On Sunday night, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate voted down an appeal by the Media Advocacy Board (MAB) to fund a stipend for the public editor next year. This was a significant setback not only for the future of this position, but also for the entire Tufts community.
The 11 rising sophomores who have announced their candidacy for the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Sophomore Senate last night gathered in Hotung Café to address the student body at the Candidate's Forum.
Editor's Note: This week's column is written by guest columnist Xavier Malina, who is a senior majoring in International Relations.
One of the 10 rising seniors competing for the nine available Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate seats allocated to seniors yesterday dropped out of the race, leaving the Senior Senate race uncontested.
The eighth annual Tufts Relay for Life on Saturday night was the only event on campus that lasted until 6 a.m., running on its participants' energy and passion for the cause of fighting cancer.
Going out in Boston can be fun for students from Tufts and other colleges in the area. With so many young people craving a release from academic stress, however, club hopping can be an exercise in claustrophobia as well.
Even as two recent evictions this semester have raised questions about the maintenance of fraternity houses, one Tufts student is heavily lobbying for the passage of a U.S. Senate bill that could have a significant impact on Greek organizations.
Following the March 2008 departure of local bookstore McIntyre and Moore Booksellers from Davis Square, community members have organized a grassroots effort to attract another independent bookstore to the area.
This afternoon, members of the Tufts community will be able to see undergraduates from all academic disciplines display their research.
Boston Attorney Jacques Dessin speaking on Wednesday evening at Cabot Auditorium about his home country of Haiti stressed the need to focus on the actual process of rebuilding Haiti instead of appropriating blame.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's current deliberation over amending the role and rights of community representatives in the Senate is a much-needed reassessment of the system currently in place to give minority groups a proper voice on campus.
Micheal Flaherty (LA ‘90), co−founder of production company Walden Media, last night at a lecture in Goddard Chapel emphasized the importance of spreading literacy as a vehicle for social change.
Nadav Tamir, the consul general of the Consulate General of Israel to New England, last night at Hotung Café discussed Israeli politics and Middle East peace, among other topics. The event was sponsored by Tufts Hillel and also featured representatives from Israeli universities to talk about opportunities to study abroad in the country.
Two proposed constitutional amendments regarding community representatives on the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate have been submitted for the TCU Judiciary's approval to be placed on the upcoming presidential election ballot for the student body to vote on.
At the "four−five−one" rhythmic clapping beat provided by dance instructor Mila Thigpen, 19 student dancers glide across the floor of the Jackson Gym dance studio, some with arms flailed out, performing whirlwind pirouettes, others swinging to the drums and saxophone riffs of The Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Take Five."
The Tufts Office of Undergraduate Admissions this year saw a three−percent increase in applications, paralleling the nationwide trend of larger applicant pools and lower admissions rates.
There are 18 days of classes left, and as a senior, I am doing my best to prepare for the impending reality slaps that will be afforded to me by graduation. So far, this preparation has consisted mostly of me rolling around on the lawn and drinking PBR (usually at the same time), and that, in conjunction with a healthy amount of Googling the word "jobs," has seemed to work pretty well in terms of acclimating myself to the upcoming termination of the college lifestyle.
The City of Somerville on March 23 announced the expansion of its emergency notification system, Connect−CTY, which can now send emergency alerts via text messages in addition to the existing means of telephone calls and e−mails.
Having barred London−talk from nearly all of my material this semester, I feel little remorse for involving you in an Anglo−American disparity that's recently been a nuisance in my life: the issue of the pound.
While it's impossible to generalize for a whole gender, I feel like women appreciate random things that guys are somewhat unaware of, while they complain about small things guys do all the time. There are a whole slew of things that women jokingly wish guys knew, and despite the Cosmo for Men−sounding title, I thought I'd try compiling a list of a few of them:
