Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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TO STUDY OR NOT TO STUDY: That Is Not The Only Question Tufts students (with perhaps a few exceptions) don ' t pay $13,000 a year to come here and party. They come here to learn, and that means studying. Of course, not everyone studies in the same way. There are almost as many different ways of studying as there are people at Tufts. First there are those who choose to stay in their rooms. Some like it be¬ cause it is more comfortable (perhaps too comfortable—that bed can be aw¬ fully inviting, leading to one of those ten-minute naps that lasts three and a half hours). Others say they work bet¬ ter with their stereos on. How having WBCN shaking the walls helps them read classic British novels remains unclear. ' mm . mm RIGHT: Tufts supplies each student with a desk, and this person is taking advantage of it. Of course, Tufts also supplied him with a bed, which offers the tempting possibility of a nap only a few feet away. This is often a problem when studying in your room. ABOVE: Wessell Library offers a quiet environment for study, assuming you can find a seat. Around exam time, this is very difficult indeed. TOP: On nice days, the library is a great place to study, but not inside. These two students find that they can at least enjoy the sun while doing their work. 30 For those who want to get away from their dorms, to escape noise and interruption, or with the thought that a less homey environment will force them to work harder, there are a num¬ ber of options. The most obvious is the library. There, they can go to the Reserve Room, where they will likely get even less done than back in their rooms. Downstairs, they can isolate themselves in carrels, where they may get a bit more done, at least until the hypnotic buzz of the flourescent lights lulls them to sleep. Finally, there is the Gott Room, where the tru¬ ly dedicated students find study space. Finally, there is the nice-day alter¬ native. This usually means pretend¬ ing to study outside, while really star¬ ing off into space, or at other would- be studiers, while enjoying the breeze and the sun. Faced with such complex decisions over where to study, many people just play some Frisbee, and de¬ cide later.

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Mom ' s Home Cooking It ' s Not I knew when I came to Tufts that no¬ body could cook as well as Mom. Well, that ' s not really true. Mom is not the world ' s greatest, but she ' s my mom and nobody including you, Julia Child, can outcook my mom. Anyway, once I ar¬ rived here, I was eating with my host advisor in a Tufts dining hall. I was sur¬ prised—the food wasn ' t all that bad. I thought I was going to enjoy eating here with good old Tufts Dining Ser¬ vices, TUDS for short. In fact, I was so impressed that I told my advisor so. Don ' t worry, he warned. It will get worse. So I keep going back, waiting for TUDS to prove him right. You know what? They never did, or maybe they did, but I never noticed. All that did hap¬ pen was that I continued to enjoy eating in the dining halls. I found it to be the cheapest way to treat a desirable lady to a meal. I mean, where else, aside from one ' s own kitchen, can you take a lady to dine on campus? Of course, the inad¬ equate wine list does present one with a dilemma of sorts. I ' m sure that you all know freshmen start on the twenty meal plan. I have heard it argued that this is a ripoff. Many freshmen, especially the lovely weight conscious ladies who fill the hallowed halls, don ' t eat twenty meals a week. If they do go to the dining hall, many of them just sit there and talk instead of eating. The dining hall presents us with a great opportunity to sit down and relax in an easy conversation with our fellow Tuftonians. Let ' s face it. Some of the most important world crises are dis¬ cussed over a leisurely cup of tea in a dining hall. These include such things as tomorrow ' s PS31 midterm and who you ' re going to set your roommate up with for screw-your-roomate. I will bet that all of you here have fond memories of Tufts dining halls. Carry them with you always, nurture them, and never forget the morning when your shaking hands dropped the tray and earned you a standing ovation. TOP: For the truly health-minded, Tufts offers the nutritional favorite, salad and Coke. MIDDLE: Mealtime gives students a time to relax and talk. Here Margot Fox and some of her friends enjoy the MacPhie cuisine. BOTTOM: After the meal, the dirty dishes go to the dishroom. Washing dishes at Tufts isn ' t one of the most pleasant jobs there is, but someone has to get the plates clean for the next round of roast beef au jus. 29

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Somewhere between dorm living and off-campus apartment living lies co-op living. At Tufts, that means Lat¬ in Way or Hillside Apartments. While people in co-ops are living on campus, in some ways they are more on their own than other people in University housing. Although there are many ad¬ vantages to this, at the same time come a number of drawbacks. The best part of co-op living is free¬ dom—freedom to do what you want, when you want, with whom you want. There are no RAs or RDs, and no qui¬ et hours. It ' s all up to you to decide how to run your life. You have more privacy than in a dorm, so if you want to be alone, you can seal yourself off from everyone else. If you want to be around other people, you can do that, too. Along with a co-op comes a kitch¬ en. You can use this to cook your meals if you want to. On the other hand, you can just use it for snacks, and stay on the meal plan. You can use your own dishes, your own pots and pans, and your own recipes. It ' s like taking a big chunk of home with you. At the same time, you can develop much closer relationships with your fellow co-op dwellers. Since you ' re living together in an apartment, you come into closer contact than in a dorm. You can really get to know each other (of course you get to know the bad with the good). Co-op living, though, is a two-sided matter. With the freedom comes ad¬ ded responsibility. Without anyone to guide you, things can get out of hand. You may find your neighbor playing his stereo full blast at four in the morning, and there ' s nothing you can do about it if he refuses to turn it off. There ' s also the problem of isolation. In a dorm, there are hundreds of peo¬ ple to interact with, while in a co-op, you ' re likely never to see more than a few other people except going in and out the door. Let ' s hope you have friends who like to come over and vis¬ it. Living in a co-op also means more work. While having a kitchen is a lux¬ ury, doing the dishes is not. If things get dirty, you ' re on your own. Also, just cooking, if you decide to do that for yourself, can take quite a bit of time. What this means is that you can take the bad with the good. If you want to live in a place where you can do what you want, you have to be prepared to live with the conse¬ quences. In the case of co-op living, freedom means work. Freedom Means Work As Co-op Living Has Its Ups And Downs TOP: Living in a co-op helps one feel more at home. Apparently, the resident of this room feels at home in a tropical rain forest. ABOVE RIGHT: One of the major advantages of living in a co-op is the kitchen. Like many Hillside residents. Sue Silberman doesn ' t have to trudge to a dining hall in bad weather, but can eat her dinner right in her apartment. Of course, she has to cook it first. ABOVE LEFT: Leora Cope looks lost. However, that ' s understandable when trying to decipher the intricate numbering system of Hillside Apartments.