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b y Sa r a h Zh e n g junior Sunaina Basu and senior Abha Daily Editorial Board Gallewale. Students organize “This drive marrow is pretty much Nalini’s Working with members of the only chance of survival and she Department of Psychology and the has less than eight weeks to find a drivenational marrow for donor programformer Be match,” professor graduate student at the Tufts the Match, Tufts Association of South Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Asians (TASA) will hold a bone mar- Sarah Gaither, a collaborator with row drive for former Professor of Ambady, said. “With drives like this, Psychology Nalini Ambady at the people will be taking five minutes out Mayer Campus Center tomorrow. of their day to possibly save a life.” The drive seeks to find a possible Gallewale said that at the event, bone marrow donor for a transplant which runs between 12 p.m. and 2 to treat the relapse of Ambady’s leu- kemia, according to event organizers see AMBADY, page 2

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Oliver Porter / The Tufts Daily Members of the Tufts community responded to the racist graffiti discovered at Bello Field and other areas of South Medford.

b y Victoria Le i s t m a n a n d Abigail Fe l d m a n left the Senate meeting. This isn’t just about Daily Editorial Board people of color, and it isn’t just about people Racist graffiti sparksof the Jewish faith, but there is a lot more that Members of the Tufts community is connected, and I think we need to discuss expressed outrage yesterday over the dis- how connected everything is.” campuscovery of white supremacist dialogue graffiti on Bello University President Anthony Monaco Field Sunday morning. released a public statement Monday evening According to Director of Public and in which he condemned the racist messages Environmental Safety Kevin Maguire, the and assured members of the Tufts commu- graffiti was discovered by a Department of nity that an investigation was underway. Facilities Services maintenance worker and “The sentiments reflected in the graffiti contained a swastika and references to ‘Crew are profoundly at odds with the values of 28.’ Graffiti was also discovered Sunday else- Tufts University,” Monaco wrote. “I know that where in South Medford. many at Tufts have found this incident per- TCU Senate Africana Center Community sonally very painful. I hope those members Representative Solana Davis said that stu- of our community will reach out to friends dents are reacting with outrage and shock. and colleagues in the Tufts community as Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily “I know personally, I was terrified,” Davis, sources of support and comfort.” a sophomore, said. “A couple of my friends had to walk me home this morning when we see GRAFFITI, page 2 the Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS) LCS needed a new fundraising structure held its first LCS Quad Run (LCSQR) fund- this year. raiser on the Res Quad on Saturday, “We changed this year’s fundraiser’s raising around $2,000 for the Somerville format to open it up to more people and Homeless Coalition. attract a new demographic,” Golembeski, the event featured an inflatable obstacle a sophomore, said. course that students could run through, a students could purchase the $12 tickets dunk tank, assorted games, live music by for LCSQR in advance or on the quad the Tufts bands and a barbecue and snacks. day of the event, but despite a highly pub- Several hundred people attended, accord- licized outreach campaign, organizers were b y Hu n t e r Ry a n ing power.” ing to the event’s organizers. disappointed by the turnout. Daily Staff Writer Even though every presentation in the the event’s name is a play on the Naked former LCS Co-President Shayna Schor, Sixth China-US conferenceSymposium will touch on trust, each of Quad Run, the Tufts tradition that was one of the main organizers of the event, Students and diplomats will gather at the four panels is characterized by a more banned in 2011 and also took place on the offered the cool weather as a reason for the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy tailored theme, Ballentine said. Residential Quad. the low attendance numbers. kicksthis weekend for offthe sixth annualthis China- weekend“We traditionally make [the theme] in previous years, LCS had organized a “The problem with the timing is the U.S. Symposium to discuss this year’s very broad so that each panel will have Faculty Waits on You Dinner and Auction, April weather,” Schor, a junior, said. “It’s theme, the relationship of trust between enough flexibility to give the panel- which featured faculty members acting as a gamble, and although it wasn’t raining, the two countries. ists enough time to talk about what wait staff for a formal dinner, as well as a it was still pretty windy. If it was warmer The theme will be reflected throughout they want,” Yufei Du, the keynote chair, live auction and raffle. The event ran for 28 outside, I think more people would have the symposium in the panels and keynote explained. years before this year’s change. showed up.” speeches, Philip Ballentine, the chair of According to Du, a sophomore, the “The Faculty Waits on You Dinner and according to Greek Liaison to LCS the symposium, said. conference will consist of four panels that Auction had run out of steam,” Director of Adam Zuckerman, LCSQR as an event is a “In terms of the overall theme of the focus on Internet freedom, the Korean Community Relations Barbara Rubel said. work in progress. symposium, trust gets at the heart of Peninsula, military security and econom- last year, the dinner and auc- “We plan to refine the event in the both security and economic relations ic relations. tion raised $3,000 for the Somerville future,” Zuckerman, a junior, said. between the U.S. and China,” Ballentine, Each panel will operate in one of two Homeless Coalition, but according to Zuckerman said organizers seek to a junior, said. ways, Du said. Some speakers will present Rubel, attendance and donation levels modify the event to draw more student Trust between the United States and their research for 10 to 15 minutes and declined over the years. interest. “We think we want more blow- China plays a large role in global affairs, then ask for questions from the audience, “It was becoming harder and harder up activities because that really was what according to finance co-chair Anne while others, such as the Internet freedom to find people to attend and raise the attracted people,” he said. Donovan. panel, will incorporate moderators who money,” she said. “It just seems so prevalent,” Donovan, will pose questions to the panelists. lCS Co-President Keri Golembeski said — by Alexa Horwitz a sophomore, said. “We get this feeling that America is so scared of China’s grow- see SYMPOSIUM, page 2

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AMBADY “Her research focuses on thin slices continued from page 1 and how from limited exposure to indi- p.m., people will register their infor- viduals, we derive tremendous amounts mationDonors and have recruited the four corners ofto help beloved former professor of information,” Sommers said. their mouth swabbed to see if they Acclaimed psychology book ‘Blink: can be a possible donor match for The Power of Thinking Without Ambady, as well as be added to the Be Thinking’ by Malcolm Gladwell focuses the Match registry for people in need on Ambady’s work, including a quote all over the country. about how people come to conclusions “Even if you do match her, you’re that comes directly from her research, not contractually obligated to help,” Sommers said. Gallewale said. “If you do decide to According to Gaither, Ambady has donate, it’s somewhat similar to giv- influenced many people. ing blood.” “She is a great friend and mentor to The actual donation process is much a lot of people through all disciplines,” easier than people think, Gaither said. Gaither, a graduate student at Tufts, said. “There is the stereotype that donat- In addition, Ambady is the mother of two ing bone marrow is very painful, but teenage daughters, Maya and Leena. it’s much less painful now, and it has Dozens of people with connections changed exponentially in the last cou- to psychology who know Ambady and ple of years because of advances made are friends with her are working on in technology,” she said. campaigns to increase the visibility of Ambady’s case is time-sensitive, so her case, Sommers said. it is important to try and increase the “She is really a terrific mentor of psy- number of people in the registry, par- chologists, so she has former under- ticularly people of South Asian descent, graduate and graduate students spread with the most likely match being some- out over the country running these one from the Kerala region of India, drives,” he said. Associate Professor of Psychology Sam CBS covered her story, and in the Sommers said. feature, she talks about how positive “What we’ve been hearing from the she is about finding a donor match, registry is that the number of South Basu said. Asians are underrepresented in the Sommers urged members of the registry pool and not as high as we Tufts not to hesitate to help Ambady, would hope,” he said. he said. Even if people do not want to donate “There’s so many times in our lives bone marrow, Basu said there are many Wikimedia Commons when we find out after the fact that other ways to help, such as donating A bone marrow drive for Nalini Ambady, a former professor of psychology at Tufts, will be someone needed our help,” Sommers money, spreading the word or volun- held tomorrow at the Mayer Campus Center to help treat Ambady’s leukemia relapse. said. “It’s easy to assume that every- teering at another blood marrow drive. thing is okay or that someone else will “I felt squeamish about the idea of my information and cheek swab, the Ambady taught at Tufts starting in take care of things. This is an opportu- donating bone marrow until I actually man told me: ‘I really hope that one 2004 as the first female Indian professor nity in the present tense for someone attended a bone marrow drive and saw day you’re able to save someone’s life.’ in the psychology department before who is very bright and a part of our a man with leukemia and his family at Not his life, just someone’s life. That leaving in 2011 to teach at Stanford community and a chance for all of us the event,” Gallewale said. “After I gave was really powerful.” University, according to Sommers. to do something concrete.”

