When Bill Gehling graduated from Tufts in 1974 as a child study major, he never imagined that he'd one day find himself as the University's Director of Athletics.
The men's soccer team's offense came alive Tuesday, as the Jumbos triumphed over Rhode Island College on the road with a 2-1 overtime win.
There's no place like home, apparently, for the field hockey team. Despite the Jumbos' struggle to win a single conference game on the road, they have consistently dominated on their own turf and hope to continue their three-game winning streak at home when they face off against the Bates Bobcats tomorrow at 1 p.m.
"I have a laptop. I've never really wanted a desktop, because I like to be able to take [my computer] home with me." -Sophomore Morgan Soffler
Lie: there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In Tuesday's Viewpoint, "An all too rare plea for President Bush" (Sept. 28), I found it quite disturbing that Mr. Hamilton talked about the "lies and inconsistencies" of John Kerry while never considering the current President's last four years in office. It seemed to me very hypocritical that Mr. Hamilton would be so quick to criticize Kerry's record. I will not go so far as to say that Kerry has never changed his mind, however, I would rather have a President who can change his mind for the better of our nation than one who lies and sends us to war without the help of the international community, on the basis of fictitious weapons of mass destruction.
Music writer Chuck Eddy once observed that Gladys Knight's heartrending, soulful rendition of "Midnight Train to Georgia" only works because it's balanced by the mindless, train-whistle "woo-woos" of her backup singers, the Pips.
Two middle-aged men dressed in neatly pressed navy blue suits appear alongside each other on your television screen. In front of millions of intently watching Americans, these two men vie for the presidency on this most public stage. The first man speaks eloquently, weaving stories of hard-luck mine workers, childhood memories of classic Americana, and all of a sudden, you feel like you have stepped into a Norman Rockwell painting.
Tonight, President Bush will square off with Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry for the first of three presidential debates. The events will give the American voters a chance to see the two candidates field questions on a wide range of issues in an unscripted, candid atmosphere. For the first time in the 2004 campaign, both President Bush and Kerry will be exposed, shedding the layers of media bias, of scripted speeches, and of convenient photo-ops that aid in molding voters' opinions.
Fall has arrived. Students: do not lounge around in your dorm room feeling lazy and bored. Don your football helmets, warm up your dominant kicking foot, whip out those field hockey sticks, dust off that badminton birdie, and prepare to Dodge Balls. It's Intramural season at last!
Tufts University has a serious cocaine problem. Ask any upperclassmen and they'll tell you about shady sessions in bathrooms, deals that went bad and the time they just couldn't stop grinding their teeth. Or they won't and they'll discuss sober nights at the movies and this year's Presidential election, but most of the time, anyone you ask will be aware of our school's new fastest-growing party drug.
The growing number of administrators on campus warns that Tufts may be moving towards a structure top-heavy from too many bureaucrats. How many administrators does Tufts need and how much of the students' tuition fees are being spent to finance them?
October is around the corner, and that means it's once again time for the Baseball Writers Association to hand out individual awards to people who don't deserve them.
Imagine rolling hills spotted with eighteen-foot tall yellow umbrellas, or islands surrounded entirely by swathes of hot pink fabric. Perhaps more surreal still, imagine seeing the Reichstag building in Berlin taken out of its everyday parliamentary function and wrapped like a present.
Robert Gonsalves (E '56) is a teacher through and through. Just minutes into his interview with the Daily, he sits at the whiteboard with a marker in hand and begins to explain the problem NASA encountered with the Hubble Space Telescope more than a decade ago.
10. Maybe it won't rain...actually, never mind.
Tufts' Medford-Somerville campus woke up to rain and the coldest weather of the semester yesterday. Temperatures dropped into the high 40s overnight. Laurel Powers, Pete Ellis, Axey Ann McPherson and Emily Pastel (L-R) battle the cold outside Tisch Library yesterday evening, wielding both scarves and wooden swords.
Coming off of a successful 2003 season, the Tufts women's crew team will have both depth and experience in its favor as it aims to ascend the ranks of the NESCAC this year.
David O. Russell has collected quite a reputation during his film career. Rumors of his bizarre behavior are common. He and George Clooney engaged in a fistfight on the set of "Three Kings," and he has reduced actress Lily Tomlin to tears. A recent New York Times article paints a picture of a deeply disturbed man who delights in the plight of his actors for the sake of the project while making great films as a result.
The number of university administrators is rising nationwide and so are the funds devoted to paying them, but at Tufts, the trend cannot be explained by an increasing student body.
University of London Professor Michael Yahuda addressed what he called "the constraints that apply in Sino-Japanese relations" - and their inability to be explained by theories of international relations - at a lecture at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy on Tuesday evening.
