Opinion

Editorial

Nader's presidential bid is misguided

February 26

Ralph Nader has thrown his hat into the election ring, where, presumably, it will sit like the old, irrelevant, misguided artifact it has become.

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Editorial

After transition, colleges should view Cuba as academic opportunity

February 25

Raúl Castro became president of Cuba on Sunday. Though many opponents of former President Fidel Castro lament the choice of his brother as the new leader, the change still has some potential to change students' academic lives.

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Editorial

Sternberg's potential departure would be a big loss for Tufts

February 24

The news that Dean of Arts & Sciences Robert Sternberg may leave his post after only three years on the Hill is sad indeed. In his short time here, Sternberg has not only effected valuable changes within the university but also made an effort to connect with the student body, making himself a known and approachable figure on the Hill.

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Editorial

After Castro, U.S. needs to rethink Cuba policies

February 20

On Feb. 19, Fidel Castro stepped down from his post as president of Cuba. The Marxist revolutionary outlasted nine U.S. presidents and survived numerous CIA-sponsored assassination attempts (from the Bay of Pigs in 1961 to an attempt to present him with a fungus-ridden skin-diving suit in 1963), and the United States has spent nearly his entire tenure in a state of embargo against Cuba. Now that Castro has stepped aside, it seems an appropriate moment to discuss the future of the U.S.-Cuba relationship - a relationship that has remained largely static for more than 40 years.

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Editorial

What good is the Advisory Committee without the ability to advise?

February 19

On Jan. 23, the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility had its first meeting.

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Editorial

NIU shooting hits close to home for Tufts

February 18

The tragic shootings at Virginia Tech last year were a wake-up call to college students across the country. But in Medford, we could at least take some level of comfort from the fact that Tufts is really not that similar a university to Virginia Tech.

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Editorial

Edwards should follow his heart, not his ego, as he prepares to endorse

February 13

Love is a very fickle emotion. During most of the 2008 presidential primaries, former Sen. John Edwards was cordial, even affectionate towards Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). It was assumed that the eventual backing of Obama by Edwards was a virtual certainty.

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Editorial

Senate's judicial review proposal will help protect falsely accused students

February 12

On Sunday the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate passed a resolution calling for the creation of a judicial review board to review academic dishonesty cases. Students and TCU senators had been calling for reforms after freshman Steven Li, who was suspended for academic dishonesty, said he was denied a hearing during his case because there was irrefutable evidence against him.

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Editorial

America should be sure to find justice for accused Sept. 11 attackers

February 11

Nearly seven years after Sept. 11, those allegedly responsible for planning the attacks will finally be brought to trial after the U.S. government brought a total of 169 charges against six Guantánamo Bay prisoners this week.

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Editorial

Morals aside, educating illegal immigrants' children makes economic sense

February 10

Governor Deval Patrick's initiative to allow in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants has ruffled more than a few feathers. Patrick's plan would circumvent the state legislature, which shot down a similar proposal three years ago, by going directly to a vote from the state Board of Higher Education.

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Editorial

Editorial| | With students' privacy only partially restored, further protection is necessary

February 6

Don't worry, Jumbos, the Big Brother you probably didn't even know was watching won't be peering over your shoulder for much longer - at least, not as closely as he used to peer.

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Editorial

Choosing is a challenge, but voting should be easy

February 5

The governor of New Jersey had to wait to vote because machines weren't working at his polling place. A woman in Chicago was told she wouldn't be able to vote because only one of five election judges was present; her situation was only resolved when Oprah Winfrey heard the tale and stopped by to make sure the woman was able to vote.

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Editorial

Vote in this historic election

February 4

Well, Tufts, it's finally here.

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Editorial

Republican Endorsement

February 3

Hollywood's portrayal of the U.S. president has always depicted the commander in chief as an impossibly heroic, patriotic warrior. The past eight years have probably made most Americans sigh with longing for the likes of Bill Pullman, Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford to be installed in the Oval Office.

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Editorial

Democratic Endorsement

February 3

As the presidential election of 2008 draws near, we are standing at an extraordinary moment in American history. In the Democratic primary, the party will make history no matter which candidate represents it in the fall.

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Editorial

For the sake of their party, Republicans must find common ground

January 30

Two days ago, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani's once-mighty presidential campaign collapsed in Florida as he received an anemic 15 percent of the vote in his alleged firewall state. Though "America's Mayor" once enjoyed a relatively healthy national lead, his campaign's demise was less a fiery flameout than the sad deflation of a birthday balloon that everyone had forgotten was still floating around.

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Editorial

Rhetoric can't conceal Bush's lack of commitment to education

January 29

President Bush used the majority of Monday's State of the Union address to talk about issues in the economy, congressional earmarks and national security.

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Editorial

Bacow should tread carefully with student speech task force

January 28

Last year, the Committee on Student Life (CSL) found Tufts' conservative magazine The Primary Source guilty of harassing students with the publication of a satirical Christmas carol parody, entitled "O Come All Ye Black Folk," and a subsequent piece about Islamic extremism.

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Editorial

On the campaign trail, Bill Clinton should keep his mouth shut

January 27

In any race for a presidential nomination, a certain amount of mudslinging between candidates is to be expected. What's not to be expected, however, is mudslinging between a candidate and another candidate's spouse.

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Editorial

Coat hangers and flags oversimplify abortion

January 23

This week, Tufts organizations in favor of and opposed to abortion rights commemorated the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade by staging demonstrations on both sides of the issue. VOX, Tufts' pro-choice activist group, set up a display of wire coat hangers to represent the women who would have died as a result of unsafe illegal abortions had Roe not been decided in their favor. Jumbos for Life, the pro-life group, presented a display of one thousand pink and blue flags to mourn the lives that never came to pass.

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