Dear Editor,     As a Tufts graduate with student-loan debt who has worked in the non-profit sector, I was both excited and proud when my alma mater launched the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) in September 2008. This program shoul...

The story of Roxana Saberi, an American-Iranian journalist sentenced to eight years in prison after an Iranian court convicted her Saturday of spying for the United States, is both disheartening and unnerving....

It’s that time of year again: The temperature is heating up, and so is the race to succeed Duncan Pickard as president of the TCU Senate....

Hear me out, Tufts, because I’m going to make a completely radical suggestion. What if the next time someone tries to hurt or offend with a homophobic, racist or sexist term, instead of calling it a bias incident and holding rallies, you roll your e...

The narrowness of Franken’s margin of victory should have been the most mind-boggling part of that ruling. Unfortunately, it was not....

Claims that people of color or LGBTQ people are “self-segregating” are a dangerous twist on American discrimination....

The recent decision by the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate to fund construction of a new Trips Cabin in New Hampshire has caused a good deal of controversy around campus. Some members of the Tufts community support the project; many oppose it. Me? I&rs...

    The policies of former President George W. Bush’s administration did little to contain the spread of nuclear weapons. Just last week, North Korea conducted a test rocket launch over the Pacific Ocean, allegedly demonstrating the c...

It is astonishing that the decision was passed regarding such a large sum of money going to a single student group without formal solicitation of student feedback....

    The recent decision by the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate to fund the Trips Cabin at the price of $230,000 has sparked much debate on campus. What should be a simple question about benefiting the school is quickly becoming a politic...

    After the initial decision on the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate recovered funds, I co-wrote an op-ed on Feb. 4 concerning fiscal and moral responsibility. I believed, and still believe, that the two can coexist and that we can serv...

Thacker has firsthand knowledge and experience about a subject that would have provided a unique and fresh viewpoint at the conference....

The world turns, and another spring is upon us. The seemingly interminable Boston winter is giving way at last to warmer weather, and as the ice recedes, Tufts students’ thoughts increasingly turn to that annual fixture on the Tufts social calendar:...

    As soon as we sat down for lunch it got eerily silent.     “I have something to tell you. I felt a lump on my breast the other day, and I just went to the doctor who informed me it’s a tumor. They’re goi...

The interdisciplinary approach that I learned at Tufts is the foundation of my professional life — a 15-year career in the State Department and eight years in the energy sector. That same approach can be the foundation for addressing two of our most...

In the 1960s, students at universities and colleges across the country took advantage of their right to assemble and held protests, fighting for civil rights for African-Americans....

Mr. Ehrenfeld has effectively taken the “humor” out of “humor column” with this poorly written attempt at cynicism....

This subtle shaming of the student body is unacceptable and disingenuous, considering Tufts’ commitment to meeting every student’s demonstrated financial need....