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Psychology of spring: Sunny weather brightens the moods of 'SAD' Jumbos
April 29Sunlight and warm temperatures finally reached the Hill last week, and the Tufts campus has finally begun to look more like the vibrant, active community displayed in the admissions booklets.
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Fifth sexual assault near campus reported
April 29The fifth sexual assault in less than a month in the area surrounding Tufts' campus was reported on Thursday.
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Res Quad to re-open by Commencement
April 26A construction project on the Cabot Intercultural Center that began in 2005 has been virtually completed and the Residential Quad, which was used during the project as a dumping ground by the construction company, is expected to be back to normal by Commencement, according to Director of University Facilities Robert Bertram.
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Alumni Profile | Tufts alum thriving as NFL agent
April 26A world commonly associated with college football superstars, high-profile general managers and Mel Kiper Jr. has made way for a Jumbo.
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Some students to move off of waitlist next week
April 26Many of the 125 rising sophomores currently on the waitlist for housing will start getting rooms next week. But while they have been waiting for housing assignments, some students found out earlier this week that the rooms that they had already secured for next year are no longer available.
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Health Service can no longer offer special low-priced birth control
April 26Due to changes in federal law, Tufts Health Service can no longer offer the significantly reduced prices on birth control pills to which many students have grown accustomed.
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Inside the NHL | Playoffs kick into high gear
April 26The NHL's second season roared into stage two Wednesday night, presenting fans with four intense match-ups. Even with Inside the NHL's failure to pick most of last round's winners, here is a stab at conference semifinal predications.
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Matt Kaufman | A Happy Recap
April 26Back in elementary school, I'm pretty sure almost everyone at some point had to write a report (not a paper, a report) about his or her role model. I'm also willing to bet that many students chose to write about professional athletes (besides Mom and Dad, of course).
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Campus Cooking | There's more to tea than meets the taste buds
April 26As another semester approaches its hectic finale, I find myself getting less and less sleep. In order to function at a level resembling full consciousness during the day, I, like most college students, have come to depend much on caffeine, that sweet elixir of alertness.
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Believe the 'Hype'; Tufts' mimes hit the hill Sunday
April 26This Sunday at 9 p.m., Tufts' most innovative on-campus performance group is set to showcase an entire semester's worth of hard work and dedication in their Spring Show, but without any words, props or costumes. HYPE!, Tufts' mime troupe, is a diverse band of students that have mastered a generally misunderstood art and brought it here to our campus, adding, of course, a healthy dose of Jumbo flair.
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Middlebury favored in NESCAC tournament
April 26When the NESCAC men's tennis tournament kicks off today at Amherst, five of the six competing teams will have their sights set on one dominant squad: Middlebury.
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Looking back, students say social life has improved
April 26While Tufts has never been seen as a "party school," social life became a particularly visible concern at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year.
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Concert Preview | Spring Fling's high-profile acts won't prove to be fiascos
April 26If you haven't been living under a rock, you're probably pretty excited about tomorrow's Spring Fling. According to a recent (albeit non-scientific) poll on the Daily's Web site, however, only 42 percent of respondents are "excited about the (lineup)" while the remaining 58 percent are either unhappy with or unfamiliar with T.I., Lupe Fiasco and Spoon.
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Jumbos gear up for NESCAC Championships
April 26The calendar may still say April, but the men's track and field team will be kicking it into high gear tomorrow, as it travels to Middlebury for the NESCAC Championships.
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Campus Comment | Jumbos scared and uneasy after recent sexual assaults
April 25In the past few weeks, students everywhere have learned that college isn't always the safe and sound bubble it's cracked up to be. The April 16 massacre at Virginia Tech, in which 32 unarmed students were shot and killed, brought increased awareness of safety issues on campuses nationwide.
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Standalone | Johnson brings students behind bars
April 25Dr. Paula Johnson talks to an audience in Cabot 205 Wednesday evening about race and prisons. Behind her is a projected picture of sidewalk graffiti from Washington, D.C. that says "NO PRISONS." Her speech, entitled "A Black Feminist Vision for a New Abolitionist Movement: An Agenda for Freedom, Justice, and Human Rights for Black Women's Lives," was part of the Black Cultural Studies Seminar 2006-2007 Lecture Series: Prisons. Johnson, the author of the book "Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison" (2003), is a professor at the Syracuse University College of Law.
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Neil DiBiase wins election
April 25Sophomore Neil DiBiase won yesterday's Tufts Community Union (TCU) presidential race with 60 percent of the vote.
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Standalone | Looking down from above
April 25Tufts Army ROTC cadet and sophomore Clarke Burns (right) and Harvard cadet Danny Bilotti take a ride in a Black Hawk helicopter during the Paul Revere Battalion's Field Training Exercise (FTX) last weekend. The FTX is designed to prepare and educate cadets for their tenure as commissioned officers.
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