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Still at War: Iraq's Forgotten Millions

The 2010 narrative for Iraq, if folks are talking about Iraq at all, is that it was a terrible mistake and we are moving past it. The war does not yet seem to be acknowledged as the monumental human... Read more...
Spring Training

It's the worst time of the year to be a sports fan. The Olympics are over, there's no football, we already know what teams are going to contend in the NBA (NOT the Knicks) and March Madness hasn't... Read more...
In Santiago, earthquake exposes flaws in political, not architectural, structures

Though only a week has elapsed since a colossal 8.8 threw Chileans out of bed and gave the country it’s most important architectural exam in decades, it has fallen out of most news coverage as if... Read more...
Fight the Power: Students Struggle for Safety

  Whoa, it’s been a while. Just finished up all the midterm craziness. In celebration, I felt that I should write something covering one of the most fascinating stories of the moment. First,... Read more...
Comic Interlude: Why Science Literacy is Important

Zach Weiner's Saturday Morning Breakfast brings its usual ascerbic wit to comment on the state of Congressional science literacy:   Comic Interlude brings you science commentary through comics.
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Tufts Daily Notes The Obvious, Refuses Public Editor Columns

Shabazz Stuart '11 will remain this semester's public editor, according to a Daily op-ed he wrote today.  But his first piece of the semester will also be the last one you see in the Daily, as... Read more...
Spring Fling: Potential Performers Surface on Internet Posting

Update 3/10/10 2:22am: An official announcement regarding alcohol policy for Spring Fling is due this week, said Senate Vice President Antonella Scarano '10 at Sunday's TCU Senate meeting.  Just... Read more...
Enrique Iglesia's Coming To Tufts!

No, not this one... This one. Enrique Iglesia's coming to Tufts next Monday at noon. No, that's not an apostrophe typo.  Professor Enrique Iglesia from UC Berkeley is giving the Sussman Lecture in... Read more...
Bubs In Anti-Flu Video: Watch For The Music, Not The Rest

The Beelzebubs are featured in a Tufts University video to encourage not getting the flu and washing one's hands. At least the music's good.
Two Sides To A Race-Focused Coin in TCU Senate

The community rep discussion just took a turn for the interesting.  Tonight's Senate meeting went down two paths regarding race and ethnicity -- one which makes things more confusing, and one which... Read more...