For most teams at Tufts, ending the season ranked No. 18 in the nation would be considered a resounding success. But for the 2006-07 men's squash team, it was a disappointing finish to a once-promising season.
Jodie Nealley, recently fired from Tufts for allegedly embezzling around $300,000, will mount an affirmative defense should she go to court, according to her attorney Howard Lewis.
Provost Jamshed Bharucha has been looking for a way to synthesize Tufts' macro-level aims with its small-college feel. At the crossing point between these two missions is the idea of a University Seminar, a class offered to virtually all Tufts students, which will hit the Hill next fall.
The women's soccer team went 12-3-2, rattled off eight consecutive wins in the middle of its season, grabbed a No. 2 seed in the NESCAC Tournament behind the nation's No. 6 team, and nabbed one of 18 at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament.
After a disappointing 8-16 finish last year, the women's squash team hopes a revamped lineup will lead it to success this season.
For the last seven years, the Bowdoin women's basketball team has made it look easy.
Director of Student Activities Jodie Nealley was fired on Friday under suspicion that she embezzled approximately $300,000 from the university.
It's not easy eating green. I became a vegetarian during my sophomore year of high school in the month of March.
Members of the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) joined Tufts Community Union (TCU) senators yesterday evening for the annual Safety Walk. Its goal was to identify areas on campus where security could be improved.
Last year, the men's swimming and diving team finished third in the NESCAC Championships and sent one swimmer, co-captain Greg Bettencourt (LA '07), to the NCAA Championships. The squad's finish was a step down from its 2005-06 performance, in which the Jumbos finished second in NESCACs and sent a whopping seven swimmers to Nationals, leading to a program-best 10th-place finish.
As the midseason lull draws to a close, things are bound to get interesting now. No more bye weeks means no limit to the surprises that could take the Eds' Challenge standings by storm.
The San Antonio Spurs represent everything that is right about basketball and perhaps even professional sports as a whole.
Over the past month, arts shows ranging from guerilla theater to classical music have enlivened the Tufts campus. This weekend, Jumbos will be treated to the Sarabande Supershow, one of Tufts' most revered dance showcases. It is a program distinguished by professional-level dancing and a catchy score, as well as a group of dancers who are truly passionate about their art.
The Detroit Red Wings are slowly and steadily putting together another great campaign in this young season and are on their way to a remarkable 17th-consecutive playoff berth.
In the fall of 2004, Ileana Casellas-Katz, Corey Green, Katie Pagos and Jennie Williamson joined a team that had gone 12-30 over the past three seasons.
The women's swimming and diving team will feature a healthy mix of talented underclassmen and seasoned upperclassmen that will look to continue the program's well-established winning tradition.
Tufts' Pens, Paint, and Pretzels fall major, Jose Rivera's "Marisol," projects an image of America on the brink of doom. After the devastating effects of the AIDS epidemic, disease and disaster were widespread, and according to "Marisol's" director, senior Ari Rosenbaum, the play offers answers about how to live in today's world.
In honor of Torn Ticket II's production of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," a play that features a hermaphroditic heroine, this week's cage match features famous film drag queens - not the same as hermaphrodites, granted, but there are less famous hermaphrodites out there to work with.
Send Word Now successfully contacted 15,518 members of the Tufts community through SMS messages, phone calls and e-mails during its test run yesterday, according to Associate Director of Public Relations Alex Reid.
