Editing Tufts University (section)

==Student life==
{| font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
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! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Tufts University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?168148-Tufts-University |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|51|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|15|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|11|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|11|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|89|%|2||background:black}}
|}

===Student body===
According to the Princeton Review the undergraduate student body is ethnically and socioeconomically diverse.<ref name="Princetonreview.com"/> ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'' ranks Tufts as one of the top 20 gay-friendly campuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/233/2006/08/28/TuftsHailedAsGayFriendlyCampus|title=Tufts E-News: Tufts Hailed As Gay-Friendly Campus|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724084740/http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/233/2006/08/28/TuftsHailedAsGayFriendlyCampus/|archive-date=July 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Of those accepted for admission to the undergraduate Class of 2019, 27 percent are Asian, Hispanic, African American, or two or more races. There were 145 international students and 6 DACA students<ref>{{cite web | url=http://admissions.tufts.edu/apply/accepted-student-profile/ | title=Accepted Student Profile | work=Tufts University | access-date=March 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325060452/http://admissions.tufts.edu/apply/accepted-student-profile | archive-date=March 25, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Of domestic students admitted, some 31 percent self-identified as one or more races other than Caucasian, including Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. International students make up 15 percent of the undergraduate student population. Students come from all 50 states and represent 71 countries.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://admissions.tufts.edu/apply/international-students/ | title=International Students | work=Tufts University | access-date=March 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323180748/http://admissions.tufts.edu/apply/international-students/ | archive-date=March 23, 2015 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The top 10 countries represented are China, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Turkey, Singapore, Canada, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://now.tufts.edu/articles/more-select-ever | title=More Select than Ever | work=Tufts University | access-date=March 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403040039/http://now.tufts.edu/articles/more-select-ever | archive-date=April 3, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Student government====
There are three forms of student government at Tufts University: The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, the TCU Judiciary (TCUJ) and the CSL (Committee on Student Life). The Senate is chaired by the student body president and led by a six-person executive board consisting of Vice President, Treasurer, Historian, Parliamentarian, and Diversity and Community Affairs Officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tcu.tufts.edu/|title=Tufts Community Union|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310231310/http://tcu.tufts.edu/|archive-date=March 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===="Deadly Exchange" and accusations of antisemitism====
[[Universities and antisemitism#Tufts|In 2020]], [[Students for Justice in Palestine]] (SJP) proposed a student referendum on ending the campus police department's exchange program with Israeli police forces and military, dubbed by activists as the "[[Deadly Exchange]]".<ref name="Weiss-2020">{{Cite web|last=Weiss|first=Melissa|date=2020-11-23|title=Tufts referendum targets campus police seminars in Israel|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2020/11/tufts-university-israel-police/|access-date=2023-08-28|website=Jewish Insider|language=en-US}}</ref> Max Price, a member of TCUJ, a seven{{nbh}}member group tasked with fact checking and removing bias from student government legislation, said that the proposed referendum and campaign rested on mistruths and needed to be revised before it could be approved for the student ballot.<ref name="Weiss-2020"/> The SJP first demanded his removal from the discussion, and then his impeachment from the TCUJ altogether.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Jewish Press News|date=2021-02-24|title=Tufts U Student Government Official Threatened with Disciplinary Action by Anti-Zionists for Identifying as a Jew|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/tufts-u-student-government-official-threatened-by-arab-students-with-disciplinary-action-for-identifying-as-a-jew/2021/02/24/|access-date=2023-08-28|language=en-US}}</ref> Price sought legal assistance, which garnered national attention and resulted in the cancellation of the impeachment hearing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Musleah|first=Rahel|date=2022-01-02|title=Battling Antisemitism on Campus|url=https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2022/01/02/battling-antisemitism-campus/|access-date=2023-08-28|website=Hadassah Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> In a report by the [[Jewish News Syndicate]], Price stated that he had been the victim of harassment by the SJP for his Zionist beliefs. In the same article, Price's lawyers stated that the Senate of the student governing body had harassed him by making him "sit through meetings by Tufts student{{nbnd}}government leadership questioning his personal beliefs and identity as a pro{{nbh}}Israel Jew".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Svirsky|first=Meira|date=2021-02-23|title=Following 'incessant anti-Semitic harassment,' Tufts student calls on university to intervene|url=https://www.jns.org/following-anti-semitic-harassment-tufts-student-seeks-administrative-help/|access-date=2023-08-28|website=JNS.org|language=en-US}}</ref> 

The SJP, some of whose leading figures are Jewish, reported that its members had faced harassment, threats to publish their identities and "false accusations in the right-wing media" during the intense media attention following Price's complaint.<ref name="forward">{{cite web|last1=Schwayder|first1=Maya|title=A Tufts student government fight shows what’s wrong with the Israel-Palestine debate|url=https://forward.com/news/465196/at-tufts-a-student-government-fight-reveals-much-about-the-lack-of-nuance/|website=Forward|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref> The revised referendum on the issue garnered record voter turnout and passed with 68% of the vote, but university administration did not respond to its demands.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-08|title=The Tufts Daily - Monday, March 8, 2021 by The Tufts Daily - Issuu|url=https://issuu.com/tuftsdaily/docs/tuf03082021|access-date=2023-08-28|website=issuu.com|language=en}}</ref>

