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Six-foot-eight, weighs a fucking ton

That lamppost grew up, crossed the street too.

A tea spot you say... I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Unrelated, I have a terrible tea addiction yet I am not British

You’re irritated by Boston Magazine? Can you afford a therapist?

They’re not in the same category, really. SU is a good private college, held back by a commuter reputation and the lack of a central campus experience, but has an excellent cadre of professors and instructors drawn from the highly-educated and successful population around it. It’s very connected.

UMB is a functional, basic state college, offering higher education to a broader swath of society. It’s solid. If you choose to go there, you’ll do fine, though it may be a harder functional grind based on location and bureaucratic reputation. (SU also has a bureaucracy that can frustrate, in my experience.)

To a large extent, college gives you what you put in. You can succeed and thrive at either place if you put in the work. UMB is much less expensive. If that’s a factor, it’s a very real difference and not to be ignored.

At the end of the day, it’s nice to have a choice. Congratulations on your acceptances!

Does anyone know what those building in the background were?

You remember all their ads…hmmm interesting

That’s not always a bad thing ie taxes

The H fell off?

Please please please go to Suffolk instead.

Transfered into UMB and have had nothing but problems, have not met a single student or professor that is in any way happy with this school.

Ceiling panels literally falling down, an entire building has an excess of carbon dioxide that makes people sick so much so that the tours they send through the place skip the building entirely. Who tell the people they aren't going there because "it's exactly like the other buildings so why bother" LMAO.

The different buildings are covered every few days with hundreds of posters accusing the president and dean of liberal arts of being anti-Black and racist. That doesn't include the posters put up by the grad students TAing that mention how UMB pays them a couple hundred bucks to do their jobs, professors putting up union signs about how UMB is breaking labor laws...

They have many good people to come in and do talks...and only bother to send out emails and put up posters THE DAY OF THE EVENT. I've literally seen them put up posters for events that HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED lmao.

Don't expect to get anything done at this college. Anyone who has been able to do anything openly admits that they've essentially had to fight this beaurocracy at every single step of the way. For example, I still don't have a program advisor, even after multiple semesters, because the sole person who's job it is to do that never bothers responding to anyone. Which speaking to others, she's notoriously known for doing. Literally sends out emails to apply to internships a few hours before the application is due.

The fact that taxpayer dollars go to fund this is appalling to me. It is a shame because they have some excellent professors, but quite honestly so does every school in Boston. Whatever money you may think you are saving on the sticker price is NOT worth it, you will have to fight every step of the way to get even the most basic things done. I genuinely now wish how much better the rest of my life may have planned out if I went to a better school.

Thanks for doing this! I fell in love with rugby while I was living in Europe but was unfortunately not able to try (pun intended) it out. Are there any clubs around that a beginner can join to learn and play?

Also would love to watch a game and support the local team. What match are you looking forward to the most?

UMass Boston undergrad and Suffolk Law. I suggest UMass Boston.

> Campbell said the closest mailbox to where the Jan. 4 robbery happened is in a senior living community, where he suspects many still mail checks.

> "They use the keys, they open it, they take the bin, they close it to cover their tracks and they take off with the bin," Campbell said. "They're looking for checks. They're going to erase them, rewrite them, cash them and steal the money."

Targeting Boomers still writing checks..

Context always matters- I appreciate the effort.

Suffolk. It’s right in downtown Boston with everything in walking distance.

Umass is kinda far, red line is utter shit, rush hour commute will suck ass. And if you plan to live in the city and commute to umass for classes, scheduling classes gonna suck.

For those that balk at the cost you can get the games on https://www.therugbynetwork.com or by downloading the app.

I had a friend introduce me to Rugby about 8 years ago when he asked me to play in an old boys match for Mystic Rugby since they didn’t have enough players and I fell in love. I have a 12, 10, and 4 year old who will all be playing rugby this year. My 12 year old has been playing for 6-7 years now for Mystic River Youth Rugby. They practice and play at Pine Banks park in Melrose/Malden.

The Freejacks are a huge asset to the city and the sport. They often hold skills and drills camps for kids, which a lot of players show up to and hang out for most of the day, and they invite all the local teams to play before home matches. The community outreach and work the team does for the sport feels genuine and surpasses anything I have seen from the big 4 sports teams in town. I’m not taking a dig at this big 4, it’s more a testament to how small and close knit the rugby community is.

Whichever lets you graduate with as little debt as possible. If both are free or cost the same then I guess pick Suffolk for location and student life - as umass boston is a commuter school where it's hard to make friends. I've always viewed Suffolk as a fall-back school for rich kids.

“Block” Button.

It constantly shows up on Instagram

It’s right by roadrunner

I'm graduating from Suffolk this spring. I transferred after my sophomore year, so I've had a unique experience. Suffolk has always been very welcoming, especially if you end up living in the dorms. I've always lived off campus and struggled to make friends but people in general are really nice and friendly. I'm in the CAS but take some classes in the Business school and I've never really had a problem. If you have a scholarship or are able to afford it, it's a great experience, but I think college is ultimately what you make of it. Wherever you go, you can find friends and opportunities for work after if you seek it out. Best of luck!

Reading Boston Magazine is still a thing uh?

Engineering and hard sciences people, engineering and hard sciences...

...dear god I'm never going to own a home.

In the past…possibly. Now, no way. Rugby takes it very very seriously. There is very strict HIA (head injury assessment) protocol in which any player deemed hit to high or near the head or any suspected head injury is removed from the field to be assessed. It’s called the Recognize and Remove protocol. There is a crew watching all the camera angles and if they see something they don’t like they will call the player off the field.

Both my kids play rugby, and have been playing for 4-6 years, and they teach proper tackle and hit techniques. They are very serious about drilling it into the kids at a young age.

Edit: for those struggling with understanding or maybe only have a basic understanding and want to learn more a famous ref Wayne Barnes has been posting YouTube videos that are spectacular: https://youtube.com/@WayneBarnesRef

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