The university has taken positive steps recently to become more sustainable, as evidenced by the LEEDgold?certifiedSophia?Gordon Residence Hall, the water?purifying rain garden currently under construction in front of Lewis Hall and various eco?outreach programs set up by the Office for Sustainability.
For the four weekends of Nov. 17, Nov. 24, Dec. 1 and Dec. 8, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will be suspending Red Line service between Harvard and Alewife for repairs. Among those adversely affected by the reduced service are Davis Square commuters, many of whom are Tufts students.
Since the establishment of the first fraternity in 1776, people have debated the advantages and disadvantages of fraternities and sororities on college campuses. This year, as rushing season draws closer, we once again rehash the moral permissibility of Greek life at Tufts. I am staunchly opposed. By participating in this institution, we're condoning and contributing to the problems nationally.
Thirteen percent of Tufts' student population is involved in Greek Life. The Greek community consists of a total of 13 fraternities and sororities, including nine fraternities, three sororities and one co?ed fraternity. It is almost impossible to imagine Tufts without them.
After a long, challenging campaign against a well?funded opponent and with a struggling economy fo fix, Barack Obama was elected to a second term as President of the United States last night. In his second term, Obama will tackle issues including a domestic unemployment crisis, America's role in the Middle East, possible Supreme Court justice nominations and execution of health care and immigration reforms. Obama began to address these issues during his first four years at the helm, but failed to live up entirely to the message of hope and change that he conveyed throughout his 2008 campaign.
The Senate race between Elizabeth Warren and Senator Scott Brown this year has been intensely contested. Both the Democrats and Republicans have emphasized this race as important for the strength of their national parties. Both parties, along with Super PACs and other outside fundraising groups, have funneled millions into the campaigns, enabling widespread advertisements by both candidates. In Massachusetts, we are remarkably lucky to have two qualified, good choices for Senate. But only one of these two candidates can have your vote, and that candidate should be Warren.
Tonight, God willing, we will reach the end of the road to November.
On the morning of Aug. 15, Saudi Aramco, the largest state?owned oil exporter in the world, experienced one of the most destructive acts of computer sabotage on a company to this day. The attacking virus destroyed the hard drives of more than 60 percent of Aramco's computers and wiped out data on the company's servers. As a final touch, the virus replaced all data with an image of a burning American flag.
On Election Day, Massachusetts has a chance to join 17 states and the District of Columbia by passing Question 3: legalization of the use of medical marijuana. We at the Daily recommend voting in favor of this measure.
On Thursday, October 25, Tufts Stand-Up Comedy Collective hosted a show titled "Autumn Jokes." We did not attend this event, and we are not writing to discuss the content of the show whatsoever. Rather, we are writing to address the flyer the group used to advertise its event around campus. "DISSATISFIED WITH THE AMOUNT OF HATE SPEECH HAPPENING AT TUFTS?" the title asked, and after giving the factual information of the show, it ended by urging students to come, "TO SEE BIAS INCIDENTS IN THE MAKING."
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Following the late Senator Ted Kennedy's death in 2009, few Massachusetts Republicans wanted to run in the special election for a Senate seat that was predicted to undoubtedly remain in the hands of a Democrat. After all, the last time Massachusetts had elected a Republican Senator was in 1972. The only question among political pundits was whom the Democratic machine would select as heir to the Kennedy throne.
