Opinion
Editorial
Harvard's new gym policy an exercise in religious tolerance
April 8Harvard has started holding female-only gym hours in order to accommodate religious beliefs that prevent women from exercising in the presence of men. The new program has been implemented for a trial run in which its least popular gym is closed for six hours per week.
Editorial
Senate should take lead in protecting student speech
April 7When Dean of Undergraduate Education James Glaser overturned the Committee on Student Life's decision to force the Primary Source to print bylines on all of its articles last year, he employed administrative power to prevent students from taking their own voices away.
Editorial
Abstinence is a personal choice - not a platform
April 6Last week's article in the New York Times about the rise of abstinence groups at top universities has garnered much attention - and debate. The controversy is not without cause: While the Daily recognizes the importance of respecting individual decisions about sexual conduct, the attitudes and information that many of these groups espouse is disturbing for several reasons. Respecting individual decisions means respecting those who choose to be abstinent, but it also means respecting those who choose not to be.
Editorial
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
April 2This week, a federal judge ruled that a long-standing Virginia state law prohibiting the advertising of alcohol in college newspapers violated the First Amendment.
Editorial
Tufts should hit the brakes and think carefully before implementing new parking policy
April 1If you're going to try to sell a product on the open market, you ought to figure out exactly who your buyers are. In the wake of the administration's recent decision to ban sophomore parking on campus, it seems that Tufts officials may not have done their homework.
Editorial
Decriminalization the right move for New Hampshire
March 30The New Hampshire House of Representatives' recent passing of Bill 1623, which would decriminalize the possession of a quarter-ounce of marijuana or less, is a logical - if controversial - decision, and one that the Daily supports.
Editorial
Democrats are only hurting themselves
March 26According to a Gallup poll released yesterday, a sizable proportion of Democratic voters would vote for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in November if their preferred candidate were denied the Democratic nomination. While supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) profess to be ready to desert the party in greater numbers, with 28 percent saying that they would vote Republican if Clinton were not nominated, the 19 percent figure backing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is also disturbingly large.
Editorial
When assigning the blame for Iraq, we should all take a look in the mirror
March 25It's been five years and 4,000 American lives since the beginning of the invasion of Iraq. Tomorrow at 11:30, there will be a gathering on the library roof where students can reflect on this sobering milestone and take part in a moderated discussion.
Editorial
Racial issues deserve discussion
March 24It is never easy for college students to implement lasting change on their campuses. Every year there is student turnover as freshmen are welcomed, seniors are sent away and juniors run back and forth between Boston and abroad adventures.
Editorial
No parking anytime - especially for sophomores
March 23As Jumbos return to the greater Boston area today from their various spring break locales, they'll be greeted with the familiar quirks of Beantown: funny accents, kick-ass sports teams, an intolerable climate and traffic congestion unlike most other places on earth. Of course, here on the Hill, traffic problems usually manifest themselves in the form of parking woes that have become the bane of many an undergrad driver's existence.
Editorial
Endowment mandates are misguided
March 11The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has proposed legislation that would require colleges to spend five percent of their endowments annually.
Editorial
Tufts should consider a student-run safe-rides program
March 10In light of the assault and armed robbery that took place near campus last week, many students may feel uneasy walking home alone at night. For the next few weeks at least, the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) may see increased use of its student escort service, which offers students free rides from TUPD officers to or from any on-campus location.
Editorial
Students' safety should be a constant focus
March 9Yet another robbery occurring in the downhill Powderhouse Blvd. vicinity should make the entire Tufts community - students, administration and police alike - take note. Friday morning's incident is the fourth off-campus armed robbery of Tufts students this school year and the second at the intersection of Powderhouse Blvd. and Packard Ave.
Editorial
United Nations should sober up
March 5Two days ago, the United Nations wrote a letter that lambasted Great Britain for what it called the "leniency shown to celebrity drug users."
Editorial
Pro-life speaker provided much-needed balance
March 4Last night, the pro-life group Jumbos for Life invited MIT professor James Sherley to speak to students about the ethics of abortion. Sherley, a staunchly pro-life academic, clearly and articulately delivered an argument that many Americans believe deeply - and with which most Tufts students likely would disagree.
Editorial
New initiative could level the playing field between club and varsity sports
March 3McDonald's and Burger King have managed to coexist peacefully for the last 54 years, and Pepsi and Coke have been enjoying each other's company for the better part of a century. So why can't club and varsity sports at Tufts work something out?
Editorial
Tufts should be wary in policing direct-connect file sharing
March 2The news that the university has shut down DC++, the intra-Tufts peer-to-peer file-sharing program, is undoubtedly a disappointment to many students who enjoy the benefits - however illegal - of free music downloads. It also marks a drastic policy change for the Tufts administration from passive to active policing of student downloading.
Editorial
Obama has denounced and rejected - now he should build an impenetrable bubble
February 27At Tuesday's Democratic debate in Cleveland, Ohio, a great deal of time was spent talking about Louis Farrakhan, the anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam who has praised Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Although Obama has repeatedly and fervently denounced Minister Farrakhan and his views, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) insisted that denouncing was not the same as rejecting. Obama, obligingly, denounced and rejected Farrakhan's statements.
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