. Said Judge Janet Sanders: ?What he did, if he did it, was incredibly serious.?

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Carlo DeMaria said he?s ?very disturbed? about Wynn Resorts potentially selling its $2.4 billion casino project before the doors open.

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President Xi Jinping promised to cut China?s auto tariffs and improve intellectual property protection.

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A 1980 issue of The Flat Hat, a student newspaper at the College of William and Mary, in which James Comey wrote as a student about the need to attract more black students to the school.

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Sophomoric and substantial: James Comey?s stint as a college journalist

At the College of William and Mary, the future FBI director tackled issues like race and campus rape, but also veered into the juvenile, like when he mocked the attractiveness of women at Harvard.

ADAM HIMMELSBACH

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Without Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward this isn?t the same team, but don?t tell them they have no chance in the playoffs.

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TORONTO, ON - MARCH 29: Manager Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees and Giancarlo Stanton #27 look on from the dugout on Opening Day during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on March 29, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

A rivalry that?s been renewed and recharged

After an offseason arms ? or bats ? race, we finally get to measure the teams in meaningful games.

KEVIN CULLEN

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CBS did not allow the real story of Patrick Reed to intrude on its own narrative from Augusta.

The new Mamava Mini lactation pods are designed for offices and come with a work station.

New perk for nursing moms: Workplace lactation pods signal changing times (and laws)

As a new state law requires employers to provide a place to pump, a lactation pod company turns its attention to the workplace.

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Joseph Burhoe and John Perry pleaded guilty to lesser charges after a federal appeals court overturned most of their 2016 convictions.

Roland Sitzler from Boston arrived at the Milton Animal shelter to adopt Carmelita.

An elusive terrier in Milton finds a happy ending

When the last of Roland Sitzler?s two terriers died two years ago, it felt like a connection to his late wife had, too. Then, last month, he happened upon a whimsical story in the Globe.

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Jamie Allman, also a talk-show host, has resigned from his role at a St. Louis TV station.

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The band said in a statement Monday that Buckingham will not be on its upcoming tour.

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The study of social media influence on elections is partly funded by the conservative Koch Foundation, among others.

The report was issued by academics who analyze data compiled by the US Transportation Department.

Despite controversies, US airline performance improved in 2017

The annual Airline Quality rating found that airline performance soared in 2017, despite consumer grumbling.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

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So much evaporates after a breakup, but mementos from your time together remain. Should you hold onto these things, or dump them?

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EDITORIAL

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So far, no convincing justification for the controversial transaction has been offered.

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers in March: Multiple nor?easters, St. Patrick?s Day, and protesting gun violence.

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