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Jose Antonio Vargas questions national identity in discussion of social change

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas spoke to an audience filled with Tufts and Boston area college and high school students on Thursday during "Activism and Social Change: An Evening with Jose Antonio Vargas," co-sponsored by the Social Justice Leadership Initiative, the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer and the Dean of Student Affairs. In his speech, Vargas, who also directed, wrote and appeared in a documentary entitled, "White People," connected his own complicated identity to issues of race and immigration in the United States.


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Tufts Labor Coalition demands that university engage in union-only hiring

About 40 students gathered on the Lower Patio of the Mayer Campus Center yesterday afternoon to rally, calling on Tufts to stop using non-unionized building trade workers on the Medford/Somerville campus. During the rally, which was organized by the Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC), supporters marched through the Mayer Campus Center, past Tisch Library and the Cannon, up to Ballou Hall.


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Tufts students take to the polls on Super Tuesday

Students who are registered to vote in the state of Massachusetts headed to the polls yesterday to cast their ballots in the state's primary election. Massachusetts was one of 13 states and one territory to hold primaries and caucuses on the day known as "Super Tuesday."In Massachusetts, former ...



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ACE Fellow program expands, redefines role on campus

The Academic and Community Engagement (ACE) Fellow program will expand the number of fellows from seven to 10 for the next academic year. This program, which places student leaders in residence halls to offer academic and social guidance to first-years, will also shift its approach to focusing ...



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Police Briefs: March 1

Stolen Jacket TheftA student called the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) at 5 p.m. on Feb. 18 to report that her 3/4 length black Canada Goose jacket with a fur hood had been stolen the previous night when she was at an off-campus event. Her house keys, iPhone and wallet were in the jacket ...


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Steph Gauchel leaves position as director of Women's Center

This week, Steph Gauchel officially left her position as the director of Tufts Women's Center. Gauchel, who had held the position for the past seven and a half years, relinquished the position to accept a job as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the Harvard Divinity School. She begins ...


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Visiting on the Hill

TUESDAY"7 Days in Syria” Screening and ReceptionDetails: There will be a screening of "7 Days in Syria," which follows the journey of Newsweek Middle East Editor Janine di Giovanni, also a Fletcher student in the Global Master of Arts program, throughout war-torn Syria. Di Giovanni ...





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Safety concerns emerge following local "catfishing" incidents

Various university offices have received multiple reports from Tufts students who were "approached by non-Tufts affiliates falsely representing themselves either in person and/or through social media dating sites as Tufts students," according to a Feb. 9 email to Tufts students. This phenomenon of online misrepresentation is also known as “catfishing.”





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No More Noro: Norovirus outbreak is on the decline

Approximately 72 students were infected with Norovirus last week, according to Margaret Higham, director of Tufts Health Service. She noted that the number of cases is decreasing and that she did not expect to hear of new cases emerging.Higham explained that this approximation may be an underestimation ...



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Tufts alumnus discusses career in combating hunger, poverty

Max Finberg (LA '92), director of AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), spoke about his experiences in anti-poverty and anti-hunger work during a discussion yesterday afternoon in Dowling Hall. The event, sponsored by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public ...