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For Colored Girls' strives to broaden horizons

Tomorrow night in Balch Arena Theater, the Department of Drama and Dance's production of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" will bring a group of African-American women's strikingly courageous, yet painful stories to Tufts. Through a series of interweaving monologues, the strength and passion of sisterhood is shared not only onstage, but with the audience.

Zach Drucker and Chris Poldoian | Bad Samaritans

Becoming a feature film director is incredibly difficult. Stories range from Robert Rodriguez participating in medical research studies to finance his first flick, "El Mariachi" (1992), to Wes Anderson directing a short with his college roommate, Owen Wilson, and catching the eye of legendary producer James L. Brooks. Yet many directors easily ascend to film through the music business. Though most people wouldn't know it, some famous directors garnered positive press in their early years by directing music videos.

Slideshow | Presidential Search Committee

Accident sends injured student to hospital

A Tufts student on Saturday at approximately 3:45 p.m. was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing the street at the intersection of Boston and College Avenues, raising concerns about the safety of the intersection.

With jobs hard to find, students weigh liberal arts and preprofessional majors

Senior Max Goldman arrived on the Hill with plans to pursue his passion for politics by majoring in either political science or International Relations. But after taking several political science courses, Goldman realized that they just weren't the right subjects for him.

Students strike poses for Lux Fashion Show to benefit Tufts China Care

Ever wondered what it would be like to command the catwalk? For Lux, Tufts China Care's Annual Charity Fashion Show, 31 students will do just that as they become models for the night and strut their stuff across a red carpet wearing Marc Jacobs, BCBG and other designers.

Interactive Map | Police Briefs

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BUILD to extend reach to India this summer

A Building Understanding through International Learning and Development (BUILD) team this summer will be heading to India for the first time, in addition to participating in the BUILD: Guatemala mission now in its third year.

Number of New England schools in $50,000 tuition bracket to double

The number of schools in New England that next year will join Tufts in charging $50,000 or more for yearly tuition, room and board will likely more than double, according to a survey The Boston Globe conducted of over 20 colleges and universities.

The Bloom Box and the Tufts Energy Conference

The future of energy: a small black box that can literally be held in one hand? The designer of this newfangled technology claims that one of these sitting in your backyard can produce all of your family's electricity needs — well, two, if you are talking about a typical American household. Sixty-four of these grouped together can power a Starbucks coffee shop. But there is no combustion. And it doesn't need to be connected to the grid at all — distributed energy generation at its finest. In fact, they want to replace the grid entirely with this technology. It is generating a huge buzz: veritably the bee's knees of the energy world right now. It is The Bloom Box.

Markey, officials meet at Tufts to discuss energy

Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Undersecretary of Energy Kristina M. Johnson on Thursday sat down with industry leaders and a limited number of Tufts students and faculty to discuss energy and environmental issues.

Students volunteer for Kids' Day, Peace Games

Children on Saturday flocked to the Hill as part of the Leonard Carmichael Society's (LCS) annual festival for children. Just a day earlier, the Tufts Cooperative Peace Games program held its final event of the semester at Medford High School.

IsraelFest brought some food for thought

I was just about to leave the Mayer Campus Center after meeting up with a fellow Muslim Students Association member to turn in paperwork for our upcoming retreat. I glanced hungrily at the tables of free falafel set up for IsraelFest, but didn't feel quite right partaking. I like Jews, and Israel is fine in theory, but considering its West Bank settlements and reactionary military escapades, I'm not about to throw a party just yet. Before I reached the door, I was stopped by a soft−spoken young Israeli man wearing a blue IsraelFest T−shirt. He said, "Can I interest you in a T−shirt?" He held up a handful of red shirts that resembled the recent Gap Inspi(Red) tees, but that read "COLO(RED)" instead.

High on Fire delivers rock fury at the Middle East

Walking down Massachusetts Avenue, it's hard not to miss the Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub. Outside the club last Wednesday night, for example, a few patrons smoked their last cigarettes, swapping stories of concerts past before going back inside. These concertgoers were aged, tattooed, pierced and clad in leather and black band T-shirts; they are the stalwart fans of metal who have lived through the genre's peak and fully appreciate its current resurgence. Such fans as these are hard-won but extremely loyal — and they were there for High on Fire.

Tufts Energy Conference and green jobs

Since returning from Spring Break, I've faced two questions pretty consistently. The first, "How was your spring break?" is pretty innocent. It's all about the now of college life. When's the last time you got a death stare because you asked how someone's Spring Break was? Spring Break is college hedonism. Exhibit A: Asking someone to describe it usually leads to (mildly) embellished tales of sun−drenched debauchery, places with palm trees and no freezing temperatures, and maybe a hangover. In the grand scheme, hangovers aren't so bad.

Tufts group hopes to win Microsoft's 'Imagine Cup' with innovative video game

Breaking into the video game design industry might seem like a distant dream for many, but Tufts senior Cobin Dopkeen, juniors Gilad Gray and Anit Das and School of the Museum of Fine Arts junior Nadia Rodriguez (who is spending this academic year studying at Tufts) are closer than ever to doing just that, thanks to their success in Microsoft's U.S. Imagine Cup competition.

Students get colorful on Holi-day

Athletes of the Week

CASEY SULLIVAN, SOFTBALL

Flaherty stresses use of media in youth education

Micheal Flaherty (LA '90), co?founder of production company Walden Media, last night at a lecture in Goddard Chapel emphasized the importance of spreading literacy as a vehicle for social change.

Students to vote on two community rep proposals differing on voting rights

Two proposed constitutional amendments regarding community representatives on the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate have been submitted for the TCU Judiciary's approval to be placed on the upcoming presidential election ballot for the student body to vote on.