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Men's Lacrosse | With win, Jumbos back to .500 in NESCAC
April 1A .500 conference record has never felt so good for the No. 6 men's lacrosse team.
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Baseball | Jumbos fall to No. 1 Trinity after beating Endicott Thursday
April 1After picking up a non?conference victory against Endicott College at Bello Field last week, Tufts fell to No. 1 Trinity College 13?4 in a lopsided affair. The Jumbos escaped with a 12?11 win over the Gulls, holding off the comeback to capture their fourth win of the season. The success was short?lived, however, as the Jumbos could not sustain the same performance for the Saturday showdown with the Bantams.
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Craig Frucht | Axes to Grind
April 1When I was managing editor of the Daily last spring, we ran an editorial urging New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie not to veto the state's newly passed same-sex marriage bill. I was not surprised when the governor did not adhere to our recommendation, but I was stunned by one response the editorial elicited from within the Tufts community: a letter from a student admonishing us for wasting editorial-page space on "the political happenings of New Jersey" rather than focusing on issues "that directly affect the lives of students on campus."
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Rebecca Santiago | Is So Vain
April 1I am sick today. And by "sick," I don't mean "feeling kind of under the weather and, therefore, can't get my article in on time" sick. (To the writers who have done that to me - a Jumbo never forgets, babes.) No, I'm actually sick, like "went to the emergency room and was prescribed a narcotic pain reliever whose name rhymes with 'Shmercoset'" sick. So now I'm writing this column on legally obtained narcotics. Cool.
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Falcon Reese | Tongues Tied
April 1This past week, I found myself the proud owner of a new book. Then I opened it and I wasn't so proud. The book was "In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most Intriguing Words Around the World," which I rashly purchased off of Amazon thinking it would give me new words to write about.
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Bates Motel' shows promise as 'Psycho' prequel
April 1We all know about Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror movie, "Psycho" (1960). Norman Bates and his twisted motel of horrors are embedded in popular culture - visitors to Universal Studios Hollywood even have the treat of seeing the eerie motel on the studio tour. "Psycho" is definitely a gem in the horror film genre, for it is a rare find to watch a good horror movie - after all, ridiculous premises and awkward build?ups of tension frequently mire even the most promising flics.
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