Opinion

Guest

Op-ed: A crash course in seasonal work

By Soeren Euvrard | October 2

I stood outside a hangar at the Anchorage airport, facing the morning sun, one week after finishing my first year at Tufts. If I had turned around and flown home at that moment, no one would have faulted me — and my heart might have stopped trying to leap out of my throat. The last thing on my mind was school. Gone was the friendliness of my dorm, but gone too was the pressure and low self-esteem that had dragged and dragged on me all year. I blinked hard, walked inside and thus began my journey through seasonal work.

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Viewpoint

Consider eating less meat this fall

By Keshav Srikant | October 1

As a new semester at Tufts begins, food is everywhere — at dining halls, social bonding events, late-night study sessions and parties. It is ubiquitous, a triviality many of us neglect to consider, yet essential for survival — and for most Americans, food is also synonymous with meat. 89% of Americans include meat as part of their regular diet, while only 4% of Americans identify as vegetarian and a minuscule 1% as vegans. However, as we enter the fall, I would like to respectfully urge those who enjoy meat to consider eating just a little less of it this semester, or at least consider the notion before rejecting it immediately. 

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Column

The Bigger Picture: How I see the world through the camera

By Linda Huang | September 30

Most people who have read my viewpoints probably know by now that I am an enthusiastic opinion-haver on political and socioeconomic issues (check out my previous column “Coffee Table Socioeconomics!”). What they might not know, however, is that I’m also an avid movie-watcher and amateur reviewer. Combine these interests, and this column is born. 

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Nice try, Tufts

By Liam Chalfonte | September 25

After over a year of debate over a neutrality policy, Tufts has adopted a position of “institutional pluralism,” involving a plot in which the word “neutrality” has been swapped out for “pluralism,” to make it seem like Tufts is actually doing something productive. Spoiler alert: they’re not.

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Column

Through Indigenous Eyes: A great (Native) American road trip

By Sorsha Khitikian | September 25

Hello! Welcome back to another semester of “Through Indigenous Eyes.” I realized that I never introduced myself last semester: My name is Sorsha Khitikian, and I am a junior at Tufts. I am Yurok, a tribe on the Klamath River in Northern California, but I grew up away from my tribe’s reservation, making me an ‘urban Indian.’

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Reading for pleasure shouldn’t mean reading to get off

By Sorsha Khitikian | September 22

BookTok is difficult to describe. It is, in its earliest form, a forum that originated on TikTok for people to talk about books across social media. Now, though, BookTok has developed into the be-all and end-all of readership opinion. If a book is popular on BookTok, then it is virtually guaranteed to sell well; if BookTok doesn’t popularize it, then it’ll fade into the noise.

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Editorial

Editorial: Who are we?

By The Editorial Board | September 18

Since 2022, the Daily has published 35 collectively written opinion pieces on issues relevant to Tufts students under what is called the Editorial Board. But what does this board entail, and why does its position matter? We, the Daily’s seventh Editorial Board, believe it is time to finally define who we are, what we do and why our work within the Daily matters.

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The revolution will not be televised: How media suppresses protest coverage

By Monica Reilly | September 18

As counterintuitive as it may sound, protest, revolt and revolution are embedded in American culture. Our very country was founded on the American Revolution, with radical acts like the Boston Tea Party celebrated by our founding fathers. Suffragists endured hunger strikes and prison sentences just so women could secure the right to vote. Civil rights leaders organized bus boycotts so effectively that the very legislation surrounding them changed. Disability activists staged sit-ins in politicians’ offices for weeks on end to advocate for laws protecting disabled people. These acts of resistance are now remembered as honorable acts of courage, necessary for the development of our country. That same support, however, has not been extended to modern movements.

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Colonialism’s unlikely successor: Religious mission trips in Central and South America

By Olivia Zambrano | September 18

As a native Texan, I’ve spent my fair share of time at Christian overnight camps, where many of my former bunkmates gradually shifted their summer plans from Bible study and kayaking to religious mission trips. These missionaries, predominantly white and Christian, waste no time posting on Instagram to commemorate the end of their missions. They often capitalize upon South American communities and exploit their interactions with children to garner empathy and praise from their peers without the consent of the families they work with.

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Guest

Op-ed: In honor of Charlie Kirk

By Tufts Republicans | September 16

We were all left shaken by the assassination of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday afternoon. To many of us, Charlie was more than a national figure on the news. He was a role model, a source of inspiration and a living example of what it means to stand for one’s beliefs with respect and conviction.

