Tufts' new Sophia Gordon Hall dormitory was a long time in coming, having weathered a long planning phase and months of stalled talks with Somerville's Historical Preservation Society.
The New England Small College Athletic Conference, of which Tufts is a member, is one of the oldest Div. III conferences in the country. It's athletic reputation is paralleled by few in Div. III, and its academic status by none. This article, the first of three, explores the evolution of the league from a loose philosophical alliance to a coherent and dominant athletic conference.
Is it safe to eat genetically modified foods (GMOs)? Will they be destructive to the environment? Are GMOs the answer to world hunger? These questions remain largely unanswered as the debate over genetically modified organisms continues to rage.
Despite wind and chilly temperatures, the Inter-Greek Council pulled out the sprinkler and got ready to play in the mud on Sunday, kicking off Greek Week 2006. Members of various sororities and fraternities came together to organize a mud volleyball tournament, quilt-square blanket-making and free food, all to the sounds of a DJ in one of the first events of the week.
After falling from ninth in the country all the way out of the nation's top 30, Tufts baseball finally looked like one of the best teams in Div. III, sweeping Trinity in a three-game series this past weekend and improving its record to 16-11 overall and 6-3 in the NESCAC East.
There was more than enough sausage to go around at Tufts on Saturday, Apr. 22.
**Editor's Note: The Daily has agreed to requests made by the panelists to remove their last names from the online edition of this article.
You can add dozing and driving to the list of official behind-the-wheel no-no's: A major study released last week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that tiredness is a factor in many car crashes (and many near-crashes). Another culprit? Driver inattention. "This important research illustrates the potentially dire consequences that can occur while driving distracted or drowsy," Jacqueline Glassman, acting administrator of NHTSA, told CNN. "It's crucial that drivers always be alert when on the road." In this installment of "By the Numbers," the Daily explores the results of the study, which was carried out by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
It seems common to hate country music just on principle these days. The familiar phrase "anything but country" pops up frequently in the music sections on sites like Facebook and MySpace. Indeed, with popular country artists like Kenny Chesney singing a song titled "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy," it's no wonder that music listeners would immediately be turned off to the genre. Fortunately for those listeners willing to seek out better alternatives, there is good music to be found under the label "country."
Like many Tufts students, senior Matthew Hurley has plans to attend graduate school after he completes his education this May. And along with many other seniors, he is working on completing his thesis.
When many of their friends were kicking back on Friday night, 500 Tufts students kicked up their heels to walk in Relay for Life, a 12-hour event to raise money for cancer research.
Aside from schoolwork, my extra-curricular college experience has been grounded by primarily one thing: money - or rather lack thereof. The more fortunate of us are lucky enough to have help from our parents, others have to work, and the least fortunate are required to rely on the good graces of friends for drinks and dining halls for food.
Assistant Psychology Professor Samuel Sommers' paper, "On racial diversity and group decision-making: Identifying multiple effects of racial composition on jury deliberations," was recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Sommers studied trends in mock juries, comparing how all-white and more diverse juries differ in their group decision-making processes. His research concludes that group member are more receptive, and that group performance is enhanced, on diverse juries. This week, we talk to Sommers about the implications of his study on the U.S. legal system and other situations involving group decision making.
BEATS perform during the April Open House entertainment medley event in Barnum 008. The event was held for newly admitted students visiting the Tufts campus.
In the Apr. 21 News article "Robinson wins TCU presidency," ELBO told the Daily that the 45 percent turnout from the Apr. 20 election was the "highest ever." In actuality, the highest turnout in a Tufts Community Union (TCU) presidential election took place on April 1 of 2002. In that election, 52 percent of the student body turned out to elect then-junior Melissa Carson. This election was the first TCU presidential election conducted online.
With only four divisional series per season and only four playoff spots up for grabs, the baseball and softball teams in the NESCAC East and West division have to approach each weekend with a sense of urgency.
Skin. We're all covered in it, and yet many people are scared to death of it. And I think discomfort with skin - I'm talking nudity here - is the problem with intimacy. Not only do we place enormous importance on taking off the clothes of our lovers (think high school - the "bases" could practically be defined by the number of clothing items that were removed), but many people are so unaccustomed to seeing and feeling themselves naked that when it comes time to take off clothes, they rush to put them back on as soon as possible.
Blogs and Web sites are supplanting door knocks and snail mail in elections around the country, and Tufts is no exception.
I love the word sectarian. How it rolls off the tongue. So imagine my glee over the past months as this once abstruse word sired new terms of art: "sectarian violence" and "sectarian conflict."
