The 2006 season set the bar high for the field hockey program. The team recorded its most wins since 1998 and came the closest to a NESCAC title that it has in the league's history.
The past year has taught us that we must constantly strive to preserve the delicate relationship between the media and its readership.
The women's cross country team certainly has a tough task this season if it wants to outdo last season's historic finish.
"Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me!" Many of us learn this little ditty as children as a way of dealing with verbal assaults and developing resilience.
Welcome to the NESCAC, where the girls are...smart, the weather is miserable, and the football is mediocre at best. But wait! Before you start wishing you'd accepted that spot at (fill-in-the-blank), let us introduce you to the sports you'll be following in these pages for the next four years. Because we love the NESCAC, and we're looking for converts.
Where to begin?
The average number of Arts and Sciences faculty taking paid leave to do research has jumped by more than 35 percent in recent years, as a result of the administration's attempts to enhance Tufts' reputation and invigorate scholarly output.
Twenty-eight years ago, I was a parochial St. Louis boy venturing to California for my first year at Stanford University. As I recall it, I was first struck by my peers and wondered how I had been accepted.
As Tufts prepares for another fall semester and upperclassmen look forward to familiar faces and favorite professors, a bigger and even more qualified freshman class hits the Hill.
The West Nile Virus has hit Medford, although there does not yet appear to be a risk of human transmission. The infected mosquito that was found this summer is not the type that bites humans, according to Karen Rose, director of the Medford Board of Health.
A group of Tufts swimmers and divers became lifeguards this summer-but it's not what you think.
When you read all of those brochures and college-ranking books last year, you were told over and over again that Tufts is in the best location: tucked away in a suburban neighborhood, but close enough to a city so that it's not isolated.
Tufts' baseball fan culture is polarized, and strikingly so.
According to estimates by the Center for Disease Control, sports and recreation-related concussions occuring every year in the United States number 300,000. With such a high rate of incidence, it is no surprise that concussions are now so highly scrutinized that sports leagues devote resources to researching prevention and treatment.
It's old news for the NFL. And now, the Tufts Dental School is exploring answers to the growing epidemic of head injuries among former players.
As a high school senior in 2000 pitching for Cincinnati's St. Xavier High School, Randy Newsom had none other than Harvard courting him for his athletic prowess. While the Crimson offered the allure of Div. I athletics and the prestige of an Ivy League education, Newsom was more intrigued by an earlier visit to Tufts.
Welcome to the Hill, most coveted incoming freshmen; let the seduction of the Class of 2011 begin!
The summer can be an exceedingly busy time for college students, especially incoming freshmen, even though classes may not be in session. Just in case yours was consumed by a nine-to-five job, a lengthy tour of Europe or a TV in front of a comfy home couch, what follows is a brief recap of the best (and worst) of the summer here in the U.S. of A.
Although Tufts only planned to enroll 1,300 freshman this year, an additional 75 new Jumbos will take part in Matriculation today due to an increased admissions yield.
While the presence of film crews in Boston for the filming of "The Departed" might have brought a dose of Hollywood heat eastward, the high profile project wasn't the only thing heating up Beantown.
