Now that All-Star Weekend has come and gone, the 2006-07 NBA season is heading into its final stretch, with 30 games remaining for each team before the playoffs begin. Here's a look at five pivotal questions that will play out over the next four months:
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Goddard Chapel hosted Dr. Harry Hutson as the first speaker of its Forum on Religion and Money.
Tufts will end its subscription next week to Ctrax, a free online music downloading system that gives university students access to over 2.3 million songs.
At 5 p.m. every Friday evening, a time when most Jumbos' thoughts are on friends, parties and relaxation, seven students are hard at work in the Zamparelli room of the Campus Center.
If you've never been to one, the words "American music festival" have a variety of associations. Probably the first that come to mind are Bonnaroo, Coachella or Lollapalooza, the heavy-hitting, big names that have rightly become poster children for this powerful trend in contemporary music.
So far this season the men's swimming and diving team has posted only one regular season loss, demolished the school's previous 1,000 freestyle record, and has placed three swimmers in the NESCAC's top spots for the 50 breaststroke and the 50, 500 and 1,000 freestyle. For many teams, those accomplishments would mark a successful season, but according to the Jumbos, there's more work to be done at the NESCAC championships this weekend.
Since its launch a little over two weeks ago, Jumbo's Trunk, an online suggestion box sponsored by the Dean of Students Office and the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, has received just over 25 submissions, according to TCU Senator senior Zo? Gibson, who played a key role in the creation of the program.
The Museum of Fine Arts kicked off its eighth year of the African Film Festival last Friday with the screening of Abderrahmane Sissako's latest release, "Bamako." Danny Glover, who acted in the film and produced it through his company Louverture, was present on opening night to answer questions and lead a discussion on the central themes of the movie. Glover decided to work with Sissako on "Bamako" because "It attempts to present the reality of what is happening to people, while at the same time clarifying the macroeconomic context that creates that reality," he said.
In its final regular season tune-up before the College Squash Association team Nationals at Yale this weekend, the Tufts men's squash team fell in Tuesday's rescheduled match against No. 9 Bates, 8-1. It was the third loss in a row for the Jumbos, but dropped the team to 10-12 on the season.
The Daily talked to Tufts-SMFA dual-degree sophomore Valerie Schenkman, who also has written for the Daily, about her start in art, magical realism and mixed media. A sketch from her current project is featured to the right.
While Tufts' Information Technology Services (ITS) played a large role in overhauling the design of the Tufts athletics Web site, the site's day-to-day upkeep remains under the control of the athletics department.
Did anyone else happen to see the highlight of this year's NBA All-Star Game? I'm talking, of course, about the foot race between Charles Barkley and referee Dick Bavetta. Thankfully not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, because nobody should have missed this one.
We should feel bad for Britney Spears. Of course, we've gotten callous after hour upon desensitizing hour of "Best Week Ever" and "Entertainment Tonight." Britney's had a rough couple months - finally figuring out Federline was useless, taking care of two kids alone, and apparently struggling with some sort of substance abuse. After checking out of her one-minute rehab stint last week, Britney then proceeded to get a tattoo and shave her head. Since then, she's donned a wig, re-entered rehab and faced speculation that it was an act of rebellion against her mom. Once you get all the Leno jokes out of the way, it's a sad story, the last act of a desperate pop diva.
Last week in Beijing, progress was finally made in the six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
This week we tackle an issue near and dear to my heart: race, or at least the more confusing and awkward elements of racial construction. You see, a lot of people are confounded by my true identity, because I'm what you might call ethnically ambiguous. I took an Asian-American studies class freshman year and at the end of the semester two Asian girls in my class asked me, "You're Filipino, right?"
Although it may not draw the attention of the student body in the way that some groups on campus do, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) plays an integral role in the Tufts community.
When Farshad Sayan (LA '79) began washing fellow Jumbos' clothes in his off-campus apartment over 20 years ago, all he wanted was a few extra dollars. He had no idea that the small drop-off laundry business he started with his brother as a college job would be practice for the future.
