Jumbo painted and tainted

10/26/08 4:43 PM

It looks like some students made Jumbo into an active participant in this weekend's revelry.

As of this morning, the elephant statue outside of Barnum Hall was wearing some striking graffiti on his flanks.

There appears to be a bit of Greek pride involved in this one (unless somebody's decided to frame a number of Tufts football and baseball players). The Delta Upsilon emblem was splattered prominently across Jumbo's side, with "DU rules" written next to it.

Perhaps a police brief on this Greek garnish is forthcoming? Check Tuesday's paper to find out--or just to get caught up on some of the weekend's other shenanigans.

--Giovanni Russonello

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Snake on the loose in Latin Way

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Kerry criticizes McCain's campaign tactics, calls Obama's inexperience a 'virtue'

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John Kerry to speak on campus today

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Interview | Shapanka discusses return of embezzled funds

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Today's segment of Tufts Daily Radio featured an interview with Tufts Community Union Treasurer Matt Shapanka, who waxed financial about the return of funds taken during the OSA embezzlement scandal. Here's the clip: You can hear the rest of this week's show here. -- Matt Skibinski...

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The Daily is proud to announce the addititon of its new, weekly campus news show, Tufts Daily Radio. Each Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. on WMFO, we'll be airing interviews, reports and political discussions with news from Tufts' campus and beyond. Our first episode premiered last Sunday. In it, we tackled the financial crisis, the TCU Senate's plans, campus construction and the 2008 election. You can listen to it below: -- Matt Skibinski...