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Simple Plan sells its soul to trendiness

It has become far too easy these days to jump all over Simple Plan for being too poppy, or too mainstream and therefore utterly unlikable (at least in most social situations). The pensive music aficionado, before listening to Simple Plan's latest self-titled release, should take time to distance himself from the social stigma that has unfortunately been branded upon these pop-punk princesses and try to listen like he'd never heard of them before.


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Men's Squash | Jumbos come up short in Summers Division final

The men's squash team (10-8) advanced to the finals of the Summers Division of the CSA Team Championships on Sunday before losing to St. Lawrence University 6-3 in a hard-fought contest. Earlier in the weekend, the Jumbos slid by Hamilton 5-4 on Saturday in the semifinals after dominating Wesleyan 8-1 in the first round Friday.


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TV Review | 'Jericho,' CBS' biggest bust of last spring, gets a second chance by popular demand

We live in a crazy world. Well, not as crazy as the war torn, apocalyptic one the CBS series "Jericho" depicts, but still pretty nutty. Fans of the series, which was cancelled in May after garnering the network's worst ratings of the season, protested the cancellation by sending CBS thousands upon thousands of pounds of nuts. A reference to a phrase used on the show that means "go to hell," the sending of nuts to CBS was a way for angered fans to express the very same notion. If only "Arrested Development" fans had been so passionate or insane.



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Amber Rubarth ready for her ResLife Concert

Tufts Residential Life activities have always tended to lean toward the more "traditional" side, but tonight the Office of Student Activities, in conjunction with ResLife and South Hall RA junior Stephanie Coplan are classing up their standard community-building exercises. Tonight, ResLife welcomes singer/songwriter Amber Rubarth to the first-of-its-kind coffeehouse in the Sophia Gordon multipurpose room, complete with free food and - get ready for this one - free Starbucks coffee.









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Major: Undecided to give out free laughs

If sitting around in a Braker lecture hall wasn't part of this evening's game plan, it's time to reconsider, because tonight is your only opportunity to catch Major: Undecided's show, "No Candy for Old Men." If the title alone hasn't won you over, consider this: The show is absolutely free. The only drawback, apparently, is that there will be no candy, but it is the day after Valentine's Day after all, so if you're still in need of candy, you have other things to worry about.


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College demographic still checks in at the library

In the age of digital technology, where everything from books to movies can be found on the Internet, the library might seem obsolete. The need to go to a brick and mortar building to check out books, rent movies or find articles is minimal when the whole world is at one's fingertips via the World Wide Web.




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Video Game Review | Gamers are well-rewarded for their 'Sins'

"Sins of a Solar Empire" is a new entry into the so-called "4x" genre of strategy games. Standing for "explore, expand, exploit and exterminate," 4x games are famous for being complex and long lasting, and this one is no exception; the abundance of game concepts that the player must keep in mind is simply staggering. This results in a steep learning curve, but in a very rewarding and deep gameplay experience once the curve is conquered.



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Trenches Revisited

Unfortunately, Josh Wolf and Nate Grubman's "On the front lines with Barack Obama" (Feb. 11) completely misses the point of my original piece ("In the trenches with Hillary Clinton," Feb. 6). My motive for writing was to present a liberal student's viewpoint on the election and to present ideas that hadn't been mentioned in the Daily's recent endorsement of Obama. It was in no way a criticism of Obama's unique credentials.