Coach Tina McDavitt's field hockey team is used to 7 a.m. workouts during the spring. It's not ideal, but the football team uses the facility during the afternoon - that's the way it has been for years.
Reading Lara Levi's "Talent Shows," published in the Daily Sept. 25, we were struck by how the author reduced our evaluations of young women to their proficiency in oral sex. Levi seems to equate women's self-worth with their ability to please men by mastering the blowjob. Oral sex can be a pleasurable activity for both men and women, but saying that oral sex is a woman's "greatest soliloquy" is taking it a bit too far.
U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation William Joseph Burns spoke at the Cabot Auditorium last night. His speech, entitled "Perspectives on U.S. Diplomatic Relations on their 200th Anniversary," was part of the Charles Francis Adams series.
Some young men dream of being Tom Brady. Others prefer LeBron James. Me? I want to be Takeru Kobayashi.
Those who have been wowed by Ezra Furman's recent musical success as a junior in college should turn their attention to another remarkable up-and-coming musician: the 15 year-old Matt Savage, a musical whiz kid who has overcome autism to become one of the most hailed young jazz pianists.
As recent events have suggested, college students can be lousy neighbors, often drunk, messy, loud and having too much fun to be considerate of others. With the fifth annual Community Day this Sunday, however, Tufts students will give back to residents of the surrounding Medford and Somerville communities.
The streets are filled with people from the ages of five to 95. The air smells of funnel cake and fried chicken. There's music coming from three different stages, each located a block apart. Some people are deep in a trance, while others simply bounce their heads to the music.
Upon seeing Professor of Biology Michael Reed's displayed graphs and statistics that depict the various ways that humans are wreaking havoc on the environment, it is an easy assumption that the conservation biology expert is a pessimist.
For some reason, Hollywood can't seem to get enough of Jane Austen. Her novels are never far from the big screen, and this year has seen two movies dedicated to Jane herself.
Current Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone and Tufts staff member Suzanne Bremer placed first and second place respectively in the city's preliminary mayoral election Tuesday, eliminating third-place candidate Richard Scirocco.
As the U.S. dollar continues to fall in value against foreign currencies and has reached record lows against the Euro, some are beginning to wonder about the state of the American economy.
Deuce McAllister owners aren't very happy right now, as the running back tore his ACL last week and is lost for the season.
Bob Dylan wrote the song "Hurricane" to get Rubin Carter out of prison. John Steinbeck hoped that "The Grapes of Wrath" would draw attention to the plight of poor farmers during the Great Depression. Michael Moore makes scathing documentaries to spawn debate and raise awareness.
Ever think the guy driving the Geek Squad car could be a government agent? NBC explores just that possibility with the new comedy-action series "Chuck."
With a tentative November 2008 start date and an expected three-year construction timeline, no student currently at Tufts will likely be around to take advantage of the new athletic facilities.
This past Tuesday, gamers across the nation eagerly awaited the release of the newest addition to the ever-popular video game series "Halo."
Greetings, all. Welcome to my column, "Political Animal." To put it simply, this column doesn't bother with who's right. Instead, it looks at three questions: Who's ahead? By how much? And how are they doing it?
It is fairly impressive that Viggo Mortensen shows such versatility as an actor; despite all the type-casting going in Hollywood, Viggo has still managed to grace a variety of roles.
