Opinion

Cartoon: Recount

Op-Ed: Climate action under Trump

There is a lot of speculation as to what President-elect Donald Trump will do on the issues surrounding climate change. Trump’s most infamous verbiage on the subject is that the Chinese government made up the concept of climate change so that U.S. manufacturing would be less competitive. For years, ...

Editorial: The importance of Standing Rock post-Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is often considered one of the most wholesome holidays — in part because it has evolved into a day characterized by gratitude, self-reflection and appreciation of family and friends. It is also held in such high esteem because the traditional narrative teaches Americans that Thanksgiving ...

Cartoon: No-Shave November

Op-Ed: Celebrating the interdisciplinary lenses of environmental engineering

“I basically grew up outdoors and have always been interested in what impacts we as humans have on the world around us. Environmental engineering has helped me learn not only what we have done, but how to apply math, chemistry, biology, physics and computer science to undo some of these impacts. I couldn't be happier in the discipline I chose to study and hope to continue doing it for a long time to come.” - Craig Drennan, 2018

The Arena: Turnout for what

Throughout this campaign cycle, I reminded my readers to go vote on Election Day. Regardless of my noble efforts, voter turnout remained disappointingly low; according to the U.S. Elections Project, roughly 58 percent of eligible voters voted in the 2016 election. The U.S. voter turnout rate is actually ...

Op-Ed: A statement from Students Advocating for Students

This past weekend, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate voted nearly unanimously against a resolution put forth by Students Advocating for Students (SAS), which called for clarifications of student conduct policies in line with First Amendment protections. The final vote tally was zero votes for, ...

Cartoon: Turkey escape

Cartoon: Tufts as a sanctuary

Editorial: Establish a sanctuary campus at Tufts

A petition calling upon the administration to make Tufts a sanctuary campus for undocumented members of the university community has made waves at Tufts over the past week, garnering more than 3,000 signatures. The petition calls on the university to protect the identities of all undocumented ...

The Arena: Constructing the cabinet

Aristophanes once wrote, “under every stone lurks a politician.” Politicians say and do whatever is necessary to win; oftentimes, these promises mean little. Usually this annoys me, but in the case of President-elect Donald Trump, I was almost rooting for him to break his promises.In the immediate ...

Jumbo Steps: One round of ‘20 Questions’

I’ve been channeling my inner Mr. Moseby from "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" (2005-2008) quite a bit lately. In the past month alone, I’ve had many visitors: my sister-in-law’s parents, my aunt and uncle, a prospective student, my brother and two former high school teachers. But ...

Op-Ed: Not your mother's Thanksgiving

On the scale of political views, I hover between “very liberal” and “extremely liberal.” This is not the case for a lot of my friends and family. In fact, my parents often have a hard time understanding how I have ended up so far on the left. It’s an oddity in a state such as North Carolina.Like ...

Op-Ed: Reproductive inequality: a history continued

Disclaimer: For the purposes of this article, I will be referring to the new contraceptive shot, as well as a previously tested contraceptive gel as “male” contraceptive options, though its users could be of any gender identity and expression. Similarly, I will refer to existing hormonal birth control ...

Editorial: Trump's appointment of Steven Bannon signals power to alt-right

There have been two conflicting stories brewing in the week since Donald Trump shocked the world by winning the general election. The first story has revolved around Trump's encouraging  suggestions that he may ease back on some of his more extreme proposals, mentioning in a recent interview with ...

Point-Counterpoint: Abolishing fraternities

‘Point-Counterpoint’ juxtaposes two opposing perspectives on polarizing issues and debates. The following responses, written by the Daily’s opinion section, address both sides of the debate on whether or not Tufts University should abolish fraternities. The case for abolishing The images ...

Cartoon: Brace for relatives

Letter to the University: Fix the Tufts housing crisis by building new dorms, slashing enrollment

With Tufts now confronting an unprecedented housing emergency after decades of unrelenting enrollment growth and expansion into our residential neighborhood, the Residential Strategies Working Group (RSWG) recently announced its intended solution: expansion of undergraduate housing into the residential ...

Jumping Hurdles: A heart full of love

Last week was hard. This weekend was hard. Today is hard. Life has just been really hard recently. I’ve found myself exhausted (physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, you name it) and have wanted nothing more than to just bury myself in the covers of my bed and stay there until Thanksgiving ...

Op-Ed: A post-election statement from Dean Solomont

Now more than ever, young people are called to civic actionThroughout four decades in politics, I have worked on six presidential campaigns and lived through victories and defeats. The stakes are always very high. And in all cases, the days and weeks after the election are filled with analysis and reflection ...