Satire: Tufts Adopts Position of Institutional Lethality
Earlier this year, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the Department of War would restrict academic ties with Tufts University, along with nearly two dozen other top universities. Military fellowships at Tufts have been cancelled for the next academic year amid the department’s campaign against anti-American values. Mr. Hegseth said that the universities have […]
Con: Are Trump’s Means in Venezuela Justifiable?
The justification for the United States’ arrest and capture of Venezuelan President Nicholás Maduro bears an eerie resemblance to that of the Iraq War. President Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 15, 2025, designating the illicit drug fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD), an infamous phrase used by the Bush administration to […]
Pro: Are Trump’s Means in Venezuela Justifiable?
On January 3, my corner of the country woke up overjoyed upon hearing the news of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s capture. However, it soon became clear to me that this reaction was far from universal. Indeed, the disquiet here at Tufts is a world apart from the jubilation of my native Miami. Therefore, I thought […]
Disciplinary Impasse: Tufts’s Response to Off-Campus Misconduct
On October 7, 2025, a pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Boston turned violent. Two Tufts students were among 13 attendees who were charged with crimes related to the damage of police vehicles and assaulting an officer. Four months later, Tufts appears to have not brought the case to disciplinary review. Tufts students Roder Atwood and Benjamin […]
A Private Eye to Public Service: The State’s Differing Definitions of Service
On January 20th, 2025, the inauguration of Donald J. Trump signified more than just the passing of a Democratic to Republican administration; it initiated a reevaluation of not only the composition of federal bureaucracy but also the expression of American values and what constitutes public service. From 2022 to 2023, I served as a remote […]
Brat Summer vs. MAGA Winter: Capturing Campus Sentiment
Most college students experience only one presidential election as undergraduates, so the Tribune decided to register this generation-defining moment. Our reporters gauged campus enthusiasm before and after the 2024 election with the intent of attending the inauguration—no matter the victor—to compare the environments. As students escaped the waning summer heat to fill the seats of […]
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 […]