It’s a dark day around Boston Daily HQ. The male staffers have started listening to breakup songs, and although he thinks I can’t hear him, Flannery is quietly crying into his keyboard.
Harvard University has a lot of money, which is good for Harvard. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the other hand, does not have much dough kicking around these days. While the state holds together its infrastructure with silly putty and prayer, Harvard is sitting on a huge tax-free nest egg and is slowly expanding its empire campus into Allston.
We here at Boston Daily are big fans of understated revolution. In January, we reeled after Boston University dramatically remade its logo to look shockingly similar to the old one. (In this month’s issue of Boston magazine, you can see some actual innovation in logos for other educational institutions.)
Today, we were shaken to learn that the Harvard University Art Museums have a completely new moniker.
That’s because the editorial board decided to write the 342-word piece in text message lingo. The website version comes complete with this handy explanation of what follows:
A new study warns that writing text messages could hurt a writer’s command of standardized English.
And forcing your readers to slog through an entire editorial of the same garbage is, what, good for them? (more…)
The most creative use we’ve come up with for our old shopping bags is using them as receptacles for our paper recyclables. But the students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts have taken Lord & Taylor’s iconic shopping bags from the curb to couture in Passion for Fashion, which is on display through Friday at the Boylston Street location.
As anyone who’s walked along Comm. Ave. can attest, BU students love tanning salons. Male and female students alike have that orange glow even during the coldest winter months.
So, it’s not too surprising to hear that a researcher at Boston University did a study on the benefits of tanning. But the Daily Free Press reports that the scientist was taking funds for the study from a tanning industry group.
While we here in America are wondering if the internet will kill print journalism, people in Japan are wondering whether text messaging will destroy the novel. In the Land of the Rising Sun, half of last year’s bestselling novels were originally cellphone novels, originally composed in text message format.
We thought the Boston Police Department was incredibly forward-thinking when we skimmed over this announcement for its “Text For Peace” contest. Alas, the BPD didn’t lift the idea and is sticking with the tried-but-true poster contest.
We have fond memories of our first summer jobs. Back before we had rent or credit card debt, we could spend the money we earned herding elementary school kids on CD’s and gas that cost 99 cents a gallon. Those were the days.
So we were sad to read that Boston’s teenagers may not get the opportunity to earn some cash this summer. The agency in charge of the program that gets kids off the streets and into entry-level jobs at some of the city’s biggest companies says it only has enough money to fund 500 jobs for an estimated 4,000 kids who want them.
Look at this photo from today’s BU Daily Free Press. Now let me ask you something: When did college kids become so lame? I ask because, you know, last year I was one and if memory serves, I was lame—some might even say sophomoric and all to willing to fall back on a good fart joke—but I wasn’t this lame. Come on BU students. You have got to be kidding me. Don’t you have some form of alcohol or drug you could be intaking somewhere?
And do your parents know they’re spending $35K a year so you can run around with a broom between your legs? (more…)
Harvard professor and former Barack Obama campaign adviser Samantha Power is engaged.
Harvard University has 
The most creative use we’ve come up with for our old shopping bags is using them as receptacles for our paper recyclables. But the students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts have taken Lord & Taylor’s iconic shopping bags from the curb to couture in 
As anyone who’s walked along Comm. Ave. can attest, BU students love tanning salons. Male and female students alike have that orange glow even during the coldest winter months.
While we here in America are wondering if the internet will kill print journalism, people in Japan are wondering whether text messaging will destroy the novel. In the Land of the Rising Sun, half of last year’s bestselling novels were originally 
So we were sad to read that Boston’s teenagers 
Look at this photo from today’s BU