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Approaching Southern Africa through images and performance

I approach teaching with the conviction either that most students of history, including myself, are visual learners or that learning is enhanced by imagery and performances. This semester I'm teaching two courses on Southern African history to students who know little about the region. I constructed a "Southern African Film Festival" to run parallel with these courses so that my students, and anyone else in the Tufts community, will have the opportunity to engage with the region's images. Many Southern African landscapes are dramatically beautiful, as are the region's diverse peoples. Anyone with even an inkling of the region's history, however, will know that some of its historical and contemporary images are dark and frightening. Presentation of imagery is not without risk, so we should take care about those that we promote.

Tufts places among the top in recent U.S. News, Forbes college rankings

Police Briefs

View Police Blotter – September 15, 2010 in a larger map    Drunken parkingA Tufts University Policy Department (TUPD) officer found a student passed out next to the rear wheel of a parked car on Professors Row at 12:16 a.m. on Aug. 31. When TUPD officers woke the student, he admitted that he had ...

Pre-orientation programs' popularity could pose problems

Eleven additional off-campus establishments take JumboCash

Unmatched sisterhood tells story of 'Unmatched' rivalry

it's 2:41am on september 29th, 1964, and marty and ellen stern have just given birth to one of the most influential talents in film and tele…oops..hang on…change that. It's 2:42am on September 29th, 1964, and marty and ellen stern have just given birth to two of the most influential talents in film and television.

Explore, perform, connect at the Granoff Music Center

On behalf of everyone in the Department of Music, I invite all students, faculty and staff to come be part of the rich and diverse musical community at the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center. Through our events, classes, ensembles, private lessons and our extensive community music offerings, we offer opportunities to encounter music from the ancient past to the present day and from the far corners of the world to our neighborhoods next door.

Women's Volleyball Season Preview | Without star hitter, Jumbos must find new identity in '10

If the 2010 volleyball team wants to have any chance of repeating its trip to the NESCAC finals — let alone making it back to the NCAA quarterfinals as it did last season — it will have to quickly fill a gaping offensive hole left by an injury to the team's biggest force.

Field Hockey Season Preview | Three by Four: Third trip to nat'l semifinals in sight

After last season's 18−2 record, NCAA semifinal appearance and first−ever NESCAC title, the field hockey team enters this season with a target the size of the entire nation on its back, and it could not be more ready to handle the pressure.

A Tufts policy guide to sex, drugs and everything else

The day a student moves onto campus, they trade in the rules of Mom and Dad for the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a time-out in their childhood bedroom for time in the Nashua Street Jail. Unfortunately, the latter is significantly less cozy.

Friends, films and fried dough: East Somerville hosts a cultural movie festival

One of our heroes: Steve Grossman

Welcome to the crazy world of Massachusetts politics, where every election cycle produces its own heroes. The Tufts Democrats would like to introduce you to one of our heroes, Democratic candidate for state treasurer Steve Grossman.

Tufts professor to lead university in Armenia

Professor of Mathematics Bruce Boghosian, former chair of the Department of Mathematics, will leave Tufts this September to become the president of the American University of Armenia (AUA).

New student IDs boast more features, added technology

This year's freshmen will not be the only ones holding brand new identification cards this fall as all students have been required to pick up free replacement cards featuring multiple enhancements.

Planned Quran burning day incites hatred

By now, I'm sure almost everyone knows about the controversy surrounding the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero, but how many people know about the "International Burn a Koran Day" that will take place Sept. 11? It is within our [First Amendment] rights to express when, how and what we believe. However, it's mind-boggling to see that the bigotry of yesteryear still plagues our society and our views.

A Room with a Preview

For many incoming freshmen, the idea of sharing a room with a complete stranger is the most nerve-wracking element of the new semester. It is only natural, then, that an increasing number of students are opting to pre-select their roommates online in an effort both to ensure roommate compatibility and to mitigate the difficult adjustment of learning to live with someone else.

Theater Review | Curtain opens on a new year of theatrics

The foreign language placement exam may be the only official assessment Tufts freshmen complete during orientation week, but a new Jumbo's energy and patience are also tested to the extreme during these first few days on campus. The never-ending stream of handshakes and prepackaged bonding conversations about hometowns and planned majors can quickly grow harrowing, so weary young Jumbos take note: The best tonic for exhaustion is neither coffee nor Red Bull, but laughter.

Tufts Sports | The ABCs of Tufts Athletics

Ashes: After Jumbo's stuffed hide burned in a 1975 Barnum Hall fire, his remains were recovered and stored in a peanut butter jar now kept in the office of Athletic Director Bill Gehling. Rubbing the jar before a big game supposedly brings good luck.

A year later, Greek life gets new director

Tufts has hired Tanya McGinn Paolo as the new director of fraternity and sorority affairs, filling a year-long vacancy of the position.