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Tufts Students Party to Moulin Rouge's Lady Marmalade

Tufts Students Party to Moulin Rouge's Lady Marmalade

This is probably the only good thing to come out of following the Tufts University twitter account at http://www.twitter.com/TuftsUniversity (you can read the specific "tweet" here)

 

I just don't know what to say... Enjoy?

Latest comment by Anonymous: hahahaha "if this is what you have to be like to go to Tufts"

yes actually, they require at least one ridiculous music video and/or choreographed dance for admission.

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It's That Time of the Year: Undie Run Mania

It's That Time of the Year: Undie Run Mania

There’s a chill in the air, snow has begun to fall and students are getting antsy… it must be that time of the year. Here come the Undie Runs.
 

The week kicked off with Tufts' naked quad run Monday night. It was below freezing outside making the event a little more daunting and parts of the run a little, ahem, harder. Nevertheless, students cam...

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LOL OMG WTF BBQ Hellogoodbye is coming to Tufts!

LOL OMG WTF BBQ Hellogoodbye is coming to Tufts!

Tufts has seen the likes of Spoon, Ghostface Killah, Girl Talk, and Saves the Day. Now, they face a new breed of music...

 

According to the Concert Board facebook event, Hellogoodbye with special guest Ace Enders [and a Million Different People](formerly of "The Early November") will be the Fall Rock Show. This is serious business. Finally, con...

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Latest comment by XCBatman: Since when is Dropkick Murphys considered part of an "elite hipster image"?

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Top 5 Ugly Rich Guys With Mojo

Top 5 Ugly Rich Guys With Mojo

As Beth Ostrosky and Howard Stern prove once again, a large contingency exists of beautiful women who love ugly men. Maybe they secretly have low self-esteem. Maybe they figure ugly men don’t cheat. Or maybe they’re just competitive bitches who need to be the pretty one in the relationship. There are many such diametrically opposed couples, so w...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: A woman's beauty has a short shelf-life with a rigid sell by date on it. The game is to sell to the highest bidder within a period of maximum salability but you'd better have flawless, striking or cla

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Warped Tour Deux: MTV Stars and Anglophilia

Warped Tour Deux: MTV Stars and Anglophilia

Yes, pageantry, pigeon droppings and dirt halos – a warm, accurate description of the last leg of our Warped Tour Uniondale, NY coverage.

 

After running around between tour buses and bumping into a bevy of half naked rockers, hormone pumped girls in turquoise VIP bracelets, and a sweat drenched Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes) on his lime green ...

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Warped Tour: Breakout Stars and Minimalism

Warped Tour: Breakout Stars and Minimalism

Since 1994, the Warped Tour has been a hallowed haven for young music lovers to get sunburned and listen to music. In 2008, the Vans Warped Tour has remained just as simplistic, concert goers pour in from all parts of the area (at the closest tour stop), and they gather skin-to-skin at the stages of their favorite musical acts.

 

CollegeOTR was ...

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Latest comment by The Agent: Dan... is that you?! I didn't know you were an OTR writer too.

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Music Spotlight: Film School

Music Spotlight: Film School

This band will be playing at the Siren Music Festival at Coney Island, the former stage of acts like M.I.A. and We Are Scientists. In sum, this band exudes the laid-back lure of the West Coast laced with a razor sharp heaviness that can appeal to any listener. The band members are low key, not soul sucking publicity mongrels like MTV whores Boys...

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Music Spotlight: Cutting Room Floor

Music Spotlight: Cutting Room Floor

The frontman of Cutting Room Floor, Justin Cates, hit up the CollegeOTR Music Spotlight to get a little upstate New York flavor in the mix. The band members are from all over, literally. Justin attends Virginia Tech, Brian Chester (lead guitar) recently graduated from Notre Dame, Luke Sweet (bass, vocals) from SUNY Fredonia and Alan Brown (percu...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: these guys are great, i really like their stuff

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

College Candy’s University of Wisconsin blogger put together an exhaustive list of guys women should never, ever date.

 

The Pre Req reported on a Tufts University research project that just might lead to a robot apocalypse.

 

TheDirty sent an open letter to ESPN’s Erin Andrews, a University of Florida alum, requesting that she respond to dispar...

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Latest comment by aquamarine: I am never going to an amusement park again!

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Top 5 Must-Have iPhone Apps For Students

Top 5 Must-Have iPhone Apps For Students

Today is the day! The new 3G iPhone and the hotly anticipated 2.0 update are finally here, and life is finally complete (for us Apple addicts). Thank you, Mr. Steve Jobs.

 

As part of the new firmware update, Apple has introduced an official applications store that allows users to download new programs right onto their iPhones and iPod Touches.

