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3Ps, Torn Ticket II are not just 'Futz'ing around

Occasionally during the Sunday afternoon performance of Rochelle Owens' "Futz" in Sophia Gordon Hall, it was difficult to discern what exactly was going on. But it soon becomes clear that the actors, within the confines of the one soft-edged spotlight, are certainly not just futzing around in this 3Ps/Torn Ticket II Joint Fall Workshop.


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Post-hookup happiness different for guys and girls

Parties on the Hill usually involve a wide variety of Tufts students and a mix of underage drinking, loud conversation and the ever-present Beirut. But behind closed doors, students often find themselves enjoying a different kind of party: casual sex with a partner they don't know.



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NESCAC All-Academic Selections: a look at the numbers

For the seventh time in the league's existence, the NESCAC All-Academic honors were announced on Nov. 16. But this year, the Daily went inside the numbers to crown the smartest of the Maine schools, to find out whether there really is any truth to some "safety school" reputations, and to settle some bragging rights off the field. Here's what we found ...


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Will Herberich | Big Hitter, The Llama

The following is a list of people that I'd most like to be, in no particular order: 1. Jay-Z; 2. LeBron James; 3. Theo Epstein; 4. Indiana Jones; and 5. Batman. Only one of them is applicable to this column.




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Akon should be 'Konvicted' of ruining hip-hop

It's a busy Monday night at Tufts, and students are filing into Brown and Brew to crack open the books. The study mood was set by a local pop/hip-hop radio station playing a club mix.


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Bauer: Casual sex is ubiquitous

Professor Nancy Bauer has spoken to hundreds of college and high school students over the past two years in search of an answer to why young people are engaging in casual sex in the ways that they are.



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By the Numbers | Casual sex among college students

70: percent of college students who report engaging in intercourse with non-romantic partners52: percent of men who report engaging in intercourse with someone they do not consider a romantic partner36: percent of women who report doing the same



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Matt Mertens | Freelancer

As college football's regular season draws to a close, it's time for this year's round of kvetching about everybody's favorite scapegoat: the BCS.


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Jyll Saskin | Fashion Informer

Menswear ... it's not just for men anymore. With the status of women in the workplace (and the world) improving each year, females everywhere have been embracing their "masculine" sides.


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CD Review | D's 'destiny' is to be metal gods

About halfway through Tenacious D's soundtrack to their new movie, "The Pick of Destiny," right around the off-the-wall psych-pop ode to Jack Black's Sasquatch dad, even the biggest fan of the D might start to realize why the movie failed to crack the top ten at the box office.



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Jumbos find banned books welcome at Tufts

"Harry Potter", "Catcher in the Rye", "Captain Underpants": at first glance, these books don't seem to have a whole lot in common. Yet they are some of the most commonly banned books in America, according to the American Library Association.


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Arts Briefs

African-American dance troupe LEAPS into Boston


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Panel takes on human rights in central Asia

Over 60 people gathered in the ASEAN auditorium last night for the first lecture sponsored by the Central Asia Initiative, titled "Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy in Central Asia: Where National Interest and Moral Conscience Collide."


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Law schools change LSAT policy

Prospective law school students who are sweating over their Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) scores may be able to breathe easier.


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AIDS symposium looks back, moves on

The Tufts HIV/AIDS Collaborative (THAC) gathered a distinguished group of experts, all affiliated with Tufts or the Fletcher School, for a panel discussion Thursday night entitled "Looking Back, Moving Forward: 25 years of HIV and AIDS."