In 2021, because of ongoing concerns about antisemitism, the University conducted a campus wide survey of antisemitic incidents at Tufts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campus antisemitism survey and focus groups seek to understand environment at Tufts|url=https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2021/10/campus-antisemitism-survey-and-focus-groups-seek-to-understand-environment-at-tufts|access-date=2024-06-28|website=The Tufts Daily|language=en}}</ref> The survey found that  more than half of Jewish student respondents reported to have observed some form of antisemitism at Tufts. Then Tufts President Monaco said in a statement, "Disturbingly we also heard from some Jewish students who felt that, in order to be welcome in student organizations supporting social justice, they had to hide their Jewish identities."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Algemeiner|first=The|date=2022-01-24|title=Tufts University Unveils Plan on Antisemitism as More Than Half of Jewish Students Report Incidents - Algemeiner.com|url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/01/24/tufts-university-unveils-plan-on-antisemitism-as-more-than-half-of-students-report-incidents/|access-date=2024-06-28|website=www.algemeiner.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

====Publications and broadcasting====
The ''[[Tufts Daily]]'' is the daily student newspaper, and the ''[[Tufts Observer]]'', established in 1895, is the school's biweekly magazine and the oldest publication on campus. [[The Zamboni (magazine)|The Zamboni]] is Tufts' monthly humor and satire magazine. ''[[The Princeton Review]]'' has named Tufts' college newspaper as one of the best in the country, currently ranking it No. 10.<ref name="Princetonreview.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=best-college-newspaper|title=Best College Newspaper – The Princeton Review|access-date=March 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331204802/http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=best-college-newspaper|archive-date=March 31, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Tufts has a television station (TUTV) which has produced and broadcast films, news, soap operas, and comedy sketch pieces. TUTV has also gone to release web series such as "Jules and Monty". The station went operational in April 1977, from Curtis Hall and consists of 40 student volunteers. Curtis Hall is also home to Tufts' own radio station [[WMFO]], which streams locally on 91.5 FM. The station first aired in 1970 and is funded by the university. The university publishes its [[alumni magazine]], ''Tufts Magazine'', twice per year,<ref>{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Contact Us}}|url=http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/contact-us/index.html|title=Contact Us|work=Tufts Magazine|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref> as well as four magazines for the university's professional schools (''Tufts Nutrition'', ''Tufts Dental Medicine'', ''Tufts Medicine'' and ''Tufts Veterinary Medicine'').<ref>{{cite web|ref={{harvid|How's this for coordination?}}|last=Keiger|first=Dale|url=http://umagazinology.jhu.edu/tag/tufts/|title=How's this for coordination?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503222400/http://umagazinology.jhu.edu/2011/06/09/hows-this-for-coordination/|archive-date=May 3, 2017|work=Umagazinology|date=June 9, 2011|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>

====Activism====
[[File:Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Protest at Tufts University.jpg|200px|thumb|Student protest for [[fossil fuel divestment]]]]

In 1969, Tufts was the center for Civil Rights activism due to the controversy surrounding the construction of Lewis Hall. Students staged a work strike to protest racist hiring policies practiced by the construction company Tufts had commissioned to build the residence hall. In addition to writing letters, students sat in Ballou and East Halls, and collaborated with black workers. These demonstrations eventually attracted support from major metropolitan areas in the Northeast. In 1970, Tufts adopted new hiring policies which were subsequently adopted by other universities. It led to the creation of training programs for minority employees on campus, in addition to the foundation of the Africana Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.tufts.edu/protest1969/|title=Tufts Civil Right Protests|access-date=June 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830035105/http://sites.tufts.edu/protest1969/|archive-date=August 30, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Greek life====
About 18% of the student body is involved in Greek life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uss.tufts.edu/studentAffairs/resources/ofsl.asp|title=Tufts University: Student Affairs|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502072610/http://uss.tufts.edu/studentAffairs/resources/ofsl.asp|archive-date=May 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Organizations |url=https://admissions.tufts.edu/discover-tufts/life-at-tufts/student-organizations/#:~:text=About%2018%20percent%20of%20undergraduates,city-wide,%20multicultural%20organizations. |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Tufts Admissions |language=en}}</ref> There are four fraternities on campus, four sororities, one co-ed independent fraternity, and four active city-wide, multicultural organizations. ''Id''.

