Wagatwe Wanjuki is one of the most influential former Tufts students, but she does not have a degree from this institution. No, she didn’t choose to leave to pursue her activism full-time, though her success may lead you to believe that. Instead, Tufts forced Wagatwe to withdraw. It is time that we ...
Dear President Monaco,On Sept. 11 you sent out a long email to the entire school going into much detail and covering a wide spectrum of topics about things that have been going on around campus and future plans for our school. What you failed to mention was anything related to the 13th anniversary of ...
When former President George H.W. Bush prepared to leave office in January 1993, he asked his successor, Bill Clinton, to protect federal funding for his signature program, The Points of Light Foundation. Clinton would later say he made a similar request eight years later, asking President George W. Bush to protect the AmeriCorps program he had launched.
Since I was a young girl, I would visit my parents’ homeland of Pakistan, traveling to the cities Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Islamabad as well as my village that was three hours away from Lahore in the Punjab province. I absorbed the land with wide eyes and amazement, listening to my relatives gab away in a loud mix of Punjabi and Urdu. Sometimes, I even tried to join the conversation. As much as I tried to get used to it, I would always long to return to the United States, a place I could understand and where I felt accepted. As much as Pakistan is close to my heart, it was not my home. Nevertheless, my family returned there every two years and I would notice shifts in the landscape. It became colder and harsher, and as a woman, more unsafe. Pakistan was changing.
"Until the lions have their historians, the tale of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter." This proverb carries an important sentiment for those studying history to bear in mind throughout the course of their education. It is an unfortunate truth that an in-depth study of "world history" is so often taught through the lens of Western society. As a result, the narratives of peoples and countries that have fallen victim to a past of imperialism continue to be pushed to the very margins of academia. Tufts, however, is taking an important step to combat this bias by introducing a new minor in colonialism studies.
Tufts University Administration's decision to transfer management of the Tufts Educational Day Care Center (TEDCC) -- or as it is affectionately known, "Little Tufts" -- was rushed and lacked transparency. In making this change, Tufts University dismantled a program that has been an important part of our community since 1973.
Welcome back to all students, faculty, staff and administrators as we start another semester on the Hill. Hopefully you've all had enjoyable summer breaks and are settling back in nicely.
When I came to campus, I was excited, nervous and ambitious. I tried out many new things, experienced my own set of successes and failures and came to know a few individuals who later became my close friends. There are so many tips and guides for freshmen to remember and think about as they embark on ...
On behalf of the entire Tufts community, I would like to officially welcome the class of 2018 to campus. My name is Robert Joseph, and this year I will be serving as your student body president. I'm sure today is a wild emotional roller coaster for many of you — moving into your new homes, meeting ...
Yes, it's really happening — your freshman year of college starts now. It's not spring of your senior year in high school anymore, when you sent in your deposit and lost all motivation for schoolwork (don't worry, everyone has procrastinated on the Tufts Facebook pages). And it's ...
The first few weeks of freshman year pass by in a blur. The minute-by-minute urgency of parental advice, picking classes, meeting roommates and finding your way around campus as a new Jumbo predominates all other concerns. There is plenty of advice around — from movies, TV shows, older students, ...
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed SB 1062 last night, after days of national attention and activist scrutiny toward the bill, which sought to protect any individual, association or corporation from discrimination lawsuits if their actions are based on sincerely held religious beliefs," according to a Feb. 26 The New York Times. Brewer, a Republican who has previously signed laws that are morally questionable, declared that vetoing this bill was in accordance with Arizona values. While the veto is a victory for anyone who has paid any attention to the long histories of discrimination in this country, Brewer's intentions here should not win her any praise.
I think I first heard the phrase Israeli Apartheid" when I was a sophomore here at Tufts. It wasn't something I had ever heard before, and I'll admit that I was taken aback. That's an understatement: I was repulsed. Comparing the struggle of Israelis and Palestinians over ancient lands and modern dreams was, to my mind, nothing like the blatant denial of human dignity to which South Africa subjected a subset of its own population on the basis of skin color. To appropriate the struggle of blacks in South Africa to demonize the state of Israel disgusted me.
Dear Members of the Tufts Community Union,For the past year I have had the distinct honor of serving as your Tufts Community Union (TCU) president. I came to you last April with an upbeat attitude, an open heart and an ambitious agenda that reflected my values. This agenda was not left to sit on a shelf ...
We are writing this piece as six students who identify as Palestinian. We were born into different religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism and atheism, although none of this should matter. What matters is that all of us identify as Palestinian because our parents and/or our grandparents (and generations ...
Last summer's extended stymied action in the United States House of Representatives (113th Congress) was ludicrous as an example of representative democracy, and embarrassing to America's worldwide reputation; but it wasn't a unique instance in America's 226-year history. For a historical parallel, we need only refer to the 51st Congress of January 1890, when the newly elected Speaker of the House was Thomas Brackett Reed, Republican from the first district of Maine. Back then, the obstructing faction was the Democrats, mostly from the South, who opposed federal legislation designed to safeguard the right of Negroes to vote. The Republicans commanded a bare majority of 168 to 160, and the quorum - the number required to be present to do business under the rules of the House - was agreed to be 165.During a vote on a controversial measure, every Democrat without exception refused to answer the roll call, and thereby claimed the lack of a quorum. Speaker Reed ruled that a quorum was present, notwithstanding the Democrats' refusal to reply when their names were called. The parliamentary battle that followed was of the utmost stridency and lasted three days, until all absent Republicans could be summoned back to the House for the deciding vote, which came in at 166-0.
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