When junior Albert Nichols last year created his website, Dabbut.com, he intended it to be a new, more truthful alternative to forums such as CollegeACB and JuicyCampus. However, Dabbut presents a host of potential privacy and cyber bullying−related issues that concern some Jumbos.
Lately we've heard quite a large amount of people discussing an issue that even the intelligent and resourceful students of Tufts University can't seem to figure out. What is that issue, you may ask? Some important political argument? Yesterday's email concerning the consequences of participating in NQR? Why, for some people, class registration never seems to go well? None of the above. Instead, we're setting out to address something the Tufts campus needs to set straight: pubic hair.
Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman sent an email to students and their families yesterday explaining that any student who participates in the Naked Quad Run (NQR) this year will face suspension for the spring 2012 semester.
Pakistani journalist Irfan Husain yesterday discussed his new book, "Fatal Faultlines: Pakistan, Islam, and the West," which focuses on the division between the west and the Muslim world.
The report released last month composed by the members of the Africana Studies Task Force offered three different possible approaches, rather than a single coherent recommendation, to Africana studies as an academic discipline at Tufts.
Members of the Tufts community will gather tonight in Cabot Auditorium for the second installment of the Tufts Idea Exchange (TEX), during which 10 speakers from across the Tufts community will deliver 10−minute talks about their ideas in fields such as philosophy, service work and engineering.
A group of student food−lovers are collaborating with Tufts Dining Services to bring a teaching kitchen to campus. The kitchen, which will open in Curtis Hall as early as next September, will serve as a communal space for students, groups and classes to explore the culinary arts.
Arts and Sciences faculty on Oct. 26 voted unanimously to approve a new applied mathematics major to be offered by the Department of Mathematics, which students can begin to pursue immediately.
This past Thursday, a procession of pale, tired students in varying states of panic and despair trudged through the lobby of Cohen Auditorium following the end of their latest Biology 13 exam. The looks on their faces aren't hard to find on college students in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields everywhere. A college education in science or math is a lot of work, and the strain is showing in the numbers as students flock away from STEM majors into the humanities. According to a New York Times article published last month, nearly 40 percents of students who plan to major in a STEM field at the time of matriculation switch their major or fail to obtain any degree whatsoever.
Social and academic adjustment is an arduous process for students across all different types of institutions of higher learning. No matter the size or location of the college they choose to attend, freshmen and transfer students experience the feelings of anticipation, anxiety and homesickness of stepping into a new world.
Students seeking to alleviate their stress flocked on Thursday to Miller Hall to play with therapy dogs visiting the Hill.
Tufts commemorated Veterans Day last week through several events honoring the members of the United States Armed Forces who are part of the university community.
While the recession that prompted a close examination of the university budget ended over two years ago, it has had a delayed and lingering impact on the university's hiring practices.
Following a march to Ballou Hall and the occupation of an administrative office on Monday, students and administrators settled on a list of five agreements addressing university support for the race and ethnic studies program that will have Africana studies at its core.
Who says that Facebook has to be the only social network around? Dabbut.com, a project created by computer science major Albert Nichols, a junior, provides a venue for members of the Tufts community to take control of their online interactions.
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, the university−wideweb−based tool Student Information Systems (SIS) was unavailable for upwards of a half hour due to heavy online traffic, according to senior Bryan Rodriguez, student supervisor at Tufts University Information Technology.
On campus, Sgt. Robert McCarthy is known by students and faculty as the tough but friendly head of the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD). What most people don't know, however, is that, if asked, he could bench press the average NFL defensive lineman.
To upperclassmen, alumni and my extensive worldwide fan−base reading at home who anxiously await my column each and every Thursday: You might want to skip this one. Why? Well readers, today I'm brazenly embracing my youth. As I sit in the Carmichael Hall lounge fiercely typing out this column before cramming for a midterm, I have a smile on my face and eggs, courtesy of Dining Services, in my belly. Indeed, readers, I have an unlimited meal plan and will use the next 500 or so words to analyze the vicious Dewick vs. Carmichael debate. If you don't have a meal plan, you couldn't care less.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Oct. 26 announced changes to federal student loan programs that seek to facilitate student loan repayment.
