"The gifts that God has given to Barack Obama are as enormous as his future is unlimited. As his mentor, as his colleague, as his friend, I look forward to helping him reach to the stars and realize not just the dreams he has for himself, but the dreams we all have for him and our blessed country."
It is often said that students learn the most in college outside of class. As graduating seniors, some of our most lasting memories probably will not involve textbooks or course readers.
A student fights back and forth with her insurance company over reimbursement for more than a year, with her bills being sent to collection agencies in the meantime. Another eschews health care altogether despite his crippling injury in order to avoid the almost-guaranteed financial battle that visiting a doctor would spark.
Just when you thought the Bush administration had resigned itself to the impotence of a lame-duck presidency, it has come out swinging - and for education of all things.
The Democratic primary began as a spirited, substantive contest between capable candidates. Now, after the conclusion of the Pennsylvania primary, the prolonged process has degenerated into an increasingly bitter, trivial and damaging confrontation between Senators Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
As Jumbos head to the polls tomorrow to vote for their Tufts Community Union (TCU) president, they'll be faced with the same challenge Democratic voters have faced throughout this primary season: how to choose between a clear vision for the future and a series of concrete plans that perhaps lack vision when no candidate offers both.
Last week, the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat reported that former President Jimmy Carter was planning a trip to Syria for mid-April, during which he would meet with Khaled Meshal, the exiled head of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, on April 18. That is a terrible, terrible idea.
An overweight but highly qualified woman finds herself consistently denied receptionist jobs for thinner candidates who can barely turn on a computer. A five-foot-tall man is constantly ridiculed in his office, with taller coworkers going so far as to pat him on the head patronizingly at meetings.
Today's third annual Edward R. Murrow Symposium will bring renowned journalist and former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw to campus to lead a diversely talented group of media professionals in a critical discussion entitled, "Noise vs. News: The State of Political Coverage."
Harvard has started holding female-only gym hours in order to accommodate religious beliefs that prevent women from exercising in the presence of men. The new program has been implemented for a trial run in which its least popular gym is closed for six hours per week.
When Dean of Undergraduate Education James Glaser overturned the Committee on Student Life's decision to force the Primary Source to print bylines on all of its articles last year, he employed administrative power to prevent students from taking their own voices away.
Last week's article in the New York Times about the rise of abstinence groups at top universities has garnered much attention - and debate. The controversy is not without cause: While the Daily recognizes the importance of respecting individual decisions about sexual conduct, the attitudes and information that many of these groups espouse is disturbing for several reasons. Respecting individual decisions means respecting those who choose to be abstinent, but it also means respecting those who choose not to be.
This week, a federal judge ruled that a long-standing Virginia state law prohibiting the advertising of alcohol in college newspapers violated the First Amendment.
If you're going to try to sell a product on the open market, you ought to figure out exactly who your buyers are. In the wake of the administration's recent decision to ban sophomore parking on campus, it seems that Tufts officials may not have done their homework.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives' recent passing of Bill 1623, which would decriminalize the possession of a quarter-ounce of marijuana or less, is a logical - if controversial - decision, and one that the Daily supports.
According to a Gallup poll released yesterday, a sizable proportion of Democratic voters would vote for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in November if their preferred candidate were denied the Democratic nomination. While supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) profess to be ready to desert the party in greater numbers, with 28 percent saying that they would vote Republican if Clinton were not nominated, the 19 percent figure backing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is also disturbingly large.
It's been five years and 4,000 American lives since the beginning of the invasion of Iraq. Tomorrow at 11:30, there will be a gathering on the library roof where students can reflect on this sobering milestone and take part in a moderated discussion.
It is never easy for college students to implement lasting change on their campuses. Every year there is student turnover as freshmen are welcomed, seniors are sent away and juniors run back and forth between Boston and abroad adventures.
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