The Tufts Daily - Tuesday, November 9, 2021

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Harleston residents seek answers to repeated burglaries of laundry by Amelia Colafati Contributing Writer

Multiple residents of Harleston Hall have recently reported stolen laundry. Sophomore Emma Mo said that her clothes were stolen in the first week of the semester. She had put them into the washing machine at around 9 p.m., and when she came back about an hour later, her clothes were gone. Initially, Mo assumed it was another student’s mistake. “At first I thought somebody else took it by mistake … [or] put the laundry in [another] washing machine because they’re going to use that machine,” Mo said. But soon enough Mo realized that this was no mistake. “I checked every washing machine and drying machine but [there was] nothing,” Mo said. “I checked … many times but still nobody returned them.” Mo tried to track down her clothes by reaching out into a Harleston group chat and

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The Harleston Hall laundry room, from which students have reported having their laundry stolen, is pictured on Oct. 22. by contacting her residential assistant. “I sent out a message in the group chat of Harleston, but nobody replied so later I went to my RA, and she said if nobody replied by the end of the next day

she [would] send out an email to everybody in Harleston,” Mo said. “On the next day she sent the email but still nobody replied.” Mo said she does not expect to figure out what happened to her laundry.

Sophomore Christopher Pellegrini encountered a similar issue. When doing his roommate’s laundry, he returned a day later to pick up the clothes and discovered that they were not there. In the past, Pellegrini

said people would place laundry that hadn’t been removed from the dryer on a nearby table or on top of the washer, but this time was different. “This time, everything was just completely gone,” Pellegrini said. “[It] never ever turned up.” Pellegrini said he could not nail down a reason for the burglary. “I’m not even sure why they would want his clothes either because there wasn’t anything crazy in there, just a bunch of underwear and T-shirts and towels,” he said. Pellegrini hopes his roommate’s clothing gets returned. “We’re just hoping that someone is going to come and just leave everything in one spot and this whole thing will be done with,” Pellegrini said. In the meantime, however, Pellegrini’s roommate has been left with little to wear and little hope of getting what he lost back. “My roommate, he’s fairly minimalist, he doesn’t wear many see LAUNDRY, page 2

Tufts admissions hosts Voices program for prospective students by Flora Meng News Editor

The Voices of Tufts Diversity Experience, a two-day program designed to introduce high school seniors to diversity and community at Tufts University, was hosted via Zoom on Oct. 16–17. According to Rhiannon Pabich, associate director of admissions, diversity and access, the program is designed to introduce prospective students to the Tufts community and feature the BIPOC and first-generation student experience. “We aim to create spaces where students can really get a sense of what life would be like for them on the Hill if they were to choose to attend Tufts — and we hope that they like what they experience, and decide to apply to Tufts for admission,” Pabich wrote in an email to the Daily. In terms of the programming, Pabich described a variety of activities, ranging from information sessions to interactive social events. “We provided a range of programming across the two days, including informational sessions focused on the application and financial aid processes, meet-and-greet opportuni-

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Students are pictured on the Academic Quad on Sept. 14. ties with Division of Student Diversity and Inclusion centers, a virtual campus tour, a panel discussion with current students, and some social programming – we aimed to provide a balance of educational and fun sessions, and tried to ensure there was something for introverts and extroverts alike,” Pabich said. Praise Adekola, a junior on the Diversity Admissions Council,

discussed the benefits of student representation in the leadership of the program for prospective applicants. “It can be really difficult at times, for students of color or low-income students to see themselves at a prestigious school [like Tufts],” Adekola said. “Voices gives them the opportunity to see Tufts from a different lens, from a lens of students that look like them

and to actually see themselves on Tufts campus. This will make it a lot easier and more encouraging for them to actually want to apply to Tufts and to think that they can get in, which they really [can].” Sophomore Baljaa Borgil, another member of the Diversity Admissions Council, explained how Voices offers a unique experience for participants to gain valuable insight about Tufts.

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“I think the most important thing that they’re taking away from a program like this is [the fact that] they’re getting an experience they wouldn’t be able to receive in a normal info session, or a normal tour at Tufts, because there’s so much about Tufts that you can’t fit in a matter of two or three hours,” Borgil said. “The fact that we have a two-day program that’s filled with hours and hours of programming … can help you in your application, but also [can help] you make sure Tufts is the right fit for you … and how you’re going to spend the next four years.” Since Voices is typically a flyin program, Pabich discussed how the Tufts Admissions team and existing students ensured active engagement throughout the events given the transition to virtual programming. “Our Diversity Admissions Council, made up of current Tufts students, did an incredible job of keeping the energy up during Voices, and making sure that prospective students felt welcome,” Pabich said. “We used a Zoom meeting format for sessions instead of Zoom webinar so that students could engage with one see VOICES, page 2 NEWS

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