Metal detector policy disproportionately affects minority events, some students say

Some student groups have raised concerns that security policies for on-campus events disproportionately affect events hosted by clubs catering to minority students. Junior Carolina Ramirez, vice president of the Caribbean Club, last week told the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate that events held by Africana and Latino culture groups generally feature metal detectors, unnecessarily large police details and the restriction that non-Tufts attendees be college students, creating a threatening atmosphere. Full story