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Partly Cloudy Read It First 33/105 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LVII, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, March 25, 2009 TUFTSDAILY.COM Pollan takes on Western diet during lecture b y Le s l i e Og d e n important as what they actually to its historical predecessors. Daily Editorial Board eat, he suggested that Western “Diets that predated Western norms have enabled unaccept- diets are incredibly diverse — Author and journalist Michael able rates of heart disease, strokes humans have been healthily eat- Pollan told a packed Cohen and Type-2 diabetes. ing a diversity of things,” he said. Auditorium yesterday that con- In particular, he told those Inuit tribes, for example, have ventional food policies, while well in attendance — many of them lived healthily on seal blubber. intentioned, suffer from substan- from the Friedman School of “There is no one ideal human tial shortcomings. Nutrition Science and Policy diet, and the really peculiar “It is what Marxism was to the — that even academic views of thing is we have created the one Soviet Union — a noble idea [that] nutrition are lagging. diet that reliably makes us sick,” in practice has proved to be a “I’m not saying [nutritionism] he said. disaster,” he said while delivering isn’t worth doing to get better at, Pollan suggested that Americans the Snyder Presidential Lecture. but it’s not there yet,” he said. “It are now at a fork in the road, and Pollan, a professor at the is full of promise, but right now that one option is to surrender University of California, Berkley, we’re where surgery was in the to current ways of eating in the and the author of the popular 2006 year 1650 — interesting, promis- hopes that evolution will eventu- book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma: ing, but are you ready to get on the ally prevail. A Natural History of Four Meals,” table? Are you ready to let these “We can wait for evolution, but spent much of his speech criticiz- conclusions shape your life?” it will take a long time, and in the ing the Western diet. To illustrate the problems with meantime we will be really sick Arguing that how people con- fixed conceptions of nutrition, Anton Zabludovsky/Tufts Daily sume their food is almost as Pollan compared the Western diet see POLLAN, page 2 Michael Pollan called for a return to dietary simplicity. Senate postpones Nealley may Dance Marathon cut plea deal b y Ro b Si l v e r b l a t t b y Te s s a Ge ll e r s o n Daily Editorial Board Daily Editorial Board Alleged embezzler Jodie The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Nealley may be close to sign- Senate has decided to postpone this ing an agreement with pros- year’s Dance Marathon until next fall, cit- ecutors, the Daily has learned. ing problems stemming from the current “We might be able to resolve financial crisis and a desire to minimize the whole case,” Howard superfluous spending. Lewis, Nealley’s attorney, told Senators looked into holding the chari- the Daily yesterday. ty event in the Gantcher Center or Cousens Ben Folds Live Lewis, a lawyer at the Gym. Associate Treasurer Lauren Levine, who Framingham firm Lewis and co-chairs the Senate’s Special Projects com- Emiily Eisenberg/Tufts Daily Leeper LLC, said that Nealley Crouched over his piano in an athletic stance, Ben Folds played to a packed house at the mittee and is one of the senators spearhead- could plead out within the next Somerville Theatre last night during the annual Jumbo Jam concert, sponsored by Concert Board. ing the project, said that a combination of month. She currently faces Pop-rock trio Jukebox the Ghost opened the show, followed by a brief set by the Jackson Jills, factors made both venues unworkable. Last three counts of larceny of over a Tufts a capella group. Folds and his band took the stage at 9:00, powering through a couple year’s Dance Marathon was held on April 4 $250, each of which carries up songs from his latest album, “Way to Normal” (2008). The pianist/singer/songwriter played a and 5 in Cousens Gym. to five years of incarceration. largely up-tempo two-hour performance, pulling hit song after hit song from his seemingly end- “The primary reason was that Cousens Gym According to Lewis, Nealley less repertoire of his years in Ben Folds Five as well as his solo career. Folds was also quick to is under construction starting from spring would not necessarily need get the audience involved, sharing anecdotes, conducting the three-part harmony to “Not the to admit to her involvement Same,” and giving instructing how to make beautiful music with Altoid cans. see MARATHON, page 2 in the embezzlement scandal as part of the potential deal, which would spare her a trial. Zeta Psi and LCS teach ‘Peace Games’ in Medford elementary schools “It could involve many types of pleas,” he said. “It doesn’t b y Ni n a For d Tufts in 2006 as a component of have to involve a guilty plea, Daily Editorial Board the Peace and Justice Studies pro- though.” gram’s Peace Developments proj- Jessica Venezia, a spokes- The Leonard Carmichael ect, spearheaded by Bryan. The person for Middlesex County Society (LCS) and the Zeta Psi program ran from the fall of 2007 District Attorney Gerry Leone, fraternity began working this to the fall of 2008, but hit a road- would not comment on wheth- semester to teach area elemen- block last spring due to lack of er a plea is in the works or tary school students about coop- student leadership and funding. on what conditions her office eration and conflict resolution For the first two years of would demand in a deal. through the Cooperative Games Peace Games, students working “We would decline to com- program at Tufts, commonly through Tisch College served ment … because it’s an ongo- known as Peace Games. as organizers; then, after a brief ing case,” she said. The program, initiated by the gap in leadership, junior Jeffrey Lewis also raised doubts Peace and Justice Studies pro- Stone, then-president of Zeta Psi, about the events surround- gram, sends small groups of Tufts approached Bryan, about Peace ing Nealley’s last days at Tufts. student volunteers into three Games’ continuation. Nealley was fired in November aalok kanani/Tufts Daily Medford elementary schools each Student volunteers have been helping out at local public schools. Members of LCS and Zeta 2007, and Tufts administra- week to teach the elementary Psi met with Bryan last semes- tors at the time told the Daily school students cooperation and The Peace Games program is To this end, Peace Games’ ter to coordinate and rejuve- that when confronted, Nealley conflict-resolution skills through working to expand to a greater activities emphasize collabora- nate Peace Games, and Zeta Psi admitted to taking money from interactive activities. number of schools next semes- tion over competition, according decided to make the cause an the university. Since the program kicked off ter, which will create a more to Peace Game’s volunteer coor- ongoing philanthropy project But yesterday, Lewis said its six-week session last month, flexible schedule and allow for dinator Peter Federman, a junior for the fraternity. that as far as he knows, Nealley groups of Tufts students have been more volunteers. and member of Zeta Psi. During the fall, LCS and Zeta Psi never confessed to anybody at visiting Columbus, McGlynn and According to Bryan, the games “A cooperative game is a game applied for and received a grant Tufts. Roberts Elementary Schools weekly aim to “foster social and emo- that isn’t about winning or los- to fund the program through the “It’s not part of the com- and working with fourth- and fifth- tional development.” ing,” Federman said. “It’s about Civic Engagement Fund, which monwealth’s case against Jodie graders, according to Dale Bryan, The activities teach students completing the task at hand and is awarded by the Tisch College Nealley,” he said. “So I would the assistant director of the Peace “how to be co-leaders rather than learning how to work together.” and Justice Studies program. boss leaders,” he said. Peace Games first began at see PEACE GAMES, page 2 see NEALLEY, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s Sections Sophomore Ian Hainline A successful season and Daniel Heller have for the men’s track and News 1 Op-Ed 9 found unorthodox ways field team culminated Features 3 Comics 10 to decorate their cozy in five All-American Arts & Living 5Classifieds 14 Miller Hall dorm room. selections at Nationals. Editorial | Letters 8 Sports Back
