Especially during stressful midterm weeks, many students rely on Counseling and Mental Health Services (CMHS) to provide assistance. In order to improve students' experiences, CMHS has been working with student groups to gather feedback about the quality of its treatment services.Marilyn Downs, ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate this October created an ad-hoc committee to gather student input about the future of housing at Tufts. Students’ advice and concerns collected by the committee, led by TCU President senior Brian Tesser and Vice President junior Gauri Seth, will be submitted to ...
We tend to think of the math and science fields as being particularly hypermasculine and sexist. A class like creative writing, on the other hand, is seen as something “anyone” can participate in. People love to pretend creative writing allows us to understand “universal” human values that ...
Halloween sort of haunts me as a concept. It is fraught with outfit questions: When does sexy become too much? When does poking fun become offensive? When do we get to go home and take off these dumb ears?
Dear Professors Pennington, Proctor, Clerge and Atherton,Three weeks ago, in the Houston Hall basement, you guys put on a Scholars-in-Residence event called “Behind the Scenes: Professors.” I have a few confessions to make. First, I only decided to go to your event because of the "sushi provided" ...
A Suffolk County grand jury on Oct. 1 indicted James Witkowski, 42, for the 1992 murder of Lena Bruce (E '92). Twenty-one-year-old Bruce was found dead in her South End apartment just a couple months after graduating from the university. The case went unsolved for more than two decades until DNA evidence linked Witkowski to the homicide in January.
Word of the Day: Underwhelmverb \un-der-WELM\ :to fail to impress or stimulateI still often shiver with fear at the sight of eggs. When my team arrived at my cross-country camp senior year of high school, the bus doors opened, and we were welcomed with a wall of stench that came to be described as the ...
When navigating the high-stakes decision of where one should attend college, lists and rankings can seem to be everywhere. Depending on which list one is looking at, Tufts might be presented as the 27th best university in the nation overall, a school in the top percent for LGBTQ friendliness and health, ...
During the recent Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton made several references to her gender, suggesting that her womanness differentiated her from other candidates. She even made a joke about how it takes her longer to go to the bathroom than the other candidates.I must admit that the idea of having ...
She also noted that sustainable farming is beneficial to workers' health.
I’ve recently acquired a new female friend.
On July 30, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine was granted $5 million from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the 2016 fiscal year. The Cummings School, located in Grafton, Mass., has received money from the Commonwealth for years, and recent budget negotiations have prompted a debate ...
Tufts football and field hockey teams faced an unexpected challenge during preparation for this year's Homecoming weekend. A rapid outbreak of norovirus made about 20 athletes ill, causing them to be absent from practice.According to Tufts Health Service Medical Director Dr. Margaret Higham, the ...
In February 1990, Tufts administration announced projected cuts in financial aid up to $500,000. A week after the announcement, Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate unanimously called for full student participation in a boycott of classes and a rally in front of Ballou Hall on Feb. 15, demanding that ...
If you happened to be looking for recent Tufts graduate and current Fulbright scholar Hannah Arnow (LA' 15) last fall, chances are you would have found her in the library.“I went to class, but I don't think I did homework for the first month and a half of school because I was working on ...
When senior Luke Sherman began his summer internship at the statewide advocacy organization MassEquality, he took on a meaningful role in the group’s fight against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. In bringing this experience back to Tufts, ...
The Tufts University Office of the President websitedeclares that Tufts “has long been a pioneer in campus sustainability,” citing its development of the Talloires Declaration in 1990. A common definition of sustainability is a type of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising ...
The study of human factors explores how to optimize user experience and contribute to market success, focusing on the design of products through the lens of user functionality. A pre-professional society at Tufts, Tufts Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (THFES) is dedicated to providing resources ...
Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s Word of the Day:jurisprudencenoun \joor-us-PROO-dunss\definition: the science or philosophy of lawMy entire life, I've unknowingly lived under a duplicitous identity. My friends and family knew me as Henry Allan Jani, but Big Brother had me listed otherwise: Henry ...
Last year, national media coverage focused on several cases of unrest, largely in the form of protests in which activists called the world’s attention to police brutality -- particularly excessive force and the targeting of black bodies in the United States. This call for justice, policy changes and ...
