Massachusetts Senator Patricia Jehlen's bill to reduce health care administrative costs addresses a serious problem, but ultimately is not the best way to achieve her desired end. Though Jehlen's bill identifies a key problem with the American health care system, we must consider the ramifications if its passes.
Yesterday, former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright gave the Issam M. Fares Lecture in the Gantcher Center before an enthusiastic audience of students, faculty and alumni. Albright, who at the time of her unanimous confirmation by the Senate was both the first female Secretary of State and the highest-ranking woman in the history of the United States government, gave an interesting and spirited lecture on the past, present, and future of conflict and resolution in the Middle East. An overarching theme was the need for increased diplomacy in managing such conflict.
It looks as if there won't be any smiling photos of the President posing with recovering soldiers published in the near future. The Commander-in-Chief has his work cut out for him after a series of articles printed last month in the Washington Post revealed squalid conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The problems unveiled by the Post's reporting - from black mold and rodents in recovery rooms to inadequate medical care - will not be solved by some glossy publicity and a few photo-ops.
Despite chalkings outside Fletcher, rumors of protest, and the presence of a metal detector and bag check, Saturday evening's EPIIC panel, "Global Governance and the Multinational Corporation," progressed unmarked by the high level of conflict anticipated. The event, a discussion of corporate responsibility, should be regarded as a success and a model for further discussion on campus.
At this time of year, there are a multitude of factors that make Tufts students anxious. Bad weather, worse midterm exams, and study abroad applications all combine to stress out Jumbos as they navigate the perilous slog to summer. Yet residents of Carmichael Hall have one more concern, one that won't go away until the summer: the holes in their dorm's roof.
The President's commitment to make college more affordable through the expansion of the federal Pell Grant program is laudable but sadly incomplete. In expanding the Pell Grant program, some students are aided while others are left behind.
The new Democratic governor of Massachusetts is learning that he cannot cruise through the next four years on charisma alone. His first self-admitted "screw up" in office put Deval Patrick in the limelight this week, and the publicity was not positive. As Republican critics and various media sources questioned Patrick's excessive spending - from the roughly $12,300 spent on new office draperies to a $72,000 yearly salary for his wife's new aide - the governor apologized for some, but not all, of his expenditures.
The culmination of Intercultural Week, Parade of Nations makes its annual return this weekend. Always well attended, this event allows students to enjoy a variety of ethnic foods, performances, sights and sounds and to bask in the glow of multiculturalism.
Former Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Todd Sullivan may be missed on campus, but the Greek system has learned from his tenure. This semester's low recruitment numbers aside, fraternities and sororities at Tufts have avoided the destructive scandals that marked the past few years.
On Aug. 22, 2002, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 103rd National Convention, Vice President Cheney said that there was "no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
For many Tufts students and faculty members, the invitation of this semester's Snyder Lecturer Lawrence Summers represents the latest debacle by an insensitive administration.
The appointment of historian Drew Gilpin Faust as Harvard's next president is a historic first. As the esteemed university's first female president, Faust takes over an office that is older than the Presidency of the United States and matched by few in its public profile.
Yesterday a town meeting was convened in Cohen Auditorium to discuss race relations and stereotyping. Speakers including psychology professors Sam Sommers and Keith Maddox, Dean Robert Sternberg, Professor Jean Wu of the American studies Department, and Lisa Coleman, executive director of the Office of Institutional Diversity were on hand to describe both the underpinnings of racism and the possible steps to combat it.
We can only hope that the soon-to-be-released "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" movie will be as entertaining as the fracas which has surrounded its promotional publicity. By now, most Tufts students are familiar with the marketing/terrorism scandal which put Boston's mayoral office and its security forces into a complete tizzy.
In the aftermath of the Primary Source carol, the TCU Senate continues to flirt with student publication regulation. Last Sunday the Senate considered a resolution that would create a panel of administrators, TCU senators, Tufts students and publication heads who would convene to foster a journalistic standard for all campus publications.
As the last seconds of 2006 ticked away, many were eager to put an end to the year. The ravages of war, suffering and intolerance left deep impressions across the world. While the onset of 2007 affords the opportunity to renew and forge ahead, we should not simply forget the past; instead, we should take the opportunity to take a stand on the issues that divided us on this campus to start the year with a new direction.
By now, many in the Tufts community have read and expressed justifiable outrage at The Primary Source's "Christmas carol" entitled "O Come All Ye Black Folk." Unquestionably, the carol crosses the line. The Source's characterization of African-American admissions policies is flatly incorrect.
The season is upon us, boys and girls, to deck the halls, hang the mistletoe, and wage an all-out, blood-spattering hoo-hah of a war on Christmas.
Listen up, administration (students, go back to the library while it's still open!). There are two key things you can do to drastically improve the end of semester experience for students: end classes on a Friday, and provide later and greater night study space.
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