On a typical weekday, Jim Boyd, a junior, wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to work on homework, drives 40 minutes to Tufts from his home in Needham and arrives just in time for his sociology course. He grabs a quick lunch at the Mayer Campus Center before his Spanish class at noon and then works in the library for a few hours before heading back home for dinner.
Worried about putting on the freshman 15? Or trying to stay fit under your winter parkas for those midriff−baring parties that are bound to crop up even in the sub−zero months? Worry no more — Cousens Gym trainer and baseball team shortstop David LeResche has designed three different workouts for the average Tufts student trying to step up their fitness this winter.
Tufts' Global Development and Environment (GDAE) Institute on Nov. 10 announced Martin Weitzman of Harvard University and Nicholas Stern of the London School of Economics as the 2011 winners of its annual Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate last week released its fall semester survey gauging student opinion on a variety of Senate projects.
The Nov. 12 article "Jumbos work to build a solar?powered birthing ward in Haiti" incorrectly stated that Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at one time contributed funding to the Sustainable Energy Access for Haiti trips but later pulled the funding. In fact, EWB never contributed funding for the trips.The caption of the photo accompanying yesterday's article "Guster drummer and Tufts alum Rosenworcel talks about his journey from Bush Hall to stardom" incorrectly identified the individual in the center as Brian Rosenworcel. In fact, the individual was Ryan Miller.
Sophomore Demi Marks plans on majoring in children's entertainment — and she will be the first to do so at Tufts. Marks is one of a small number of students on campus who have decided to design their own interdisciplinary studies major through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS).
Israeli journalist Gil Hoffman yesterday afternoon offered a positive take on Israel's future in a discussion that addressed the Israeli−Palestinian conflict.
Children have dreamed for decades of growing up to be astronauts and traveling to the final frontier — fantasies that, for most of these children, were brought to an end by adolescence. But the sky is no longer the limit for customers willing to pay the price to travel to Earth's stratosphere as once−inaccessible outer space becomes just another space for commercialism.
Even some of the most treasured landmarks need a facelift, and if we're speaking in terms of magnitude, this Saturday marks the opening of the Heidi Montag of transformations for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA).
This week's "Ban Together" is going in a new direction. Columns like the last one on Four Loko are not connecting with Tufts readers. State officials thought they got the message right when they announced plans to restrict the drink earlier this week. However, I didn't actually want a ban on Four Loko. Realizing the power of my column to destroy cultural icons, I am dedicating this column to a disenfranchised group that must be preserved.
Sophomore Yuri Chang traveled through Japan this summer, visiting cities and staying with a number of hosts along the way. What set this apart from the average vacation? The nights she spent at her hosts' homes were Chang's first encounters with them.
Student-run organization Tufts Student Resources (TSR) is starting an initiative to support and encourage entrepreneurship on the Tufts campus this semester.
Tufts students over the weekend earned second place — their best ever finish — in the College Fed Challenge, a mock monetary policy debate hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
A newly purchased Tufts Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) emergency response vehicle went into service Friday night as part of a planned rotation of vehicle replacement, according to Director of Emergency Management Geoffrey Bartlett.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate announced Sunday night it will allocate funds to seven student groups through special surplus grants.
Students stressed by high book prices may have more options next semester if a proposed pilot program takes shape.
Ask a religiously observant American why they practice religion, and you're likely to end up with a host of answers, including spirituality, community, tradition and belief. Few, however, are likely to mention the health benefits.
As the Office for Institutional Diversity (OID) approaches a full year without a director, the position's future remains uncertain in light of expected high-level administrative changes.
It turns out that Tufts Muggles can make magic.
Enrolling in college is synonymous with signing up for four years of poring over books, textbooks, photocopied essays and online readings. But with ever-increasing forms of electronic entertainment ranging from YouTube videos and social networking to Hulu and time-wasting games, is leisure reading disappearing as a traditional pastime? —by Emilia Luna
