by Munir Atalla There is a lot we Jumbos can learn from the careers of those distinguished individuals who have held the title of Tufts president. Talented, creative, and accomplished in their own right, Tufts’ thirteen presidents shaped campus in a unique and substantial way, each adding a layer of history and richness to the Tufts we know and love. Tufts has a history that has been called “miraculous,” and its remarkable trajectory has been forged by these past leaders—the contributions they spearheaded, the issues they tackled, and the values they reinforced. Hailing from different time periods, these presidents oversaw...
Dollar Shave Club – Doing Business in the Modern A...
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By Kyle Carnes In early March 2012, when a short video advertising a subscription razor delivery service went viral on YouTube, it garnered over four million views in its first couple days. The company being advertised, Dollar Shave Club, was founded on a simple idea: men in America are paying way too much for their razors and there is money to be made by convincing people to make a switch. Founder and CEO Michael Dubin is not your average corporate headman; he is young, has worked in marketing and branding, and was part of an improv comedy group in New York City. In the video he is seen wielding a machete, riding a forklift...
Will Work for WiFi
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By Munir Atalla The Big Issue is a newspaper sold exclusively by homeless citizens of London. Bought for one pound and resold for two, the microenterprise has helped multiple homeless earn a living, realize their own self worth, and improve their skills with finances. But these days,...
An Open Discussion on Genocide
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By Cara Paley On Monday, March 5th, Tufts Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide hosted its second annual panel of genocide speakers. Their suffering and victimhood took place in different parts of the world—modern-day Turkey, Europe, Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda respectively. The story of how political and ethnic rivalries transformed into lawless killing sprees, as well as the brutal methods of persecution, varied by region. But in each narrative, millions were deprived of their identities, categorized as less-than-human, and systematically executed in mass-murder campaigns. All five speakers told a story of mass...
Cerveza & Guns
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By Munir Atalla The promise of constant sunshine, steady surf, and cheap cerveza has made Mexico a spring break staple. This year, however, escalating gang violence has made some students more cautious of where they spread their beach blankets. The Texas Department of Public Safety...
The XL Keystone Pipeline
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By Alex Kaufman “I’ll get us that oil from Canada that we deserve,” Mitt Romney vowed to his supporters after winning the Michigan primary. The oil he is referencing in his victory speech, and more importantly, the manner in which the United States could acquire that oil, is the oil in Canadian deposits channeled by the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Like other candidates in the 2012 race for the Republican candidacy, Romney latched on to the Keystone XL pipeline issue, raised it to national awareness, and framed the issue as a setback induced by President Obama’s rejection of the pipeline proposition. The Keystone...