This November, Massachusetts voters will have an important opportunity to reduce litter and further their state's commitment to recycling through a ballot referendum. Question 2 on the Nov. 4 ballot -- also known as the bottle bill-- would expand the state’s beverage container deposit law. Massachusetts ...
We are two Tufts alumni who proudly work in Massachusetts state government today, in large part because of the community-first ethos that our alma mater holds dear. Whether that’s tutoring children at a local school, grabbing a bagel at Oxfam or volunteering with the Leonard Carmichael Society, ...
Each and every day, Tufts students have the privilege of waking up to a beautiful campus. After strolling across the quad to class, we sit through lecture in academic buildings, grab lunch in the dining hall, hang out in the Campus Center and at the end of the day, return to the dorm we have learned ...
On a recent Saturday night, I found myself in an uncomfortably familiar place ... not contributing to my end of a sexual partnership. Despite the numerous legitimate reasons I was quickly able to surmise -- a new and untrusting partner, a night of festivities, etc. -- I still found myself feeling frustrated ...
Tufts administrators came to an agreement with Tufts part-time faculty yesterday. The part-time faculty, as part of Adjunct Action, a greater Boston adjunct organization supported by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), have been negotiating with the administration since the spring. Part-time ...
Boston joined the Ebola panic this week, as a man checked into Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates on Sunday with symptoms of Ebola. The man had recently returned from Liberia and complained of head and muscle aches, but after being transferred to Beth Israel Hospital in Boston he was determined ...
Dear President Monaco and Provost Harris,As you know, the recently formed Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of part-time faculty has been in negotiations with Tufts since the spring, and we have made some real progress. Tufts has moved to bring its practices into line with its averred values. ...
In light of this summer's outburst of violence in Israel and the Gaza strip, a space for students to safely debrief and understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is more crucial than ever. The University Chaplaincy has begun to provide just that in their eight-week series held at the Interfaith ...
With each new year, and each new search for off-campus housing, there seems to be a hike in rent costs for locations in Medford and Somerville. Many students have at least one story of sticker shock, the moment when a realtor unveils the glaring flaw of the otherwise all-too-perfect apartment. This ...
Each year, the LGBT Center purchases an ad in the Tufts Daily in celebration of National Coming Out Day (NCOD). You will see this year’s ad on page four. This is my first year as director of the LGBT Center, but it is not my first time signing the NCOD ad. I signed it most years when I was a graduate ...
With the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear appeals on same-sex marriage bans in various states, including Indiana, Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia and Wisconsin, the number of states allowing same-sex marriage could rise to 30. Although the Supreme Court wavered on directly handling the issue of same-sex marriage, ...
On Sunday, Tufts hosted its 12th annual Community Day, a celebration of the vibrancy of the Medford/Somerville area. The event showcased a diverse collection of local organizations, from the Medford Fire Department to the Kitty Connection animal shelter, as well as many student groups, including the ...
Dear Editor,I continue to grapple with Miranda Willson’s Thursday, Oct. 2 column entitled “The Limited Lens of IR.”It is perfectly fine to make claims about the flaws and biases of modern international relations theory. But, all due respect to Ms. Willson, challenging a thousand-year old academic ...
The Office of Campus Life (OCL) recently announced that it will be taking its vans out of service. The OCL vans have been used in the past by campus clubs, academic departments and other organizations for their activities. While many students may call discontinuation of the rental vans a bad decision, ...
The Daily would like to thank Title IX Coordinator and Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) Director Jill Zellmer and Dean of Student Affairs for AS&E Mary Pat McMahon for their clarifications on last week's editorial about Judicial Affairs Officer Mickey Toogood. Many of the corrections pointed ...
I love Tufts. And I love its student body. I love that so many of my peers are overwhelmingly enthusiastic about certain issues, and I love that they are often incredibly opinionated about these issues. I love that so many of those around me are not content with merely liking the Facebook page of a ...
Over the weekend, Governor Jerry Brown of California signed into law “Yes Means Yes." The law redefines consent in sexual activities as being given with an explicit “yes” that can be revoked at any time. It has received national attention in light of the Department of Education’s investigation ...
While sitting in Tisch in the early recesses of the day (read 10 a.m.), I received an intriguing message from my friend from high school who currently attends Colgate University. She is part of a group called the Association of Critical Collegians (ACC) that, like many organizations on our campus, ...
Dear Editor,On Sept. 22, the Tufts Daily ran an editorial about the appointment and responsibilities of Tufts' new Judicial Affairs Administrator Mickey Toogood. That editorial included some significant factual errors. Given the critical importance of the issue of sexual misconduct prevention to ...
According to Justin Levitt, author and counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, “it is more likely that an individual will be struck by lightning than that he will impersonate another voter at the polls.” In spite of numerous reports, including Levitt's paper, that ...
Op-ed submissions are an integral part of our connection with you, our readers. As such, we would like to clarify our guidelines for submitting op-eds and what you can expect from the process.
Read More
