United States
Tufts University Class of 2019
BA American Studies, Minor in English
On the afternoon of Tuesday, February 12, Tufts students received a community message from President Monaco describing some "profoundly disturbing and hurtful" posters discovered on the exterior of the Granoff Family Hillel Center.
I think we need to start with “thank u, next.” It’s set more than a few records, including Ari’s first number one single on Billboard. Honestly, what she’s doing is ingenious. She knows exactly how to play into pop meme culture.
Visiting Disablity Studies lecturer Lydia X. Z. Brown, otherwise known as Autistic Hoya, defines ableism as the “oppression, prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination against Disabled people,” in addition to the belief that non-Disabled people’s lives are superior, have a better quality of life, or have lives that are more valuable than Disabled people’s lives.
My mother took me to my first live concert when I was eight or nine years old. We saw Sweet Honey in the Rock perform at Boston Symphony Hall.
Last academic year The New York Times published an article showing that 77 percent of students at Tufts come from the top 20 percent.
Young people in this country are in a moment of crisis, and have been for some time, but no one is talking about it.
The hostile environment towards Palestine and Palestinians at Tufts and other schools threatens the academic freedom and inclusive community that a university strives to foster.