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FA Cup roundup: Manchester City teens and the future of the competition

By Ryan Schneiderman | February 24

Last weekend saw a break from premier league action, with the FA cup taking its place. The most intriguing matchup from the fifth round draw featured the last two Premier League champions, Chelsea and Manchester City. What promised to be a highly contested match quickly turned into somewhat of a farce when Manuel Pellegrini, often criticized for being too conservative in team selections, named six teenagers in the starting eleven. Five were making their first team debut. As a City fan myself I had mixed feelings about the line-up. To see talented youth players given the chance to show their talents to the world is exciting for both the fans and other youth players coming through the system. At the same time, the lineup effectively ensured City’s exit from the competition.

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Style Spotlight: Sophie Shen

By Parker Selman | February 24

Sophie Shen is a first-year from Shanghai, China. Sophie has a passion for traveling and a personal flair for fashion. Sophie and I sat down to talk about how her origins shape her style and her favorite stores. Parker Selman: How would you describe your personal style?Sophie Shen: I would say it’s ...

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The Arena: Bush league

By Aren Torikian | February 24

Raise your hand if you had Donald Trump and John Kasich lasting longer than Jeb Bush in this campaign. Nobody? Didn’t think so. Jeb Bush was by no means a shoo-in to win his nomination, but the manner in which he lost was shocking. Political science departments across the country will start including ...

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Channeling Ina: Boston and Camberville’s Best Bakeries

By Kinsey Drake | February 24

A little known (or well known, depending on how well you know me) fact about me is that my internal compass (due North? Is that what the rest of you use?) points to gluten. This special talent has made me privy to the very best places to buy your breads, pastries and other baked goods in the Boston ...

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Bridge the Gap: Davis Square

By Rayn Riel | February 24

Even though the T is a perpetually cash-strapped authority, the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) curiously lacks the motive to innovate. Why, for instance, have they not built a taller facility for its one-story Red Line station entrances at Davis Square, when surrounding buildings ...

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After Years: Chapter Three

By Stina Stannik | February 24

Editor’s note: This column is part of a fictional weekly serial.Edgar had been watching the car wind towards his house for the better part of half an hour now. So open were the fields between here and the horizon. For 30 years, any movement on the road had caused his heart to clench — lock all ...

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Flashes of Brilliance: Rafa

By Eric Smiley | February 24

It was January 2014, and I stayed up all night to watch tennis. The men’s final of the Australian Open was to be held half a world away in Melbourne, and because of the time difference, it would start at 3 a.m. local time here at Tufts.On one side of the court stood the substantial underdog Stanislas ...

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New York Style Dehli: Marco DeMarco

By Rebecca Solomon and Pooja Sivaraman | February 24

Rebecca: I often write about my mom, mostly because I regard her as a sage. When giving advice, I always fall back on her musings. However, today’s introduction is about my mom’s interaction with Mac DeMarco. My brother is a huge Mac DeMarco fan, and after finding out that Mac was summering on our ...

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The ABC's of Literature: Liane Moriarty

By Natalie Girshman | February 23

First of all, let me establish one thing: I have little use for the term “chick lit.” It's a term that seems to induce instant eye rolls and condescending sighs from people, often “important male writers” with an aura of self-satisfaction who reason that the only really important issues ...

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Earth on Fire: Honor thy word

By Luke Sherman | February 23

Most of us here at Tufts University would agree that climate change represents a massive threat to humanity. Its impacts constitute enormous perils: crop failures, stronger storms, a precipitous decline in biodiversity, etc. Understanding this, Tufts professes to care about mitigating global warming, ...

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Jersey Over Apron: Ticker tape

By Nicole Brooks | February 23

When New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced the scheduling of a ticker tape parade following the United States women's national soccer team's (USWNT) winning the FIFA World Cup this past summer, New Yorkers were excited. Who wouldn’t want a parade? The welcoming of the USWNT seemed ...

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Pop Filter: Requiem for a Nightmare

By Isaac Brown | February 22

Sometimes I get a flash of inspiration at three in the morning, and I can’t stop myself from punching note after note into the software until what I hear through my earphones matches what’s emanating from the overflowing file cabinets of my imagination. A few finely-crafted measures later, the roosters ...

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On the Spot: Why Tottenham can win the League

By Yuan Jun Chee | February 22

Four years ago, a controversial Mario Balotelli goal derailed Spurs’ momentum. Last weekend, they banished those memories and are marching on. I was holding back on this column until they beat Manchester City. Their victory at the Etihad Stadiumlast weekend required a bit of luck, but they were very ...

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The Stories of Stories: Not an empty play

By Melissa Feito | February 22

“I have a secret. I am addicted to a good narrative … It’s funny because video games aren’t the first place you would expect to find any resemblance of a balanced and well executed narrative. Its very name, game, suggests something trivial, something purely for entertainment. In fact, I have ...

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Jumbo Steps: A sweet, suite life

By Jake Lawicki | February 22

It looks like the proverbial phrase summing up my freshman housing situation, “home is where the WiFi (doesn’t) automatically connect," is going to be replaced next fall by something even more frightening than tufts-secure’s wrath: “home is where the…strangers live.”Housing season ...

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Style Spotlight: Conrad Young

By Parker Selman | February 19

Conrad Young is a freshman in the SMFA/Tufts dual-degree program who sat down to talk with me about basic pieces, genderless fashion and Kanye West’s new line.PS: How would you describe your personal style?CY: I like to start with the basics: black jeans, white button downs, white t-shirts, mostly ...

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A Walk Alone - Liverpool's Ticket Pricing Crisis

By Ryan Schneiderman | February 18

“You’ll never walk alone.” This is the famed motto of Liverpool. However, as many fans, and Steven Gerrard (a lifetime Liverpool player) will tell you, it is more than that — it is a way of life. The teary-eyed 45,000 that shook Anfield with their final serenade to hometown hero Gerrard last May will attest to that. For many Liverpool supporters “you’ll never walk alone” means that there is nothing that would cause them to turn their backs on their club. However, during Liverpool’s match against Sunderland two weekends ago, many supporters felt they had no other choice. In protest of the new £77 main stand ticket and a newly announced ticket pricing structure which will see 75 percent  of tickets increase in price, 10,000 Liverpool supporters left Anfield in the 77th minute.

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Screen Time: On your marks, get set, bake

By Vidya Srinivasan | February 17

The three great loves of my life — in no particular order — are competitions, British baking and my grandma. Incorporate any of these elements into your show, and you’ll probably win my ardent and undying favor. Incorporate all three, and you’ll ruin me. Enter: "The Great British Bake Off" ...

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Flashes of Brilliance: A free play for Rodgers

By Eric Smiley | February 17

Quarterbacks are shackled with the unsavory task of toeing the line between being too cautious and too reckless and aggressive with their attempted passes. A quarterback that checks down too often, such as Alex Smith of the Kansas City Chiefs, is derided as a “game manager” — someone who is ...

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New York Style Delhi: YK16

By Rebecca Solomon and Pooja Sivaraman | February 17

Pooja: Rebecca has often compared herself to Cher, not only to the artist but also the fictional character from the 1995 film "Clueless." There are many reasons to draw a comparison between the two, but the most important would be their shared love of matchmaking. Rebecca loves to matchmake, ...

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