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JASON PRAMAS

A Few Points On Strategy For Left Activists At Boston University

Last week, when I suggested that the best way for anyone appalled by the actions of the conservative Boston University student I dubbed “the BU Snitch” to combat right-wing anti-immigrant views is to help organize a strong left wing, I was encouraging people to work hard to win political battles

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JASON PRAMAS November 20, 2025
Boston University. Photo by Daderot, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Modified by BINJ Staff using the paid BINJ Canva account and downloaded on November 13, 2025.
JASON PRAMAS

Appalled By The “BU Snitch?” Organize!

If you live in the Boston area, you’ve probably heard today’s news that a Boston University student bragged on social media that he had essentially gotten ICE to raid a local car wash. The human toll was predictable. Nine people’s lives, and the lives of their families, will be badly

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JASON PRAMAS November 13, 2025
Collage of a young Jason Pramas overlaid over a photo of Out of Town News in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass.
JASON PRAMAS

Out Of Town News And Me

My brief and tumultuous tenure working at the famed Harvard Square newsstand was nothing if not formative

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JASON PRAMAS June 26, 2025
DANA FORSYTHE

ART OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?

Major Boston A.I. Art Exhibit Draws Crowds, Concerns, And Future Collaborators “Rather than perceiving A.I. as a threat, it can be viewed as a powerful tool that expands creative boundaries.” Lines remain blurred when it comes to the rise of artificial intelligence. As for “Boston’s First A.I. Art Gallery,” also

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DANA FORSYTHE June 21, 2023
Boston University student anti-apartheid protestors in 1986. Photo of 2010 scan of a page from the April 30, 1986 edition of the Daily Free Press by Jason Pramas. Original Daily Free Press photo by Paul Callard.
JASON PRAMAS

BU’s John Silber Did Not Support Free Speech on His Campus

And I know that because his Boston University administration expelled me for participating in nonviolent student anti-apartheid protests in 1986 Recently, CommonWealth Magazine published an opinion piece by Rachel Silber Devlin, the daughter of former Boston University Chancellor John Silber, who published a book about her father last year and

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JASON PRAMAS March 14, 2023
DANA FORSYTHE

A MEDIUM, NOT A GENRE

On Curating A Comprehensive Chronicle Of Comics “A first class education on the subject and opportunities to experience exhibits of such quality. Something really special is happening.” The immense impact that comic books have had on modern pop culture is evident everywhere you look. It’s part of the success behind

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DANA FORSYTHE February 1, 2023
RHIAN LOWNDES

A TEST-BY-TEST CHRONICLE OF THE COVID-19 CATTLE CALL ON CAMPUS

Do not touch the top of the vial. Do not snap it with just your thumb. Your morning starts at home. Patient Connect, the website on which all post-COVID campus life at Boston University hinges, tells you that you’re overdue to fill out your daily survey. Are you experiencing any

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RHIAN LOWNDES October 9, 2020
ALEX SUMAS

ANYWHERE BUT THERE: MEMO REQUIRING SOME STUDENTS TO RETURN TO CAMPUS SPARKS OUTCRY

“There is no care in the way we get this important information and it shows that our work is undervalued by the university.”

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ALEX SUMAS July 1, 2020
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GRACE SYMES

CORONAVIRUS LEAVES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS UNCERTAIN ABOUT FUTURE

With campuses closed due to the COVID-19 crisis, students from other countries face significant travel restrictions and visa concerns

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GRACE SYMES March 30, 2020
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ARIELA SHAPIRO

FORCED OFF CAMPUS, STUDENTS SCRAMBLE FOR SHELTER IN MERCILESS MARKET

From cases where landlords hiked the rental price of apartments and living spaces by 30 to 40% in less than a day, to violations of Boston’s five-or-more rule, problems persist.

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ARIELA SHAPIRO March 22, 2020
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