Three months after the opening of the Gantcher Center, the Tufts athletic department is looking into renovations for the University's primary athletic facility, Cousens Gym. Despite proposals regarding significant changes to the main basketball court, it seems that the only major change currently in the works will involve the Cousens cages.
Several campus leaders and active students have created a new organization called Paragon in hope that a new, outside organization will be able to find effective solutions to the University's problems, instead of leaving that responsibility solely in the hands of the organized student government.
Music producers rarely get mainstream recognition, even if they are solo artists in their own right. Sure, everyone has heard of Babyface, but what about Howie B., who has produced music for U2 and Bj?¶rk? And who knows the name Butch Vig, who worked with Nirvana and is now a member of Garbage? Then there's William Orbit. When Madonna asked William Orbit to produce her Ray of Light album, you could scarcely mention Madonna's name without bringing up the man behind the music as well. Orbit went from being virtually unknown to a heavyweight in the music industry in just a few short months. While he is still continuing to collaborate with Madonna, he has also since produced music for Blur, All Saints, and most recently began working with rap-rockers Limp Bizkit. In the midst of all this, he has also worked on re-igniting his solo career. Orbit has now delivered his first album since his newfound fame, the ambitious project entitled Pieces in a Modern Style.
The leadership of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy will soon be changing, as Dean of five years, John Galvin, will retire at the end of this year. Galvin has had a long and illustrious career, beginning as a wayward dropout of three separate colleges and culminating as a four-star Army General and Commander of NATO and American forces in Europe during the crucial Cold War transition years of 1987 to 1992.
Most Tufts students think that Alewife is just an MBTA stop with a nearby movie theater. Those students who attended Saturday's "Restore the Mystic River Watershed!" Conference know better. An Alewife is actually a small herring that travels up the Mystic River to spawn, and its struggle to survive is representative of the larger problems facing the Mystic River Watershed.
Students walking to class or just strolling around downhill yesterday encountered a shocking detour, the result of a downed electrical wire near the Latin Way and Professor's Row intersection.
Communication between faculty and students is a valuable part of the college experience. Sometimes, however, just going to your professor's office hours isn't enough.
At the end of a brief interview following Saturday's blowout loss to Connecticut College, a dejected Dan Flaherty of the men's basketball team managed to find something positive on which to reflect.
Once again I must respond concerning the issue of gun control discussed in letters between myself and Jacob Halbrooks ("Cusick's gun control argument is unconvincing," 3/9). Halbrooks alleges that homicides, assault, etc. went up astronomically following the Australian handgun ban of 1996. Two points: 1.) Homicides went down from 1997-98. "There were 333 homicide victims recorded by the police in Australia in 1998, with 1.8 victims per 100,000 population. This represents about a nine percent decrease from the rate in 1997," (www.aic.gov.au/stats/facts99/sec3.html). This is NOT an increase in homicides.
Well, the primaries are over, McCain and Bradley are toast, Jesse Levey and Ann Maurer can finally become college studens again, and perhaps Tufts will return to its normal, apathetic ways for a while. Because, frankly, I'm tired of people caring about these big, nebulous national causes that have very little effect on who I am or what I do. As a college student, and a contented one at that, basically all that matters to me is that things stay basically the same in my world, and that no one rocks my boat too badly.
With the Super Tuesday primaries fast approaching, the two Democratic presidential hopefuls are winding up their weeklong campaigns across the country. Al Gore began his weekend with a 500-person rally at Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston Saturday morning. Prior to his speech, the Vice President received the endorsements of several key US and State Senators, including Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.
Going once, going twice... donated: to the Tufts University community, $10 million and a personal appearance by Internet auction mogul Pierre Omidyar.
The Tufts women's lacrosse team continues to impress, as the 2000 season unfolds. The young, unheralded squad stymied a traditionally strong Trinity team, winning at home in convincing fashion on Saturday by a score of 8-4.
As it continues to go head-to-head with top notch competition for the next few weeks, the 2000 edition of the men's crew team has but one goal on its mind - to make some noise at the New England Championships. And with a tad over two weeks, and two more regular season regattas to go, coach Ted Benford's crew appears to be in good position to do just that.
I'm writing to praise the three students who wrote letters-to-the-editor against Jacob Silberberg's ice rink story ("Senators discuss possibility of ice rink," 2/7), the most controversial article the Daily has published, ever. These three wielded their words with such finesse, style, and grace, I'm intimidated and honored to have my name even remotely connected to their work. Silberberg's article quoted students who actually thought an ice rink on the residential quad was good idea. Then, three letter writers emerged and bravely went to bat for the greater good of humanity, Tufts University, and the freezing point of water.
This past semester, Ballou caught millennium fever. It decided to discontinue its mailing of report cards home to Tufts students and instead embraced the technologically progressive SIS online service with the hope of creating a "paperless office." Students without Internet access were able to call a 1-800 number to receive their confidential transcript information. With no protests planned or stifled assassination attempts on the Hill, the program was deemed a success. It was not.
Last Saturday, the hockey team edged out Lebanon Valley College in a neck-and-neck, 4-3 match, in Hershey, Penn. The Jumbos earned a well-deserved victory after experiencing a second-period LVC comeback, and put an end to the Flying Dutchmen's six-game winning streak. The Jumbos, now 6-0 in the ECAC Northeast Division (8-4 overall), are looking to continue their winning ways during the next few weeks of tough competition.
Stepping out of student government makes many foggy issues clearer. Too often, elected officials get embroiled in minor battles and can't step back to see the big picture. In the three weeks since I stopped butting heads with various officials in the Tufts Community Union (TCU), I have been able to focus my attention on real issues without needless distractions.
Richard Lapchick's cruel initiation into a world marred by hate and injustice came when he was just five years old. It was then that he looked out his window and saw an image of his father hanging from a tree in effigy, with protesters parading underneath.
With all the talk about the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trailblazers dominating in the West, it might be easy for fans to forget some of the other teams making noise this season, specifically the three squads currently immersed in a close Midwest Division race.
