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Student disciplined for 'bias-related assault'
March 15A disciplinary hearing for what was deemed an act of intolerance was held on March 10.
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Inside College Basketball | UConn looks like team to beat in March
March 15It's back. The most exciting three weeks of upsets, gambling and (for some) sports-related drinking...It's the NCAA Tournament. And as is par for the course this time of year, Inside's "Big Dance Breakdown" examines each region in a futile effort to pick all 63 games correctly.
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Peeping tom prompts concerns, deja vu
March 15For one Tufts student, recent reports of a male intruder in the Cousens Gymnasium women's locker room prompted a case of deja vu.
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Saving the art of delusion
March 15This viewpoint is directed to the 34 to 38 percent of Americans who, according to recent polling data, still approve of the job George Bush is doing as President of the United States.
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Former prisoner discusses repression in Burma
March 15Former Burmese political prisoner and current democracy activist Bo Kyi spoke to a classroom of about 50 Fletcher School students on Wednesday evening at an event sponsored by the Fletcher School and PANGEA.
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Weekender feature | Dropkick Murphys preview
March 15Get ready for the biggest St. Patrick's Day celebration in town. No, it's not at a frat, and, surprisingly enough, it isn't directly linked to any sort of alcoholic beverage. The event is so big that it lasts for the entire weekend, starting tonight.
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Cradle of liberty' turned 'nanny state'?
March 14In terms of gun control, Massachusetts used to be "the cradle of liberty; now it's the nanny state," National Rifle Association radio commentator Cam Edwards told Tufts students last night.
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Town-gown campaign unveiled
March 14On Sunday night, the Tufts Community Union Senate met with Medford and Somerville leaders to unveil the Community Connections Campaign, the latest plan to improve town-gown relations.
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Kristy Cunningham | Out of Thin Air
March 14A riddle: What has 32 eyes, 64 feet, lots of fur and loves snow?
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Baseball road trip preview | Jumbos head south for start of season
March 14Practicing baseball in early March is often a tricky task. Between the saturated, mud-laden fields and the brisk winds that often accompany New England's shift from winter to spring, a dry area to shag fly balls can be a rare commodity.
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Inside the NBA | Hornets' Cinderella run may be coming to an end
March 14In a time of year when so many college teams become Cinderellas, the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, the Cinderella story of this NBA season, are watching their carriage turn into a pumpkin.
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Baseball defensive preview | Veteran core returns for Tufts
March 14After making a premature exit from the postseason in 2005 and graduating only four seniors, the baseball team returns a veteran crew ready to erase the memories of last spring.
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Baseball pitching preview | Tufts pitchers may be NESCAC's best
March 14The baseball team's 23-11 finish in 2005 was thanks in large part to the work of one of the nation's best pitching staffs. The Jumbos had the nation's fifth-best team ERA, and most of the hurlers who led last year's staff are back for another run in 2006.
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Inside the NESCAC | Middlebury hockey teams prepares to ice the cake
March 14Winning three straight titles is impressive. So impressive, in fact, that the sports world coined a word for it: the three-peat. And this week at Middlebury, not one, but two teams have exactly that on their minds.
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Standalone | 'Your mother didn't think so last night, Trebek...'
March 14"Saturday Night Live" impressionist extraordinaire Darrell Hammond performed a standup comedy routine in a packed Cohen auditorium last night. His routine focused mostly on political figures like former President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, but he also mixed in impressions of actor Sean Connery and businessman Donald Trump, among others. Hammond drew students into the routine, asking some what their names and majors were, and asking those who shouted during his routine to repeat themselves. Most of these audience members then became Hammond's comedic material. The show, which began just after 9:30 p.m., lasted past 11 p.m. Tufts alumnus Jack Byrne (LA '05) opened the show.
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Standalone | 'Invisible' no more
March 14Students and faculty attended a screening of the documentary "Invisible Children" in Barnum 008 last night. The film's titular subjects are child soldiers in Uganda. After the screening, the filmmakers (pictured signing and selling merchandise) fielded questions from the audience and discussed the ways in which they hope the documentary will positively impact the situation faced by Ugandan child soldiers. "Invisible Children" isn't just the name of the film; it's also the name of the organization behind the film. According to its Web site, Invisible Children, Inc. "is dedicated to providing financial resources to invisible children by documenting their true, untold stories in a creative and relevant way, resulting in positive change." The screening and discussion were sponsored by the University College of Citizenship and Public Service, the Communications and Media Studies program, the Ex College and Pangea.
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Battle of the sexes, day three | London broil vs. cheesy chicken
March 14In the second battle of the Daily's Battle of the Sexes competition, two teams - consisting of a pair of females and a pair of males - whipped up a delicious dinner and allowed the Daily's Sydne Summer to have a taste.
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Thousands of SAT tests scored incorrectly
March 14In the latest bout of problems with the new SAT, another 1,600 exams were not rechecked after the discovery that 4,000 had been scored incorrectly.
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A plan to take Medford public schools 'to the next level'
March 14"If we have the collective will, we can take our community to the next level. We can take our school system to the next level," Roy Belson, the superintendent of Medford Public Schools, told an audience on Sunday, Mar. 13.
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