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Following the capture last night of the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, the university's Boston and Medford/Somerville campuses will stay closed on Saturday, April 20 until 5 p.m. All curricular and co-curricular activities planned to start before 5:00 p.m. today are cancelled.
As the national public discourse surrounding sexual assault and rape has converged around recent stories like this month's case at Steubenville High School in Ohio, Tufts students and faculty continue to evaluate the effectiveness of the recently updated Sexual Misconduct Policy - specifically with respect to its accessibility, and the support and respect it lends to victims.
The stress of the admissions process, so familiar and traumatic from high school, rears its ugly head again for some students long before senior year. Sophomores have the option to apply for "early assurance" programs offered by the Tufts School of Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine and the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. According to Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Carol Baffi?Duggan, the process of qualifying for and applying to these professional schools provides some certainty about the direction of one's career, although it can be academically demanding.
The stress of the admissions process, so familiar and traumatic from high school, rears its ugly head again for some students long before senior year. Sophomores have the option to apply for early assurance programs offered by the Tufts School of Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine and the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. According to Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Carol Baffi?Duggan, the process of qualifying for and applying to these professional schools provides some certainty about the direction of ones career, although it can be academically demanding.
Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Peter Piot will deliver a lecture tonight on the newest challenges in global health. His talk, hosted by Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC), will focus on his new book, "No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses," a memoir tracking his career from the frontlines as a doctor in the Demographic Republic of Congo to his role advancing the global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Daily spoke with Piot last week to discuss his experience tackling HIV/AIDS and women's health in developing countries.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate Sunday night passed two resolutions, one of which called for advocates to aid victims and accused witnesses in the school's sexual assault policy process. The first resolution, submitted by TCU Vice President Meredith Goldberg, a senior, and LGBT Center Representative John Kelly, a sophomore, cited calls from students over the past five years for a more comprehensive sexual assault policy.
When it comes to the study of public health and medicine, the Health Impact Partnership (HIP) at the School of Medicine aims to bridge the gap between hands-on experience and academic knowledge for both medical students and local high school students.
Oh, the fiscal cliff? That thing Congress was totally going to take care of before the deadline, atoning for that time they said they were totally going to take care of the debt ceiling before the deadline. Guess what? No, don't even guess, just assume: it didn't happen on time. Thank you Republicans - I mean, Democrats - I mean, Obama - I mean ... Commies? I understand why putting together a deal did not happen in the timeliest manner. I had preached for months that this was the most important political issue that our nation faced this year- and then two shocking tragedies struck the country, barely a month apart. First, Hurricane Sandy destroyed thousands of homes along the East Coast, causing billions of dollars of damage and leaving entire neighborhoods with no place to live, just as temperatures began to drop below freezing for most of the Northeast. With many families still reeling from the aftermath of Sandy, tragedy struck again - this time in an even more unthinkable, heartbreaking way. The country went into full crisis mode again, after a mentally-ill gunman murdered more than two dozen elementary school students and teachers in Newtown, Conn. The event moved President Obama to tears in his press conference, and, like all events of this kind, left the country asking how anyone could do such a thing, or more importantly, how we could allow such a thing to happen. Suddenly - and, rightfully so - the fiscal cliff was no longer the most important issue Congress needed to work on. Sandy relief efforts, gun control, and mental health services jumped to the forefront of every politician's mind. No one wants to be the one to say "Hey, I know millions of people are suffering right now, but can we talk about the economy for a sec?" And so, the fiscal cliff momentarily fell to the back of everyone's mind. And yet, despite the seemingly one-sided, unassailable arguments - the areas hit by Sandy need federal aid; we do not need assault rifles with 20-round magazines - Congress inevitably turned both issues into questions about party politics and what our founding fathers would say. It seems that every issue in contemporary American politics has been polarized to the point that if you know where the Republicans stand, you can assume that the Democrats stand on exactly the opposite side - and vice-versa. Sandy relief is no longer about getting money to families in need, but about stopping reckless spending and "pork" money. Gun control is no longer about making our towns and cities safer, but rather Second Amendment rights and authoritarian government. Let me set the record straight: Congress is spending too much, and tougher gun laws will not necessarily stop gun violence. But to look at these two horrific events, see the suffering they have caused, and then turn around and say, "Now we have some real power," is truly ludicrous. And that is why Congress cannot get anything done: they do not debate, they fight. The fiscal cliff, Sandy relief, and gun control talks produced such vitriolic comments from both sides of the aisle that I find it hard to believe Congress ever agrees on anything. I want to trust Congress, because America is still great; indebted, pugnacious, and perhaps a little bit crazy, but great. But they must learn to think outside their party lines. So if any of you Jumbos make it to the Hill - and I hope many of you do - do not pull this sort of crap. And maybe balance the budget while you're there.
