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Tufts resident assistants prepare to go on strike Tuesday

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | August 27

Tufts resident assistants are prepared to go on strike Tuesday if the university doesn’t agree to pay them a stipend for their work. United Labor of Tufts Resident Assistants, the union representing undergraduate RAs, began negotiating a new contract for RAs in February. But the two sides reached an impasse in July, union representatives told the Daily, when the university told RAs it would not agree to pay them in the form of a stipend — which they say is the fairest, most flexible way to compensate them for their responsibilities.

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Seventh bomb threat in 9 days targets Medford/Somerville, Boston campuses

By Chloe Courtney Bohl , Ethan Steinberg and Julia Shannon-Grillo | December 15

Tufts received its seventh bomb threat in nine days at 7:01 a.m. In addition to naming seven buildings on the Medford/Somerville campus, one building on the Boston campus and the Boston Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the threat also targeted the Greater Boston Health Center branch of Planned Parenthood.

Opinion

Letter from the Editor in Chief: A semester of growth and gratitude

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | December 12

Dear Tufts community members and Tufts Daily staff,

Local

Residents will decide how Somerville spends $1 million of its budget next year

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | December 8

For the first time in the city’s history, Somerville will let its residents decide how to spend a portion of the city budget next year. Mayor Katjana Ballantyne has set aside $1 million of the city’s $293-million fiscal year 2023 budget for participatory budgeting, a method designed to fund small-scale community improvement projects while engaging locals — particularly those from historically marginalized communities — in the political process.

Opinion

Letter from the Managing Board: What you can expect from the Daily this fall

By Chloe Courtney Bohl , Delaney Clarke , Ty Blitstein , Sam Berman , Julia Shannon-Grillo , Charlene Tsai and Abigail Vixama | September 6

To our readers,

Opinion

Letter From the Editor in Chief: Welcome to the Tufts community

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | August 30

To the newest members of our community,

University

Q&A: Monaco talks expansion, mental health, anti-racism initiatives, Gifford House bunnies

By Chloe Courtney Bohl and Alexander Janoff | May 22

University President Anthony Monaco sat down with the Daily to discuss Tufts’ ongoing expansion, pandemic response, mental health and diversity, among other topics. Monaco also offered updates on the university’s finances and outlined his goals for the remaining year of his presidency.

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Students, community members protest Raytheon career event at School of Engineering

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | May 6

Students and community members protested a Raytheon BBN career event hosted by the School of Engineering in Halligan Hall on May 2. The protest was the second demonstration against a defense contractor on Tufts’ campus in less than a week.

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BREAKING: Tufts will require masking through May 31, testing through May 6

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | May 3

Tufts will continue to require indoor masking through May 31, according to a May 3 email from University Infection Control Health Director Michael Jordan. The university will also transition from required COVID-19 surveillance testing to voluntary testing on May 6.

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Protesters shut down recruiting event for top defense contractor General Dynamics

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | April 27

A General Dynamics Mission Systems recruiting event in the Science and Engineering Complex was cut short on Monday evening when student and community protestors disrupted the event with chanting and civil disobedience.

Tufts resident assistants prepare to go on strike Tuesday

Seventh bomb threat in 9 days targets Medford/Somerville, Boston campuses

Letter from the Editor in Chief: A semester of growth and gratitude

Residents will decide how Somerville spends $1 million of its budget next year

Letter from the Managing Board: What you can expect from the Daily this fall

Letter From the Editor in Chief: Welcome to the Tufts community

Q&A: Monaco talks expansion, mental health, anti-racism initiatives, Gifford House bunnies

Students, community members protest Raytheon career event at School of Engineering

BREAKING: Tufts will require masking through May 31, testing through May 6

Protesters shut down recruiting event for top defense contractor General Dynamics

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