Local

Somerville to decrease budget by $5 million, residents share priorities in community hearing

By Jones Millstone-Rivo and Katherine Kelton | February 19

The Somerville city budget is expected to be reduced by nearly $5 million this year due to a slowing economy and federal funding cuts.

News

TCU Senate discusses resolution process and hears funding requests

By Shayna Levy | February 18

TCU Judiciary recognizes 22 new student organizations

By Will Pinto and Nandeesh Jain | February 18

Inside Tufts, local responses to historic January snowstorm

By Angela Palma and Jessica Michael | February 17

Opinion

Editorial: Tufts’ silence on Steve Tisch should concern everyone

By The Editorial Board | February 19

Celebrity Silence: An unforgivable response to a country in crisis

By Michaela Loughran | February 19

To decrease socioeconomic stratification at Tufts

By Keshav Srikant | February 19

Through Indigenous Eyes: Revisiting Greenland

By Sorsha Khitikian | February 19

More opinion

Features

John Green visits Tufts School of Medicine to discuss ‘Everything is Tuberculosis,’ the current health care landscape

By Samantha Mascera | February 19

Tufts Model UN to host ‘resolution-ary’ 10th anniversary conference

By Dylan Fee | February 19

Get Souped Up: Tomayto, tomahto

By Arghya Thallapragada and Emily O'Hearn | February 19

The power of transformation: Tufts’ annual ILCS Symposium

By Abilene Adelman | February 18

Arts

The Bigger Picture: How Roman Polanski became his own ‘art’

By Linda Huang | February 19

Oscar-winning Polish director and convicted sex offender Roman Polanski can be said to have redefined the way ‘evilness’ was depicted on screen in the 1960s through his masterpiece “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968). Unfortunately, just nine ...

The Bigger Picture: ‘When Harry Met Sally…’

By Linda Huang | February 13

Landscape in the style of Yan Wengui and Fan Kuan

Evanescence and the Beautiful Foolishness of Things: Spring snow

By Isabella Jin | February 13

Catch up on 'The Fall-Off'

By Isadora Alexis | February 12

Sports

Tufts women’s basketball falls to Bates on Senior Day

By Lauren Cousino | February 19

Road to the World Cup: Tournament opinions at Tufts

By Antonia Toro | February 19

The Intangibles: The dying spectacle of the NBA Dunk Contest

By Jonah Cowan | February 19

Beyond the Sidelines: The Olympics do not define the GOATs in ski racing

By Anjali Mishra | February 18

Investigative

Tufts unions allege bad-faith bargaining by university

By Gus Gladstein | December 9

Over the last decade, negotiations between Tufts University and labor unions have degraded. Multiple unions described challenging and exhausting negotiations, citing the university’s uncooperativeness and staunch resistance to pay increases as driving forces behind the recent growth in collective action. Alternatively, the university expressed that its negotiation policies have been grounded in fiscally-responsible decision-making and an earnest desire to reach agreements. The university reports that it continues to view its union relationships as productive and successful.

Science

Light unrequired: The discovery of dark oxygen

By Emma Thomas | February 19

For centuries, it was believed that the production of oxygen relied on one component: photosynthesis (the conversion of light energy into chemical energy). Plants and algae use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, providing the foundation ...