VOX, Tufts' reproductive rights and sexual health-awareness group, sponsored an event called Sex on the Hill in the campus center yesterday. VOX sold sex toys and apparel, while also holding games and giveaways.
For many Tufts sophomores, next spring will not be spent on the Hill, but in a foreign country. Those hoping to study abroad are flashing back to their senior year of high school, filling out applications and writing essays to gain entry into the program of their choice, and many have struggled to make Tufts' deadlines.
Since it was published just last week, not all of you have had the pleasure of reading The Primary Source's article "Come and Get It: Promiscuity among gays spreads staph infection" (Jan. 30). While the Primary Source is right to share objective research results with the Tufts community - and, moreover, a cogently argued and well-supported opinion on gay rights is also conducive to a healthy discourse - the article I read was neither objective nor healthy.
In the final weekend of regular season play, the men's squash team came away with both an 8-1 win and 8-1 loss to keep its record at an even 8-8.
Last week, I called Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress' 23-17 Super Bowl prediction a calamity. Since the Giants won, I'd like to hereby reduce my assessment to an error. While all Burress did was guess the score incorrectly, his opposition choked so badly that an entire region of six states in the northeastern U.S. actually suffocated.
The Tufts University Alumni Association is completing a "branding" initiative that aims to make the Tufts community more aware of the association's activities and goals, while promoting a positive image of the university.
The women's swimming and diving team put together a strong performance against some of New England's elite teams at the Middlebury Invitational this weekend.
"There were so many close teams this year that the [College Squash Association] may take a closer look at who beat who and perhaps the margin of the wins, as well,"assistant coach Kelsey Engman said in an email to the Daily after a pair of losses by the women's squash team this weekend. "We're keeping our fingers crossed that we land in the B division."
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate on Sunday gave its two empty positions to seniors Bretlyn Curtis and Sarah Lawson after no challengers expressed interest in taking the seats.
The five finalists were selected last month for Tufts' Wendell Phillips Memorial Scholarship Award, an annual honor given to one upperclassman who has demonstrated a high sense of public responsibility and a talent for public speaking.
"My Fair Lady" is one of those musicals that demands a natural British wit, and Lerner & Loewe's production at the Opera House brings a snappily English flavor. The two leads, Eliza Doolittle (played by Lisa O'Hare) and Professor Henry Higgins (Christopher Cazenove), hail directly from the West End, and the rest of the cast, Broadway regulars, can fake a mean Cockney on their own.
The women's squash team fell short in both of their NESCAC matches this weekend, a major hit to their hope for a breakout season, which had looked promising in the light of early-season successes. Tufts fell 9-0 to Bates on the road on Friday and followed that with a narrow 6-3 loss to Colby, a more beatable opponent, on the MIT courts.
The Celtics played my Timberwolves on Friday night, and, in unbelievably typical fashion, my team lost because of another last-second bonehead play.
Injuries are a part of sports, especially in hockey. But Sunday night's Florida Panthers-Buffalo Sabres game featured one of the most gruesome injuries ever. Midway through the third period, Panthers forward Richard Zednik was circling the net when teammate Olli Jokinen was taken to the ice by a hit from Sabres forward Clarke MacArthur. Jokinen's leg flew up, and the skate sliced Zednik across the neck.
In the eyes of many, the United States has been viewed as the pinnacle of higher education and learning. But the elite universities of the United States, to which domestic and international students flock in increasing numbers, sit atop a pyramid which, at its base, may be crumbling.
"If I laugh just a little bit, maybe I can recall the way, that I used to be."
You would think that the team with the best record in the Western Conference would stick with the formula that brought it there. But with the NBA trade deadline less than two weeks away, the Phoenix Suns have undergone a dramatic shakeup by trading for "Superman" himself, center Shaquille O'Neal.
A Tufts senior was arrested for allegedly attempting to hit a tow truck driver with his car on Jan. 24.
