Do you know what you'll be taking this semester? Though classes started less than a week ago, many students already have set schedules for this spring - and some even finalized their courses before winter break.
Instead of getting a jumpstart on their art history reading, most Jumbos will spend their entire three-day weekend celebrating the first week back on the Hill. The Daily suggests that these revelers kick off the festivities by attending the women's basketball game tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Cousens Gymnasium.
For most Jumbos returning to the Hill today, memories of the Dec. 10, 2007 Naked Quad Run have already mercifully faded into the obscurity of the recent past - that is, of course, unless you happen to be a big YouTube.com fan.
By the time classes resume for the spring semester, voting in the 2008 election will have already gotten underway. With the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary in the very near future (Jan. 3 and 8, respectively) the Daily would like to take this last opportunity to offer some parting reflections.
Perhaps it's conditioning. After all, the Tufts interpretation of a "Liberal" education virtually guarantees that at least 50% of your courses will be large lecture classes. But how far does this go towards explaining why so many Tufts students can't seem to talk in class?
A number of colleges and universities are outsourcing their once-school-run e-mail clients to large companies, specifically Google and Microsoft.
At the close of 2007, the world seems like a very frightening place. The threat of global warming is looming ever larger; political and religious extremism has gripped nations from Pakistan to Russia to the Middle East; thousands of U.S. soldiers are going above and beyond the call of duty in a war that seems to have no end. It has been a very scary year.
The Tufts Democrats and the Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and Services (ALLIES) deserve accolades for the symposium that they put on this past weekend. Devoted to discussion about civilian-military relations in the 21st century, the event featured a panel on the contentious issue of private military contractors (PMCs).
Yesterday, prominent author and Harvard Professor Stephen Walt spoke to students in Barnum Hall about his controversial new book "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy." The book, which he co-authored with John Mearsheimer, asserts that the Jewish lobby in Washington has a disproportionate and detrimental influence on the American government.
Federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ordered the Recording Industry Association of America to show why the subpoenas sent to 19 George Washington University students in the case Arista v. Does 1-19 should not be quashed. Doe 3, an unnamed GW student who is a defendant in the case, argued that the RIAA has acted wrongfully under the Cable Communications Policy Act (CCPA) to obtain subpoenas for the names of students linked to specific IP addresses.
Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman released a statement yesterday reporting that the employment of Director of Student Activities Jodie Nealley had been terminated for misappropriation of funds.
The facts speak for themselves: Proposed GPS tracking for the Jeoy is still nowhere in sight. Nearly three semesters after the system was supposed to launch, the project is at yet another crossroads, and student enthusiasm for the initiative is waning.
The Daily's Features Department ran an article yesterday that dissected the nutritional makeup of the Thanksgiving turkey and its culinary sidekicks.
We're happy to see that Tufts is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to dedication to public service. The Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) that offers financial help to graduates pursuing nonprofit and government careers will be a boon to the university when it gets off the ground next year.
Environmental responsibility is all the rage, both nationwide and on campus. This fall, students promoting tap water have made a buzz on campus. Yesterday, the New England Patriots made their own environmentally conscious announcement that will surely have its fans at Tufts.
Yesterday, President Bush vetoed a $606-billion spending bill that would have funded education, health and labor programs for the current fiscal year because it contained what he saw as wasteful spending.
This Monday, 12,000 movie and television writers, members of the Writers Guild of America, went on strike to demand a bigger share of the revenue generated by the distribution of their work on the Internet and from DVD sales.
Davis Square is a haven for diverse dining options, both in terms of kind of food and price range. But for the average Tufts student on a limited budget, shelling out cash to eat at one of the many Davis restaurants can be a financial burden that forces many to forego that option.
A new test for would-be American citizens was released last month, and its reviews are mixed. Although the exam will not be administered until 2008, scholars and critics are already throwing their diverse judgments into the ring of public opinion.
Earlier this past semester, the Daily ran an editorial about the importance of scientific literacy in the general population. The conflagrations ravaging California during the past week couldn't have provided a more perfect example of what goes catastrophically wrong when policy is made in ignorance of scientific fact.
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