Tufts recently entered negotiations with DTZ, the contracting agency for its janitors, to revise its plan of operations for its janitorial staff.The new plan would likely include significant cuts to the janitorial staff -- a move that is ethically unacceptable and shockingly inconsistent with the standards ...
The Tufts administration has promoted the new Tufts 1+4 Bridge-Year Service Learning Program a great deal over the past year. The program allows incoming students to take a gap year through the Tisch College to work in locations ranging from Santa Catarina, Brazil to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for one ...
Dear Tufts,We are writing to you as Tufts United for Immigrant Justice (UIJ), a student group dedicated to supporting immigrant rights on campus, in Massachusetts and nationally. As Tufts students, one of our most important and immediate goals is to push for equal opportunity on our campus for undocumented ...
In a crucial step to provide institutional support for undocumented immigrants applying to college, Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate passed United for Immigrant Justice’s (UIJ) "Resolution to Establish Equal Opportunity for Undocumented Students" on Sunday in a nearly unanimous vote. The ...
There is one essential word that has been lacking from recent dialogue at Tufts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This single word is the greatest question on the minds of Israelis and Palestinians: peace. What everyone -- students, activists and governments -- must ask is how do we achieve peace?Recent ...
Walking through the Mayer Campus Center, one would typically see the usual cast of characters: group project assemblies merging tables near Hotung Cafe, bundled up crowds waiting for the Joey away from the cold and ambling students standing in line for their caffeine fix from The Rez. This past Thursday ...
The First Generation Student Council's effort to create a support network and community for those on campus who identify as a first generation college student is an important step in developing additional resources for these students. The Higher Education Act of 1965 considers a student to be ...
On Sept. 2, 2014, the river Jhelum, which winds its way through the Kashmir valley, began to swell.For the past 65 years, since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, Kashmir has been a region of international territorial dispute. The Indian and Pakistani governments both believe that the ...
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, I woke up at 5:00 a.m. in the basement of a Washington D.C. church and made my way to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) offices with a group of about 50 protesters. There we blockaded the three entrances to the building with our bodies. We held that blockade ...
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson declared that Nov. 11 was the first celebration of Armistice Day. The inspiration for Armistice Day came from the Allied forces’ agreement with Germany to end military engagement in World War I. The celebration associated with Armistice Day was multi-faceted. People ...
By no means does SJP aim to "silence" anyone’s speech. It has not asked, nor never will ask, for the metaphorical ripping out of Shamir-Borer’s tongue and of those who propagate similarly violent ideals. Free speech is an essential right at Tufts and in the U.S., a right not often afforded by Israel to Palestinians and others who criticize its policies. Tufts must therefore take all possible steps toward leveling the discourse that surrounds Israeli aggression, not exacerbate its grossly asymmetrical nature. Nor can we deny or understate the weight of any university and its institutions in connoting discourse. Wrapped in the protective blanket of the Fletcher School, Shamir-Borer suddenly seems much less “IDF” and much more “impartial," an adjective that distorts his background and his positions long before he arrives on campus. SJP bases its call for cancellation neither on Shamir-Borer’s religion nor his nationality. Rather, the group has targeted his lecture because of his position as the IDF's legal advisor during Operation Protective Edge. Shamir-Borer explicitly represents the institution of the IDF, and giving him a platform at Tufts legitimizes and normalizes its war crimes.
You are working out at the gym. You hear a loud noise. The person on the treadmill next to you has collapsed and is lying on the floor. You are the first to the man’s side and you realize he is unconscious, not responding to your calls. Would you know what to do next? When this happened in the spring ...
As kindergarteners, students are taught a few essential rules in an effort to maintain order in the classroom. Among these are: “raise your hand," “use indoor voices” and, perhaps most importantly, “treat others the way you want to be treated.” As children grow and mature, the rules by ...
Election results have been tabulated and although there are still some congressional races that have not yet been officially called, it is clear that the political tide has changed as Republicans have made huge gains in both the House and Senate. The gender composition of the U.S. Congress has also ...
Murder, in any democracy’s foreign policy, is hardly ever sold as murder. Instead, it is neatly repackaged, advertised as necessary defense to loyal constituents. On Nov. 10, the Fletcher School and Tufts Hillel will host one of the primary architects of this summer’s massacres in Gaza. Even before ...
As I tried to write this op-ed, I doubted what validity I had in making a judgment on the administrative policy.More than a year ago, when I was raped on this campus by a fellow student, I chose not to take any legal action. This was informally recommended to me by the administration and those who counseled ...
Tufts’ sports teams -- softball, men’s lacrosse and women’s basketball to name a few from 2014 -- have all made impressive strides on the national Div. III level. Alongside these bigger varsity sports is a community of club sports and smaller activities that have blossomed and represent the unique ...
Boston mourns the passing of its beloved former mayor, Thomas Menino. Menino, who served the city for 21 years, died on Thursday morning at the age of 71, less than a year after he stepped down after his fifth term and announced his cancer diagnosis. The funeral Mass was held yesterday in Hyde Park, ...
People have approached me and asked me why I’m taking a gap year from Tufts. If you even bother to read this, then you have probably considered taking time off from school for yourself. More and more often, students are taking semesters off from college to purposefully enhance their lives and their ...
This semester, the first of my sophomore year at Tufts, has helped put my time at Tufts in perspective. In particular, I have come to appreciate everything that makes freshman year special. Last year, I explored many different types of classes, even taking an ExCollege course my first semester. I also ...
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