One of the staples of Minnesota Twins baseball is gone. No, I'm not talking about Kirby Puckett. He passed away last year. Thanks for bringing it up. And no, I'm not talking about the impending departure of current centerfielder Torii Hunter. I'm talking about the retirement of Terry Ryan after 13 seasons as the general manager of my beloved team.
The volleyball team entered this weekend's MIT Invitational with three wins on the season. And after playing some of their best volleyball of the season, they left having doubled that number.
Sophomore Callie Kolbe announced her resignation from the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate on Sunday.
Four tournaments into their fall season, the members of the golf team are already getting into championship form.
I preface these remarks by stating that I am a political conservative. I can't remember the last time I voted for a Democrat. I certainly do not subscribe to many of the current politically correct theories about such things as global warming (not without a clear understanding of the role of solar radiation fluctuations and oceanography on climate change), universal health care, etc. Heck, I don't even accept the theory of evolution as anything more than an interesting hypothesis, until somebody can find a way to test it by scientific method.
For the second time in three races, senior tri-captain Katy O'Brien tucked a first-place finish under her belt as she smoked the competition at the women's Jumbo Invitational.
The Mayer Campus Center will have a new heating and air conditioning system next fall, according to Vice President of Operations John Roberto.
More than 70 years have passed since Alfred Hitchcock directed "The 39 Steps," a movie based on a British spy novel. The film was recently adapted for the stage, and while we'll never know how Hitchcock would have felt about this theater remake, one thing's for sure: it would have him laughing after the first five minutes.
Dave Stuart, who goes by the nickname "Moe," has set up his food cart on Professors Row, at the corner of Packard Ave. and Professor's Row, next to Zeta Psi.
With its 2-0 win over Tufts Saturday, the Amherst men's soccer team continued its dominating start to the season, improving to 3-0 in the NESCAC. The victory gave the Jeffs, nationally ranked at No. 11, their third-straight shutout and their fifth victory of the season. In five games this year, Amherst has outscored its opponents 14-2. "Amherst is very solid in the back," said Bear Duker, a Tufts sophomore midfielder whose brother Jake plays for Amherst. "And actually, they're solid all over the field. I know some of those guys, and they're big, strong and smart." The Jeffs' success has come under the stewardship of first-year coach Justin Serpone, who came to Amherst last spring after a season as an assistant coach at Duke in which the Blue Devils won the 2006 ACC championship. Serpone had big shoes to fill, replacing the father-son combination of Peter and Milton Gooding, who had coached the team together from 1997 to 2006. Together, the duo racked up 106 wins and led the program to the Final Four. Peter, the elder of the pair, retired after a 32-year career that saw 231 wins, while Milton left Amherst to accept the head coaching job at MIT. One thing that the Gooding duo never managed to accomplish, however, was a NESCAC championship. Last season, after surviving a scare from the seventh-seeded Jumbos in the first round, second-ranked Amherst fell in round two to No. 5 Middlebury. In the seven-year history of the NESCAC Tournament, the Jeffs have reached the championship game twice, falling both times. Under Serpone, the team has established itself as a serious contender for a conference title this year, thanks in large part to an experienced lineup that returned eight starters in 2007. The most notable returnee is Jake Duker, who led the team in scoring in 2006. Duker notched his team-best third goal in the second half of Saturday's game, giving the Jeffs a 1-0 lead they did not relinquish. Amherst's defense has also been strong, limiting Tufts to one shot on goal in the second half on Saturday. "Our defense has been so solid," Serpone said. "We really emphasize that if we're organized and we compete, it's difficult to score goals. We haven't let up a goal in 300 minutes." The Jeffs will take their perfect record to Springfield College on Wednesday, where they will play a Pride team that has won two games in a row.
Domino's and the Medford City Council have been slinging sauce at each other over late-night hours in a dispute that has all the ingredients for a good food fight.
The recently established Gerald R. Gill Fund got off to a strong start with a generous pledge from David Rone (LA '84) and his wife Kris.
Though Tufts is known today as a haven for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students - it was ranked in the top 20 LGBT-friendly schools by "The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students" last year - this hasn't always been the case. The LGBT Center, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, has followed a long road to its current place of acceptance and influence on campus.
A slew of new television shows are hitting the airwaves this week. In case you don't have a subscription to TV Guide (and honestly, who has a subscription to TV Guide?) here's a list of what new programming we can expect this week:
With almost 30 minutes in the books, the football team was staring up at a 7-0 deficit against the Hamilton Continentals, a team that finished dead last in the NESCAC in scoring last year.
The volleyball team showcased its improvement this weekend, winning three of its four games in the MIT Invitational Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Tufts finished second out of 16 teams in the tournament and improved their season record to 6-6, with five wins in their last six contests. The Jumbos first handled Bridgewater State, 3-1, in Cousens Gym on Friday and then blanked the Pride 3-0 to win their group, Pool D. The next day Tufts traveled to MIT to take on Wellesley, the Pool B winner, in the tournament semifinal. The women again won in three to advance to the tournament finals. The MIT Engineers were just too tough in the final match of the weekend. The Engineers have the latest win in the two teams' heated history by handing the Jumbos their only loss of the weekend, 3-0. See tomorrow's Daily for further coverage.
Earlier this month, Hollywood treated audiences to "Shoot 'Em Up," an ultra-violent look at what can happen when Clive Owen gets the perfect role and allows Paul Giamatti to join him in Valhalla forever.
