Members of the men's swimming and diving team are falling ill in exceptional numbers this semester, and many believe it is because of a chemical imbalance in Tufts' Hamilton Pool.
Students have numerous ways of dealing with stress: Some try to get more sleep, while others eat healthier or become time-management gurus. But one way of combating stress — a solution which is often overlooked — is simply to make new friends.
Doing laundry in a college dorm is rarely a thrilling experience. But for residents of Wren Hall, it has become slightly more disagreeable lately.
It looks like the long lamentations concerning the political apathy of young people can temporarily be put to rest.
As the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) continues to send letters to universities whose students are accused of illegal file sharing, the absence of a certain school from its mailing list has raised some eyebrows.
At long last, the election hubbub has settled down. Every pundit worth his salt has completed his obligatory postmortem of the '08 election. Winners in congressional races are jockeying for the best office space in the Rayburn, Longworth and Cannon House Office Buildings. Losers are sadly packing their bags and seeing if they can squeeze their name onto a U.S. post office in their district before January. Campaign staffers seem to finally be running out of stories to whisper to reporters about Sarah Palin.
Tufts police and administration officials do not foresee significant changes to the university's marijuana policy, in spite of the passage of a ballot question decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana in Massachusetts.
Transportation officials analyzed key features of the T's Green Line extension project during a public meeting last week, but a recommendation on the line's terminus likely won't come until January.
Just next to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) is a humble, brick building which houses the studios of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA). It's a structure almost overshadowed by the monumental MFA, but it still serves an important role, pumping fresh blood into the established art world. Beside the location of Van Goghs, Warhols and ancient treasures, SMFA students roll up their sleeves to create the next generations' masterpieces.
A professor and students from Harvard Law School have taken issue with the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) campaign against illegal file sharing and filed a counterclaim on behalf of a Boston University student.
Students who logged into their Gmail accounts last week were in for a bit of a surprise after Google introduced free voice and video chats.
While a French dormitory sprinkled with familiar faces and Tufts Nalgenes may sound inviting to some, the majority of Jumbos who opt to study in another country enlist the assistance of external programs to test the waters abroad.
When Cher Horowitz (played by Alicia Silverstone) giddily displays her report card to her father in the 1995 film "Clueless," he beams with pride — but not just because his daughter's grades are good. Cher and her father are especially proud because the report card is the result of a long string of battles with teachers for better marks: Cher is a grade-grubber.
Agriculture is New Zealand's major exporting industry. According to the New Zealand External Trade Statistics, in the year 2007, dairy farming alone accounted for about 21 percent of merchandise sold overseas. Like I've already said, there are approximately 10 sheep to every individual human, and you're more likely to meet a Kiwi who grew up with a pet lamb (or goat, or chicken, or horse) than with a pet dog.
Only 8.5 percent of full-time university undergraduates nationwide are members of either a fraternity or a sorority.
When data analyst Kathleen Niple graduated from Elon University in North Carolina, she wanted to move north and start her career in Boston. But it wasn't Elon's career services department that helped Niple with her move; rather, her sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi (AOPi), proved to be her biggest asset.
Students looking for a reason to travel into Beantown this weekend need look no further than the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's new Cultural Ticket Web page.
Dorm equipment behemoths like Ikea and Target beware: The rise in popularity of the community-based site Craigslist.com has created a new mechanism for young adults to purchase items quickly and cheaply. From furniture sales to job listings and real estate postings to personal advertisements, Craigslist has become the go-to place to find just about anything.
Barack Obama's Election Day victory made his message of change a reality. But the widespread media attention surrounding his triumph overshadowed some of the other results on Nov. 4. As it turned out, the citizens of Massachusetts, and by default Tufts students, received an extra dose of change — Question 2, which proposed decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana, was passed by a solid majority of the vote.
