Most students at Tufts hope to make some sort of contribution to their community during their four short years on campus. Approximately 60 Jumbos known as Tisch Scholars, though, sit down with professors and members of the surrounding communities at the start of their college careers to map out exactly how.
Seven freshmen were elected to the Tufts Community Union Senate yesterday, while sophomore Senator Faith Blake resigned yesterday morning, leaving her seat open.
Nearly 20 members of Tufts' Delta Upsilon (DU) fraternity were forced to find alternative housing for the past three weeks while their house was being repaired to comply with city inspections not completed at the beginning of the semester.
Following a room assignment error, the Registrar's Office shifted the giant Economics 5: Principles of Economics (EC 5) introductory class from the D+ block to the F+ block, causing confusion and forcing students to readjust their schedules. The mix−up was one of several registration errors that occurred this semester across the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering.
When most people hear the word "silk," they are likely to envision shimmering, lavish fabrics worn by royalty and elites; they are not, however, likely to think of biomedical sensors and practical scientific metamaterials. But for a team of researchers at Tufts' School of Engineering and Boston University, this assumption could not be less accurate.
By the slimmest possible margin, Referendum 3 early this morning emerged as the winner of yesterday's student body−wide vote on reforms to the community representative system.
What if a school's federal aid was cut because members of the graduating classes were not making enough money? Students at over 1,000 for−profit colleges across the nation, including some here in Massachusetts, now have to ask themselves this question.
We at Tufts love to ban things. Basically, each year some students decide to try and ban one or more "luxuries" from our campus in order to contribute to an overarching cause. It's known to students as activism, active citizenship, citizen activism, social justice and other fun terms; I know it only by the entailments this grim reality imposes despite its connotatively cheerful vernacular.
Referendum 3 and Referendum 4 are about more than just community representation. In fact, I would argue that they are less about community representation and more about how we operate and function as a Tufts community. We are re−evaluating how we elect community representative positions with two proposals which seek to enhance the influence of these individuals. We are seeking to bring more legitimacy to this position on the Tufts Community Union Senate, because frankly, it is necessary.
Freshman elections for the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate have been postponed 24 hours due to a technical glitch in Tufts Election Commissions' (ECOM) voting software. Students will still vote today on two separate proposals concerning reforms to the community representative system on the TCU Senate.
Tufts students starting at midnight will vote on proposed reforms to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's community representative position that is intended to ensure adequate representation of minority's concerns on the body.
In advance of Wednesday's election, 13 freshmen last night made their pitches to represent the Class of 2014 in the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate in Hotung Café.
From 12 midnight tonight, the Tufts campus will start deciding the future of the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's community representative system, which exists in order to give minority constituencies a voice on the body. Students have a choice of passing either Referendum 3 or 4 or rejecting both of them altogether — an option that has largely been neglected in the extensive debate on the matter.
The second of the two ballot questions, Referendum 4, makes fewer changes to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's existing community representative position.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate elected three new trustee representatives in its meeting last night. Seniors Alix Boulud and Josh Friedmann and sophomore Alice Pang will represent the student body on the three trustee committees. Trustee representatives serve as liaisons between the Senate and the Board of Trustees. While they sit on the Senate, they do not have any voting rights.
WEDNESDAY "Israel 101: Dr. Ory Zik" Details: Ory Zik, founder of Greenpeace Israel and co−founder of solar energy company HelioFocus, will speak on "cleantech" and environmental efforts in Israel. When and Where: 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Eaton Hall 206 Sponsor: Tufts Friends of Israel
Even as the Greek community has brought many students to attend parties on Professors Row over the past weekends, many Tufts fraternities are currently not legally permitted to host such functions while they await licensing approval from the City of Somerville.
While students were moving out of their dorm rooms and tanning on the beach this summer, much of the world was in turmoil. The spring and summer of 2010 brought on a volcano, an oil spill, a shooting and a flood. Read up on what you may have missed here.
