Midterms turned a furry corner last week when Miller Hall hosted an event that brought therapy dogs to campus in an effort to help students cope with stress during the exam season.
Painting a pessimistic portrait of current U.S.-Middle East relations, scholars at last week's "Engaging the Middle East: After the Cairo Speech" conference urged the United States to act with restraint as it plans its future moves in the region.
Trustee Emeritus William Cummings (A '58) and his wife, Joyce, recently pledged a challenge gift of $1 million to create a new Holocaust and Genocide Education program through Tufts Hillel, and the Holocaust survivor who partly inspired them to do so will share his experiences at Tufts on Tuesday.
Freethought Week, a four−day−long celebration of moral and philosophical inquiry, concludes this evening with a lecture featuring noted atheist author Sam Harris.
The athlete who is also a member of Leonard Carmichael Society, the a cappella singer who works at Tisch Library, the zealous activist who is constantly running from one protest to another. Everyone knows a student like this at Tufts - someone who not only takes classes but also has a job, volunteers and is active in several student organizations.
Stephen Wermiel (A '72), author of the new biography "Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion," will tonight join a panel of speakers at Tufts to discuss the Supreme Court's evolution over the past two decades.
Computers: It seems impossible to imagine life without them. People can essentially live their lives in chat rooms, playing games or stalking people on Facebook (everyone does it) and never really have to have human interaction. Unfortunately, computers can malfunction. I suppose people can let you down too, but it's doubtful that they're storing your notes for the upcoming test in Psych Stats in their heads (this would reach a new level of stalkage).
After class−wide voting in a special election yesterday, sophomore Jeremy Zelinger was elected to a vacant Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate seat, the Elections Commission (ECOM) announced early this morning.
Students, faculty, staff and area residents gathered yesterday at the Mayer Campus Center for a rally marking Tufts' observance of National Coming Out Day, sharing stories before what speakers called a historic turnout.
Atheists generally know more about religion than the faithful, according to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Forum of Religion and Public Life that has garnered considerable attention. Atheists and agnostics scored highest on the organization's religious knowledge test, with Jews and Mormons in second and third place, respectively.
In honor of Tufts' celebration of National Coming Out Day, I, too, have decided to come out — against "gay" housing at Tufts.
Proponents of alcohol may have upped their arguing power: A recent clinical study found that middle-aged adults who drink any type of alcohol in moderation are likely to outlive those who abstain or drink heavily.
The two candidates running for the open sophomore seat on the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate presented their platforms to a smattering of Tufts students at a candidates forum in Hotung Café last night.
Well done, Concert Board: I love Passion Pit. So too, it seems, does 85 percent of the student body, which would explain why I'm sitting in a line that stretches from the Mayer Campus Center past the Crafts House, listening to someone with the worst Spanish 1 accent in the world. No, adding an "o" to the end of a word does not make it Spanish−o. It's Wednesday morning, and I'm awake significantly earlier than I want to be. At least this justifies my skipping class today.
East Hall has become close quarters for lecturers, tenured professors and teaching assistants in the English Department, with a recent move leaving part−time faculty members with cubicles that they say make it difficult to carry out their jobs.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate this year has extra funds at its disposal, thanks to surpluses from last year, and is implementing a distribution program to fund students' visions for improving campus life.
Tufts' Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Boston College (BC) have teamed up to offer a new dual degree program through the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning (UEP) and BC Law School, filling in gaps in the curriculum at both schools.
