When the Somerville business Taza Chocolate used United Parcel Service (UPS) to ship its products to local establishments as close as two miles from its chocolate factory, UPS first sent the products 120 miles away to a sorting center in Rhode Island before transporting them back to the Boston area.
The photo accompanying yesterday's Features article "Reitman speaks about challenges he has faced on the Hill" was mistakenly credited to Rebekah Sokol. It was actually taken by Meredith Klein.
In the aftermath of the midnight maneuverings that culminated in the nullification of Wednesday's freshman Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate results, candidates have maintained that they did not act maliciously.
During the days of Prohibition, liquor lovers went to great lengths -- such as making spirits in their bathtubs -- to be able to imbibe. During the Great Depression, the penniless would often still find a way to drink. Nowadays, the alcohol craze has certainly not stopped.
A recent Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate survey has demonstrated the impact that the economic downturn is having on students' ability to afford a college education.
Boston College (BC) announced a plan last month to install GPS tracking systems in its campus shuttle buses. The devices, which will be similar to Tufts' JoeyTracker, will allow students to monitor the buses' locations via a Web site beginning next semester.
This is the second article in a two-part series profiling Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman. The first installment, which was printed in yesterday's paper, looked at Reitman's early career. Today's article will examine the issues and challenges he has faced on the Hill.
Two Tufts professors delivered their last lectures to the university yesterday evening, or so they were told.
This is the first article in a two-part series profiling Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman. Today's article will focus on Reitman's background in education and current position as dean. The next article, which will appear in tomorrow's paper, will address challenges and issues Reitman has faced at Tufts.
Students at Tufts for Investment Responsibility last night sponsored a panel entitled, "It's the Endowment, Stupid." Three panelists answered questions about how the endowment works, endowment transperancy and other related topics. Harvard lecturer Josh Humphreys, left, the director of the Center for Social Philanthropy; Tufts trustee Dana Callow (A '74); and Neva Goodwin, co-director of the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts, participated in the event.
The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy has unveiled a new program in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this semester, allowing students from the region to earn a master's degree equivalent in nature to one obtained at the school's Boston campus.
As a resident assistant in a freshman residence hall last year, I had to make and put up name tags on each door before freshmen moved in. As move-in day approached and more upperclassmen arrived to help with orientation, I noticed that a few doors had something else posted next to the name tags that I had painstakingly created. On my floor these included welcome and invitation messages for international students, African-Americans, and Hispanics. The messages included encouragements for students to stop by the Africana Center or other locations for the respective groups and contact information for a potential mentor of a similar background. At the time, I was curious but not really bothered by these messages. My thought was that it's really not my place to pass judgment on overtures from and within communities that I don't belong to and can't identify with. Tufts people, including those mentioned above, have this need to belong — naturally. But the need here is more than just membership in a group of friends or even in a larger group with which they can identify. Tufts people love belonging to a minority group or, at the very least, a group that at one point has been discriminated against. I'm going to call this a thirst for victimhood. Me? I tried pretty hard to find a maligned group that I could be a part of, but I'm a straight white male from Connecticut, I don't identify with any religious sect, nor do I have particularly outrageous political views (although I have conservative friends who might disagree). I also wonder if there are some Republicans on this campus who are really moderates in disguise — political affiliation or beliefs can be an outlet for the thirst for victimhood too. The interesting thing isn't wanting to belong to a group of similar peers; psychologically and sociologically, it makes sense for a minority individual to seek out other minority group members within a larger group with whom they can identify. My concern is the self-segregation of these cliques, where groups typically don't mix and "outsiders" aren't welcome. We can have diversity, but it's meaningless without social interaction. I'm not talking about affirmative action or anything to do with admissions — it's the orientation process and the Dean of Students' Office's explicit focus on encouraging cliques that concerns me. The Group of Six is comprised of the Africana Center, Asian American Center, International Center, Latino Center, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Center, and Women's Center. The centers are under the auspices of Dean Reitman's office and also receive funding directly from his office. In their defense, the Group of Six houses mainly hosts events that are at least nominally open to all members of the Tufts community regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. Sometimes this is true in practice, too — I've availed myself of the delicious food at several barbecues at the Africana and LGBT centers. But that isn't really the point, is it? Why is the Dean of Student Affairs pushing self-segregation within the student body? I applaud efforts from the Group of Six to make Tufts a welcoming environment for students from groups that have faced historical and often current discrimination, and I'm not trying to make an attack on these groups individually or the students involved. My problem, instead, is the compartmentalization and yes, segregation, albeit voluntary. What's the benefit of diversity if everyone is separated?
Tufts Recycles! last week started a month-long composting program in the Mayer Campus Center aimed at educating students and disposing of the building's food waste in an environmentally friendly manner.
Page Thompson, CEO of Omnicom Media Group, spoke yesterday evening in a packed room in Eaton Hall about his career and gave advice to attendees. Thompson played a video of advertising for McDonald's that his agency had designed. Imaginet, a Tufts student marketing communications group created last semester, sponsored the event.
Seth Merrin (LA '82), the co-founder, president and CEO of the groundbreaking financial company Liquidnet, Inc., shared his secrets to success on Tuesday in the spring installment of the Lyon and Bendheim Alumni Lecture Series.
Chef, author and television personality Anthony Bourdain entertained a packed Cabot Auditorium last night.
For many individuals, taking a multivitamin is a daily ritual as common as brushing one's teeth. Americans spend $23 billion a year on multivitamins. Recent articles in newspapers such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe, however, have left some Americans questioning how useful this habit really is.
After years of fighting to achieve equal employment opportunities, women are finally beginning to close the employment gap. The reasons, however, may be surprising.
Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senators Chas Morrison and Brandon Rattiner have begun laying the foundations for their potential campaigns for the TCU presidency for the 2009-2010 academic year, though the two senators cannot yet officially announce their candidacies.
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy graduate and Navy Adm. James Stavridis (F '83, '84) was tapped last month by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to serve as commander of NATO.
