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Munching with Max: Menagerie of munching

By Max Druckman | March 14

Typically, I structure my munching around a specific theme or location. However, for this edition, I’m relaying a valuable life lesson — your plan may not always pan out the way you expect, kids. In the iconic words of Forrest Gump, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” And so, due to my meal planning failures, I present a menagerie of munching.

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Weekly Wellness: Boston’s best workout classes

By Katie Pflieger | March 14

In a post-COVID-19 fitness era, in-person workout classes have regained popularity and traction, especially among students and 20-somethings. These energetic group workouts and sessions foster a greater sense of community through movement and accountability, motivating the attendee to perform their best. From classics like SoulCycle to newer options like The Energy Barre, the ever-growing fitness empire in the Boston area has options for everyone.

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Tufts student group finds inspiration building water project in Malawi

By Ellora Onion-De | March 13

This past summer, six members of Tufts’ Engineers Without Borders traveled to Solomoni village in Malawi to install a water tower system at the Chigumukire primary and secondary schools. The new system provides running water to the schools, so the facilities now feature sinks as well as showers. This allows students to practice better hygiene — and also enables them to conduct experiments in their science laboratory.

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A Jumbo’s Journey: Born to dilly-dally, forced to lock in

By Ben Rachel | March 13

Throughout my tenure at Tufts, I’ve learned that there are three constants of college: work, tiredness and sickness. There hasn’t been a day that I haven’t been at least one of those constants. Even as I write this article, I am stressed from midterms, tired from the Tufts gardeners who have decided that 7 a.m. on a Monday morning is the best time to mow the lawn and sick from my third iteration of the freshman plague. Nonetheless, no matter how sick or tired I — or anyone at Tufts — may be, the continual stream of work never ends until the semester does. And, of course, this persistent stream of work also inherently disregards our genetic desire to dilly-dally. In turn, it forces us to lock in. Tufts, and schools in general, deny us of our innate trait of monkeying about and pressurizes us to get in line.

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Challah for Hunger: Addressing food insecurity one loaf at a time

By Claire Wood | March 12

Every other Thursday, the kitchen of the Tufts Hillel building is bustling with dough-makers, braiders and bakers alike, all helping to bake about 70 loaves of challah to be sold for charity through Challah for Hunger, a philanthropic program organized by Hillel.

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T Time: The ‘Green Line Extension World Tour’ to Union Square

By Jeremy Bramson | March 12

For today’s column, I performed what I am calling a “Green Line Extension World Tour” on my way to visit Union Square station. In my travels, I passed through all sixGLX stations plus Lechmere. For those interested in visiting Union Square, you can take the Green Line from the Medford/Tufts station to Lechmere and then transfer to an outbound Green Line D.

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Dorms, Dishes and Delicacies: The Courts

By Katie Hankinson | March 11

A classic divide among Tufts students is the uphill vs. downhill debate. Students who hail from dorms uphill boast a convenient location to the Academic Quad, proximity to the Green Line and close access to friends who are fellow ‘uphill-ers.’ Downhill residents, on the other hand, have easy access to the larger (and some would argue better) dining hall that is Dewick, are close to the Campus Center and have a short walk to Davis Square. What about the students who are not truly uphill or downhill residents, though? To see what it’s all about, I brought my kitchen supplies to The Court at Professors Row (specifically, 93 Professors Row) to cook up an easy yet delicious evening snack: pizza bagels.

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Dancing through the day in Boston Ballet’s public school initiative

By Arielle Flaherty | March 8

Monday through Thursday morning from January to April, students from Boston Public Schools arrive at the large brick building at the corner of Clarendon Street for an hour of fun. Stepping off the bus, they find themselves immersed in a world of dance.

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Ruminations from Rabat: The women of the hammam

By Chasya Cohen | March 8

Last weekend was the second weekend I spent in Rabat since the beginning of the semester. My host mom decided to commemorate the special occasion by having a quintessential Moroccan Saturday: We went first to the Souk Sebt, a massive flea market about an hour away from Rabat; then we went to a traditional Moroccan hammam, a communal bathhouse prominent in the Muslim world; then, of course, we had an enormous Moroccan dinner.

