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Adam Kaminski | The Cool Column

October 9

I loved Parents' Weekend, probably more than I love my parents (don't worry, Mom, it's not true). From showing off the beautiful fall campus, to hiding the fact I don't have as many friends as my parents think I do, to watching peers awkwardly escort their families though labyrinthine residential halls, I enjoyed the entertainment and enthusiasm of the day. Plus my family replenished my Luna bar stash. That helped, too.

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Susie Church | Food Fight

October 9

This week, I ventured off into the wonderful world of cupcakes. If you're anything like me, you may have spent just a little too much time watching "Cupcake Wars" in high school and get all too excited by new, interesting cupcake recipes. I was eager to try two cupcake vendors in our area that pride themselves on their innovative flavors: SWEET Cupcakes and Kickass Cupcakes.

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Theta Chi experiences house fire

October 9

The Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) and the Somerville Fire Department responded yesterday to a fire at the Theta Chi fraternity house on 100 Packard Ave. 

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Ross Dember and Alex Schroeder | Five-feet nothing

October 9

There is almost no time better than now to be trying to stir up memories of childhood sports days. The NFL season is now five weeks in, the MLB playoffs are intensifying as the ALCS and NLCS games are being finalized and the NHL is back underway. I have plenty of inspiration to look to for the next story from my youth.

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Lily Sieradzki | Media Junkie

October 9

Yesterday I had one of those screen days. I woke up, checked my texts and email, went to class, checked my Instagram, got home and got on Facebook, went to Tisch and read online PDFs for three hours with Spotify playing. And then, to end my day, I watched an episode of "The Wire" before bed. Wow, did my eyes hurt.

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Football | More than a football fight: Corey Burns plays for his dad

October 9

The first year that sophomore Corey Burns played organized football, he was the new kid at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School. Through eighth grade, he had attended private school, and now he was just trying to fit in. 

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Bhushan Deshpande | Words of Wisdom

October 8

This December, I will have completed everything I need to graduate. 34 credits? Check. Distribution requirements? Done. Foundation requirements? All set. Major? Quantecon, complete. Residency requirement?

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Inside the NFL | Giants, Steelers deal with incompetence, disappointment

October 8

In a season in which the Denver Broncos are putting up offensive numbers that match a game of "NFL Blitz" and the Kansas City Chiefs have won their first five games with a small-handed quarterback and a big-bellied coach, it is still strange seeing the two teams that have won four of the past eight Super Bowls enter week six with the same win total as the Jacksonville Jaguars. At 0-4 and 0-5, respectively, the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants already have their fans looking ahead to the draft in May.

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Student groups speak out for social justice

October 8

Members of various on-campus student activism groups promoted social engagement on the upper patio of the Mayer Campus Center yesterday evening in an event titled "Building the Revolution: A Speak-Out for Justice."

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Aaron Leibowitz | The Fan

October 7

What do you want to do in your 20s? Graduate college? Get a job or two or three? Eat some cereal? Beyond that, it's probably up in the air.

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Megan Clark | Where's the Craic?

October 7

I strongly suggest that you read this column while listening to some soul. Otis Redding or James Brown will do. All set? Great. Let's get started.

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Petar Todorov | Lab Notes

October 7

By now, we're a week deep into the government shutdown that started on Oct. 1. Many memorials in Washington, D.C. have been fenced off. The live stream panda cam at the National Zoo is gone until further notice. So, what exactly happens to science and technological innovation while Congress takes time to decide on a budget?

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Professor named Blaise Pascal Research Chair

October 7

Ana Soto, professor of integrative physiology and pathobiology at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, will begin her research as a new Blaise Pascal Research Chair after flying to Paris on Oct. 15.

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Senate works for transgender housing

October 7

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate on Sept. 29 unanimously voted in favor of a resolution to create a safer and more welcoming housing policy for transgender students. 

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Volleyball | Tufts loses hold of first place in NESCAC after dropping pair of games

October 7

The Tufts volleyball team suffered consecutive losses for the first time this season after dropping both of its games on the road this weekend. The Jumbos were swept by the Ephs of Williams College on Friday before losing again to the Lord Jeffs of Amherst on Saturday, lowering their NESCAC record to 3-2 and their overall record to 11-6.

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Ryan Buell | This Week in Hip-Hop

October 6

Hip-hop often gets a bad 'rap' (pardon the pun) for its apparent ignorance and promotion of materialism, violence and misogyny. From his unique facial hair and the grills on his teeth to the ignorance spouted from his mouth and the sparsely clad models in his music videos, Riff Raff would seem to be a confirmation of hip-hop's worst stereotypes. Or at least, that's how it appears on the surface. See, the thing is, Riff Raff doesn't actually take himself seriously. He is surprisingly self-aware and is even capable of light satire. To fully understand Riff Raff, we have to look at two very distinct trends in hip-hop today.

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Lex Erath | Sugar and Spice

October 6

I'm going to go ahead and assume that the vast majority of you have at least heard of, if not read, Dante's "Inferno," the first part of his epic poem "Divine Comedy." For the clueless, the totally uncultured and those who live under a rock, the Inferno is basically a division of hell into nine different circles where souls are sent to various awful torments in accordance with their specific crimes. While Dante's breakdown is justly famous, it's a little outdated and not at all applicable to life here at Tufts. And so, without further ado, I present to you Lex's Inferno, the Nine Circles of Tufts.

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Walt Laws-MacDonald | Show Me the Money

October 6

You see? You see, Republicans? This is why we can't have nice things!"

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Zero Waste week to promote eco-awareness

October 6

The Office of Sustainability (OOS) will this week hold the second school-wide Zero Waste Challenge, inviting students to collect, carry and display all non-recyclable or non-compostable trash they generate in a clear Ziploc bag. 

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Jumbos win fourth NESCAC game, outlast Panthers

October 6

The men's soccer players went out to Kraft Field on Saturday without their best stuff - their through balls were just going long, their crosses weren't finding blue jerseys - all while Middlebury players seemed to keep creating shots. But the sign of a good team is a team that can win without its best stuff, and that's exactly what Tufts did against Middlebury, battling to a 1-0 win to move into third place in the NESCAC.

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