The men's swimming and diving team picked up where it left off last semester, winning its first meet of the new year in convincing fashion.
While many college grads spent their summer struggling to find a nine-to-five job and their path in life, three 2007 Tufts graduates were traveling the country to find the answer to the age-old question: What is personal success?
A former program director and researcher at Tufts' Feinstein International Center (FIC) is suing the center's director and the university for bias, saying she was fired in retaliation for accusing him of discrimination against minorities and women and against her for being openly gay.
With 2007 gone forever, one might think it's time to wind up the latest British Invasion, which included mostly female artists such as the hot mess Ms. Amy Winehouse and "Oops-I'm-Pregnant" Lily Allen, as well as many neo-new-wave bands such as Klaxons. But to do so would be to act far too quickly.
With the writer's strike continuing into the New Year and no end in sight, viewers must turn to the slew of new shows brought in by the networks. "Cashmere Mafia" is just one of many mid-season replacement shows airing on ABC.
Though junior Neil DiBiase now sits atop the TCU Senate, he didn't come to Tufts with the intention of joining student government: His involvement with the Tufts Senate began as a dare during his freshman year.
As Tufts teams returned to action from the holiday break, Amherst and Williams resumed their storied rivalry in matchups with national implications. A combined seven nationally-ranked teams from the two schools faced off on Saturday. A look at the outcomes:
For the sports world, 2007 may go down as the year that nothing particularly good happened. The media focused the majority of its attention on Michael Vick's electrocuted dogs, Pacman Jones' underpaid strippers, Barry Bonds' tainted records, Tim Donaghy's fixed games and Roger Clemens' allegedly juiced buttocks. The rise of these supervillains drowned out the years of several less notorious, but equally scandalous stories. And so, a look at the 10 worst:
A Tufts student was robbed at gunpoint in the early hours of Dec. 18, but escaped with almost nothing stolen thanks in large part to his own daring. The suspect remains at large.
American horror movies generally have a pretty simple structure. They have a creepy, old, abandoned mansion, some sort of possessed child, and a predictable series of events leading up to a mildly satisfying cliffhanger leaving plenty of room for a sequel (or, in the case of "Saw" (2004), three sequels). This makes them entertaining without forcing the audience to think very hard or concentrate too much.
Beginning with the Iowa caucus in early January, presidential hopefuls have been campaigning across the country in a race that remains tight on both the Democratic and Republican sides. With a soaring number of youth voters, college students may have a significant impact on the upcoming primaries.
Most of the men's track and field team came back from winter break early, on Tuesday, Jan. 8, to prepare for its second-semester schedule, which was supposed to kick off with the Dartmouth Relays this weekend. But the Jumbos decided to skip the meet and instead divided up for an intrasquad meet on Saturday, an exercise designed to see where the team stands as it gears up for the meat of its season.
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New Mexico Governor and Tufts alum Bill Richardson (A '70, F '71) ended his campaign for the presidency on Jan. 10 after disappointing fourth-place finishes in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
The men's basketball, women's basketball and hockey teams were all in action over winter break, taking on stiff competition from across Div. III. Here's a look at how they fared:
Students who shed their clothes to run in the annual Naked Quad Run (NQR) last month got more exposure than they had anticipated.
The men's basketball and hockey teams both won midweek contests last night.
There are several things I thought about when reading the students' response to University President Lawrence Bacow's commitment not to expand Tufts ("Expanding Horizons," Dec. 10). What first came to mind was the issue of what Medford gives back to Tufts. Well, how about our police, our fire department and our Department of Public Works - all to a university that pays very little in taxes to the city?
A sprinkler pipe burst on the fourth floor of Miller Hall during winter break, spewing water that permeated into a number of dorm rooms but left little permanent damage, according to Yolanda King, director of the Office of Residential Life and Learning.
Editor's note: An Inside MLB and Inside Fantasy Baseball writer for two semesters, Peter Bendix writes about his trip to baseball's winter meetings.
