The Tufts dictionary

    Starting college is hard enough without feeling like everyone is speaking in code. We decided to give you a leg up on some of the various acronyms and abbreviations that are common on campus. Unfortunately, you can’t complete your language requirement in Jumbo-ese, so don’t sleep through your placement test! Fob: Small gray item on your keychain that will let you into your dorm’s main entrances. 10 comments

Music and Movies and Museums, Oh My!

A color-coded guide to Boston’s art scene

Get lost amid the dark, screeching depths of the United States’ oldest subway system, and you just might end up emerging to the sweeter sounds and brighter beauty of Boston’s ripe arts scene. Here are a few fantastic venues to explore on the T. 1 comment

Fight songs, beanies and dressing up as babies

For freshmen, hazing was once as much a part of getting oriented as the Matriculation Ceremony

Click above for an audio feature including interviews with Jackson College alumni about their memories of Tufts.

    Today hazing is a term generally associated with underground fraternity rituals, overzealous drinking and stern bans by colleges. But there was a time when hazing was not only tolerated, it was encouraged.
    Until the late 1960s and early 1970s, life for freshmen at Tufts was chock-full of tradition, discipline and freshman initiation.

The unofficial guide to freshman housing

There's a lot your RA won't tell you about your dorm in that first hall meeting. That's at least partially because she probably wants to keep her job. But at the Daily, we aren't subject to these concerns, and since every residence hall comes with its own stigma — some earned, some a bit overblown — we thought you might like some help reading between the lines for an alternative look at where you're living. 10 comments