Tufts warns students about "swine flu," stresses importance of prevention

4/28/09 12:53 PM

As news of the potential spread of the so-called "swine flu," an aggressive strain of influenza that has led to over 100 deaths in Mexico, continues to surface, Tufts sent students, staff and faculty an e-mail today stressing the importance of hygiene and prevention. In the message, representatives from Public Safety, Health Services, and the University-Wide Task Force on Pandemic Planning assured students that the university is monitoring the outbreak and offered general tips to students about how best to prevent infection. The full e-mail is below: from: Announcements@tufts.edu to: announcements-all@elist.tufts.edu date: Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:50 AM subject: Swine Flu Prevention and Pandemic Planning at Tufts Dear Members of the Tufts Community: We are writing to keep...

Ludacris still on for Spring Fling

4/24/09 3:10 PM

The rap artist Ludacris will perform at Spring Fling tomorrow, despite rumors suggesting otherwise, Concert Board confirmed this afternoon.

Rumors circulated on Facebook.com today that Ludacris had canceled his headline performance tomorrow. Concert Board Co-Chairs Rob Seiden and Alan Munkacsy, both juniors, said today that those rumors were wrong.

"Ludacris did not cancel on us," Seiden said. "That is a total rumor. We can confirm that Ludacris will be playing at Spring Fling tomorrow."

Both Muncaksy and Seiden said that they had not heard the rumors before the Daily contacted them. The annual Spring Fling concert is set to proceed as planned, they said.

"We're totally on schedule," Seiden said.

Interview | Jacqueline Novogratz

4/20/09 2:22 AM

Jacqueline Novogratz, the CEO and founder of the nonprofit Acumen Fund, spoke at the Cabot Intercultural Center on April 10 about her philosophy on social change through entrepreneurship and microfinance-related investments. The Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) and the IGL's Empower Program sponsored her visit. Acumen Fund aims to alleviate poverty by investing in the poor, acting similarly to a venture capital fund. Novogratz's new book, "The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World," was published last month. The Daily sat down with Novogratz on April 9 to discuss her work with the Acumen Fund and her thoughts on global poverty. A partial transcript of that interview appeared in the April 13 print edition of the Daily; a full...

Freshman election goes off without a hitch

4/16/09 12:51 AM

After three elections for the same seven Tufts Community Union Senate seats, the freshman class finally has its representatives.

Freshmen Aaron Bartel, Danielle Cotter, Jon Danzig, Kate de Klerk, Tomas Garcia, Joel Greenberg and Nunu Luo emerged victorious in yesterday’s vote for the Class of 2012 Senate seats.
   
The election proceeded smoothly throughout the day, with no glitches, according to Elections Commission Chair Adam Weldai.
   
“This was ... incredibly clean and functioned perfectly,” Weldai, a senior, said. “There was literally nothing that went wrong.”

--Ben Gittleson

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Deborah Digges, poet and Tufts English professor, dies at 59

4/13/09 7:03 PM

The Tufts administration informed students today of the death of Tufts Professor of English and nationally renowned poet Deborah Digges. According to the e-mail, Digges passed away over the weekend. Tufts will hold a tribute service for Digges at 5:30 p.m. on  Wendesday, April 15 in the Coolidge Room. An article in the University of Massachusetts Daily Collegian today reported that Digges' death occurred on Friday night near a stadium at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Daily reporters are currently working to determine the details of her death. The full text of the e-mail is below:  --------- from: Announcements@tufts.edu to: announcements-medford@elist.tufts.edu date: Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM subject: Tufts Mourns the Loss of Professor Deborah Digges Dear... 6 comments

Student Affairs office sends e-mails to students about alleged bias incident

4/10/09 4:22 PM

The Office of Student Affairs sent this message to students this morning about an alleged bias incident against a group of Korean students this week. -------- from    Announcements@tufts.edu to    announcements-medford@elist.tufts.edu date    Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:25 PM subject    A Message from the Dean of Students to the AS&E Community To Members of the AS&E Community: The Office of the Dean of Students is currently investigating reports of an incident that took place early yesterday morning, Thursday, April 9, 2009, in one of the residence halls, apparently involving a physical altercation and racial epithets among students. Many differing accounts of this incident are circulating within the university...

TUPD Alert: Man assaulted, student reports attempted break-in

4/10/09 1:22 PM

The Tufts University Polce Department just sent this message to the Tufts Student body reporting two public safety incidents from early this morning. --------- from:    Announcements@tufts.edu to:    announcements-medford@elist.tufts.edu date:    Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:22 PM subject:    Safety Alert (Two Incidents) Incident One: Tufts University Police were made aware of an incident that occurred at approximately 1:40am on April 10, 2009. It was reported that a 47 year old male was walking home on College Ave. in the area of Boston Ave., when he was approached by 3 white males. The 3 white males demanded money and there were no weapons shown. The victim stated that he attempted to flee, but was unable to do so. The victim also stated that...