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Pilot program to extend JCC hours for April

By Samantha Eng | March 28

On any given weekend morning, small crowds of students can be found waiting outside the Joyce Cummings Center entrance. Why? The building is closed to non-computer science students before 12 p.m. For this demographic, the following behavior is typical: fruitlessly pulling at the door handles, peering into the windows or awkward loitering until someone with the right keycard comes along.

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Journalist Neil Swidey discusses nonprofit for college completion

By Samantha Eng | February 15

Tufts alumnus Neil Swidey spoke at the Tisch College Civic Life Lunch about his work on the Alray Scholars Program, which aims to support Boston Public School students in completing their college degrees, on Feb. 5 in Barnum Hall.

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Mass. House passes bill granting paid time off to workers on Election Day

By Samantha Eng | February 1

The Massachusetts House passed Bill H.4217, which protects employees’ right to paid time off in order to be able to vote. The bill is currently under consideration by the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. This bill would allow any employee to request paid time off on Election Day to exercise their right to vote in person with the condition that they give employers three business days’ notice.

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Here’s what Somerville’s ‘rat czar’ is doing about the city’s rodent problem

By Samantha Eng | November 9

Somerville has a rat problem. “I mostly see them in parks and around my house, especially at night,” Elizabeth Lohr, who lives near Davis Square, said. “You can hear them scurrying around and sometimes darting into the path.”

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Panel discusses barriers to housing for formerly incarcerated people

By Samantha Eng | October 26

The Petey Greene Program, Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College and the City of Boston’s Office of Returning Citizens hosted a documentary screening and panel discussion on Oct. 18 titled “Overcoming Housing Barriers After Incarceration,” featuring social entrepreneur Yusuf Dahl. When Dahl moved to Allentown, Pa. two years ago, his application to rent a house was denied because of a drug distribution sentence from 25 years prior. Frustrated that he couldn’t move to the school district he felt would best support his daughter’s education, Dahl wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post in 2022 and made a documentary with VICE Media called “Backgrounded.”

A protester is pictured holding a sign outside the Alumnae Lounge on Sept. 29.

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Abortion discussion organized by Federalist Society attracts pro-choice protesters

By Samantha Eng | October 5

The Federalist Society chapter at Tufts called TUPD in response to a pro-choice protest at a discussion event on the morality of abortion on Sept. 29. The two speakers at the event, Harvard law professor Stephen Sachs and Boston College philosophy professor Gregory Fried, were invited by FedSoc to discuss pro-life and pro-choice views.

Pilot program to extend JCC hours for April

Journalist Neil Swidey discusses nonprofit for college completion

Mass. House passes bill granting paid time off to workers on Election Day

Here’s what Somerville’s ‘rat czar’ is doing about the city’s rodent problem

Panel discusses barriers to housing for formerly incarcerated people

Abortion discussion organized by Federalist Society attracts pro-choice protesters

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