According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, costs of building materials have increased dramatically over the past year. For example, in February 2004, the price of one ton of asphalt was $165.72; in January 2005, the cost had risen to $187.91.
Tufts students will vote tomorrow for the next Tufts Community Union (TCU) president, who will represent them during the 2006-2007 academic school year.
It was a long and disappointing weekend for the men's tennis team.
Krishna Kumar has spent his life crossing borders, both physically and mentally. As a child, he never spent more than a few years in a single city.
Ah, the Ides of April. Yes, that's right - tax season is upon us... no wait, that's behind us (yep, you're late). With the passing of the Apr. 15 IRS tax completion deadline, the Daily's Sports Department opens the ledger of history and takes a look into the largest financial blunders of professional sports.
his year's 110th running of the Boston Marathon brought me to a stark realization: I could never, ever fathom running in it. The only marathons I've been a part of have involved USA's running of "Law and Order" non-stop on a Sunday, or an all-"Saved By the Bell" day on TBS, but actually jogging for 26.2 miles? I'd rather root for the Yankees...just kidding.
The Tufts Marathon team had more than its normal share of former athletes and fitness buffs on Monday. But not everyone in a yellow jersey was a veteran runner.
This letter is written in response to the News article "TCU presidential candidates finalized" (Apr. 10, 2006).
In what many pundits identify as a direct challenge to the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, the South Dakota state legislature passed a comprehensive abortion ban in February. The legislature expects that the current makeup of the Supreme Court will prompt it to return decisions regarding abortion towards individual states' jurisdiction, which would pose a significant setback for pro-choice activists in more conservative areas of the country. Opinion polls show that the American public is generally in favor of existing abortion rights, meaning that the two major political parties will likely adopt more centrist policies in upcoming elections. This week we talk to Peggy Barrett, director of the Women's Center at Tufts, on the current state of women's reproductive rights in America.
The headline of Friday's news article "In the top third: Tufts Medical School ranks 42nd of 125" (Apr. 14, 2006) incorrectly implies that the Tufts Medical School is in the top third of the rankings. 42nd of 125 is actually in the top 33.6 percent, not the top 33.3 percent that would be required to technically be in the top third.
In an age when college coaches utilize text messaging and other high-tech and borderline-stalker avenues to dazzle athletes and lure them to their schools, there is still one "throwback" league when it comes to recruiting.
Dear student body,
Squeamishness about sex had no place at last night's Lecture Series event featuring Dr. Ruth Westheimer. "How many sperm does it take to get a girl pregnant?" the sexologist asked the audience, which filled about half of Cabot Auditorium. When members of the audience said "one," Westheimer corrected them: "The answer," she said, "is one fast sperm." Westheimer lectured for an hour, focusing on safe sex (even though men have told her that wearing a condom "feels like taking a shower with a raincoat on") and voicing support for gay rights as well as pro-choice policies. She then answered questions, some of which were asked directly by audience members, and others which were submitted anonymously on paper by attendees at the beginning of the event. One of Westheimer's bits of advice? "It's your moral responsibility to tell your partner if you have herpes."
Martin Sherwin, Tufts' Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History, is the co-recipient of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography, the Pulitzer Board announced this Monday, Apr. 17.
1. One word: Don. Don Megerle is the marathon coach who organizes all the long runs, creates the training program, holds interval training, gives you tips, provides food and water and encouragement... the list goes on. I guarantee you will fall in love with Don. He is entirely committed to each and every runner, he wears shorts regardless of the temperature and he always has chocolate!
With no rain, wind or cold chill to restrain it, the men's track team showcased its true abilities for the first time this season under the warm sun and clear blue skies at the UMass Lowell Invitational.
TCU presidential candidate junior Brody Hale withdrew from the TCU presidential election and resigned his position on the TCU senate in an e-mail to the Tufts Elections Board (ELBO) yesterday evening.
On the night of Sunday, Apr. 16, a man wanted in connection with a double-murder shot himself as police surrounded the Greyhound bus he was traveling on as it pulled into South Station. Tufts freshman Lilly Riber, who was a passenger on the same bus, was unharmed in the incident.
Scared? Curious? A little turned on? The fact is that the TCU Constitution, last approved by the student body in April 2003, works extremely well. Hundreds of student groups were successfully funded this year. The Senate secured a plethora of tangible changes on campus intended to improve student life. Fall Ball, Winter Bash, Spring Fling, NQR, and Tuftonia's Day were all TCU-funded. More than five elections were successfully run by the Elections Board, led by TCU-workhorse, femme fatale and all-around goddess Denise Wiseman. The TCUJ solidified its advocacy program, fended off anarchy with an efficient group re-recognition process, and didn't burn anything down.
