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Youth will be on center court in Oakland

March 31

When the 2000 NBA All-Star Game gets underway on Feb. 13 in Oakland, one thing should stand out about the starters that take to the hardwood - their age, or rather, lack thereof. The average age of the starters for the Eastern Conference in this year's contest is 25 (a year younger for the West squad), and the total number of championship rings on the fingers of the young stars voted in by NBA fans nationwide is one, resting on the hand of Tim Duncan, who only nabbed his jewelry last year.

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Dawson a bigger dork than ever before

March 31

Is it just me, or did we see much more of Andie's ass than we usually do over the last three episodes? Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, it's just that if we're gonna look at someone's ass, why not Joey, Jenn or even Dawson's mom. Asswise, Andie is one of the least attractive chicks in that show, maybe in the western world.

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Vivisection: an 'inhumane' practice

March 31

The issue of animal research has become publicly visible lately due to increased media coverage on animal-related issues. The recent rash of extremist threats against Harvard animal experimenters has caused a ripple of fear regarding the lengths to which activists will go to draw public attention to their cause. Though I, like most other animal activists, do not condone any use of violence, I do sympathize with the motivations behind these extremist actions. Making the public aware of an issue that is so frequently covered up is a daunting task. Here I will use a legal and effective method to convey the same point: our school newspaper. The issue I will address is the controversial and rarely discussed topic of vivisection.

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Jumbos split week of fierce competition

March 31

The men's lacrosse team dropped a crucial game on Saturday to Wesleyan University, putting a halt to a three-game winning streak. The heartbreaking 13-10 loss came at the heels of an 8-7 victory over Bates College on Thursday. The squad, now 8-5, enters its final game of the season against cross-town rival MIT tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. The bout will be the deciding factor in the team's first East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) playoff berth in well over half a decade. MIT, which is currently ranked just a spot behind the Brown and Blue, will pose a major threat to the team in tomorrow's match.

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Gray to be remembered for his strong work ethic

March 31

While he will never be the next Nomar Garciaparra, Derek Jeter or Alex Rodriguez, Mike Gray has some of the intangibles of the these star middle-infielders. In three weeks, Tufts' senior shortstop will take off his spikes for the last time, but like the great shortstops, Gray will always remember his days in the sun.

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Head in the Clouds

March 31

There is no end in sight to the Internet IPO craze, as more and more websites continue to show up on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

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Raptors making a lot of noise in the East

March 31

If the first half of the NBA season is any indication, it appears that the Toronto Raptors will reach the playoffs for the first time in their five-year history. If the season ended Wednesday, they would finish tied with the Charlotte Hornets for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

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Bruce Willis goes 'The Whole Nine Yards' in black comedy about hitman

March 31

Where do sex, murder, dentistry, and Matthew Perry meet? In the new Jonathan Lynn film, The Whole Nine Yards. A complicated but comprehensible comedy about a professional hitman let loose in suburbia, it takes advantage of its stellar cast to turn in an impressive performance.

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Angels in America' ready to tear up the Balch Arena

March 31

With only a week left of rehearsal, Tufts' production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America is shaping up to be one of the most highly anticipated shows to hit the Balch Arena in recent memory. Opening next Thursday, the performance looks ready to live up to director Justin Waldman's claim as "the most ambitious project a student here has undertaken."

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Jumbos hope to spring to top of New England region

March 31

Coming off a solid indoor season, the men's track team looks to build towards a better performance in the NESCAC and at the New England Division III championships this year. Placing only 13th at the New England championships last spring, coach Connie Putnam foresees a much stronger performance this season, and carries hopes for his squad to win the conference. Their first test comes this weekend at home in the Snowflake classic.

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Tower of Babble

March 31

I love being naked. I sleep naked. I bathe naked, and on occasion I even find it necessary to prance around in the buff to prove a point or acknowledge a sporting defeat. It may come as a surprise to some, then, to learn that I've never run in the Naked Quad Run, that exhibitionist's wet dream and annual tension release that seems a rite of passage for most good Tuftonians, especially those who tend to spend their weekends as inebriated as I do.

