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Out on the Town: Boston Freedom Rally

By Evan Zigmond | September 24

The weekend of Sept. 14–16 marked a very special event for cannabis enthusiasts around the country.The annual Boston Freedom Rally, colloquially known as “Hempfest,” took place on Boston Common. Being relatively new to Massachusetts, I wanted to witness weed culture here, so on a warm Friday morning, I boarded the Red Line to Park Street to learn more about local perception of the divisive drug.

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Anita's Angle: Hold capitalism accountable

By Anita Ramaswamy | September 24

Emmanuel Faber is the CEO of a multinational corporation with clients in 130 countries and annual revenues of $28 billion as of last year. He also believes that a “revolution” is near and that we are getting close to the end of capitalism as we know it. Upon first glance, Mr. Faber might seem foolish ...

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Pretty Lawns and Gardens: Why public fossil fuel divestment is a long-term strategy

By Tys Sweeney | September 20

In "Pretty Lawns and Gardens" I will discuss political ecology, or the study of the ever-important relationships between political entities, economic forces and our shared world. Each week, I will be looking at an environmental issue from an economic or political perspective, with the understanding ...

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El Centro: Remembering

By Haruka Noishiki | September 20

I was born and raised in Japan. I say this when meeting someone for the first time. That is true; there is no other country that I would call my own, for and of which I am grateful and proud. It’s also true that American culture raised me too.Most of my peers back home surrounded themselves with ...

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Movie Theater Butter: 'Juno'

By Alexi Reich | September 20

I'm willing to bet one of my allotted 10 daily meal swipes (you read that right, all of Tufts’ first-years are being charged over $3000 in exchange for the oh-so-necessary ability to enter Dewick or Carm up to 10 times a day) that you, the reader, have at least one film that you love inexplicably. ...

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The Coin Toss: NFL Week 3

By Bradley Schussel | September 20

It's back! After a one-year hiatus, The Coin Toss is returning to the Daily. If you haven't read before, here's how this works: I make three bold predictions every week about professional sports. Today we're talking about Week 3 of the NFL season. Let's start off with some Thursday ...

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Takeaways: What are we afraid of?

By Nesi Altaras | September 19

During the Cold War, we were scared. I don’t mean the general fear people feel of terrorism or war, but the most scary, specific fear that we have become complacent about and now simply ignore.I mean mass death from nuclear weapons. A handful of people have the power to end all of human existence. ...

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The Anti-Bostonian: The case for a LOUD introduction

By Jeremy Goldstein | September 19

I don’t hate necessarily hate you. Just accept that we’re different.When rooting for Boston athletics, you quintessentially cheer for the antithesis for my existence: a strong, anti-New York attitude. You root for the exceptional yet down-to-earth common man: Tom Brady with his 5.28 40-yard dash ...

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The Tide: Colin Allred

By Matt Rice | September 19

Colin Allred is one of those exciting candidates.

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Cheeses of Suburbia: Papa John's and "American Idiot"

By Zachary Hertz and Brady Shea | September 19

Zach Hertz (ZH): Coming to you live, it’s the first meeting of the "Cheeses of Suburbia." Because we believe a late-night eatery is only as good as its mozzarella sticks, your illustrious hosts will review mozzarella sticks every week while also reviewing a pop punk album. Our first choice ...

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Postgame Press: Fan(tasy)hood

By David Meyer | September 18

Being a fan means you get to be a part of an amazing community of people with whom you have a bond as soon as you see them at the game or on the street wearing a jersey. I see someone with my team’s hat and immediately feel a sense of kinship. But team allegiances have been changed with the advent ...

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The Weekly Chirp: Staging season

By Henry Stevens | September 18

How refreshing it is to arrive back on campus and watch all the starry-eyed first-years gallivanting from class to class, excited and eager to “discover themselves” and figure out “what life is all about.” Good luck with that. Many of my observations of these new college students are derived ...

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Red Star: A rule we ought to break

By Aneurin Canham-Clyne | September 18

Tufts decided to require registration for all protests and demonstrations larger than 25 people. Rhetoric aside, this policy is clearly aimed at walkouts, mass demonstrations, picket lines and coordinated disruptions. They want to keep us safe from our freedom to demonstrate. How thoughtful.The administrators ...

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The Starving Aesthete: Vaporwaves

By James Ray | September 18

Our current music industry congealed in the swamps of 1950s capitalism, where due to the omnipresence of the vinyl record, music production required enterprise. The resources of record production were necessarily industrial, necessarily corporate and necessarily pop-oriented, creating a system of artists: ...

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Anita's Angle: Miss America, but woke

By Anita Ramaswamy | September 17

In 2007, Miss Teen South Carolina, Caitlin Upton, went viral for her response to a question about why a fifth of Americans could not locate the U.S. on a world map. Under the blinding spotlight, 18-year-old Caitlin babbled nervously about “the Iraq” and how “people out there in our nation don’t ...

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Weidner's Words: The rising popularity of the WNBA

By Sam Weidner | September 17

Basketball Twitter typically isn’t very active during months like August and September. NBA draft talk has long dissipated, free agency moves and trades have all been completed and the NBA Summer League is a thing of the past. That changed on Sept. 4 this year, however, as talk erupted from fans and ...

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Out on the Town: Wally's Cafe

By Evan Zigmond | September 16

Being a music major at Tufts is a surreal experience. While there are many opportunities to play on campus and the support we have for musicians here is quite strong, students are often unaware of the must-see musical experiences just a few miles away in Boston. As a jazz musician, I was not aware ...

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Weidner's Words: Weeding out the opiates

By Sam Weidner | May 20

A few weeks ago, on April 20, people across the country participated in what has become known as the "weed holiday." On the same day, Bleacher Report released several videos featuring former NBA and NFL players discussing their use of marijuana and use throughout those leagues, as they were ...

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A Column From a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Commencement

By Christopher Panella | May 20

One of my favorite moments in Star Wars is the end of “A New Hope” (1977). Luke, Han and Chewbacca enter a gorgeous throne room on Yavin IV and walk down a row of fellow Rebellion members. They’re greeted by Princess Leia, who gives them a smile and then places medals over their heads. R2-D2 ...

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The Art of Games: In games, the end is not always the end

By Alec Provost | May 20

Just like everything else in life, all games must end at some point. And just like other aspects of life, the manner in which they end can differ drastically from game to game. Although I will be discussing the end of games in this column, there won’t be any story spoilers. I will focus on how games ...

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