Opinion

Zach Drucker | The Loser

Of all the despicable swine of the sports world, fair weather fans are, perhaps, the most callous. For those unfamiliar with this term, a fair weather fan is someone who has little interest in following sports or supporting a specific team, until said team begins to triumph. Take, for example, sports stars who don Yankees caps in postgame interviews — of which there are many. Though these stars often are not from New York, nor do they play for New York teams, there is something en vogue about wearing the gear of the world's most successful franchise.

A cure for what?

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has contributed over $2 billion toward breast cancer research and awareness over the last 30 years. Some of this money has gone to Planned Parenthood, which provides reproductive health and breast cancer screening services to women all across the country. During the last two years alone, the Komen Foundation has contributed more than $1 million to Planned Parenthood. But two days ago, the Komen Foundation infuriated women's health advocates when it announced that it was pulling its support of the organization.

Why rape is no laughing matter

Tonight, students from Tufts and other area schools will protest against rape culture. You can join us by taking the free SMFA shuttle from Aidekman at 5:30 p.m. Here's why you should consider going:

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

MegaUpload shutdown is justified

America needs a multi-party system

With the November election inching closer, the Republicans and Democrats are calling all the faithful to prepare for battle. For months, the country has spectated as Republican candidates fought one another like gladiators in a coliseum, uniting only to attack President Obama. The primary process has shown that the rhetoric and plans of the GOP are going to be based on the partisan revanchism typical of our politics. Meanwhile, the Democrats have only begun to lob their anti-Republican attacks. Unfortunately, instead of serving the national interest, these party allegiances have come to hinder progress and stamp out innovation. 

On Twitter, Dewey still defeats Truman

To say that good journalism can't exist without good fact checking is such a self-explanatory argument that it requires no elaboration. Facts are the building blocks for news stories, the points of contention in op-eds, and, ultimately, the reason you bothered to pick up this newspaper in the first place. 

Worse than Piracy

Letter from the Editor

Hannah Furgang | The Tim Tam Slam

Clown(fish)ing around: Unraveling the mystery of the masked class-crasher

A week before Thanksgiving, Tufts was visited by a strange, mysterious occurrence: Reports claiming sightings of a clownfish creature on campus abounded. Facebook statuses discussed the clownfish's crashing of different classes — throwing popcorn into a lecture hall in one instance, stirring a pot of goldfish in another, reciting "French" poetry in yet another. Questions were raised about the clownfish: Who is he? A Tufts student? (Maybe.) Someone with too much free time on his hands? (Not exactly.) A really weird person? (Oh, most definitely.) More importantly, why was he literally running around campus (specifically into classes and out of them) engaging in random shenanigans? Recently, we caught up with him, a Mr. Eric Sinski of the Class of 2012, and in an exclusive interview, he laid to rest our most pressing questions.

Navigating the complexities of discrimination and religious freedom

Two points of pride for Tufts have always been our liberality and the diversity of our student body. As students of Tufts, we are thankful for the communities around us that challenge us to grow. Tufts has always been a place where we have felt the freedom to express ourselves, the freedom to agree and disagree with others and the freedom to live out our religion on campus without being discriminated against for our beliefs.

Letter from the editor

At the start of my freshman year, I attended the Daily general interest meeting. While looking at the — somewhat intimidating — upperclassmen leaders of the paper at the front of the room, I wondered: Why on earth would anyone in their right mind want to run a daily college newspaper? I had a busy enough time at my high school newspaper, which only put out an issue every two weeks.

WinterFest underwhelms

This weekend's WinterFest looked nothing like the winter wonderland that the Programming Board promised us at the end of last semester. Back when the event was first announced, students were promised attractions such as a tubing course, a snow sculpture competition, a smores station and a heated tent featuring a DJ.

Chris Poldoian | Extra Butter

Guys, I'm freaking out. My first exam is this week, and I'm going to fail. All those hours of Facebooking, YouTubing and stress−cooking have finally come back to haunt me. I am overloaded and underprepared for my assignments!

Precautions needed to prevent disruptions in Trunk availability

Beginning at around noon on Monday, students across campus attempted to log onto their courses' Trunk sites, only to find the entire system inaccessible. They were met with a link that notified students of technical problems and service wasn't restored until 1:30 a.m. the next day.

Amanda Johnson | Senior Moments

I have a confession to make: I don't hate finals. In fact, perhaps due to some strange cerebral masochism, I find the dash toward the end of each semester oddly enjoyable.

Production of Tufts statue should include students

Last Sunday, the TCU Senate approved 11 out of 12 proposals for surplus grants, with a total of $167,900 distributed to various student groups and causes. The surplus grants came out of unspent Student Activity Fee funds, with the remnants being rolled over into next year's surplus.

Letter to the Editor

Prashanth Parameswaran | The Asianist

L ast Tuesday, I squeezed into an overflowing Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Auditorium to hear a lecture by the famous linguist and social critic, Institute Professor of Linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Noam Chomsky, entitled "Democracy in America and Abroad."