On April 11, seniorRachel Bennett and sophomoresJustin Robbins and Aaron Herman spoke about having autism at Tufts in a panel hosted by the Coalition for Autism Support (CAST).The panel, entitled “But You Seem So Normal’: A Panel about Autism at Tufts,” was moderated by CAST member Sarah Gottlieb, who ...
Sophomore Umar Shareef stands in the main room of the Interfaith Center on on the afternoon of Friday, March 27. Behind him, four rows of men -- comprised of both Tufts students and community members -- stand shoulder-to-shoulder, barefoot on the red carpets that cover the floor. Two rows of women, ...
This is the second part of a series about students on the autism spectrum at Tufts. To read the first part, click here.For Aaron Herman, Rachel Bennett and Justin Robbins, three Tufts students with autism spectrum disorders who are members of the Coalition for Autism Support at Tufts (CAST), the ...
This is the first article in a two-part series on students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at Tufts. Six students sit around a table in the Mayer Campus Center on a Friday evening, fiercely debating. The topics at hand include a2008 Pentagon reportclaiming that Vladimir Putin has Asperger’s ...
Late on the night of Monday, Nov. 24, junior A.J. Enchill was watching the news following the Missouri grand jury’s non-indictment of white police officer Darren Wilson, who shot unarmed black teen Michael Brown in Ferguson on Aug. 9. Hundreds of people in Ferguson, Mo. were pouring into the streets ...
Over 100 students came together on Wednesday night for an open group meeting called “#BlackLivesMatter / Tufts Community Town Hall Meeting: Mobilizing for #IndictAmerica & Ferguson Aftermath," in Alumnae Lounge.The meeting was part of a series of actions this week, organized by a group of ...