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Latest comment by Anonymous: You should try Memoreasy, it's something you've never seen.

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Ivy Leaguers Love Wall Street

Ivy Leaguers Love Wall Street

The great American ambition consists of three major components - get a great education, land a high-paying job and get married and have a family. This has been the case for decades and this agenda continues to be part of young graduates' futures. So why are the Ivy Leagues trying to mess with this model citizen-producing formula? 

 

According to...

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Combat the summer party drought by hosting a big bash at your home using Co-Ed’s helpful guide.

 

College Candy’s UMass contributor pondered the age-old dilemma of how to handle a strip club-loving boyfriend.

 

The Pre Req reported that Ohio State is the home of music piracy.

 

Campus Squeeze compiled a hilarious list of 69 ways to tell you’re a...

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Music Spotlight: The Lives of Famous Men

Music Spotlight: The Lives of Famous Men

With a band name of self-proclaimed celebrity, Anchorage, Alaska natives, The Lives of Famous Men step on the scene towing talent and ambition along with them. The band has garnered quite a formidable fan base, but has manged to stay out of the mainstream hoopla. TLOFM graced the pages of Alternative Press and rocked a couple of stages with an M...

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Latest comment by Organic Discordance: Nope, it's still CollegeOTR...

I don't know what you are insinuating here.

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Calling All College Bands and Musicians

Calling All College Bands and Musicians

Dear Music Fans and Foes,

  

CollegeOTR.com will now officially feature more than just news and campus shenanigans, it will become a platform for up-and-coming college music. I know you guys are out there creating something more valuable than the radio's mainstream top 40.

 

This is not just for current college bands, musicians, and singers, but...

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Tufts Administrator Indicted for Larceny

Tufts Administrator Indicted for Larceny

Remember the news of former OSA Director Jodie Nealley's cash stealin' scandal? We brought you the scoop right here on OTR.

 

Boston.com has updated the details on the situation: Nealley has been indicted on charges of stealing nearly a million bucks, along with former OSA employee Ray Rodriguez.

 

Nealley was charged with three counts of larcen...

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Latest comment by The Philosopher: I definitely didn't write the text in the grey box. Sorry.

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Wife In Exchange for NBA Tickets

Wife In Exchange for NBA Tickets

Man alive! I don't know how I missed this diamond in the Craigslist rough during the recent NBA championships, but thanks to some clever digital archaeology, the world will know the horror and idiocy of one Boston-area resident.

 

Trading your wife for Celtics tickets? I guess he's trying to save money for legal fees related to his impending div...

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Tufts Issues a Challenge to All College Mascots

Tufts Issues a Challenge to All College Mascots

A lot of people think that having an elephant for a school mascot is lame. To those people, I ask this: can your mascot ski?

 

Game, set, Tufts.

Latest comment by The Latte Sipper: Anyone know who this guy is? I'd love to send him some Mad Props/fruitbaskets/friend requests.

Also, the music is supremely apt - I do believe it's the song from the scene in Jumbo where he gets drunk and hig

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$10 Well Spent: Miss Boston 2008 Finals

$10 Well Spent: Miss Boston 2008 Finals

Event:  Miss Boston 2008 Finals

Location: The Felt Nightclub, 533 Washington St.

Time: 9:00 pm         
                
Cost: $10.00

The details:
This event is described as “Boston’s sexiest event this summer,” and even if the event doesn’t live up to its “sexiness” you are guaranteed to have a good time. If you missed the first two porti...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: You do these girls wrong with your comments. Don't rub your own skankiness off onto them. They are trying to get somewhere in life and represent the fine City of Boston at the same time. If you don't know them personally, (and you obviously don't) why denigrate them?

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The Week in Review: Best OTR Comments

The Week in Review:  Best OTR Comments

* Within 24 hours of posting, almost 12,000 readers had reviewed the list of how O.J. Mayo spent his illegal bribe money (fancy meals out, hotel rooms, sneakers, flat screen TVs).

 

“Mayo, you corrupt bastard,” one fan wrote in disgust. “I hope this affects his draft eligibility.”

 

While the baller's lavish lifestyle was concerning, it wasn’t u...

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The Weekend: Off-Campus Crusades

The Weekend: Off-Campus Crusades

*  This is the weekend of the comedic films. On Friday, we have two huge openings for The Love Guru, with Mike Meyers, Jessica Alba, and Justin Timberlake, and Get Smart, starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.  Let’s see who wins this box office brawl!

*  If you’re strolling around “Celtic Champ Town” (otherwise kn...

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Latest comment by LCE: I saw Death Cab in Philly. Definitely worth it!

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