The Tufts sailors, undisputedly the most highly competitive of Tufts' sports teams, continued their quest to better their national ranking in a slew of regattas this past weekend. The team, led by veteran coach Ken Legler, hosted the Hood Trophy and demonstrated its strength against the best teams in the nation by taking third place.
Finals are rapidly approaching, so you might want to get out your dancing shoes before it is too late. If you're looking for something fun to do on Wednesday night, then Lansdowne Street is the place to be. The radio station WBCN will be having its annual X-mas rave benefiting the Dana Farber Sunshine Fund and the Boston Living Center. Dance the night away to some great music while also helping raise money for cancer research. WBCN has managed to line up some fabulous acts at various popular club venues. The following is the schedule of the X-mas Rave.
The Tufts football team opened its season successfully this Saturday, as the team defeated the Hamilton Continentals 28-25. The Jumbos, who played without top rusher John Routhier, played well throughout the game but struggled in the fourth quarter, barely holding on for the win.
My more loyal readers will remember that in last week's review ("Dawson offered apple, ends with cherry" 10/8) I sarcastically suggested that Eve had plucked an apple from the Tree of Knowledge and offered it to Dawson. "
Tired of doing the same old things with your friends every weekend? Going to parties, clubbing, or just hanging around can get tiresome after a while. Next time you want to escape the monotony, check out Cranium, a board game that pairs performing physical tasks with answering questions in a laugh-out-loud combination of fun.
Finally, after years of selling his soul to commercial Hollywood in wretched films like Con Air, Nicholas Cage has finally made a respectable movie, one in which a battle-weary Hell's Kitchen paramedic attempts to cleanse his own soul. We knew you'd find your place again, Nick.
There are only 24 more shopping days until Christmas and you probably still don't have a gift for your special someone. Since you have absolutely no idea what that person wants, you might be thinking, "I should probably go to Bath and Body Works and get her another set of different scented shower gels," or "I should buy him yet another plaid shirt from the Gap." Wrong answer. Face it, you are going to be screwed on Christmas.
The women's basketball team will have quite a new look when it opens its season next Tuesday against Johnson and Wales. The loss of four seniors (and six players overall), and the addition of five freshmen ensures that this year's team will be quite different from last year's 9-12 squad, while the jury is still out on whether it will be better.
Although good writing skills are one of the oft cited objectives of a liberal arts education, the recent trend in American universities toward less structured core curricula has allowed some students to fall through the cracks. Even at Tufts, many students graduate without having written any major papers beyond English 1 or 2.
It's not often that one gets to chat it up with a male gigolo, so when the opportunity comes about, you better cross your fingers and hope that he's willing to discuss his experiences honestly and openly. In the Daily's case, that guy was Rob Scheider and in his eyes, life as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, the focus of Touchstone's latest comedy was "pure bliss." In a phone interview with the Daily, Scheider sat down to discuss his history as a comic, the adventures he had in taking this path, his first lead role, and life as a star on the rise. Jumping frenetically from demented imitations of Rodney Dangerfield, Sir Alec Guinness, the MOVIEFONE guy, and a "wicked pissah" Bostonian, Schneider never stopped joking. The movie portrays a dirty, loathsome fish tank cleaner who connives his way into becoming a male gigolo. What he expects is endless nights of wild sex with beautiful women. What he gets is not exactly what he imagined. But how did the former Saturday Night Live(SNL) cast member, best known for his role as Richard, "the copy machine guy," come up with such an off-beat idea for the film. "I remember watching Richard Gere in American Gigolo," Schneider said, "That's a comedy and people just don't know it. I remember watching it and my head just exploded." He sat down with writing partner Harris Goldberg and nine months later gave birth to a work of which they were both very proud. "As we were writing it, we kept saying 'This is funny, this is really funny!' and it was. Then when we were making this film we did the same thing, 'This is funny, this is funny, this funny.' It's very satisfying when you surprise yourself." Schneider and his collaborators, who benefited from the help of Executive Producer Adam Sandler, relied on their fascination and adoration of movies to guide their work. Allusions to everything from Star Wars to last spring's The Matrix abound. "I rely on the influence of so many great comedians of the past," Schneider said, recalling Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Peter Sellers, and Mel Brooks as some of his heroes. And then there was also the work of Sandler, whose past films have been both very funny and tremendously popular. "Adam Sandler's been a great role model." Now that's something you don't hear too often. But then again, a lot of things that come out of Schneider's mouth are not commonly heard. Of course, with a film whose basic subject matter was a tad bit off kilter, the preparation for it was equally askew. "I've been preparing for a lap dance scene all of my life. Usually though, I am the one getting the dance, not performing." What else? "Well, I did the man whore thing for a while," Schneider said snidely, "Yeah, I was a he-bitch for a couple of days." Not all of the challenges were sexually oriented though, said Schneider, recalling the tight 48-day filming schedule which forced them to film with a spontaneous adventuresome attitude. "It's nuts, everyday was something new. Everything was something different, a surprise." It was that feeling which Schneider feels reminded him of his old days at SNL. Remembering the old writing sessions for NBC's sketch comedy show, Schneider reminisced, sweetly maudlin in his tone, "Sitting in a big room with a bunch of guys trying to make you laugh, that's ecstasy! It was very exciting. I'm real proud of my experiences there. My college was SNL...which I recommend highly, by the way, if you can get in." How has such a unique experience helped his later career as an actor, writer, and comedian? "It's a stamp of approval. It says, 'This guy is funny.'" Schneider felt that in creating "a lovable loser" with Deuce Bigalow, he could take that stamp of approval and turn it on end while still appealing to a broad film-going audience. "After all," he said, "Everyone fits in between a fish tank cleaner and a gigolo." Well, if that's the case, than there is no denying that in this latest effort, Schneider certainly has spanned the spectrum. He is a true every man, in the most wonderfully twisted way.
