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Dash through snow for these holiday shows

December at Tufts can be a trying time for the well-meaning overachiever. Away from home, swamped with final exams, the closest many Jumbos come to a little holiday cheer might be a peppermint hot chocolate from Starbucks. While you might feel like you won't get far beyond the bright white walls of Tisch for the next three weeks, think this happy thought: A short T ride away are some wonderful holiday performance events in Boston and Cambridge - events that are bound to lift your spirits for the holidays and perhaps remind you of those easy years of the past.




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T prices to increase

Taking the T home for winter break will cost Jumbos the traditional $1.25. When returning, however, students will have pay as much as $2 for a ride.


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Kate Peck And Bridget Reddington | Broads Abroad

Four months abroad in Europe. The longest we've ever been away from our homes, friends and families. Living with new languages, cities and cultures, and doing our best to make them our own. And having maybe the best times of our lives.




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Only five worthwhile songs on new Incubus album

When Incubus released "A Crow Left of the Murder" in 2004, it was met with mediocre reviews, some saying it reflected maturity and others claiming it was the beginning of the end. The band's new album, "Light Grenades," picks up where "Crow" left off, which will either be good or bad news depending on what the listener thought of the band's previous effort.




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Chipotle in Medford!

In addition to the many changes that come from leaving for college, many Tufts students from around the country are often disheartened to learn that they will be unable to find their favorite Mexican food chain in the Medford/Somerville area.


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All Americans are citizens of Florida's 13th

As reports of the horrific Thanksgiving Day violence in Baghdad's civil war (at least two hundred dead) hit doorstops last Friday, I was reminded of how fortunate we are to live in a nation of laws and domestic tranquility.


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Campus Cooking | Muffin madness will make everyone happy

Last night, I experienced firsthand the compelling phenomenon known as the Baking Kick. Baking kicks involve an overwhelming sense of goodwill that drives one to spontaneously start cooking up delicious treats for everyone. Either that or an increasing sense that the housemates will put something with too many legs in your bed sheets if you don't. Anyway, I made muffins.



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Panelists discuss gay rights in Africa

As most students gear up for the final week of work before finals, a decent crowd ventured into the cold to hear a panel discussion on LBGT human rights in sub-Saharan Africa.


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TFA brings feminist view to blogosphere

What's that sound? It's the buzzing of the Tufts Gadflies, better known as the ongoing feminist discussion blog run by the Tufts Feminist Alliance (TFA). According to the Web site, www.tuftsgadflies.blogspot.com, GADFLIES is an acronym for Gender Awareness Discourse For Living In Equal Societies. The blog was created by the club last year to raise awareness for students in the Tufts community and beyond.





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Children's theater or Communist propaganda?

At first glance, it seemed wonderful. On Sunday night, the alliteratively skillful Traveling Treasure Trunk gave its on-campus show at Lewis Hall. For those readers sitting squarely in the back of the class, Triple-T performs children's theater for elementary schools in the Boston area.