About a month ago, I was in Carmichael Dining Hall, waiting in the interminable line for the special when I noticed a girl wearing a sweater with the Harvard logo emblazoned across the front.
"Failure to Launch" is either our upcoming graduates' greatest fantasy or worst fear. The prospect of leaving the nest, be it the one at mom and dad's house or the one they subsidize, is scary enough in your early twenties. But Matthew McConaughey proves that the big three-five doesn't make it any easier. No, you don't always get better with age, just bigger and tanner.
There is an old adage that says "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." If something gets the job done, messing with it will probably foul everything up, right? Sure, in our rapidly advancing technological world of today, devices and methods are reconstructed pretty often, but the main principles of the design or practice are always upheld in the final product.
Over coffee the other day, a friend of mine asked if I was aware of all the studies that have been done about the health benefits of sex. Of course I was, I answered, but began to wonder: why do we need someone to prove the benefits of sex to us?
Nancy Rubin Stuart (LA '66), award-winning author and journalist, spoke at Tufts yesterday in honor of Women's History Month. Stuart's talk, entitled "One Woman's Words: Historical Perspectives on Women, Journalism and Publication," showcased her newest book, "The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox." The book details the life of Maggie Fox, the world-famous teenage medium who co-founded the Spiritualism movement, which was popular in America in the mid-1800s. Stuart is a former New York Times reporter who has written several other biographies of historic women.
Rarely is an athlete so successful that a period in a team's history can be defined by his name alone - think the "Michael Jordan Era" of the Chicago Bulls. But for Tufts men's track and field, junior Fred Jones is defining the program through his national success, consistency and sheer talent.
My name is Bo Kyi. I come from the Southeast Asian country of Burma, which has been ruled by a brutal military dictatorship since 1962 and has been racked by civil wars since 1948. I, and many of my fellow Burmese people, served (and some continue to serve) as political prisoners of Burma's ruling military junta, the ironically-named State Peace and Development Council.
Bored with getting drunk with your friends and hanging out on the beach with beautiful people (or just pretending you are)? Here's some spring break vacationing advice: Go to Texas and see over 1,400 bands.
I remember when camera phones used to be the coolest thing you could own. The mere fact that this was the first time cameras and phones had been synthesized brought consumers out in droves. Anyone who was anyone had one, and no one minded the fact that the pictures came out looking like a pixilated Rorschach test. They could always treasure the memory, such as it was. I even found myself wondering if I could elevate my social status by buying one.
It has already been a few maddening days and we haven't even started the sprint to Indianapolis.
A great deal of a sport's appeal lies in its unpredictability. Teams can be ranked, athletes can be seeded, but the result ultimately comes down to the dynamics of that particular competition. On any given day, anyone can win and anyone can lose.
The ongoing conflict in the Sudan between the government-backed Janjaweed militia and rebel insurgency groups has produced one of the worst humanitarian crises of the modern era. Analysts put the death toll of civilians caught in the fighting between 100,000 and 200,000, with an additional two million people forcibly displaced from their homes. Considerable humanitarian efforts have taken place to help these refugees, but the security of international aid agencies is threatened by the military conflict. The African Union (AU) is maintaining a peacekeeping operation of 7,000 troops in Darfur, but has so far failed to end the conflict. The past year has witnessed a further increase in the fighting, a breakdown of peace negotiations and a flow of refugees and militia groups into neighboring Chad, sparking fears of regional conflict between Chad and the Sudan. This week, the Daily talks to Political Science Professor Pearl Robinson, an expert on African regional organizations and politics.
With the 2006 Major League Baseball season nearly upon us, fantasy leagues drafting and Vegas setting its lines, let us look ahead to who promises to surprise and disappoint this year.
This weekend, a little kitten dominated a videogaming competition that raised money for a service trip to the Dominican Republic. Zach Hurwitz, who went by the pseudonym "a little kitten," was crowned the winner of the Tufts HALO 2 tournament, which was held at 4 p.m. on Mar. 10 in Eaton 206. Approximately 20 students participated in the tournament, organized by the Tufts Timmy Foundation as part of a larger fundraising effort. The Timmy Foundation is a volunteer organization that uses community-based health and education initiatives to help make healthcare and education available to children worldwide. It set out to send 24 undergraduates to the Dominican Republic during spring break. The group has also raised money through benefit dinners and sponsorship from Boston companies. "[We] have done a lot of fundraising events - this is just a small one," said Tufts Timmy Foundation member and sophomore Jose Alfaro, who plans to go on the Dominican Republic trip next week. The group has succeeded in raising approximately $9,000. "We went over the goal," Alfaro said. While in the Dominican Republic, the students will be accompanied by five doctors who have worked with the Tufts Timmy Foundation in the past. "We will be setting up medical clinics [to] serve Haitian and Dominican communities," Alfaro said. For his victory, Hurwitz received a $20 gift certificate to Espresso's and Andrea's pizza, as well as a free large pizza from Nick's. The entry fee was $3, which many paid in advance. Alfaro was unconcerned that some of the 25 registered students did not show up to play. "More pizza for everyone," he said.
A very disturbing theme emerged in the Mar. 9 Women's Week lecture called "Is There a Female Leadership Crisis": Professional and political women fail because they're too nice.
Many Tufts undergrads view fraternities as a mainstay of weekend social life. But many Greek organizations - such as Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Rho Lambda and Lambda Upsilon Lambda - have a broader purpose.
Despite Europe's purported desire to become a single market that welcomes collaboration among all its members, it has yet to convince its most solid members that protectionism is not a path to unity.
Homosexual males at Tufts have been experiencing elevated rates of gonorrhea this semester, according to Medical Director of Tufts Health Service Margaret Higham.
Over the past few years, the music scene of the Tufts community has had a shadow cast upon it by theMark. With a current incarnation made up of seniors Paul Farris, Alec Eiffel, and Jordan DeLiso, recent grad Jason Autore, and non-Tufts newcomer Jay Lovell, theMark has opened Spring Fling and has played everywhere from Hotung to local clubs (including The Paradise and Avalon).
