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TV Review | 'The Good Wife' going strong after four years

Currently in its fourth season, CBS' drama "The Good Wife" is nowhere near stale. Titular character and protagonist Alicia Florrick (JuliannaMargulies) is a wife, mother and lawyer who was publically humiliated by her husband, former state attorney Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), in the show's first season. When political corruption and prostitution scandals landed Peter in jail, Alicia reentered the work force as a public defender in order to provide for her family. After a tumultuous couple of years, Peter is now back in the state's attorney chair and is running for governor of Illinois. Meanwhile, Alicia is dealing with a past inter?office romance at her law firm, Lockhart/Gardner. The smart lens placed on personal and professional relationships makes "The Good Wife" interesting and dynamic, but the show's writing and acting make it truly great.

The Artsy Jumbo | Sophomore Kit Collins marches to own drum

A sophomore leaning toward a major in sociology with a minor in urban studies, Kit Collins is a talented drummer for B.E.A.T.s, Tufts' student percussion group.

Weekender | A tour of the eclectic Tufts music scene

Given the almost?equal proportion of electronic producers, classical nuts, DJs, jazz heads, funk addicts, punk dissenters, hippy?folk?love children, esoteric composers, power chord thrashers and dad?rock purists at Tufts, it's not surprising that students here are producing some outstanding music.

Sara Gardner & Mae Humiston | Let's Talk About Food

As college kids, we all like to eat. Not only that, but we also like to eat a lot. With unlimited dining plans and to?go cafes lining our campuses, it seems that food is always readily available, whenever and wherever we may be. But what does the pattern of consumption at Tufts mean in the greater context of consumption as a whole? Here we run into one of the central questions that drive the greater food movement.

TV Review | New conflicts humanize 'Downton Abbey's' characters

"Downton Abbey" portrays the lifestyle most people hope they could have if they lived in England a century ago. Decadent, stylish and high?class, the series oozes glamor and the special breed of romance found in films like "Pride and Prejudice" (2005) and "Wuthering Heights" (2012).

Theater Review | 'Day Father' explores memory, normalcy through childhood development

This weekend will see the premiere of "Day Father," the student?written fall major production for Pen, Paint and Pretzels, Tufts' umbrella theater group. The drama looks to complement themes seen in other Tufts productions this semester, such as "Our Private Lives," and to set itself apart through its exploration of memory and morally ambiguous characters.

Megan Clark | Where's the Craic?

Waking Ned Devine" (1998) is a unique comedy that mixes slapstick silliness with reflections on the meaning of life, death and riches.

'The Sessions' affirms hype

If awards are anything to go by, "The Sessions" is a unanimous hit: the film has already won both the Audience Award and the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. This uplifting, heartwarming and often tear?jerking film opened in Boston last weekend.

Joe Stile | BASSic

Major Lazer is the sound of globalization. Led by an American producer, the group combines Caribbean dancehall, Jamaican reggae and British House?dubstep music to create a sound that is instantly contagious, convulsive and chaotic.

Highly anticipated 'Cloud Atlas' nearly meets expectations

"Cloud Atlas" is as difficult to describe as the vaporous constructions that lend their name to the title. The film, an adaptation of the 2004 book of the same name by David Mitchell, has been brought to the screen by Tyler Tykwer and by auteurs Lana and Andy Wachowski. "Cloud Atlas" revolves around six separate narratives all connected through some initially vague but eventually very clear notions about life and the human experience.

TV Review | 'Parks and Rec' still going strong

This season of NBC's "Parks and Recreation" has seen some dramatic changes for its main characters. Leslie Knope is now a part of Pawnee's City Council, the job she spent all last season fighting for, her boyfriend Ben and her friend April are now working far away in the nation's capital and Andy is humorously trying to become a police officer. The show impressively keeps the characters and their actions constant as they face these new professional and personal challenges.

Elizabeth Landers | Campus Chic Report

Though I am an avid fashion consumer, menswear is not my area of expertise. I can tell you what looks good on a man and what doesn't, but I quickly get lost in any specifics. Cue the friend to the rescue, Justin Jeffers aka The Fine Young Gentleman. Based in New York City, Justin humorously and tastefully blogs on the world of menswear. To help me fill my knowledge gap in this department, Justin agreed to an interview. Below, he answers questions on menswear and offers some tips for building a wardrobe.

Concert Review | Brilliant instrumentation, singing charm Symphony Hall audiences

TV Review | After rough season, 'Walking Dead' returns with a bang

Theater Review | 'Bengal Tiger' dives into questions of culture, morality

Theater Review | Heartfelt 'The Chosen' will get audiences thinking

"A word is worth one coin. Silence is worth two." So begins "The Chosen," a production that, despite the above line, deserves much more than one word. At the Lyric Stage Company in Boston, Daniel Gidron directs this 1999 play that ChaimPotok and Aaron Posner faithfully adapted from Potok's 1967 novel.

'Paranormal Activity 4' answers no questions

Fans of the "Paranormal Activity" series seeking an original or scary movie, or wanting to know what happened to the series' characters Hunter (William Juan Prieto) and Katie (Katie Featherson) will be disappointed by "Paranormal Activity 4."

Ballet Review | Boston Ballet Fall Program is lively, dynamic

As The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" blasted through the theater during Christopher Bruce's "Rooster" last Friday night, Boston Ballet dancer Jeffrey Cirio spun with enough force to fling his tie over one shoulder. It stayed there, hanging nonchalantly next to Cirio's impish grin, for one second too long, a subtle indicator of just how much fun the performers were having. After all, dancing to The Rolling Stones isn't the time for worrying about whether or not your tie is on straight.

Mae Humiston & Sara Gardner | Let's Talk About Food

In light of impending course registrations, we are going to take a moment to provide you with a quick article about how you, a member of the Tufts University community, can take your food education into your own hands. By the end of our article's run, we will only have presented you with the very tip of the iceberg, so from there it will be up to you to press on to find knowledge and good eating! Fortunately, there are more and more food?related classes being offered and food groups are popping up everywhere. With rising numbers of self?declared food movement activists, we can only imagine the number of courses and organizations will explode, so you better get a head start, right?

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