What began as a simple interview turned into a car ride down to Ball Square to pick up a birthday cake for junior Josh Hefferen. Coach Don Megerle, known simply as "coach" by everyone, has made it a tradition to celebrate each of the swimmers' birthdays with a cake, and a talk with a reporter wasn't going to get in the way of that.
On the heels of one of its best weekends of the season, the Tufts volleyball suffered a disappointing loss to Brandeis on Tuesday. The loss dropped the Jumbos to 12-13, and the team will look to add some wins to its record this weekend in preparation for post-season play.
The great comedian Charlie Chaplin once said, "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot." This remark rings especially true for the American Repertory Theater's production of Dario Fo's play, We Won't Pay, We Won't Pay. The play examines the lengths that people will go to in order to save face during desperate times. While the premise of the play may sound serious, it is in essence a humorous satire that revels in making fun of the desperation that pervades the character's lives.
The Tufts Balch Arena Theater will be kicking off the 1999-2000 season with Love for Love, a play by William Congreve, directed by Tufts' Artist-in-Residence, Anthony Cornish. A comedy of manners, wits, scheming, wheeling, and dealing, the play centers around the young Valentine, who is down-and-out, broke, and living in a poorhouse, after having spent every last penny trying to win the love of the beautiful Angelica. Badgered by his cruel father who attempts to take away his rightful inheritance, and pestered by various unplanned events which interfere with his plans, Valentine can resort only to his wits to finagle his way out of poverty and secure his fortune, while artfully conspiring in order to gain his Angelica. Surprisingly applicable to the '90s, Love for Love touches on themes which have persevered from 17th century Great Britain, when the play takes place, until today - the pursuit of love, money, or both, and the sticky moral issues which inevitably follow. One can even liken Congreve's era to modern America. Where big business and banks once ran a wealthy English nation, today America leads with a corporate capitalist culture. Where a promiscuous monarch once ruled a country, today's America is led by an indiscriminate President. Moreover, Congreve is well known as one of the best writers in the genre of the classic restoration comedy. After Puritan England shut down theaters due to their questionable social mores, restoration drama assaulted stuffy social conventions with quite a vengeance. Thus, Love for Love not only promises to deliver a comedy of wits, but an intellectual questioning of puritan values - a modern assault on the likes of Kenneth Starr and the independent counsel. The producers of the play have gone to great lengths to create an authentic rendition of 17th century Great Britain. Actresses will be donned in era-costumes, complete with corsets, wigs, and trailing dresses; actors will be in wigs as well. Additionally, research into specific mannerisms will be used to re-create an accurate portrayal of the time period, along with music and dance. So go for the witty dialogue, go for the costumes, go for the attack on puritanism. In any case, as Assistant Director David Hatkoff says, "It's funny and it's sexy. " It's a good time out at the theatre, conveniently located on campus. Tickets for students with Tufts ID are $5, and $8 for those without. The show begins at 8 p.m. and runs from Thursday, Oct. 28th through Saturday, Oct. 30th, and Thursday, Nov. 4th through Saturday, Nov. 6th. For more information, contact the Balch Arena Theater Box Office at 627-3493.
Was this the summer of 1999 or 1979? It was almost hard to distinguish sometimes if you scanned the headliners at marquees these past few humid months.
On a cold, windy Boston evening, nearly 70 students congregated on the library roof to rally against violence towards women. The gathering, a Tufts Feminist Alliance (TFA) event entitled "Take Back the Night," was organized in an effort to draw attention to this important cause on the Tufts campus.
As the millennium winds down, Top-Ten, Best of, and Fastest Rhyme lists have been popping up everywhere. Last year, the American Film Institute was the first to hit with its list of the top 100 American Films, followed by Rolling Stone and its laughable "selection" of the top 150 albums of the decade. Like the kids in Tilton will someday learn, lists don't mean shit, except when you're trying to sell magazines. We at the Daily have decided we should make a list, too, but not one for the past. This one is strictly for the future. Here, we provide a brief rundown on the artists whose music will matter in the next decade.
Extraordinary Irish dance along with haunting Celtic vocals and fiery flamenco brought the crowd at the Wang Center for Performing Arts to its feet at the opening night of Riverdance, a phenomenon that has swept the world. Witnessing the energy and talent of this wonderful group, headlined by Eileen Martin and Pat Roddy, it is easy to see how they have earned critical acclaim and popular enthusiasm.
The Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) mistakenly warned students yesterday that there was a suspicious male on the loose around campus, gaining access to the dorms for with unknown intentions. TUPD took action after receiving several reports on Tuesday night of a suspicious male who had entered South Hall and asked students to participate in "The National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen."
The Tufts community can once again celebrate the success of another campus author. Fletcher School history professor John Curtis Perry co-authored The Flight of the Romanovs with professor Constantine Pleshakov. Perry will read and sign the novel in the bookstore today at 4:30 p.m.
