Opinion

Cartoon: Spring is here!

Op-Ed: A call for community engagement this April

Come April, Tufts students kick into high gear. There are performances every weekend, all the work we’ve been procrastinating all semester comes to a head, and of course Quidditch Nationals overshadow all other athletic endeavors. TCU Senate elections for the next academic year also take place in ...

Red Star: Defending the indefensible

Some have spent the last few years attempting to make solidarity with Palestine a crime. But any time a democracy bulldozes villages, unjustly imprisons teens and plans to deport refugees, one has a right to protest its actions.Of course, you can bomb apartments, shell civilians and violate international ...

Editorial: Ellen Kullman is a bizarre choice for commencement speaker

The 2018 Commencement Ceremony features Tufts Alumna Ellen J. Kullman (E ‘78). Kullman is renowned for her tenure as the CEO and Chair of DowDuPont Inc., formerly known as DuPont, the world’s largest chemical corporation. She appeared in Fortune Magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business,” ...

Cartoon: Spring is here!

Looking Out: Statues

On High Street, above the entrance of Oxford's constituent college Oriel, there is a detailed, life-size statue of Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes is a notorious racist, imperialist and colonizer who personally brought anguish to millions in Southern Africa, most of all in Rhodesia, a colony that bore his ...

Editorial: TCU Senate should not vote on student compensation resolution

On April 8, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate will hear "A Resolution Calling on Tufts to Compensate Student Leaders."The proposal aims to make student leadership roles more accessible to all students by expanding the scope of the current stipend system. While making leadership roles ...

Cartoon: Chez Geese

Anita's Angle: Facebook and the 'post-truth' era

This past week, Facebook’s market value dropped by $58 billion as it was revealed that the data of 50 million users was wrongfully obtained and misused by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Although Facebook has had many scrapes with the laws on privacy, including a consent decree ...

Cartoon: The problematic nihilism in artistic and literary sarcasm & critiques

The 617: Fight for $15

The fight for a higher minimum wage engulfs cities and states across the country. With the federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour, city and state municipalities have taken it upon themselves to set more livable minimum wages for their citizens. Massachusetts is tied for the second highest minimum wage ...

Op-Ed: The Observer, Alex Jones and the danger of conspiracy

Alex Jones is a despicable human being. In 2014, he infamously accused the government of staging the shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut as a way to advance gun control policy. For years, he has touted that the government has poisoned the water we drink and the food we eat. He ...

Red Star: Centrism: A disease of the heart

Twice in 20 years, a president rose to power without the democratic backing of the American people. Twice, the opposition party failed to fight.Twice, the centrists warned us to be civil, to listen, to give the billionaires, the generals, the oil men and the real estate developers a chance to raise ...

Editorial: Orientation should include resource training

Pre-orientation programs are beginning to prepare for the class of 2022.Last month, FOCUS co-ordinators announced that they will partner with Tisch College to encourage continued community service after the program ends, and the Office for Student Success and Advising is developing a new program called ...

Cartoon: Easter woes

Editorial: Tufts should increase access to free menstrual products

On this year's International Women’s Day, the Tufts chapter of Strong Women, Strong Girls and Brandless, an online grocery store retailer, gave out free tampons and panty liners in the lobby of Dewick. The event was part of a national campaign, taking place from Tulane to UC Berkeley. After ...

Looking Out: Selfishness Won’t Save Us

Last semester, I went to an event at Oxford organized by The Economist called “The Future of Work.” This title has become shorthand for nebulous concepts such as “the AI/Automation revolution” and how they might lead to a mass chronic unemployment in the near future. I have had a keen interest ...

Cartoon: Monday blues

Cartoon: The New Little Mermaid

Op-Ed: Prepared for the worst

The cafeteria was crowded with students enjoying lunch between summer exams. In an instant, a bomb concealed in a bag left near a table exploded, tearing flesh from limbs. Corpses lay on the floor, while survivors wailed, covered in blood. Seven people were killed, including five Americans; about 80 ...