For students at Tufts who hail from outside New England, Patriots' Day is a mysterious but warmly welcomed day off from classes. For those from Boston, the holiday means only one thing: the Boston Marathon. One of the largest sporting events in the country, the Boston Marathon is one of the city's strongest traditions.
In the wake of a spring Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate election season that saw atypically low participation and no competition for any of the 17 candidates, senators and administrators have cited an inadequate effort on the part of the Elections Commission (ECOM).
Mayor Joseph Curtatone last night challenged Somerville business owners to work with the government to promote long-term economic growth, emphasizing the city's potential to compete with economic centers like Boston or Cambridge.
Today more than ever before, society values appearance. From obsessing over the way one's hair falls, to disguising pimples in the morning, to spending hours in the gym, every element matters in the bigger picture of how one looks. Some individuals, however, can go too far in their appearance concerns, turning vanity into a psychiatric disorder.
A groundbreaking ceremony yesterday afternoon for the new Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center brought together students, faculty and alumni to kick off construction of the new complex.
Contrary to popular belief, the choral scene on campus didn't always consist of our 30 some−odd a cappella groups. Even though we did have an active Glee Club in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the records seem to indicate that most Jumbos in the early 1900s were simply crazy about singing, regardless of Glee Club membership.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Center and the Queer−Straight Alliance (QSA) are this month commemorating GAYpril, a month−long celebration of LGBT culture, by co−hosting events with a wide range of student groups with the goal of raising awareness about LGBT issues.
The Leonard Carmichael Society's American Red Cross Blood Drive opened today in Carmichael Hall, netting 80 donors and nearly 57 pints of blood, according to co-coordinator Ashley Seenauth, a sophomore. In addition to Tufts participants, the drive also drew members of the neighboring communities, according to Seenauth, who is also an assistant photo editor for the Daily. As part of a GAYpril initiative, the LGBT community encouraged members of the Greek community and others to make their donations on behalf of men who have sex with men, who are federally barred from donating.
Tomorrow night at 9 p.m. in Cohen Auditorium, models decked out in fashions by Marc Jacobs, BCBG, ALO, Soodee and Cotelac, among other brands, will strut down the catwalk and showcase the latest trends of all styles.
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric at yesterday's sixth−annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism said that the expansion of social media has greatly increased the reach and impact of her work.
A group of students has put their computers' idle time to work curing cancer and saving the environment.
Melissa Unger (LA '89) is one Tufts alumna who has been there and done that. From music video production manager to personal assistant of Robert De Niro to vice president of Media Outreach for The Advertising Council (Ad Council), Unger has covered a lot of ground in the entertainment industry and the arts. Now, the former Jumbo has taken up a new calling: helping others to find their own creative calling.
You know that song by Vampire Weekend about getting out of Cape Cod? I never got what they were talking about until spring break.
Senior Lumay Wang sat across from Murat Salim Esenli, the Turkish ambassador to China, on August 11, 2010, as she explained the message behind the display that Turkey had chosen to exhibit at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. She was at the Expo researching how nations brand themselves to the Chinese public through visual representation, and her research led her to an interview with the ambassador himself, as well as the Turkish Consulate General and the pavilion director in charge of the entire Turkish exhibit. Wang's thesis, not unlike many chosen by Tufts students from the class of 2011, is not your run-of-the-mill research project.
Following the precedent set last year, Spring Fling will again be a dry event but may be even shorter this year, as the university cuts the number of headlining acts from three to two.
It is early Sunday morning and most students have not yet recovered from their post−Saturday night haze to make it out of their beds, never mind their rooms.
Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D−Calif.) visited the Hill for a conversation on public service Friday, addressing negotiations over the federal budget and stressing the important role of women in politics.
Students assembled Sunday on the Res Quad to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. Holi welcomes the arrival of spring and celebrates the triumph of good over evil. Check out Jumbo Slice at blogs.tuftsdaily.com for additional photos.
A new group will lobby the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate to consider costs when it allocates funds and works with the administration.
When CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric addresses Tufts students and community members this afternoon as part of the sixth annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism, she will be joining a canon of prominent journalists who have been invited to the Hill to carry on the excitement for journalism to which the forum's namesake devoted himself.
