Megan Szostak

Arts

Weekender: Alt-pop hot rod Dayglow runs the bedroom pop world

By Megan Szostak and Michael Friedman | March 17

For alt-pop sensation Sloan Struble, aka “Dayglow,” everything is ‘fair game’ when it comes to making music. The 22-year-oldsinging, songwriting and producing triple threat propelled to virality as a teenager with the release of his debut album “Fuzzybrain” (2018) and has amassed nearly 7.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify since then. Infectious melodies and colorful harmonies seem to pour out of Struble’s (not-so) fuzzy brain and will soon spill onto the Academic Quad in a highly anticipated performance at the university’s Spring Fling concert.

Arts

Florence Price’s compositions still ring in modern ears

By Megan Szostak | March 15

Racial bias and misogyny are endemic in the practice and performance of classical music and have restricted many great talents from making their way into the classical canon. Florence Price (1887–1953) was one such musician whose compositions were celebrated during her lifetime but have since fallen into regrettable obscurity.

Arts

Weekender: Revival of Tufts musical theater continues with 'Spring Awakening'

By Megan Szostak | March 4

Content warning: this article mentions abuse, sexual assault, abortion and suicide.

News

Student conduct violations increase significantly during COVID-19 pandemic

By Rebecca Barker and Megan Szostak | December 10

The Dean of Student Affairs Office released itsannual report detailing community standards violations of the 2020–2021 academic year last week, including 2,058 alleged violations of the Fall 2020 Campus Guide. Tufts' current report lists 2,056 violations due to an error and will be updated shortly, according to Lindsay Ferguson, Tufts’ assistant director of community standards. The document, which summarizes complaints against undergraduate students, graduate students and student organizations across the School of Arts & Sciences, the School of Engineering and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, disclosed 3,994 allegations of overall misconduct during the 2020–21 academic year.

Arts

Weekender: 3Ps dives into harsh realities of teenage life in ‘Dry Land’

By Megan Szostak | December 9

Content warning: This article discusses abortion and trauma, and mentions sexual harassment.

Arts

SMFA’s Artists of Color Union deconstructs identity, constructs community

By Megan Szostak | December 6

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts is more racially diverse than the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering, but white students still make up the plurality of those enrolled. The Artists of Color Union (ACU) at the SMFA seeks to center the experiences of artists of color at the SMFA and at Tufts, and provides a space for artists to connect with and support one another.

Theater

Weekender: Student-written musical 'Almanac' to be produced by theater department

By Megan Szostak | October 28

Content warning: This article mentions police violence.

Music

Tufts to hear the people sing (and play winds and brass) once more

By Megan Szostak | September 8

For the first time in over a year, all musical ensembles at Tufts University will return to in-person modalities with full participation this semester. Vocalists, winds and brass players, whose participation in ensembles was restricted during the 2020–21 academic year, will be required to wear instrument-specific personal protection equipment; all such PPE will be provided by the Department of Music to any student who wishes to participate in an ensemble or engage in solo practice.