Navya Singh is a writer for the features section of the Daily. Navya is a first-year interested in studying chemistry and economics, and can be reached at navya.singh@tufts.edu.
This Saturday, the Academic Quad will be full of students decked out in pastels, glitter and knee-high boots as they gear up for Tufts’ biggest event of the year — Spring Fling! With GROUPLOVE opening and Zara Larsson as the headliner, the concert has everyone bursting with excitement. But what goes into planning one of the most anticipated days of the year?
On March 7, the Tufts Association of South Asians put on its annual Culture Show, known among students as the C-Show. With this year’s theme, “Highly DESIred,” love was in the air as students from all class years danced, acted and laughed the night away. The C-Show highlights South Asian art and culture while creating an inclusive space where people of all backgrounds feel celebrated.
Nothing is more fundamentally human than death — yet it remains one of the most uncomfortable topics to discuss. Trained in medical sociology, Professor Caitlin Slodden strives to ask the tough questions and explore why something so evident in everyday life remains taboo. At Tufts, she teaches the course “Death & Dying” in which students examine death as a social and cultural process.
Nowadays, every college student and their mother seems to be talking about how up-and-coming consulting is, or how much they want to be a finance bro. Indeed, attending a top university has become a common avenue for entering into these high-status roles, as schools often host various recruiting events and other networking opportunities for their students.
Distribution requirements are a core part of the Tufts liberal arts curriculum. While fulfilling them may feel like a burden for students, the university offers courses specifically tailored for humanities majors who need to fulfill natural science or mathematics requirements, and STEM majors who need to complete their humanities or arts requirements.
