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Modern-day street minstrel Manny Medeiros lived through Davis Square's renaissance
September 26On any given summer night in Harvard or Davis Square, street musician Manny Medeiros removes his Birkenstock sandals as part of a preparation ritual of sorts. The bare skin of his feet touches city brick or pavement. He has found his muse.
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Stop funding The Primary Source
September 26First, let's get one thing straight. I never once, in all four years, filed a university complaint with the CSL simply because I disagreed with just about every one of the racist, homophobic, sexist, jingoistic, xenophobic, badly written and outright dishonest opinions expressed in The Primary Source magazine.
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From one Jumbo to another
September 26Remember when Mr. Smith went to Washington? Well last night Mr. Merrick went to Dartmouth College.
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Chemistry professor Lee discovers method for early diabetes detection
September 26A Tufts chemistry teacher and a small group of undergraduate students may have developed a method for the early detection of Type 2 diabetes, which could someday be used to neutralize the increasingly prevalent disease before symptoms appear.
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Inside the NESCAC | Step aside, Appalachian State: here's your real gridiron upset of the year
September 26"Every year in the NESCAC, there is a team who rises up and has a great season," Williams football coach Mike Whalen told the Daily last week, days before his Ephs took the field for their season opener. "Last year it was Middlebury, in 2005 it was Bowdoin, and in 2004 it was Colby. I expect that someone will do it again this year."
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Volleyball | Jumbos break .500 with three-set win over Stonehill
September 26In its first contest since a second-place showing at the MIT Invitational over the weekend, the women's volleyball team didn't lose a step Tuesday, defeating Div. II Stonehill in straight games.
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Plans for athletic overhaul puts Tufts in good company; NESCAC schools boast new, pricy facilities
September 26When Tufts begins upgrades to its athletic facilities next fall, it will join its athletic and academic peers of the NESCAC. Here's a look at some of the more recent improvements made by other schools in the league.
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Dress codes require students to suit up for class
September 25It's difficult to imagine what Tufts would look like if students traded in their Jumbo hoodies and flip flops for sports coats and Moc toes. But at some business schools, pre-professional college students are getting head-to-toe glimpses of the corporate world that awaits them - in the form of dress code.
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Biologist and UMASS professor Lynn Margulis to deliver next Snyder lecture
September 25Lynn Margulis, a biologist and professor at the University of Massachusetts (UMASS) Amherst, has been selected to be the seventh speaker in the Richard E. Snyder Presidential Lecture Series.
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TUPD to educate community during Crime Prevention Month
September 25The Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) will work to raise public awareness and focus on preventative measures during the upcoming Crime Prevention Month.
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Volleyball comes away with midweek win over Div. II Stonehill
September 25Undaunted by the challenge of high-level competition, the volleyball team raised the bar last night, coming away with an impressive straight-set win over Div. II Stonehill College in North Easton, Mass.
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Daily Digits
September 250Touchdowns thrown this season by Buffalo Bills quarterbacks. Rookie Trent Edwards will start next week against the Jets, with starter J.P. Losman sitting out with a leg injury. Maybe the Bills should try to get LaDainian Tomlinson. The Chargers running back has thrown more touchdowns than the entire ...
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Jumbos dish on plans for new library roof
September 25Smokers, romantics and tour guides beware: The Tisch Library roof, a hotspot for social gatherings and those simply on the prowl for a glimpse of the Boston skyline, is set to go under the knife this summer.
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Inside MLB | Desert Surprise: Diamondbacks find themselves atop all NL contenders as October approaches
September 25Let's consider the curious case of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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From the Editor-in-Chief | The Daily welcomes the Wall Street Journal
September 25Though most of you carefully fold this paper into quarters before completing the puzzles on the Comics page - after all, how else are you going to keep it hidden on your lap during lecture? - take note of the new feature opposite your beloved Sudoku before you set about making those covert creases.
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Evans Clinchy | Dirty Water
September 25Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Evans, and I am your typical Boston sports fan.
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Patricia Campbell starts as executive vice president
September 25There's a new executive vice president on campus and she's a familiar face. Patricia Campbell began her new position on Monday, replacing Steven Manos, who is retiring after working at Tufts since 1981.
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Primary system needs reform
September 25As we approach the presidential primary season, the news media will increasingly focus on the candidates' movements and actions in the states of Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two primary states. But few pundits are discussing the problem inherent in this coverage: that these two states have, without warrant, been given the first-in-the-nation privilege.
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New Found Glory recalls Brat Pack's glory days, covering all the '80s hits
September 25For those who doubted New Found Glory's punk rock integrity after their 2006 release "Coming Home," the band has taken their aged yet untarnished pop-punk formula and applied it to some movie soundtrack favorites.
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