SYMPOSIUM because they’re experts on China-U.S. continued from page 1 relations, but they have different exper- “We really appreciate Tufts students tise it’s a good opportunity for the audi- posingSymposium questions. That’s usually will the most focus ence to learn on because issues it’s a free discusof - trust between China, U.S. exciting part,” Du said. “We encourage sion,” Du said. “It’s not like the panels.” the engagement of the Tufts audience to The symposium has grown in popu- get involved with the speakers.” larity and length, going from a single The first event for the symposium is lecture to a two-day symposium and on Thursday night and features a private bringing in speakers from around the executive dinner for speakers and sym- world since its creation six years ago, posium staff, Donovan said. Donovan said. Jerome Cohen, a professor of law at “The biggest thing to come out of it New York University and expert on East is this network of undergraduate and Asian law, is the opening keynote speaker graduate students who share this passion but will not be able to attend the sympo- about interactions between China and sium in person, according to Ballentine. the U.S. and [who are] trying to figure Instead, he has recorded his speech, out how to be part of those relations,” which will be played on Thursday at the she said. “It’s become a really great net- reception dinner. work of students who want to share their Fu Jun, the executive dean of Peking interests and passion with the greater University’s School of Government in Tufts community.” Beijing, will also speak at the event, dis- The symposium staff is hoping to cussing the political economy in China as appeal to a diverse audience, Donovan well as engagements between China and said. She said she believes many people the United States on the economic front. value Chinese relations as an important According to Du, the symposium will aspect of the world today. also feature a private roundtable on Friday “[The symposium] is meant to answer Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily where speakers will have the opportunity a lot of concerns and questions of Tufts Professor of Strategy Toshi Yoshihara from the U.S. Naval War College spoke to the Tufts to have their own discussion. students and the people of Boston,” she community yesterday about security and territorial challenges in the South China Sea region “That’s usually very, very interesting said. in an event hosted by the Tufts China-U.S. Symposium team.

GRAFFITI timing of the incident in relation to the to speak with rabbis and Hillel staff and stu- constantly discussing these things.” continued from page 1 beginning of Holocaust Remembrance dent leadership, she said. Nuñez cautioned that this incident takes According to TCU Historian Andrew Day, Yom HaShoah. “Students have been upset, but motivated place in an atmosphere that is often tinged Senate,Nuñez, the Senate campus put its session on respond hold According to to Maguire,racist the graffiti incident to action,” Goldstein said. “We are hoping with racist undertones. when it received word of the incident in the appeared to be a random act. to work with the Group of Six on broad- “I think that... this was a very blatant middle of its meeting Sunday night. Nuñez “I don’t think anyone was targeted, per se, based education and dialogue on campus in form of discrimination that happens on said senators immediately started writing a I think it was randomly applied but it was response to the actions.” campus, but there are a lot of other inci- statement for the Senate after hearing the applied in a concentrated area,” he said. “I would hope that members of this com- dents that don’t get reported that happen announcement. The statement was pub- The Senate quickly moved to invite the munity really engage each other in having to individual students on a daily basis,” lished on the Senate’s Facebook page early Tufts community to contribute their reac- these critical conversations and analyzing Nuñez said. “For a lot of students of color yesterday morning. tions on the group’s Facebook and Twitter their roles in all the events that have hap- we felt that it was very shocking, but in “We just stopped what we were doing pages, and the response was overwhelming, pened on Tufts’ campus, because this isn’t an other ways it wasn’t shocking.” and wanted a community conversation on said. A Google document was started with at isolated incident,” Nuñez said. “I think that Maguire said that if anyone knows any- what our reactions and our thoughts and our least 50 people writing on it at once. if we don’t have a community conversation thing about the people behind this van- feelings were,” Nuñez, a sophomore, said. “I Tufts Hillel president Emma Goldstein, then the administration definitely should.” dalism, they should reach out to the Tufts don’t think that anyone reacted positively to a senior, called the incident “surprising Davis said that these types of acts are not University Police Department. it. There were a lot of people who really felt and jarring.” uncommon and happen frequently, and the “I would just request [that] if anyone sees personally attacked, and rightfully so.” “Unfortunately, it is difficult to be community cannot put this issue aside as anything suspicious in relation to spray paint Nuñez said the strength of the state- shocked, as it is a reminder of the anti- time passes. or graffiti, or folks setting up in a certain area ment the Senate created depended on Semitism and racism that still exists in “There is sort of a pattern that occurs,” looking like they’re acting suspiciously, to the timeframe of when the email was sent this country,” she said. Davis said. “There is this type of incident or please give Tufts University Police a call if it’s and the fact that the entire Senate was Goldstein said that Hillel is working to sup- situation that happened, and then we dis- on Tufts property,” he said. together at the time. port those who have been affected. Students cuss it, and then the energy from it dies down The statement also acknowledged the seeking counsel and community are invited and something else happens. We need to be Daniel Gottfried contributed reporting to this article. 3

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Falcon Reese | Tongues Tied So many feels! hile looking into words to write about this past week- end, it suddenly hit me that my column was actually Wsome kind of amateur guinea pig experi- ment in sociolinguistics or sociology or something. I may or may not have then had to quell a brief panic attack at the realization that my major had infiltrated my column. It’s like when people tell you that your personal and professional lives shouldn’t mix, and you’re forced to rethink the wisdom of having slept with your boss for the past three months. Okay, fine. So it’s not like that. But I certainly had no intention at the outset to use this column as a soap- box from which I could parrot off the academic drivel that I roll my eyes at in class. Despite the inherent socio- logical aspects of this column, I’d like to think I’ve done a pretty good job of avoiding that. My writing has been refreshingly free of academic drivel and instead comprises my own per- sonal brand of drivel. But I learned a fascinating word over the weekend that made me want to relax my standards for just one column. “Vergüenza” is a Spanish Spanish word that roughly translates to something between embarrassment, shame and Zhuangchen Zhou / the Tufts Daily guilt. And no, the double “Spanish” was Ballou Hall, named after Tufts’ first president, was the original building on campus . not a typo — “vergüenza” is a Spanish word used in Spain and may, or may not, have the same connotation in Latin History on the Hill: Ballou Hall American Spanish. A friend of a friend explained to me b y Ch a r l o t t e Gi l l i l a n d with the addition of the Eugene B. a result, faculty and students were that the usage of “vergüenza” is almost Daily Editorial Board Bowen Porch. The inside of Ballou always in here.” poetic in its rarity. The example he gave was completely remodeled in 1955-56 With the addition of Dowling me was this: When you’re climbing a Centering the Academic Quad and with efforts to modernize and restore Hall, however, the student services flight of stairs, and you trip and fall, overlooking the Presidents’ Lawn, the Hall. aspect of Ballou was moved. And that’s embarrassing. When you’re climb- Ballou Hall is undoubtedly an impres- Despite the building’s structural with the building of Bendetson, the ing a flight of stairs, and you accidentally sive presence at Tufts, both physi- changes, the function of Ballou has Admissions Office was relocated. trip someone else and they fall, you feel cally and historically. Ballou was changed significantly throughout With these changes, the constant flow guilty. But when you’re climbing a flight the first building on Tufts’ campus. Tufts’ history. of students in Ballou significantly of stairs and you trip and fall, which in Although it now houses primarily “The school evolved,” said Gittleman. decreased. turn causes someone else climbing the administrative offices, such as the “It got a few more students and [a] “It was a steady stream of student stairs to trip and fall, that’s “vergüenza” Office of Equal Opportunity and the few more faculty.” And as the school traffic,” Gittleman said. “When I came because not only have you made an ass President’s Office, it once served as evolved, the original services housed here, you had to go to Ballou. Now of yourself, but you’ve made an ass of Tufts’ primary all-purpose space. when I tell students where my office them as well. “This was the original build- is, they say ‘where’s that building?” As interesting as the word is in itself, ing,” said Sol Gittleman, Professor “This was the original build- Sauer, who graduated from Tufts in what’s truly fascinating about it, my of the German Program and Alice 1991, recalls being in Ballou few times new friend explained to me — and this and Nathan Gantcher University ing. It was the classroom, it during her time as an undergraduate. is where I’m going to go all sociology Professor of Judaic Studies. “It was “I went to a reception once in the major on y’all — is that “vergüenza” the classroom, it was the dormitory, was the dormitory, it was Coolidge Room,” she said. However, serves as an example of how different it was everything.” everything.” as University Archivist, she now fre- cultures experience different emotions. Ballou was designed by Boston quents the building. “I’m in there all Wait, hold up. What? Yep! I found a rath- architect Gridley James Fox Bryant [the] time for meetings,” she said. er interesting academic paper (which Sol Gittleman and 1,500 people came to view the The Coolidge Room