Tufts Observer (2026)

12/05/2026

“Beyond the innovative educational experience the ExCollege provides to students, the program also serves as a way to integrate transformative (and sometimes controversial) political and social conversations into Tufts classrooms. This reality is integral to the ExCollege’s history.”

The Ex-College: Classes on the Periphery
By Gigi Applebaum

Print Design by Radhika Yeddanapudi
Graphic Design by Caroline Choi

ID: 1) On the first slide, historical drawings of people with traditional clothing, feathers, and coverings are scattered across a beige background. A bar in the top third of the slide is tinted blue-green. The words “The Ex-College Classes on the Periphery” appear in deeper blue-green. “By Gigi Applebaum” in red text below in the same bar.

2) On the second slide, the legs and feet of the same archival drawings coming in from the top. A blue-green tinted square sits in the center with the words “Beyond the innovative educational experience the ExCollege provides to students, the program also serves as a way to integrate transformative (and sometimes controversial) political and social conversations into Tufts classrooms. This reality is integral to the ExCollege’s history” on top. The background is beige as well.

06/05/2026

“If a summer’s love fades and leaves you uncertain,
Find it in yourself to be free of its burden
Don’t grab at wilted leaves in hopes that they’ll rise from the dead”

summers’ leavings by Kate Castlebury

Print Design by Ella Hubbard
Graphic Design by Caleb Nagel

ID: 1) White text in the center left of four symmetrical paintings of peaches reads “summers’ leavings,” from the Poetry & Prose section of Peripheral, the latest issue of the Tufts Observer. In the paintings, there are three peaches with a green stem running through the center of all three. A transparent white text box contains black text reading “by Kate Castlebury,” the author of the piece.
2) The same paintings of peaches are in the background. A transparent white text box reads “If a summer’s love fades and leaves you uncertain, / Find it in yourself to be free of its burden / Don’t grab at wilted leaves in hopes that they’ll rise from the dead,” a quote from the article.

02/05/2026

“While both Strasser and Schildkraut emphasized that it is still too early to tell how the Trump administration’s sometimes amiable, sometimes harsh, but always present relationship with media ownership will affect Americans’ news in the long run, they agree that worrying trends are being started.”

Playing the Trump Card
By Ben Maughan

Art by Maria Sokolowski
Print Design by Madoka Sho
Graphic Design by Caroline Choi

ID: 1) On the first slide, a painting depicting a man’s face wearing reflective glasses and a suit behind a big camera lens as he stares directly forward. The painting is red with black and white. A stretched out octagon in the center with white text that reads “Playing the Trump Card” and a thinner octagon below reads “By Ben Maughan”

2) On the second slide, the painting from the first slide continues in the background to show more of the camera and its reels. A red square sits in the center and has white text that reads “While both Strasser and Schildkraut emphasized that it is still too early to tell how the Trump administration’s sometimes amiable, sometimes harsh, but always present relationship with media ownership will affect Americans’ news in the long run, they agree that worrying trends are being started.”

01/05/2026

“Sometimes, it can feel like you’ve been stationed on the periphery…when, in reality, you’re the one who put you there.”
“Tulips are my favorite flower, so why did they change them my senior spring? Why aren’t they here to wish me goodbye?”
“Beyond how intriguing these dialogues…have been, they’ve also reminded me that I am not alone.”
“But at the Observer we’ve learned that our differences in vision are strength…other times you need to squint to see the whole picture.”

Letters From the Editors By Caroline Lloyd-Jones, Sofia Valdebenito, Ela Nalbantoglu, Meg Duncan & Katie Ogden

Print Design by Meg Duncan
Graphic Design by Caleb Nagel

ID: 1) Black text in the top left of a teal background reads “Letters from the Editors”. A hand drawn eye is in the center of the page. Text reads “By Caroline Lloyd-Jones, Sofia Valdebenito, Ela Nalbantoglu, Meg Duncan & Katie Ogden,” the authors of the piece.
2) A solid teal background with a quote reads “Sometimes, it can feel like you’ve been stationed on the periphery, like your life is careening by before your eyes with no intention of slowing, when, in reality, you’re the one who put you there.” Immediately to the right, green slightly curved text reads “Caroline Lloyd-Jones,” the author of the quotations. White text in the bottom right reads “Tulips are my favorite flower, so why did they change them my senior spring? Why aren’t they here to wish me goodbye?” Directly to the right, green text reads “Sofia Valdebenito,” the author of the quotation.

3) A white teal background with a quotation in the top left reads “Beyond how intriguing these dialogues (like hello, Socratic seminars) have been, they’ve also reminded me that I am not alone.” Text reads “Ela Nalbantoglu,” the author of the quotations. Text in bottom right notes, “But at the Observer we’ve learned that our differences in vision are strength. Sometimes details are seen clearly, while other times you need to squint to see the whole picture.” Directly to the right, reads “Meg Duncan and Katie Ogden,” the authors of the quotation.

