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Letter to the Editor

Re-elect Barack Obama

Letter to the Editor

Downtown Scotty Brown: Why Tufts students should vote for their fellow Jumbo

Following the late Senator Ted Kennedy's death in 2009, few Massachusetts Republicans wanted to run in the special election for a Senate seat that was predicted to undoubtedly remain in the hands of a Democrat. After all, the last time Massachusetts had elected a Republican Senator was in 1972. The only question among political pundits was whom the Democratic machine would select as heir to the Kennedy throne.

Photo release should serve as a warning

William Shira | Horrifyingly Hilarious

Monday's debate was President Obama's icing on the cake. Unfortunately, the candidates were unable to circle each other like two roosters in a cockfight as they did in the town hall debate. Instead moderator Bob Schieffer had these two seated right next to each other - quite possibly the first and only time the candidates will sit at the same table. The topic drifted slightly from foreign policy to the economy about half of the time with the questionable logic that a weak economy doesn't allow the U.S. to even have effective foreign policy, which made Clinton's "It's the economy, stupid!" tactic during his campaign for office in 1992 look like child's play.

Eligible students should participate in blood drive

Letter to the editor | The TCU Judiciary

Joe Stile | BASSic

Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, "Red," was officially released yesterday. While fans are busy exploring the entire record, I'm going to take some time to talk about one of the deep cuts that deserves a little extra attention: "The Lucky One."

Craig Frucht | Road to November

On a night in which both candidates repeatedly bucked the topic at hand to jam in their own talking points, one topic was notably absent from yesterday's debate stage: Benghazi.

Somerville development chance for engagement

Takeaways from Amherst sexual assault

Last Wednesday, The Amherst Student ran a firsthand account of former Amherst College student Angie Epifano's experience with sexual assault. The piece, in which Epifano describes her rape by a male student and the Amherst's administration's subsequent failures in dealing with her case, has prompted others, including one Tufts student, to share similar stories.

Neena Kapur | The IT Ambassador

With the upcoming elections, healthcare has been a hot topic of debate. While Governor Romney and President Obama are struggling to propose a feasible and effective solution to the currently dismal state of the US healthcare system, engineers at IBM think they have the solution for issues that doctors face every day.

Detrimental Common App changes

Theater over policy once again in second debate

By now, both President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney have honed their message on the election's pressing issues down to a science. The rest of the campaign will not likely offer any more specific plans in either candidate's stump speeches.

William Shira | Horrifyingly Hilarious

This week's presidential race has been relatively quiet - at least as of yesterday morning, the deadline for the submission of this article. Morgan Freeman was recently resurrected after a dramatic Facebook death to replace Big Bird as the centerpiece of President Obama's new campaign ads. The economist Paul Krugman claimed that the Romney tax plan was as phony as Paul Ryan invading the Ohio soup kitchen in order to get his picture taken without actually cleaning any dishes. Vice President Joe "The Wildman" Biden won the debate with Paul "The Numbers Guy" Ryan from a policy standpoint, except The Wildman expectedly lost his candor and couldn't stop from interrupting Ryan with laughter and snide comments like an arrogant high school honors senior facing down a new teacher. Old ladies everywhere probably thought Representative Ryan won due to his manners and love of hydration. But this all seems pretty standard in the flow of our political status quo. The calm got me thinking: What happens when disaster strikes?

Letter to the Editor

Dearest Editor of The Tufts Daily,

2012 election: Time for women's participation

Craig Frucht | Road to November

Let's talk about butts