As University President Anthony Monaco entered his 100th day in office yesterday, he outlined for the Daily his big−picture plan to make a switch from a focus on listening to developing a cohesive plan across the university's schools. Over the past 100 days, undergraduates themselves have gone through Fall Ball, midterms and, for freshmen, adjusting to a new life on the Hill. Monaco himself has been adjusting to be a Jumbo, and here's what the Hill had to say about the first 100 days.
"I think he's been doing a great job reaching out to students and listening to students' opinions and what they think needs to be changed, and I think he's been getting involved in a lot of student activities."
— Dana Harada ('11), Tufts research assistant
"One of the things that he really stressed and emphasized was Tufts' deep commitment to active citizenship, and that really resonated with [Friends of Israel], and we hope that he continues to build that structure and really motivate students to go out there, no matter what student organization they are involved in to take part in Tufts active citizenship."
— Daniel Bleiberg, junior
"I'm on the swim team and he plays with the water polo team sometimes, which I think is pretty cool, so I see him around there a lot."
— Emma Van Lieshout, sophomore
"I don't really know much about him, I've only seen him once, at the Bill Clinton lecture. I saw what he said about Facebook, and I thought it was a little misguided."
— Melissa Roberts, junior
"He seems to have been doing fine."
— Nathan Goldsberry, junior
"I like that he's trying really hard to get to know students and attend a lot of events. He is really involved social media-wise, which I think is really cool. I've heard that he is calling students in to his office [if they post questionable photos online] I understand where he comes from, but I think that is overstepping. I would like to get to know him better. I'm really interested in medicine, so I really want to talk to him about his experience."
— Ann Yacoubian, sophomore
"I think he's done a good job so far and I think it's interesting to see where he goes in the future. I'm part of [the Tufts Community Union] Senate, and we really appreciate that he's been willing to meet with us and work with us, and we look forward to working with him in the future."
— Joe Thibodeau, sophomore
