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Wendell Phillips nominees announced

The Committee on Student Life issued a press release Saturday naming the four finalists for the Wendell Phillips Scholarship Award, given to the student "who has best demonstrated both marked ability as a speaker and a high sense of public responsibility."



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Even more lethal than an AK-47?

During their trip to Siuna, Nicaragua, students in the Sustainable Development class got to experience something they had never expected: wielding a machete.



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Jumbos stun Bobcats in final home game

Going into Saturday, the last time the Bates Bobcats had lost was in November. That 16-game winning streak came to a screeching halt this weekend as the red-hot Tufts Jumbos stunned the Bobcats, 91-76 in front of a packed Cousens Gymnasium.




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Jumbos learn about sustainable development firsthand

During winter break, when most Tufts students were relaxing, skiing or tanning, some courageous types took a very different approach: In preparation for a spring semester Ex College course about sustainable development, members of the class headed down to Nicaragua to help, learn and bond with the community.




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In Our Midst | Liss is an Internet entrepreneur by day, sorority sister by night

The Tufts student body boasts young adults who are fluent in several languages, have effortlessly aced exam after exam in high school and excel in the arts, music or athletics. But how many students can say that they own and operate their own Web companies - or that they began working on them when they were just 12 years old?


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Book Review | 'Beauty' is in the eye of the author

You are standing in front of Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," awestruck by the genius and the undeniable novelty of its perspective, when you hear someone behind you say, "Is this supposed to be art? It's just grotesque!"


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Google Book Search won't shelve libraries' role

Google's digitization of millions of books from five top research libraries has raised questions about the future of libraries in a digital world, but information authorities at Tufts do not feel threatened by the Internet behemoth's venture.


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Mitch Robinson to take seat on TCU Senate

Junior Mitch Robinson emerged victorious from the Spring Special Elections Feb. 2, defeating fellow junior Andrew Caplan for a seat on the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate.



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Book Review | 'Slow Man' ends up a slow read

The different shades love can take, the meaning of life and the symbiotic relationship between mind and body are hardly easy themes to take on separately, let alone all together. In his newest novel, "Slow Man," however, J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize winner and author of works such as 1999's "Disgrace," tackles these huge issues and more.


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Give them 24 hours and a line, and they'll give you a skit

"The Joker is dead. Long live the..." began each of the three skits in the 6th semi-annual Bare Bodkin 24 Hour Theater Festival this weekend. Anyone who desired to participate showed up at Aidekman Arts Center on Friday night at 8 p.m. There, the participants were split into three teams. Every contestant jotted down a possible opening line for the skits, and from these, one was picked out of a hat.


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Library must stay ahead of wave

Google Book Search will change the way libraries function. With information widely available on the Internet, the role of physical library buildings will be completely different.


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Bettis hopes to walk away as a champion

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis has played 13 seasons in the NFL, competed in six Pro Bowls, and run his way to fifth place on the all-time rushing yards list.