Prison chief relieved of position by Patrick administration Correction Commissioner Kathleen M. Dennehy has been asked by the Deval Patrick administration to step down from her post, according to administration sources. Dennehy inspired reform activists who thought she would crack down on alleged abuse by guards, but quickly lost support of the union, which said her policies made correction officers' jobs more dangerous. "Her management style has been nothing but abrasive," said Steve Kenneway, president of the 5,000-member Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union, in The Boston Globe. "Under her leadership, she has alienated the officers and changed policies that we believe will end up getting an officer killed."
LOCAL Passoni wins prelims, will face off against Linehan for seat Susan Passoni, former investment banker and current South End resident, emerged victorious on Tuesday in a preliminary City Council vote against a field of six other candidates from South Boston, according to a Boston Globe report. Passoni won by 37 votes and on May 15 will run against Tuesday's second place winner, city worker Bill Linehan, to decide who will win the council seat. South Boston resident James M. Kelly currently holds the council seat and has for 23 years. "We're going to have to dig down deeper and do it all again," Passoni told campaign workers and supporters as they celebrated. "We're on a whole new journey now. We're going to have to work as hard or harder."
UNIVERSITITES San Jose Univ. prof says meat-eaters cause global warming According to a U-Wire report, San Jose University sociology professor Dan Brook, who spoke as a guest lecturer at the University of Oregon on Monday, blamed meat-eaters for global warming issues. Brook, asked to speak at the University by Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said that the practices of the international meat and dairy industry are the leading cause of the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which causes global warming.. He said that consumers can make a difference where government and industry have not. "Every time you buy something, you're saying, 'I support this process; I vote for it,'" he said. "Every time you purchase a hamburger, you're saying, 'I support the meat industry; I support global warming.'"
Stanford prof to lecture on dangers of bacteria's resistance Lucy Shapiro, a professor of microbiology at Stanford University, will address the University of Utah on Thursday about the dangers of bacteria and their increasing resistance to antibiotics for the university's final "Frontiers of Science Lecture." "There is a tremendous problem today because we are losing most of our antibiotics to bugs that are becoming resistant," said Shapiro. "This is the perfect storm; pathologists need to have a better understanding of these bugs." Shapiro, a specialist in microbiology, feels that understanding germs' basic mechanisms is critical knowledge for avoiding their resistance to drugs. Antibiotics that were once effective against bacteria some years ago are now rendered useless because of their misuse.
ON CAMPUS Student Art Club begins taking submissions for new exhibit The Art Club has begun accepting submissions for an upcoming student art exhibit occurring on April 26 during Arts Fest. Submissions of any medium will be accepted until the deadline, which is April 23. All submissions are to be turned in at the Bapst Student Art Gallery, where they will be collected by the Art Club. The only restriction is that the piece of art must relate to the theme of "Masquerade: Everyone Wears a Mask." If there are any questions, they can be directed to Jon Harding, LGSOE '07, who can be contacted at hardinjo@bc.edu.
UNDER REPORTED Japanese company experiences trouble with toilets in flames Japan's second largest toilet-making company, INAX Corp., is currently in the hot seat for not publicly announcing seven cases of malfunctioning "washlets" - combination toilets and bidets that are common in Japanese homes. These incidents, which occurred between 1991 and 2005, included cases in which the washlets began to smoke or caught fire. INAX said that the appropriate government ministry was notified of these issues. INAX's announcement came after Japanese porcelain powerhouse Toto Ltd.'s statement on Monday, which revealed that 26 of its malfunctioning washlets had emitted smoke and another three had caught fire.
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