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Psychologist, students: Meditation an effective path to stress-relief

December 2

College students turn to a long list of activities to relax and blow off steam — working out, socializing, playing sports — the list goes on. But Christopher Willard, staff psychologist at Counseling and Mental Health Service (CMHS) and member of the board of directors at Boston's Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, recommends they add another, more exotic activity to that list: meditation.

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Sandiford wins junior Senate seat in special election

December 2

Junior Jibade Sandiford won a special election to fill a vacant Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate seat, the Elections Commission (ECOM) announced this morning.

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MHS credits high graduation rate to diversity

December 2

As the new documentary "Waiting for ‘Superman'" — which argues for the need for public school reform in the United States — continues to draw national attention, Medford High School (MHS) seems to be bucking the national trend of student dropouts.

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University professors give Wikipedia a facelift

December 1

The legitimacy of Wikipedia, the popular online user-edited encyclopedia, as an academic resource has long been doubted; citing information from the website on a research paper would likely result in derision by one's professor, if not a flat-out F.

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Former Guantanamo Bay interrogator visits the Hill, addresses torture issues

December 1

Matthew Alexander, a former senior interrogator and U.S. Air Force officer, delivered a lecture yesterday evening in Braker 001. Alexander is the author of ‘How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, not Brawn, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq' (2008) and an upcoming book, ‘Kill or Capture.' Amnesty International at Tufts sponsored the event.

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Junior class to go to the polls today

December 1

Members of the Class of 2012 are scheduled to vote today in a special election to fill a vacant Tufts Community Union Senate seat.

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Anna Christian | The College Survival Guide

December 1

For some reason, it has become acceptable — even commonplace — for the typical college student to go out during the week. Tufts does Tuesday and Thursday, my friends' schools do Wednesday and some schools even do Sunday and Monday. Generally speaking, this behavior is neither healthy nor acceptable, but the concern doesn't seem to deter many students come nine o'clock. It's a way to break up the week; nothing seems further away from Monday morning than Friday night, and who really wants to wait that long anyway? However, going out and going to class the next day has students paying the price — it's amazing how so many of us schedule our week around a class-free Friday just to avoid this cost.

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Somerville students 'Get Ready' for college

December 1

The Tufts chapter of Let's Get Ready (LGR) last night held a "graduation" ceremony at Somerville High School to celebrate a successful semester of college prep.

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With the release of his new memoirs, George W. Bush's favorable rating rises

November 30

Although former President George W. Bush left office nearly two years ago, with the recent release of his memoir, "Decision Points," he is back in the public consciousness. It looks as though he aims to stay and that many Americans are happy to have him back. His favorable rating has gone up four points from when he left office to 44 percent currently, according to a recent Gallup Poll, and his memoir has sold 1.1 million copies. Many parts of his legacy, however, are still being written.

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CJ Saraceno | Ban Together

November 30

Before I admit my inability to supply Tufts' activists with their next villain, I offer an abridged list of some topics that never gathered enough popular support for me to dedicate an entire column to them:

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Consultant Malloch promotes corporate ethics

November 30

Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, author of the best-selling book "Spiritual Enterprise: Doing Virtuous Business" (2008) and CEO of business consulting firm The Roosevelt Group, spoke last night as part of a six-week tour around the United States and Canada promoting the documentary "Doing Virtuous Business" (2010). Malloch, a research scholar at Yale University, is showing a sneak preview of the film at several universities, hoping to receive feedback before its release. The documentary focuses on how firms can promote virtue in the business world.

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Use of human papilloma virus vaccine again at the center of controversy

November 30

The controversial vaccination for the most common sexually transmitted virus, human papilloma virus (HPV) — which has been available for girls' use since 2006 — is once again becoming contentious as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) debates whether it should recommend that boys receive the vaccine as well.

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What to do in Boston during the holiday season

November 29

For the average college student, the five weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are not characterized by playing in the snow, baking cookies or attending holiday parties but rather by group projects, term papers and final exams.

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Samantha Jaffe | East Coast, West Coast

November 29

So, after five days back home in L.A., I am beyond stoked to be back at Tufts. However, not even the colossal number of burritos, quesadillas and fajitas that I consumed in my time at home will be able to prepare me adequately for the complete and utter lack of good Mexican food in the Boston area.

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Senate seeks to change drinking norms with marketing campaign

November 29

In an effort to curb what is considered by administrators to be a dangerous drinking culture on campus, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate is designing a social norms marketing campaign to reduce binge drinking among students.

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With future in mind, MBTA implements expansions

November 28

MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA) buses will soon accept fare payment from riders using the Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority's (MBTA) CharlieCard, just one of several new revamps to the Boston area mass transportation network.

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Federal earmark ban could deal blows to city, university

November 28

In light of the announcement by U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader John Boehner (R−Ohio) earlier this month that House Republicans will ban congressional earmarks when they take control of the body in January, Tufts and its surrounding communities are bracing for an even greater tightening of the belt.

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Next Tufts president is Oxford's Anthony Monaco

By Matt Repka | November 28

The University of Oxford's Professor Anthony Monaco has been selected as the next president of Tufts University.Monaco, a geneticist and the pro-vice-chancellor for planning and resources at Oxford, will succeed University President Lawrence Bacow in the university's highest position when Bacow ...

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Tufts Student Fund tweaks its message, keeps its eye on participation

November 28

Being a Jumbo has never been pricier — and one student-run initiative is revamping its attempts to alleviate the cost of a Tufts education for one Jumbo.

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Student entrepreneurs on the Hill gain off-the-Hill experience by running businesses from their dorm

November 22

While Tufts Student Resources' new initiative grants up to $10,000 to student entrepreneurs to cover the initial costs of founding a business, there's a lot more than money that goes into running a startup from your dorm room. While the reward, for some, is worth it, Jumbos who take on the task themselves are forced to juggle commitments in a way that full-time business people simply do not have to.