===Athletics===
{{Main|Tufts Jumbos}}

Tufts competes in the [[New England Small College Athletic Conference]]—the NESCAC—in [[NCAA Division III]]. Their [[mascot]] is [[Jumbo]], which is one of two college mascots to appear in [[Webster's Dictionary]] with the other being the Billiken of St. Louis University. The mascot comes from [[P. T. Barnum]]'s circus, as Barnum was one of the original trustees of Tufts College. According to legend, Jumbo the Elephant heroically jumped in front of a train, sacrificing himself to save a younger elephant from dying. Jumbo's stuffed skin was donated to the school and was displayed until a 1975 fire destroyed the body, except for the tail, which had been removed for conservation work. Now, a statue of the elephant is a prominent landmark on the quad, near Barnum Hall, the Biology building. Some of Jumbo's ashes were recovered in a peanut butter jar that has remained in the athletics director's office where students continue to rub it for good luck.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jumbo the Mascot |url=https://www.tufts.edu/about/jumbo |website=www.tufts.edu |access-date=July 2, 2019 |language=en |date=December 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703205239/https://www.tufts.edu/about/jumbo |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Recently, Tufts has become one of the top athletic schools in Division III. The school has consistently ranked in the top ten of the Learfield Director's Cup, which ranks the top Division I, II, and III athletic programs in the country by awarding points in a pre-determined number of sports for men and women. In 2022, Tufts won the Learfield Director's Cup. In 2015–16, Tufts ranked 4th in the country, and in 2014–15 Tufts ranked 9th. Tufts men's lacrosse team won the school's first ever NCAA team championship in 2010, beating [[Salisbury State University]] in the championship game. They lost in 2011 to Salisbury in the championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Salisbury routs Tufts for title |url=http://archive.boston.com/sports/colleges/articles/2011/05/30/salisbury_routs_tufts_for_title/ |author=Alex Prewitt |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=May 30, 2011 |access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, the women's field hockey team won their first national championship, beating [[Montclair State University]] 2–1 in the finals. Coach Tina McDavitt won DIII National Coach of the Year in 2012, as well.<ref>{{cite news |title=Field Hockey's Tina McDavitt Announced as NFHCA National Coach of the Year for Division III |url=http://www.gotuftsjumbos.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/national_coty |publisher=Tufts Athletics |date=December 12, 2012 |access-date=February 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130329/http://www.gotuftsjumbos.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/national_coty |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The field hockey team had previously been national runners-up in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/fieldhockey/d3|title=Division III College Field Hockey – History|publisher=NCAA.com|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509060239/http://www.ncaa.com/history/fieldhockey/d3|archive-date=May 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The women's softball team won three consecutive NCAA Division III National Championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/softball/d3 |title=DIII Softball |publisher=NCAA.com |access-date=August 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920055030/http://www.ncaa.com/history/softball/d3 |archive-date=September 20, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The men's lacrosse team won their second NCAA Division III National Championship in 2014 and their third Championship in 2015, beating Lynchburg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/lacrosse-men/d3|title=DIII Men's Lacrosse|publisher=NCAA.com|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004150836/http://www.ncaa.com/history/lacrosse-men/d3|archive-date=October 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 6, 2014, the men's soccer team won its first-ever DIII National Championship, defeating [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] 4–2. The Jumbos repeated this feat two years later, winning the DIII National Championship in 2016 by defeating [[Calvin College]] 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2014-12-06/tufts-captures-first-national-title-4-2-win-against-wheaton-ill|title=Tufts captures first national title with 4–2 win against Wheaton (Ill.)|publisher=NCAA.com|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928184352/http://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2014-12-06/tufts-captures-first-national-title-4-2-win-against-wheaton-ill|archive-date=September 28, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The men's and women's squash teams have been historically successful, ranking within the top 30 teams in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collegesquashassociation.com/2015/03/12/dunlop-mens-college-squash-final-2014-2015-team-rankings/|title=Dunlop Men's College Squash Final 2014 – 2015 Team Rankings|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827050125/http://collegesquashassociation.com/2015/03/12/dunlop-mens-college-squash-final-2014-2015-team-rankings/|archive-date=August 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Men's Varsity Swim and Dive team won the first NESCAC Championship in school history in 2018 and the team placed 7th in the nation at the National Championship meet that same year.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sweeney|first1=Paul|title=Men's Swimming and Diving Are NESCAC Champions|url=http://now.tufts.edu/articles/men-s-swimming-and-diving-are-nescac-champions|website=Tufts Now|publisher=Tufts University|access-date=April 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427065359/https://now.tufts.edu/articles/men-s-swimming-and-diving-are-nescac-champions|archive-date=April 27, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Performed at most football games, "Tuftonia's Day", the Tufts fight song, was written in 1912 by Elliot W. Hayes. It can also be heard at Tufts' numerous a capella concerts and at homecoming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://admissions.tufts.edu/about-tufts/tufts-traditions/|title=Tufts Traditions|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609085617/http://admissions.tufts.edu/about-tufts/tufts-traditions|archive-date=June 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2024, twenty-four students who participated in a Tufts University men’s lacrosse team workout developed [[rhabdomyolysis]], also known as rhabdo.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vigdor |first=Neil |date=2025-01-31 |title=Navy SEAL Whose Lacrosse Workout Left Tufts Players Hospitalized Is Called Unqualified |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/tufts-lacrosse-navy-seal.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tirrell |first=Meg |date=2024-09-26 |title=Tufts lacrosse players discharged from hospital after rare muscle injury, university says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/26/health/tufts-lacrosse-players-rhabdo/index.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Stratton Hall - Tufts.jpg|thumb|Stratton Hall, a downhill residence hall]]