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Kate Peck | The Traveling Lush
April 16After going out so much in Boston, I'm seeing a bit of a pattern. I plan each night to death.
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Robin Alberts-Marigza | Bostonista
April 16April is my favorite time to be a Tufts student. Good weather finally comes to stay, spring fever prevents you from caring about your work, and then that glorious three-day weekend arrives almost serendipitously to give you time to enjoy it all.
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Student alert system's efficiency increases
April 16Send Word Now's second emergency notification test reached more students in less time than the first, according to Dawn Irish, associate director of outreach for the University Information Technology (UIT) department.
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R.E.M. reclaims its good name with 'Accelerate'
April 16R.E.M. is one of those bands that is often mentioned in passing while discussing 1980s new wave music or dropped by the insecure as a hint that they have good taste. But in the new millennium, how many people can actually name an R.E.M. song, let alone an album? The answer, unfortunately, is fewer than one might think.
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Inside the NHL | Bruins put up a good fight, but it's not enough against the Habs
April 16The Boston Bruins shouldn't hang their heads if they get eliminated from their first-round playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens tonight. Aside from the opening period of Game 1, the Bruins have played spectacular hockey. Unfortunately for them, they have only one win to show for it.
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Green-collar jobs: environmentalism and the economy
April 16Do you have no idea what you want to do after you bid farewell to the plush President's Lawn and wrought-iron gates of Tufts? Don't worry - there are plenty of opportunities in the field of efficient and renewable energy. In fact, eight million people are employed in energy efficiency, as well as 450,000 people in renewable energy, in the United States alone.
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Interview | Benjamin McKenzie
April 16The Daily got the chance to catch up with actor Benjamin McKenzie, the star of "88 Minutes," which will be released this Friday. In the film, Al Pacino plays a professor with a double life as a forensic scientist who lands a serial killer in death row. Before the execution can take place, he receives a phone call warning him that he has only 88 minutes to live and begins a frantic race to investigate many of the people involved, including a strange student played by McKenzie.
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Campus gossip blogs become increasingly prominent in modern age of Internet anonymity
April 16With the allure of anonymity that is increasingly available on the Internet, handwritten journals and dining hall conversations no longer suffice as the primary outlets for Tufts gossip.
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After five straight years in the field, Bacow gives legs a respite from marathon
April 16A fixture of the Tufts President's Marathon Challenge (PMC) team for the past five years, University President Lawrence Bacow opted to sit out the Boston Marathonthis year, citing scheduling and health reasons.
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David Heck | The Sauce
April 16The NBA playoffs are around the corner - finally - and there are an outrageous number of teams that have a legitimate shot at winning the championship. So here are the top 10 contenders - sorry, Atlanta Hawks, you didn't make the cut - and their chances of hoisting the trophy come June.
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Fashion for Change' helps an orphan with a little help from Marc Jacobs
April 16Tonight at 10 p.m., students in Dewick-MacPhie will serve up more than pizza and hamburgers. "BLUSH: Fashion for Change" will transform the dining hall into a runway show of 20 Tufts students modeling a variety of looks from three different labels.
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Top Ten | Movies that could use a few zombies
April 16For those who aren't in the know, porn star Jenna Jameson's new movie, "Zombie Strippers," hits theaters this weekend, and if that isn't enough to get you excited to be alive, we don't know what is. As always, that got us thinking: If strippers can be made more awesome by the addition of zombies, what other movies could we up the awesome-factor for?
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Theta Chi raises money for charity at party; AOII to hold arthritis fundraiser tonight
April 16Theta Chi fraternity raised money for charity at a party on Saturday, and Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) sorority will host its own philanthropic social event tonight, as both groups have looked to blend what the campus sees as the Greek community's knack for partying with its traditional value of philanthropy.
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Tufts students take the director's chair in Campus MovieFest
April 16Move over Spielberg. Tufts students are now in the movie-making business. Thanks to Campus MovieFest (CMF), an annual event and the world's largest student film festival, amateur filmmakers at Tufts were given the tools necessary to create their very own short movie masterpieces.
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Students relieved by points change
April 16Students said they were confused and frustrated by the murky distinction between Points Plus and Dining Dollars, expressing relief about Dining Services' recent decision to integrate the two systems.
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Many Tufts students unaware of Patriots' Day's historical origins
April 16When the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was fired at the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, the first battle of the American Revolution began. This historic event is now commemorated with a Massachusetts-exclusive holiday: Patriots' Day, celebrated this year on April 21.
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Boston Marathon Preview | Tufts to send 200 runners to Boston Marathon
April 16The culmination of a journey that began with weekly training runs in September and pushed participants to achieve both their physical and mental potentials will arrive on Patriots' Day this Monday, when the sixth annual incarnation of the President's Marathon Challenge (PMC) will participate in the 112th running of the Boston Marathon.
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Men's Tennis | Tufts overcomes injuries, buries Springfield
April 16Despite missing two starters, the men's tennis team still managed to pull out a convincing 7-2 win at home over Springfield College on Wednesday afternoon.
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