Disclaimer: Tys Sweeney is a columnist for the Daily. He was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.Tufts' Confucius Institute Review Committee held its final open meeting in Eaton Hall on Oct. 31 to discuss the university’s relationship with the Confucius Institute (CI), which ...
Express yourselfOn Oct. 31 at 3:15 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report of suspicious behavior. A student had attended a university event earlier in the day for community members to discuss the future of the Confucius Institute at Tufts. The student expressed their views ...
John Bello (A '68), founder of the SoBe brand of beverages, discussed his journey from Tufts student to successful businessman at the first Tufts Legends of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Series, held in a packed Cohen Auditorium on Nov. 2. Bello serves on Tufts' Board of Trustees and ...
The Tufts chapter of J Street U began circulating a petition on Oct. 18 that calls for the inclusion of Palestinian speakers on Tufts Hillel's Birthright Israel trips. At press time, the petition had garnered 255 signatures, 192 of which were provided by students who indicated that they were eligible to go on a Birthright trip.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met Sunday night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to hear supplementary funding requests, an Allocations Board (ALBO) appeal, project updates and updates from Trustee Representatives, according to Senate's meeting minutes.TCU Treasurer Izzy Ma, a sophomore, ...
Texas: Cruz vs. O'RourkeSen. Ted Cruz is facing a tough battle for a second term against Beto O’Rourke, an upstart Democrat representative who has gained national media attention for his progressive platform and cross-Texas campaign trips. O'Rourke made a name for himself by rejecting direct ...
Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark, who has represented Massachusetts’ 5th Congressional District -- which includes Medford -- in the House since 2013, is being challenged by Republican John Hugo. However, Clark has a track record of legislative success in Congress: She has helped pass bills that address the opioid crisis and strengthen health care programs for women, among others, that has largely prevented her opponent from gaining any traction. Clark is the heavy favorite in this race.
Question 1Massachusetts’ Question 1 concerns staffing levels for nurses at Commonwealth hospitals and certain other health care facilities. A "yes" vote would set limits on the number of the number of patients assigned to a nurse, based on the care the patients require and the type of ...
The Tufts International Development (TID) Ecuador team’s KoomBook digital library program was selected by Davis Projects for Peace as one of 16 outstanding projects from the summer of 2018, according to senior Cristina da Gama, one of the leaders of the Ecuador team. Davis Projects for Peace is an ...
Dining workers and student activists protested treatment of Tufts Dining Services employees in a series of demonstrations last week centered around claims that Christine Tringale, a night cook supervisor at Hodgdon Food-on-the-Run, experienced verbal harassment and retaliation for comments she made ...
Tufts faculty, staff and employees that are registered to vote can take one hour of paid leave on Election Day to go vote, according to an Oct. 24 email to all university employees from Tufts Human Resources. The new policy will be continued in future years, according to Executive Vice President Patricia ...
Students and administrators, including the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate and University President Anthony Monaco, responded Thursday to the appearance of posters linked to white nationalism around Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus on late Wednesday night.Posters bearing the phrase "It’s ...
The Department of English and Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) co-hosted a full day, marathon reading of the entirety of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" (1818)in the Tisch Family Gallery this Halloween.
Posters bearing the phrase "It's okay to be white" appeared across Tufts’ Medford/Somerville campus late Wednesday night on get-out-the-vote signs that were put up this week.The slogan first appeared on the internet forum 4chan on Oct. 31, 2017 with a call to post it “on campuses (and ...
Environmentalist Bill McKibben spoke to a standing room only ASEAN Auditorium about climate change activism on Tuesday evening as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life's Distinguished Speaker Series. McKibben spoke on a variety of topics, including civil disobedience, divestment ...
“Fossil fuel lobbying has done so much that in the face of changing public opinion we still have not been able to enact change," Mazumdar said. "We need to shut down the fossil fuel industry to bring back control of energy to the people instead of for-profit corporations.”
The City of Somerville's Urban Forestry & Landscape Planner and the City Tree Warden hosted a public information session Thursday night regarding the city’s treatment plan for trees affected by the invasive, tree-killing Emerald ash borer (EAB).EAB is a species of beetle that lays eggs ...
Isn't it meta?On Oct. 22 at 11:54 a.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a report of approximately 65 students who had congregated on the Academic Quad outside of Ballou Hall to protest Tufts' new protest policy. TUPD monitored the activity of the protest until the ...
Mourners poured into the Granoff Family Hillel Center Monday to remember the lives of the 11 Jews murdered during Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pa.The attack was the deadliest single targeted act of anti-Semitism ever committed on American ...
Former Representative Steve Israel and Sarah Ullman (LA ’10), co-founder of the super PAC One Vote at a Time, discussed issues surrounding gun control and how to inspire change at a Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life-sponsored event at 50 Milk St. a small venue in downtown Boston.Israel, a ...
