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Looking Back (September 15) | Women's Soccer 2, Middlebury 1 (2ot)
From the paintings at Brown 'n Brew to the sculptures in the library, from the Beelzebub's packed concerts to the Traveling Treasure Trunk's on-campus shows, Tufts' dynamic arts community sprawls across campus and reaches nearly every Jumbo in some way.
No moment in recent history has been more magical or awe-inspiring than Neil Armstrong's first step on the surface of the moon. The world stood still, not in fear or in mourning, but filled with hope.
As the volleyball team proved Tuesday, it will not let its rough start mar the entire 2007 campaign.
"The Center of Cosmic Energy," now installed at the Tufts University Art Gallery in Aidekman, is an artistic experiment. The exhibit, created by Ilya Kabakov, widely regarded as the most important living Soviet-era artist, and his wife, Emilia, is simultaneously puzzling and thought provoking, raising questions about the power of the cosmos and what humans can do to harness it.
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When NASA's Phoenix Lander blasted off last month, it carried a piece of Tufts handiwork with it.
When the football team begins anew with a noon kickoff against Hamilton Saturday, the Jumbos will be hoping this season starts just like last year.
Somerville hot spot Sound Bites Caf?© moved this summer into the space that formerly housed its neighbor, the El Guapo pub. With more than twice as much space, a newly-added dinner menu, a liquor license and extended hours that keep it open late at night, the eatery is flourishing.
In order to make this a fair fight, let's assume that Tupac has been brought back from the dead in normal human form, because if he was some kind of living undead zombie, that would just be unfair to the others. Except maybe Fiddy; he could take on the undead. Have you heard that guy has been shot nine times? That's kind of crazy.
Pop culture has seen the rise and fall of many and, more often than not, when icons, toys or obsessions go the way of the Furby, America mourns the loss and moves on. But then, sometimes they return.
John, Paul, George and Ringo: These four men redefined the genre of rock 'n roll over 50 years ago.
In writing "Stop funding the Primary Source" (an op-ed that appeared in the Daily Sept. 17), David Dennis has once again chosen to shoulder the yoke of victimhood and has done so in an admirable fashion. His incessant attacks, attempts to repudiate anything ever published in the Source and visible anger have inspired everyone in the Tufts community. If only he could form a coherent argument, free of contradictions and glaring factual omissions, we could take him seriously.
"Kids Gone Wild" seems like a more appropriate title for the new CBS reality series "Kid Nation," which aired its premier this Wednesday. Lacking in originality and taste, the show attempts to turn kids' unsupervised escapades and misadventures into entertainment, but ultimately fails. Now there's a big surprise.
"Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword" is an expansion of the 2005 PC Game of the Year.
With only two weeks in the books, there have already been many surprises for even the casual fantasy owner.
A number of students have been taking advantage of the option to instant message librarians since it became available last semester.
In February, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe proposed a plan to build a casino on land they own in Marlboro, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick and his office immediately began to develop a response to the possible introduction of legal casino gambling in the state. On Tuesday, Gov. Patrick met with a group of 100 citizens of the commonwealth for a panel discussion about his proposal to allow casino gambling back into the state after a 50-year absence. Patrick has proposed allowing resort-style casinos in certain areas of the state - including Boston. In this installment of "By the Numbers," the Daily examines the hard facts about gambling in Massachusetts.
With recycle bins in every hallway, hybrid cars zipping across campus and solar panels on the roof of Sophia Gordon, it's no secret to Tufts students that the university puts a lot of emphasis on environmental issues.
Most high school students who have studied "Hamlet" remember the character Ophelia and her love affair with Hamlet as intriguing and perplexing.