Opinion

Donenfeld for TCU president

Thibodeau for TCU president

The very first time I heard Joe Thibodeau’s name was months before I matriculated on the Tufts’ academic quad. In May 2010, I was an excited high school senior who was eager, yet nervous, to graduate. I clearly remember having a conversation with my friend, Valerie Grim, who had just attended her boyfriend’s graduation. She told me that she had met another senior who would also be going to Tufts. As the class-elected speaker, Joe Thibodeau gave a rousing speech at his graduation, and afterwards Valerie told me that Thibodeau was an “awesome kid. He will be president one day.”

Club sports funding step in right direction

It's time to act: Christie for Tufts

It’s time to act: Christie for Tufts

On activists at Tufts

On activists at Tufts

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Moving forward after a foreign reality hits close to home

A new conversation about genetically modified food

Amid chaos, tragedy, uncompromising support

Tufts-owned warehouse residents should accept fate

A community of artists in a warehouse close to Tufts who have stayed there for a number of years have been given six months to leave the premises. The artisans, who run businesses out of the warehouse involving a number of different crafts, including furniture construction, have stayed there for many decades doing their craftwork. The university now intends to use the building for teaching and office space. The inhabitants of the warehouse have voiced their disappointment in losing a space for sharing and learning about artwork and each others crafts.

Relay for Life

Every community is affected by cancer, including our own here at Tufts. More than 1.6 million people in the United States will be diagnosed with the disease this year. But the progress is real. The rate of cancer death in the U.S. has dropped a remarkable 20 percent since the early 1990s, preventing over a million cancer deaths in that short time. The American Cancer Society has contributed to the broad effort that has led to this drop, and its why were proud to be part of Relay for Life at Tufts University.

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In one of the most-watched television events of the year, Louisville beat Michigan on Monday night to become the NCAA mens basketball champion, bringing the four-week, 67-game March Madness tournament to an end.

Jonathan Green | Drug Justice

Stop the out-of-pocket politics: A call for more equitable TCU elections

Every vote counts. Seriously. You may not know it, but all students have the opportunity to vote today on a variety of referenda, which, if adopted, will reform the operations of the Tuft Community Union (TCU) Senate in ways that benefit all students on campus. Though the ballot measures discuss an array of issues (you can read all about them at ecom.tufts.edu/referenda), one of the most pressing and important of these petitions seeks to eliminate personal financial contributions to TCU presidential campaigns. Though this issue may seem miniscule in comparison to others at Tufts, its existence impacts the composition of our student government by limiting who can and cannot afford to run for office. By voting in favor of this referendum today, we can collectively make a statement about how we desire a more representative, more connected TCU government that embodies the spirit of economic equitability and equal opportunity that we strive to espouse as a university.

Walker Bristol | Notes from the Underclass

Lend Your Leg for a day: show you care about landmine victims

Tufts should embrace burgeoning startup community

Handicapped accessibility: the civil rights movement of the future