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Chelsea Stevens | Loud Noises

Unless you're an engineer or one of the few seniors who get into Math of Social Choice, you probably wouldn't consider registration "fun," per se. A new social order was established a few weeks ago when the registration times were released: Those with 8 a.m. registration times were the monarchs; 9−10:30 a.m. times characterized the nobles and gentry; knights and vassals occupied the 10:45 to noon slots, while the humble merchants and craftsmen shuffled in from 12:15 to 2 p.m.; finally, after 2 p.m., the serfs and peasants were allowed to scavenge what they could. The monarchs pranced about campus as if their registration times were bequeathed to them through divine right, while the less−fortunate wallowed in self−pity. Both these schools of people suck, and their antics shouldn't be tolerated.



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MBCR maintenance facility responds to safety violations

The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR) this month entered negotiations with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to address health and safety violations recently cited against MBCR's Somerville maintenance facility.


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Shuttle faces overcrowding, scheduling irregularities

Tufts' weekend shuttle service between the Medford/Somerville campus and Harvard and Porter Squares, which began running two weeks ago, has been plagued by overcrowding that has resulted in scheduling irregularities and inconvenience to riders.


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Dabbut.com: The next new thing?

When junior Albert Nichols last year created his website, Dabbut.com, he intended it to be a new, more truthful alternative to forums such as CollegeACB and JuicyCampus. However, Dabbut presents a host of potential privacy and cyber bullying−related issues that concern some Jumbos.


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Alison Williams and Sarah Gottlieb | Generation SEX

Lately we've heard quite a large amount of people discussing an issue that even the intelligent and resourceful students of Tufts University can't seem to figure out. What is that issue, you may ask? Some important political argument? Yesterday's email concerning the consequences of participating in NQR? Why, for some people, class registration never seems to go well? None of the above. Instead, we're setting out to address something the Tufts campus needs to set straight: pubic hair.



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University promises suspension for NQR runners

Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman sent an email to students and their families yesterday explaining that any student who participates in the Naked Quad Run (NQR) this year will face suspension for the spring 2012 semester.




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Tufts Idea Exchange to showcase speakers with diverse interests

Members of the Tufts community will gather tonight in Cabot Auditorium for the second installment of the Tufts Idea Exchange (TEX), during which 10 speakers from across the Tufts community will deliver 10−minute talks about their ideas in fields such as philosophy, service work and engineering.


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Students work with Dining Services to create teaching kitchen

A group of student food−lovers are collaborating with Tufts Dining Services to bring a teaching kitchen to campus. The kitchen, which will open in Curtis Hall as early as next September, will serve as a communal space for students, groups and classes to explore the culinary arts.


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Faculty approves new applied mathematics major

Arts and Sciences faculty on Oct. 26 voted unanimously to approve a new applied mathematics major to be offered by the Department of Mathematics, which students can begin to pursue immediately.



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Students consider putting down the calculator

This past Thursday, a procession of pale, tired students in varying states of panic and despair trudged through the lobby of Cohen Auditorium following the end of their latest Biology 13 exam. The looks on their faces aren't hard to find on college students in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields everywhere. A college education in science or math is a lot of work, and the strain is showing in the numbers as students flock away from STEM majors into the humanities. According to a New York Times article published last month, nearly 40 percents of students who plan to major in a STEM field at the time of matriculation switch their major or fail to obtain any degree whatsoever.


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Reaching out to freshmen and transfers

Social and academic adjustment is an arduous process for students across all different types of institutions of higher learning. No matter the size or location of the college they choose to attend, freshmen and transfer students experience the feelings of anticipation, anxiety and homesickness of stepping into a new world.





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Agreement reached on five points regarding Africana studies

Following a march to Ballou Hall and the occupation of an administrative office on Monday, students and administrators settled on a list of five agreements addressing university support for the race and ethnic studies program that will have Africana studies at its core.


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Dabbut.com is the next big thing: true or false?

Who says that Facebook has to be the only social network around? Dabbut.com, a project created by computer science major Albert Nichols, a junior, provides a venue for members of the Tufts community to take control of their online interactions.