It turns out that Tisch Library at Tufts University is pervier than a Red Line train during rush hour. Under the headline ">"Public masturbation a persistent problem at Tisch Library," Tufts Daily reports that, in the past year, four women claim to have encountered inappropriate public acts of self pleasure in the library. It sounds hilarious, but it is sexual harassment. On February 10, a man was picked up by the police for "motions or......

--Yet another explanation for why you should have a sinking feeling in your tummy any time you go over a bridge in Massachusetts. [Boston Herald] --Another storm is expected for Friday, but it's not prompting the mass freakout that the last storm did. [WBZ] --The city of Boston will build a statue that honors Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife, Coretta Scott King. [AP/Boston Globe] --The Committee on Children, Families, and Individuals With......

--When word got out that Mayor Menino wanted to bring in a petting zoo to revitalize Downtown Crossing, we thought it was a joke. But it turns out that the barnyard animals are at the crossing on weekends outside Filene's Basement. Animal activists are underwhelmed, and how can looking at sad, cold animals inspire people to shop? [Boston Herald] --Wondering what all the screaming was about early yesterday evening at Downtown Crossing? It didn't......

The tale of Tufts history professor Felipe Fernandez-Armesto getting roughed up for jaywalking in Atlanta has gone global. The BBC is doing a "those nutty Americans" story on it, headlined "What Every Brit Should Know About Jaywalking." Another interesting fact emerged in the BBC story. The Hotlanta PD "confiscated his box of peppermints." The police took his peppermints! This whole incident is sounding more and more like a lost episode of Seinfeld. Most stories......

It seems to Bostonist that news coverage of our area institutions of higher education tends to focus on the academic achievements of Harvard and MIT, or the sports achievements of BC (okay, maybe that's a simplistic statement but those schools do get much of the spotlight). So it's an exciting day northeast of the [Cambridge] border when Tufts University garners some media attention. And yesterday was exactly one such day. Unfortunately for Tufts, however, that......