Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the acclaimed French director of "Am?©lie" (2001), debatably one of the most popular French movies of all time, has finally returned with a new film.
Can you hear the wedding bells ringing? All over the country, and even right here at Goddard Chapel, Tufts alumni are saying their vows in true Jumbo style. They are painting the cannon in celebration, old college roommates and friends are flying in for the occasion, and their former a capella groups are singing at their morning-after brunches.
Indian Director Shriprakash screened his documentary film "Buddha Weeps in Jadugoda," which shows the plight of Indian villagers living near uranium mines Wednesday night.
It's a new swimming and diving season, and that's only the beginning of the changes the men's team has undergone. With 34-year head coach Dan Megerle taking a leave of absence from coaching, Adam Hoyt steps in with the interim label, becoming the fifth head coach in team history.
The women's swimming and diving team has a lot to live up to this season. After having one of its most successful years in history, going 7-2 in the NESCAC and placing fourth in the conference postseason meet, the squad hopes to continue to improve this season and possibly place in the top three in the NESCAC.
The Tufts Gamelan Ensemble will enchant Alumnae Hall when they are joined by the Boston Village Gamelan for their fall concert this Sunday.
For the first time in Tufts hockey history, the Jumbos will put a squad on the ice this season that has been recruited to play in the four-year-old NESCAC hockey league. And the Jumbos appear to have their best chance in those four years to make a serious dent in the conference. The 2004-2005 version only loses four seniors from last year's squad which was a disappointing 8-15-1, so expectations are a bit higher than in year's past.
The Olin Lounge was filled beyond capacity Wednesday night for a talk by Elena Ixcot, a Mayan Guatemalan refugee who fled the country in 1982 to escape political repression.
From the first booty-shaking notes of their infectious first song, "Simply Irresistible," Sarabande's fall Supershow will hook you and leave you begging for more.
"Want Two," the second half of singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright's epic third album, can truly claim to stand outside of the contemporary musical norm. Combining classical flourishes, melodramatic show tunes, and light-heated pop, it is much to Wainwright's credit that he is able produce an album that is utterly listenable and entertaining.
Andy Rooney, the "60 Minutes" correspondent who turned "curmudgeon" into a job title, spoke at the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy last night.
What are you most thankful for this upcoming Thanksgiving?
The college basketball season is just getting underway and we don't know if we've ever been this excited for the season to start. Maybe we're over-anticipating the great things that will go down this year ... but we doubt it. To kick it off on the right foot, here is "Inside College Basketball's" Preseason Top 10 and First Team All-American lineup:
Red Bull is working to make itself the energy drink of choice for weary library-bound college students by running campus outreach campaigns, including one at Tufts this year.
Kyle Bradbury is a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering. Kyle frequently goes on evening photo hunts with his digital camera, and caught sight of a snow-covered straggler enjoying an early morning walk. He ran to set his tripod and took the above photo.
Report finds Somerville police ineffective under poor leadership A report released Friday by former attorney general Scott Harshberger found the Somerville Police Department to be "disorganized, poorly led and internally divided" under current Police Chief George McLean. Mayor Joseph Curatone commissioned the report, which also recommends empowering the mayor to alter appointment procedure for future police chiefs. "The [current] chief is not perceived as a leader and he is seen as being controlled by a small core of deputies concerned with their own self-interest," the report said. Harshberger also said police officers had described their work atmosphere as being "governed by rumor, speculation, allegation, and conflict." Curatone and McLean have butted heads in the past. When McLean attributed this fall's rash of burglaries in Somerville to a $1.5 million budget cut over the past three years, Curatone called this response an "excuse." Curatone has also barred police officers from speaking with the press without clearance from the city. But East Somerville City Alderman William Roche defended McLean's effectiveness in reducing gang activity, which has recently plagued the area. Roche said Mclean "can't please everybody" and called departmental discord a necessary evil. Somerville, which is the 12th largest city in Massachusetts, has a police department budget of $10.2 million and a staff of 88 patrolmen and 27 superior officers.Boston papers discover state knowledge of Big Dig construction leaks The Boston Globe recently uncovered information showing state knowledge of leakage related to the Big Dig on roadways in more than 400 areas since as early as 1998. State officials have consistently maintained that roadways under construction as part of the Big Dig are safe for motorists. One of the most problematic areas is the I-93 tunnel directly below the South Station train terminal on the Red Line, which according to documents obtained by the Globe contains almost 7,000 leaks in a single 1,000-foot section. The documents also show that the 8-inch leak that flooded the I-93 tunnel in September was caused by a chain of decisions made by the project's private manager, Bechtel/Parsons Brinckherhoff, as far back as 2001. The company reportedly repaired a leak at that time without replacing the faulty material, allowing this year's more destructive leak. The company also established a Leak Task Force early in 2001, a development which was not made public. The Boston Herald also obtained a memo circulated within Bechtel/Parsons warning of imminent threats of leakage in tunnels unless action was taken as early as 1998. State Assistant-Inspector General Jack McCarthy told the Associated Press earlier this week to "keep the focus on the real culprit in this matter - and that is Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff."
Is there life on Mars? One Tufts professor and his research team, many of whom are undergraduates, are using previously untried techniques to help answer this question.
May 2005. This date has various implications for graduating Tufts seniors. No more pulling all-nighters in Tisch and more importantly, no coverage under parents' health plans.
Starring Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, and Midras, this weekend's production of Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphoses," has quite a stellar cast. The Pen, Paint and Pretzels (3Ps) show consists of ten episodes adapted from Ovid's collection of poems of the same name, written in 88 A.D.
The Los Angeles Lakers had a successful 2003-04 season. They finished second in the Western Conference and advanced to the NBA Finals, where they fell to the Detroit Pistons in five games. They failed to win the finals despite having arguably the two best players in the league in Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. However, the season was merely a prelude to the activity that would occur within the team during the off-season.