see FEATURES, page 3 see SPORTS, back page 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Police Briefs Nealley’s lawyer raises doubts about confession NEALLEY in locations including IKEA, A bad omen on to meet his date at the frater- continued from page 1 Whole Foods and Omaha Friday the 13th nity house. After officers broke suggest that [the confession] Steaks. up the party, the student and doesn’t exist, because if it did Meanwhile, prosecutors Tufts University Police his date went to his room. The exist, they would use it.” have alleged that Rodriguez, Department (TUPD) officers student left the room to go Dean of Student Affairs who served under Nealley as broke up a party at the Alpha to the bathroom and when Bruce Reitman declined to budget and fiscal coordinator, Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity at he returned, his date and his comment on Lewis’ allegation, stole $604,873 between 2005 2 a.m. on March 13. Amid the Apple Macbook laptop com- as did Venezia. and 2007, spending it on con- chaos, a partygoer attacked puter were missing. Nealley and her former cert tickets, trips and luxury a brother who was ushering coworker Ray Rodriguez are stores, and at one time, writing people out of the house, leav- 0” flat-screen TV charged with pilfering nearly himself a check for $100,000. ing him with a black eye. The $1 million from the university. In the fall, the university individual, who the brother A theft was reported from According to court docu- received an insurance check in believes was not a Tufts stu- an off-campus house on Capen ments, Nealley, the former compensation for the alleged dent, was not found. Street at 8 a.m. on March 20. director of student activities, embezzlement. During the night, a 42-inch took $372,576 between 2001 Lewis said he was involved The dangers of flat-screen television was taken and 2007. in negotiating the insurance online dating from the house. A student said Specifically, she is charged payout, which served as the he had seen the television when with writing herself checks, basis for the Senate’s recov- matt skibinski/Tufts Daily A male student reported he came home the previous misusing a university debit ered funds, but denied that Jodie Nealley and her attorney his laptop stolen during the night, before he went to sleep. card, maintaining improp- his efforts to reimburse Tufts are pictured after a summer early morning hours of March TUPD officers noted that the er control over the account represented an admission of court appearance. 13. The student, who found a front door frame was cracked of a defunct student group, Nealley’s guilt. date on Craigslist.com to the and that the door was slightly and transferring funds to her Nealley and Rodriguez have deadline and the other for a same party at ATO, arranged off its hinges. personal line of credit. She two court dates scheduled for hearing on a motion to sup- supposedly spent the money next month, one for a filing press evidence. Pollan argues against the ‘priesthood’ of nutritionists in Snyder Lecture POLLAN He also encouraged an increase in home nalists and food experts of all kinds.” lines, producers are passing on unhealthy continued from page 1 cooking, an emphasis on teaching children He added that this filtering of information products to consumers. and spend a lot of money,” he said. how to eat healthily and the establishment through self-proclaimed experts has turned Students seemed to learn from and enjoy The other option, Pollan said, is to move of a mandatory lunchtime at schools. faulty conclusions into mainstream dogma. the lecture. away from the Western diet by turning According to Pollan, these small chang- To further complicate the situation, “Our most basic and innate instincts more to farmers’ markets and unpro- es could help address Americans’ dys- nutrients are divided into categories of about food are actually correct over what the cessed foods. functional relationship with food, which “good” and “evil,” leading academics to media and nutrionists have been feeding Pollan, a frequent critic of industrialized he said has risen to the level of a national scorn some, like trans fatty acids, and laud us,” freshman Julia Fleekop said. “Healthy agriculture, opposes the widespread reli- eating disorder. others, like omega-3 fatty acids. foods are unprocessed and fresh and look ance on commodity crops that are used in “The idea that people would pay to buy Pollan said that such categorization is like they should, not Honey Nut [Cheerios] engineered food. a book telling you where your food comes dangerous and leads to confusion because with synthetic milk or yogurt in a tube.” “Essentially, we have an agricultural sys- from and pay for another one to tell you of the ever-changing status of nutrients. Pollan’s lecture was part of the Richard E. tem that is dedicated to the production of a how to eat it is remarkable,” he said. “We “The identity of nutrients is always going Snyder Presidential Lecture Series, which lot of commodity crops — corn, soy, wheat, Americans have our own paradox. People up and down, and they will change again, I is designed to bring controversial speakers cotton, rice … which can be broken down obsess about dietary health but neverthe- am confident,” he said. “For example, right to campus. Past lecturers have included to chemical parts and reestablished into less have some of the worst dietary health now the status of saturated fat is going affirmative action critic Shelby Steele and foods,” he said. in the world.” under evaluation.” author Salman Rushdie. In place of the current system, Pollan According to Pollan, academics are partly Another contributing factor is the “Tufts has been so fortunate to have would like to see a simpler, more whole- to blame. By breaking food down into nutri- stronghold that corporations have on this series that has brought truly wonder- some food industry. “Don’t eat anything ents in a way that most consumers do not food production. ful people to this university,” University your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize understand, he said they have essentially Pollan noted that while modifying food President Lawrence Bacow said yesterday as food,” he said. created a “priesthood of nutritionists, jour- may help corporations pad their bottom during his introductory remarks. LCS and Zeta Psi teach ‘Peace Games’ in Medford schools
PEACE GAMES idea behind it is … to give them continued from page 1 something that they might have of Citizenship and Public Service. in common … and to give them a Members of both groups then con- set of reasoning and cooperation tacted local schools in Medford skills that they can hopefully apply and organized the program with to real-life situations.” the administration for those Perry cited as an example a rebekah sokol/Tufts Daily schools, according to Eygenson. game in which the elementary The Gantcher Center will house the Dance Marathon during the fall semester. The two organizations also school students line themselves agreed to appoint co-coordinators up from youngest to oldest by for the program each semester in birthday without verbal commu- Dance Marathon to be held in fall semester order to provide “more sustainable nication. The students must use MARATHON reintroduction of the event would excitement to the event, according leadership,” according to junior cooperation in order to complete continued from page 1 become a yearly event. to Zahka. Coza Perry, the LCS co-coordina- the task. break,” said Levine, a sophomore. The Senate now hopes to make “You just got to dance the whole tor of Peace Games. Peace Games’ culminating event As a result, the event will be the marathon an annual fall tradi- night and hang out with friends,” This is the first semester that this year is a booth at LCS’s annual held in Gantcher this year. Due tion, barring any further unfore- she said. “It was very relaxed.” both organizations have been Kids Day. to Gantcher’s larger size, though, seen obstacles. Zahka had not yet signed up for directly involved in sending Tufts Perry said that in the future, the location change would require The proceeds of this year’s the event, claiming she had not students into the Medford schools. she