Going into this weekend's NESCAC Invitational tournament at Trinity, the women's squash team was looking to improve its No. 21 national ranking. But a 7-2 loss to No. 16 Amherst in the first round hurt the Jumbos' chances of gaining any ground.
With the promise of a three-day weekend dancing like sugarplums in their heads, students tend to forget Presidents' Day, the American political tradition usually lost in a haze of ski vacations and half-price sales at Filene's.
The 40 Tulane students who found temporary refuge at Tufts last semester have returned to their home turf.
As the inevitable march toward madness continues, visions of brackets and Cinderella stories ooze from every media portal. This is for good reason, as the NCAA tournament guarantees some of the most competitive, heart-stopping and buzzer-beating action of the sports calendar.
This article is the second in a four-part series on Tufts facilities. The third, on the nuts and bolts of facilities maintenance, and the fourth, on Cousens Gym, will run next week.
Oh, man! Remember yesterday? Love was in the air! I could lick the soles of my shoes because of all the candied hearts that were crushed underfoot. I seriously enjoy being force-fed a holiday so I can cough up money that would be better spent elsewhere.
By his own admission, Ron Buford grew up in a conservative environment. As an only child of adopted parents, Buford frequented a Protestant Evangelical church. Now, Buford directs the United Church of Christ's (UCC) campaign to welcome all people - especially gays and lesbians - to the church.
In light of dramatically increasing demand for mental health care on-campus and nationwide, University administrators have elected to make major changes to the structure of mental health services provided at Tufts.
The Internet has embedded itself in yet another sector of modern society: the laundry room.
The 2005-2006 season has had its ups and downs for the Boston Bruins, and Hal Gill is no exception.
The men's squash team upped its record to 11-8 on the season after picking up two wins and a loss at the NESCAC Invitational at Trinity over the weekend.
All right, so here I am, just starting the second semester of my sophomore year, when I have an almost instantaneous personal revelation - or, as the dictionary.com word-of-the-day e-mail I get every day might read, an "epiphany."
The saying goes: save water, shower with a friend. But to save power, must students shower in the dark?
Around Valentine's Day, music has the tendency to degenerate into trite love songs and Kenny G Hallmark-inspired drivel so wimpy that even the guys responsible for elevator music cover their ears. When Clogs (a project of Padma Newsome and Bryce Dessner that predates their indie rock band The National) actively advertises itself as influenced by a 16th century lute player, you can be forgiven for expecting their music to join the Valentine's Day quagmire of New Age feel-goodery.
The track at Ellis Oval underwent a much-needed resurfacing in the summer of 2004, and the field hockey team christened the state-of-the-art turf surface at Bello Field during the 2004 season.
You're stopped at a red light on Massachusetts Avenue when you notice the attractive person in the car next to you. Your eyes meet, each of you spontaneously breaking into a smile.
After opening its weekend tournament with a series of losses, the Tufts saber squad redeemed itself, recording a close victory over defending club fencing champion UMass.
A recently-conducted AP-AOL Learning Services Poll had lots to say about American schoolchildren in grades K-12 - as well as their parents and teachers. In many cases, the opinions of the latter two groups were similar, but in others...well, let's just say there must be some highly contentious PTA meetings going on out there. In this installment of "By the Numbers," the Daily looks at the results of the poll, which were released late last week.
It has been a rough week for the Middle East. As violent protests continue over the printing of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, the already tense political climate got worse Tuesday with Iran's announcement that it resumed small-scale uranium enrichment efforts at its Natanz nuclear facility last week.
