The following is in response to Hayley Marcus' April 3 Viewpoint "Thank you, I will applaud the pre-meds" and Brian Schurko's April 4 Viewpoint "Pre-meds are people too."
The men's tennis squad is exhausted but satisfied after the last four days, which included three difficult NESCAC matches against Williams on Saturday, Bates on Sunday, and Trinity yesterday afternoon.
Jumbos constantly find themselves being graded - papers, exams, problem sets and sometimes even participation all receive grades from professors throughout the semester.
Check your bank statements, Jumbos - money skills aren't just for Harvard MBAs anymore.
What's in your cup of coffee? You may be surprised to find that much more goes into your dependable morning brew than simply sugar and cream. Across the globe, many coffee farmers and their families are sacrificing their livelihoods to produce coffee beans for a highly saturated world market. Read on to learn more about the coffee crisis, the Fair Trade movement and what you can do to help shift the coffee industry in a more equitable and just direction.
I am writing this Viewpoint in response to Paul Szerlip's article, "Applaud the pre-meds ... applaud the problems," which was printed in the Daily on March 29. However, since all us pre-meds do is sit in the library and study to screw up the curves, I'll try to keep this short (I've got work to do).
Recent Viewpoints indicate that a debate over the value and work ethic of Tufts pre-med students seems to have touched a raw nerve. Understandably, many students are passionate about their academic fields, especially when they are under attack, but all of this back and forth seems to confuse the larger issue.
The lowly tenor and the noble soprano are in love. The princely baritone is less than pleased. Many 19th century Italian operas can be similarly summarized. Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" acknowledges this convention, but complicates it in an important way.
The Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service is giving Tufts students a chance to network with alumni this summer through a new program called the Connecting Alumni and Student Experiences (CASE) Network.
While most students on Tufts' campus were fast asleep Sunday morning, cycling programs from across the continent assembled in front of Health Services on Professor's Row to participate in the Beanpot Criterium, the third and final race of the seventh-annual Boston Beanpot.
It's the first day of school, and you're still in that hopeful na've stage, where you're "open to new things" and "excited about life," and all those other aspects of youth that usually land you with an addiction, forty extra pounds, and, overcoming it all, a spot on Oprah.
Sound Bites Caf?© is ready for an upgrade. The small restaurant, located at 708 Broadway Ave. in Ball Square, bought out neighboring Mexican restaurant El Guapo, and will be expanding into the area next door by the beginning of May.
Facebook.com marriage. How can something that seems so innocent, so trivial, so utterly minute and frivolous, have so much baggage, complexities and societal implications around it?
Now that most high school students have spent the past several months trying to impress college admissions officers, it's time for a role reversal.
It was an impressive homecoming for both the baseball and softball teams Friday, as both squads fought past Bates to start the divisional schedule on the right foot - the baseball team squeaking by the Bobcats 4-2, while the softball team won more convincingly 8-1.
In addition to the softball and men's tennis squads, two other Tufts teams were in action in Medford yesterday - the baseball team, which emerged victorious, 17-7, and the men's lacrosse squad, which fell short of its seventh win, losing 9-7.
A March 28 Sports article about men's crew, "New-look Jumbos hope to bounce back after fall," incorrectly stated that senior Nick Haslett is out for the season due to a shoulder injury. Haslett has an injury to his left forearm that will prevent him from rowing. The Daily apologizes for the error.
The real-time narrative premise of "24" is so simple that it's a wonder that it took someone this long to make it successful.
Ask Professor Hosea Hirata about his current position as chair of the department of German, Russian and Asian languages and literatures, and he'll tell you he's never been happier.