hopes that the program can approximately $4,000 more in Dance Marathon were going yet heard about its planned occur- Though just 12 students are cur- “have a culminating event either funding to cover the audio and to be donated to the construc- rence. She mentioned it might not rently volunteering, the program’s at Tufts or another location where visual costs associated with the tion of an alternative energy have been sufficiently advertised. coordinators have deemed this all of the kids can come together marathon, according to Levine. education center at McGlynn “I hadn’t heard about it at all,” semester’s efforts a success. and showcase the skills they’ve “During a time of economic cri- Elementary and Middle Schools she said. “I was more disappointed “The problem isn’t that there learned.” She also hopes to sis, we’re trying to be conservative in Medford. If the project is com- that I didn’t even know it was hap- isn’t interest in it,” Zeta Psi expand the program to 12 weeks with money,” Levine said. pleted before next fall, however, pening in the first place. I definitely President Serge Eygenson, a soph- in the coming semesters. As part of last year’s 12-hour the Senate will have to find a would have signed up again, and omore, said. “The problem is that According to the volunteers event, which began at 6 p.m., teams new charity to contribute to. the rest of my team would have the schedule is very narrow.” and coordinators of the program, of 10 to 12 dancers raised money “We’re looking for something too.” Six of the current volunteers Peace Games has been mutually for the Massachusetts Children’s green and something local so stu- Other students had already are brothers in Zeta Psi, accord- beneficial for the volunteers and Trust Fund, a statewide nonprofit dents can see the effects,” Levine signed up for the marathon and ing to Eygenson. More members the kids. organization that combats child said. expressed similar disappointment. were interested in volunteering “I have not been on the ground, abuse and neglect by working with Although news of the Dance “I participated last year as part but were unable to this semester but what I’ve heard from volun- parents and families. Marathon’s cancellation had not of [Alpha Tau Omega] with other because of scheduling conflicts, teers is the younger kids we’re Themed music was played at yet reached all students, those who members of my pledge class, he said. working with have learned a lot, the event and there were live per- participated last year found it to be and we had a blast,” sophomore Tufts’ Peace Games program and they’re having a good time,” formances by student groups. Half a disappointment. Maureen O’Neill said. “I think it’s a chooses activities from the Eygenson said. “They say the best of the members of each team had Sophomore Erica Zahka had shame that a fun, and more impor- curriculum published by the way to learn a skill is to teach to be dancing at all times. organized her dorm-mates to tantly charitable, event would be Boston-based national Peace it, and Tufts students are walking Senators had restarted the event form team “O-Zone” for last year’s cancelled.” Games organization, although away with a very good learning after a three-year hiatus, then- Dance Marathon because most of But O’Neill, a member of the the Tufts program does not fall experience as well.” TCU President Neil DiBiase, now a the team lived in the basement of swim team, was happy to hear under the official jurisdiction of Bryan emphasized the impor- senior, told the Daily. Houston Hall. that renovations were finally being the national program. tance of Peace Games to the In the past, the event was held “It was fun because there was made to the gymnasium. The games are primarily Medford schools and the Medford on a smaller scale with sponsor- a good amount of people there,” “At the same time, as an ath- mental and interactive, accord- community. ship from Hillel and the Leonard Zahka said. “I would definitely do lete, I’m glad they’re starting ing to Perry. “There’s a lot of interest in see- Carmichael Society. It was inspired it again. It’s too bad it was can- renovations on athletic facilities,” “We’re trying to get groups of ing this develop further from the by events like those initially held at celled.” she said. younger kids to think in a new way school district because there’s a lot Penn State University in the 1970s. Last year’s event featured music Michael Del Moro contributed about conflict,” Perry said. “The of need,” he said. 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CAMPUS Caryn Horowitz | The Cultural Culinarian Presents: Is Alice in Miller 311 Wonder- land? b y Al i s o n Li s n o w Daily Editorial Board esley Stahl’s much-anticipated inter- view of Alice Waters that aired on One is a redhead from Chapel Hill, North March 15 on “60 Minutes” high- Carolina. The other is a lanky Seattleite lighted points that are commonly with a propensity for Arizona Iced Tea. Ldiscussed in association with the mother Sophomores Ian Hainline and Daniel Heller of the slow foods movement — the advan- may have their differences, but their tastes tages of seasonal produce, the benefits fuse together in cozy 311 Miller Hall to form of eating hormone- and antibiotic-free a blast of style. meat, and the importance of eating local- “You see that bottle of hot sauce? This ly-grown products. The segment, however, room is a bottle of hot sauce,” Hainline said. delved deeper into the impact of Waters’ “It is an injection of flavor into a setting that movement outside of the kitchen. is often all too complacent and boring.” Waters is at the forefront of a movement to Tufts furnishes each Miller Hall room with revolutionize what Americans eat and how standard desks, beds, lighting and closet they eat it. She champions organic foods, say- doors. In order to shake things up, inhabit- ing in the interview that “good food should ants have to inject the room with personality. be a right and not a privilege, and it needs to And shake things up they have. be without pesticides and herbicides.” With “We just thought we’d had enough of peo- the Food and Drug Administration under fire ple not having decorations,” Heller said, “and after recent national food epidemics, Waters’ thought if we decorated, we’d start a decora- message of healthy food for everyone is gain- tion revolution.” ing tremendous momentum. Waters sent let- The intrigue of the room is born out of Meredith Klein/Tufts Daily ters to former Presidents Bill Clinton and the inhabitants’ vastly differing preferences. This squirrel, adorned with a crucifix found outside of Olin, is one of many components of George W. Bush asking them to plant organic Most noticeable is the difference of the once- Miller 311 that helps spice up what can often be a bland dorm room. “victory gardens” at the White House, but her identical beds’ setup. request was never granted. Last week, Waters “I have this baby on the highest setting,” fall into my bed at the end of the night.” meaningful knickknacks, such as the squirrel finally got her wish — on March 20, Michelle Heller said referring to his bed. The desks are perpendicular to each other. statue on the top of Heller’s desk. Obama hosted a group of schoolchildren Hainline’s bed philosophy contrasts Heller draped a huge banner on the back of “I’ve always been a really big squirrel fan, who helped her lay the seeds for a vegetable sharply with his roommate’s. “Mine doesn’t his shelving and, as a result, eye contact is garden, the second to exist on the grounds of get much lower,” he said. “I like to be able to at a minimum. Yet each desk is covered in see CAMPUS CRIBS, page 4 the White House. As I saw images of Waters’ own “victory garden” outside of San Francisco City Hall, which was planted for her Slow Food Nation event held from Aug. 29 through Sept. 1, Some Tufts professors work to integrate 2008, and listened to her call for sustainable foods in our country during the “60 Minutes” profile, I couldn’t help but think of another student participation into physics lectures famous Alice. The segment showed Waters at work in the kitchen of her Berkeley, California b y Em i l y Ma r e t s k y restaurant, Chez Panisse — the prep tables Daily Editorial Board overflowed with vegetables, bowls of fruit were on almost every countertop and the This is the second article in a two-part room was calm and orderly — and shopping series examining teaching techniques in at organic farmer’s markets. This was Alice college-level physics courses. The first part, Waters in her wonderland. which was printed in yesterday’s paper, From Waters’ perspective, it would seem examined some of the bold leaps that other that most of the country is partaking in a universities have taken to improve instruc- never-ending mad tea party when it comes to tion and understanding. This installment food; we are trapped in a cycle of bad habits will focus on efforts being made at Tufts to that no one seems to have any control over. demystify physics. We should step away from that processed, Engineers, pre-med students and other chemical-filled cake that will cause us to grow science majors on campus are intimately exponentially in size or those pesticide-laden familiar with Robinson 253, the introductory mushrooms that can alter the way our bodies physics classroom at Tufts, home to Physics function. And, no matter how good they look, 1 and 2. As students sleepwalk into their 8:30 don’t even think about touching those canned and 9:30 a.m. classes, many are unaware of fruit product-filled tarts! the research and work that has been put into How much does Alice Waters’ wonderland the lectures they sit through. Tim Straub/tufts Daily really apply to most people in America? There Universities across the country have been Robinson Hall is home to Tufts’ introductory physics classes. needs to be a reevaluation of food produc- actively examining and redesigning their sci- tion processes and regulations in the United ence lectures and curriculums, and Tufts is designed ILDs as a teaching method to maxi- dents in the lecture, while getting them to States, but for many, slow foods for all does not no exception. mize the effectiveness of large lectures. think conceptually about the tested prin- seem like a feasible possibility in the current Professor Roger Tobin has been teaching Now the director of the Tufts Center ciple. Once the experiment is run, students economic downturn. Waters dismissed the physics courses at Tufts since 1995, experi- for Science and Mathematics Teaching, are able to compare their hypotheses to the problem of the high cost of organic food in menting and tinkering with different ways Thornton has been conducting research on actual results, further solidifying the concept her interview, saying that “some people want to teach lecture classes. He began teaching Tufts’ physics lectures since the late 1980s. and challenging their expectations. to buy Nike shoes —two pairs — and other traditional lectures but soon came across In line with other educational research at the Thornton tested these lecture demonstra- people want to eat [organic] Bronx grapes … I research that found that large lectures were time, he found that post-tests of conceptual tions at Tufts with new conceptual pre- and pay a little extra, but this is what I want to do.” I ineffective for teaching students. physics understanding given at the comple- post-tests and noticed substantial improve- want to eat organic grapes, which Waters pur- “For most of the physicists I knew, the goal tion of physics courses often showed little ment. “Students in Physics 1 were going chased for an exorbitant four dollars a bunch was to give clear, well-organized, transpar- more than a 10 percent gain over pre-tests from 10 percent to 90 percent [conceptual from an organic grocer in the segment, and I ent, logical lectures — preferably with some given to students before the lecture course improvement],” he said. “We thought our would also love to be able to afford multiple elegant demonstrations,” Tobin said. “But all began. results were too good, but when we tested pairs of expensive sneakers. Neither are possi- of the literature shows that even if you do that Thornton was shocked by his results. “It it again [at the University of] Oregon, we got bilities for thousands of Americans who have … only about 30 percent of the class gets it — just showed that students didn’t know what the same results.” lower incomes or who have recently lost jobs. what you need to do is engage the students.” was going on,” Thornton said. “[They] were As Tobin was looking for ways to improve Waters has been called a snob and an elit- Tobin explained that much of the research getting through just on knowing algebra and his lectures, he studied Thornton’s research ist. I don’t agree with everything she says, but behind involving students in lectures sug- calculus.” along with findings of other professors. these are harsh criticisms. I look at her as a gests that students work in small groups on Thornton spent the next few years devel- Harvard University Professor of Physics Eric food extremist. We need to find a balance projects. But practicality is another issue. “It oping ILDs as a way to create a more active Mazur, profiled in yesterday’s article, has also between Waters’ call for all organic, all the was all wonderful, but when I have a class of learning environment in large classes. In sent out a book on peer instruction tech- time on one side and the processed products 200 students, how do I do [that]?” he remem- these demonstrations, the lecturer describes niques for lectures to physics faculty; Tobin that line the shelves of our supermarkets on bers asking himself. a brief experiment that he or she will per- borrowed some of Mazur’s methodology for the other. The focus needs to be on practical Tobin did not have to look far to find form in front of the class, such as two dif- his courses. foods — eat within your means, both physi- techniques to improve traditional lec- ferent-sized blocks colliding to demonstrate In current physics lectures on campus, cally and financially — and then maybe part tures. Former Tufts Physics Professor Ron Newton’s Third Law of Motion. Before con- professors use a variety of teaching method- of Alice Waters’ wonderland can be a reality. Thornton had been researching students’ ducting the experiment, however, the lec- ologies. “All instructors are different, I don’t conceptual physics understanding and devel- turer asks students to predict the results as a know if everyone can or should use these oped Interactive Lecture Demonstrations way to actively engage them and to get them techniques … I don’t advocate making it Caryn Horowitz is a junior majoring (ILDs). Thornton recognized that large lec- thinking conceptually about the lesson. in history. She can be reached at Caryn. tures are a reality at many universities and Using this pedagogy actively engages stu- see PHYSICS, page 4 [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Professors experiment with Miller 311 roommates combine divergent teaching methods at Tufts tastes to create exciting, “tastier” atmosphere PHYSICS on between students. I’m a bit old- CAMPUS CRIBs Both closet doors are deco- alities,” Heller said. continued from page 3 fashioned, I guess, but most of learn- continued from page 3 rated with calendar pages of fruit Heller hangs his passions on mandatory for every professor,” Tobin ing goes on between human beings. so for my 18th birthday, my best rearranged to look like animals. his wall. Over his bed, he has a said. “Some might be more effective Technology may in some ways facili- friend Sam found this squirrel in “My sister Deborah is amaz- bumper sticker that says, “I <3 using traditional methods, but things tate that, but it does not fulfill it.” a park,” Heller said. “Evidently, it ing,” Heller said. “She knows I MANATEES.” I found effective have been working.” Thornton agrees. He explained was there to scare away owls. The have a thing for cute fruit, and “My friend Jaqueshia was on Tobin personally employs tech- that while Technology Enabled Active week after he stole the squirrel she got [me] 17 calendars. They a family trip to the Everglades, niques from a number of sources. He Learning (TEAL), the physics lec- from the park, the park was over- have faces on them.” and she got me this bumper has incorporated experiments into ture program at the Massachusetts run by owls. It was this small town Hainline was not opposed. “I sticker,” Heller said. “It was actu- his lectures — following Thornton’s Institute of Technology, is a useful and in Ohio, and so there was this happen to think the fruit is indeed ally the best gift I’ve ever received ILD practices — and has students successful program, it is