While politicians across the country discuss the importance of small businesses, the battle between mom?and?pop eateries and multinational franchises rages on in Davis Square.
To some, climate change means fewer polar bears. To others, it means an increase in the frequency and power of natural disasters. To us Tufts students, it means a disproportionate burden on people in least developed countries, especially people of color in the global south. It means generations of profligate industrialization, it means the hottest year in America on record, and it means injustice and inequality. Climate change stands for a call to action for students not to let our world crumble due to the inaction of our decision makers. Divestment from the fossil fuel industry is one crucial tactic to announce our generation's symbolic rise to the occasion: We will not let our Earth warm to two degrees Celsius.
In an email sent to the Tufts community yesterday afternoon, the Committee on Student Life (CSL) announced that it had crafted a new policy allowing for all student religious groups (SRGs) going forward to "justify on doctrinal grounds any departures from Tufts' nondiscrimination policy ... that their leadership positions require." This was in response to the Tufts Community Union Judiciary's (TCUJ) derecognition of Tufts Christian Fellowship (TCF) in October due to "concerns that the TCF's criteria for leaders violated Tufts University's nondiscrimination policy." In the future, the University Chaplain will review submitted proposals for exemption, and if approved, the SRG in question will be allowed to apply for recognition from the Judiciary - with any faith-based leadership criteria intact.
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