Anne Sauer (LA '91, G '98), the former director of Tufts Digital Collections and Archives (DCA) and university archivist, last Monday joined the staff of the Cornell University Library as director of the rare and manuscript collections. A double Jumbo, Sauer earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees, both in history, here on the Hill.
It isn't common for a team to have two matches scheduled on the same day, at the same time, but that's exactly what happened for the men's tennis team last Saturday. With a large squad, the team divided in half to play one match at Hamilton and another at No. 3 Williams.
The baseball team keeps on rolling. Tufts outscored Colby-Sawyer 20-0 Saturday in a doubleheader sweep at Huskins Field, followed by a 12-7 win over Mass. Maritime last night to improve to 17-1 overall and extend its winning streak to nine games.
Former Congresswoman Jane Harman and Admiral James Stavridis, dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, spoke about success and failure during their careers at yesterday's open house for recently admitted Fletcher students.
In a break from my usual analysis of a single artist or discussion of recent trends in hip-hop, I'm going to use this week to look at a few rappers from the more underground side of things. Blowing up in the music industry isn't a straightforward game, and even some of the most talented rappers can languish, underrecognized and underappreciated for years - or even the entirety of their careers.
The NBA draft is usually one of the following: a bane, a boon, a swing and a miss, a setback - or the pipeline by which the San Antonio Spurs cobble together a perennial contender with unknown role players. Usually.
Big news: Snookie is pregnant with baby number two! I would like to personally dedicate a huge 'MazelTov' to the lady who was formerly America's favorite hot mess. Thanks to "The Jersey Shore" (2009-2012), we all fondly remember all of Snookie's past triumphs - my personal favorite being that time the cops ruined the poor girl's afternoon by taking her to jail. But now, she's all grown up. She pulled it together, wrote a book, had a kid and is leading the life of the classy chick we all knew she could be. She, and the other cast members of "The Jersey Shore," have come a long way since their days of bumming around Seaside and giving the greatest state in the nation a bad name.
The men's crew team competed for its first time this semester over the weekend, rowing in one race on Saturday and two on Sunday, winning all three. The varsity eight started the day on Sunday with a very close, one-length victory over Hamilton on the Malden River. The team crossed the finish line in 6:40.3, three seconds ahead of Hamilton.
Juniors Michael Maskin and Sean Gunn this semester initiated a project to create a cooperative education (co-op) program at Tufts that would provide students with the opportunity to gain real-world work experience.
There are few comedy shows that showcase as small a small niche as "Portlandia" (2011-present), and even fewer that satisfy the comedic desires of such a particular target audience. The humor does not just revolve around lampooning hipster stereotypes, but is specifically focused on the hipster stereotypes of one particular city - but then again, that's something Portland, Ore. is in no short supply of. The brainchild of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, "Portlandia" returned for a new season on Feb. 27, and the show is doling out more ironic humor than ever - now with more poignant issues at stake. Six episodes in, the fourth season is more than halfway finished, and has consistently delivered the show's best episodes thus far.
We all know breakups suck. As much as I usually try to twist things around in this column, there's really not much I can do with simple facts of life. Breakups suck. Dewick is better than Carm. The Joey is not on time. Things like this are just so inarguable that the sooner the uphill freshmen accept it, the better things will be for everyone.
To those of us who listen to the radio and not much else, it can seem like there hasn't been anything resembling lo-fi indie rock on the top charts in years. With a slew of hip-hop, R&B and electronic tracks monopolizing airtime, it's easy to forget that there are rock bands out there. Indeed, bubbling just below the surface of pop stardom are countless bands producing exciting work and garnering huge followings. Cloud Nothings is perfect example. The brainchild of singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi, Cloud Nothings began as one of his various solo projects. After realizing the potential in his music, Baldi dropped out of college, put a live band together and devoted himself fully to the group. Now releasing their fourth studio album, Cloud Nothings' musicians have proven themselves to be exciting self-starters, making music that's peppered with bold sounds and powerful melodies.
Engineers Without Borders (EWB), an interdisciplinary group of engineers and liberal arts students, this past Saturday morning held a five kilometer (5K) run/walk to raise money for the group's sustainable development projects in El Salvador and Uganda.
As students from both the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering flock to computer science courses, classes are filled to capacity and have maintained lengthy wait lists this semester as the department struggles to meet the growing student demand. In light of increasing interest, the Department of Computer Science recently announced new enrollment policies for entry-level courses, like "Introduction to Computer Science" (Comp 11).
Fletcher Professor of English Emeritus JesperRosenmeier passed away suddenly Thursday morning while on his way to class.
Of all the heroes assembled in 2012's wildly successful "The Avengers," it's easy to perceive the straight-laced Captain America (Chris Evans) as the least interesting of the crew, especially when compared to teammates like a billionaire armored playboy and a raging green monster. For the hero's second solo outing, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" was faced with the challenge of developing a character that could have easily come off as plain vanilla in the wrong hands. The movie's solution is to shake Captain America's foundation to its very core, making him question his own country and ideals. It's a brilliant move, one that propels the film to heights not usually seen in superhero blockbusters. Beyond serving as a breath of fresh air in theaters - rescuing us from the recent deluge of nonsense that includes shirtless Spartans and Liam Neeson on a plane - "The Winter Soldier" is an inspired entry in the superhero genre and a near perfect success.
Ten Jumbos scored at least one goal as the No. 6 men's lacrosse team rolled to a definitive 18-3 win over the Hamilton Continentals in Clinton, N.Y. on Saturday. Coming off of its first NESCAC loss of the season to Williams on April 1, Tufts returned to form, outshooting Hamilton 52-26.
All the various romantic tropes have been deployed, the unresolved sexual tension has been lingering for ages, the fans are practically panting in anticipation and finally - finally - the two people in a couple get together (or are on the verge of doing so). And then, they instantly decide that they're better off friends.
At what point, when reading, should you just give up? This is possibly one of the most important questions we face as readers in the digital age, when time is scarce and our collective reserves of attention are even scarcer. If you're one of those who would like to pretend that this question doesn't occur to you often, quit the act. Even those of us who are passionate about our futile efforts to become intellectually enlightened have those moments of mid-chapter book-dropping as we roll our eyes and open up our laptops.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate began its final meeting of the school year by debating a resolution calling for the creation of an International Community Representative.