not practical whole newspaper article about cute,” he said. … I [also] have a manatee. His discuss problems posed in lecture because of its cost. “[TEAL] was a the squirrel and how it always Unsatisfied with just deco- name is Floyd and he lives in the in conjunction with Mazur’s Peer very good program to develop, but it defended the town from owls. rating the inside of the room, Everglades. I got him for my bar Instruction method. To employ these took a lot of money,” Thornton said. They had to get a new squirrel, Hainline and Heller expanded mitzvah. I give him $25 every year techniques, Tobin has used electronic He argues that similar results can be and it was like $50 — half the their creativity to the hallways so he’ll stay my manatee.” clickers in his lectures. accomplished in regular classrooms town’s budget. I don’t go to Ohio both around and across from The water mammals don’t stop While students may have a love- without spending millions of dollars. with this squirrel anymore.” their door. there. An inflatable killer whale hate relationship with their clickers, In regard to more interactive lec- Hainline’s love for animals A yellow, blue and green holo- pool toy hangs upside down from Tobin feels that the questions posed ture formats, Tobin is optimistic. manifests itself in a different way. gram spans the width of the door the ceiling. to the class really engage students, “Students aren’t doing worse … than At the foot of his bed lies a white and overflows onto the surround- “We saw this whale suspended encouraging them to think and talk traditional [lectures],” he said. “Worst stuffed animal bear rug. ing wall. from the ceiling of a sports store,” among themselves about concepts, case is [that] they’re learning as much “I think it gives a more inti- “This thing here is for people Heller said. “[We thought] if they rather than passively listen to their and enjoying it more, and I think mate, inviting vibe to the room,” to puke on our door,” Heller said. can have this whale hanging from professor. The polling results from they’re actually learning more.” Hainline said. “Casual yet sophis- “It’s called puke tape. I got it off their ceiling, we can too.” the clickers also show professors how In the meantime, Thornton ticated and yet rustic at the same the Internet. It says if you stare Over his bed, Hainline has a many students understand a concept. spends much of his time training time … It’s also real soft. You at it for more than 12 seconds retro record entitled “Songs of Still, both Thornton and Tobin professors and teachers in workshops should pet it.” while swaying back and forth Tufts” (1958). agree that it is not the clickers or any and promoting ILDs in national and The unlikely duo met when like you’re generally drunk, then “Turns out the Goodwill in technology that makes the pedagogy international educational confer- ResLife randomly made them you’ll puke.” Davis Square has an amazing col- work. “There’s a tendency to fixate ences. “Ordinary physics teachers roommates freshman year. They The walls also have thick, lection of old records,” Hainline on the technology,” Tobin said. “I aren’t trained to be teachers, they’re decided they lived well together decorative tape spelling out 311, said. was doing this type of teaching [with trained to be researchers,” he said. and chose to extend their time DANIEL and IAN with patterns of Overall, the boys have adapted flashcards] 10 years before clickers … “Will they do everything we teach? together. Also, they had already Tiki men, sushi and sausage links a boring cubicle into their own The important part is what is going No, but this helps.” bought a refrigerator, chair and respectively. space. rug at JumboDrop. “We refer to this as sushi tape “It’s kinda like an herb salad,” “That’s how we knew we and meat tape,” Hainline said, Heller said. “A usual room is like Eating Disorder Treatment couldn’t split up,” Heller said, pointing at the different names. iceberg lettuce and some ranch “because we invested $15 in And as to why his name is spelled dressing … it’s decent. It’ll sustain the fridge.” out in the meat tape: “In the you … I’d say this room is kind of Treatment of Adults They do come together on choice of sausage versus Tiki ver- like some leafy greens with a little Suffering from Anorexia and some major issues, such as sus sushi, it’s pretty obvious.” dark purple and some balsamic lighting. The overhead light is Across the way, Heller hung vinaigrette … it’s a little nicer. It’s Bulimia Nervosa never on. a pamphlet given to him by a tasty. It’s nourishing. Just a little “It’s all about the ambience,” homeless man and a souvenir leafier. Still in the same bowl, one For the most effective treatment and highest staff-to-client ratio in New Hainline said. “With the overhead from a biking event. of those Carmichael bowls, but it’s England, informed clinicians refer their clients to Laurel Hill Inn. We light, you get this really harsh light, “We wanted to start an organic just a little tastier.” provide extensive programming in a highly structured and supervised and it kills the feng shui. [With movement, so when you walk non-institutional therapeutic setting. Evening, day, residential, and aftercare our lamp] it feels warmer, closer, down the halls, you wouldn’t just If you have or know of a sweet programs in West Medford and West Somerville. Call Linda at more cozy. It feels like a home as see doors and walls, you’d see campus crib, email Alison Lisnow 781 396-1116 or visit our web site at www.laurelhillinn.com. opposed to a dorm room.” souls; you’d see people’s person- at [email protected].
A Book Reading by Ching-In Chen Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:00 - 4:15 p.m.
Center for the Humanities at Tufts, 48 Professors Row Reception to Follow
The Heart’s Traffic This novel-in-poems chronicles the life of Xiaomei, an immigrant girl haunted by the death of her best friend. Told through a kaleidoscopic braid of stories, letters, and riddles, this stunning debut collection follows Xiaomei's life as she grows into her sexuality and searches for a way to deal with her complicated histories. At times, meditation, celebration, investigation, and elegy, this is a book about persona transformation within the context of a family forced to make do—a Makeshift Family— and how one might create new language to name the New World.
Ching-In Chen is a poet and multi-genre, border-crossing writer. She is the daughter of Chinese immigrants and a Kundiman Asian American Poet Fellow. A community organizer, she has worked in the Asian American communities of San Francisco, Oakland, and Boston, as well as helped organize the 3rd National Asian Pacific American Spoken Word and Poetry Summit in Boston. Ching-In is also the co-editor of The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Partner Abuse in Activist Communities. Her poetry has been featured at poetry readings across the country, including Poets against Rape, Word from the Streets, and APAture Arts Festival: A Window on the Art of Young Asian Pacific Americans. Ching-In has also been awarded residencies and fellowships from the Voices of Our Nations Foundation, Soul Mountain Retreat, Vermont Studio Center, and the Paden Institute.
Sponsored by Grace Talusan’s English 2-02 (Asian American Perspectives), Asian American Center, Women’s Center, Center for Humanities at Tufts (CHAT) 5
