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Tufts has Jumbo presence at Denver DNC

This article is the first in a two-part series about Tufts' presence as Barack Obama and John McCain were nominated by their respective parties. This installment will focus on students who were in Denver. The second one, which will be published tomorrow, will deal with participants' broader reflections about the historical and political significance of the events and about how America's political landscape has changed this election cycle.


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The micro-blog: What's your status?

Thanks to the birth of YouTube.com and clip-driven television channels like MTV, the average attention span of a college student is on the decline.


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Michael Sherry | Political Animal

John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for vice president has sent the presidential race into uncharted territory. Her candidacy, a completely unexpected choice nowhere close to the media's radar, has fundamentally changed the dynamic of the race, throwing the news media and the Obama campaign for a loop. And in November, it will come to be seen as either the most brilliant, crazy-like-a-fox moment of the McCain campaign or the wild flailing of a desperate Republican Party.




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Send Word Now test run 'a success'

Students on Tufts' three campuses received phone calls and e-mails yesterday as the Department of Public and Environmental Safety tested its emergency notification system.



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Survey: Few grads feel 'very active'

Only four percent of Tufts graduates consider themselves "very active" in the alumni community, according to a recent survey conducted by the Tufts University Alumni Association (TUAA).



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Study has optimistic outlook for Mass. energy capacity

It seems that Tufts' student-driven environmental focus extends well beyond the Hill. Jumbo involvement in environmental efforts such as the "Think Outside the Bottle" campaign and Tufts' Environmental Consciousness Outreach falls in step with a Massachusetts-wide focus on larger environmental goals.


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Standalone | Brown and Brew goes brown and blue with new armchairs

Junior Michael Brown studies in one of the eight new armchairs that arrived in Brown and Brew yesterday. Director of Dining Services Patti Klos called the chairs "very comfortable," and some students who chatted with the Daily agreed. But all the students interviewed said they preferred the old couches to the new brown and blue chairs. "I think [the couches] made it a little bit cozier and a little bit more of a café setting," junior Missy Ricculli said.


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Somerville plotting Davis Sq. hotel

The City of Somerville took another step on Monday toward bringing Davis Square its first hotel when the municipality released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to any interested developers.


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Amid appeal, future of TCU amendments still unclear

The fate of three amendments to the Tufts Community Union's (TCU) constitution remains in limbo, and one student is waiting for the Committee on Student Life (CSL) to rule on whether the language of the revisions was valid before proceeding with his appeal against them.





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Solar taxi driver stops at Tufts

A car powered completely by the sun made a stop at the Fletcher School yesterday during a global tour promoting electric vehicles as a means of alleviating climate change.


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Jessie Borkan | College Is As College Does

Midwest Madness — it's a phrase we've all heard. Used to refer to everything from debilitating snowstorms to swing state election hype, and from baseball to beer festivals, it brazenly lumps together such disparate places as downtown Detroit and rural Kansas.