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Support police to handle crime wave
April 5With a busy class schedule and the significant amount of time a trip into Boston can take, it is understandable that some Tufts students may not be aware of the city's noteworthy crime wave causing worry only a few miles away.
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Athletics Department Profile | Fencing coach looks to bring civic responsibility into program
April 5Nearly 15 years ago, graduate student Jason Sachs, who at the time was earning a master's degree from the Elliot Pearson Department of Child Development and running the Early Childcare Quality Improvement Project at an agency in Boston, accepted a position as the coach of the Tufts University men's and women's club fencing teams.
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Jumbos travel to Polar Bears' den, look for another NESCAC win
April 5Hot off a 5-4 win over a seventh-ranked Trinity team on Tuesday, the men's tennis team is eyeing another key NESCAC victory today, this time over the No. 16 Bowdoin Polar Bears in Brunswick, Maine.
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Latin American studies major approved; Portuguese to be taught starting fall '08
April 5A proposal to create a new Latin American studies major was approved at a faculty meeting earlier this week, and plans to bring Portuguese classes to Tufts are now one step closer to fruition.
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'Meet the Robinsons' brightens up the future of animation
April 5Taking a trip to the future to meet the Robinsons is much like seeing the future of Disney animation. Arguably one of the best films to come out of the Walt Disney Feature Animation studio for a while, "Meet the Robinsons" would have made Disney himself proud.
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Inside Fantasy Baseball | Pitching aces crucial to successful fantasy season
April 5Finding an ace out of a pool of hurlers is often a tricky business for fantasy owners.
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Inside the NHL | In questionable move, Devils fire coach a week before playoffs
April 5Lou Lamoriello did it again.
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Baseball team overwhelms Falcons; lacrosse team falls to Babson Beavers
April 5The baseball team won its ninth-straight game yesterday afternoon, pounding Albertus Magnus 9-2 and scoring all nine runs in the sixth inning.
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Matt Kaufman | a happy recap
April 5Matt Mertens, I thank you. The entire week I was trying to think of a way to open my column, and you gave it to me.
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Standalone | Water, water everywhere
April 5Sophomore Woon Young Jeong explains the similarities between tap water and bottled water to freshman Michael Woon during the Tap Water Challenge yesterday in Dewick. During the event, students were encouraged to participate in taste tests to see if they could tell the difference between tap and bottled water. Organizers argued that the two varieties of water are more alike than many imagine. The event was sponsored by Tufts students interning for Corporate Accountability International, an organization "that protects people by waging and winning campaigns that challenge irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions around the world," according to its Web site.
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Performance Preview | Sarabande's spring show promises lots of 'Attitude'
April 5April brings to mind many things: longer days, lighter coats, freak snow showers ... and the annual spring semester Sarabande show, a collaboration of performances from Sarabande and other Tufts groups. Senior Brienne Graber, head of public relations for the Sarabande dance ensemble, called the show, named "Attitude" this year," a "cool way to get all the dance groups together."
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Greatness' thrust upon recent presidents in history professor survey
April 5Obtaining oral sex from an intern in the Oval Office or selling arms to an enemy of the state? Bombs in Iraq or in Kosovo? Lower taxes or more social programs?
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Senate will advocate for on-campus housing for mothers
April 4The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate passed a resolution on Sunday to address the lack of on-campus housing for undergraduate mothers who want to live with their children.
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Romero-Aldaz is new Greek life director
April 4Patrick Romero-Aldaz, who currently serves as assistant director of fraternity and sorority life for Virginia Tech's Greek system, will become Tufts' new director of fraternity and sorority affairs, Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman announced last week.
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Artist Profile | Rachel Boillot
April 4The Daily talked with combined degree student Rachel Boillot about work with Exposure and the experience of photojournalism.
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'Blades' cuts open the delicate world of male figure skating
April 4At first glance, you might not be particularly interested in seeing "Blades of Glory," the latest addition to what, along with "Cutting Edge" (1990), the made-for-TV "Cutting Edge 2: Going for the Gold" (2006), and Disney's "Ice Princess" (2005) could be called the foundation of the burgeoning figure skating movie genre.
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Women's Crew | Tufts crew prepares for second home regatta
April 4Celebrating its first race in a new boathouse on the Malden River, the women's crew team started its spring season on the right foot this weekend, beginning its schedule in similar fashion to last year - certainly a good sign, as last year's squad placed fifth at the Div. III Nationals in May.
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