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In wake of Gaza violence, despite tension campus discourse remains civil

Alanna Tuller | Archive Addict

As much as I'm trying to fight it, it's time to face the facts: this will, sadly, be my final Archive Addict installment of the semester. Actually, scratch that; it's been kind of exhausting to raid the Archives for a new story every week.

Cummings School to form new department

At the Board of Trustees November meeting, the Academic Affairs Committee approved the establishment of a new academic department at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in an attempt to make a more interdisciplinary program that can expand international health outreach and research. 

Fall 2012: A semester in review

Administrative changes

Panhellenic Council approves sorority extension

Group installs Greenbean Recycle boxes in dorms

Sackler School to introduce new master's program

Students participate as test subjects in psychology studies

Faculty, students debate online editing resources

Nearing the end of the semester, students turn to a variety of resources to complete final assignments and papers. Draft after draft, some may decide to seek out help beyond the offerings of the Academic Resource Center or, in some classes, the advice of their Writing Fellow.

Jacob Passy | A Bit Off

As the great Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss), says in his book "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" (1990), "And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed)."

CSL allows for religious exemption from nondiscrimination policy

Senate works to extend pass/fail deadline

Dental and Medical Schools offer combined degree

Tufts Libraries launches text-message service

Fletcher to debut online admissions interviews

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy's Graduate School of International Affairs will launch a new, online system for conducting its admissions interviews this week for candidates applying by the school's Jan. 10 deadline.

Alexa Peterson | Jeminist: A Jumbo Feminist

Well, my friends, few of you are reading this because this is the week during the fall semester where everyone's lives start spiraling into oblivion. We stop wearing appropriate clothing, the gym becomes about as deserted as WinterFest and the thought of grocery shopping and/or good personal hygiene upkeep slips out of the realm of possibility. However, for those of us who have taken a break from our pitiful lives, I have prepared this last column to make a final statement of sorts.

Senior initiates proposal for textbook company on campus

A proposal from senior Alec Howard that the university allow Bucks4Books, a company that buys back and sells used textbooks, to operate on campus, is being met with initial rejection because of a contractual agreement between the university and the Tufts University Bookstore that prohibits competing textbook sales on the Hill.

Carmichael bathroom again defaced with excrement

For the second time in three years, a Tufts janitor discovered excrement on the walls of a bathroom in the Carmichael Hall lobby last week, an incidence of vandalism the janitor said she views as a personal attack.

Tufts enacts child abuse prevention policy

The university introduced its Policy to Protect Children and Prevent Abuse this fall, following months of meetings between members of faculty and staff who frequently work with minors.

FCHP's annual party spreads holiday cheer to foster children