exemplifies one should be taken with a grain of salt, as Alice and Nathan Gantcher University laying of the buildings’ first cor- aspect of constancy in Ballou, according there are always researchers with dis- Professor nerstone in 1853. It became home to Gittleman, particularly for faculty. senting opinions) explaining that while to a chapel, the library, a museum, “The Coolidge room is used as much as autonomic, biological responses inform offices, classrooms and student liv- in Ballou were moved to other build- it always was,” said Gittleman. “Faculty basic and fundamental emotional ing quarters. Tufts College officially ings. According to Sauer, the library, get into the building because their meet- responses — fear, anger, depression and opened in 1854 with seven students chapel and other academic depart- ings are there. The faculty knows where satisfaction — it is the combination of and four professors who made the ments moved one by one to other Ballou is, the students don’t.” both biology and social interaction that first use of Ballou Hall. buildings. West Hall was built in 1871 Some could view the lack of stu- gives rise to more complex emotions. Ballou was originally called to house students and Goddard Chapel dent traffic in the university’s oldest, Different cultures experience an array “College Building” or “College Hall,” was built in 1882-83. most central building as showing a of unique social situations and those according to Anne Sauer’s “Concise Despite these significant changes lack of appreciation for Tufts history. cultures will give names to the specific Encyclopedia of Tufts History,” and in Ballou’s functioning, some things However, the evolution and expan- emotions that they experience in those was later renamed after Tufts’ first have remained constant. Ballou con- sion of college campuses, including situations. Because of that, there are president, Hosea Ballou. tinues to house the office of the pres- the changing function of buildings, words in most likely every language In a toast to Tufts College at a ident. The Coolidge Room, named remains a reality. that express an emotion that can’t be Universalist meeting in Faneuil Hall after Arthur W. Coolidge and his son “Things change, generally for the adequately translated simply because in 1855, Ballou, a Universalist clergy- Robert Coolidge, has remained a con- better,” said Gittleman. “Since Tufts that specific emotion, and the attendant man remarked, “For if Tufts College stant meeting place for students and can’t expand, we’ve made it more social situation, does not necessarily is to be a source of illumination, as a faculty throughout the years. Arthur intimate. The strange thing is that exist in other cultures. beacon standing on a hill, where its W. Coolidge, the fifth cousin of Calvin Ballou is no longer the center.” I’m sure I could find literally thousands light cannot be hidden, its influence Coolidge, graduated from Tufts in Ballou Hall represents the histori- of examples of words like “vergüenza,” will naturally work like all light; it will 1903 and was life trustee and lieu- cal legacy of Tufts — one that students and I’m not saying that one culture is an be diffusive.” tenant governor of Massachusetts. can easily forget. Although Ballou is emotional alien to another. But I do think Ballou was the first structure to fill According to Sauer, the room was no longer visited by students as often it’s pretty cool that different cultures can the “naked hill,” as Gittleman called the site of the first faculty meeting as it once was, it is still at the heart of feel different emotions than we do just it, and symbolized the beginnings of on October 9, 1854 and the second the university’s campus. because they have a word to describe it the fulfillment of Charles Tufts’ wish Commencement. “Ballou is a success story because and we don’t. We may have an identical to “put a light” on the hill. According Ballou has changed most significant- we now have so many facilities than biological experience, but we can only to Tufts historian Russell Miller, the ly in the recent years in its administra- we had before,” said Gittleman. give voice to what we’re feeling through building was designed in the Italian tive aspect, according to Gittleman. He Sauer also proposed that students the language that we have to work with. Renaissance style, with Roman ionic said that the hall used to be a place of investigate their surroundings further, Food for thought: Can polyglots experi- columns. It was originally intended to constant commotion with the offices particularly in their historical context. ence a wider range of emotions than house only administrative facilities, of each academic dean, admissions “I think students should explore those who can only speak one language? but out of necessity students were and student services. Ballou,” she said. “I think there’s a lot housed on the first floor. The build- “When I came here, it was an more interest now in the history than ing’s external structure has remained admissions office,” said Gittleman. there used to be. We’ve done a lot Falcon Reese is a junior majoring in sociol- essentially the same over the years, “There was no Dowling, so without more in that time to get information ogy. He can be reached at Falcon.Reese@ only changing in a major way in 1939 Dowling, everything was here. As out there and make it available.” tufts.edu or on Twitter @falconreese. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y advertisement Tuesday, April 9, 2013 5

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TV Review Rebecca Santiago | Is So Vain ‘The Americans’ navigates complicated The rub- subject matter with ease down o. So I’m going to do today’s Morally ambiguous characters contribute to show’s success column really quickly, because I’m no longer waddling through b y La n c y Do w n s sleeper agents and seducing those who on the complicated dynamic between life in an underwater sort of way may provide them with information. In Philip and Elizabeth. He has painted an Ythanks to very strong painkillers and, Daily Staff Writer fact, nearly every episode features either elegant picture of an American marriage, more pertinently, because I have like 20 The premise of FX’s “The Americans” Philip or Elizabeth — in a variety of wigs seamlessly incorporating the normal pages of writing that need to happen in seems too insane to be true: Philip and other disguises — in bed with poten- issues of married life with the extraor- a 24-hour time period. Therefore, we are (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings tia — and unknowing — informants. dinary burden the couple faces as spies. going to talk about sexy beauty today. I At home, they grapple with raising two The show ceases to be simply about mean, really, we’re going to talk about my The Americans children, interacting with new neighbors the couple’s efforts to derail anti-Soviet relationship and lazily tie beauty into it. and navigating their marriage. I am not really sure what is specifical- Weisberg has kept the show’s focus here see AMERICANS, page 6 ly, medically wrong with my boyfriend’s Starring Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, back, but Health Services seems equally unclear on that front, so whatever. It’s Holly Taylor, Noah Emmerich knotty? Like, his muscles keep bunch- Airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on FX ing up and, apparently, because we’re dating, he expects me to massage this (Keri Russell) live seemingly typical sub- grossly knotty back of his. Is this too racy urban lives. But underneath a meticu- for the Daily? lously constructed facade, the two are Unfortunately for Brokeback Boyfriend, KGB agents actively working against I detest giving massages. My hands tire anti-USSR activity in the American gov- really quickly, like an aristocrat’s, and I ernment. It seems preposterous, but don’t see why my hands should have to the idea for the show was inspired by be in pain just so someone else’s back a real-life ring of KGB sleeper agents doesn’t have to be. But, of course, there whose undercover lives were exposed in are beauty products for this! Oh, there 2010. Although this fact alone lends the are always beauty products. premise credibility, series creator Joseph Side note: You probably do not need Weisberg, a former CIA agent himself, to be in a relationship to enjoy mas- deserves recognition for keeping his sages. I hate being touched — like, even high-concept show away from the ridic- hugged, really — by pretty much any- ulous while also lending it a nuanced one I’m not dating, but I realize most complexity. people aren’t especially twitchy about Weisberg’s leading couple lives in human contact. So even if you don’t suburban Washington D.C., posing as have a boyfriend with weirdly lumpy travel agents while they actually spend scapulae, you either are or know a tense their days — and, more often than not, Courtesy Craig Blankenhorn/FX Tufts student to whom these products nights — sending coded messages to Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys of “The Americans” star as the Jennings, an undercover could be relevant, no? Moscow, meeting covertly with fellow KGB couple living in suburban America. Because normal massage oil is super passe, we tried a massage bar from LUSH, the all-natural cosmetics company with Theater Review the overwhelmingly fragrant storefronts. Jay Roth wins Battle The bars go for about $8 to $14 on lush- usa.com and they’re pretty awesome and Flawed ‘Vera Stark’ of the Bands, will varied. Some just smell like cocoa or cit- rus or whatever, one purports to be “icy- open at Spring Fling hot,” two leave a shimmery sheen and production feels disjointed most are molded for a pleasant applica- This year’s Battle of the Bands tion process. That sounds clinical and b y Na t a l i e Gi r s h m a n a fictional black Hollywood actress. Set in pitted bands from different musical dirty all at once; go with it. Contributing Writer 1933, 1973 and present day, “Vera Stark” genres and disciplines against each We went for the “Hottie” bar ($9.95), traces Vera’s life and legacy as she goes other in an epic competition for the which is confusingly named and looks Satire and a sense of heightened artifi- from being the maid of “America’s sweetie chance to open for the headliners of like a bumpy bar of soap. You apply it ciality reign at the Lyric Stage’s production pie,” Gloria Mitchell, to playing maids in a Spring Fling. From rock and funk, to by rubbing the bar over the area you of “By The Way, Meet Vera Stark” by Lynn series of films and finally to vanishing from hip-hop and alternative sounds, the intend to massage. It lubes the skin up the public eye, as various scholars try to five bands that competed were chal- really nicely, and as long as you use the By The