Senior Pub Night to run next semester
11/9/09 3:29 PM
The Senior Class Council announced today that the administration has canceled any pub nights planned for this semester, but will allow two pub nights to run next semester. The future of Senior Pub Night remained in jeopardy after rowdy and inappropriate behavior at the September installment of the senior event suspended pub nights indefinitely. In an e-mail sent to seniors this morning, Senior Class Council said that they devised a new set of policies and procedures to be implemented at pub nights in the future, but there was not enough time to review these policies by the end of the semester, thus nixing hopes of holding a pub night this fall. The two pub nights next semester, in addition to other senior and school-wide events like Winter Bash, are...Small stock of H1N1 vaccine expected by next week
11/3/09 12:12 PM
Tufts' Health Service expects about 50 doses of H1N1 vaccine to arrive within the next week and will distribute them to students who are pregnant or have serious medical conditions. In an e-mail to the Tufts community early this morning, administrators stated that the university had yet to receive any of the vaccine and did not know when it will arrive or in what quantity. Director of Health Service Margaret Higham notified the community in an e-mail several hours later of the small shipment to arrive by next week. Health Service will give priority to students under 25 who are taking immunosuppressive medication or have an immune difficiency, students under 25 who do not have a spleen and those who have lung disease or diabetes. Pregnant students of any age will also receive top...Tufts’ fees highest in Massachusetts
11/3/09 1:30 AM
Tufts ranks as having the highest price tag in the state this year, according to a report Sunday in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The university’s tuition, fees and room and board, $51,088 in total, mark the highest of all higher education institutions in Massachusetts. The university’s charges represent a 3.5 percent increase from last year. “I hope that there's a good reason for the fact that we have the highest tuition,” junior Makiko Harris said. “It seems like there are other schools in Massachusetts that we could get a pretty comparable education at. It doesn't seem that that much money is necessary.” Director of Public Relations Kim Thurler could not be reached for comment last night. Nearby Boston-area...Medford house catches on fire
10/24/09 8:31 PM
Medford Fire Department responded to a call at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Friday of a house on fire on the corner of Main Street and Sylvia Road in Medford, about a half mile from Tufts' Gantcher Center. Firemen found the lights were flickering, and then located the fire in the wall, according to Deputy Chief Edward O'Brien. There were no reported civilian or firefighter injuries, but the fire caused close to $100,000 in damages. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Update on H1N1 notes recent spike in illness
10/22/09 3:43 AM
Administrators from Tufts' three campuses announced yesterday in an e-mail that approximately 130 students over the past six weeks have suffered from influenza-like illness (ILI), and vaccines for the H1N1 influenza will likely arrive considerably later than anticipated. Of the infected students reported, over 50 -- most of whom are undergraduates -- have surfaced in the past week alone. "An increasing percentage of these cases appear to be H1N1, although since testing is limited it is hard to know for sure," the e-mail said. "Some students have been ill for only a few days, others for over a week." Approximately 20 cases of ILI have surfaced on the Boston campus, none on the Grafton campus and a small number among faculty and staff. H1N1 vaccines --...
