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Men's Cross Country | Justin Chung heads to Nationals as solo competitor
November 16This Saturday, senior Justin Chung will be flying solo.
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Women's diving | Defending national champ transfers to Tufts
November 16The women's swimming team pulled a page from the New York Yankees' book this season, having accomplished a Steinbrenner-esque transaction. Joining the Jumbos' roster this season is junior Kendall Swett, the reigning Div. III 3-meter National Champion and a four-time All-American.
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Inside the NHL | New format heavy on divisional play, light on all else
November 16This week, Inside the NHL is moving away from giving a condensed rundown of just about everything going on in the league. The summarization is boring, so Inside the NHL will move to different issues that pop up from week to week. But in the spirit of boring summarization, here's a quick shot of who is making noise and who seems to be floundering at this point.
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Things get a little hairy in 'Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus'
November 16The movie "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus," starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr., is cinematically pretty complicated, so it seems valid to start off by saying a little about who Diane Arbus was and why her life and work are important enough to justify a major motion picture. Briefly put, Arbus was a 20th century gonzo-photojournalist, famous for immersing herself in the subject matter of her pictures and focusing on the stories and images of people, who, because of their physical characteristics or social exclusion, were not a part modern America's "mainstream" culture.
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Women's Cross Country | Experience on Jumbos' side this year
November 16After leaving the NCAA Div. III Championships last year with a disappointing 22nd-place finish, the women's cross country team surely wanted another shot.
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Panelists say hard choices in store for Ortega's term
November 16"There is an elephant in the room, and that elephant is poverty," said University of Massachusetts-Boston professor Jack Spence at yesterday's panel on the current political situation in Nicaragua.
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Let your 'VOICES' be heard!
November 16Last night at Brown and Brew, the annual Asian American Concert "VOICES" was held by the Asian Community at Tufts. This year, "VOICES" was co-sponsored by the Korean Students Association, the Chinese Students Association, the Tufts Association of South Asians and the TCU Senate. Held during Tufts Asian-American Month, "VOICES" celebrated the importance of the strong Asian-American presence in the performing arts.
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Jyll Saskin | Fashion Informer
November 16After weeks of protest from my male friends (and my father), I've decided that it's time to address the fashion of the other half of the population. Gentlemen, this column installment's for you!
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Sarabande Supershow promises to be all the name suggests
November 16What's super, a show and occurring tonight at 8 p.m.? Why, the Sarabande Supershow, of course! Tonight at the Cohen Auditorium, Sarabande will perform with eight other groups: BEATS, Hype!, Spirit of Color, Tufts Dance Collective, Bhangra, BlackOut, Major: Undecided and the Tufts Irish Dance Club. Tickets for the spectacle are on sale at the box office for $7, all general admission.
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What does Thanksgiving mean to you?
November 16"For college students, I think it's okay to think of Thanksgiving as a time to go home, but in general, I think it's generally undervalued for 'giving thanks.'"
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Campbell's voice could use some Belle, or maybe Sebastian
November 16Occasionally, an album or film has the misfortune of being released the same week as a critical darling, causing it to either be forced under the radar or unfairly compared to the other work.
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Neighborhood group hopes to soothe town-gown tension
November 15In the midst of a perceived boiling point between students and community members, a previously low-profile group of residents of West Somerville, known as the C-3 Neighborhood Association, may be able to provide a solution.
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Tufts Ballroom can 'MAKE' you or break you
November 15Meet the Tufts Ballroom Team. In just six weeks, three novice couples have to prove they can move and show off their steps just in time to sweep the Harvest Ball Dance-Off. Will the Tufts teams tango to the top or be made into dancing fools? Find out this time, on the Nov. 6 episode of "MADE: I wanna be a Ballroom Dancer."
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Andrew Bauld | You Can't Steal First
November 15We got him. No, not Osama. I'm talking about Daisuke Matsuzaka. Break out the "Mission Accomplished" banner, 'cause he's as good as ours.
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Pete McKeown | Daily Townie
November 15In my four years in college, I'd have to say the worst thing I've had to deal with, other than homework or the guy who screams at you in a made-up language outside the Broken Yolk, is the lack of quality shows on daytime television. Trying to find a good show from about 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. is like searching through your pants' pockets in the hopes of finding a crisp $100 bill after a bachelor party.
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Community considers 'New Ivy' label
November 15Twenty years ago, Tufts was a relatively unknown school, leagues away from being mentioned in the same breath as the vaunted Ivy League.
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That guy from The Strokes blazes new ground on solo debut despite a few subpar choruses
November 15Strokes fans, brace yourselves for a surprise: The guitarist from your favorite band, a man who, for years, has been lying in wait behind the ostentatious personality of lead singer Julian Casablancas, has just released a solo album. It appears that there is not only a personality difference between the two; Albert Hammond, Jr. also seems to have very different musical ambitions from Casablancas.
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Inside NESAC | Polar Bears seeking another freeze on NESACAC
November 15Parity is hardly the norm in NESCAC winter sports. In the 2005-06 season, every hockey, swimming and basketball conference champion had also won the NESCAC title the previous year.
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