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With free speech policy, Tufts community seeks civil dialogue

By Mengqi Sun | February 18

This January, the shooting of 12 people at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo shocked the world, and brought the topics of free speech and religious sensitivity to the fore. The violence sparked discussions across campus, where free speech has been a major topic of debate, and where both students and the administration have actively sought to build a campus that embraces differences of ideas, understanding, and active engagement.

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Flaky start to semester proves challenging for students, faculty

By Greta Jochem | February 16

Most people can appreciate a day off, and usually professors can condense their lectures and adjust their syllabi to compensate for missed class time; however, a total of six university closings so far this semester — five of which were class days — has meant that this semester has had a particularly ...

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Athletics teams make difference through Team IMPACT

By Jessica Mow | February 12

Due to the recent successes of Tufts’ sports teams, athletes are becoming more well-known on campus. However, not many students know about Matthew Govostes or Joli Vega, two children who were “drafted” to the men’s and women’s soccer team (respectively) though an organization called Team ...

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A world without gender

By Miranda Willson | February 11

For approximately the first seven years of my life, I didn’t realize the significance or limitations of gender. I knew that I was a girl because I was told that I was a girl. I even thought that being a girl was better than being a boy because we were allowed to wear both dresses and pants, and could ...

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Sol Gittleman returns to Intro to Yiddish Culture this spring, reflects on 50 years

By Sophie Dasinger | February 10

Professor Sol Gittleman began his time at Tufts over 50 years ago. Since then, he has become one of the most enduring and respected members of the school's faculty and holds the title of Tufts' longest-serving provost. He has taught a number of undergraduate courses, and his Intro to Yiddish ...

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Protect your appetite with a condiment

By Nico Johnson | February 8

Condiments act as punctuation marks for food. Like an apostrophe or a semicolon, you might easily leave one out. But condiments, like commas, can radically change the environment they inhabit. This week, I wanted to leave you guys with a few simple things to mix, drizzle and glaze on your regular dishes ...

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CAFE pre-orientation program to return to campus this summer

By Becca Leibowitz | February 8

Each year, about half the members of Tufts’ incoming first-year class begin their college experience not on the first day of mandatory All-University Orientation but with the optional pre-orientation programs the previous week. In August 2015,  a fifth pre-orientation program called CAFE (Conversation, ...

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Tufts Climate Action starts next chapter under new moniker

By Lily Hartzell | February 5

Tufts Divest, a student, alumni and faculty-comprised coalition that advocates for Tufts' divestment from fossil fuels, is starting a new chapter this school year under a new name: Tufts Climate Action.Senior Evan Bell, a physics major, is one of the club coordinators and has been a leader in ...

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International Relations program acquires first departmental class

By Ian James | February 4

The International Relations (IR) program at Tufts is one of the most respected in the country.  Until recently, however, one thing that the interdisciplinary IR program lacked were classes of its own. That changed this semester with the introduction of INTR-92, Quantitative Research Methods.

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Normandy

By Kendall Todd | February 2

Last weekend, our group went on a short excursion to Normandy, home of cider and World War II history. We stayed in a town called Caen, which was much quieter than Paris and splendidly picturesque. With two or three Gothic churches and a huge medieval castle on a hill, we had plenty to explore.Saturday ...

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Tufts considers role in 2024 Olympics games as a university

By Jake Taber | February 2

Dismissing Washington D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles, the United States Olympic Committee announced earlier this month that it had selected Boston as its official candidate for host of the 2024 summer games. In assembling their bid package, members of the Boston 2024 executive committee ...

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Suspects for anti-semitic graffiti surface, TUPD considers educational solution

By Yuki Zaninovich | February 1

Just as antisemitic feeling has seen somewhat of a recent resurgence in Europe and elsewhere, its marks have also begun to emerge on Tufts’ campus over the past year. According to the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD), anti-Semitic graffiti appeared on Bello and Spicer Fields in 2013 and ...

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Tufts alum reflects on TMC experience

By Aaron Pomerance | January 29

Leading a group of current Tufts Mountain Club members, John "Whitey" White is ice climbing at Flume Gorge, at the southern end of Franconia Ridge.The ice is fairly wet today on account of the warmer weather. The group climbs all day, Whitey always there to give someone a belay or show ...

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The myth of human nature

By Miranda Willson | January 28

Many of my high school history teachers taught watered-down versions of political theories and concepts. In particular, I remember one history teacher who was fond of “fill-in-the-blank” note sheets. When he taught our class about capitalism, we completed the following phrase in a handout: “Adam ...

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Glennon discusses 'double government,' problems with American bureaucracy

By Jessica Mow | January 27

Michael Glennon is a professor of international law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. His most recent book, National Security and Double Government (2014),explores the true relationship between America's "visible" institutions, and the ones that really manage national security ...

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After long wait, Jumbo to return to the Hill this spring

By Nicole Brooks | January 25

Jumbo is finally on his way. The new bronze statue of Tufts' unique mascot, a 2012 donation by Tufts alumnus Richard Reynolds (LA ’67), was supposed to join the Tufts community last fall. After a long wait and extensive preparations by sculptor Steven Whyte, Jumbo is scheduled to arrive this ...

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After Tufts Labor Coalition sit-in, administration agrees to delay janitor cuts, increase transparency

By Becca Leibowitz | January 22

While many students flocked to Tisch Library last reading period, about 20 members of the Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) left their books behind to hold a 33-hour sit-in in Ballou Hall, demanding a stop to impending job cuts for janitors. A group of other students, both TLC members and nonmembers, along ...

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Tufts researchers study the hazards of highway pollution

By Mengqi Sun | January 20

A Tufts research team, working with more than eight community partners, has found a relationship between air pollutants emanating from highways and cardiovascular health in surrounding communities, and has also explored ways to mitigate exposure at the levels of policy and practice.

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Tufts Debate Society a strong competitor in international tournament

By Sophie Dasinger | January 16

The Tufts Debate Society, the only official student-run competitive debate team at Tufts, is coming off a strong semester in which it hosted a tournament and competed at the World Universities Debating Championship. According to senior Noah Kirsch, the team's president, the team's membership ...

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Students strive to establish One Health initiative at Tufts

By Arin Kerstein | January 13

This spring, students from various health and environmental fields will take part in a new course, brought to Tufts as part of a global initiative known as One Health, that hopes to compel them to think along interdisciplinary lines.“One Health is the idea that human, animal and environmental ...

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