There is always a spattering of stories during adda, sitting around the kitchen table at home long after the food is gone, painted in that rosy hue of memory that always comes with the retellings of moments that have long passed. The anecdotes will stretch as far back as the marsh green village my nana
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How religion and science can work in unison I was always equipped with apologies and explanations following terror attacks. Growing up in a town where I was the only Muslim student in my class year, I was well-acquainted with rapid speed “Q&As about Islam.” I believed that my purpose as a Muslim growing up in
“Our military can help lead the fight in combating climate change.” Elizabeth Warren declared this last Spring while introducing her co-written Bill, the Defense Climate Resiliency and Readiness Act, with Texas Representative Veronica Escobar. It would require the Pentagon to achieve net-zero carbon energy for “non-combat bases,” alongside other proposals intending to “harden the US
There is a white sign in a black frame in the entryway of the Medford Tufts University Art Gallery that reads: “Exhibition Content Warning: Please be advised this gallery contains artwork that references gun violence.” The sign refers to the Sanford Biggers BAM series, an exhibition that aims to memorialize and honor unarmed Black victims
I happened upon data disaggregation because I felt marginalized during class discussions on race that perpetuated the Model Minority Myth. These discussions invalidated my experience as a person of color, and I set out to research what it meant to be Asian American in a foundationally White institution. My research fundamentally changed how I view
“Political work does not always need to be set to the speed of emergency, or to historical time…At times political work looks like a hushed subject submerged under water in a cramped bathtub; still and patient, this human learns to wade or wade against the political current. At other times this human rises from the
A previous version of this article made two errors. Three extraneous words were misattributed to the original Tufts Daily article: “an outside perspective is not as useful as a native one when seeking a deep dive into these cultures.” Additionally, the previous version stated that the original Daily article did not mention the South Asian
I applied to Tufts at 18 years-old because I was excited by the prospect of attending “one of the top LGBTQ campuses” in the country, an honor that the institution is constantly touting in its promotional materials and on its website. But within my first week at Tufts, I realized that I felt othered by
Author’s Notes ————- Writer #1: As a student who calls Hong Kong home, seeing my city paralyzed by protests has been hard to watch from afar. But I completely understand the necessity of these protests. It has been inspiring to see people of all professions and classes gain an understanding of the imbalanced nature of
CW: Sexual assault People from Delaware love to talk about Delaware. It’s not even just those, like me, who have escaped from Delaware, who love talking about Delaware. When I’m home (in Delaware), I am always amazed by how much pride people have for our state. When I moved from a small state to a
When I was seven years old, my dad drove me to my elementary school at the bright hour of 7 a.m., almost two hours before school began. He parked his car and walked me down a dimly light hallway to the opposite end of the school building, where I entered a room of elementary-aged White
Action for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP) was formed in 2013 when the US Department of Education found Tufts University to be in violation of Title IX, a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the “basis of sex… under any education program or activity.” Tufts was failing to appropriately handle sexual assault cases on campus—cases were