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On January 8th 2015, the United States Olympic Committee somewhat stunned the American public with the news of the American city selected to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Boston, the City upon a Hill, the Athens of America,…

Massachusetts is well-known for leading the nation in revolutions, from its role in Independence from the British to its being the first state to legalize gay marriage in 2004. The gay rights revolution is a relatively new social revolution, and…

Research question – is Boston actually unappealing to young adults, specifically recent college graduates? The interviews and personal point-of-views from the four individuals offer some insight into the young professionals’ minds but they are by no…

I use Emelie Durkheim’s book, The
Elementary Forms of Religious Life, as a
mechanism with which to analyze how sports,
specifically the Red Sox, function in the city
of Boston. Rooting my discussion in the
theme of the book, that religion…

I report on research to investigate the availability of information and services in languages other than English at six M.B.T.A. subway stations, and frame these results with data regarding language usage in Boston. I then analyze the problem (almost…

Summary: My paper uses firsthand accounts of personal experiences during the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, combined with speeches and newspaper articles, to describe the effect of the Boston Red Sox on the city of Boston throughout the…

Within my paper, I explore the issue of homelessness that is so prevalent in and around Boston.
In particular, past, present, and future measures taken and being taken by the local and state
governments, as well as various organizations, are a…

For my final project, I explore how and why Jews left Dorchester. I interviewed two grandparents (opposite sides) who epitomized the Jewish migration out of Dorchester. Their narratives, found out through two separate interviews, offer a new…

This project was done in an effort to reconnect with a lot of my friends that I have
made within the Latin American community here in Boston, and elsewhere. The idea
behind the project was to develop an overarching idea, if that was possible, of…

Through the lens of two interviews with homeless Harvard Square citizens Tom and Susan, this paper explores the difference between “living” and “surviving” in Boston. Issues discussed include: shelter, hygiene, relationship with Harvard Square and…