The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate on Feb. 12 passed a resolution to join United for Undergraduate Socio-Economic Diversity (U/FUSED), a network that encourages discussion and cross-collegiate participation in raising awareness and finding solutions for issues of socioeconomic inequality, according to TCU Sophomore Senator Joe Thibodeau.
Tufts Mock Trial spent the weekend attending its second and final regional tournament of the season at the Suffolk County Courthouse in Boston, according to Officer of External Affairs for Tufts Mock Trial Brian Pilchik.
Each Jumbo on the Hill paid 296 dollars −− the Student Activities Fee −− as a part of the tuition expenses for the 2011−2012 academic year. Despite the seemingly clear intentions associated with the fee, the actual handling of the funds is rather ambiguous. The budgeting season for the Fiscal Year 2013 (FY2013) has already begun. Those not involved in the process, however, should consider how the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate Treasury disburses nearly 1.5 million dollars.
With the 2012 elections just around the corner, voter dissatisfaction running rampant and a Republican primary that leaves most feeling anything but happy with American politics, many fear that college students won't bother voting at a comparable rate to 2008. By not voting, college students rob themselves of their most powerful tool for creating change. In the past, conventional wisdom has said that losing the senior vote will cost a presidential candidate the election. But as we saw in 2008, the first African−American President was elected without wooing the majority of this voting bloc. Then−Senator Barack Obama (D−Ill.) lost the over−65 vote to Senator John McCain (R−Ariz.) but, interestingly enough, won the 18− to 29−year−old vote by a two−to−one margin. Young people are now emerging as an important facet of the electorate. While most young voters can't offer tremendous financial support to a candidate, they can offer their time — a valuable commodity in campaign season — and their vote.
The $80 million Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Red Line construction project, which since November has halted Saturday and Sunday service on the Red Line north of the Harvard Square station is on schedule for its March 4 completion date.
Tufts Health Service next month will launch a campaign that will focus on raising student awareness of the importance of sleep and educating the community about good sleep habits, as well as the physical and emotional repercussions of lack of sleep.
The Tufts Democrats on Saturday hosted the College Democrats of Massachusetts (CDM) annual Winter Summit for the second consecutive year.
Two student groups' buffer funding requests were approved at Sunday night's Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate meeting.
Maybe I'm six years old, but the words "banana" and "gasser" make me giggle. Put them together, though, and that could be your job description! What exactly is a banana gasser? You may well ask. As the name implies, you flood bananas with gas — specifically ethylene — to control the ripening process.
Last Wednesday kicked off the 27th Annual Norris and MargeryBendetson Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) International Symposium. This year's program -- which is sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) -- focused on the theme of "Conflict in the 21st Century." The five-day-long event brought a series of student-moderated panels to the Hill featuring international experts debating issues like drone warfare and last year's controversial "Mr. Y" article. Read the highlights below.
The symposium concluded on Sunday afternoon with a final discussion panel, "Post-Conflict Challenges and Building Peaceful Societies."
Founded in 1984 by former Tufts students Joanne Cohen (LA ‘87), Craig Everett (LA ‘89) and David Wiley (LA ‘89), the Tufts Amalgamates were the university's first co-ed a cappella group. Although many a cappella groups on campus are often overshadowed by the Beelzebubs' success and popularity, the Amalgamates have been able to establish themselves as not only a premier a cappella group at Tufts, but also around the country.
At last Friday's installment of the Experimental College-sponsored "A Taste of Tufts: A Sampling of Faculty Research" lecture series, Edith Balbach, senior lecturer and director of the community health program, spoke about her research on the marketing and political behaviors of the tobacco industry.
Speakers discussed the impact of environmental challenges on global conflict at Saturday's 2 p.m. panel, titled "Resource Wars and the Changing Climate of Conflict."
Saturday night's panel "The Media and Warfare," as well as the entire EPIIC International Symposium this year, was dedicated to photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed on Apr. 20, 2011 while reporting on the Libyan civil war.
