Following one of the more dominant performances of the season at the annual BU Invitational, the men's track and field team continued its march towards the postseason with a slew of impressive performances this past weekend at both the Tufts Invitational and the MIT Invitational.
While students here in Medford spent the final weeks of last semester scrambling to finish papers and projects, junior and quantitative economics major Rishikesh Bhandary traveled to Bali, Indonesia during the first week of December as a member of the American Youth Delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The following are the top five albums played by the DJs at WMFO during the last seven days:
The ethnic Albanian leaders of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia Sunday after nearly a decade of turmoil in the former Yugoslavian province.
Students who spend time in the Tower Café run a high chance of running into Cathy Stanton, a lecturer in the anthropology department at Tufts. While the folded eyeglasses perched on the stack of books by her side remind students of her scholarly side, it is Stanton's dedication to active learning and hands-on fieldwork that has distinguished her in the academic world.
If the ubiquity of Jeffrey Sachs is any indication, the eradication of extreme poverty - defined as living on less than $1 a day - is the sexy humanitarian issue of the 2000s. His movement to end poverty has spawned the Millennium Development Goals, lobby groups such as the ONE campaign, a celebrity entourage as shown by the participants at Live 8 and other initiatives that have more or less caught the developed world's attention.
It seems that no matter what the hockey team does, it cannot seem to get a victory. Losses to Salem State and Southern Maine over the weekend eliminated the team from playoff contention and brought the Jumbos' losing streak to eight games. Tufts' freefall from fifth place in the NESCAC has now culminated in hitting the bottom of the conference standings.
For the first time in the eight-year history of the NESCAC Tournament, the same school locked up the No. 1 seeds in both the men's and women's basketball tournaments.
Topaz. Heart Mountain. Gila River. Poston. Amache. Jerome. Tule Lake. Rohwer. Minidoka. Manzanar.
So much for all the hype.
The mock trial team has received a bid to Nationals after finishing third in last weekend's Elm City Regional at Yale.
65 percent - I like it; the only faculty members who should have access are those who need it, like academic advisors.
It's close to midnight, and something evil's lurking in the dark: Michael Jackson.
Dance has made a comeback on TV. It began with "Dancing with the Stars" and then proceeded to many cookie-cutter copies, such as the new "Dance War," which is already ending due to its lack of viewers.
In one second, an estimated 100 billion neutrinos pass through every square centimeter of your hand.
Of the large percentage of Tufts students who study abroad, those who opt to study in Europe may find themselves returning home with enhanced cultural knowledge, fluency in a foreign language - and a tobacco smoking habit.
A good time doesn't have to cost a lot of money. Jumbodance, a program collaboratively run by the dance department and students, is currently offering free dance classes in a variety of genres.
An elderly lady once criticized former Philadelphia Phillies first baseman John Kruk for smoking and drinking while being a professional athlete.
