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Can Tufts students outperform average Americans on a basic citizenship test?
April 27Talk about civic pride.
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Recent Yale death triggers machine safety re-evaluation
April 27The 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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Nurses union authorizes strike, could cost Tufts Medical millions
April 26In a move that could cost Tufts Medical Center up to $4.2 million, the nurses union at Tufts Medical on Monday announced its intention to strike next month amid protracted negotiations with the hospital centered around the hospital's staffing levels.
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Kanarek named interim Friedman School dean
April 26Tufts 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
April 26As 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
April 26Linguistics, 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
April 26Strange 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
April 26Junior 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
April 25We 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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Investigative journalism still critically needed, Woodward says
April 25Journalist and author Bob Woodward shared his thoughts and experiences on issues central to the American presidency in this semester's Richard E. Snyder's Presidential Lecture yesterday afternoon.
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The mystery behind 'best of' literature lists
April 25Whether 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
April 25A 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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At open house, students draw attention to Tufts race relations
April 25A 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
April 25In 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'
April 24Just 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
April 24Dubstep. 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.
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Snyder speaker Woodward discusses presidential doctrines
April 24Journalist and author Bob Woodward will give this semester's Richard E. Snyder's Presidential Lecture today in Cohen Auditorium. Woodward began his career as a journalist for The Washington Post in the early 1970s, where he gained acclaim for his coverage, alongside fellow journalist Carl Bernstein, of the Watergate scandal.
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Candidates prepare for tomorrow's election
April 24Fashioning himself as an outsider to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, TCU presidential candidate Ben Richards, a junior, has put forth a platform focused on rejuvenating the body by increasing idea exchange between student government and the undergraduates it represents.
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Bottom Line opens the door to higher education
April 21As the semester winds down, students across campus find themselves in the same boat: scrambling to finish a paper, studying for exams and perhaps fitting in a few enjoyable meals in the dining hall. Yet what many seem to forget is that the path to life on the Hill was not as easy for everyone.
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