Lately I've been kind of restless about graduation. It's not the whole not having a job thing, or even the moving back in with my parents thing that's got me down.
After another grueling academic year of hard work and even harder grading, it's time for Tufts students to do a little grading and rating of our own.
For everyone who is too good a person to read The Primary Source, here is an update. The Source published a horrible article on April 11, full of its usual bashing and bigotry. It was on the last page in a "Special section" for Islamic Awareness week. By now, after the Source's actions this year, ignorance is expected, but this page takes it to a whole new level.
Throughout "Persephone," the new play by lauded young playwright Noah Haidle, the central character is a statue of the Greek goddess Demeter that comes to life and utters a refrain that perfectly echoes the audience's feelings while watching: "How much can one endure?"
For the third weekend in a row, the women's crew team successfully defended its home waters.
Calm down, everyone. It hasn't even been three weeks.
With one swing of the bat on Friday against the Pirates, Barry Bonds brought his career home run total to 737, 19 away from breaking Hank Aaron's career total of 755. In light of the steroid allegations that have followed Bonds and his tremendous home run numbers, coupled with the high probability of Bonds breaking Aaron's record this season, we, at the Daily, do not want to see Bonds desecrate this hallowed sports milestone with his tainted statistics. Today we present our list of sports achievements we would like to see this summer - statistics we hope will overshadow Bonds' more-than-dubious feat.
The shots fired Monday in Blacksburg, Va. not only took 33 lives, but shattered the peaceful calm at Virginia Tech and at every college campus across the country.
There's no point in pretending otherwise; the main reason "Drive" is so great is that it is almost entirely about cars. But the show is also really smart. It knows that there is something that is much cooler than really fast cars. After all, would we watch "American Idol" if the only contestants were those awful theater kids from high school who could sing "Tomorrow" in one breath? Would we watch wrestling if it didn't have the backstories and wasn't fixed so the strongest didn't always win? Absolutely not. What makes the cars on "Drive" so notable is that they are not just fast cars; they are cars with personality that also happen to drive fast.
Sunday was the anniversary of a momentous event in baseball history, as it marked the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first major league game.
Around 70 Jumbos stopped by Hodgdon yesterday to give blood. The donations go to the American Red Cross through Tufts' Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS).
If three of the four members of Kings of Leon are sons of a Pentecostal minister (and the fourth a nephew), so be it. But this doesn't change the truth that there is distinct possibility that, by traditional standards, they will all be going straight to hell.
Japanese Lecturer Shiori Koizumi vividly remembers riding a dimly lit Joey two years ago with one of her students as she hid under her hat. Standing in the shadows, Koizumi overheard the student badmouthing a particularly rigorous teacher, using the Japanese phrase for "too many homeworks."
Two weeklong initiatives hope to provide Tufts students with a dose of informational services over the next few days.
I've never felt so closely touched by a headline-making tragedy before. Sept. 11, Columbine, the War in Iraq; the numbers of those dead have never brought me to tears. Monday, however, reading about the 33 people killed in my home state of Virginia left me in limbo between emotions: fear, hate, sadness, sympathy and confusion. This event took all of my words and optimism away.
The Tufts Democrats will be distributing and promoting the first issue of their partisan magazine, The Forum, in the Mayer Campus Center today.
Put another tally in the win column for the men's and the women's tennis teams. While the women went to work on NESCAC rival Conn. College, topping it 6-3, the men knocked off New England foe Wheaton 5-3.
McCarthy, Coleman among 2007 Pulitzer winners The 2007 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced on April 16, with the choice for the fiction prize finally confirming that Oprah knows what she's talking about. The talk show host's latest book club pick, Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," took home the prestigious prize. "The Road," a post-apocalyptic tale about a man and boy's trek across a desolate, devastated America, isn't exactly normal Oprah fare. However, McCarthy, known for his lyrical language and Western settings, is no stranger to praise, with his previous efforts, including "All the Pretty Horses" and "Blood Meridian," receiving commendations from critics.
