When many think of "dancing" in college, what might come to mind is grinding in a hot, sweaty fraternity basement. But for students on the Tufts Ballroom Dance Team, dancing means perfecting their technique and showing off their skills in competitions.
Eight hundred and ninety−six students responded to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate 2010 Spring Survey, a notable drop in turnout from last semester's survey, which solicited 1,461 responses.
Since the candidates for the Tufts Community Union (TCU) presidency have been officially nominated, their campaigns are working around the clock until election day on April 28. Both candidates, juniors Lauren Levine and Sam Wallis, are relying on traditional campaign fixtures, but have one key difference in how they are going after votes.
I spent Monday surrounded by some of our city's finest athletes, fiercest hearts and drunkest college students. It was a testament to the strength and perseverance of humanity, the phenomenal power of the mind, and the sporadic negligence of Boston's open container laws. That's right, folks, I am talking about the Boston Marathon.
The Tufts undergraduate and graduate student health insurance plans in a recent renewal process have undergone changes in line with community input that emphasized increasing coverage even if it led to cost rises.
Bruce Everett, adjunct associate professor of international business at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, this weekend moderated a panel at Tufts Energy Conference. He formerly worked for ExxonMobil Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy. Everett sat down with the Daily to discuss energy policy. Katherine Sawyer: Why do you think energy independence might not be the answer? Bruce Everett: I start with the premise that low−cost energy is critical to the economy, and it is particularly critical in the United States because we are a highly mobile society … If we had domestic sources of energy that were only slightly more expensive that imported oil, then you could make an argument that the geopolitical problems which are very real that are associated with being involved in this market might induce us to say, OK, let's pay a little bit more. The problem is that oil is a transportation fuel, and we have no viable alternatives.
Old MacDonald had a farm, and on that farm he had … a college student? It may not be a traditional pairing, but increasingly, young adults are traveling by working on farms in exchange for food and lodging.
The Greek community yesterday kicked off its annual Greek Week with Jar Wars, a charity competition among the Greek organizations in the Mayer Campus Center.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate last week adopted a resolution that recommends several changes to clarify and simplify the Office of Residential Life and Learning's (ResLife) overnight guest registration policy.
It is almost impossible for anyone who lives in a somewhat densely populated area to avoid the infamous date/time/number that for some marks the root of euphoria and for others the pinnacle of American stupidity — 4/20, coincidentally, today. Smokers nationwide snicker every time the clock strikes 4:20; April 20 after April 20, giant clouds of smoke that give Iceland a run for its money hover over America's college campuses. But few have taken the moment to exhale and ask why.
Every year, the Boston Marathon attracts thousands of runners willing and ready to run 26.2 miles. To facilitate the event are those on the sidelines, holding out cups of water and orange Gatorade, or those who help the exhausted−but−proud runners find their supporters at the end of the race. At this year's event, some 7,000 volunteers turned up to help the marathon run smoothly.
A group of Jumbos yesterday joined other runners in completing the 114th Boston Marathon from Hopkinton to downtown Boston. Beyond running the race, the 200 members of the Tufts President's Marathon Challenge Team also raised funds to support the university's health-promotion initiatives and programs. The Boston Marathon is one of the five World Marathon Majors, and it draws the best runners from around the world. The men's winner was Robert Cheruiyot from Kenya, who set a new course record with a time of 2:05:52. In the women's race, Teyba Erkesso from Ethiopia came in first with a time of 2:26:11.
Tufts Christian Fellowship and Invisible Children at Tufts on Wednesday and Thursday set up a model of a Ugandan hut on the Academic Quad to simulate the experience of a Ugandan refugee camp. Passersby had the chance to walk through the hut, learn about issues facing Uganda and purchase handmade jewelry to benefit displaced Ugandan women. The hut setup led up to a talk "Uganda: Hearing the Voices of Child Soldiers" last night in the Interfaith Center, during which Conrad Mandsager, founder of Child Voice International, shared his experience working in Uganda and with child soldiers.
The Tufts Sixth Annual 100K Business Plan Competition took place on Wednesday, with two teams each receiving $50,000 prizes after beating out a field of contenders that organizers called the most talented in the competition's history.
A Wednesday evening screening and discussion of the documentary "Crude: The Real Price of Oil" (2009) delved into issues of environmental justice, with a focus on the pollution of the Amazon rainforest.
When Amelia Downs joins the class of 2014 next fall, she may well be the most recognizable person on campus without the last name Bacow or two Olympic figure skating medals on her mantle.
While much social and technological advancement would suggest that America has progressed since the 1950s, there exist some contemporary parallels to a dark point in the nation's history that may suggest otherwise.
Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) of Massachusetts is hosting Sean Carasso, founder and chief executive officer of Falling Whistles, a non−governmental organization raising awareness about the use of children as soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this Saturday.
Apple's new iPad tablet computer has been on the market for little more than a week, but that hasn't stopped Seton Hill University, a Catholic liberal arts school in Greensburg, Pa., from making the device a key part of the school's future. Starting this fall, the university will be giving all incoming freshmen an Apple iPad.
In recent years, the most contentious battlefield in the fast−food industry has been the fight for breakfast sandwich supremacy. As the McDonald's and Burger Kings of the world have ventured into coffee sales, chain coffee shops have begun trying to sell real food (meaning not muffins or donuts) to a larger demographic. The hope here is that people will be lazy enough to pick up a sandwich at the same time that they pick up their morning coffee.
