The Drama Department has banned Torn Ticket II from using the Balch Arena Theater and other resources for its major fall theater production, following a safety violation committed by two students in the spring. The incident involved members of the student-run musical theatre group operating a power ...
According to a Tufts Labor Coalition press release, student activists have decided to end a weeklong hunger strike, which began at 3 p.m. last Sunday, May 3.In the release, TLC said the protesters will continue to work against proposed cuts to at least 20 janitorial staff members, with a sixth ...
Tufts undergraduate HyunJae Kim died unexpectedly on the morning of Saturday, May 9, according to an email sent to the Tufts community by University President Anthony Monaco. Kim, a junior studying biomedical engineering, hailed from Seoul, South Korea.Junior Haylee Rosenblatt, executive director ...
Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) met with members of the Tufts administration at 12:00 p.m. today -- the fourth day of a five-student hunger strike -- to further discuss the proposed restructuring of Tufts’ custodial staff. The meeting was the second in as many days and resulted in a proposal from the ...
University administrators and representatives from Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) held their bi-weekly meeting in the Mayer Campus Center today to discuss the university's plans to make cuts to janitorial staff. The meeting took place in the midst of a five-student hunger strike in protest of the proposed ...
University officials have erected a fence around the occupation site of Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) protesters as the five-student hunger strike in protest of proposed cuts to janitorial staff continues. As of this evening, Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) and Tufts administrators will only allow Tufts students to enter the fenced-in site, which is located between Ballou Hall and Goddard Chapel.
"DTZ and Monaco are sitting at their desk and they don't understand," Castillo said. "The workers support the students striking; no one has done this for them before."
Several Tufts students were arrested today during a march against planned cuts to janitorial positions at Tufts. A total of seven protesters were arrested, according to a release from Service Employees International Union 32BJ, which organized the protest.According to Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC), ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate has selected Susan Koegel, a senior lecturer in the Department of Biology, to receive this year's Professor of the Year Award.“It’s a huge honor," Koegel said. "From what I understand it’s selected by students, so that’s kind of the biggest ...
After a three-day sit-in, Tufts Climate Action and university administrators reached an agreement regarding divestment from fossil fuels, according to sophomore TCA member Shana Gallagher and Director of Public Relations Kim Thurler. Executive Vice President Patricia Cambell, Gallagher and fellow TCA ...
Beginning next fall, Tufts' Department of Education will introduce a new education major in addition to the minor currently offered. The new major, which was voted in on April 15, will be a secondary major, according to Chair of the Department of Education David Hammer.Secondary majors, unlike ...
Students and supporters from the surrounding area gathered outside Ballou Hall today at 12:00 p.m. to show solidarity with protestors -- mostly members of Tufts Climate Action (TCA) -- who began a sit-in in University President Anthony Monaco’s office on Wednesday, April 22.
A working group led by University Provost David Harris is being established to investigate the student housing situation at Tufts and the possibility of expanding on-campus housing.The working group will consist of two sub-committees, Harris said. One of them, headed by Executive Vice President Patricia ...
Gallagher said the protesters have been negotiating with Campbell to have an open meeting with members of the Board of Trustees. This request has been denied by Campbell, who told the students that President Monaco agreed with this decision, Gallagher said.
On Tuesday, April 7, many Tufts students received a scam email, which appeared to be sent from the address alert@tufts.edu and told students that someone was trying to replace the security information in their email account. The email told recipients that if they had not replaced the security information, ...
The Tufts chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) hosted a 5K run and walk last Sunday, April 19 around the Medford/Somerville campus to raise awareness about the organization and to raise funds for the group's projects, according to junior Mary O’Kane, one of EWB's fundraising chairs. EWB, ...
Shortly after midnight, junior Brian Tesser won the election for Tufts Community Union (TCU) President. But in an election held on April 7 for several Senate and other TCU positions, five of the six community representative positions went unfilled.
Tufts Sustainability Collective (TSC) is celebrating Earth Fest this week to commemorate the 45th annual Earth Day. Events include locally sourced food at Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall, a virtual reality simulator of the life of a factory-farmed chicken and an edible campus tour led by Department of Biology ...
This morning, a group of 33 students, mostly members of Tufts Climate Action (TCA), entered Ballou Hall to demand that the university completely divest from fossil fuels over the next five years.
Junior Brian Tesser has won the election for TCU President. He received 67 percent of yesterday's eligible votes, according to Tufts Elections Commission (ECOM) Chair Paige Newman, a junior.According to Newman, 386 students voted for Tesser. A total of 193 students selected a variety of write-in ...
