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UMass Boston announces a rebranding campaign
May 15, 2022
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The Point(less): For a while, it seemed like the world, or our union, turned upside down
Then a closer inspection restored normalcy
Dec 26, 2025
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This Quarter in Meritocracy - Boston, USA and The World
The world According to The Flickering Beacon - the good, the bad and the Karen
Dec 20, 2025
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The Massachusetts Teachers Association vs. Truth, Facts and Jews (part 2)
May 4, 2024
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UMass Boston Presents: Necrophiles for Palestine
Apr 23, 2025
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UMass Boston and MIT Join Forces For Feminist and Queer Methods
Jan 30, 2024
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DEI is White Supremacist!
Sep 3, 2022
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Meet Dr. Nefertiti, UMass' New Queen of Equitity
Feb 15, 2025
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Decolonizing Competence, part II
Feb 5, 2023
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Decolonizing the Bunsen Burner: Restorative Justice for the STEMmatically Marginalized
A transformative equity grant proposal, to be submitted by the Faculty of the College of Science and Math to UMass Boston's Restorative Justice…
Dec 15, 2025
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October-November news update: UMass Boston and the Sad State of Academia
The world According to The Flickering Beacon
Dec 10, 2025
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UMass Boston's Restorative Justice Commission is Baaaack with Transformative Equity Grants
Just when we thought we'd never meet again, our restorative justice overlords are back to bestow their infinite wisdom in the form of Transformative…
Dec 4, 2025
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The Point(less): Break Up With Israel, I'm Bored
The Post-Ceasefire Existential Panic (A Formal Memo from UMass Boston's Faculty Staff Union)
Nov 28, 2025
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Indimbus day, Flickering Beacon style
On Indigenous People's Day/Columbus–Indimbus for short–Day, not one, but two things happened that are very close to our editorial hearts
Oct 17, 2025
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Special: What Will the Campus Jihadists Do Now?
The war is over, so is our favorite Hamas Loving faculty's Twitter fame. Where will they go now?
Oct 13, 2025
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Jews are banned from here!
Nothing personal. No antisemitism. We just can’t stand you.
Oct 7, 2025
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Endgame Solution: updates, March-August 2025
There were lots of developments around the Instant University, and the negative ones outweigh the poisitive
Oct 3, 2025
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It's Not Institutional Neutrality, It's Mission-Driven Shrugging
Or maybe Performative Pluralism? Courageous Cowardice? The possibilities are endless!
Sep 29, 2025
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