Way, Meet Vera Stark define her legacy and decipher the secrets lenged to put their best foot forward heels of your hands, you can give a good of her past. The play is a blend of broad and rock the crowd. The five bands — massage for like 10 minutes without and often very funny satire and darker Waldo, Jay Roth, CheddaSK, Bad and your frail child-wrists starting to bother Through April 27, 2013 emotional moments that, while entertain- Blue and Indian Twin — were chosen you if you, like me, have frail child- Ticket Prices $27 - $58 ing, never quite manage to mesh together out of seventeen applicants before wrists. I would err on the side of apply- The Lyric Stage very well. being voted through to the top five. ing too much “Hottie,” because better a The cast and the space contribute to Concert Board chose the five bands well-oiled back than a chafed one. Go, 140 Clarendon Street the disjointed feeling of this production. that competed this year based on the Greased Lightning! Boston, MA 02116 The cast is certainly enthusiastic and Kami bands’ live recordings and prerecord- The second product we tried is, I (617) 585-5678 Rushell Smith gives a developed, sympa- ed tracks. suppose, kind of kinky, and maybe not thetic performance as Vera, but it often feels Concert Board assembled a panel something you would opt to use with Nottage, the Pulitzer-winning playwright like the characters are being forced upon the of judges who have some musical a platonic friend. Well, I don’t know of “Ruined” (2007). The play addresses a audience. Sometimes this approach to the experience — most were perform- your life. Maybe you would be total- fascinating subject: the life of Vera Stark, see VERA, page 6 ers themselves and some had gained ly comfortable lighting a KM Fantasy experience writing music reviews for Arousing Chocolate Mint Massage Oil online publications. The three judges Candle ($14.99, kmfantasy.com) and — junior Jonah Ollman, sophomore pouring it all over your half-naked Cooper Loughlin and senior Stevie roommate. You do you. Wolf — were charged with deciding I actually won this wonkily scented which band would open for the Spring candle from a xoJane.com giveaway, Fling headliner, Nelly, on April 27. long before I started writing there. I After some deliberation, the panel am extremely attached to it, mostly chose Jay Roth as this year’s Battle because I never win anything ever, but of the Bands champion. Jay Roth, also because it’s just a lot of freaking fun. which began as the solo indie-rock While the LUSH bar would be my pick project of sophomore Justin Roth, has for a heavy-duty massage — the oils dis- since expanded into a full-fledged tribute more evenly and seem to stay on group. The band includes Roth on the skin longer — the candle is so much vocals, freshman Melissa Weikart on fun for the novelty factor. Dousing your vocals, junior Christopher Penny and loved one in candle wax is sexy. Happy sophomore Peter Stone on guitar, endings, anyone? freshman Zachary Sogard on the key- I mean, I’m not going to tell you how board, junior Tyler Corey on bass and to give a happy ending, though. Gross, sophomore Jonathan Gilad on drums. dude. This is not that kind of column. Tickets for Spring Fling will be avail- able starting Friday, April 12. Courtesy Johnathan Carr/The Lyric Stage Company Rebecca Santiago is a senior majoring in Kami Rushell Smith gives a sympathetic and developed performance as the titular char- English. She can be reached at rebecca. acter of “Vera Stark.” — by Veronica Little [email protected], or on Twitter at @reb- santi. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living Restaurant Review High-concept ‘Americans’ displays China Pearl marred by limited nuanced complexity est installment, “Safe House.” Nobody menu, uneven quality AMERICANS is truly good or truly evil: Weisberg has nese-speaking city, and the lack of appro- continued from page 5 created a cast of characters that all exist b y Me l i s s a Ma c Ew e n priate language mediation can present a in an ambiguous moral grey area. We Daily Editorial Board legitimate problem. For example, during a undertakings. That’s not to say, however, never quite know who to root for. that espionage doesn’t have its place in Although “The Americans” does not Boston has never been renowned for visit for dim sum over the weekend, a veg- etarian was served pork, despite trying to the fabric of the show — it certainly does. move at the same breakneck speed of its Chinese culinary influence. Aside from Weisberg has smartly chosen to depict it fellow political thriller “Homeland,” its a smattering of late-night eateries such as avoid meat by talking to those pushing the dim sum carts. This wasn’t an enormous through the lens of Philip and Elizabeth’s slower pace is suited to the show’s story. China Pearl problem, but imagine if the same situation marriage, making scenes where the pair This show relishes in quiet, poignant had happened with a food allergy — what waits for their target in a car much more moments that capture the struggles of if a person allergic to shellfish was served entertaining. One discrepancy: the show life in suburbia: Elizabeth confessing fails to address the couple’s various dal- her marital struggles to Sandra Beeman 9 Tyler St, Boston, MA 02111 shrimp? Or someone with a peanut allergy was served peanuts? liances, which are necessitated by their (Susan Misner), Philip and Stan play- (617) 426-4338 work, though it delves into nearly every ing squash, the Beemans trying — and $$ This leads to another major gripe: though other aspect of their relationship. often failing — to communicate with China Pearl does have some excellent menu When a new family moves in across each other, Paige Jennings (Holly Taylor) Somerville’s Golden Light, there simply isn’t options, their dim sum options are limited the street from the Jennings, their whole bossing around younger brother Henry much Chinese food to be had, and what is in scope. They serve an impressive selec- existence becomes more precarious. FBI (Keidrich Sellati). The show juxtaposes available is, for the most part, uninspired. tion of meat-based foods from the dim sum Counterintelligence Officer Stan Beeman the stifling nature of life in suburbia Boston’s Chinatown district is the excep- carts, but they have virtually no vegetarian (a convincing Noah Emmerich), along with the blurry lines between right tion, especially in the realm of dim sum. options, except for sweet foods such as with his wife and teenage son, are now and wrong as the protagonists negoti- Dim sum seems to have something of a cult doughnuts and a variety or two of veggie their neighbors. Stan’s work at the FBI ate murky waters, both politically and following around Boston. There is, after all, dumplings, steamed veggies and eggplant and his life at home serve as a foil to the emotionally. something alluring about having all of your in sauce. Furthermore, many of the dishes Jennings’ existence. In a lesser show, he “The Americans” navigates a tricky dining options in perpetual motion around they serve incorporate both seafood and would be the classic hero, while Philip concept and complicated relation- you and about being able to point at your another meat, making choices difficult for and Elizabeth would merely exist as the ships and themes with remarkable food, rather than having to wait for it. While those who are not fans of seafood. It’s a Soviet villains to his patriotic valor. But grace and ease, a combination seldom Winsor Dim Sum Cafe and Hei La Moon frustrating situation. Weisberg does not allow his characters found on broadcast-network shows. are arguably the most famous and popular The food they do serve varies wildly to fall so easily into categories. Stan’s With AMC’s “The Walking Dead” and dim sum destinations, they are frequently in quality. Though some dishes are deli- all-American, good-guy vibe is almost HBO’s “Game of Thrones” thriving swamped on weekends. If such is the case, cious — the aforementioned doughnuts, immediately complicated by his infidel- on their respective networks, “The and you’re dreading a 35-minute wait un- for example, and the pork buns — many ity to his wife, his distant relationship Americans” is simply another remind- til you can be seated, there’s a good chance of the dishes are excessively, unpleasantly with his son and a ruthlessness that er that cable television is the place to you’ll end up dining at an eatery such as greasy. It’s reasonably easy to tell which reared its ugly head in the show’s lat- go for compelling drama. China Pearl, to mixed results. dishes are “good” while they’re still on the On first impression, China Pearl is sump- cart, but it is disappointing that the food tuous — a mirrored staircase leads up to isn’t of a more consistent caliber. the restaurant itself. After passing through Still, China Pearl does have its redeem- the door from the staircase to the main din- ing aspects. For one, the staff is incred- ing area, a diner is greeted by a cacophony ibly efficient. Though it’s obviously easi- of colors, sounds and smells. China Pearl is est to get seated when in a small group, both an “ordinary” Chinese restaurant and the hostess and the vast number of wait- a dim sum destination, with the dim sum ers and waitresses are exceedingly orga- being especially popular on weekends. nized and can seat even larger groups You might need to wait a few minutes to very quickly. Also, though the food selec- be seated, but it won’t be long before you’re tion isn’t ideal, the waiters and waitress- on your own, ready to engage in a dim sum es are, for the most part, very attentive feast. That, however, is when the dark side during the meal and will do their best of the Chinatown dim sum experience will to accommodate diners’ requests — for come to light. example, by bringing them water, as the First, there’s the language barrier. Though water is not automatically served with China Pearl has a menu in place the major- the meal. ity of the time, when they are serving dim Overall, China Pearl is fine. It’s a good sum it’s an entirely different story. There experience once you’re there, but it’s not is no menu, and the carts are completely necessarily worth basing a trip to Boston unlabeled. Furthermore, few of the wait on it. The food is reasonably good, as is the staff are fluent in English, so asking what is dining experience. And after all, getting a on the carts accomplishes little. While this satisfying, multi-course brunch meal for Courtesy Craig Blankenhorn/FX could be deemed a mark of authenticity, around $20 a person can be a rarity. Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) is a morally ambiguous charcter in “The Americans.” This in the end, Boston is not primarily a Chi- is a trait shared by many others in the show’s cast of characters.

