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Vengeance' explores the murky realm of morality

As the Horvath family celebrates the holidays, its members' conversations and thoughts are stuck on a tragic event from a decade before — the gruesome murder of the family's then−20−year−old daughter. While it is clear that the topic is ever−present, this holiday season, a new concern reawakens past grievances.


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Say Anything headlines at the House of Blues

"This show feels really intimate … like I'm touching you in a weird place," frontman of the emo band Say Anything, Max Bemis, said of the group's Nov. 8 concert. Though he was on stage in front of hundreds of fans at the House of Blues, the performance indeed felt personal, like the singer was serenading each one of us.


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Law and Order: SVU' looks at date rape, drinking

Wednesday night's episode of "Law & Order: SVU" focused on the prominence of date rape and underage drinking on college campuses, an issue that is finding its way to the forefront of the non−collegiate public consciousness. TV and film actor Christopher Meloni, who portrays the charismatic Detective Elliot Stabler, and Executive Producer Neal Baer took part in a roundtable phone interview to discuss the significance of the episode and its subject matter.


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Cee Lo Green thinks that you should know his name

Everyone knows Gnarls Barkley, and if they don't, they've at least heard a version of the musical collaborators' hit song "Crazy." And yet, until the song "F**k You" went viral on YouTube this past August, no one seemed to know Cee Lo Green.


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Weekender Interview | Brian Rosenworcel

Reemerging from a short recording hibernation, Guster's latest album, "Easy Wonderful," dropped in the beginning of October. Tufts alumni Ryan Miller, Adam Gardner and Brian Rosenworcel (all LA '95) have remained the three core members of the group since its inception here on the Hill.



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Perry's 'For Colored Girls' delivers

The fundamental first step toward understanding director, producer and writer Tyler Perry's film adaptation of Ntozake Shange's 1975 choreopoem stage play, "For Colored Girls," is to dispel a major misconception about the film: It is not directed solely at black females.


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Week in Review | TV

The biggest TV news this week came in the form of NBC's midseason schedule announcement. The struggling network, in the midst of a takeover by cable giant Comcast, will try to improve its standing in January by adding several new series to its lineup, bringing back some old favorites and shuffling some current underperformers.


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Top Ten | Things that have come to America

With Thanksgiving coming up, we are reminded that our ancestors were once immigrants to this country. Here is a list of other things that have since washed up on our shores.


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Costello's latest is a 'Ransom' worth paying

In the late ‘70s, Elvis Costello made his mark by being one of the few members of the back−to−basics pub rock scene to both avoid the overwhelming force of punk rock and to reach stardom in the New Wave genre. He is renowned for his vast knowledge of pop culture, colorful lyricism and determination to dabble in almost all forms of popular music.


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Sarabande's fall dance recital promises fresh choreography and fun

"I want you to make a circle with your legs like this — so it's like ab−mania," senior Brittany Sloan of the Tufts' dance ensemble Sarabande said. She demonstrated the move to her five proteges lying flat on their backs on the Cohen Auditorium stage. To an audience member of average fitness, the slow and, well, ab−manic move looked excruciating.


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Boston Ballet brings Christmas cheer to Floating Hospital for Children

Students from the Boston Ballet yesterday performed excerpts from the company's upcoming production, "The Nutcracker," for patients, visitors and employees at Tufts Medical Center's Floating Hospital for Children. After the performance, the dancers visited with patients in their rooms. See blogs.tuftsdaily.com for more photos from the event.


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Enter the Void' is a visually arresting experiment

We always use our imaginations when we watch movies. We're accustomed to the time gaps between scenes that spare us the fall of an axe, the consummation of a hot, sweaty kiss or the boring car ride from point A to point B. But Gaspar Noé's "Enter the Void" (2009), now playing at the Kendall Square Cinema, has no mercy on an audience that has been pampered with traditional cinematic cutaways.


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Ashley Wood | Fashion Contraceptive

Although it's not entirely historically accurate, it is safe to say that Americans envision Thanksgiving as the celebration of the pilgrims' survival after their separation from the motherland. This separation would eventually evolve into the 13 colonies, which would later form the United States. In short, it was the beginning of our independence.





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Tufts' Bare Bodkin to perform medley of students' work

Are you chummy with the written word? Do you crave recognition for your work? Have you just snatched up this copy of the Daily while on the fly to your first class of the day, slinking into your seat a solid six minutes late?


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Conan returns with successful formula

Conan O'Brien is back on the air with his new TBS talk show, "Conan." Conan's new program is just like his old one, an approach that guarantees laughs but keeps things from feeling fresh. Conan is a very funny, quick guy though, and his goofy and nicely timed deliveries will keep most viewers smiling for the entire hour.


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N.E.R.D's latest fails to deliver despite high aspirations

Like the Black Eyed Peas, N.E.R.D is traditionally known for its unique stylistic blend of hip−hop, R&B and rock. Over the years it has managed to stay notable in the music industry, always releasing unexpected material and almost never failing to exceed expectations.