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Long-time losers gearing up for battle in Atlanta

March 31

Super Bowl XXXIV has arrived after 20 long weeks of football, but one question remains stuck in the minds of NFL fans: Where did all the good teams go?

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AC/DC rocking as hard as ever

March 31

"You Shook Me All Night Long," "Thunderstruck," "Back in Black." Everyone is familiar with the work of AC/DC, considered classic rock by today's standards. It would probably surprise many to learn that the Scottish quintet is still at it. This past month, they released Stiff Upper Lip, their first collection of new material since 1995. A very loud, blues-powered album, Stiff Upper Lip is a necessity for fans.

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On Wings of Angels

March 31

I was as far from being in drag as you could be at the Hotung party last Saturday, not that anyone really cared: it wasn't like going to the prom in a bathing suit or to the gym in a tuxedo. With the explosive turnout, the Tufts Transgendered Lesbian Gay Bisexual Collective (TTLGBC) was calling the shots for even frat kids looking to party, which is definitely not the way the shots are usually called. They could have turned people away at the door for not attending in proper attire, as Hotung was packed beyond recognition, but they declined the opportunity to exclude and discriminate.

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Tufts students offer a little bit of 'TLC' to children in local elementary schools

March 31

Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, Charlotte's Web and The Berenstein Bears were just some of the television shows and books that brought us joy and introduced us to the wonderful world of learning when we were children. We learned how to count and recognize letters while being entertained by Oscar the Grouch and his insatiable desire to live in filth. We were awed by the many different adventures presented in Reading Rainbow and wanted to be one of the kids who delivered a book summary at the end of the show.

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Get prepared for some March madness

March 31

One week away. That's right, there is just one week remaining until the start of the Big Dance, the men's NCAA college basketball tournament. Although you might have to wait until Sunday to find out who the entire field of 64 will be, a number of teams are already in as automatic bids.

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Mullins beats odds

March 31

When Georgetown University track coach Frank Gagliano got a call from Aimee Mullins in the summer of 1995 asking to join the track team, he was about to do something he had never done before in 37 years of coaching: work with a disabled athlete - and furthermore, a double below-the-knee amputee. Mullins, then a junior at Georgetown, was also about to embark on a first: she had never run organized track before. Before long, however, she would be taking the sport by storm.

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New talent is emerging in AL West

March 31

The American League West, baseball's smallest division, with just four teams, has also traditionally been one of its weakest, with perennial champ Texas bowing out to either the Yankees or Indians in the opening round of the playoffs. With the new millennium, however, has come a resurgence of talent out West, with Texas, Oakland, and Seattle each possessing playoff-caliber talent. And with no team having a clear edge over the other, look for it to be a three-team dogfight for the crown.

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To The Editor:

March 31

I'd like to respond to the article on the front page of the Thursday's Daily, ("TTLGBC alumni group endows annual scholarship at ceremony," 2/3) There seems to be a vast misunderstanding about TTLGBC (Tufts Transgendered Lesbian Gay Bisexual Collective). TTLGBC is a group on campus where students get together to discuss LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered) issues. TTLGBC is NOT the entire LGBT community at Tufts. Nor is everyone in TTLGBC part of the LGBT community (yes, there are straight people in it!) In fact, in the last couple of years the "C" in TTLGBC was changed from "Community" to "Collective" to emphasize that it is merely a collective of students who gather together, not the entire LGBT community at Tufts. Assuming that TTLGBC represents the entire LGBT community at Tufts is the same as saying that the PAA (Pan-African Alliance) represents the entire black community at Tufts.

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Slam Dunk with Ludwig in Cousens Gym on Saturday night

March 31

Cousens Gym will be putting away the sports equipment and opening its doors to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony this Saturday, April 15th, for Slam Dunk with Ludwig at 8 p.m. A collaboration of the Tufts Symphony Orchestra, Tufts Chorale and Chamber Singers, Brandeis University Chorus, and Eastern Nazarene College A Cappella Choir, this special performance of Beethoven's Ninth is being heralded as a welcome to the new millennium and a call to peace and unity.

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