■Things were quiet on the anti-war front this morning, with the exception of a vigil being conducted by Northampton High School students in Childs Park. There were no demonstrations scheduled for today at Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, but further civil disobedience such as that which has seen more than 800 arrests in the last three weeks is planned for tomorrow at the SAC facility.
■A committee headed by state Attorney General Robert H. Quinn recommended Friday that a “law center” be established at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. UMass President Robert Wood said, “A public law school will help us move more quickly to redress the under-representation of the poor and powerless at the Bar.”
■Despite claims from some students that an honors college at the University of Massachusetts would be a bastion of elitism, members of the UMass Faculty Senate say such a college would attract talented students to the university and improve its overall image. Senate members Thursday voiced unanimous support for an honors college, which the state Board of Higher Education is considering establishing at UMass or one of four state colleges.
■Clarke School for the Deaf teacher Bob Storm has been named Outstanding Teacher of the Deaf by the Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Schools. Storm, who has taught at Clarke School for 28 years, received the Hollis Wyks Memorial Award at a recognition ceremony in Marlboro May 2.
■Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren seized on the issues of gay rights and student loans during campaign appearances Saturday in Northampton. “If I am blessed to be your senator in Washington, I won’t just be a good vote,” Warren told a crowd estimated at 20,000 at the Three County Fairgrounds for the annual pride march. “I want to be a good leader.”
■University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret said Monday he hopes to select the site of a first UMass satellite campus “by early or mid-fall,” in a move aimed at expanding the university’s statewide reach. The campus would operate on a “two plus two plus two” model and work in partnership with area community colleges.