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Wallis: Better Tufts experience while controlling costs

Junior Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senator Sam Wallis has centered his campaign for the TCU presidency on improving student life on campus and reducing related costs, while maintaining a strong connection to the student body.



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Referenda vote date pushed back to May 3

The four referenda that Tufts Election Commission (ECOM) originally added to the April 28 Tufts Community Union (TCU) presidential ballot have been rescheduled to be voted on in a separate May 3 ballot in order to abide by ECOM bylaws.



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Levine: Senate must better serve students' needs

With a two-pronged platform focused on improving communication and community at Tufts, Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate presidential candidate Lauren Levine, a junior, hopes to enhance the undergraduate experience for every student if elected this Wednesday.


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Stand-up Comedy Collective members look to make it big

Although it may not be NBC's "The Sing Off" (2009), several talented Tufts performers are working to gain national fame in a competition in which fellow Jumbos can determine the outcome. Sophomores Ian Donovan and Matt Nazarian, junior Brian Agler and senior Sam McCauley are competing in the 3rd Annual RooftopComedy.com National College Comedy Competition, sponsored by TBS.







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Last lecturers Coleman, Manno urge students to take charge of lives

Lecturer of Music David Coleman and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Provost Vincent Manno yesterday afternoon delivered their "last lectures," sharing their advice on living life to the fullest with a roomful of students, most of whom were graduating seniors.


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Students head off campus to get fit

With spring in full force, many Jumbos are looking to get in shape for bathing suit season by losing weight gained during the long winter months. Some choose to enjoy the warm weather by running outside, whereas others take advantage of the free facilities at Cousens Gym. However, some students have opted to fork over membership fees to join off−campus gyms.


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Ben Kochman | Between the Slices

On most Saturday mornings, getting out of bed is a laborious process, and on rainy Boston days, when a look out of the window reveals only murky gloom, I need an especially exciting motivator to get myself up and moving. Before I was at Tufts, this motivation would be the smell of bacon sizzling downstairs, signaling the start of breakfast. But at college, I've had to become more creative.


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Bacow discusses DREAM act with Kerry, Brown

University President Lawrence Bacow yesterday met with Sen. John Kerry (D−Mass) and Sen. Scott Brown (R−Mass) in Washington, D.C. to discuss, among other issues relevant to Tufts, the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.



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Senate survey marked by low turnout this semester

Eight hundred and ninety−six students responded to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate 2010 Spring Survey, a notable drop in turnout from last semester's survey, which solicited 1,461 responses.


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TCU Presidential candidates work to get their message out

Since the candidates for the Tufts Community Union (TCU) presidency have been officially nominated, their campaigns are working around the clock until election day on April 28. Both candidates, juniors Lauren Levine and Sam Wallis, are relying on traditional campaign fixtures, but have one key difference in how they are going after votes.


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Jessie Borkan | College Is As College Does

I spent Monday surrounded by some of our city's finest athletes, fiercest hearts and drunkest college students. It was a testament to the strength and perseverance of humanity, the phenomenal power of the mind, and the sporadic negligence of Boston's open container laws. That's right, folks, I am talking about the Boston Marathon.



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Everett: Information on climate change is inconclusive

Bruce Everett, adjunct associate professor of international business at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, this weekend moderated a panel at Tufts Energy Conference. He formerly worked for ExxonMobil Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy. Everett sat down with the Daily to discuss energy policy. Katherine Sawyer: Why do you think energy independence might not be the answer? Bruce Everett: I start with the premise that low−cost energy is critical to the economy, and it is particularly critical in the United States because we are a highly mobile society … If we had domestic sources of energy that were only slightly more expensive that imported oil, then you could make an argument that the geopolitical problems which are very real that are associated with being involved in this market might induce us to say, OK, let's pay a little bit more. The problem is that oil is a transportation fuel, and we have no viable alternatives.