Opinion

Cartoon: Go Jumbos, good luck with your midterms!

Cartoon: Accuracy of the shuttle schedule

The Tipping Point

One of New York City’s largest restaurant moguls has announced that, over the coming year, he will move away from tipping at all 13 of his restaurants, representing a seismic shift in the way we think about paying for our food.Danny Meyer is the owner and force behind Union Square Hospitality Group ...

Earth on Fire: Honor thy word

Most of us here at Tufts University would agree that climate change represents a massive threat to humanity. Its impacts constitute enormous perils: crop failures, stronger storms, a precipitous decline in biodiversity, etc. Understanding this, Tufts professes to care about mitigating global warming, ...

Apple versus the FBI

The mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. late last year was cause for national mourning and a rekindled fear of homegrown terrorism. Recently, it has also served to actualize the once-abstract debate about cyber security versus privacy that has been burgeoning in the courtroom for over a decade. ...

Cartoon: The "major" struggle

The myth of college exploration

There are certain tidbits of advice that we hear repeated from a variety of different people we encounter. As soon as I reached college age, there was one recommendation that I heard so frequently that it became a truth rather than a suggestion, and I was determined to listen.After the university I ...

Pausing of minor programs reveals need for increased cross-registration

The Tufts Daily recently broke the news that minor programs in cognitive and brain sciences (CBS) and linguistics, which are housed under the philosophy department, have been paused for an undetermined amount of time. According to the decision, students who declared the minor before Dec. 15, 2015 are permitted to continue their studies. New enrollment has been halted, however.

Jumbo Steps: A sweet, suite life

It looks like the proverbial phrase summing up my freshman housing situation, “home is where the WiFi (doesn’t) automatically connect," is going to be replaced next fall by something even more frightening than tufts-secure’s wrath: “home is where the…strangers live.”Housing season ...

Cartoon: Tragedy of the Commons

Late Night Dining extension a reminder to respect workers, appreciate services

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate announced this week that after much deliberation between its members and university administrators, Late Night Dining at the Commons will be preserved, and the service will be extended further to Carmichael Dining Center. According to a Feb. 16 story in the ...

New York Style Delhi: YK16

Pooja: Rebecca has often compared herself to Cher, not only to the artist but also the fictional character from the 1995 film "Clueless." There are many reasons to draw a comparison between the two, but the most important would be their shared love of matchmaking. Rebecca loves to matchmake, ...

The Arena: A Supreme Dilemma

This week, I was worried I would have to dip into my “articles I can use when nothing is happening” reserve, as there were no primaries on either side of the aisle. On Saturday, however, this crazy election year got even crazier with the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The country’s ...

Admission Reform: Turning the tide in the wrong direction

When the Harvard Graduate School of Education published its report “Turning the Tide” last month, a much-needed national conversation regarding college admissions reform erupted. The report, which has been endorsed by more than 80 of the nation’s most elite academic institutions,calls for a holistic ...

Cartoon: Valentine's in Dewick

Complaint is the granny of change

Dear readers,I am really thankful for my close friends who have patiently put up with my existence at Tufts since August 2014. Besides my rapturous sense of humor and my profuse sarcasm, which are hard not to love, I am a complainer. Those who know me well can testify to that. Sometimes, I am sorry ...

U.S.-Saudi Relations: What’s Next?

As the president’s term slowly approaches its end, some call U.S.-Iran relations the most urgent of the Obama Administration’s shortcomings.The Saudi government has been exceedingly critical. Saudi complaints make sense, especially given the reality that they are directly threatened by Iran’s ...

Green Line Extension and gentrification

The butt of many jokes, the Green Line Extension project (GLX) is nevertheless a substantial infrastructural undertaking with considerable repercussions on the Boston Metro Area. The project has been in the planning stages since the 1990s, and construction finally began in 2012—four years ago. The ...

Cartoon: Freshman 15

Earth on Fire: Facebook, Tinder and...climate change?

We each play a role in our families. Your grandma drags everyone to church on Easter, your uncle recounts his tour in Vietnam every Thanksgiving and your dad orders you to make your bed each morning even though, well, you're in college. In my family, I'm known as the environmentalist and the ...