"For every election we organize, we strive to ensure fairness and equality," reads the mission statement of the Elections Commission (ECOM). Unfortunately, the handling of last week's votes for freshman Tufts Community Union (TCU) senators, Freshman Class Council members and school-wide referenda on community representatives led to elections that were anything but fair and equal.
In the fall of 2009, Tufts Freethought Society (TFS) inquired about the need and viability of hiring a Humanist chaplain for the benefit of the Tufts community. TFS communicated with university officials and alumni and, after a series of meetings, increased the likelihood of the realization of this goal.
In recent months, there has been much controversy surrounding a proposed project to bring a Muslim community center to downtown Manhattan. Within and outside New York, there have been countless demonstrations from both sides of the debate. On one side is the opposition to the building of the Muslim community center, also called the Park51 project. On the other side are those supporting the construction of this project.
U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a defense-spending bill that included a repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, in a disgraceful move that placed partisan politics above the rights of gay Americans and the strength of the U.S. military.
The Tufts administration's gradual "thaw" of the university's two year old flexible hiring freeze has brought on 30 new faculty members and is a strategic move in a time of economic recession. Emerging from the economic crisis in an advantageous position relative to that of other universities, Tufts has been able to offer competitive salaries and benefits which have attracted professors from around the country. While budget constraints have forced the university to put projects such as renovating athletic facilities or providing need blind admissions to incoming students on hold, bringing some of the nation's best and brightest professors to campus is a worthy investment in the education of current and future Jumbos.
The Tufts administration's gradual "thaw" of the university's two−year old flexible hiring freeze has brought on 30 new faculty members and is a strategic move in a time of economic recession. Emerging from the economic crisis in an advantageous position relative to that of other universities, Tufts has been able to offer competitive salaries and benefits which have attracted professors from around the country. While budget constraints have forced the university to put projects such as renovating athletic facilities or providing need−blind admissions to incoming students on hold, bringing some of the nation's best and brightest professors to campus is a worthy investment in the education of current and future Jumbos.
The Tufts community was shocked last week to learn that its leafy green campus topped a list of the 50 most dangerous colleges in the country. The blogosphere, Twittersphere and local media went crazy as university officials tried to save face.
Tori Amos once sang, "I don't know why in your boy's life, you become … like a bull in a china shop."
It is 5:29 p.m. on Thursday evening and I am standing atop the memorial for Alex Mendell — better known as Alex's Place. Overcast skies and a light rainfall result in a "tap−tap" spattering sound over the hood of my rain jacket. From here there is a view that already has me reminiscing about the day before as this unforgettable summer of 2010 comes to a close. But what makes it most memorable is my acceptance into the urban and environmental policy and planning (UEP) and civil engineering graduate programs at Tufts — for many reasons.
Editor's note: The edited excerpts of the following article, written by then-Daily Editorial Board member Jamie Cox, originally appeared in the Sept. 13, 2002, issue of the Daily.
Fall Ball, an annual campus-wide dance party, met with great success on Friday, with fewer alcohol-related incidents and a generally cleaner and classier atmosphere. For many freshmen, their first major introduction to life at Tufts came as a welcome reprieve from the stress of the first week of classes, yet for upperclassmen who have attended Fall Balls of years past, the lead-up to the event proved somewhat disappointing.
Those who follow politics may feel like they spend most of their time waiting for the nation's laws to catch up to the morals on which they were raised.
Two weeks of camp-like activities — Undergraduate Orientation and Senior Week — bookend what many say are the best four years of your life. Whether this common sentiment actually holds water and is not just something said by old people trying to sound all nostalgic is up for debate, but what isn't is that you should make the most of this unique time.
Hey, you! Yes, you — you proud, card-carrying member of the Jumbo Nation. You brilliant, handsome, mild-mannered young Jumbo, you. The one sweating under the scorching sun, contemplating why you didn't choose to attend a school on the water.
Welcome to Tufts! I'm so excited for all of the first-years to be starting out on the Hill. I am not the only senior who wishes he could go back and relive the last three years of college again.
Welcome to Tufts, alma mater of the great Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.).
When I was asked to write an op-ed for this year's Commencement issue of The Tufts Daily, it hit me for the first time that this graduating class will no longer be on campus to provide the leadership, guidance and friendship that the underclassmen have come to take for granted. By choice or circumstance, the Class of 2010 has been in the middle of every major transition, both at Tufts and globally, and has handled these challenges in a manner that I only hope we can emulate. It is my goal next year to continue the work they've started on campus: of increasing opportunities and resources available to improve students' time on the Hill, and of creating a more unified Tufts community.
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