It's difficult to envision a time when students weren't reachable on the go, when there was no such thing as texting in class, and when every dorm room had a landline that people actually used.
The Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) in May promoted six officers in its Medford and Boston offices to the rank of corporal.
Tufts will bring to campus a number of internationally recognized economics professors this weekend as the Department of Economics hosts for the first time the annual Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference.
Most students have drawers containing — if not overflowing with — T-shirts from some on-campus organization. These shirts often promote good causes or are used as a way to raise money for a deserving non-profit organization. So the more people have, the better, right?
This is the second article in a two-part series looking at a funding request from the student journal Discourse. The first piece looked at the proceedings of a treasury appeal in the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, while this article focuses on Discourse's relationship with the Institute of Global Leadership and how the TCU Judiciary approves new student groups.
The Rev. Scotty McLennan signs a copy of his new book "Jesus Was a Liberal: Reclaiming Christianity for All," in Goddard Chapel yesterday evening. McLennan, the dean for religious life at Stanford University, gave a talk about the book as part of the Ofice of the Chaplaincy's Forum on Religion and Media series.
Or at least that is what several psychologists in the business of criticizing the media have to say. I'm not the first to point out that there are problems with the 24-hour news cycle, but an honest assessment would be lacking if it didn't point out that we suffer from information overload. We are bombarded with so many snippets of information — be it from MSNBC/FOX/CNN, the Internet, the uber-hectic New York Times front page or even flyers on the library steps at Tufts — that we don't have time to invest ourselves in any one story and end up not caring about any of them. In truth, this doesn't seem so bad: Why be bogged down with countless vote counts in the Senate, and what does Balloon Boy have to do with me?
Sophomore Samujjal Purkayastha resigned from his position on the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Judiciary on Tuesday, a move that will necessitate the second special election of this semester.
Classes will be held on Veterans Day next week, after Tufts officials found the academic calendar one day shy of the required number of school days for this semester.
This is the first article in a two-part series taking a deep look at a funding request from a student journal. The first piece focuses on the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate meeting at which students representing the publication appealed for more funding. The second piece will focus on Discourse's transition away from Institute for Global Leadership sponsorship, and the Senate's procedure for allocating funding to student groups. Fifteen leaders of the student magazine Discourse stood in a stuffy room in the campus center last month watching thousands of dollars and, essentially, the future of their publication debated in an intense and at times confusing Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate meeting.
This is the first article in a two-part series that profiles recent alumni and their experiences after graduation. From finding a job and a new apartment to making new friends, life after Tufts can seem daunting. Yet leaving behind hour-long Dewick lunches and a campus where classes and activities are all within a 15-minute walk of each other might not be so scary. The Daily caught up with five recent Tufts alums to examine the transition to life after Tufts.
Up until fairly recently - okay, up until yesterday - I had given little thought to the history of the famous word used by performance magicians almost universally. I need hardly say it: "abracadabra."
The hunt is on — for off-campus housing, that is. Although students may feel as though they've just moved into their current rooms, many of those planning to live off campus for the next academic year are already searching for their future accommodations. In some cases, students have even signed contracts and put down deposits "I think students have started [looking for off-campus housing] early," Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) Director Yolanda King said, adding that it seems to be part of Tufts' culture that students start the housing search earlier every year. Tufts guarantees housing only to first- and second-year students. According to King, only 392 senior and 368 juniors are living on campus this fall (seniors are given priority in the housing lottery). Thus, many students that would like to live on campus aren't able to and must brave the Boston-area rental market. Roy Seidenberg, who is an employee of Boston Rental Exchange, a rental agency focused on offering apartments located along the Red Line, said the phenomenon of looking for housing months in advance is not common in the normal rental market. Seidenberg said that the primary renting season is from May to September, as that is often when most leases expire. Most landlords do not start advertising until 30 to 60 days before a lease is scheduled for termination, according Seidenberg. "Somerville and Cambridge have a large student population, but they also have a large number of professionals as well," Seidenberg said. "I suppose [signing a lease this early] makes sense if you're very close to the Tufts campus." He added that with so many students graduating each year, landlords might prefer to line up tenants as early as possible, even if most leases for houses around campus do not begin until June 1. One fear among students looking for an ideal off-campus apartment