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Social Justice Arts Initiative brings activism to Aidekman

From the paintings at Brown 'n Brew to the sculptures in the library, from the Beelzebub's packed concerts to the Traveling Treasure Trunk's on-campus shows, Tufts' dynamic arts community sprawls across campus and reaches nearly every Jumbo in some way.




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Internationally renowned artists turn Tufts Art Gallery into The Center for Cosmic Energy

"The Center of Cosmic Energy," now installed at the Tufts University Art Gallery in Aidekman, is an artistic experiment. The exhibit, created by Ilya Kabakov, widely regarded as the most important living Soviet-era artist, and his wife, Emilia, is simultaneously puzzling and thought provoking, raising questions about the power of the cosmos and what humans can do to harness it.






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New and improved Sound Bites ready to conquer Tufts bar scene

Somerville hot spot Sound Bites Caf?© moved this summer into the space that formerly housed its neighbor, the El Guapo pub. With more than twice as much space, a newly-added dinner menu, a liquor license and extended hours that keep it open late at night, the eatery is flourishing.


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Cage Match

In order to make this a fair fight, let's assume that Tupac has been brought back from the dead in normal human form, because if he was some kind of living undead zombie, that would just be unfair to the others. Except maybe Fiddy; he could take on the undead. Have you heard that guy has been shot nine times? That's kind of crazy.


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TOP TEN | WORST COMEBACKS

Pop culture has seen the rise and fall of many and, more often than not, when icons, toys or obsessions go the way of the Furby, America mourns the loss and moves on. But then, sometimes they return.



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David Dennis: Gone but still wrong

In writing "Stop funding the Primary Source" (an op-ed that appeared in the Daily Sept. 17), David Dennis has once again chosen to shoulder the yoke of victimhood and has done so in an admirable fashion. His incessant attacks, attempts to repudiate anything ever published in the Source and visible anger have inspired everyone in the Tufts community. If only he could form a coherent argument, free of contradictions and glaring factual omissions, we could take him seriously.


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Kid Nation' struggles to earn gold stars from its audience

"Kids Gone Wild" seems like a more appropriate title for the new CBS reality series "Kid Nation," which aired its premier this Wednesday. Lacking in originality and taste, the show attempts to turn kids' unsupervised escapades and misadventures into entertainment, but ultimately fails. Now there's a big surprise.





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By the Numbers

In February, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe proposed a plan to build a casino on land they own in Marlboro, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick and his office immediately began to develop a response to the possible introduction of legal casino gambling in the state. On Tuesday, Gov. Patrick met with a group of 100 citizens of the commonwealth for a panel discussion about his proposal to allow casino gambling back into the state after a 50-year absence. Patrick has proposed allowing resort-style casinos in certain areas of the state - including Boston. In this installment of "By the Numbers," the Daily examines the hard facts about gambling in Massachusetts.