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Ellora Onion-De

Associate Editor

Ellora Onion-De is the Daily's associate editor. She has previously served as executive features editor. She is a sophomore studying international relations and can be reached at ellora.onion_de@tufts.edu.

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Features

Ashley Rose Salomon on what restorative practices mean today

By Ellora Onion-De | April 17

Open, vulnerable, listening and connection.These are the words that come to mind when senior Sophia Christodoulou, co-president of The Petey Greene Program at Tufts, thinks of a restorative practice circle. The Petey Greene Program is a national organization that partners with carceral facilities and reentry programs to provide education to people who are either currently or formerly incarcerated in the United States.Christodoulou, as co-president of the PGP branch at Tufts, felt inspired to organize a restorative practice circle event for the student tutors who go into local facilities.After meeting Ashley Rose Salomon,Tufts’ restorative practices program director, at an event centered on restorative justice,Christodoulou knew she wanted to bring in Salomon to lead a circle with PGP.

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Tinashe to headline Spring Fling 2025, Quinn XCII and Hot Chelle Rae to open

By Ellora Onion-De, Liam Chalfonte and Odessa Gaines | March 12

Tinashe, Quinn XCII and Hot Chelle Rae will perform at Spring Fling, the Tufts University Social Collective announced on Wednesday. The concert will take place on April 26 at 12:30 p.m. on the Academic Quad. The headliner, Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe, who performs just under her first name, is known for hit songs “Nasty” and “2 On (feat. ScHoolboy Q).” She also recently appeared on the song “B2b featuring tinashe” from Charli XCX’s remix album “Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat.” Tinashe previously headlined Spring Fling in 2017, though she was originally set to be an opener. She stepped in after T-Pain cancelled due to the performance conflicting with his son’s birthday.

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Features

Unpacking the TikTok non-ban ban

By Ellora Onion-De | February 7

TikTok shut down access to its 170 million American users on Jan. 18, hours before a Supreme Court ruling upholding aCongress-passed ban of the app was set to take place. “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate Tiktok once he takes office,” a message on the app read. Less than a day after the shutdown, the app abruptly restored service, this time thanking President Donald Trump for his efforts to get TikTok back online.

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Features

Farming for a future

By Ellora Onion-De | April 17

Daniela Aldrich was living in New York City as a professional ballerina and had just finished apprenticing with the NYC Ballet when she began to feel disillusioned with the idea of a ballet career and yearned to go back to school. So Aldrich attended Dickinson College and during her time there, studied abroad in Brazil. While in Brazil she got to know local farmers and realized she wanted to make a career in farming. New Entry Sustainable Farming Project provided Aldrich with the opportunity to do just that.

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Features

Tufts student group finds inspiration building water project in Malawi

By Ellora Onion-De | March 13

This past summer, six members of Tufts’ Engineers Without Borders traveled to Solomoni village in Malawi to install a water tower system at the Chigumukire primary and secondary schools. The new system provides running water to the schools, so the facilities now feature sinks as well as showers. This allows students to practice better hygiene — and also enables them to conduct experiments in their science laboratory.

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Features

What’s behind course registration frustrations?

By Ellora Onion-De | February 14

A key, and sometimes frustrating, aspect of a Tufts student’s experience is using SIS, the Student Information System. Students must navigate this system to access services like academic transcripts and bills. Most critically, SIS provides the interface for students to sign up for courses every semester. For many, this can be a stressful process — so stressful that SIS becomes the target of student ire and anxiety. But here’s the disappointing news: There’s no single system to blame.

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