Nate Hall is the Daily’s managing editor. He has previously served as associate editor and executive arts editor. Nate is a senior studying history, and you can reach him at nathan.hall@tufts.edu.
When junior James Hartley attended the O-Show as a first-year in fall 2023, one group in particular caught his attention:BlackOut, Tufts’ all-male step team. Even though he had no dance experience, Hartley was inspired by their performance.Following a club fair event hosted by the Africana Center, he met a member of the team, who encouraged him to audition. Hartley is now the team’s captain.
For more than 60 years, the Jackson Jills have been arranging, singing and performing at Tufts. The Jills were named after Cornelia Maria Jackson, who was the namesake of Jackson College, Tufts’ counterpart for female students at the time of its founding. The name stuck after the schools merged in 1980. Today, the Jills continue to honor their history while looking for new ways to innovate their sound.
The beauty of the arts scene at Tufts is that it brings together students from a host of different backgrounds. This is certainly the case for The Institute, a sketch comedy group comprised of student actors, writers and filmmakers, some of whom join with no formal experience in comedy. This was certainly the case for Eran Avni-Singer, who auditionedhis freshman spring. One small project changed the trajectory of his college career: After making a short film for TUTV’s HorrorFest, he was recruited by the president of The Institute to audition for the group as a filmmaker.
In the wake of the detainment of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, we would like to emphasize our commitment to the safety of our writers and reaffirm our values as a publication.
There’s nothing on television quite like “Severance.” The dystopian thriller returned for its second season in January, capping off a nearly three-year hiatus that kept fans in suspense after its season 1 finale ended in a tantalizing cliffhanger. The first season wowed audiences with an ingenious premise, an instantly likable cast of characters and a few genuinely shocking twists. Surely season 2 couldn’t surpass its success, right?
