I often long for the days when a "night on the town" involved my mom driving me to the movies, going to a free concert downtown, Waffle House at 1 a.m., or fooling around in a parked car. In our yesteryears, we weren't old enough to drink, and barely old enough to drive, but we seemed to have the most fun.
Mike Huckabee, former Republican governor of Arkansas and candidate for president, is wrong about most things.
Tufts' Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) announced on Monday that it will give its annual Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought to Columbia University Professor José Antonio Ocampo and London School of Economics Professor Robert Wade during a ceremony in November.
The NHL reached its trade deadline yesterday afternoon, and a flurry of moves had serious implications for the entire league.
Michigan's "happy" pop-punkers Every Avenue released their first major studio album last week, entitled "Shh. Just Go With It." It has only been five months since the group released their EP "Ah!" on Fearless Records to much praise and comparisons to bands like The Ataris and The Starting Line. The band wants to be known as a group that just makes music to have fun. This approach just may be the reason they will be able to find their place in the mess of other hopeless pop-punk imitators.
Administrators and members of the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate are working to increase the length of the university's fall reading period by one day, according to freshman TCU Senator Samia Zahran.
In the opening weekend of the NESCAC men's basketball championship, the results stuck to the script, with all of the top seeds winning their matchups on their respective home courts. Although there were no surprises, the weekend was still bursting with a number of firsts.
The long lines behind broken treadmills at Cousen's Gym this winter may be indicative of a ballooning number of students training to run this year's Boston Marathon.
A few days ago, the USDA announced a recall of 143 million pounds of beef. Though the spokesman for the USDA assured everyone that it was a Type One recall, meaning that it's not deadly, but better not eaten, I felt betrayed. Why?
The Used are back, and they've got something to prove. Unfortunately, the only message that comes across from their newest EP, "Shallow Believer," is just how much a band can change from its old style to a smoothed-over, effects-laden mess.
A few days ago, the New York Times let on that it was about to publish an "explosive story" on the presumptive Republican nominee for president, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz).
Skeptics of the supernatural may find their attitudes changed in the lounge of Houston Hall, where freshman Marcell Babai can be found mesmerizing students with his assortment of magic tricks.
The men's ski team headed to Regionals this weekend at Waterville Valley, N.H. with one goal: qualifying for Nationals. With slots only available to the top four regional teams, the Jumbos knew they would have to race their absolute best to be among them.
If things go according to plan, a skyscraper looming above Boston's South Station will be under construction by the end of the year. And Tufts will build it.
As the Democratic and Republican primaries continue, it has become clear that each party has poured millions of dollars into campaigns where the margins are razor sharp.
Just a month ago the hockey team held fifth place in the NESCAC with 10 games to play. But then, the team's season went into a tailspin, as that 4-4-1 conference record degenerated into 4-14-1 mark as the Jumbos dropped their final 10 decisions of the season.
Getting yourself out of bed on Sunday can be hard work, but a hearty meal can be just what the doctor ordered.
Growing up in today's world can be a brutally awful business, at least according to Pen, Paint and Pretzels' first minor production of the semester, "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead," a play by Bert V. Royal.
