The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate this spring will launch a campus−wide dialogue on the future of diversity representation in the Senate, continuing an ongoing discussion about the role of community representatives in the body.
In the 2009 debate over health care reform, it can be argued that there was one particular factor that contributed to the current situation. It was not conservative opposition to liberal legislation or complex health-policy questions. In any substantive debate those problems would have existed, no matter which way the sides or issues were rotated. Rather, what failed in one of the first significant policy debates of the 21st century was the news media. Between the weblogs, television and newspapers, the amount of disinformation and gossip that was produced swallowed any substantive discussion that could have taken place.
TUESDAY"Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster"Details: Economist Peter Victor will present his reasoning for challenging the idea that economic growth should be an economic policy priority of wealthy nations.When and Where: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Cabot 702Sponsor: The Global Development and Environment InstituteWEDNESDAY"Challenges to the UN: Institutions and Issues"Details: Peter Maurer, permanent representative of Switzerland to the United Nations (UN) will discuss the issues he dealt with during his experience with the UN.When and Where: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Cabot seventh FloorSponsors: Swiss Consulate, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and The Fletcher United Nations Club"Socialism in a Top Hat"Details: Elisa New, professor of English at Harvard University, will discuss her new book "Jacob's Cane: A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore."When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Center for the HumanitiesSponsor: Center for the Humanities"Is God the Problem or Solution to Racial Injustice?"Details: Dr .Anne C. Bailey, social historian in the departments of history and Africana studies at Binghamton University, will discuss the role of faith in racial reconciliation.When and Where: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Pearson 104Sponsors: Tufts Christian Fellowship, Office of the University Chaplain"Israel 101: Yaakov Katz"Details: Yaakov Katz, military correspondent and defense analyst for The Jerusalem Post, will discuss his experience reporting on Israel's military endeavors.When and Where: 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Eaton 206Sponsor: Friends of IsraelTHURSDAY"Chaplain's Table: A Look at Religion"Details: Father Nick Kastanas from the Greek Orthodox Church in Arlington will speak on the Greek Orthodox Church today.When and Where: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Goddard ChapelSponsor: Office of the University ChaplainFRIDAY"Just Because I'm Nice, Don't Assume I'm Dumb"Details: Harvard Business School Professor Amy Cuddy will discuss the effects of the outcomes of warmth and competence judgments in people's social perceptions.When and Where: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Paige Hall, Crane RoomSponsor: The Diversity and Cognition Lecture Series
Student organizations often have lofty ambitions that require plenty of funding to realize. Many groups obtain this funding through the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's Allocations Board. TCU funding can allow student organizations to realize their full potential, but groups without this financial security have to turn to other sources of income.
You may remember walking past tents staked out on the Residential Quad last semester with a banner declaring the sleeping students' cause: The Leadership Campaign. Students slept out on the Tufts campus from late October to early November in an effort to get legislation introduced in the Massachusetts legislature calling for 100 percent clean electricity in the state by 2020. What you may not have been aware of was that our effort on campus is part of a larger statewide effort, as members of the group Students for a Just and Stable Future (formerly MAPS).
Trek to Talloires, a university-wide personal fitness challenge, has attracted a large number of student and faculty participants in the less than two months since its inception.
In the aftermath of catastrophe, people get absorbed in evaluating the response and forming opinions. A cause is getting too much news coverage, or not enough. Organizations aren't helping in key areas, or there are logistical and bureaucratic problems with aid distribution. I've also heard the point of view that the amount of expressed support for those affected is out of proportion to relief aid. Forget putting your money where your mouth is (we all know that it's easy to pitch in $20 and feel good) and consider this: What are you actually doing to help?
Like many of you, we spent winter break tweaking our résumés, networking with industry people and interning at our local … aw, heck, who are we kidding? We did absolutely nothing. The most physical exertion we had was playing Wii Fit Plus. Every once in a while, though, we managed to drag ourselves out of the house to see some movies at our local cineplex.
Researchers at the Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM), the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts and Tufts Medical Center (TMC) have recently discovered the cell of origin for a common type of breast cancer.
The nation's capital was hammered with 32 inches of snow last weekend. The storm pushed Washington, D.C.'s total snowfall this winter to 45 inches — the average annual snowfall is 15-17 inches. That said, things were frozen in D.C. for some time before the snow began falling Friday evening, and certainly before President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address a few weeks ago.
Sherry Turkle, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an expert in the field of people's relationship to technology, has been announced as the speaker for the April 26 Richard E. Snyder Presidential Lecture, according to Dean of Undergraduate Education James Glaser.
Young indie rock upstart The Soft Pack released its first full−length CD on Feb. 2. The self−titled album demonstrates the group's keen ear for writing happy−go−lucky garage pop songs that are saturated in equal parts maturation and angst. Vocalist Matt Lamkin writes freewheeling, inspiring lyrics that reflect the psyche of a young man who is sure that he is unsure, yet defiantly set in his ways.
Trustee representatives from the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate last Friday presented recommendations to the Board of Trustees concerning the quality of teaching at Tufts, renovations to the Mayer Campus Center, and integration with host communities.
The two candidates contending for the recently vacated Tufts Community Union (TCU) sophomore Senate seat last night both named increasing the body's student outreach as one of their primary goals.
Smoking shisha is spreading like wildfire at Tufts. It has become a way not only to meet new people, but also to get together with old friends to share stories about their days and to enjoy the intoxicating tastes of the hookah. However, practicing safety should be of utmost importance when smoking from a hookah, as evidenced by the fire that occurred in Miller Hall this past January, which, according to multiple student sources occurred due to an unattended hookah.
Tufts Medical Center physician Dr. Kayoko Kifuji on Jan. 25 testified as a prosecution witness in the trial of Carolyn Riley concerning the death of the latter's four−year−old daughter Rebecca Riley.
After the release of the Apple iPad, Xbox 360 and other gaming devices with a plethora of uses other than gaming, it seems our culture has outgrown the need for its old school, one-function gaming devices. Luckily, a scene has emerged that uses Game Boys and other '80s-era hardware to create a style of music called chiptune, or 8bit, synthesizing vintage sounds with thoroughly modern ideas.
I'm so excited about this week's review. I want to get up and shout my excitement from the mountaintops. I want to dance through the streets proclaiming how incredible this thing is. I want to tell everyone and get riled up!
University President Lawrence Bacow at this weekend's board of trustees meeting announced his decision to step down as university president effective June 2011 according to a press release forwarded to the Daily by Kim Thurler, director of university public relations.