01/05/2026

3) A white teal background with a blue quotation in the top left reads “Beyond how intriguing these dialogues (like hello, Socratic seminars) have been, they’ve also reminded me that I am not alone.” Immediately to the right, green text reads “Ela Nalbantoglu,” the author of the quotations. Blue text in the bottom right reads “But at the Observer we’ve learned that our differences in vision are strength. Sometimes details are seen clearly, while other times you need to squint to see the whole picture.” Directly to the right, green text reads “Meg Duncan and Katie Ogden,” the authors of the quotation. Another black hand-drawn eye is visible right above the text.

11/04/2026

“i raised your hand in mine
to study your freckles,
your childhood scars,
like i was making a
toast to something.”

Playing Triptych
By Olivia Kim

Art by Greta Magary
Print Design by Madison Clowes
Graphic Design by Carson Komishane

ID: 1) On the first slide, an image is depicted of a girl running in a field surrounded by flowers. In the middle of the image is the title and author of the piece, “Playing Triptych By Olivia Kim”

2) On the second slide, the same image is depicted of the girl running with a lower opacity. In the middle of the picture reads a quote from the article,
“i raised your hand in mine
to study your freckles,
your childhood scars,
like i was making a
toast to something.”

10/04/2026

“How could he know what room I’m in, is he listening?
Ear to the glass—can he hear me? Can he tell what I’m thinking? Is he reading this? ”

Walt Whitman Panopticon
by Sam Stearns

Art by Anastasia Pak
Print Design by Emma Selesnick
Graphic Design by Caleb Nagel

ID: 1) Centered on the top half of the page, red text with a yellow background reads “Walt Whitman Panopticon,” the title of a piece in the latest issue of the Tufts Observer. In the lower right corner, yellow text with a red outline reads “By Sam Stearns,” the author of the piece. The background features a gray cushion and green stems with red and pink flowers at the top of the page and in the bottom right. In the bottom left hand corner, tan abstract feet belonging to a figure can be seen.
2) The same red text with a yellow outline on the left side of the page reads “How could he know what room I’m in, is he listening? Ear to the glass—can he hear me? Can he tell what I’m thinking? Is he reading this?” a quote from the piece. In the background, the top half of a dark-haired woman wearing a white dress sleeps on a wavy gray surface in the center of the page. In her hand is another stem with a pink flower like on the first slide.

10/04/2026

“...besides the shoulder-like aluminium protrusion, there is also a torso of PVC, concrete-like digits, and sinews of woven threads that form a machine allegedly capable, in conjunction with the other 7,011 Cobots, of finding suitable evidence for the existence of the Higgs Boson energy field.”

Machine with Boy with Machine
by James Urquhart

Art by Anastasia Pak
Print Design by Urja Parekh
Graphic Design by Caroline Lloyd-Jones

ID: 1) On the first slide, a drawing depicts a swirling pattern of blue and brown mushrooms and yellow-green fiddleheads in front of a gray, almost rocky background. Teal tentacles wrap across the top and bottom of the drawing. A yellow, semi-transparent rectangle obscures the image, with white, bold text that says “Machine with Boy with Machine” in the top left corner and “by James Urquhart” in the bottom right.
2) On the second slide, the same drawing in the background is obscured by a larger, yellow, semi-transparent rectangle, with the quote from the piece, “...besides the shoulder-like aluminium protrusion, there is also a torso of PVC, concrete-like digits, and sinews of woven threads that form a machine allegedly capable, in conjunction with the other 7,011 Cobots, of finding suitable evidence for the existence of the Higgs Boson energy field.”

09/04/2026

“I’m embarrassed to say that
ever since last summer,
peach juice has made my tongue itch,
so I don’t eat them all that often anymore,
and I wonder if i’m becoming a parable,
exhorting that
I cannot be digested,
eaten and
swallowed down the belly
of being older.” -Peaches Wright

“I thought I swallowed my tongue
when I felt the lead
my teeth, nose, and eyes puckering
inwards
tying me into a knot
around the bundle
of swollen nerves, the bullet
in my brain,
throbbing”
-Anna Rylandsholm

“Spring signals a rebirth of sorts, reminding us of the fertility of the world around us. Our abilities
as artists connect us to this larger network of life on Earth. Art evokes a visceral reaction just like the joy
and relief we feel with the coming of spring after a hard Massachusetts winter.“
-Maria Sokolowski & Ruby Marlow

Letters from the Editors By Peaches Wright, Anna Rylandsholm, Maria Sokolowski, and Ruby Marlow

Print Design by Meg Duncan
Graphic Design by Sofia Valdebenito

ID: 1) On the first slide are two Polaroid pictures of peaches. There is a cream lace border on the top. The slide’s background is turquoise. The top left of the slide reads “Letters from the Editors”. The bottom right reads “By Peaches Wright, Anna Rylandsholm, Maria Sokolowski, and Ruby Marlow.”

2) the second slides depict two of the same peaches graphic. The background is turquoise and the border on the top and bottom is covered by lace. The graphic contains both letters by Peaches and Anna.

3) the third slide’s background is a light blue colored photograph of a tree’s branches. The same photograph is cut up and placed around the slide. The center reads the letter from Maria and Ruby.

04/04/2026

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