Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:34:23 +0000

Whether you are light on your feet or feel you have two left ones, you may want to look into Tufts Ballroom. With both a competitive team and just for fun club version, there is an outlet for all interested in learning and perfecting their moves. One of the many classes of dance that falls [...]

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:15:27 +0000

In the days leading up to Tufts’ World AIDS Day celebration, members and friends of Tufts LGBT took over the Crafts Center hoping to make their mark on the world’s largest ongoing community art project: The AIDS Memorial Quilt. Founded in 1987, the quilt and its more than 40,000 colorful panels, memorializes the lives of [...]

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:10:46 +0000

When Kevin Ballou, A94, petitioned to start a Tae Kwon Do club in 1990, he had no prior martial arts experience. Partnering with Young Kim, A94, a black belt, the two formed the student-run club that currently has nearly 100 members. For those unfamiliar with the sport, current president Hyomi Carty, A12, runs through some [...]

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:56:26 +0000

On October 21, 2011, Tufts University inaugurated Dr. Anthony P. Monaco, officially welcoming him and his family to the university. In celebration of the event, faculty, staff, students and alums came out to wish him well and enjoy in this exciting day in Tufts history. Watch as a few members of the community share their [...]

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:21:13 +0000

Each year, Tufts Queer-Straight Alliance brings together members from both the gay and straight communities to rally in support of the LGBT community as part of National Coming Out Day. The rally is just one of a number of events committed to maintaining LGBT visibility on campus and providing campus-wide education on sexual and gender [...]

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:27:43 +0000

What’s that noise you hear echoing across campus? Probably just an impromptu jam session with Tufts’ only student-run percussion group: B.E.A.T.S. B.E.A.T.S. (which stands for Bangin’ Everything At TuftS) has been rockin’ steady for almost 10 years now, creating organic drum sounds from unorthodox objects. Occasionally their shows are planned, but it’s not unlikely that [...]

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:10:20 +0000

While most people probably don’t spend much time thinking about the packaging their food comes in, for the last week of September, that was pretty much all that was on the minds of the Tufts Eco-Representatives. For an entire week, Eco-Reps, a group of students working to raise awareness of environmental issues among their peers, [...]

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:48:15 +0000

Each year, the men’s ultimate Frisbee team proves to be very popular among club sports at Tufts. Currently made up of about 75 people, the program is comprised of an A team, a B team and a C team. The A team, known as the Elephant Men, finished 10th overall at last May’s USA Ultimate [...]

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:22:30 +0000

Lloyd Olson, E12, took full advantage of the nearly empty campus this summer, turning the President’s Lawn into his personal practice space. His skill: slacklining. Slacklining is a form of tightrope walking that uses a flexible, trampoline-like nylon webbing, often anchored between two trees as a balance beam. Unlike a traditional tightrope, which is rigidly [...]

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:00:37 +0000

Just when you thought you’d seen it all at Tufts, in comes the Tufts Equestrian Team, one of Tufts’ club sports team. Twenty-one Tufts riders trek to August Farm in Holliston, Mass., once a week to perfect their horse-riding technique in preparation for their ongoing competitive season. The team ranges from absolute beginners to seasoned [...]