With Selection Sunday now only three days away, it's time for a look at the logistics of narrowing down a nation of talented teams to the 65 invitations to the NCAA Tournament.
Renowned Santa Clara sculptor, writer and video producer Nora Naranjo-Morse addresses Tufts community members in Pearson 104 last night as part of Tufts' sixth-annual Native American speaker series. The title of her discussion was "Exploring the Challenges of Contemporary Native Life: Art, Activism and Indigenous Sovereignthy." In addition to her speech, Naranjo-Morse also presented slides of her work and a media presentation.
Throughout the 2005-2006 season, Chloe Young-Hyman leading the Tufts swimming and diving team was almost a given. She spearheaded the Jumbos' fourth place finish at NESCACs and routinely won or scored highly in multiple events each meet.
Usually by this point in the season, the cream of women's college basketball has risen to the top.
The small Nora Theatre Company may be in the backwoods of Boston University, but they are anything but irrelevant. The company, currently in the process of permanently relocating to a state-of-the-art facility in Central Square, has impressed critics for years, and their latest production of "How I Got That Story" by Amlin Gray continues in this tradition.
Nearly a year after the Senate began plans to redesign Tufts' student ID cards, students are still waiting to see results.
As of late, New Pornographers fans have had much to rejoice about and much new material to relish. The Canadian indie rock outfit recently released 2005's critically acclaimed "Twin Cinema" and treated audiences across the country to a joint tour with Belle and Sebastian.
Although the Tufts student body is only slightly more than 50 percent female, far more women than men study abroad at Tufts.
This Viewpoint is written in response to the major article in the Daily on Mar 6 ("New music hall may be too small for TSO and Chorale"). As the construction of the new music building proceeds toward completion and toward the inauguration of a new era in the history of music at Tufts, it is important for the Tufts community - who have waited for so many years for this essential facility - to be aware of what the building will contain.
Last December, then-freshmen Ryan Coughlin, Mike Giuggio and Nathan Ladd sent a letter to Athletic Director Bill Gehling that sparked a year-long lobbying effort to expand the list of club sports available to the Tufts student body.
Associate Professor Gary McKissick has been chosen by the TCU Senate Education Committee as 2006 Professor of the Year, due to "his ability to use creative methods to bring complicated materials to life, his individual attention to students, and his passion for the subject."
Sophomore Jake Gross headed to Amherst on Saturday as the first male squash player to represent Tufts in the Potter A Division in at least 10 years.
Back when the war was just beginning, back when we hoped to be greeted as liberators, we first heard the reports of widespread looting throughout Baghdad.
With the 63-team field in the NCAA Div. III Women's Basketball Championship whittled down to 16, two of the four NESCAC teams remain.
Located between the Back Bay and South End in Copley Square, the Boston Public Library - even during the winter - is a welcoming place to relax, study and sightsee. The open green area connecting major civic, artistic and educational landmarks is more crowded during the summer, when the weather is warmer and a fountain is running.
At colleges nationwide, environmental responsibility is a priority
I'm just starting to lift weights, and I don't know how much weight I should use. Is there a good way to approximate weight for any exercises?
According to test preparation company Kaplan, Inc., the volume of law school applications has dropped by ten percent compared to this time last year.
I am a Democrat. I am definitely a Democrat. And yet, on Tuesday morning, I found myself giving Dick Cheney a standing ovation. I was most certainly not standing after Cheney's speech because I agree with his domestic policy, nor was I standing because I agree with the way he and the rest of the administration are handling the general situation abroad, particularly in Iraq. I was standing because there is one issue that I know the vice president and I agree on: Israel. Cheney was addressing AIPAC's (the American Israel Public Affair Committee's) Policy Conference in Washington DC. I was one of the 11 student delegates representing Tufts at the annual gathering of over 5000 pro-Israel activists from all over the globe. It was there that those from both sides of the spectrum both literally and figuratively joined hands in a declaration of their unwavering support for Israel and, more importantly, called for action on the part of their colleagues and constituents to protect Israel. It was clear that while us Democrats may not see eye to eye with our GOP counterparts on most things, Israel is the one issue that can cause John Edwards to praise the words of John Bolton. "Support for Israel," said AIPAC President Bernice Manocherian, "is not a Democratic value or a Republican value; it is an American value." So, why, in the minds of many, has support for Israel in its fight against terrorism become so associated with the Right? Historically, it was the Democrats that pushed the hardest for Israel in its fight to exist. And currently, the Democratic Party is definitely not new to the notion of global peace and prosperity through democracy - this has been a core party principle since the days of FDR. Israel's establishment as a nation of immigrants and a safe haven for the oppressed reflects the ties between Democratic and Israeli values; its position as the only democracy in the region makes it a valuable partner in the furtherance of the progressive ideals we hold so dear. Yet, I have been approached by far too many people asking how it is possible to reconcile my liberalism with being pro-Israel. The current administration's words are perhaps to blame for this terrible misconception. Because of the White House's rhetoric regarding its "War on Terror," it seems as though any war on terror has become too taboo for many of those on the Left. Because our confrontation with Iraq is a mess right now, many are afraid to confront the clear-cut threats to freedom, like Iran and Hamas. Because our nation is so divided along partisan lines, it is impossible for many people to conceive of an issue that could unite both sides. However, now is the time for us to grab hold of any potential unifying issue, rather than allowing political generalizations and falsities to get in the way of our doing what is necessary and what is right. Whatever your personal political leanings are, the world out there is becoming an increasingly dangerous place. Iran poses perhaps the single greatest security threat to not just Israel, but to the United States and the entire world. There must be real democratic change for the Iranian people, which includes a government in place that will not flout its non-proliferation agreements, nor deny the Holocaust and call for the destruction of the United States and Israel. Even closer to Israel, Hamas poses just as great of a problem. The "purple finger" theory of defining a democracy is insufficient and inaccurate: While it is wonderful that the Palestinian people were finally able to vote in democratic elections, peace (and the two-state solution that will go along with it) cannot be made with a government whose charter and actions consistently calls for jihad against and the destruction of Israel. Until Hamas moderates and establishes itself as a legitimate partner for peace, it cannot receive funds from any member of the international community. Asking Israel to have a relationship with the Hamas of today would be like asking the United States to have a relationship with Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. Those on both sides of the spectrum can see these problems: Iran is, unlike some other characters in recent U.S. foreign policy, indeed developing WMD's; Hamas is refusing to establish itself as a government with which Israel can have an actual relationship. And those on both sides of the spectrum have recognized these problems as issues that must be dealt with immediately: John Edwards and Dick Cheney, Steny Hoyer and Roy Blunt, Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice... the list continues. Yet there are still countless Americans who view being liberal and being pro-Israel as two irreconcilable ideas. This misconception flies in the face of traditional progressive Democratic values of freedom and democracy, and it is only when this misconception is shattered that our progressive values can be furthered not only at home, but globally. I urge you all to check out tonight's Friends of Israel and Tufts Democrats-sponsored discussion with Steve Grossman, former Democratic National Committee chair and AIPAC president. It's at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center's large conference room. Perhaps, finally, we can build a united front - Democrats and Dick Cheney included! - to do what is necessary and right for not only Israel, but for our entire international community. Amy Spitalnick is a sophomore majoring in political science and minoring in communications and media studies.
