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Spring Fling lineup source of contention on campus

Before finals run their course and the Medford/Somerville campus clears out for summer, students have one last time to let loose: this weekend's Spring Fling. Spring concerts are the norm for college campuses around the country, and Boston?area schools are no exception. Harvard University hosted its annual Yardfest two weeks ago, and Brandeis University's Springfest, featuring of Montreal and Far East Movement, will be held on May 1, the day after Tufts' Spring Fling.


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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.





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Recent Yale death triggers machine safety re-evaluation

The recent death of a Yale University student in a university laboratory has prompted institutions nationwide to reassess machine shop safety protocol. For its part, Tufts officials remain confident that its existing safety policies will guard against such tragedies on the Medford/Somerville campus.




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Kanarek named interim Friedman School dean

Tufts Professor of Psychology and former Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Robin Kanarek will serve for one year as interim dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.


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Cummings School faces cuts in state funds

As the Massachusetts House of Representatives this week deliberates over the state budget, one of the items under debate will be state funding for the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, which is once again in danger of being cut.


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Linguistics successfully finishes first year

Linguistics, the study of languages and their structure, aims to bridge the gap in understanding among the diverse array of languages spoken around the globe. Priding itself on its diverse student body and emphasis on an internationally focused curriculum, Tufts is wrapping up its first year of offering a linguistics minor in the School of Arts and Sciences with an eye to advancing the awareness of language.


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Alanna Tuller | Archive Addict

Strange as it may sound, there is a profound sense of solitude that pervades the archives. At first I thought it was due to the fact that being surrounded by old newspapers and books is quite peaceful for a bibliophile like me. I realized, however, that this solitude also stems from the fact that I'm often the lone Jumbo in the archives.


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Garcia elected TCU president in landslide

Junior Tomas Garcia's platform of change based on experience trumped junior Ben Richards' newcomer appeal when results from the Tufts Community Union (TCU) presidential race at midnight showed Garcia as the winner in a landslide victory.


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Romy Oltuski | The Dilettante

We rolled up to the casino in a stretch limo. We wore sunglasses at night and dressed up in little dresses and heels, full suits for the men. Sipping unpronounceable cocktails, we chatted skeptically with "international businessmen" most likely involved in the mob and threw down plastic coins that represented the thousands of dollars we had just laid down on the table for the dealer to fold into a little slot, filled with thousands, maybe millions, more. Pretty women wrapped in fur hung on the arms of men with cigars in their mouths, men whose poker faces hid their adrenaline−dulled fears about bets that would keep or lose their airfare and hotel rooms, and at the bigger tables, their jets and hotels. If you looked at the bouncers too much, they'd pay close attention to your table; if you looked at each other too much, several of them would walk you out the back entrance, buoyant until out of view of the other chain−smoking, designer−wearing, rich, tipsy, ballsy beautiful guests.



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The mystery behind 'best of' literature lists

Whether the end of a decade, the start of a new year or just a Tuesday, reasons for creating "Top 10" lists never run short. One common topic for such lists is literature, often dramatically exemplified by lists like "100 Books to Read Before You Die." Although the motivation behind these lists change and content shifts over time, they generally feature works that make up the Western literary canon. Time Magazine's "ALL TIME 100 Novels," for example, includes familiar titles such as J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye," Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita," Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath."


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Students discuss campus race relations at AOH

A group of approximately 40 students during Friday's April Open House (AOH) events gathered on the Academic Quad to inform prospective students about what they perceive to be a misrepresented racial climate on campus.



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In landslide election, Garcia is new TCU President

In an overwhelming landslide, junior Tomas Garcia won the election for TCU president. Thirty-one percent of the university's undergraduates voted in yesterday's election, and Garcia walked away with 78 percent, or 1166 votes.


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New vaccines may diminish 'Vaccine War'

Just six years ago, Tufts scientists set out to achieve a lofty goal: creating a needleless vaccine that would not need to be refrigerated. After numerous trials and tribulations, the team, partially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has achieved just that.


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Stuff Tufts People Like' catalogs Hill culture

Dubstep. Dave's Fresh Pasta. Googling Anthony Monaco. These things are not just the goings-on of a fun weekend, but the basis for a new blog by sophomore Ruth Tam called Stuff Tufts People Like.