‘Vera Stark’ entertains, for the most part VERA continued from page 5 characters works, as in Hannah Husband’s performance as Gloria Mitchell, which was one-note but extremely entertaining. Some of the supporting performances, however, simply become grating as the play wears on, especially when they are called upon for a balance of satire and heartfelt emotion. Instead, the performances at a recent show worked better in the second act, when the setting was more overtly artificial — a talk show in 1973 and a present day conference panel — and when perhaps the actors had calmed down from the jitters that can often accompany the first few nights of a show. Still, the acting throughout the play also felt more over-the-top because of the theater’s small, intimate space. After all, The Lyric Stage is located upstairs at a hotel and has a thrust stage, which situates the actors much closer to the audience than they would be in a traditional proscenium stage. Overall, the disparate aspects of this pro- duction never quite seem to link together. For example, the secret-revealing final scene doesn’t quite ring true, especially after the academic parody of the second act, where various scholars attempt to analyze Vera’s legacy. Perhaps some of the flaws in the Courtesy Johnathan Carr/The Lyric Stage Company production lie in the play itself, which can’t Some of the performances by supporting cast members in “Vera Stark” become grating as the play progresses. seem to decide whether it wants to be a straight satire of Hollywood and its portray- rock star Peter Rhys-Davies (Gregory Balla), the scenes, however, is an excellent exam- elements are smoothly integrated with als of race. who is featured on the same talk show as ple of making the best of a small space. It the play and effectively transport the To the actors’ credit, there are many funny Vera in 1973 and thinks everything is “right- helps connect the scenes and communi- audience to Hollywood in the ‘30’s, ‘70s moments, such as the first scene between on.” Perhaps the best way to enjoy this cate the aura of the different eras of the and present day while reminding view- Vera and Gloria, when they rehearse the production is to appreciate the humor and play. The footage of an interview with one ers of the artificiality of what’s seen on final scene of the movie Gloria’s auditioning the spot-on satire, while overlooking the ele- of the characters of the movie in which screen. Overall, “By The Way, Meet Vera for. The scene is complete with exaggerated ments that don’t blend perfectly. Vera makes her debut also helps bring the Stark” is a promising, if flawed, produc- line readings and an appearance by British The use of video to transition between world of the play alive. All the technical tion of a difficult play. Th e Tu f t s Da i l y advertisement 7 8 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y advertisement Th e Tu f t s Da i l y advertisement 9 10 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y editorial | Op-ED Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Editorial THE TUFTS DAILY Ma r t h a E. Sh a n a h a n Graffiti sends reminder that campus does not Editor-in-Chief Editorial exist in vacuum Nina Goldman Brionna Jimerson The announcement sent to the Tufts The specter of hatred creeping onto Bello to bring to life the values we say we Managing Editors community about racist graffiti is a dis- Field is not an easy thing to swallow—for hold. Recognizing the encroachment of turbing reminder that our school does good reason, as it not only occurs just a harsh reality makes our responsibility Melissa Wang Executive News Editor not exist in a vacuum. Our campus is just before Holocaust Remembrance Day to bring our common vision to life even Jenna Buckle News Editors as violable to racism, white supremacy, but also on a campus uncomfortably more urgent. Lizz Grainger Stephanie Haven anti-Semitism, and all the ilk of human situated on the grounds of an old slave Letting something of this caliber slide Amelie Hecht Victoria Leistman cruelty and malice as the rest of the plantation. On a campus that speaks without due recognition of its implications Patrick McGrath world, despite our self image of being often and highly of its valued diversity would be a mistake. Just as Tufts is perme- Audrey Michael James Pouliot a “school on the hill” of diversity and and inclusion, such an occurrence not able to Medford, Somerville, and the rest Abigail Feldman Assistant News Editors inclusion. Officials have claimed that only disturbs by its proximity but also of the world, so too is the rest of the world Daniel Gottfried Xander Landen the white supremacist, anti-Semitic tags as a reminder that our bubble is entirely permeable to the students, faculty, and Justin Rheingold include gang signs, suggesting the per- permeable. faculty of Tufts. Our actions should invoke Annabelle Roberts Sarah Zheng petrators are likely not Tufts students. Our campus does not exist in a vac- the best of what we have to offer: speak- Both TUPD and Medford and Somerville uum—and that should also serve to ing out, listening to those who feel unsafe, Lily Sieradzki Executive Features Editor officials are looking into the incident inform us that, perhaps, our values are and going out into the world as ever with Jon Cheng Features Editors Hannah Fingerhut further. not as strong, our ideals not as forti- a shared and compassionate fixation on Jacob Passy Incidents like these are nothing less fied, as common perceptip suggests they asking the tough questions of what our Amelia Quinn Falcon Reese than a travesty, trespassing both into our are. An incident such as this should communities should stand for. For now, Derek Schlom campus community and into the sense not only be condemned, but demand let us reflect and reaffirm a stance against Charlotte Gilliland Assistant Features Editors Jessica Mow of safety on the part of Tufts students. reflection from everyone on the need unconscionable actions like these. Shannon Vavra

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PRODUCTION Op-Ed Sarah Kester Production Director Adrian Lo Executive Layout Editor Occasional Poem for Yom HaShoah Sarah Davis Layout Editors Shoshanna Kahne Alyssa Kutner Daniel McDonald b y Ad a m Sa x ruptured by violent labor, now on a wall behind our eyes. Now we see the Elliot Philips Emily Rourke victims of terror, of erasure swastika on the wall of the mind, Reid Spagna “On Sunday morning, April 7, 2013, spinning Emma Arnesty-Good Assistant Layout Editors Sabrina McMillin Tufts Facilities Services personnel dis- Imagine a swastika surrounded Montana Miller covered that signage and other struc- by the word N-----, not so We see the hate here and there Falcon Reese Andrew Stephens tures on Bello Field had been defaced distant from JUDEN RAUS unavoidably there, dark red Chelsea Stevens with objectionable graffiti, including in intent or time, still violent like the blood-soaked field Lauren Greenberg Executive Copy Editor swastikas and white supremacist slo- still remarkable how blind all grassy green at this time in Emma Arnesty-Good Senior Copy Editors gans.” (like those folks in Weimar April; like the blood that built Vidya Srinivasan Adrienne Lange Copy Editors unaware of KZ-Buchenwald that house at 15 George St., a Drew Lewis Patrick McGrath Imagine a swastika, spinning on the opposite side of the hill) house, a number, branded in the Kyle Allen Assistant Copy Editors we are, ignorant of a standing mind: a swastika, spinning Evan Balmuth Shreya Bhandari It could sever an arm, or a leg slave house, a stone’s throw from Meredith Braunstein or a mind. Now paint this our green-glass sports complex Anna Haugen Jamie Hoagland artifact, like a bone or a poem Grace Hoyt on a wall, a wall next to a field We’re still suffering under the guise of the Annaick Miller Emily Naito a field tilled and ploughed victims and the oppressors, our ancestors Adam Sax is a senior majoring in English Tori Porter planted and turned by the hands under the guise of what we do not know and German. He can be reached at Adam. Julia Russell Marina Shtyrkov of slaves. Remember these bodies and refuse to see, until tattooed in the dark [email protected]. George Brown Executive Online Editor Daniel Kotin Executive Technical Manager CORRECTION BUSINESS In the April 8 article “Tufts Community Union election results,” Becky Goldberg was incorrectly identified as a freshman. She Christine Busaba is a sophomore. Executive Business Director Shang Ming Wu Advertising Director The article “Senate addresses graffiti, passes several resolutions,” incorrectly said that a survey cited in a resolution regarding Li Liang Receivables Manager entrepneurship at Tufts found that 20 to 25 percent of seniors indicated they plan to start a company on graduating. The survey P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 found that that number of seniors want to start a company at some point in life, not necessarily just after graduation. 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 [email protected]

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Op-Ed Craig Frucht | Axes to grind A president courts an achievement The liberal honeymoon with President Obama, predictably, did not last. Obama began his second term by tacking hard to the left, forcing Republicans to accept a tax increase on the rich and demand- ing stiff gun control reforms, but he’s quietly changed strategies over the last two months. Since his State of the Union Address, he’s gone from denouncing House Republicans from the pulpit to schmoozing with them over dinner. And now he’s proposed a bud- get that embraces some of the entitle- ment cuts that form the centerpiece of the Republican economic platform but are reviled by his fellow Democrats. Obama now finds himself in a famil- iar position: stuck between a Democratic Party accusing him of base treachery and a Republican Party dismissing his overture and demanding much deeper concessions. It is not a position that yielded compelling results during his first term. In fact, one could argue that it was precisely Obama’s willingness to give into Republicans’ demands for spending cuts that led to the disastrous 2011 debt ceiling deal, which in turn cratered Obama’s approval ratings, imperiled his re-election bid, and weak- AdamsDbldown via flickr creative commons ened an already-weak recovery. One could argue it. One would be shortsighted to do so. Democrats who Relay for Life believed Obama could ride a wave of re- election enthusiasm into a new era of b y Am a n d a Bo r o w , Ka t i e Ga l a s s o & year we were the fifth-largest college Relay The funds raised by our Relay also big-government liberalism were, frankly, in New England — competing against provide transportation services to delusional. Obama certainly gained new Ar i a n a Ri c c i o much larger schools. This overwhelming people who might not otherwise get political capital when he defeated Mitt support from Tufts students reflects our to cancer treatment (35,000 rides last Romney, but political capital is quickly Every community is affected by cancer, collective dedication to this issue. year in New England alone), and free exhausted. Obama exhausted most of his including our own here at Tufts. More than This year, ACS is celebrating 100 years lodging for people who have to travel before his second term even began just to 1.6 million people in the United States will of fighting cancer, and is asking us to from great distances to take advantage raise marginal tax rates on income above be diagnosed with the disease this year. join them to finish the fight. As of April 7, of the world-class cancer treatment $400,000 and avert the “fiscal cliff.” After But the progress is real. The rate of cancer our community has raised over $84,000 facilities offered here in Massachusetts. that, Republicans were done giving into tax death in the U.S. has dropped a remarkable with one week left to reach our goal of The Boston Hope Lodge has provid- increases in exchange for nothing. 