The U.S.government has gun control on the mind. Following the devastating massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, President Barack Obama has launched an effort to address gun control. The initiative, spearheaded by Vice President Joe Biden, has also begun to address additional purported causes of Sandy Hook, including mental health issues and video game violence. The argument here states that video games are harmful to young people because of their promotion of indiscriminant violence. But there's another reason why video games can be really harmful to young people, bolstering an already strong argument against the games. And it shouldn't be ignored. They promote absolutely abominable images and stereotypes of women. When researching this topic, what I found disturbed me. Women wearing fewer clothes than an average bikini and trying to fight men in full armor who are three times their size. Women "warriors" who are really just tough-looking ballet dancers, only able to lightly and gracefully kick an opponent with a perfectly pointed foot and often lose to their more formidable opponents. Women who aren't even playable characters, simply there to walk around in the game and look sexually desirable. There are a couple of stereotypes that appear many times over. The first is the "damsel in distress" character: the woman who is meant to be saved by the large and ill-proportioned male hero. Princess Peach from the Mario franchise is one of these characters. She is described as soft-spoken, is often not a powerful fighter, and is generally being saved in some capacity. Princess Zelda, from the Legend of Zelda franchise, is quite similar. No descriptions of her leave out that she "almost always gets kidnapped" and "almost always needs to be saved." The second stereotype is a more physical one. Female characters with absurdly small costumes and absurdly strange body proportions that mirror no female that we've ever seen in real life. Lara Croft, of the Tomb Raider franchise, has blogs written about her breasts. Many blogs. Utterly pitiful commentators spend copious amounts of time referencing the growth of her breast size as a proportion of the growth in the popularity of the franchise. Ivy Valentine, a character from Soul Calibur, has such large breasts that each breast individually is larger than her head. Her head. This is no joke. Kaileena, a character from Prince of Persia, is a "warrior" who fights other men in no less than a piece of cloth and a large belt. The cloth leaves very little to the imagination and is simply a preposterous piece of clothing for someone who is doing any kind of physical activity. Countless female characters fall under this scantily clad category. For those that wear armor, it often does not cover or protect any vital organs, or anything else worth protecting. Armor is on their body to look sexually appealing, while the men with the real armor do the real killing - a statement that purposefully bleeds with more than a little irony. There are countless more concerning stereotypes to discuss. The bottom line is video games often (not always, but often) portray women as in need of male salvation, sexual objects that have mostly useless other skills and characters that must be in the shadow of their strong and burly male counterparts. It's not hard to see the damage this can have on the predominantly young boy viewership. If we are assuming in public discourse that images of video-game violence lead to real-life violence, it follows that images of sexual objectification cannot be too far off from instances of sexual misconduct or assault.
As University President Anthony Monaco moves through his second year at Tufts, he has become a familiar face on the Hill for students, staff and faculty. Settled into a newly renovated Gifford House and continuing to make himself accessible to the community through social media, Monaco rang in the 2012-2013 academic year with plans to resume progress on several initiatives and steer the university forward with new ones.
After my semester?long investigation, I admit that my stance on social media is more conflicted than ever. This position, however, has developed from a simple dichotomy of love and hate to a more nuanced understanding that is also coupled with caution.
"Silver Linings Playbook" marks another excellent addition to the filmography of David O. Russell, acclaimed writer?director of films like "The Fighter" (2010), "I Heart Huckabees" (2004) and "Three Kings" (1999).
The sex discussion on campus often tip?toes around the dirty details, whether it be during the Undergraduate Orientation program, within groups such as Action for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP) or in the Disorientation Guide published this year. These efforts have tackled concepts like consent and sexual assault, and try to drive home to students the pressing need for a conversation.