It's hard to judge an NBA playoff series from just one game. But after an exciting opening weekend, there are certainly a number of fans already pushing the panic button with their teams down early.
Four Jumbo assistant coaches have taken the next step in their careers and joined the flock of one-time Tufts coaches who are now at programs around the country.
In celebration of Earth Day and the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning's 35th anniversary, the organization hosted a lecture by Van Jones last night in Cohen Auditorium, where he urged students to confront the world's environmental crisis.
Coming out of Mississippi's primary in mid-March, Democrats faced a long, dreary dry spell before the next contest: Pennsylvania's, which took place yesterday.
With the looming NESCAC Championship now one week away, the men's track and field team took its final steps of preparation, competing in both the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton and the annual MIT Invitational on Saturday.
The women's lacrosse photo that appeared in Friday's sports section was credited to Laura Schultz. It was actually taken by Daily photography editor Annie Wermiel.
This article is the first in a two-part series that will share details of the research, oversight and ethical implications of the work being done with animals on Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus. The second installation will be an overview of the research being done on campus and the steps the university takes to ensure the safe treatment of animals.
As the chair of the Media Advocacy Board (MAB), sophomore Duncan Pickard presented the administration with a request for $15,000 for new computers in the MAB Laboratory, where Tufts publications like the Observer and the Primary Source have their offices. Through collaborative work between administrators and the MAB publications, the board gathered the money.
Entering the second half of yesterday's doubleheader against non-conference foe Endicott, the softball team's potent offense had tallied just 12 hits in its last three games. Needless to say, the slump is over.
Last week, I became reinvigorated about a cause I thought I knew a lot about: environmental justice. What is it? It's a framework for integrating class, race, gender, the environment and social justice concerns. It's a worldview that values the principle that all people have a right not only to be protected from environmental pollution, but also to receive an equitable distribution of environmental benefits.
In a pressure-filled contest that would determine its postseason fate, the men's tennis team fell 8-1 at the hands of the nationally ranked No. 18 Amherst Lord Jeffs on the road Sunday.
The passing of the unofficial "420" holiday this weekend brought an oft-hidden side of campus culture out into the open. As 4:20 p.m. approached on Sunday, students flooded the library roof, smoke curled into the air and a roaring trade in burritos and afternoon snacks quickly arose.
A pair of runners participate in the 112th running of the Boston Marathon, which took place yesterday as the city celebrated Patriots' Day. For the third consecutive year, Kenya's Robert Cheruiyot took the men's race, clocking in at a time of 2:07:46. The victory made Cheruiyot just the fourth man ever to win at least four Boston Marathons. The women's race provided much more drama, as Ethiopia's Dire Tune and Russia's Alevtina Biktimirova battled to the closest finish ever. Racing for the first time at the Boston Marathon, Tune picked up the victory by just two seconds despite running into a camera vehicle on one of the final turns.
Former U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) urged college students to confront the major problems facing the planet at this weekend's first annual Millennium Campus Conference, a three-day event held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to raise awareness of global poverty.
Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senator C.J. Mourning says she has what it takes to bridge the gap between students and administrators.
Ben Stein, of Ferris Bueller fame, will soon be releasing a new documentary entitled "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," which claims to detail how those in the scientific community who are proponents of intelligent design (ID) have been unfairly fired and ridiculed by their colleagues. Besides acting as an attack on academia in general, the movie is a catalyst for those who support teaching an alternative theory to evolution in our public school science classes.
What comes to mind when you think of "mime?" Do you think of the words "fresh," "clever," "hilarious" or "poignant?" If not, you have clearly never been to a performance by HYPE!, Tufts' very own mime troupe. Fear not, because HYPE!'s annual spring show is coming up on Sunday night.
Freshman Ben Steinberg picks up trash in the wooded area beside the train tracks that run along Boston Avenue near campus. In the spirit of Earth Week, Steinberg organized the cleanup, which took place for six hours on Saturday and beautified the area running from the Anthony Pagano Bridge to Hill Hall.
