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Alan Solomont


The Setonian
Opinion

Op-ed: Is this civic engagement?

Tufts University has a long and impressive history of students advocating for change. As a student here 50 years ago, at the height of the Vietnam War, I was among a group of activists who made our voices heard, often at considerable inconvenience to the university. Those early organizing experiences ...

The Setonian
Opinion

Op-Ed: A post-election statement from Dean Solomont

Now more than ever, young people are called to civic actionThroughout four decades in politics, I have worked on six presidential campaigns and lived through victories and defeats. The stakes are always very high. And in all cases, the days and weeks after the election are filled with analysis and reflection ...

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Opinion

The enduring legacy of national service

When former President George H.W. Bush prepared to leave office in January 1993, he asked his successor, Bill Clinton, to protect federal funding for his signature program, The Points of Light Foundation. Clinton would later say he made a similar request eight years later, asking President George W. Bush to protect the AmeriCorps program he had launched.

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