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TUTKD

by Julia Richieri February 26, 2012

Last weekend, I went five and a half hours out of my way to get beaten up (along with the rest of the tae kwon do team). Twenty one fighters, three cars, two coaches, one tournament.

The Super Bowl, as a (Tufts) infographic

by Evan Moulson February 16, 2012

So, apparently the Super Bowl was a week ago? Two weeks?

I apologize profusely if I have just offended your sense of honor by not immediately knowing that, but I have to confess: I know nothing about football.

Well, until last Sunday, anyway. I now know who Tim Tebow, Bradley (Peyton? Is that a type of truck? Maybe a town in Texas?) Manning, and Tom Brady are.

I know that Tim Tebow’s favorite Bible verse is John 3:16 and that in some game that FOX News likes to talk about he threw 316 yards and had an average of 31.6 yards per pass (which is actually pretty true to form for him, given his last two seasons in the NFL).

I know what a touchdown is, I know that the Giants are from New York, not San Francisco (that’s the baseball team – but really, would it kill them to make things simple?) and the Patriots are from New England (but that people from Hartford, CT hate them), and that Canadians are actually really big into football.

Like, have their own leagues big. (The NFL also plays...

Best Super Bowl Commercials

by Taylor Lentz February 6, 2012

Although many Tufts students were extremely disappointed by last night's game, I am from MN and had no strong feelings about who won last night's game. BUT, I thoroughly enjoyed the tensions between NY and Pat's fans, and of course - the commercials. In no particular order, here are some of my favorites from last night's game. Do you agree?

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At first, I was incredibly turned off by this one because I thought they were trying to mimic Twilight to be "cool", but then they vaporized the vampires with their LED headlights and everything was alright in the world