Since arriving in the United States, I’ve spent most of my summers living at home, in a suburb of DC. However, this past summer was the first time I felt tuned into popular life in our capital city. I commuted early in the morning in cramped Metro cars with hundreds of others, frequented happy hours ...
It’s no secret that many students expect the four years they spend in college to be the most socially vibrant years of their lives. One doesn’t have to look far for the source of this expectation. Adults of speak longingly and fondly of the their college relationships, the media dramatizes virtually ...
Here’s a shocker: not every voter is particularly pensive about the quality of their presidential pick. In the words of Stephen Colbert (may his “Report” R.I.P.), these voters make decisions on the next leader of the free world not with their brains, but with their guts. It’s that command center ...
This Friday, the controversial film "Stonewall," directed by Roland Emmerich, will be released. It has already garnered appalling reviews. To give you a good idea of its reception thus far, Vanity Fair titled its review of the film, “Stonewall Is Terribly Offensive, and Offensively Terrible,” ...
With the amount of coverage surrounding the 2016 elections in the media, it can be hard to remember that polls do not open for another 14 months. Before that, two teams will have won the World Series, millions of babies will be born, and a similar amount will be added to our tuition bills. The United ...
Dear Tufts,I think it is time to acknowledge the elephant in the room: our dear Joey is no more. In a very sly and undercover move by the administration, Tufts has stopped using Joseph’s Limousine & Transportation in favor of A&A Metro Transportation. With this change brings cleaner and more ...
The "Live in the Moment” mantra has been preached so profusely that it induces a gag-reflex where it would have usually received some thoughtful nods and complete mental 180’s. Of course we live in the moment. We’re breathing this polluted air while we digest the political upheaval in the ...
In an age when so many people, especially students, read the news on their phone screens rather than finding the time to flip through print pages, it is no surprise that magazines and businesses that were too slow to go digital have suffered immensely over the past few years. Thus, it wasn’t too ...
The matriculation ceremony for this year's incoming freshman class was certainly a warm embrace, if you will. The quest for a diverse “mosaic,” in admissions-speak, had been completed. We, the melting new members of the Class of 2019, were like hot tiles, fit together and at last glued down ...
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack took some time out of her busy schedule last month to explain the disappointing news that, once again, the fate of the Green Line extension is up in the air. News broke in August that the long-planned and delayed Green Line extension north ...
When you tell someone you attend Tufts, it is very likely that they will brand you as being “quirky” or a “hipster.” For several years, ambitious students have applied to Tufts to attend a prestigious school that’s a little off the beaten path and not too “mainstream.” Recently, however, ...
Hello, dear reader! You may have noticed, upon picking up our lovely publication today, that the design looks a bit different than usual. And if you didn't notice, take a closer look; trust me, it is! We've been working on it for about a semester now, seeking inspiration from other newspapers ...
If you’re a first-year, chances are you’ve already received plenty of unsolicited advice about which courses to take. Orientation Leaders, RAs and faculty advisors have undoubtedly given you a laundry list of objectives for your first semester at Tufts: “Don’t take more than five courses!” “Be sure to get a few distribution requirements out of the way!” “Take Intro to IR!” The list goes on. This advice is great to keep in mind; after all, you won’t be very happy with yourself if you save your most dreaded distribution requirements for your senior year. However, it’s also important for first-years to use this semester as an opportunity to do what they came to Tufts for in the first place: expanding their interests, becoming a more well-rounded student and taking courses in departments that have no connection whatsoever to their planned major.
After another very fast summer, we're all back on campus for another very fast year. For many of us, myself included, it's the last year we'll spend at Tufts, so there's a fair amount of pressure to make it count. For me, making the first half of my last year count will mean doing ...
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