Dear Readers,
Well, it's about that time of the semester — the time when we shed our leisurely every-other-day production schedule and start living up to our name. We floated the idea of continuing to take every Monday, Wednesday and Friday off, but "The Tufts Bi-Daily" just didn't have a good ring to it, so it looks like we'll be giving it the old daily go one more time.
Along with a steady dose of Sudokus and crosswords, daily production means that we will begin running columns starting today. Some new, some returning, our columnists this semester will tackle a variety of topics and aim to leave you laughing, thinking or hungry (literally) every week.
In our Features section, Stephen Miller returns with "Counterpoint," offering a sometimes serious, sometimes playful, always unconventional take on conventionality. Features Editor Romy Oltuski also returns to the columnist world, this time dabbling in hobbies that many of us are too scared or too busy to try on our own.
Alanna Tuller joins them with a weekly raid through Tisch Library's archives, and Yuantee Zhu rounds out the section with an atypical sort of advice column, one that weighs a bit heavier on the vice than anything else.
In Arts, we've got something for all kinds. Madeline Hall marries pop culture's tasteful with its tasteless in her returning column. Eugene Kim, a self-proclaimed grumpy old man in a college student's body, will give his take on movies.
Emily Balk attempts to make cooking college-kid-friendly, while Arts Editor Mitchell Geller brings back "Makes It Rain," taking a magnifying glass to hip-hop in a way that only an English-psychology double major can. Mitch, in his eighth and final semester writing for the Arts section, will also be posting a weekly, online-only column called "Never Forget" to Jumbo Slice (blogs.tuftsdaily.com) to satisfy the tastes of hip-hop and rap fans even more.
Three new columns will make it into our Op-Ed section this semester. Copy editor Elisha Sum, who has for two semesters mused about feminism, will use his last semester on the Hill to take on queer studies. Fletcher student Prashanth Parameswaran will bring the East to the West in "The Asianist," and Ashish Malhotra, an editorialist for the Daily, will offer a weekly perspective on some well- and not-so-well-known world leaders.
Last, but certainly not least, our Sports section is ready to deliver a hearty serving of commentary. Sports Editor Ethan Sturm will be mixing work and play in "Rules of the Game," and David McIntyre, also a sports editor, will spice up the section with a column on soccer. Newbie Brian Rowe will offer his take on the MLB, while Sports Editor Alex Prewitt brings back "Live from Mudville" for its fifth semester.
Beyond columns, our sports crew will be enhancing its online presence, live-blogging several key games this spring on The Score (blogs.tuftsdaily.com/thescore) and providing real-time updates and statistics on Twitter (@TuftsDailySport).
With all this and more, we feel confident in saying that the Daily is back. All day, every day. Rain, snow day or shine.
Sincerely,
Alexandra Bogus
Editor-in-Chief
