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Sanya Bandekar

Contributing Features Writer

Sanya Bandekar is a contributing writer for the features section of the Daily. Sanya is a first-year who has not yet declared a major and can be reached at Sanya.Bandekar@tufts.edu.

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New cannon repainting policy leaves students confused, conflicted

By Sanya Bandekar | January 15

Between Goddard Chapel and Ballou Hall, overlooking President’s Lawn, stands the Tufts cannon. This piece of history is constantly adorned with political, cultural and prideful messaging painted by student groups, making it a centerpiece of free speech on campus. Yet, at the start of the 2025–26 academic year, the decades-old tradition of ‘painting the cannon’ embraced a new policy.

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Features

Exploring Trader Joe’s fall items

By Sanya Bandekar | October 24

As the air turns crisp and bright leaves fall from the trees lining President’s Lawn, a familiar taste of cinnamon, maple and chai — and perhaps some notes of consumerism — fills the aisles of a fan-favorite grocery store: Trader Joe’s. 

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