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Movie Review Devin Toohey | pop culture gone bad There is much to ‘Love’ in I hate college successful, bromantic comedy b y De v i n To o h e y Senior Staff Writer e interrupt our regularly The premise of “I Love You, Man” is simul- scheduled programming for taneously extremely simple and very clever. this important announce- Take decades of rom-coms (heck, centuries ment: Asher Roth? Really? For Wthe love of crumbcake, Concert Board, I Love You, Man what did I ever do to you to deserve such treatment? Are you all “Dark Knight” (2008) fanatics or something? Starring Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Early this semester I became famil- Rashida Jones iar with the horrible dirge entitled “I Love College.” Well, it’s not really a dirge, Directed by John Hamburg though it does make me wish I was at my own funeral whenever I hear it. Let’s dis- if you go back before film) where a guy/girl regard the fact that the guy can’t rap; his and his/her friend work together to get the attempts at stringing words together into love interest of his/her dreams. Then, switch semi-coherent statements are so pathetic around “friend” and “love interest.” Suddenly, that they border on the parody of a white you have a whole new type of film and a rath- rapper. Let’s ignore the fact that the track er enjoyable one at that. Where the Apatow has the production quality of something crew (though Apatow himself is not attached celebritywonder.com I might have made in my basement in to this project) has previously written stories “Do you want to marry him instead?” high school. Let’s ignore the fact that that of guy-love cloaked in other comedy genres his voice sounds like that of a pampered (teen sex, romantic and drug), “I Love You, and yet their relationship works and not in scenes from life that we’ve all experienced but eunuch who has just finished gargling Man” finally tackles it with no pretenses. that typical, cliché, “opposites-attract” way. which we never think about. In a tux-shop- sour milk for two hours. The movie begins as Peter (played by Paul The two have genuine chemistry. Their “flirta- ping session, for example, Sydney obsesses Go look up the lyrics. Or listen to it. Or, if Rudd) proposes to Zooey (Rashida Jones). tion” dispels any initial eye-rolling one might over getting the right pose from Peter for a you are brave (or mindless enough), watch She accepts and immediately calls her BFFs. expect at the pairing. goofy photo. It later becomes a more impor- the video (personally, I think “2 Girls, 1 Cup” Peter doesn’t because, well, he has no BFFs. This is really the overall strength of the tant plot point, but at the moment, audiences is more watchable than this). If your eyes He gets along quite fine with the ladies (he’s movie: Wherever you think it could stumble can all smile and know they’ve had the friend and ears don’t recoil in pain not imagined every girl’s gay-best-friend-turned-straight), into a cliché, the actors and script manage who cares a bit too much about the results of since Marquis de Sade wrote “The 120 Days but not the fellas. After about 30 years of liv- to swerve away from that pitfall. Rudd works a day out with the digital camera. of Sodom” (1785), keep those “lyrics” in ing sans-bromance, he realizes that maybe both as a straight man who is dealing with the Probably the strangest compliment this mind as you read the rest of this column. something is missing from his life. madness around him and as the awkward- film earns is for its perfect use of the F-word. So this is what college is to this guy? Bad What follows in the first act are a series of slang-dropping guy who just wants to be It doesn’t use it too sparingly, but doesn’t pizza, worse beer and getting girls “com- terrible “first dates” as Peter tries to find the liked. Segel is simultaneously the guy we slather the script in it either. Every time it’s pletely naked?” (Lucky, dude, my friend best friend of his dreams. “Guy-love” hilari- would all want as our best friend and who used, it perfectly punctuates the scene. can never get that left sock off.) While I ously becomes so conflated that it would would scare us to death that he might ruin Sadly, “I Love You, Man” is not perfect. It enjoy hedonistic indulgences as much be great to re-watch this movie with a few our lives. does have its contrived bits. The character of as the next guy, that’s not college. Maybe gender studies professors. And yet, none of As for Jones, one might be hesitant about Tevin, while amusing for the first few min- to someone who rhymes “two, um” with it seems forced. In fact, if anything, the awk- her character at first. Maybe it’s difficult to utes, soon wears out his welcome and feels “shoes on” and most likely flunked “Rocks ward pauses on the “dates” and rejections not project her character, Karen, from “The shoe-horned into the film for a portrait of the for Jocks,” it is, but let’s show some stan- during the “asking-outs” only go to show that Office” onto Zooey, but it seems as though “bad-bro.” Furthermore, the whole third-act dards, people. To this monstrous parody there really is a fine line between wanting to the audience can see exactly where Zooey is conflict is forced and predictable. The film of a bro, college boils down to drinking be someone’s friend and wanting to be their going. She sort of goes there, but in a differ- seems aware of its limits, however, and ulti- and women. I’m pretty sure you can get significant other. The movie is well aware that ent, far more graceful way than predicted. mately, not too much is made this conflict. those in many other places. I’m also pretty questions like “Do they like me that way? Am The supporting characters all hit it out of the Of course, these are ultimately minor sure that we’re not paying thousands of I cool enough? Do we have enough in com- park, particularly Peter’s brother and dad, complaints. The film is a strong two hours of dollars a year so we can have the privilege mon?” apply equally well to both situations. who is played by the great J.K. Simmons. enjoyment, and viewers will walk out feeling of playing beer pong with Miller Lite. Finally, enter Sydney (Jason Segel). He’s As for the script, again, there’s a lot to all warm and fuzzy, just wanting to hang out Asher Roth’s depiction of college sounds the opposite of the upper-middle-class Peter, love. John Hamburg really nails a lot of those with their best friends. exactly like what that naïve, aggravating prefrosh thinks college is going to be like. What bothers me about this song? Album Review Album Review Perhaps that it’s the gross celebration of the anti-intellectualization of America. God forbid that perhaps we actually care about learning. Nope. Classes are to be Cornell and skipped and ignored. We “party!” and that’s it. We will revel in being dumb, drunk, fat, horny slobs who are com- Timbaland break pelled by nothing more than our stom- achs and genitals. I know I sound Puritanical right now. genre barriers I know you all like your stomach and genitals. Can’t we include the brain in that b y Ma r i s s a Ob e r l a n d e r trinity? Come to think of it, I’m not asking, Contributing Writer I’m telling. Anyone who says “no” can get off of my campus right now. Who could have imagined that I can’t believe that my money is going Timbaland, one of the most sought- to pay Asher Roth. That mindless, tal- after hip-hop producers, and Chris entless, conceited [insert obscenity so analbumaday.files.wordpress.com horrible it defies imagination] is going Dan Deacon’s hobbies include electronic music, children’s t-shirts and chillin’ hard. Scream to get thousands of dollars for his per- Chris Cornell formance, some of which will be mine. I suddenly understand the cries for Dan Deacon’s newest album, ‘Bromst,’ endowment transparency. I want to know where my money is going before allows for freedom of interpretation Interscope Records they make the choice. That my last spring fling will be b y Mi t c h e l l Ge l l e r UrbanDictionary.com. There are just under Cornell, the archetypal frontman of stained by his act makes me simultane- Daily Editorial Board 100 thousand Google hits for “Bromst,” but hard rock, would join forces to cre- ously despise college, rap, music and no definitions of the word. It takes about an ate “Scream” (2009), a pop album of the English language. I feel violated. I The word “Bromst,” the name of the hour to get a rough idea of what “Bromst” epic proportions? This legendary meet- feel enraged. I thirst for justice. And you latest album by electronic musician Dan means, and far longer to begin to compre- ing of the minds is a giant step away can bet your lit-theory reading, Vergil- Deacon, doesn’t appear in the Oxford hend it, but this is time well spent. from today’s cookie-cutter pop music quoting, Marlowe-analyzing keister that Deacon trained in electronic and industry. “Scream” marks Cornell’s I’ll be heckling him come Fling, loud and Bromst computer music composition at SUNY bravest effort to date to shed labels for everyone to hear. Dan Deacon Purchase and is a founding member of and evade categorization. To diehard “Do something stupid?” You already did the Wham City music collective based Soundgarden and Audioslave fans, that, Concert Board. in Baltimore. He first came to the atten- this album may seem just as trite and Carpark Records tion of the music world with the 2007’s insignificant as the run of the mill Top “Spiderman of the Rings.” 