Whether you’ve been here for two months or four years, it’s no surprise that political discussions on this campus can get heated. We often find ourselves in Dewick or at a party, discussing the challenges our community and our country face. It’s also no surprise that there is a majority holding ...
Tufts students were no doubt surprised, and then elated, to hear that their football team won a game for the first time in years. After many seasons, the football team has won not just one game but all three home games, keeping an undefeated home record. What stands out the most at these games, alongside ...
Over 20 million people die each year due to inequities in global health and more than 100 million people each year are plunged into financial distress as a result of health care-related costs, according to the ICOD Action Network. This is a major contributor in the vicious cycle of poverty and sickness ...
Dear Editor,I leave this message because I want to indicate the words 'including guns' you used in the features article "Tufts students react to Hong Kong protests" are inappropriate. What the police used was tear gas, a legal weapon in dispersing demonstrators, but not guns, which ...
Recently, photo campaigns have held a strong presence in social media, including Humans of New York (and its spinoff projects in other cities) as well as Tufts' own South Asian Political Action Committee (SAPAC)’s South Asians of the Hill. Now, Tufts Asian American Alliance (AAA) is embarking ...
Tufts Students for Two States is a broad coalition of pro-Israel members of the Tufts Universitycommunity that stands united in our shared belief that a two-state solution represents the best future for Israelis and Palestinians. At the start of this year, we decided to reinvigorate our collective ...
Sit in the back of an 8:30 a.m. chemistry lecture and you’re bound to see, amidst the third-row sleepers and the pre-med students frantically scribbling notes, a dozen laptops open to scrolling screens of Buzzfeed and Thought Catalog, boasting posts as nutritionally valuable and easily digestible ...
I am a benefactor of the genocide against Native Americans. The vast majority of those reading this article are as well. No matter your race or religion, if your ancestors immigrated to the Americas, your existence would not be possible without Christopher Columbus and those who came after him. And, ...
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 ...
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