A federal grant will provide for comprehensive city planning in Somerville as the project to extend the Green Line from Lechmere Station into the city of Somerville chugs along.
The Joey, that lovable converted school bus that brings students to and from Davis Square for no charge, is a friend of every student at Tufts. Currently, its serves five stops — four on campus and one in Davis Square — but certain parts of campus are left uncovered by the shuttle's route.
Elite colleges in the United States have a long−standing tradition of considering legacy in admissions. Today, legacy is still an important part of the admissions process at schools like Tufts. All students are evaluated on the basis of their grade point averages, their standardized testing scores, their essays and their extracurricular activities. Some students, however, benefit from an extra, special asset — legacy. But how much does legacy really matter?
Everyone says that when you move from Southern California to the East Coast, the biggest and scariest culture clash is going to be the winter. I cannot disagree more. The biggest adjustment from Los Angeles to Boston? The way boys dress. No question.
Michael Sandel, a prominent Harvard political philosophy professor, will on Wednesday ask Tufts students, "What's the right thing to do?"
It's the day before a final. You haven't opened a textbook in weeks and your class attendance is spotty, but it's too late to drop the class. The pressure to do well is immense, but your stress and anxiety are keeping you from studying effectively. Good thing there's a pill for that.
About 80 students gathered in Braker 001 last Thursday to learn the basics of wilderness survival.
When the American colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor in 1773, they had no idea how their tea party would affect the course of American history. They could not have been able to foresee the role that conservative populist frustration would play in reviving their name — and ideals — to serve a whole new world of politics in 2010.
Halloween: When you're little, it's all about candy. My friends and I would trick-or-treat for hours, rush home and have a huge trade to balance out ratios of Reese's, Kit Kats and Almond Joys. In high school, Halloween started to become a little crazier — there was still candy, but there were also more suggestive costumes and some underlying tones of vulgarity. However, not until I reached college did obnoxious costumes reach their pinnacle. Fraternity parties and house crawls are plagued by girls and guys dressed to impress in extensive costumes or very little fabric at all — the latter primarily applying to girls. Of course, candy is always delicious and the ratio between chocolate, peanut butter and coconut never stops being important, but there are some rules that can maintain the sanctity of this American tradition while one is in college.
The day of reckoning for Tufts' favorite furry icon has come. The campus's unofficial mascot who scurried around the outskirts of Dewick Dining Hall for years — with its angelic white fur coat on display — is now gone from this Earth.
The Tufts Republicans have high hopes for Tuesday's midterm elections, though they have found little support from conservatives among their peers.
Sophomore Namratha Rao, left, and senior Hameto Benkreira and sign in at the sexual violence community forum, held in the Metcalf Hall lounge last night. At the forum, attendees shared stories and experiences with sexual violence topics.
Online marketing has gotten personal.
An oft−heard refrain my freshman year: "Don't mind Sam. She only talks like that because she's from California."
Under cloudless blue skies on Oct. 13, the Tufts community celebrated National Coming Out Day. Students, faculty members and friends crowded the Mayer Campus Center patio with rainbow−colored pins on their backpacks and pride flags poking out of their pockets. They listened, watched and cheered as speakers from across the Tufts community spoke about the importance of the day on campus.
Director of Tisch Library Jo-Ann Michalak will leave her position this spring after 19 years.
The wrinkles have started appearing and the hairline is receding, but 46−year−old celebrity chef Ming Tsai — rated number 16 on People Magazine's "Most Beautiful People" list 10 years ago — shows no signs of slowing down his career since his debut to superstardom in 1998.
Wren Hall residential assistants on Sunday auctioned themselves off as dinner dates at a philanthropic event held in the lobby of Carmichael Hall to benefit Jumpstart, a non-profit that works to prepare preschoolers in low-income communities to enter kindergarten.
I was strolling across the quad on a crisp autumn day last week, when I reached a large group of prospective students. As I passed by, I couldn't help but pick up a bit of the tour guide's polished routine. He was mentioning something about how 635 percent of Tufts students go abroad junior year.
