Letter from the Editor (May 2026)
Dear Reader, I write to you now, at the close of The Tufts Tribune’s sophomore year, with both the same cautious optimism and sober resolve that we began the year with. Let us set our lands in order. This year, our team did a lot. We broke news on a new Tufts policy, designed in […]
Con: Does Tufts Need “Viewpoint Diversity”?
At first glance, the push for “viewpoint diversity” seems like a noble endeavor. Who wouldn’t want more diverse voices to have a place in academic discourse? But in fact, this is a Trojan horse, a thin facade that hides an attack on the fundamental tenets of university education. Let me explain. The push for “viewpoint […]
Pro: Does Tufts Need “Viewpoint Diversity”?
The Foundation for Individual Rights Expression (FIRE) has identified that there are 16.52 liberal students for every one conservative student at Tufts. That is, conservatives make up roughly 6% of the student body. In a 200-person lecture, there would be 12 conservative students on average. Would you feel comfortable raising your hand? On campus, the […]
Letter From the Editors (October 2025)
“If the opinion is right, [we] are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth; if wrong, [we] lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth produced by its collision with error.” —John Stuart Mill, On Liberty We at The Tufts Tribune believe in the sacrosanctity […]
The Cannon: A Beacon for Free Speech at Tufts University
Free speech is once again in peril at Tufts. From students cowed into self-censorship to administrators fearing federal repercussions, both internal and external forces stifle discourse on campus. For over 70 years, Tufts has maintained a ballast against these forces: the Cannon. Since 1956, when the Medford Historical Society gifted this replica of the U.S.S. […]
Latest Insights on Rumeysa Ozturk’s Detention and Activism
As of the writing of this letter, we still don’t know what exactly Rumeysa Ozturk is accused of doing. What we do know is that prior to her detention by ICE officers on March 25, Ozturk’s sparse record of public activism included co-authoring an opinion piece for The Tufts Daily, in which she called on […]
The High Stakes of Political Discourse at Tufts: Engage or Detach?
While 63.6% of college students in 2021 believed the political and social climate on their campus prevented people from freely expressing themselves, Tufts professors disagree over how student political discourse has changed in the last few decades. Still, faculty remain committed to the delicate balancing act of re-incorporating students who feel alienated by the fraught […]