40, but there are many exciting cogs Devin Toohey is a senior majoring in clas- English Dictionary. Nor does it appear in sics. He can be reached at Devin.Toohey@ the Merriam-Webster Dictionary or on see BROMST, page 6 see SCREAM, page 6 tufts.edu. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Most of the tracks on ‘Bromst’ are Upbeat dance tunes are the weakest excellent, but there are a few mishaps part of this collaborative album BROMST latter half slowly fades back into the har- SCREAM continued from page 5 mony. By the end, all elements previously continued from page 5 After gaining a dedicated following with heard come together for a dizzying effect turning underneath Timbaland’s dependable “Spiderman” and his live shows, which that few artists can attain. but quirky dance beats. Cornell, for his part, are usually joyous, sweaty dance parties, Other standout tracks include “Of The has reinvigorated dance music with the raw, Deacon went to Montana to work on Mountains,” a tribal-sounding, upbeat unbridled power he once fed into the grunge something more mature. It’s hard to listen tune; “Woof Woof,” which sounds like movement. Together, the pair achieves mod- to “Bromst” and, not having any point of Alvin and the Chipmunks rapping back- erate success across this cohesive record. reference, call it mature, but the word fits wards (which works way better than one Benefiting from the success of Nirvana, when compared to its predecessor. might think); and “Build Voice,” probably Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains, Cornell’s band, “Bromst” is, for the most part, fully the most mature (musically, at least) track Soundgarden, rose to fame in the early ’90s as realized, beautiful nonsense. Deacon’s on the album. one of the most commercially successful acts music combines instruments and dis- Not all of these daring tracks succeed, on the Seattle grunge scene. Cornell already torted vocals with electronically-pro- however: “West Wings” is nearly unlisten- exhibited a vocal range and lyrical style duced sounds to create something whol- able. It consists of a single vocal sample unique in its honest portrayal of depression, ly unique and wonderful. The sine waves of a woman soulfully wailing, looped over loneliness and anxiety. Cornell later united he experiments with and the bleeps, and over to create what, if it wasn’t so with the band members of Rage Against the boops and distortion may upset some grating, might be considered haunting. Machine to create Audioslave, one of the first yossarianspeaks.files.wordpress.com ears not fully prepared for the aural “West Wings” is completely out of place rock supergroups of the 21st century. Scream! Chris Cornell is about to smack you party, but those who can open their on “Bromst.” One could chalk it up to The very existence of “Scream” fills a upside the head with a guitar! minds won’t be disappointed. Deacon just doing his thing, experiment- glaring hole that had developed in today’s On its best tracks “Bromst” is reminis- ing and pushing boundaries, but that realm of popular music. With the advent of enhanced by heavy percussion and subtle cent of some illegitimate child of LCD does not excuse the song from standing Auto-Tune, dance tracks no longer require electric guitar. “Take Me Alive” is a hypnotic Soundsystem, trading in James Murphy’s out as a glaring smudge on an otherwise a talented voice to find airplay. Additionally, track with Middle-Eastern influences and too-cool hipster-snark for Deacon’s near-mint work. songs often lack the emotional depth and haunting harmonies. childlike wonder. All of the tracks are It is imperative to understand that musicality that could make them more than “Time” and “Get Up” are two of the bet- more polished than Deacon’s previous “Bromst” is not for everyone, and it will just something to move to. ter fast-paced dance tracks of the album. material due to his collaboration with be a long, long time before Dan Deacon Cornell and Timbaland attempt to deliv- This is Cornell’s weakest area, though, as his the talented producers from SnowGhost will get Top 40 radio play. That said, it er the whole package, mixing meaningful lyrics and vocals are strongest on the sweep- Studios in Montana. is easy to tell that Dan Deacon is a man sounds with danceable ones. With Cornell’s ing, emotionally-charged tracks. The upbeat “Snookered,” easily the best track on who enjoys his craft. The love that he world-weary and often heartbreaking vocals, tempos and heavy computerization mask the album, is also the longest. Coming pours into his music transforms what Timbaland’s beats seem operatic and bor- the delicate nuances of Cornell’s voice, tinged in at just over eight minutes, it is equiva- could be half-baked ideas in the hands dering on grandiose, perhaps in an attempt with years of alcoholic regret and drug-fueled lent to “Spiderman’s” “Wham City,” that of lesser madmen into fully-formed ear- to match one of the strongest voices of the depression. album’s centerpiece (though “Wham City” gasms. “Bromst” begs to be played loudly ’90s and today. Unfortunately, the beats often “Scream” is a daring album guaranteed to was nearly five minutes longer). The song on speakers and shared with the world. mask Cornell’s power, reducing his voice shake up the music bubble of both pop-loving moves in waves from a series of chimes at It is impossible to listen to “Bromst” to one of the many computerized produc- tweens and alternative aficionados. Regardless the beginning which set the pace for the without smiling, and even listeners who tion elements. Despite each track’s energy of Cornell’s past and fans’ widespread dismay song. Next up comes a chattering of voic- believe whole-heartedly that they have and driving rhythms, some beg for Cornell’s at his partnership with Timbaland, records es that fade into a buzzing synth section no rhythm whatsoever will find them- unadulterated voice and his classic electric like “Scream” inject much-needed diversity and slow percussion, which builds for two selves tapping their toes along with the guitars. Maybe if each musician had ventured into the flailing music industry. minutes until the singing finally kicks in. frantic beats. even further from his usual approach, a great- In a business where trends change daily Most of the vocals on “Bromst” are highly Maybe there’s a reason that there is no er fusion of styles could have been achieved. and relevance is ever elusive, Cornell con- distorted, but on “Snookered,” the main definition for “Bromst” on the Internet or Though “Scream” is best listened to from tinues to be a fixture of the music industry. vocal track is clear, though the backing in any book. Without sounding too lofty, start to finish, a handful of tracks stand Though his reinventions may be more subtle parts are echoed, whispy and sped up, all if “Bromst” the album defines “Bromst” out as strokes of two-minded genius. On than those of Bowie or Madonna, Cornell’s played together for great effect. Halfway the word, it makes sense that it couldn’t the slower side, both “Long Gone” and many faces and many bands have garnered through, the song changes drastically as be defined in concrete terms. It means “Scream” are beautifully crafted pop bal- him enormous respect. Hopefully, “Scream” the clear vocals are replaced by a beat whatever one wants it to mean, but most lads with tender lyrics and sensitive pro- will push Cornell further and deeper into his made from various vocal samples. The assuredly, it is a good thing. duction detail. “Long Gone” is especially bottomless well of creativity.
International Relations Open House
Majors Week 2009
Monday, March 30th 12:00-1:00 pm Cabot 702
Thinking about majoring in International Relations? Already an IR major but want to know more about the range of opportunities available to you? Then please join us for the IR Open House. April 1, 2009, 5pm Come hear from the IR staff about the major, and hear presentations from student leaders on the various programs and x Last day for FIRST YEAR STUDENTS to resources that the major has to offer, including IR major DROP COURSES without record. This is requirements, study abroad, IR Mentors, the Directors Leadership Council, IR Honors Society, the Borghesani Prize Scholarship and done through SIS online. IR Research Scholars.
