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What's Next: Censuring the president?

During the impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginiasuggested a different method of holding the president accountable: a censure, or a “formal statement of disapproval.”Sen. Manchin said he felt a "bipartisan majority of this body would vote to censure ...


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Medford Mom: John Green was wrong

“I’m never, ever, ever, going to Tufts, mom.” I uttered these words one weekday afternoon in my family’s kitchen during my senior year of high school. It was late March, and I was sitting at our breakfast nook, anxiously awaiting the moment when my email inbox would light up with a notification ...






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From Seniors to Citizens: Step Z

Senior spring to social security. On the hill to over the hill. Graduation to ... grandchildren? Here's what seniors have to say before all is said and done.Jesús Ramirez is a long way from home, but he doesn’t want to look too far down the road. “I haven’t really thought about the long, ...




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What's Next: Santos, Castro and the early states

"The West Wing," a critically-acclaimed political drama that aired from 1999 to 2006, is more than just a nostalgia trip that reminds viewers of a time when pagers were a thing. In recent years, it’s become almost therapeutic — a way to remind ourselves that politicians can be honest, ...


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Bite Sized Stories: Dumpling night

Entering our last semester here at Tufts, it was only fitting that we celebrated both our friends and good food, kicking off our senior spring with a potluck dumpling night. Dumplings are never made in small batches, so it only made sense to get as many hands folding wrappers and as many stomachs to ...





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From Seniors to Citizens: Do something

Senior spring to social security. On the hill to over the hill. Graduation to... grandchildren? Here’s what seniors have to say before all is said and done. Ilana Goldberg, a senior majoring in international relations and Arabic, refuses to take the future for granted. In the short term, that means ...


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Q&A: Townsend talks research, goals for semester

Editor's note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Richard Townsend, new to the Department of Computer Science since this fall, wants to make COMP11 (Introduction to Computer Science) and COMP40 (Machine Structure and Assembly-Language Programming) more effective by understanding ...





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Inaugural Tufts Civic Semester cohort returns from Peru

Most first-years spend the fall semester finding their way around the hills of Tufts. Not the Tufts Civic Semester fellows, though. They completed internships, learned Spanish and stayed with host families in Urubamba, a town in the mountains of Peru's Sacred Valley.Civic Semester,one of two overseas ...