A looming Trump presidency marks the end of the colorblind fallacy that flourished in the wake of the 2008 election, Obama as a symbol of “post-racial” America. Although Greek organizations have become easy targets as last vestiges of institutional racism in an otherwise racially egalitarian society, it is more accurate to treat them as the
Tag: Issue 6 Spring 2016
When walking up the final flight of the Tisch Library stairs a few weeks ago, students were greeted by the view of a behemoth steel column rising over Medford. The usually unobstructed space between East and Braker Halls was filled by one of Tufts’ newest construction projects—a power plant—when it reached a large milestone in
“The administration”—it’s a term we Tufts students throw around almost daily. Some use it resentfully, some warily, and some admittedly without knowing much about it. Others use it endearingly, thinking of the dean who helped them withdraw from a class or made Tufts feel more like home. Many Tufts students also seem very confused about
On the afternoon of March 31, 2016 the newest, and reportedly most diverse class of Jumbos in over a decade, opened their acceptance letters. Tufts’ official website, TuftsNow reported that 34 percent of the admitted class are domestic students of color and 11 percent are international students. Despite this increase in regional and racial diversity,
For $3,100, you can buy a used car, 1,330 slices of pizza, or pay the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan. Many students perceive New York City to be the reigning post-graduation destination. But with once-affordable neighborhoods rapidly gentrifying, the question is: how can the city halt the ever-worsening housing crisis at
Last summer, a team at New York’s Mount Sinai hospital led by Rachel Yehuda published a study on transmission of trauma across generations. What they found flies in the face of scientific convention: the trauma experienced by a group of Holocaust survivors had been encoded in the genes of their children—trauma that was experienced before
Even the occasional football player in Dewick has put down his fork in defeat, unable to finish what’s in front of him. It’s easy to see how Tufts students could be tempted to put too much on their plates—on any given night in the Tufts dining halls, students are presented with vegan options, vegetarian options,
“Chen nainai, I bought you some dinner that my mother prepared.” The words puffed out of my mouth and into the cold. Mother warned me she probably wouldn’t respond. Go in anyways. There was no lock on the door of her house. The piece of wood barely fit into the door frame, too swollen on
When Leonardo DiCaprio accepted his highly anticipated Oscar this year, he didn’t deliver a typical acceptance spiel, thanking everyone who made his win possible. Instead, he used this 45-second platform to send an important message to all 34.3 million viewers: global warming is real. “Making The Revenant was about man’s relationship to the natural world. A world
Curious, You’ll never know How resonant the sound How fitting, profound– Those words in the wind You said just listen, just read It’s now the only air I breathe Curious In the ground at twenty-seven, Leagues under Leaving me to wonder At peace, Scott-free, Those words unsaid And dirt beneath my feet How
“Don’t be a weak little bitch.” Did I just think that? About myself? I had been tense and frustrated while arguing with my significant other, the kind of fight where the two of you decide to take space, saying “FINE”—outwardly defiant, but inwardly feeling lonely. We collided with each other in the Campus Center, and
The average student walking around the Tufts Art Gallery parking lot, just behind Jackson Gym, may never guess that they are passing over a fault line that runs under the campus. Students may notice an outcropping of rust-colored rock, marked by an unassuming silver sign that reads, “Tufts Quartzite.” This exposed rock is tilted to