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Viewpoint

Wake up, America

By Evan Wang | September 16

Just this past week, conservative organizer and internet personality Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University while holding a political event. No matter your political leanings or personal beliefs, we should all agree that the assassination of a political figure of this magnitude is and should always be utterly unacceptable in these United States of America.

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Guest

Op-ed: Tufts' Deafening Silence

By Fletcher Alumni for Palestine | September 12

How many wounded, starving and murdered Palestinians do we need to bear witness to before those in power actually take action? As Tufts University community members, as activists and scholars and as human beings, we are horror-struck by the ongoing genocide being perpetrated against Palestinians by ...

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Opinion

Op-ed: Reentry success for incarcerated individuals isn’t what you think

By B. Arneson, Noble Williams, Bridget Conley and Bobby Iacoviello | September 8

What “successful reentry” looks like for individuals transitioning from correctional facilities to life post-release is often treated as self-evident: It means not going back to jail or prison, a measure commonly termed, “recidivism.” But people who have been incarcerated and are rebuilding their lives know that successful reentry requires community-building.

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Guest

Letter from the Editor in Chief: A Jumbo welcome to the Hill

By Dylan Fee | September 2

Welcome back, Jumbos! And to the newly-matriculated Class of 2029: Welcome to Tufts! My name is Dylan Fee, and I am excited to introduce myself as the new editor in chief of The Tufts Daily. I would like to take a moment to acquaint you with the Daily and our incredible team.

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Viewpoint

Can my ignorance be blissful?

By Sadie Roraback-Meagher | September 2

Once I submitted my last final and the freedom of summer washed over me, I made a radical decision: I would not spend a single second of break doomscrolling. Pulling out my deteriorating phone, I gleefully deleted all my social media apps, committing myself to saving my attention span and being morally superior to my peers. But it only took one 40-minute layover on my flight home for me to supplement my need to scroll with another vice: obsessively checking the news. 

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Exercise your freedom to say the wrong thing

By Liam Chalfonte | September 2

There’s a special kind of anxiety I feel sitting in a room full of students, suspended in the silence between a professor’s question and the first raised hand. As I’ve spent the past week preparing to teach a class as part of Tufts’ Explorations program — a part of our Experimental College in which upper-level students instruct incoming first-years about a topic of their choice and help them adjust to college — I’ve been thinking, and worrying, about that dreaded silence. Why, in so many classrooms full of skilled learners, is this such a familiar phenomenon?

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Pop Princess 101: Sabrina Carpenter’s new album isn’t the feminist serve you think it is

By Olivia Zambrano | September 2

The media that individuals consume dictates their views on society. The average individual sees more than 5,000 advertisements per day, each of which has the power to shape their beliefs, attitudes and expectations. Hence, it’s imperative that popular media uplifts marginalized groups, rather than confining them to stereotypes that can normalize sexism, racism or homophobia. Gender stereotypes have persisted in popular media, from sexist portrayals of women in 20th century advertisements to their depictions in movies and music today. Although the representation of empowered women has increased, gender-restrictive stereotypes and the objectification of women are still prominent in popular media today.

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Guest

Op-ed: ‘Even God cannot hear us here’: What I witnessed inside an ICE women’s prison

By Rumeysa Ozturk | July 17

On a Tuesday in March, I had spent most of my day working on my dissertation proposal and started to feel exhausted and hungry. It was the holy month of Ramadan, and I was fasting. Once finished, I quickly got ready to attend an iftar dinner, throwing on my hoodie, sweatpants and a jersey headscarf — definitely not a day for being fancy. I was looking forward to taking a short walk and catching up with friends at the Interfaith Center, when I was suddenly surrounded and grabbed by a swarm of masked individuals, who handcuffed me and shoved me into an unmarked car.

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Guest

Letter from the Editor in Chief: Congratulations, Class of 2025

By Arghya Thallapragada | May 16

Dear Class of 2025 and the Tufts community, congratulations on an impressive finish to your undergraduate journey here at Tufts. All of your hard work has culminated in this moment of celebration and accomplishment. Your contributions over the years, in the classroom, on the field and in the studio, have enriched the Tufts community and our collegiate experience. Thank you.

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Column

The Conversation: Tufts has been tough. Will you be?

By Evan Wang and Sadie Roraback-Meagher | May 16

Sadie Roraback-Meagher: Heya Evan! Evan Wang: Hey, Sadie. How’s your semester winding down? Sadie: “Winding” doesn’t seem very fitting. A better question would be: How is it crashing down in flames? Evan: Wow, I sure am going to miss your pessimism this summer. What will I do ...

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