Respondents to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's most recent survey cited dissatisfaction with the university's residential facilites and overwhelmingly supported the addition of a third day to the fall reading period.
There is something about facing an out-of-conference opponent that brings out the best in the women's lacrosse team.
Tufts' Boston Bus Shuttle, which transported students between the Medford/Somerville campus and downtown Boston on weekend nights, was canceled last week after Peter Pan Bus Lines of Boston terminated its contract with the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate for the rest of the year because the company's drivers were uncomfortable with the high incidence of drunk student passengers.
The annual Fusion concert, described as a "spoken word, hip-hop and rock concert," is tonight at 9 p.m. in the Dewick-MacPhie dining hall. The concert is a joint effort between the Asian American Alliance, formerly known as the Asian Community at Tufts, and Onyx, Tufts' black literary and visual arts magazine. Asian American musicians will perform for most of the night, but there will also be a poetry slam session, hosted specifically by Onyx.
Panelists ranging from a medical professor to the sister of a suicide victim came to Tufts yesterday to help raise awareness about depression in college. The talk, titled "Understanding Depression on College Campuses," took place in the Rabb Room from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
The relationship between the 2008 Detroit Tigers and their fans so far this season reminds me of a man meeting his in-laws for the first time. Expectations are extremely high and everyone is extremely anxious to meet the mystery man, but he just wants to get off on the right foot and not screw up too bad.
With the start of the MLB season comes the start of the fantasy baseball season. As is always the case, injuries, trades and lackluster performances have opened the door for younger players to supplant older ones.
After a strong fall campaign, the men's club soccer team has returned to action for the spring and, over its past four games, is undefeated.
What's wrong with the Detroit Tigers?
This week, we have a guest debater.
Students relax in a hammock on the academic quad yesterday after the first wave of spring heat brought them out of their dorms to enjoy the weather. As temperatures rose into the 70s, some professors held their classes outside, while students took advantage of the heat by playing frisbee or lounging in the sun.
After finishing just one point shy of a national title two years ago, the men's fencing team's foil squad couldn't even make the trip to the United States Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs (USACFC) championships last season. Unable to afford the high travel costs, Tufts had to sit the tournament out and wait at least another year for the chance to finish what it had started in 2006.
Spring has arrived in the minds of Tufts students, if not yet to our Medford campus. Students are craving spring weather, planning classes for next fall and longing for the freedoms or obligations of the coming summer.
The weather is warmer and the birds are singing; the season of Tufts dance has arrived. Spirit of Color will hold its spring 2008 show, titled "Unleashed," this week in Cohen Auditorium.
Muse has long been a band that's fallen under the radar of most popular rock enthusiasts in the United States, and it's truly a tragedy that such is the case. The band's epic rock style, complete with music videos featuring laser-shooting, motorcycle-riding space cowboys, is one of the only entirely novel sounds the rock world has seen of late.
The Office of Admissions accepted 25 percent of its undergraduate applicants this year, the second-lowest rate in school history, and compiled a regular-decision acceptance rate of 24 percent.
Last week, entertainment blogger Perez Hilton claimed that he and crooner John Mayer shared a five-minute makeout session at a New Year's Eve party.
The Loj, a New Hampshire retreat operated by the Tufts Mountain Club (TMC), may soon receive a significant upgrade: a new building.
The men's crew team opened its spring season over the weekend, posting solid results in two home races at Malden River.
