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For exclusive access, Tufts was willing to pay

For investors seeking access to Bernard Madoff’s house of cards, the front door was rarely an option. Instead, reports increasingly indicate that the reclusive former Nasdaq chief fueled his alleged Ponzi scheme with an air of exclusivity and carried it out almost entirely through middlemen.

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President, trustee chairman urge patience as internal investigation proceeds

Editorial | Avoiding hurried conclusions

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Richardson withdraws name as Commerce nominee

Tufts alum Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) today withdrew his name from consideration for Commerce secretary in the incoming Obama administration due to allegations stemming from a federal grand jury investigation in New Mexico.

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Students juggle jury duty with academics

Jumbos must often go the distance to meet their civic requirements

In addition to building houses with Habitat for Humanity or tutoring elementary school children through groups like the Leonard Carmichael Society, many students must engage in a less conventional form of community service.

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Women’s Basketball | Holiday cheer: Defense awakens as Jumbos head into winter recess with win

Saturday afternoon in Cousens Gym, the women's basketball team finally resembled the squad it knew it was all along. Following lackluster performances against Brandeis and Salem State earlier last week, nationally ranked No.

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A toast to the end of Prohibition

A quick glance through New York Magazine recently informed me that Dec. 5 marked the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition.

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'Nobel Son,' striving for excellence, proves just another cheap thriller

Movie Review | One and a half out of Five Stars

Barkley Michaelson, the protagonist of "Nobel Son" (2008), tells the audience, "The truth is good and bad are not so absolute." Maybe he's right in his own crazy, fast-paced, saturated world. It is difficult to say the same in the world of cinema.

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Video | Sen. John Kerry at Tufts

Click to watch clips of Kerry's foreign policy lecture last week.

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After $20 million loss in Madoff scandal, Tufts maintains it met investing standards

In the wake of Tufts’ announcement on Friday that it had lost $20 million of its endowment in Wall Street mogul Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, the university maintains that its investment met due diligence standards.

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Tufts: New York Times’ reference to trustee chairman was misleading

The Tufts administration says that the Times' report of a financial link between Trustee James Stern and Ezra Merkin, the investor whose company lost $20 million of Tufts' money in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, was misleading.

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Tony Blair to deliver Fares Lecture in February

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will come to Tufts this spring to deliver the 2009 Issam M. Fares Lecture on foreign policy.

Senate reaches decision on recovered funds

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate voted last night to save some of the $687,780 in recovered funds and put the rest toward student activities. The decision ended a nearly three-month-long process that saw the body work to determine how to dispense of money allegedly embezzled by two former administrators.

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