February 10, 2015 Why healthcare in this country isn’t worth the debt 2.8 Trillion. Not million, not billion, but trillion . The United States spends an average of 2.8 trillion dollars on healthcare per year. That... Read More
February 4, 2015 Up to Us, More than a Competition Up to Us has given me and my teammates the opportunity to raise awareness of our national debt. Yes, I know this is a competition against other... Read More
February 3, 2015 Our Generation Every generation seems to be preoccupied by a set of issues and motivated to pursue certain goals. During Lincoln’s time, it was a desire to be a... Read More
January 28, 2015 Why Should Millennials Care About the Budget? When millennials go to the polls, there is often a lot more on our minds than the federal budget. That needs to change. It may not be the sexiest... Read More
January 28, 2015 Live out your commitment What’s your commitment? Have you been asked that question recently, or ever ? How about from a stranger? Well, brace yourself. As I have found out... Read More
January 28, 2015 Our Up to Us Community Outreach and High School Tour Up to Us is about change, innovation, creativity and education, and all of these have to be done at the same time. When we were planning our team’s... Read More
January 28, 2015 Cockroaches, Chocolate, & Clinton What do cockroaches, chocolate chip caramel Oreo cookies, and Bill Clinton have in common? If you are an in-the-box thinker, I would imagine your... Read More
February 19, 2014 Ground Control To Major Tom This has been a really entertaining semester so far! I am sure that being part of the Up To Us competition has proved to be an invaluable experience... Read More
February 19, 2014 Updates from “Within the Hedges” It’s already the last week of the campaign! It’s been a crazy ride over the last couple weeks, what with freakishly cold weather for Houston (and... Read More
February 16, 2014 Radiating Positivity It’s officially the end of the fourth week of our campaign, and I feel like I’m in some time floating space machine… Maybe I’m in a Delorean? It... Read More
February 13, 2014 There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch The United States Federal Debt is now over $17.3 Trillion dollars and rising every single day. So, what does that mean for you? Well, the federal... Read More
February 11, 2014 Making Snowmen It’s hard to believe that we are more than halfway through the Up to Us competition. Our team here at Tufts feel like we are just starting to gain... Read More