At the start of my freshman year, I attended the Daily general interest meeting. While looking at the — somewhat intimidating — upperclassmen leaders of the paper at the front of the room, I wondered: Why on earth would anyone in their right mind want to run a daily college newspaper? I had a busy enough time at my high school newspaper, which only put out an issue every two weeks.
This weekend's WinterFest looked nothing like the winter wonderland that the Programming Board promised us at the end of last semester. Back when the event was first announced, students were promised attractions such as a tubing course, a snow sculpture competition, a smores station and a heated tent featuring a DJ.
Guys, I'm freaking out. My first exam is this week, and I'm going to fail. All those hours of Facebooking, YouTubing and stress−cooking have finally come back to haunt me. I am overloaded and underprepared for my assignments!
Beginning at around noon on Monday, students across campus attempted to log onto their courses' Trunk sites, only to find the entire system inaccessible. They were met with a link that notified students of technical problems and service wasn't restored until 1:30 a.m. the next day.
I have a confession to make: I don't hate finals. In fact, perhaps due to some strange cerebral masochism, I find the dash toward the end of each semester oddly enjoyable.
Last Sunday, the TCU Senate approved 11 out of 12 proposals for surplus grants, with a total of $167,900 distributed to various student groups and causes. The surplus grants came out of unspent Student Activity Fee funds, with the remnants being rolled over into next year's surplus.
L ast Tuesday, I squeezed into an overflowing Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Auditorium to hear a lecture by the famous linguist and social critic, Institute Professor of Linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Noam Chomsky, entitled "Democracy in America and Abroad."
"Rumors of Extramarital Affair End Campaign of Presidential Candidate Who Didn't Know China Has Nuclear Weapons," the Onion recently "reported." While the Onion is a satirical news organization, this comedic headline perfectly puts Herman Cain's presidential campaign into perspective. The former CEO of Godfather's Pizza ran his race to the White House as a Washington outsider, a fact that became explicitly clear after a multitude of televised political blunders.
When former University President Lawrence Bacow announced last March that the Naked Quad Run (NQR) would not continue, a committee of Programming Board members and Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senators set to work selecting an event to celebrate the end of fall semester classes. The event decided upon, WinterFest, was to feature a tubing course, a snow sculpture competition, a smores station and a heated tent featuring a DJ.
The upcoming Spring Fling stands to be a more star-studded affair than in years past. The Tufts Community Union ( TCU) Senate Allocations Board allocated $65,000 in buffer funds to Programming Board for the Spring Fling budget last Sunday. The amount is up from the $25,000 the Programming Board requested and is an addition to the annual $85,000 reserved for Spring Fling. Therefore, the budget for Spring Fling this year has jumped to $150,000, up from the usual $110,000.
Earlier this month, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law the Transgender Equal Rights Bill, which outlaws discrimination against transgender individuals in education, housing, employment and credit. The law also updates the language of the state's hate crime laws to protect transgender individuals.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis in the heat of the Cold War, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was reportedly convinced that an air strike and invasion to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba would be "one hell of a gamble." Though the circumstances are notably different, that about sums up the level of risk U.S. President Barack Obama and others are now taking on Burma.
Welcome back, railroad track! I hope you all had a restful, guestful, turkey−breastful Thanksgiving. Whether you went home, stayed on campus or told your parents you were staying on campus only to tear it up at Billy's suburban Massachusetts crib, at least you got a break from the world of academia. Except for Saturday morning when you still had to complete MasteringBiology. What's that all about?
Responses to the Occupy movement have varied from community to community, with some protesters facing harsher crackdowns than others. One college campus that witnessed one such crackdown is the University of California (UC), Davis.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate has recently discussed publishing an electronic newsletter and sending it out to students via email. One purpose of the newsletter is to keep students informed about the Senate's current projects, thereby allowing the Senate to get student feedback more easily. A regular newsletter informing students of Senate projects as well as other campus happenings is certainly a sound concept, but there is currently controversy about whether students should opt in to the newsletter or whether it should be sent to all students automatically with recipients having the option to opt out.
The oppression of women throughout both history and current societies is an utter disgrace to us all. I, however, will not express empathy for your cause. I believe empathy to be weak and instead attempt to not only educate myself, but also abstain from discourse that is both unproductive and touches on issues that I am more or less ignorant of. While Ms. Cox was both witty and inflammatory, her Nov. 17 op−ed "With empathy and perspective for us all" attacks me specifically. As a result I shall conclude that my main topic of racial inequality was just a bit too much for her to handle. She in fact says, "Why is it, exactly, that his oppression as a man of color is somehow more valid and worthy of a voice than my oppression as a woman?"
W hen Hawaii−bornU.S. President Barack Obama famously declared himself America's first "Pacific President" in a speech in Tokyo two years ago, the audience was charmed by his references to green−tea ice cream, childhood visits to Japan and boyhood years in Indonesia.
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