http://article.wn.com/view/2014/05/02/By_the_numbers_Sexual_violence_on_college_campuses/



This article speaks about the rising sexual abuse that is occuring in college campuses accross the nation I think this is a very important topic to learn about and spread the word because it is definitely a rising issue in our country and communities

I thought this article was interesting because it speaks about the 3 teenagers who shot another teen last week and led the Boston Police on a while car chase, thanks to members of the community who gave the police tips as to who they were, they ware now behind bars and awaiting trial. 3 less dangerous people off the streets.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/04/three-dorchester-teens-arrested-after-shooting-chase-roxbury/a7qHD19134ZwvTLVTyiLlN/story.html

I thought this article was interesting because it talks about a man who was stealing from funeral funds from local families from Boston, I thought this was interesting because he has held numerous fund raisers for mattapan youth centers to be created and for it to result in this makes you think about the corruption that could happen in civic engagement

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/04/11/mattapan-man-charged-with-stealing-funeral-funds/OVMRR4sxNMBOnb1P7t4D5H/story.html

This article was very interesting because it speaks about the proposed method of stopping and frisking in the urban communities of Boston in hopes of cracking down on guns and drugs




http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/04/12/stop-and-frisk-won-work-for-boston/ubNghNG51bcCM3AOtArd8O/story.html

This article speaks about the proposals of the possible casino that will be built in the city of Boston, this was a great read because I have been supporting the building of casino's because it will increase out city's revenue and create thousands of new jobs for people in our community



http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/03/20/boston-mayor-seeks-say-nearby-casino-proposals/VHDxlLGinzxUSFXitV3x1N/story.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2014/03/14/sam-adams-pulls-out-of-st-patricks-parade-over-gay-exclusion/



Billionaire Jim Koch's Boston Beer Boston Beer Co., producer of the popular Sam Adams brew, will no longer be sponsoring Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade because of the organizer's failure to include LGBT groups.



Found this article very interesting because it shows advocacy in our community for equality.

This article speaks about an initiative in New England to help raise money and awareness for homless veterans, this form of civic engagement gathers the community to pay more attention to the needs of the men and women who fought for our country and did not receive the proper benefits

A resource fair will be held to help veterans with education, jobs, training, health care and other issues.

The fair is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at Gateway Community College in New Haven, in Room N-100 of the North Building.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro plans to speak at 10:30 a.m. Other participants include Quinnipiac University, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, Wells Fargo and Mohegan Sun.

Veterans will be able to meet with local businesses and access resources.

Connecticut's unemployment rate was 7.4 percent in December.

© Copyright 2014 Globe Newspaper Company.

This article speaks about the families of the 2 victims murdered by Ex-Football start Aaron Hernandez seeking to pursue charges against him for the brutal assasinations. There are 2 six million dollar lawsuits in development and an increased investigation taking place.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/02/26/aaron-hernandez-sued-families-double-shooting-victims/lrZq6gRPOMgiONFnCKSxBO/story.html

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/02/mass_teen_tries_to_wean_peers_off_violent_games

This article documents a high school freshman Matt West who has an effort to try to keep children away from playing violent video games so he started to design a market nonviolent video games we've seen in the past few years that violent video games have led towards gun violence and also other acts of senseless violence was in our community. Notable games such as grand of thought of also been an uprising in the reason why teens are stealing cars. Matt is trying to keep this away from the young teenagers and his classmates to prevent future crimes and lower crime rate.