Opinion

Letter to the Editor regarding El Tit op-ed

On behalf of the TCU Judiciary (TCUJ), I would like to respond to Madeline Bacchus' March 2 op-ed "El Tit fills the gap other publications can't."In determining the recognition status of new and existing groups on campus, the TCUJ relies on a stringent set of bylaws that require, among other criteria, three proofs of activity and being active on campus for at least a semester. When El Tit applied for recognition this past fall, they did not meet some of these criteria and therefore the TCUJ was obliged to vote not to recognize them. However, I absolutely agree with Madeline's assessment that El Tit is an "important and necessary" voice on campus. The TCUJ strongly encourages El Tit to re-apply for recognition next fall, when it is able to fulfill all of the requirements for recognition with what I am sure will be hilarious and flying colors.

Editorial Cartoon: New housing ordinance exposes the dark truth of overcrowding in off-campus housing

Editorial Cartoon: The countdown begins!

Teaching life: Black freedom, Palestinian liberation

I am not writing this to provide fodder for the onslaught of Zionist and inherently racist rhetoric that is sure to accompany my words in the comments section once this is posted online. It is not that I don’t respect those who disagree with the basic aim of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), which is ...

Updated CASA is step in the right direction in tackling sexual assault

After decades of frustrating inaction, the issue of sexual assault on college campuses is finally getting the attention it deserves. At Tufts, groups like Action for Sexual Assault Prevention work to encourage a campus culture of consent, while events such as It Happens Here force us to confront the ...

Editorial Cartoon: FCC approves Net Neutrality, stops ISPs from throttling internet data

All the president's half-ply

Tufts, like any other institution that wants to remain profitable and in business, is focused on efficiency. A university that caters to over 5,000 students – to say nothing of the faculty – obviously buys things in bulk, which is fine. In addition, it's not that hard to see why offering free, ...

El Tit fills the gap other publications can’t

If you’ve been lucky, you may have gotten your hands on one of the few copies of El Tit within the past week or two. The “only oldest, co-ed, non-acapella, unrecognized” feminist satirical magazine made its debut very recently in black and white, stapled-together booklets. Though the material ...

Musings of a concerned brother and friend

My name is Edward Lowe, I am a senior at Tufts, and I am an older brother. I have two younger sisters: one is going to college next year and the other journeying towards high school. The other night, as I was praying, I had the harrowing realization that my sister was going to enter a college with a ...

Egypt, four years later

2015 has already been an interesting year for late-night comedy.I’m not talking about the end of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, though I will miss them. I’m talking about Jon Stewart’s lesser-known counterpart, Bassem Youssef.Originally a doctor, Youssef rose to prominence after a web ...

An open letter to the Tufts University Student body from NCF

On behalf of the Non-denominational Christian Fellowship (NCF), the Vision and Planning Team would like to announce that NCF received TCU recognition as an undergraduate student group at Tufts Medford Campus. NCF is a new student group excited about providing a space for people of different spiritual backgrounds to come together, share perspectives and learn from each other. The student organization is exclusively lead by Tufts undergraduate students for the Tufts community. 

Respect those who disagree with you in debate

It is a natural phenomenon that debate strengthens discourse. Imagine how dull conversation would be were it not spiked with a variety of opinions and plenty of arguing. The limits of free speech, however, have reached the forefront of social issues being discussed today. Much of this began with the ...

The oppressed learned to oppress

Louise Steingood is a first-year who has yet to declare a major and can be reached at louise.steingood@gmail.com; Leah Muskin-Pierret is a junior majoring in international relations and can be reached at leah.muskin_pierret@tufts.edu contributed to this article; and Hannah Freedman is a sophomore majoring in American studies and can be reached at hannah.freedman@tufts.edu.

Apartheid Week or Two-States Week – you choose

George Deek is an Arab-Israeli ambassador born in Jaffa and educated in Tel Aviv, and today he is one of the rising stars in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If he were to hear that next week Tufts is going to have an “Apartheid Week” which conflates South Africa under Apartheid to today’s ...

Editorial Cartoon: Obama puts squeeze on Keystone XL pipeline

But should we really #BringDatingBack?

This past Valentine's Day, an organization called the Love and Fidelity Network launched its #BringDatingBack campaign. When I first heard of it, I didn’t think the idea of "bringing dating back" sounded too horrible. Or, at least, I figured there could be value in putting more emphasis ...

Boston must invest in the T, fix the real problems

One of the old Bostonian memes says that “the MBTA is the nation’s oldest mass transport system … and is still running like one.” Indeed, riding the T is like traveling to the past. Some subway cars date back to the 1960s and are old enough to deserve exhibition spotlights at one of the many ...

Editorial Cartoon: MBTA, you're getting old...

The sound of protest music in 2015

“I’m the biggest hypocrite of 2015,” Kendrick Lamar began, and it only got more honest from there. Just hours after winning the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Song, Kendrick released “The Blacker the Berry,” a song that palpitated with rage and self-loathing. Just months before, Kendrick ...

Letter from the opinion, online editors

In what we hope will be the first full week of classes (fingers crossed), we want to first say how ecstatic we are about the discourse on campus this semester. This past year, with a completely new web-first workflow, website, social media team, graphics team, marketing team and, most recently, several ...