20 percent since the early 1990s, prevent- $110,000. 72 cents of every dollar we raise ed patients and their caregivers over And they can get away with being done ing over a million cancer deaths in that here on campus goes directly to research, 54,000 nights of free lodging, saving with it. When the government failed to short time. The American Cancer Society prevention, detection, treatment, and them close to $10 million. Our campus’ avert the March 1 sequester, both Congress has contributed to the broad effort that has patient support. support of Relay has helped make all and Obama saw drops in their approval led to this drop, and it’s why we’re proud to The ACS is the largest non-profit, non- this — and more — possible. ratings ― suggesting that Obama can no be part of Relay for Life at Tufts University. governmental funder of cancer research, As co-chairs and as people connected longer try to strong-arm Congress into Over the course of 12 hours - 6 p.m. to 6 having invested $3.8 billion since 1946 to the fight against cancer, Relay For Life submission without suffering politically a.m. — Tufts students come together as a into research of all cancer types. ACS cur- has been an integral part of our four years from the resulting gridlock. Most House supportive campus community for those rently is funding 137 grants totaling more at Tufts. We have seen the organization Republicans, however, cannot get away with a connection to cancer. One out of than $57 million at 30 hospitals and insti- and community grow, not only in fund- with giving Obama what would feel to them five Tufts students participates in Relay, tutions throughout New England, includ- raising success, but also in its dedication like another free pass. Any Republicans and more than 60 of us, many of whom ing labs at Tufts Medical Center. and passion for this cause. Relay For Life who approved the tax increases in Obama’s have a personal cancer experience, work ACS, through its advocacy affiliate, ACS is, at its core, a unifying event and the budget without extracting any significant throughout the year to plan the event. Cancer Action Network, also works with only one of its kind on our campus. We concessions probably wouldn’t survive a Through Relay we have found a way to lawmakers to make cancer issues a nation- are looking forward to the event and we primary next year. come together to fight back against can- al priority. One recent successful effort that sincerely hope that you will join us in our Is that in and of itself a reason for cer. Relay is the only organization on cam- is especially important to the college com- fight against cancer. Obama to give in to his opponents and pus that provides a community to support munity is Michelle’s Law, which ensures make cuts to Medicare and Social Security? cancer survivors and caregivers. that seriously ill or injured college students Absolutely not. So it’s worth asking what Relay serves two vital purposes. First, it is can take a leave of absence from school Amanda Borow is a senior majoring in Obama’s long game is here. His rhetoric an event that celebrates survivors, honors and still be covered by their insurance peace and justice studies. She can be suggests that his end goal is to strike a those we’ve lost, and allows participants to nationwide. The law is named for Michelle reached at [email protected]. grand bargain on the debt. That’s just pledge to continue the fight against cancer. Morse, a college student whose insurance Katie Galasso is a senior majoring in rhetoric, though. Obama, like most rea- Second, Tufts Relay For Life raises much- company refused to cover her colon cancer child development. She can be reached at sonable lawmakers, understands that the needed funds for the American Cancer treatment unless she remained a full-time [email protected]. Ariana Riccio debt is not the albatross the Paul Ryans of Society (ACS). Since 2008, the Tufts com- student, forcing her to take a full course is a senior majoring in biology. She can be the world take it for and that an obsession munity has raised $455,000 for ACS and last load while receiving chemotherapy. reached at [email protected]. with deficit reduction amid such a fragile economic climate is misplaced. What Obama needs is political capi- tal. And to get that, he needs a bipartisan Off the Hill | University of Minnesota achievement, any bipartisan achievement. He also needs the debt issue to recede. Just as Republicans declared the income-tax ques- Global warming pause tion resolved after the fiscal cliff deal, Obama b y Ro l f We s t ga r d fahrenheit above the 20th-century ever, that the Norwegian analysis has can put a period on the matter of entitlement The Minnesota Daily average but unchanged from average not yet been peer reviewed. cuts. He could say, “I made them, I’m not and stable global temperatures for the Researchers from the U.S. making more of them, and it’s time to focus As the Minnesota Twins took the 1997 to 2012 period. This continues Department of Agriculture’s Forest on something other than the debt.” field for their coldest opening day, I a 15-year pause in global warming Service, using tree-ring data, have Is it unfair to service the president’s was reminded of a recent comment despite a relentless rise in atmospher- identified six major western U.S. agenda on the backs of the elderly and from one of the nation’s most distin- ic carbon dioxide. droughts between 1750 and 1950. All the infirm? Yes, grossly. There’s no getting guished professors. This is confirmed by a new study of them were more severe than any- around it. That injustice, however, should “Global warming forecasts,” said from Norway, which was mentioned thing in recent memory. be balanced against what Obama could Stanford’s Nobel physicist Robert by Andrew Revkin on The New York I don’t know the reason for this long accomplish with the momentum he’d gain Laughlin, “have the difficulty that one Times’ blog in a January post enti- pause in global warming. The Norway from a large-scale debt deal. If he can use can’t find much actual global warming tled, “Weaker Global Warming Seen in study also notes that there has been that momentum to push through compre- in present day weather observations.” Study by Norway’s Research Council.” essentially no change in temperatures hensive immigration reform or, even more Of course, the weather on one day, A release from the NRC with the title: since 2000. importantly, significant gun control mea- or even during a year or two, isn’t cli- “Global warming less extreme than But we may want a pause in some sures, conceding ground on entitlements mate. But a review of global weather feared?”, Revkin writes, “describes new of those multi-billion dollar subsi- will be worth it. statistics from National Oceanic and research finding that global warm- dized renewable energy programs that Atmospheric Administration’s Climate ing from the buildup of greenhouse produce little usable energy. There is Data Center shows the average global gases will be on the low end of the time to spend some of the money on Craig Frucht is a senior majoring in psy- surface temperature for January 2012 projections by other research groups.” research into what is really happening chology and political science. He can be to February 2013 was 1.03 degrees Revkin adds in the same post, how- with our climate. reached at [email protected].

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BASEBALL continued from back the necessary momentum to pull off the four Jumbos-game sweep. pitching staff close out Centennials “Coming out in those first couple innings and getting on top right away brings a whole boost of confidence to us,” he said. “It really set the tone for not only that day but the whole weekend.” Egan finished the game with three hits and four RBIs while Izzo and Hauser each contributed two hits and two RBIs of their own. Sophomore center fielder Connor McDavitt also played a major role in the win with three hits and three runs scored. A victory in the second game on Saturday proved to be more difficult for Coach John Casey’s team. Tufts scored two runs in the third inning after a leadoff double from sophomore second baseman Joe Harrington and RBI singles by Hauser and Izzo before plating three more runs in the fifth and one in the sixth. From there, however, the Centennials turned things around and ral- lied off of freshman reliever Matt Moser to tie the game at six entering the bottom of the ninth. With just one out left in the game, Egan took first after being hit by a pitch and con- tinued on to third following an error by Hamilton second baseman Brian Ferrel on Izzo’s ground ball. Hamilton then elected to intentionally walk Howard to load the bases and face freshman designated hitter Mike Barry. With three runners on, Barry worked a walk off of junior Tommy Moriarty to secure virginia bledsoe / the Tufts Daily the victory for Tufts. Senior shortstop Scott Staniewitz crossed home plate twice on Sunday as Tufts won both games of a doubleheader. The two wins on Saturday were largely due to the Jumbos’ bats, but Sunday’s dou- fastball and something off-speed for strikes,” end we had a really high percentage of first 5-1 record. After dropping two of its first three bleheader was headlined by the pitching he said. “We get in trouble when we fall pitch strikes.” conference games, the Jumbos acknowledge staff. Junior Dean Lambert and freshman behind in counts and start pitching to one With those impressive performances, the significance of the upcoming series. Andrew David put together remarkable per- side of the plate. When you go down 2-0 in Tufts rode the arms of Lambert and David to “We know a lot about Trinity just from play- formances, both throwing complete games the count, you’re not going to go to an off- 6-0 and 7-1 victories. Senior shortstop Scott ing against them every year, and we’ve seen while giving up just three hits apiece. The speed pitch, you’re going to have to throw Staniewicz paced the Jumbos offense with what they’ve done so far this year against the duo combined to allow just one run while a fastball. Being able to move the fastball four hits and two runs on the day, while senior teams in our division,” Sbily said. “This week fanning 13 Centennial hitters. around consistently is key for us.” tri-captains Eric Weikert and Cutsumpas each we’re just working hard on seeing a lot of Reliable pitching has been key for the “Our staff has been doing a great job, and pitched in with two hits apiece. fastball away. We know how they are going to Jumbos all season, and junior tri-captain this weekend we were able to put it all together With the four victories, Tufts improves to pitch us, and we know a lot of the hitters they catcher Nick Cutsumpas credits the pitchers’ on the hill,” Sbily added. “It really boils down 13-7 on the season and has four days off have. We have some business to take care of ability to get ahead in the count as the reason to us throwing a lot of first pitch stirkes. It’s before facing off against NESCAC East rival against them after what they did to us last year, for their success. something we stress all the time, getting ahead Trinity this weekend. The Bantams currently and we are looking forward to setting the tone “It’s basically being able to establish your of hitters and if you go back and look all week- sit atop the NESCAC East standings with a on Friday.” Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 15

