Talk:University of Massachusetts Boston

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pretty good uni if you ask me Danorux 23:23, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Logo

The logo isn't quite right, check out the official one from the UMass Boston Homepage: http://umb.edu/logo/UMB_informal.blue.jpg the official logo is all blue, not blue and black (I think the one on the page now is UMass Lowell's.) I dont know how fair use works for things like this or else I'd change it myself. 76.19.83.113 (talk) 04:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Chancellor update

Hi to the person who just updated the Chancellor info,

Not to quibble, but Keith Motley does not take the Chancellor's position until June 21, 2007, when he is expected to be approved by the UMass Board of Trustees. Until that time, Michael Collins is still chancellor. For instance, at graduation on June 1 '07, Dr. Collins was still presiding as chancellor. I will revert the page, but it's still good to see someone else who cares about UMass Boston here.Nam1123 20:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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Expansion

Wow... this article definitely merits some expansion. Wasn't there a fairly recent decision to start the first residence halls on campus recently? Anyone have sources? Also there's no discussion here about the "commuter school" label this campus usually gets - is that notable? -Midnightdreary 00:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey, nice job adding the section headers! Looks good. Some of the stuff in history I feel should be parceled out to a location section or something, but not sure what should be moved yet. Residence halls have been in discussion here for years, but we've only started serious talk about them again recently. I'll try to help out and add more sourced info to this page as the summer goes on. I'm an undergrad here, btw. Nam1123 20:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

With any luck, the section headers might encourage some expansion on those specific topics. That's some interesting info about the res halls - I'd love to see more in this article, if anyone has the sources! -Midnightdreary 03:24, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Dana White

He may be a famous UMB atendee, but he never graduated, which is confirmed in his personal page. I took him off the alumni list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.121.199 (talk) 07:01, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Bill Bratton

William Bratton, Boston Police Commissioner, NYPD Commissioner, and LAPD Chied f graduated with a B.S. in Law Enforcent some time in the 70's. I can't seem to locate his grad year; is that necessary for inclusion into the notable alumni section? Surly he's at least notable enough for inclusion. 71.126.48.82 (talk) 23:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Ted Kennedy Papers

The statement that UMass Boston will house the papers of Ted Kennedy appears to be wrong according to this article: JFK Library to House Edward Kennedy Papers. The JFK Library will be buying land from the adjacent UMass Boston to add a wing for the Kennedy papers. If someone can provide different information, please do. Otherwise, I will delete the paragraph. --Crunch (talk)

Retention and Commencement Rates

This statement "It boasts the highest retention and commencement rates of any UMass campus" needs a reference. Please provide one. This data UMass Amherst Retention and Graduation and UMass Boston Retention and Graduation would seem to prove otherwise. --Crunch (talk) 17:39, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

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Street address

We don't need the street address of the university's central receiving or admissions office or whatever specific office is at 100 William T. Morrissey Blvd. This is an encyclopedia, not a directory. And we certainly don't need to have false or contradictory information in this article by claiming that an institution on 177 acres has only a single street address. ElKevbo (talk) 14:20, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Well, ElKevbo the fact that you think that there is some specific office located at 100 William T. Morrissey Boulevard belies your ignorance about the university: 100 William T. Morrissey Boulevard IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, NOT CENTRAL RECEIVING OR THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE. If you'd actually bothered to look at a map of the campus, you would know this and you would also know that none of the campus buildings, offices, or departments have individual street addresses. Jajhill (talk) 03:12, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

So all 177 acres are right there at one street address? How does that work? Are they stacked atop one another like pancakes? Is there a dimensional rift that allows all of the buildings to occupy the same space at the same time? And why would we need a street address in this encyclopedia article in the first place? ElKevbo (talk) 03:17, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Well, ElKevbo it's 120 acres actually. And again, if you'd actually bothered to look at the map, you would find that the campus is surrounded by streets named University Drives North, South, East, and West and connected to William T. Morrissey Boulevard by Dominic J. Bianculli Boulevard, but the actual street address of the university is 100 William T. Morrissey Boulevard and Wikipedia's template for university infoboxes has a parameter that allows for that information to be displayed. If you have an issue with that, you should create a discussion section about it on the template's talk page rather than revert edits that are allowed under the existing template or heckle and insult other editors who use such parameters. Jajhill (talk) 03:34, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

How about you answer the question that you've avoided several times already: Why would we include a street address in this encyclopedia article? ElKevbo (talk) 03:49, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

ElKevbo, I've not answered that question because it is a red herring: it is irrelevant whether you believe that street addresses should be included in Wikipedia articles on universities or not; the fact of the matter is, it is allowed under the current template. As I already said, if you have an issue with that, create a discussion section about it on the template's talk page rather than heckle and insult other editors who use such parameters. Jajhill (talk) 03:58, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

What an intellectually empty answer. It's likely that the parameter is in the template because (a) it has a common lineage with the more generic infobox used for schools where there are more instances of schools occupying only one building and (b) a handful of colleges occupy one building. So that in no way provides justification for using the parameter for a large university that sprawls over many acres.

What is it that is so special about that address that it is essential, defining information about this university? If you want to provide location information, there are other, more accurate and honest ways of doing that e.g., zip code (if the institution has only one zip code or the article is only about the main campus), the lat/long coordinates of the geographic center of campus. ElKevbo (talk) 04:07, 13 September 2017 (UTC)