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Planned Parenthood Action club seeks to improve access to abortion at Tufts, nationwide

By Summer Maxwell | March 7

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the national spotlight has settled on Republican-controlled states that have restricted access to abortion or enacted total bans. But as the Planned Parenthood Action group at Tufts, formerly known as Tufts Students for National Abortion Rights Action League, will tell you, there is more work to be done to protect and advocate for reproductive health and rights, especially on college campuses and even in the most liberal states.

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GC in DC: Tales From the Swamp: GC’s not-so-declassified food survival guide

By Guillem Colom | March 7

If New York is the city that never sleeps, Washington, D.C. is the city that always eats.

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How Tufts plans to remain committed to DEIJ-oriented admissions in a post-affirmative action world

By Oliver Rabinov | March 6

Few Supreme Court rulings shook the bedrock of upper education as much as Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and SFFA v. University of North Carolina. These two cases, separately decided but very much intertwined, made consideration of an applicant’s race in admissions decisions unconstitutional, upending 45 years of race-conscious affirmative action in higher education.

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Cover My Treks: Iconic sandwich stores you didn’t know you needed

By Alice Fang | March 6

Touring Europe during your time abroad and craving an affordable meal away from tourist traps? Here are two sandwich shops that I still think about. Thank me later.

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New ExCollege class seeks to connect students with sustainability at Tufts

By Molly Sullivan | March 5

Among the 37 Experimental College courses available to students this spring semester, one was brought about by initiatives in Tufts’ Office of Sustainability. Sustainable Spring is a one-credit introductory course taught by Professor Ann Ward, the Education and Outreach Specialist in the Office of Sustainability. The office team, including Ward, assembled this course as a way to teach first-year and sophomore students about sustainability at Tufts.

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Tufts club hockey skates in historical women’s game

By Sophie Axelrod | March 4

On Feb. 10, the Tufts Club Hockey team met UMass Lowell’s Women’s Club Ice Hockey on the ice of Medford’s Flynn Rink for a historical matchup: the Women's Game for the Tufts’ all-gender organization. Despite losing 5–3, the female-identifying members of the Tufts team still had a blast during the first-of-its-kind match.

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Dorms, Dishes and Delicacies: Hill Hall

By Katie Hankinson | March 4

Think of one first-year dorm at Tufts. Picture it in your mind in great detail — the outside, the common room, the bathrooms, all of it. What dorm were you thinking of? I am willing to bet money that you did not just picture Hill Hall (unless you are a current resident).

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Going against the grain: What’s underneath the unique majors offered at Tufts?

By Katie Hankinson | March 1

Aside from “What’s your name?” and “What year are you?” one of the most common questions you’ll hear in introductions on a college campus is “What’s your major?” Indeed, a student’s major plays a … well, major role in shaping their identity and experiences throughout college.

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Weekly Wellness: All about adaptogens

By Katie Pflieger | March 1

Among the Erewhon enthusiasts and holistic health junkies alike, a new profound interest in adaptogenic herbs has peaked in recent years. These powders and supplements contain various dried plant and root substances with supposed calming effects on the body and mind.

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‘I took the one less traveled by’: An abortion provider’s journey

By Halia Frishman | February 29

The beige brick building is nondescript. Every window has its blinds pulled tightly closed, leaving the impression that the interior is barren. There is no indication that the building is a reproductive healthcare facility. Upon my arrival at the clinic last spring to interview Dr. Laurent Delli-Bovi, the founder and medical director of Women’s Health Services — which is an ambulatory surgical center specializing in providing abortion care — I was, for a moment, nervous that my Uber driver had dropped me off at the wrong place. 

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Munching with Max: Boston bites

By Max Druckman | February 29

Since 1630, Boston has stood strong. Many, from the British Redcoats to the Los Angeles Lakers, have tried and failed to conquer this great city. However, it has taken until 2024, some 394 years, for Boston to meet its greatest foe — Max Druckman. Yes, the cuisine czar, master muncher, yours truly, has finally taken his taste buds to the streets of the “City Upon a Hill.”

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