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Medford/Somerville, Mass. – “It’s about linking up to people wherever they are, all over the world,” said Tufts student-body president Larry Harris. The senior was describing the importance of a “wired campus” to New England Cable News reporter Dan Harris (no relation), who was at Tufts to report on technologically-advanced campuses. In a two-minute report, which has aired at least three times on the New England all-news channel, Tufts’ computer facilities and the Universities’ technologically savvy students were the topics of discussion. “[Acting Dean of Students Bruce] Reitman says the Internet is a great communications tool, both on and off campus,” reported Dan Harris. Larry Harris agreed. “You can go onto the Internet and find information about any paper you are writing at the click of a button,” he said. New England Cable News is broadcast to 2.5 million homes in 517 communities throughout New England. ----------------------Segment Two--------------------------
“It’s not classic political activism, but it is encouraging people to think of the world as something more than themselves,” said Glaser in an interview with the all-news channel. “Glaser says students these days haven’t tuned out, they’ve just tuned in to different things,” reported Dan Harris. “He also points out that volunteerism is way up.” The University is an excellent case in point. Tufts students log thousands of volunteer hours across the University’s four campuses. One such example is Tufts University’s Literacy Corps. Entering its third year this month, the program has logged over 3,680 hours from student volunteers since 1997. Matching Tufts tutors with elementary school students from six Medford and Somerville schools, Tufts Literacy Corps has achieved extremely encouraging results. Ninety-five percent of the students in the program made a full year of progress in at least one key reading skill – word recognition, oral reading fluency or reading comprehension. “Over the years, Tufts has been involved in a number of projects in the Medford and Somerville schools. While they’ve all been well received by students, no single program has achieved this level of measurable success,” said Tufts University’s Community Relations Director Barbara Rubel.
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New
England Cable News Reports On Technology And Activism At Tufts
Medford/Somerville,
Mass. – While students might not be protesting in the streets
of Tufts’ campuses, they are just as active as their counter-parts
from the 1960s. After interviewing Jim Glaser, the chair of the
political science department at Tufts, New England Cable News reported
that volunteerism has replaced political activism in the 1990s.
