Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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Real Universities Do . . — have traditions. — support institutions that support the social environment. — have libraries where every student can find ample study space. — have paved roads. — have adequate athletic facilities so that intramural and intercollegiate athletics coexist rather than compete for limited space. — have athletic facilities that check out equipment. — have more than six basketball hoops. — have humor magazines. — have decent yearbooks. — have a marching band. — have a fight song. — allow their hockey club to go varsity. — their crew club to go varsity. — their volley ball club to go varsity, etc . . .. — own or operate their bookstore. — which stock the required books. — and don’t make money on yogurt. — give their undergraduate pre-med students the courtesy of an inter¬ view at their Medical School. — have a President who supports racial equality through actions rather than empty rhetoric. — have a President who realizes that holding monthly meetings with students is not a favor - it is a responsibility. — have a President who attends undergraduate commencement. — have a Campus Center. Why Aren’t We A Some of these problems can be attributed to student apathy, but the overwhelming majority can be traced to the Administration. Few of the situations we have criticized could be considered major deficiencies on their own. Collectively, a clear picture emerges: that of a University which is plagued by an Administration with little regard for the quality of student life. We do not deny that Tufts is a strong academic in¬ stitution, but there are scores of schools with outstanding faculties and educa¬ tional opportunities - few of them charge their students $12,000 a year. How can Tufts hope to compete against similarly qualified schools when it treats its own students like second class citizens? If Tufts wants to be more than a three star school, it must treat its undergraduates like five star students. Sadly, this is not the case in 1982. It is insulting for students to hear time and time again that a Campus Center cannot be built due to financial insolvency. During our four years at Tufts, we have witnessed the construction of two dormitories, an Intercultural Center, an addition to Cousens Gymnasium, and score of graduate school pro-

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Matching Section Match the famous Tufts name or term on the left with the appropriate quote or definition on the right. Don’t look too hard. 1. Housing Lottery 2. Sheraton Commander 3. Fires 4. T.C.U. Senate 5. Hillel 6. Steven Manos 7. Bobbie Knable 8. Tim Winant (former Dean of Students) 9. Bruce Reitman 10. Wessel Library 11. Eaton Lounge 12. The Newly Renovated Eaton Lounge Campus Center 13. Senior Drive 14. The “Greek” System 15. The Observer 16. The Daily 17. T.S.R. 18. C.S.L. 19. Campus Center A. A no win proposition and a tri-annual happening B. Optional housing for those who desire it (as described by Tufts tour guides 1978-1980) C. a bi-annual happening D. Hillel E. T.C.U. Senate F. A man who hates undergraduates, but loves their money G. Led a National Search for the selection of a Dean of Students H. I was bad, but things can get worse (and did) J. Would throw his mother out of dorm housing for lighting a candle (even if she was a freshman) K. Tufts only pick-up bar L. Two Ping-Pong tables, motley furniture, a Pac-Man machine, and a dirty old carpet M. Two Ping-Pong tables, motley furniture, a Pac-Man machine, and an old carpet N. A time to ask for money from strug¬ gling undergraduates who have already made a $37,242.00 donation. O. A very old institution given no support from anyone P. Rupert Murdoch would be proud Q. al thenewws thet fitz wee prind . . R. 1. Fastest growing student run employ¬ ment agency in East Medford. 2. Inefficient and self-indulgent ticket to Harvard and Stanford Business School S. (they don’t know either) T. ?

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Real Universities Don’t . . . — have an infirmary where students fear for their lives. — require reservations to find a seat in the dining halls. — have athletic fields that can double as glass recycling centers. — force their Drama department to stage productions in facilities which are known fire hazards. — have chemistry labs which are too dangerous to work in. — take five weeks to repair the Health Services steps. — close their switchboards at 6 p.m. — have busy signals before 6 p.m. — put cement poles in fire lanes. — let their buildings burn before renovating them. — go to a significant expense to change the name of Buildings and Grounds (or is it Grounds and Buildings?), while the intramural program can’t afford to buy new bases for softball. — limit their students to one piece of fruit at lunch. — have irresponsible and inaccurate weekly newspapers. — have campus radio stations which are infiltrated by non-students. — conduct national searches to replace a Dean led by the Acting Dean who eventually wins the search. — watch campus organizations settle their own disputes and then victimize both sides. — write letters home to Mommy about the alleged drinking problems of their supposedly adult children. — have a President who organizes a highly publicized Alcohol Awareness Seminar - and then can’t find the time to stay for the entire presentation. — send out fund raising brochures which omit a description of the Undergraduate College. — use their Arts and Sciences school budgets to finance graduate school expansion. — have hollow pillars in front of Administration buildings. — deserve hollow pillars in front of Administration buildings. REAL University? jects. We have also read about the financial windfall which Tufts will reap from its $31 million dollar fund drive. In the face of all of this, is it not understandable that students should be enraged over the university’s failure to construct a Campus Center, which would cost a mere fraction of these other projects? We realize that Tufts has financial problems, but only a handful of our criticisms concern issues which involve a significant expense. The others repres ent a less tangible problem — one of administrative attitude, an attitude which gives students the clear impres¬ sion that their concerns will be ignored. Although the Administration may sincere¬ ly be striving to improve the University as a whole, doing so at the expense of the undergraduate experience is irresponsible and inexcusable. If Tufts is ever to become a five star institution, it must rededicate itself to the bedrock of the University - its undergraduates. Until then, like the pillars of Ballou, Tufts will remain a hollow shell of what it yearns to be.