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Daniel Bottino


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Education to be offered as secondary major

Beginning next fall, Tufts' Department of Education will introduce a new education major in addition to the minor currently offered. The new major, which was voted in on April 15, will be a secondary major, according to Chair of the Department of Education David Hammer.Secondary majors, unlike ...

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Arts

'The Tuft of Flowers'

“Don’t mow the bluets!” my dad always cautions me before I mow the backyard, a necessary and frequent summer task for me. The grass grows swiftly under the hot summer sun, requiring at least weekly trimming. But it is not only grass that flourishes in my backyard: Interspersed among the lush ...

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Jumbo statue to be officially unveiled today

Tufts’ new statue of its mascot, Jumbo, will be unveiled in an official dedication ceremony today, April 17, beginning at 4:00 pm.According to Michael Skeldon of Tufts Facilities Services, the ceremony will feature speakers who will provide an overview of the history of Jumbo and will recognize ...

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Columns

'Love and a question'

For citizens of our busy and increasingly urbanized 21st century world, the bucolic and rural imagery of Robert Frost’s poetry may sometimes seem dated and irrelevant to the issues of our “modern” era. Yet I would argue that the poetry of Frost remains timeless, just as relevant today as it was ...

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Arts

'Out, Out --'

Growing up in rural Maine, I have spent many hours with my dad chopping and sawing firewood. Although I enjoy the work, I am also aware of the danger. One slip, and my ax might miss the chopping block, slicing through my lower leg. Or my saw might miss its groove in the wood, jump out and cut my arm ...

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Police Briefs

The Beautiful GameAt 7:12 p.m. on March 27, the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report of a minor injury sustained by a student at the Mayer Campus Center. The student had been playing ping pong when the injury occurred. In pursuit of a ping pong ball, he had run into a TV, causing ...

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New anthropology fieldwork course to be offered next fall

A new anthropology course, Anthropology 161: Fieldwork Lab, will be offered next fall. The course, which was proposed by Senior Lecturer in Anthropology Cathy Stanton at the anthropology department faculty meeting on March 11, will teach traditional anthropological fieldwork methods to students.According ...

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