"You've got to calm down here a little bit," the veteran newsman urged. "This is not insuperable. These are problems we've created for ourselves, and we can fix them ourselves."
Tufts Community Union (TCU) senators are encouraging the administration to add Korean language classes. But as has been the case with similar efforts in the past, they are running into roadblocks related to funding and space allocation.
After finishing eighth in the NESCAC Championships last year, the men's cross country team bounced back to finish fifth in Div. III Regional Championships against a wider field of competition.
With another strong week from Eds' Challenge superstar Liz "Landslide" Hoffman, it's beginning to look like a race for second place.
After a NESCAC Championship meet that saw the fourth- through sixth-place teams finish within just three points of one another and each of the top six schools place at least one runner in the top 10, there is no denying that when these teams meet up for a rematch at this weekend's NCAA New England Championships at Conn. College, it will be a close race.
Who said there were no playoffs in NESCAC football?
Professorof Psychology Nalini Ambady was recently chosen to be a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a nonprofit group that promotes science around the world.
The quest for a berth to the NCAA Div. III Cross Country Championships will culminate this weekend in the New England Regional Championships. This will be the second season of the expanded 32-team field.
With half of the NFL regular season in the rear-view mirror, it's time to take a look at 2007's standouts and hand out some awards.
I had big plans for this column. It was all mapped out. I was going to write a diatribe against the San Antonio Spurs and their mind-numbingly efficient brand of basketball.
In "Lions for Lambs," Robert Redford's newest directorial offering, Redford casts himself as a professor at a California university. The film features three interlocking stories; Redford's has him lecturing a student for refusing to show up to class. This movie makes its audience feel like the student, and the professorial Redford is very disappointed in his pupils. Instead of making a movie enjoyable to watch, Redford makes this one more like a diatribe, delivering the most boring lecture since George Clooney's Oscar acceptance speech.
Article: "A case for God" by Kevin Dillon (Op-Ed, Nov. 7)
The NBA season is still young, but a couple of surprise teams are sitting near the top of their respective conferences: the Indiana Pacers and the Los Angeles Clippers.
The first round of fall season accolades rolled in yesterday, and the Jumbos picked up All-NESCAC selections in field hockey and volleyball.
Yesterday, members of Social Justice Arts Initiative performed guerilla theater pieces around campus in order to open the eyes of Tufts students to common injustices many often ignore.
When a group of Tufts graduate students from the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning (UEP) were given the chance to put their knowledge to use in the real world last year, they had a lofty goal. Working with community leaders and activists, they were to convert a contaminated site in a neglected neighborhood of Salem, Mass. into a lush urban park.
The Persian Students Association (PSA) will take a new spin on resolving international tension as it hosts the Middle East Peace Party tonight from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Dewick MacPhie. Students will nix discussions of oil-sharing and religious war for authentic Middle Eastern food and music as they dance and celebrate the area's rich culture.
Imagine if, in addition to debates and canvassing, political candidates had to compete in a swimsuit walk and a fashion show.
Since the first Hollywood writers strike in almost 20 years started Monday, many television connoisseurs have noticed that their favorite late-night talk shows have gone off the air. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and the "Late Show with David Letterman" have both stopped filming new episodes as a result of the Writers Guild of America strike.
The Coen Brothers' new film "No Country for Old Men" is yet another shining example of their ability to throw film-making convention out the door and reestablish the bounds of what makes a great movie. Joel and Ethan Coen utilize an ever-present combination of an all-star cast, a masterful script, and truly ground breaking direction. This movie has no music and the stars almost never interact on screen. The guys that created "Fargo" (1996) and "The Big Lebowski" (1998) have now come up with another classic in "No Country for Old Men," based on the 2005 book of the same name by Cormac McCarthy
