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Fall Ball 2007
September 13At around 9:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, the stage is set for Fall Ball 2007 to begin.
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Atreyu kicks and screams their way closer to mainstream
September 13The world of rock doesn't have too many staples left these days, but with a little work, Atreyu could easily become one of the giants of the new age. The band's most recent effort, "Lead Sails Paper Anchor," is an album chock full of surprisingly good fist-pumping anthems, complete with 'these-go-to-eleven' guitar solos from lead guitarist and old-school metal-head Dan Jacobs.
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Biology majors, come on down: Universities play 'The Price is Right' as differential tuition trend spreads to colleges across the nation
September 13Picture your freshman quest for a major like a trip to the grocery store: Various majors are treated like different kinds of produce, with prices based on how much they cost to grow and ship, plus how greatly they'll benefit you when you eat them.
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Editors' Challenge | Week 2
September 13Perhaps as an act of contrition for the Phillies' recent mediocrity and the Eagles' inexplicable loss to Green Bay in Week 1, fate smiled upon Alex "Large And In Charge" Bloom last week. Bloom blossomed like an Outback fried onion to emerge with 13 wins in the opening week, tops among all Daily editors.
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Kenneth Hall was not subject to criminal background check
September 12When Kenneth Hall, the former Office of Residential Life and Learning administrative assistant recently convicted in Suffolk County as a sex offender, applied to work at Tufts, the university did not conduct a criminal background check on him.
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Senate election results
September 12Seven freshmen became part of the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate after an election yesterday that featured a 62 percent turnout.
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Senior swaps swimsuit for rifle to spend a summer in the Israeli army
September 11In the past, Tufts senior Jessica Hochstadt spent her summer vacations in a traditional collegiate fashion: working as a lifeguard at a pool in Miami Beach.
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Inside the NL | NL-best Mets face repeat run at World Series title, this time with Pedro healthy
September 11This year's success is nothing new for the New York Mets.
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Sports and society find place in scholarship under Gill's guidance
September 11Gerald Gill, a longtime Tufts history professor who passed away this summer, was a lifelong New York Yankees fan.
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Feeling the heat: Alums document effects of global warming
September 11Wash your hands and a small blue sticker will remind you to "turn off the tap." Throw away a piece of garbage and you will find clearly marked containers separating different types of recyclable materials.
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Bare feet: just watch what you eat
September 11I am currently sitting in the Tower Caf?© mortified and surrounded by bare feet. There is a girl to the left of me bobbing her head to the music surrounding her ears. She is completely oblivious to the fact that her bare, wiggling toes are less than two feet away from my face.
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Possible delays in Green Line extension irk local officials
September 11A state plan to seek federal funding to cover a portion of the cost of the planned Green Line extension into Somerville and the Tufts campus has local legislators concerned that the project will not be finished by its current deadline.
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Fat lady sings too soon for ART's 'Figaro'
September 11Pierre Beaumarchais' "Figaro trilogy" caused quite a stir back in the late 1700s. These sassy plays - "The Barber of Seville," "The Marriage of Figaro" and "The Guilty Mother" - were banned in Paris for some time for their mockery of the aristocracy and lauding of the commoner. The trilogy's hero, Figaro, perpetually struggles for his rights, intellect and, of course, women, all while humorously dealing with the changing times, ridiculous plot twists and his less-than-glamorous background.
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Inside the AL | A hellish past, but the baseball gods predict 'ray' of light to Tampa Bay
September 11We will return to your regularly scheduled discussion of the four likely playoff teams (the Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees) shortly. Today, however, we take a look into the future - specifically, the very bright future of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
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Volleyball | Jumbos start season with 0-4 stint against stiff California competition
September 11It's not too often that a team can be satisfied with an 0-4 start.
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Class of 2011 votes today for Senators
September 11Freshmen will have the opportunity today to choose seven senators from a pool of 27 candidates.
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Inside the NESCAC | Two years after near-fatal accident, Trinity's Miner returns to XC
September 11When Kristina Miner returned to the track team last winter, less than a year after she was severely injured in a car accident, her return itself was considered a major victory. But even as people congratulated her on her return to competitive racing, the Trinity senior knew she had a long way to go.
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Sullivan bests field at Bowdoin Golf Invitational
September 11Sullivan bests field at Bowdoin Golf Invitational
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Tufts remembers
September 11This flag, located on the Academic Quad, was flown at half-mast to honor those who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The Tufts Democrats and Republicans also painted the cannon in a display of solidarity.
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Obama for (Vice) President
September 11On Monday, Will Ehrenfield voiced his support for Sen. Barack Obama in the coming Presidential campaign ("Obama for president", Sept. 10). I too, at one point, supported Obama in his bid for the White House. He is an intelligent, charismatic man whose greatest political asset is indeed his criticism of the war from the start. And he may be the harbinger of great change to Washington. That's why he'd be a great vice president for Sen. Joseph Biden.
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