The two biggest questions facing the Boston Red Sox heading into 2006 were how well pitchers Curt Schilling and Keith Foulke would rebound from their previous injury-plagued seasons.
Tufts' Elections Board (ELBO) held a candidates' meeting Mar. 30 for prospective members of the 2006-2007 Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, Committee on Student Life (CSL) and TCU Judiciary (TCUJ).
It's been almost three years since former Liberian President Charles Taylor was indicted on 17 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Taylor was captured in Nigeria in late March and sent to Sierra Leone, where a war crimes court will try him on those charges.
On Apr. 27 of last year, Tufts' Environmental Consciousness Outreach (ECO) group held a referendum administered by Tufts' Elections Board (ELBO) to gauge students' enthusiasm for wind power on campus. The referendum passed with overwhelming 88 percent support.
As the outdoor track and field season picks up speed, the Jumbos had an opportunity to shake off the cobwebs this past weekend with the annual Snowflake Classic at Ellis Oval.
Junior baseball player Bryan McDavitt (right) and sophomore softball player Danielle Lopez were rewarded for standout weeks with NESCAC Player of the Week awards on Monday.
"I'm Ted Koppel, and this is Tufts University."
Most students who make the decision to become an English major have dealt with the common - and dreaded - question of what they are going to do with their degree post-graduation.
Prompted by a Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate resolution calling for the renovation of Wren and Haskell Halls, Tufts administrators participated in a walking tour of several dormitories over Spring Break.
Am I the only person incredibly freaked out by the 11-year-old girls who don Paul Pierce jerseys during timeouts of Celtics games and dance as if the TD Bank North Garden were the red light district? I never hear anyone talking about them, but things like this deserve press. So that's why I decided that instead of following up last week's MVP column with one dispensing other traditional end-of-the-season awards, I should create some honors of my own. We all know that Chris Paul is going to be Rookie of the Year, so the time has come to name some less conventional superlatives.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) received a fiscal year budget of $16.799 billion for 2007, but that funding was accompanied by strong recommendations from the Bush administration to divert funding from science programs towards manned exploration of Mars and a return to the moon. Science critics contend that this will be detrimental in the long run, pushing researchers out of the space field and harming the growth of what they consider more valuable pursuits. This week we talk to Associate Professor William Waller of Tufts' Physics and Astronomy Department, an expert on observational astronomy and astrophysics.
While homeowners across the state of Massachusetts scrambled in recent weeks to comply with a new law mandating the installation of carbon monoxide detectors by Mar. 31, the preemptive efforts of the Tufts administration and safety officials ensured that campus-owned housing was prepared well ahead of schedule.
The Chicago White Sox are primed to pick up where they left off last year. The New York Yankees, with the addition of Johnny Damon, are ready to end their five-season championship drought. And the new-look Boston Red Sox feature defensive improvements and young gun Josh Beckett.
This letter is in response to yesterday's News article "McKissick receives teaching award" (Apr. 4, 2006).
While major league baseball teams were wrapping up their spring training camps, the Tufts baseball team was busy opening its league season with a bang against Bates in Lewiston, Maine.
The title "Heads or Tails?" fittingly applies to the immediate reaction likely to come from audience members as they file out of the Balch Arena Theater, trying to make heads or tails of what they just witnessed. Indeed, the most pressing thought on one's mind as the house lights come up is a seemingly unanswerable question: "What did I just see?"
Conducted by Emmanuel Krivine, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's performance on Saturday was rich with lush emotions and deep, minor keys. Lovely works by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Brahms painted a musical evening of disparity and drama.
Everyone on campus knows the custom of painting the cannon. No Jumbo is really caught off guard by the lack of clothes during the "Nighttime Quad Reception," and most undergrads are well aware of the superstitions that surround Bowen Gate. However, there are some campus traditions that remain hidden in obscurity.
When people ask me what I got out of college, I'm going to give them a visit to the gun show.
