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The delicate art of picking an academic advisor

It is perhaps the most dreaded question for students: the choice of the label that will be branded on resumes, be inquired about upon future introductions and become permanent adult conversation fodder — "What's your major?"




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Emotional health among college freshmen at an all-time, nationwide low

    Papers, internships, reading, clubs, studying — the list of common sources of stress for college students is all too familiar. According to a recent University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) survey, however, first-year college students now report poorer emotional health than ever before.






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Street Smarts: Tufts' sartorial scene

Ever notice the Jumbos on campus who put more into their wardrobes than a momentary thought about which pair of sneakers doesn't clash with their sweatpants? We have, and some of their sartorial styles caught our eye in particular.



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Alanna Tuller | The Archives Addict

Something that (hopefully) hasn't changed too much over the years is the average Jumbo's dedication to his or her schoolwork. I think it's fairly safe to say that Tufts has seen generations of hard-working, intelligent students during the course of the university's history.


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Schwarz wins TCU Senate seat

Sophomore Stefan Schwarz last night was elected as a Tufts Community Union senator after roughly 25 percent of the sophomore class voted in the special election for the empty seat.


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Secular Europe and religious America?

Religion has long been a central aspect of societies worldwide, but its role and importance varies throughout the globe. As industrialization and globalization continue to impact every aspect of life, many wonder about the changing role of religion in a modern world and if the popular claim that Americans are more religious than Europeans is actually valid.       


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Romy Oltuski | The Dilettante

Yes, it actually exists. And at college campuses, no less. I headed over to Boston University's (BU) Hillel House — that shining marble beacon of free food, curly-haired Jewesses and gorgeously renovated lounges with a foosball table and coffee bar — to find love. (But seriously, Granoff family, you should see the colossus that Florence and Chafetz built for their yids.)


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Rapid snow pileup stretches Tufts' and cities' budgets

The Department of Facilities Services and local municipalities this winter season faced manpower and budgetary strains in dealing with the accumulation of over 70 inches of snow on Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus and surrounding areas.


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TCU Senate will not distribute spring survey

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate will not distribute its annual spring semester survey, as it has decided to make the switch from using a private survey provider to collaborating with the university's Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation in designing the survey.



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Seniors mark 100 days until commencement; many barred entry as Dewick hits capacity

University President Lawrence Bacow Friday night toasted a crowd of 400 seniors gathered in Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall for a ceremony to mark the 100 days left until commencement. Many seniors were left standing outside when they were told the event was full. An invitation sent via e-mail said that the event was open to all seniors, and though it warned that space would be limited, it did not specify how many would be admitted from the class of approximately 1,200 seniors.


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Collective to act as umbrella for campus environmental groups

Filling in the gap left by the now−defunct group, Environmental Consciousness Outreach (ECO), a new student collective established this semester is stepping in to act as the umbrella organization for environmentally focused groups on campus, attempting to improve coordination between its members and bring a sense of organization to the sustainability movement at Tufts.