is that if they don't sign a lease sooner rather than later, someone else will. Sophomore Jonathan Hendrickson is one of the individuals who rented an off-campus house early in order to secure an ideal location. Hendrickson and friends put down a deposit for a 10-person house on College Avenue last week. "It was less of a decision of, ‘We want to know where we're living now,' as it was, ‘Houses start disappearing if we don't do it now,'" Hendrickson said. "[The landlord] informed me that there were people that were going to take the house later in the afternoon if we didn't take it," said sophomore Ian Donovan, a friend of Hendrickson. This is a common problem, according to the Boston Rental exchange Web site. "There is always a limited supply of quality housing available. What that means to you is that you do not have the luxury of ‘shopping around.' If you like something, TAKE IT," the site advises. However, students that have gone so far as to put a deposit on a house seem to be the exception, rather than the rule. Sophomore Rebecca Wang is one of those who have just begun their housing search. "We were looking at the links on TuftsLife.com and Craigslist.org, but we haven't got that far yet," Wang said. Other students who are planning on studying abroad, such as sophomore Tim Lesinski, are also more likely to wait to decide on housing. Lesinski is planning on participating in the Tufts-in-Washington program in the spring of 2011 and is letting his current roommate do most of the house searching. Lesinski plans to sublet, which he said seems simpler. "You don't have to sign a lease or anything," he said. "You can sign a lot later because I know that if I were to sign a lease, it would have to be this month, and if I sublet, I can sort of make a commitment, but I don't have to get any money together or anything for a while." Lesinski added that he would rather sublet than take his chances with the housing lottery. "I'm sort of being steered by my parents to live on campus, but I'm going to try and fight back and live off campus, because I don't want to get stuck in a single in a bad dorm," Lesinski said. One thing is for certain: The Boston-area rental market can be expensive. According to a 2008 report by Forbes, Boston is the nation's third most expensive rental market, behind only New York City and San Francisco. King said that in order to avoid paying more than they should, studentsshould check the prices of similar housing in the area and attempt to negotiate their rent. ResLife strives to make the house-hunting process as easy as possible, according to King. She recommended the Off-Campus Housing Resource Center Web site (ase.tufts.edu/och). The site contains a house listing blog, sample leases, common questions and a list of things that students should investigate, such as the presence of smoke detectors and the cost of utilities. King also stressed that students should consult their parents throughout the housing search. In order to aid students who are not sure if their housing lottery numbers are good enough to live on campus, the ResLife office will send out a survey to rising seniors this month asking if they plan to seek on-campus housing for next year. Although the responses are not binding, they will give a rough idea of which students have good enough lottery numbers to live on campus. To help students in the search for off-campus apartments, the Sophomore Class Council will host an Off-Campus Housing Information Session on Monday, Nov. 9. According to Dan Halpert, the vice president of Academic Programming for the Sophomore Class Council, the event is being held because of the success of an on-campus housing information session the then-Freshman Class Council held at this time last year. The event will feature a presentation by King as well as a panel of students currently living off campus who will talk about their neighborhoods and give out landlord information. Even though some have already largely finished their housing search, Halpert believes the event can still be a valuable one. "While some sophomores have signed leases for next year, there is still an overwhelming majority of people who haven't even started the process," Halpert said in an e-mail. "Regardless of whether or not you've looked at houses yet, this event is very useful since it gives you a very detailed overview of the entire process, which seems daunting at first. We think it's going to be a very helpful program for the Class of 2012."
Think that all it takes to graduate is 34 credits? Think again.
During the power outage of parents' weekend, while many Tufts students scrambled to find flashlights, the students in the Tufts chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) had other concerns. Tufts was supposed to host the Regional portion of the annual ACM Intercollegiate computer programming contest on Oct. 18, but due to the blackout, there were no working computers.
The Education Committee of the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate is looking to create a Web site to facilitate the advising process and create a resource that students can use to learn more about prospective faculty advisors.
Not all members of the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate have the same rights, and some senators are trying to change that.
Two trustee representatives on the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate have traded committees with each other.
Tufts students and faculty gathered yesterday morning at the campus center's lower patio to celebrate Black Solidarity Day, an annual day of reflection that aims to unite the African American community around a set of goals.
A crowd of political science enthusiasts, including students, faculty and alumni, gathered outside Packard Hall Friday evening to witness its official re-opening as the new headquarters of the Department of Political Science.
