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DTD to host Boston premiere of documentary on Sudanese lost boys
April 4Delta Tau Delta (DTD) fraternity will today be hosting the Boston premiere of "Rebuilding Hope," Gabriel Bol Deng's documentary about a group of Sudanese refugees, as part of its commitment to the Sudan cause.
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Tufts senior manages program to help local juveniles get back on track
April 4Senior Dean Ladin was recently announced as one of the recipients of Tufts' 2010 Presidential Award for Citizenship and Public Service for his extensive work on and off campus. The award is given annually to undergraduate and graduate students who show great achievement in community service and leadership. In addition to serving as a Tisch Scholar, Ladin is also a residential assistant in Wren Hall and Teach for America's on−campus marketing recruiter. Despite the prestige of the Presidential Award, Ladin says that he is most proud of his Tisch Scholar Project, which he founded, and his continuing management of the Middlesex District Attorney's Juvenile Diversion Program.
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Web sites once used for fun are now a front line in product promotion
April 4For college students looking ahead to a bleak job market, there's at least one piece of good news: Spending hours on Web sites like Facebook.com and Twitter.com may not be a waste of time.
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Professors receive national engineering research grants
April 4Three professors from the School of Engineering recently received Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S. Department of Energy to support the continuation of their research.
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By the numbers | StarCraft
April 1400: number of actions a professional StarCraft player can perform per minute$300,000: annual income per year, excluding prize money and endorsements, of professional StarCraft player Lim Yo?Hwan9.5 million: copies of StarCraft that have been sold since 19988: number of minutes it took StarCraft's developer, Blizzard, to sell 20,000 tickets to its annual BlizzCon convention at a price of $125 a ticket2: number of TV stations in South Korea devoted to 24 hour competitive gaming coverage.- by Carter Rogers
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Independent Papercut Zine Library comes to Somerville from Harvard
April 1The independent Papercut Zine Library, previously based in Harvard Square, last month opened its doors at a new location on Pearl Street in Somerville.
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Cap and tray: a pragmatic solution for trayless dining
March 30This week Carmichael Dining Hall has entered the world of trayless dining to the excitement of some students and to the dismay of others. To me, the current system is imperfect since every student is paying for a dining plan that was predicated on the fact that the cost of each meal would come with a tray. While I know the cost of a tray is a rather minimal cost to a meal, why should students be forced to pay the same amount of money for less service? To answer this question, I turn to one of the environmental movement's favorite plans known to most as cap and trade.
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SXSW Festival brings live music to Austin
March 30Many cities around the country are renowned for their deep musical roots and legacies — no better place for country than Nashville, no home more fitting for jazz than New Orleans and certainly no challenger to New York's throne of musical theater. But none of these have been dubbed the "Live Music Capital of the World." No, that honor goes to Austin, Texas.
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Teddy Minch | Off Mic
March 30As is so often the case with heavily televised American political gatherings, from the State of the Union address to Supreme Court nominations, the "how" of the event is almost as important and widely covered as the "what." The House of Representatives convened on Sunday, March 14 to vote on the Senate health care bill, as well as "fixes" to the bill. The following day, what dominated headlines immediately — that the bill passed the House and was on its way to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law — showcased a rather distressing "how." The "how" highlighted the environment and nature of the House chambers that evening and the utter loss of decorum in American politics that, for some time, has become standard and very much emblematic of the health care debate.
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Two years after considering breakup, Div. III unites behind identity effort
March 30In the course of two years, the outlook on Div. III's future has changed rather dramatically.
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Top Ten: Highlights from the first four rounds of the NCAA Tournament
March 30The 2010 men's basketball NCAA Tournament has been one of the most exciting ever, riddled with upsets, outstanding performances from previously unheard−of players and buzzer−beating thrillers. With two No. 5 seeds in the Final Four coupled with No. 1 Duke and No. 2 West Virginia, this weekend's matchups in Indianapolis are sure not to disappoint, continuing with the overall trend set by the previous four rounds. But ignoring the excitement of the past two weekends would be unwise. The Daily looks back at the Top 10 moments of the first four rounds:
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Will membership ever revisit restructuring?
March 30By embarking on a full−fledged look at its philosophy over the last year, Div. III's membership put to rest — at least temporarily — talk of splitting up. It instead pursued an agenda aimed at discovering and better articulating what the division's diverse institutions share in common, culminating in the launch of its so−called identity initiative.
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Student loan reform passes, but effects at Tufts could be minimal
March 29When President Barack Obama today signs the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 into law at Northern Virginia Community College, it will have ramifications not just for health care but the higher education industry as well.
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Distinguished economists awarded GDAE's Leontief Prize
March 29The recipients of this year's Tufts Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) Leontief Prize at yesterday's award ceremony in the Coolidge Room at Ballou Hall addressed the issue of mankind's well-being in times of crisis.
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Interactive Map | Police Briefs
March 29View Police Blotter - Week of March 29, 2010 in a larger map
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Campus Comment | Carmichael just began its trayless dining trial. What do diners think about this?
March 29"I would be all for trayless. I never use trays, and I'd rather go up and back and take many trips than use a tray."-Caitlin Doherty, freshman"I don't mind; I think it's fine … except it's annoying for the drinks."-Oliver McClellan, sophomore"They've got ...
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Planning a meaningful summer a priority for many students
March 29Although the summer may currently seem far in the distance, many Jumbos do not wait until the last minute to plan. The valuable three and a half months between each academic year are a time when students have the liberty of doing a wide range of activities that vary according to personal preference, interests and financial needs.
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Graduate students hope to improve children's television through 'Mister Rogers' scholarship
March 28Although he passed away in 2003, the name of children's television legend Fred Rogers of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" (1968-2001) has not been forgotten by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, which named the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship, now in its sixth year, in his honor. Two Tufts students, Christina Zagarino and Rachel Schechter, are among the three recipients.
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