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Porter gives speech on Buddhist thought

March 27

Bill Porter, who translates Chinese Zen Buddhist and Taoist texts into English under the name Red Pine, spoke to a small collection of students and professors yesterday in Miner 112. Porter's lecture, entitled "In Search of the Way: Buddhism in China," touched on The Heart Sutra, a short collection of Buddhist verses, and its place in disputes about the nature of the mind among early Buddhists. He also presented a slideshow that addressed the state of Buddhism in contemporary China. Porter, who currently lives in the state of Washington, has spent years in Taiwan and China. His speech was sponsored by the art history and comparative religion departments.

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Arts

'We Were Dead' a 'Modest' effort

March 27

At the turn of the millennium, major record labels began to realize they could capitalize on the popularity of the independent music scene by marketing music with an "indie" tag, the same way they did with the "alternative" and "garage" genres half a decade earlier. Corporate labels such as Interscope and Capitol began enlisting acts such as The Strokes and Phantom Planet into their ranks at this time in order to profit from their independent images.

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Jumbos and Bostonians work on their 'downward dog'

March 27

Leave any tree-hugging, granola-munching, wacko-hippie impressions at the door. Yoga, previously reserved for serious exercisers and holistic health nuts, has become increasingly popular in the Boston area as a way of staying mentally and physically fit.

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NESCAC sends four squads to national semifinals in basketball, hockey

March 27

The NESCAC was well-represented at several Div. III championship events held March 16-18, as the conference sent at least one team to the national semifinals in men's basketball, men's hockey and women's hockey.

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Inside the NESCAC | Middlebury and Bowdoin seek repeat of banner campaigns of previous year

March 27

Prior to the 2006 season, many of the NESCAC's elite baseball teams were enjoying a sustained run at the top of the conference. Trinity had qualified for the NESCAC Tournament every year since its inception in 2001, while Tufts, Williams and Amherst played in four of the five postseasons held to date.

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Recognize the importance of World TB Day

March 27

The headline "TB Anywhere is TB Everywhere: World TB Day 2007" was the theme of Saturday's seventh annual World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, an awareness day sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) to focus attention on the devastating toll taken by TB, the world's second leading infectious killer after HIV/AIDS.

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The point is equity

March 27

I read with concern Stephen Sherman's March 13 Viewpoint titled "What's the point of bias intervention anyway?" Sherman asserts that activism at Tufts is pointless, ineffective, insular and self-gratifying. I want to address Sherman's disturbing sense of complacency.

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Campus Comment | Some Jumbos happy, others frustrated with campus housing

March 27

Between the addition of Sophia Gordon Hall, the conversion of Stratton Hall to an all-single senior dorm, the addition of 10-person suites in Wren Hall and a variety of other changes, the face of housing at Tufts has changed significantly over the past year.

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Make Latin American studies a major

March 27

The potential for a new Latin American studies major finally allows Tufts to catch up to academic and personal realities of the university and its surrounding community.

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Devin Toohey | When Pop Culture Goes Bad

March 27

How did I spend my spring break? I did not do the stereotypical MTV Cancun vacation. Nor did I show any altruism and aid the less fortunate or spend some time with the dear old family. Nope. Last week, I found myself smack in the middle of the one and only Walt Disney World (that is, if you don't count Euro Disney, Disney Tokyo and Disneyland). And the best part of this adventure was that my sole company was my favorite person: myself.

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We need answers

March 26

More than a month after the media and Congress began speculating over the suspicious firing of eight United States attorneys, questions about the Justice Department's conduct are continuing to emerge.

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Men's Tennis I Jumbos spring into action after spring break, down Owls

March 26

After a 15-day hiatus following a loss to Colby March 10, the Jumbos bounced back Sunday with a marathon 5-2 victory over the Brandeis Owls in the squad's first home match of the season. The win advanced Tufts' record to 3-1 for the season, while Brandeis dropped to 4-5.

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Jamie Bologna| DC in a box

March 26

No, I'm not talking about Diana Ross and her 1960's Motown singing crew, so get it together, and remember I'm in D.C. and not in a time machine. I'm talking about the nine robed justices to the highest court in the land.

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Children's School hosts art exhibit on diversity

March 26

Tufts' Eliot-Pearson Children's School has teamed up with the Africana Center and the Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) to display a traveling art exhibit designed to educate children about diverse families.

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TV Review I It's Showtime for NPR's quirky 'This American Life'

March 26

People have been insisting that "This American Life" is creating a new type of television genre with its recent jump from radio to Showtime. It is not, they insist, a documentary show. They are lying. It's a documentary, and it's great.

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Matt Mertens | Freelancer

March 26

Kobe Bryant is an enigma. Save for Big-Head Barry, no professional athlete is more polarizing among sports fans - he's either loved for being the most explosive two-way player since MJ or reviled for being a selfish gunner, and there's not much middle ground.

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Arts

Album Review I Lean back and enjoy 'Armchair Apocrypha'

March 26

Don't listen to "Armchair Apocrypha" while standing. You might think that you're okay through the first two minutes of the first song, "Fiery Crash," but your knees will weaken when the array of instruments crescendo. It then becomes clear that by recruiting a variety of creative musicians, like drummer and keyboard player Martin Dosh, Andrew Bird's latest release "Armchair Apocrypha," has a decidedly different feel than his earlier releases. It is not Bird's best effort to date, but in spite of its faults, it projects his musical genius.

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Alumni contribute to capital campaign

March 26

Around 400 young alumni gathered in New York last week for an event dedicated to raising support for Tufts' capital campaign "Beyond Boundaries."

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Top 10 | Athletes Who Belong on the Big Screen

March 26

Did anyone happen to catch Peyton Manning's appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" last weekend? Weeks after Manning finally captured his first Super Bowl ring, the 31-year-old Colts quarterback got a chance to carry on the grand tradition of pro athletes appearing on SNL, following in the footsteps of Michael Jordan, Tom Brady and Derek Jeter. While Manning wasn't exceptional as an actor, he did get a chance to demonstrate his amazing range, taking on the diverse roles of a sportswriter, a zoo employee and - amazingly - himself. This got us at the Daily thinking ... what other figures in the world of sports have a future in acting? Perhaps these 10.

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We're proud of you, pre-med

March 26

Those who know me have often heard me say "I have the best job in the world." I actually have an additional job now as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, but the job to which I am referring is Health Professions Advisor. Yes, I work with all those "driven, obsessed, competitive, narrowly-focused" pre-meds that everyone loves to hate.

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