Sunday, November 22, 2009

Tufts University

Tufts Paper to Media: Leave Our Sex Lives Alone

The Tufts Daily chides the media for covering the school's new policy on dormitory sex. more >>

New Sexual Activity Rules Enacted at Tufts

Those behind the policy hope the new rule fosters communication between roommates. more >>

Tufts, Yeshiva, New York Law School, and Harvard Hurt by Madoff

Yeshiva lost $110 million; Tufts $20 million. Harvard Medical School researchers see funds dry up. more >>

College Newspapers Endorse Obama Over McCain, 63 to 1

The only student paper to pick McCain as of October 31 was from the University of Mississippi. more >>

Most Commencement Speeches Remain Apolitical

It's Campaign 2008 and commencement season, so where have all the politicians gone? more >>

Meredith Vieira on Why She Left '60 Minutes'

The former 'View' star explains at the Tufts commencement the excruciating decision to leave her 60 Minutes job to raise her children. more >>

Tufts Tackles Mouse Problem

Tufts University, home of the Jumbos, has been wrestling with a mouse problem in dorms all winter. more >>

Two Students Report Sexual Harassment in Tufts Library

In the past month, two female students have reported that they were sexually harassed by a public masturbator in a Tufts library. more >>

The Undie Run Epidemic

At least three more schools think it's a good idea to organize a large mass of people to run around half-naked. more >>

Another Fearless Tufts Robbery Victim

The student dares to outsmart a mugger. more >>

Trail Mix

Two cars crash into a sorority's homecoming float; a fraternity grows mustaches for cancer research. more >>

Your Life Flashes in Front of You. It Looks Like a SIM Card

While held at gunpoint, a Tufts University junior asked robber to let him keep his cell phone's SIM card. more >>

Free Speech Victory at Tufts, Yet Still, No One's Happy

Two articles in the student-run magazine The Primary Source at Tufts University irked a student and faculty committee enough for it to call for the censorship of campus publications and force the magazine to use bylines on all its pieces last year. Tufts officials, however, reversed that decision this week—a move free-speech activists call a victory, the Boston Globe reports. more >>

Is Dialogue Enough to Address Anti-Affirmative Action Poem at Tufts?

To address an anti-affirmative action poem published in Tufts University's conservative journal The Primary Source, the student government held a forum this weekend. But some argue that dialogue isn't enough to address the poem, a satirical rip-off of "O Come All Ye Faithful," translated into the voice of a fictional admissions officer pleading "O Come All Ye Black Folk. more >>

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