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Women’s Lacrosse Ethan Sturm | Rules of the Game Charging stand- b y Al e x Sc h r o e d e r Daily Editorial Board Tufts was also led offensively by freshmen Unfortunately, in the second half we forced Caroline Ross and Brigid Bowser, who each some plays on attack and defensively we off The No. 16 women’s lacrosse team split netted a goal, along with junior midfield- had trouble adjusting to their plays and let ules are a funny beast. Any one rule their results in this weekend’s road trip on er Kate Applegate and sophomores Annie them get on a run.” can go years as part of a sport, be Saturday and Sunday, picking up a win at Nero and Lindsey Walker. The Jumbos’ Middlebury put the game out of reach in called multiple times a game, and WilliamsJumbos and then dropping pick a match against up defense second prevented Williams NESCAC from putting the second, victory scoring the first seven goals of never create controversy. But one Middlebury. The Jumbos defeated the Ephs together any sort of comeback run, while the period and holding Tufts to just three Rclose call involving it in a sport’s marquee 12-5 in a game that Tufts controlled from the the offense was effective in controlling the more scores. Ross, Horner and Eaton all game or tournament can thrust it to the get-go, before falling 15-8 against the No. 3 pace all afternoon. contributed in the second half, but the effort front of the league’s conscience and lead to Panthers in Vermont. The Jumbos are now “We were able to control the tempo of was not enough to capture the lead. Senior immediate and substantial change. 2-4 in the NESCAC and 5-4 overall. the game and slow things down on offense,” goaltender Tess Shapanka made five saves Think about goal-line technology in soc- The story of Saturday’s contest against junior midfielder Kelley Cohen told the Daily in goal for the Jumbos. cer. Did everyone in the world know it was Williams was the strong play with which in an email. “We took our time on attack and “In the second half we weren’t able to needed? Of course. But it took two plays Tufts was able to open up the game. waited for the perfect opportunities. Our control the draw and we didn’t have posses- on the highest level — Thierry Henry’s The Jumbos won the initial draw and patience was the best part of our offense sion of the ball, tiring out our defense a lot,” handball that kept Ireland out of the World did not look back, scoring three unan- against Williams. We stayed composed on Cohen said. “Middlebury controlled most of Cup and England’s goal against Germany swered goals before the Ephs could string defense and did a good job high-pressuring the second half and was able to run up the that was waved off at the 2010 World Cup an offensive attack together, and then the Williams feeders.” score. Fatigue definitely played a factor since — before FIFA started finally acting on it. poured in three more scores to take a 6-1 Riding the momentum from the team’s we had the Williams game on Saturday, but Sometimes, sports associations just need it lead by the 15:02 mark. second conference win of the season, Tufts our biggest problem was not getting most of literally waved in their faces. This success was in part due to the traveled to Middlebury on Sunday for the the 50/50 balls.” This year’s NCAA tournament has had return of junior attacker Gabby Horner, second game of the road-trip doublehead- Despite the tough loss for the Jumbos, that effect on charge or block calls in the who missed five games due to a concussion er. The Jumbos, however, could not create the first half served as evidence of the lane. While it has long been arguably the before coming into this weekend. Horner the same result against the Panthers, who true potential of this squad — they can most difficult judgment call to make in all assisted senior co-captain attacker Kerry won 18-of-24 draws and remain unbeaten stick with some of the best competition of sports, it didn’t decide enough games for Eaton’s goal, the first of the game, before on the season. in the country. it to get the attention it deserved. adding two consecutive goals of her own at Tufts was effective in the first half, stick- “Despite the loss, though, I think the But that has all changed this year. First 17:52 and 16:19. She would go on to score ing with the Panthers despite a three-goal game really exemplified how we have grown there was the Aaron Craft charge call. With two more goals before the final horn, cap- run that extended the Middlebury lead to as a team since the Trinity loss,” Boland said. Iowa State up one and on the verge of a ping off an impressive return to the field. 5-1 by the 16:09 mark. Tufts rallied on a goal “In the first half we proved to ourselves and shocking upset of Ohio State, Will Clyburn “Gabby is a great offensive talent and from senior attacker Kaitlyn Leidl and then the league that we can keep up with the of the Cyclones drove the lane. Craft shifted has a lot of experience, which on a young two more from Horner to cut the lead to 8-5 top-ranked teams. In the coming games, we into place, but arguably wasn’t set, and team is very important,” senior co-captain by halftime. just have to make sure those improvements arguably wasn’t outside of the under the defender Meg Boland told the Daily in an “Having a doubleheader on the road carry through for the full 60 minutes.” rim arch that you cannot take a charge email. “Her movement off ball gives great is definitely a difficult task but we really Tufts will next face Wheaton College at within. The call favored Craft, and the energy to the rest of the offense. She’s a big rose to the occasion,” Boland said in an home on Apr. 11 before hosting its next Buckeyes took possession. If the call had threat on the attack and a reliable player and email. “Middlebury is an experienced team NESCAC game against No. 10 Amherst on gone the other way, Clyburn would have I think her return is great both for the start- ranked third in the nation, and we kept Saturday, as the Jumbos continue to fight for gone to the line, and Craft may have never ing group and for the depth of the team.” them to a really close game in the first half. a spot in the NESCAC playoffs. had the chance to win it with a buzzer- beating three. Charges once again took center stage this weekend in the game between Michigan and Syracuse. With time running out and Michigan clinging to a two-point lead, the Milligan’s wise choice to save her ace which was followed by a clutch double Orange’s Brandon Triche drove the lane. SOFTBALL paid off the following day when Tufts trav- from Holland that tied the score at 4-4 and Jordan Morgan shifted across the lane, and, continued from back eled to Wellesley College for a second dou- forced extra innings. Tufts took the lead according to the referee, just barely set Jumbos As an encore, Fournier rally started to the nighttake- bleheader. down The Jumbos ECSU, took both freshman games, in the eighth step on Kris Parr’sup pinch-hit RBI himself in time to take the charge. The play cap on Saturday and tossed four more hit- beating Wellesley 6-2 in the first and win- single, and then cut down the tying run all but sealed the game, and the Wolverines less innings. But with Tufts up 7-0, coach ning the second 5-4 in eight innings over at the plate in the bottom of the inning to moved on to the championship game. Cheryl Milligan removed Fournier from Eastern Connecticut State University. preserve the win. The most concerning part of these sce- the game, ending her bid at another no- The first game wasn’t much of a con- DiBiase credited the team’s youth for narios is that the calls are about as close to hitter. Senior Aly Moskowitz entered the test, with Moskowitz going the distance helping the Jumbos persevere through the 50-50 as you can get. I’ve watched both over game in the fifth and was able to finish to beat the Blue. The second game of grueling weekend. and over, in slow motion and in real time, it off, as Tufts completed its sweep of the doubleheader against ECSU, how- “We have lots of freshmen stepping and come away with a different opinion on Bowdoin with a 7-1 triumph. ever, was a back-and-forth affair. Tufts up,” she told the Daily in an email. the call each time. From one angle, Craft’s “Of course Allyson always wants the fell behind early and recovered to take “Players who did not see much time last foot looks to be clearly on the line, while ball — she wouldn’t be the player she is if the lead, only to give it right back, setting year are making big, exciting contribu- from another it’s much less conclusive. One she didn’t — but we are about team first, the stage for a dramatic rally in the top of tions this year.” replay shows Morgan well-set, but another and she trusts the decisions that we make the seventh. The Jumbos get some much-needed seems to show his feet still moving. The fact in the interest of the team,” Milligan told With the Jumbos down to their last out, time off before resuming play at Trinity that the referees get only one chance to see the Daily in an email. Beinecke singled to keep the game alive, on Friday. it in real time while watching other things as well makes it all but impossible. So what can be done to fix this? Well, one suggestion is allowing referees to go to the monitor for calls in the final two minutes. These calls may have no more leverage lied goals to start, allowing Tufts to break the Reflecting upon the fourth-quarter runs from than one with 10 minutes left, but they MEN’S LACROSSE game open early. After Williams’ first-year Williams and Middlebury this weekend, Tufts sure do feel that way. The issue here is that continued from back attackman Jack Lauroesch put the Ephs on knows that no lead is ever too secure. even with replay, these calls can be almost While Leventhal carried the day for the the board at the 