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TCU to host town hall on tuition transparency

By Hannah Rajalingam | December 3

The Tufts Community Union Senate will host a town hall early next semester to explain how tuition and fees are spent across the university as the overall cost of attendance continues to rise. TCU Senate President Dhruv Sampat, a senior, argued that annual tuition hikes have made Tufts one of the most expensive schools in the country. For the 2025–26 academic year, the sticker price rose to $96,078, nearly $4,000 higher than the year prior.

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TCU Senate discusses Ginn Library access, tenured faculty member reviews in November meeting

By Hannah Rajalingam | November 7

Senators discussed undergraduate access to the Ginn Library at The Fletcher School, reviews of tenured faculty members and funding requests, among other items, at the Tufts Community Union Senate’s meeting on Sunday.

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Fall 2025 TCU Senate election results announced by ECOM

By Hannah Rajalingam | September 30

The Tufts Community Union Elections Commission announced the newly elected senators for the 2025–26 school year this weekend. According to senior and Election Committee Chair Luca O’Neil, 920 students — approximately 13% of the student body — voted in the TCU Senate election. This semester’s turnout is about 3% lower than the previous election, which saw 16.2% student participation.

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TCU Senate outlines new accountability policies, begins student organization funding

By Hannah Rajalingam | September 23

Editor’s Note: Kunal Botla is a former chair of the Daily’s editorial board. Botla was not involved in the writing or editing of this article. On Sunday, the Tufts Community Union Senate voted on its new attendance policy, discussed bylaw changes to increase student body input in Senate resolutions ...

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TCU Senate updates attendance policy, interviews trustee representatives

By Hannah Rajalingam | September 16

In their second meeting this semester, the Tufts Community Union Senate completed a number of important administrative tasks, including interviewing candidates for trustee representatives, updating the bylaws in regards to senator attendance and announcing approval for the TCU Senate Tuition ...

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Tisch College hosts conservative economist Oren Cass

By Hannah Rajalingam | April 9

The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life hosted Oren Cass, conservative economist, author and founder ofAmerican Compass, to give a talk cosponsored by the Tufts Federalist Society and Tufts Republicans on Tuesday.

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Medford considers ordinance protecting gender-affirming and reproductive healthcare

By Hannah Rajalingam | February 19

The Medford City Council Public Health and Community Safety Committee is reviewing an ordinance “securing the rights of individuals seeking gender-affirming care” in the city. The committee discussed the ordinance draft during a Feb. 4 meeting, voting to keep the draft in committee considering the lack of urgency on the state level and until it can undergo legal review. The legal review for the draft will be done by KP Law and will be completed later in the week.

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First-year TCU Senators discuss new initiatives, student concerns

By Hannah Rajalingam | November 15

The TCU Senate is composed of student representatives across all years of Tufts’ student body. The most recent election introduced seven first-years to the Senate. Newly-elected senators Ashley Zhang, Logan Elie, Spencer Kluger, Gunnar Ivarsson, Jesse Kitumba, Shefali Bakre, Gracie Felsenthal, Naisha Luthra and Alexander Stone hosted a town hall on Monday, Nov. 10 as a welcoming space for students to air out their concerns and frustrations.

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States to watch: 2024 presidential election

By Michael Onysko, Varya Karpinskaya, Shayna Levy, Eli Brigham, Julian Glickman, Hannah Rajalingam and Josh Solomon | November 5

Pennsylvania’s history of switching between political parties makes it a critical state this year. President Joe Biden won the state in 2020 by less than 1.2%. Polling indicates that this state is even, leaning neither red nor blue. An average of Pennsylvania polling data showed a 0.2% lead in favor of former President Donald Trump, with statistics showing47.9% for Trump and 47.7% for Vice President Kamala Harris as of yesterday.

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Tufts EWB discusses goals, upcoming plans for recently opened greenhouse near student garden

By Hannah Rajalingam | October 24

Tufts Engineers Without Borders is continuing to develop its mobile greenhouse, which opened in May 2024. Members of the club hope to give hands-on engineering experience to children from local elementary schools, Medford and Somerville residents and Tufts engineers. The club is a chapter of the worldwide organization Engineers Without Borders, which works with professional and aspiring engineers to construct projects within communities in need.

TCU to host town hall on tuition transparency

TCU Senate discusses Ginn Library access, tenured faculty member reviews in November meeting

Fall 2025 TCU Senate election results announced by ECOM

TCU Senate outlines new accountability policies, begins student organization funding

TCU Senate updates attendance policy, interviews trustee representatives

Tisch College hosts conservative economist Oren Cass

Medford considers ordinance protecting gender-affirming and reproductive healthcare

First-year TCU Senators discuss new initiatives, student concerns

States to watch: 2024 presidential election

Tufts EWB discusses goals, upcoming plans for recently opened greenhouse near student garden

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