Assistant Professor Gary McKissick was awarded the Professor of the Year Award by the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate yesterday in a ceremony held the Aidekman Arts Center's Remis Sculpture Court.
On Mar. 31 at approximately 5 p.m., an 89 year-old male Somerville resident hit another vehicle while taking a left hand turn at the corner of Broadway and Leonard Street. The man lost control of his Cadillac, and drove into the front porch of a nearby house. There were no injuries, and no charges were being pursued at the time of the incident. The intersection is heavily traveled by Tufts students making their way to Davis Square, and was the same intersection where Tufts Senior Boryana Damyanova was struck and killed by two cars. More coverage of the accident will appear in the Daily later this week. - Ford Adams
For anyone with more than a passing interest in pop music, it is incredibly difficult to like hip-hop. So much of the genre seems dominated by repetitive, uninspired, homophobic, misogynistic half-wits whose primary interest in making music is making dollars. For many, these qualities make it difficult to reconcile their appreciation for mainstream rap with their appreciation for good music. As a result, serious music fans who also are interested in hip-hop are forced to listen to a tiny group of creatively acceptable, "underground" rappers that too frequently sound stilted, boring and, worst of all, alike. Caught between maintaining their credibility as fans and satisfying their need for beats and rhymes, serious music aficionados who explore hip-hop often end up unfulfilled.
We all have points plus or dining dollars, especially those of us, like myself, living on-campus. And most of us have used Points Plus or dining dollars to order from one of the establishments on Merchants on Points (MOPS).
The story of Orpheus is one of the most well-known Greek myths, and it has been recounted for thousands of years in a variety of mediums. Rinde Eckert's "Orpheus X" is a haunting panoply of sounds and images that provides a satisfying twist of the traditional legend. A multi-sensory extravaganza, this production casts a mournful tone on the story of the greatest musician of all time.
I have a confession to make: I am the "other woman." I don't mean that I am currently having an affair with someone's husband or that I'm steadily luring someone's boyfriend away from them, but in the time that I have been at Tufts, I have several times entered into the forbidden role of the "other." Allow me to elaborate.
Ever since Sept. 11, the pendulum has swung. For the Muslim and Arab communities, it has become "guilty until proven innocent," with many casualties along the way. In recent years, the entire Muslim and Arab communities have been blamed because of the acts committed by just a small group of individuals.
I sat down intending to write a column about the student demonstrations in France. Cowardice was not the only motive. It is true that I hoped to gain a week's respite from grammatically-challenged hate mail in my inbox, but I also thought it was time for some comic relief.
For the Tufts women's crew team, tomorrow can't come soon enough.
I have a pretty varied schedule and my time for working out is variable most days. Should I have a preference between strength training and cardio at different times of the day?
Usually, the only time I like seeing ESPN commentator Skip Bayless on TV is when credits are streaming down his face, indicating that his time is done and another show is up next.
If the baseball team was fatigued from its 11-game road trip, it didn't show on Wednesday afternoon.
After weeks of schoolwork, papers, countless exams and blisteringly cold winter weather, Tufts students welcomed last week's break from the grind.
The goal for the outdoor season, like the indoor season, is once again two-fold for both the men's and women's teams: do well at NESCACs and send as many people to Nationals as possible.
With three weeks remaining until the beginning of the playoffs, the race for the Stanley Cup is reaching full steam.
"Every time if I go in, they ask if I've changed sexual partners or how long it's been since my last ejaculation," says Seth*, a sophomore, "which can be kind of strange at first." Strange indeed, it would seem, since "they" are Seth's employers - except that Seth's work takes place at California Cryobank, a sperm bank located between Harvard and Central Squares. Seth is a sperm donor- an occupation many might find out of the ordinary for a college student. But in fact, Seth first came upon the position after seeing an ad in the Daily.
For anyone interested in the state and direction of higher education, Boston's Fairmount Copley Plaza was the place to be on Mar. 20.
Yesterday, students from the Tufts Debate Society and England's Cambridge University debate team participated in a joint debate held in Pearson 104. The resolution that was debated stated that the United States should recognize Hamas as the legitimate political leader of Palestine.
Former "Nightline" anchor Ted Koppel will visit Tufts on Monday to moderate a unique panel focusing on Edward R. Murrow, one of Koppel's standout predecessors in the field of broadcast journalism and an influence on the development of Tufts' Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