1:57 mark, Fiamengo buried “In both games we knew each team impossible to get right. Still, even if it’s only Jumbos,Jumbos the junior acknowledgeshold off that each Ephs, a goal at thego close ofundefeated the first quarter to push forwould makeweekend a run,” Fiamengo said. “They conclusive one in 10 times, at least that’s and every game, any member of the roster Tufts’ lead back to three. were both great NESCAC teams and have something. is capable of stepping up and contributing a The Jumbos held the Ephs scoreless for the ability to do so. We just need to contin- The other option is to change the rule similar effort. the ensuing quarter, as they launched 12 ue to focus on the fundamentals, especially to either favor blocks or favor charges. “Tufts is so deep in talent that it seems vir- shots at sophomore keeper Dan Whittam. late in games.” The latter would create a lower-scoring, tually in every game a different player steps Bowers, Schoenhut, Fiamengo, and senior The Jumbos, however, demonstrated that perimeter-scoring sport that would make up defensively and offensively,” Leventhal midfielder Ben Saperstein helped push Tufts’ they are capable of winning in several ways, every game feel like Wisconsin was playing. said. “The freshman class is extremely deep lead to 9-1 going into the intermission. which could play to Tufts’ advantage as the The former would lead to defenses almost in talent, too, but many just have not had the Delaney polished off two goals in the season progresses. being helpless to stop players driving, lead- opportunity to play because of the upper- third quarter to excite the Bello faithful, and “Winning games in a variety of ways ing to either high-scoring, high-foul totals, classmen ahead of them.” Tufts’ advantage held at eight goals entering is always a plus,” Fiamengo said. “Coach or both. It’d be a fundamental change, but The day before, the Jumbos opened the the final stanza. Daly then allowed several does a great job preparing us for all of these could achieve multiple goals of the NCAA. weekend on a slightly stronger note, as younger members to clock in. situations with the way we practice and Here at Rules of the Game, we always Fiamengo and Schoenhut notched three Taking advantage of Tufts’ fresh unit, the drills we do every day. It allows us to support taking the game as much out of the goals apiece to top Williams 12-7. Williams pieced things together to lay down be familiar with each situation and allows referee’s judgment as possible. The officials Playing against several reserve and first- four quick goals. The Jumbos, however, had us to execute regardless of the situation, in both games were put in impossible situ- year players, the Ephs staged a small come- plenty of insurance space and survived the environment, or score.” ations, and did their best. It’s now up to the back in the fourth quarter, scoring four of defensive lapse as Wood capped things off The Jumbos have just one day of turn- NCAA to remedy that. the game’s last five goals. The Jumbos’ lead, with a man-up score in the final minutes. around before they must travel to Beverly, however, which stood at 11-3 entering the Despite coming away with two wins, the Mass. to face non-conference rival Endicott. final stanza, held up for head coach Mike Jumbos are well aware it will be the team that Two years ago, the Gulls shocked the national Ethan Sturm is a senior who is majoring in Daly’s squad. plays the full 60 minutes — and not the best No. 1 Jumbos, handing them a devastating biopsychology. He can be reached at Ethan. Fiamengo, Bailey and Schoenhut each tal- 59 — that finds success late in the season. one-goal upset that Tufts has not forgotten. [email protected] or @esturm90. 16 INSIDE Women’s Lacrosse 15

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After earning a huge 16-5 vic- tory over non-conference opponent JumbosBabson early in the week, pile the No. up 30 goals in 2-0 weekend 4 men’s lacrosse team was forced to scrap out wins in the final min- utes of a NESCAC doubleheader in order to preserve its eight-game win streak and improve to 8-2 on the year, winning two games in front of the Alumni Weekend crowd. “It’s really special to win in front of alumni, and for the alumni, because this program wouldn’t be where it is without them,” senior captain attackman Andrew Fiamengo said. “They all have worked extremely hard to improve this program in any way when they were here, and they continue to do so to this day.” Tufts improved to a 4-2 NESCAC record after beginning the season at the bottom of the conference, moving up to third place. Just one NESCAC team, Conn College, owns fewer than two conference losses. While the weekend largely put Tufts in a position to control its own des- tiny, Conn. College holds the head- to-head advantage going into the home stretch, and would host the NESCAC tournament even if the Camels and Jumbos were to finish the regular season with the same record. The Jumbos snuck out with a 14-13 victory on Sunday, despite vIRGINIA bLEDSOE / THE Tufts Daily allowing the visiting Middlebury The Jumbos picked up two conference wins on the weekend, sustaining runs from Williams and Middlebury in the fourth quarters to move to 8-2 Panthers to outscore them five-to- on the year. one in the final quarter. Junior mid- fielder Dan Leventhal had a break- three goals at the 10:11 mark. He Less than a minute into the sec- quarter. With 13 seconds remaining finished a goal past Salazar before out performance for the Jumbos, scored again with 2:57 remaining ond period, junior long-stick mid- in the half, junior attackman Beau the Jumbos’ defense could recov- lifting Tufts with a monstrous four- in the period following two other fielder Kane Delaney took the ball Wood hit midfielder Peter Bowers, er. Leventhal managed to grab the goal effort. goals from junior defender Darric off the opening faceoff and drove who ripped a shot from 20 yards momentum back for the Jumbos, “It felt great to have a breakout White and senior midfielder Mike downfield, pushing it to senior mid- out, hitting high right to tie things however, mustering two more third- game, especially against a rival like Giordano to put the Panthers up fielder Ryan Jorgensen. Jorgensen back up at 7-7. quarter scores, while Wood quietly Middlebury, Leventhal said. “That 4-1. executed the catch-and-release, The Jumbos came out firing in added a goal of his own. wouldn’t have happened without With the clock standing at five drilling a shot past junior netminder the second half, and outscored the The Jumbos opened the final help of my teammates getting me seconds, Tufts senior defender Matt Nate Gaudio. Minutes later, sopho- Panthers 6-1 in the third stanza. stanza with a seemingly secure great looks and our coaches putting Callahan launched a gilman clear more attackman Cole Bailey took After Bailey opened up the scoring, 13-8 lead. Leventhal capped off his me in the right positions to score.” upfield in a last-ditch effort to send the ball behind, tripping up his Leventhal took the ball from end to career-high day with another goal Middlebury came out strong the ball end-to-end. Callahan’s pass defender and allowing him to rip an end, driving down the left lane to to put Tufts up by six and secure the on Sunday, as NESCAC Rookie of connected with sophomore attack- equalizer goal as he curled around put a shot past Gaudio. win, even with a late Middlebury the Year candidate Jon Broome, an man Chris Schoenhut, who took his the cage. Minutes later, Middlebury charge. attackman, opened up scoring for defender one-on-one, beating him The Panthers and Jumbos trad- regained possession of the ball the Panthers, notching his first of to finish a look as time expired. ed goals for the remainder of the and moved it up to Giordano who see MEN’S LACROSSE, page 15

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b y Ty l e r Ma h e r b y Al e x Ba u d o i n Daily Staff Writer JumbosDaily goEditorial 4-0 Board on Jumbos roll with strong pitching, timely hitting Tufts After having its takes15-game winning streakfive over weekend frigid Despite dreadfulweekend baseball conditions, snapped by Babson College last Tuesday, including 45-degree chills and 20 mile- Tufts softball promptly returned to domi- per-hour winds, the Tufts baseball team nance over the weekend. The sixth-ranked put together one of its finest weekends Jumbos went a perfect 5-0 to improve of the spring, completing a four-game their record to 22-2, laying the ground- sweep in a non-conference series against work for another lengthy winning streak. Hamilton. The Jumbos combined timely Tufts started its road trip on the right hits on Saturday with dominant pitching foot when Allyson Fournier blew Bowdoin on Sunday to outscore the Centennials College away with her second no-hitter 33-13 on the weekend. of the season on Friday night. The star Tufts started the first game of Saturday’s sophomore struck out 17 while outduel- double-header on fire, pounding out 11 ing her opponent Melissa DellaTorre, who runs in the first three innings. The Jumbos’ nearly matched Fournier with five innings first five batters reached base safely and of one-hit ball before stumbling in the top were knocked in with RBIs from sopho- of the sixth. more third baseman Wade Hauser, junior At that point, sophomore center fielder left fielder Nate Izzo, and sophomore right Michelle Cooprider dropped down a bunt fielder James Howard. single to lead off the inning and junior In the following frame, the Jumbos sent tri-captain catcher Jo Clair followed with 11 hitters to the plate and accumulated six a single of her own. After senior tri-cap- sofia adams / The Tufts Daily runs, the biggest blow coming from a bases tain second baseman Emily Beinecke flew The women’s lacrosse team managed a split on the road this weekend, taking down Williams loaded single off the bat of sophomore des- out, junior first baseman Kayla Holland before falling at Middlebury to bring their record to 5-4. ignated hitter Bryan Egan. Egan struck again launched a tiebreaking three-run homer in the bottom of the third inning, blasting a that spurred the Jumbos to a 3-0 victory. Rebecca DiBiase, who held Bowdoin in out in the top of the eighth and capital- two-RBI double over the head of Hamilton The first game of Saturday’s double- check until Tufts rallied to tie the score in ized, grabbing a 5-2 lead when Cooprider center fielder Joe Jensen. header was another tightly contested the top of the sixth. Fournier came on in crushed a bases-clearing double. Fournier According to junior tri-captain pitcher affair in which Tufts failed to score until relief for DiBiase and delivered three per- retired Bowdoin with a 1-2-3 bottom of Christian Sbily, the Jumbos offensive out- the sixth inning. The Polar Bears jumped fect innings, to go with four strikeouts, as the inning to seal the win. burst to start the series helped give the team out to an early 2-0 lead, but that was all the game stretched into extra innings. The they were able to get off senior tri-captain Jumbos loaded the bases with nobody see SOFTBALL, page 14 see BASEBALL, page 14