The women's swimming team ended their 4-5 season on a high note with a dominating 155-95 victory in its last dual meet of the season against Regis on Wednesday night. With the win, the Jumbos demonstrated that they could recover from three consecutive loses to MIT, Bates, and Williams.
On the surface, the latest album from the Pat McGee Band appears to be yet another popish, good-old rock and roll collection of peppy tunes and smooth vocals. But Shine, the first release for the Virginia-based group with Giant Records, deserves a second listen. And a third and a fourth and a fifth. In fact, just keep listening. Let the melodies grow on you, allow the soft yet tight beats to needle their way into your head, and give in.
How have we so lost our way? A fierce and indifferent wind whipped the grassy corridor between Goddard chapel and Tisch Library yesterday, gusting over the stairs, straining the masking tape barely fixing the signs and notices that inform us of campus happenings.
As has been the case recently, the world of professional sports has been dominated by off-the-field issues this week. With the NBA being dominated by two powerhouse teams, and relatively no fan interest in the NHL, you are probably looking forward to March Madness. All the same, here are some of the sports stories that hit the news over the past seven days:
Over the course of this school year, I have watched as critics of the Senate pointed to a number of flaws that they perceived within the organization. Time and again, these critics, notably the Managing Editor of the Daily and columnists from the Primary Source, use the Allocations Board (ALBO) as an example of what is wrong with the Senate. However, these critics are terribly misinformed about what ALBO has been doing this year. If these pundits had done research and talked to student groups or administrators in the University such as Student Activities, they would have heard a different story. This ALBO has been one of the best in Tufts' history, and has struggled to change a negative image of ALBO that had been formed over the last few years.
The new semester has ushered in several changes in computer labs around campus. A changing of the guard took place in Tufts' Information Technology Services (ITS), the organization that runs the computer labs, when Jeff Weiner was hired to replace Greg Dumont as Manager of Instructional Services.
Last Monday night at 12:01 a.m., when the primary voting began, I found the spirit of America in a tiny room at the Balsams Resort in Dixville Notch, NH. What I witnessed there was more than the casting of the first presidential vote this election cycle - it was the marvel of our government at work. It is often too easy for Americans to ignore or criticize our government, forgetting just how lucky we are to have such a strong establishment. The fact that we "can" criticize our government places it high above countless other governments, where such a notion is not even entertained in dreams. Political enthusiast or not, there is truly something special about our political process; perhaps it just takes something like the purity of the New Hampshire primary to remind us.
"Do you get to do what you love most at Tufts?" freshman Jerome Shapiro asked students as they entered the dining hall. While most students nodded in affirmation, Shapiro responded that he does not, and then asked them to sign his petition for the formation of a wrestling club. Even after 1,000 signatures and seven months of battling with the administration, Shapiro still has no club.
Antonia Hernandez, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) will be today's guest speaker to the Community Forum on Leadership for Active Citizenship. The class, taught by Tufts President John DiBiaggio, Dean of the Graduate Schools Rob Hollister, and Director of the Lincoln Filene Center Badi Foster, has brought numerous distinguished speakers to campus.
In New York City's West Village, shortly after 4 a.m., two women tentatively engage in their first kiss. Unfortunately, a homicidal homophobe is witness to the event; their innocent embrace is interrupted in a flash of violence that leaves one of the women in a coma and the other to cope with the consequences.
Last May, a trio of Harvard undergraduates were simply in search of a place to have an end-of-the-year celebratory dinner.
The new Armenian ambassador to the United States, Dr. Arman Kiradossian, spoke to a small group of Fletcher students on the seventh floor of Cabot on Friday, discussing the major problems faced by his small country and outlining its foreign policy goals for the future. The crowd of 40 included a number of Armenian students who are participating in the Armenian Diplomatic Training Program, which is being run by the Fletcher school with the hope of "training young, working diplomats from Armenia in the ways of international diplomacy," according to an event organizer.
A Theta Chi pledge's nose was broken by a Tufts junior wielding a paint can after a verbal altercation escalated into a physical fight at the cannon. The fight occured just before 6 a.m. last Friday morning, according to the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD), who forwarded the case to the Dean of Students office after the freshman pledge decided not to press criminal charges at the scene.
After showing a few flashes of brilliance during its most recent campaign, the men's squash team finally landed with a 3-13 overall record when all was said and done. After closing out last season with six straight wins and capturing the Conroy Cup at Nationals, expectations were higher for this year's Jumbos, but a regular-season schedule jam packed with top-notch competition would prove to be their ultimate nemesis.
Imagine this scenario: you work for Fidelity Investments in Boston. You feel okay about your job - after all, you're feeding your family and performing a useful role in society. This past Monday, April 3, you're at your desk, when suddenly you hear shouts from the street. You get up and open the window, and suddenly their voices are all around you: "Hey, Fidelity, have some pride, don't invest in genocide!"
Unless you have been living in Ted Kaczynski's rustic cabin hideout you probably realize that the two biggest stories of the past week were the NCAA tournament championship game and the start of the 2000 Major League Baseball season. The culmination of one of America's favorite sporting events coincided with the opening of the season of its national pastime.
The men's basketball team wrapped up its regular season last Saturday with a 78-75 win on the road against the Bowdoin Polar Bears. With the victory, the Jumbos lifted their overall record to 18-6 and earned the number four seed in the upcoming ECAC New England tournament. Tufts will host Worcester State in the opening-round game, which will take place Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in Cousens Gymnasium.
Living in Boston - or on the outskirts of this great city - we are surrounded by history. Tall contemporary architecture provides a backdrop for smaller, more colonial-looking buildings. Cobblestone streets often run parallel to those made of asphalt. Amidst the large Abercrombie and Fitch which, for many, is one of Quincy Market's main attractions, lie the Freedom Trail and Faneuil Hall.
Kavitha strolls down the lush palmed beach, taking in the balmy air and crystalline blue water, reveling in her exotic locale. Soon she will join the rest of her friends for a jaunt to Costa Rica. Does this sound like a moment from spring break to you?
After an extensive nationwide search for a permanent Dean of Students to replace retired Dean Bobbie Knable, a student-faculty committee has narrowed down the pool to a final group of four. Among those still being considered is Bruce Reitman, who has been serving as Acting Dean of Students since Knable's retirement last year.
