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Baseball | Jumbos take two of three in critical NESCAC East series against Bowdoin
April 16The baseball team took a big step forward in the NESCAC East pennant race this weekend, winning two games out of three in a crucial series with division rival Bowdoin.
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Protesting a dubious war
April 16Over the last few weeks, Tufts students and faculty members have worked diligently to prepare for and organize a day of non-cooperation in opposition to the War in Iraq, which will occur on April 19. In this time, we have arranged to transform the day into one where we as a community are compelled not only to act in opposition to the occupation of Iraq, but to examine our own beliefs about the war and the movement to end it.
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Matt Mertens | Freelancer
April 16The NBA season is drawing to a close, which means it's nearly time for the league to decide which players will be taking home some well-earned hardware.
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Relay for Life raises about $70,000 for cancer research
April 16About 500 students participated in Tufts' fifth annual Relay for Life, a 12-hour walkathon that began on Friday evening. The event, which raised money for the American Cancer Society, was held in the Gantcher Center.
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Burton navigates his way to Samsung 500 victory at Texas Motor Speedway
April 16As quickly as Jeff Burton gobbled up the ground between himself and Matt Kenseth, just about everyone at Texas Motor Speedway knew Burton would blow past with little time to wave goodbye.
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Iran's president is lacking domestic support
April 16The recent conflict over the capture of 15 British sailors in the Shatt al-Arab has drawn worldwide media coverage. Unfortunately, much of the reporting dedicated to this event seems to be shortsighted, neglecting possible reasons for Iran's actions.
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Twelve formerly sedentary runners set out to prove anything's possible
April 15It is a warm morning in the middle of July, and Betsey Powers-Sinclair is nervous. Standing in front of the Gantcher Center with a group of middle-aged men and women clad in various athletic gear, she prepares for a task that seems impossible: Run a mile.
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Campus Cooking | Rice's simplicity belies endless potential for delicious dishes
April 12Rice is the one of the world's largest crops, providing a huge portion of calories consumed by people globally. This is a small wonder, for rice is an infinitely versatile, nutritious and delectable grain.
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In this fight, no one wins
April 12One year ago, a large portion of faculty and students at Duke were defending an African American single mother who had been hired as an exotic dancer, and was bringing charges of rape against students at their university. Members of the national media, along with Americans across the country, were expressing strong views about an elitist white culture which fostered racism. This week, many of those who had voiced such opinions had come to realize that all the allegations in the case were groundless. What a difference a year makes.
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Marathon's fundraising reaches new levels
April 12The Tufts marathon runners might be tapering their training routines in preparation for Monday, but they will continue to step up their fundraising efforts over the next few days.
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'Rags in Skull' revives Brigman's riffy guitar playing after 25 years
April 12As George Brigman rumbles and rolls his way through "Rags in Skull," his first album of all new material in 25 years, the listener has to wonder what the guitarist has been up to for the past couple decades. It sounds like he scheduled his 2006 dates in the recording studio way back in the '80s, then proceeded to lock himself in his dark, dank basement with a pair of perpetually agitated junkyard dogs and didn't break out of the bulwark until he felt he had tortured himself enough to lay down some of the darkest, meanest guitar parts possible.
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Oberst is indie rock's brightest star
April 12In Bright Eyes' recent release, "Cassadaga," the critically acclaimed Conor Oberst develops his unique songwriting skills into another album full of soulful tunes with heartfelt lyrics. The diverse instrumentation and numerous contributions from other guest artists in the indie scene add panache to the production of his newest LP. The increasingly popular rock piece from Omaha, Neb. is back with an ever-evolving musical style that reaches new levels of maturity.
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Men's Lacrosse | Tufts grinds out 12-0 victory over Endicott
April 12The men's lacrosse team certainly didn't earn style points for its 12-10 win over No. 20 Endicott on Wednesday night, but it did the job nonetheless, improving the Jumbos to 8-1 on the season.
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Glover speaks to a packed Cohen
April 12Danny Glover was shopping in a supermarket shortly after the release of "Angels in the Outfield" (1994), when a small boy spotted him and whispered to his mother: "There's the coach."
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Matt Kaufman | A Happy Recap
April 12Anyone who's ever seen the Broadway musical Avenue Q knows the song "Schadenfreude" (and if you haven't seen the show, go see it ... right now). As I listen to the singers belt about how enjoyable it is to "watch a vegetarian being told she just ate chicken," I can't help but think of how schadenfreude applies to the sporting world.
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Concert Preview | Third Day Gospel Choir 'resurrects' love for interactive music
April 12The soulful sound of gospel music will fill Cohen Auditorium tonight, Friday the 13th, turning the supposedly unlucky day into one of song and celebration.
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Boston Marathon | After seven months of training, marathon just three days away
April 12It's easy to understand why the size of Tufts' marathon team has steadily increased over the last five years, ballooning from 25 runners in 2003 to 193 participants this year - large enough so that people had to be turned away.
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Nunn and Allison speak about dangers of nuclear proliferation
April 12Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and Harvard professor Graham Allison spoke yesterday in Cohen Auditorium about the threat caused by expanding access to nuclear materials.
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