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''The Zamboni'' is a student-run humor publication at Tufts University. It was founded in 1989 and comes out with six issues per year, or once per month. It contains satirical articles (such as fake news briefs, interviews, and op-ed pieces), cartoons, and photos. It is known as "Tufts University's Only Intentionally Funny Magazine" and its motto is "Cowering Behind the First Amendment Since 1989." ''The Zamboni'' is fully funded by the Student Activities Fee as allocated by the Tufts Senate. In 2014, The Zamboni started publishing digitally, and became part of more experimental humor ventures. As of 2014, ''The Zamboni'' creates pieces of installation art, multimedia, sketch comedy, and pranks, among other non-print projects. == History == ''The Zamboni'' was founded by Josh Wolk (Class of '91) in the fall of 1989 with the help of a ''Tufts Daily'' layout artist, Nicole Pierce. Wolk described his reason for creating the magazine as: "It was basically a reaction to what we felt was a lack of sense of humor on campus (this was in the dawning days of political correctness). It was also a slightly embittered reaction to the fact that the guys at the Harvard Lampoon were sitting in a castle just two cities away and getting every TV writing job as soon as they graduated. Crimson bastards." The name itself came from Wolk, who always expressed amusement of the concept of an actual Zamboni. "It just seemed silly to be a guy driving a machine around the ice." He created the letter from the editor sign-off of "Ain't that a kick in the head?" which still continues to this day. The original staff was mostly seniors, and the first issues poked fun at the TCU Senate and on-campus fraternities. One such example included a full page parody of a Delta Tau Delta rush ad. DTD responded with an ad in the ''Daily'' that referred to ''The Zamboni'' as "Dorkman Zamboni," a shout-out that the original staff proudly embraced. After a "dry period" between the mid 90s and early 2000s, ''The Zamboni'' went through a revitalization in content and structure in 2013, led by then-Managing Editor Graham Starr. Adopting a "print is dead, long live print!" attitude, the Zamboni pushed more toward the conceptual art community at Tufts, and has been focusing more on experimental comedy and multimedia and digital content. ''The Zamboni'' has kept its initial print nature and still publishes monthly, but is also using its newfound freedom of "not having to care" as good excuse into other, less-traveled avenues of humor. The Zamboni has also positioned itself into an artist and comedian sandbox on campus for humorists, designers, writers, and artists to try out new content and develop in a safe and supportive space. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Zamboni (magazine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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