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8 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Editorial | Letters Wednesday, March 25, 2009
EDITORIAL THE TUFTS DAILY Ev a n s R. Cl i n c h y Saving print journalism Editor-in-Chief “The last two journalists in America sat And college newspapers are hardly nalists to pass the flag, to surrender their at a card table in the middle of their empty immune. The daily college newspaper is ground. But what then? Editorial newsroom. They faced each other, about a creature ever lingering on the verge of A single medium, in this case online, is Michael Adams Managing Editors to flip a coin,” John Kelly wrote in a column extinction, as reduced ad income and ris- fundamentally incapable of meeting the Sarah Butrymowicz earlier this month in The Washington Post. ing printing costs have forced some dif- diverse demands of readers in the interna- “The coin was to decide which one would ficult decisions. As they try to keep their tional community. Print may be dying, but Ben Gittleson Executive News Editor be the second-to-last journalist in America papers afloat, student journalists at we should not start burying it just yet. Alexandra Bogus News Editors and which one would be the last journalist Syracuse University, New York University We at the Daily are not blind to the eco- Nina Ford in America.” and Boston University have decided to cut nomic realities that constrain the growth of Gillian Javetski Michael Del Moro As Kelly’s journalists, living in what some one print edition per week, and it’s hard to newspapers. But a little innovation is not Rob Silverblatt see as the quickly approaching journalistic predict what the next sacrifice will be. too much to ask for, not when the conse- Tessa Gellerson Assistant News Editors apocalypse, quietly lay down their type- Maybe this process is not only inevi- quences are so dire. Leslie Ogden Matt Repka writers and surrender their tape recorders, table, but also natural, perhaps even ben- Papers across the country need to rebrand Carter Rogers they realize that not all is lost. The flow of eficial. Praise abounds for blogs and online themselves, but that does not mean they Dave Stern information, after all, has not dried up, and sources, and some have gone so far as to need to abandon their missions. Here, the Kerianne Okie Executive Features Editor news consumers are turning in increasing announce the birth of an information revo- Daily is lucky. We have a niche readership numbers to online sources. lution and the start of a democratization of that we don’t foresee disappearing. Jessica Bidgood Features Editor Still, they feel some lingering despair; the news. You, our readers, are a captive audience Julie Kalt Assistant Features Editors Alison Lisnow they feel forgotten as they realize that Even so, something still feels wrong. living in an insulated community, and while Emily Maretsky nobody will be around to tell their story. We at Tufts are hardly old enough to pass you might not pay us for our services, your Romy Oltuski Technology has supplanted them, and they for curmudgeons clinging to the need for demographic profile is attractive to adver- Christina Pappas Julia Zinberg see themselves as being left far behind on physical interaction with the news, the tisers. Other papers, too, have untapped the information superhighway. Will any- inexplicable desire to touch a paper and resources; they will undoubtedly need to Naomi Bryant Executive Arts Editor body remember them in 20 years? flip through its pages. But hopefully, we are scale back, but some fresh thoughts can at Emma Bushnell Arts Editors Fortunately, Kelly’s nightmare situation also not yet blind enough to lose our sense the very least forestall their demise. Matt DiGirolamo is still in the realm of fiction. But the storm of perspective. Newspapers, after all, are After all, the Internet does not exist in a Catherine Scott clouds are still gathering in a very real way, the standard bearers in a rich tradition. vacuum. Even as papers encourage their Mitchell Geller Assistant Arts Editors Adam Kulewicz and the first casualties have already gone to For centuries, print publications have print readers to visit their online versions, Josh Zeidel the wayside. set and redefined the ground rules for the they should also try to give their Internet The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, for exam- flow of information worldwide. Print jour- readers a reason to buy a hard copy. Caryn Horowitz Executive Op-Ed Editor ple, closed its doors earlier this month after nalists have created ethical norms, broken Ultimately, flipping a coin in some Rachel Dolin Editorialists losing $14 million last year; now, it will only the biggest stories of our time and pushed distant newsroom may be one way to Vittoria Elliott publish online. Meanwhile, other papers all their counterparts in other media to follow bring about the demise of print journal- Jacob Maccoby Jwala Gandhi Opinion Editors across the country are laying off writers and their lead. ism. But why hurry? At least at the Daily, Nina Grossman cutting back on their exclusive coverage. Some would say it’s time for print jour- we prefer survival. Ellen Kan Andrew Rohrberger Molly Rubin Wayne Stayskal Jwala Gandhi Editorial Cartoonists Kayla Murdock Carly Helfand Executive Sports Editor Sapna Bansil Sports Editors Philip Dear Thomas Eager David Heck Scott Janes Tim Judson Ethan Landy Noah Schumer Evan Cooper Assistant Sports Editors Jeremy Greenhouse Alex Prewitt Michael Spera Rebekah Sokol Executive Photo Editor James Choca Photo Editors Aalok Kanani Meredith Klein Danai Macridi Jo Duara Assistant Photo Editors Emily Eisenberg Andrew Morgenthaler Dilys Ong Tim Straub Tien Tien PRODUCTION Ally Gimbel Production Director Jennifer Iassogna Executive Layout Editor Elizabeth Bernstein Layout Editors Dana Berube Leanne Brotsky Kristin Gorman Julia Izumi Andrew Petrone Muhammad Qadri The importance of energy Steven Smith Katie Tausanovitch b y Ek a t e r i n a Ti t o v a We are learning that the cheap, abundant is confusing, since it is changing so quickly Menglu Wang Assistant Layout Editor fossil fuels that the developed world used to and there is little precedent set on what to Christopher Snyder Executive Copy Editor I’ve noticed lately a lot of connections slingshot its way to industrial modernity are learn and how to prepare for a career in the between everything that I’m learning. both finite and quickly depleting. Moreover, energy industry. For that reason, on March Catherine Burrows Copy Editors Topics from my chemical engineering class if we keep using this stuff at historically 28, the Tufts Energy Forum, with the help of Ben Smith Elisha Sum slip into conversation during anthropology, high rates, it’s going to cause the earth seri- the Institute for Global Leadership and the Ricky Zimmerman political science issues are examined in ous health problems of an unprecedented, Tufts Climate Solutions Coalition, will be Kelsey Anderson Assistant Copy Editors economics and so on and so forth. unmanageable magnitude. It is becoming hosting a conference entitled “Global Green Nicole Fleischner Alexandra Husted In all of these links and crossovers, readily apparent that our behavior with Infrastructure: Powering the 21st Century” Nicole Krieg one term keeps coming up again and fossil fuels is contributing to the increasing to facilitate discussion and learning about Rachel Oldfield again: energy. frequency of extreme weather, rising sea one large topic in energy: the energy infra- Zehava Robbins Energy issues permeate geopolitics, the levels and species extinction. structure of the United States and the devel- Hena Kapadia Executive Online Editor state of the economy, development, science, Furthermore, though fossil fuels are the oping world. Included in the panels will be business and any other subject you can backbone of any developed economy, not speakers from all fields, including finance, Sylvia Avila Online Editors Benjamin Schwalb think of. In each field, energy gets different every country has stores sufficient to sustain policy, engineering and academia. Lisa DiTullio Assistant Online Editor treatment. To politicians, energy is the key its needs. Thus, much tension and strife In the middle of the day there will also to development, jobs, power — but it is has been created over the control of these be a small networking lunch so that Tufts Matt Skibinski New Media Editor Kelly Moran Webmaster also a security risk. To scientists, it is a con- precious resources, and throughout history, students can meet representatives from Marianna Bender Graphic Designer tributor to global climate destabilization. To nations have proven that they will resort local companies involved in the energy engineers, it is something to be made safer, to almost anything to keep the petroleum industry, and get a sense of what kind Adam Raczkowski Executive Technical Manager Muhammad Qadri Technical Managers cleaner and more efficient. To business- and natural gas flowing. This alone should of opportunities are available for them Michael Vastola men and financiers, it is an investment. To be reason enough to tackle our addiction after college. I hope that Tufts students Business soldiers, it is the decisive factor in victory to the fossil fuel “drug.” It will take all kinds will choose to attend a part or all of this or defeat. To humanitarians, it is a way to of people to handle this multifarious issue conference on Saturday to find out if there Jason Richards Executive Business Director better the quality of life by purifying water, with any kind of success. Minds in engineer- are any for them. If you wish to attend the Dwijo Goswami Receivables Manager lighting homes and powering hospitals. ing, policy, economics, science and many conference, please register at www.tuft- Daniel Simon Advertising Director But despite the fact that the term means other fields will all be required to collaborate senergyconference.org. Emily Neger Alumni Relations a huge variety of things to different people, to fundamentally change the way that we The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub- I believe there are several things that make think about and use energy. lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and distributed free to the Tufts community. it universally connected. Despite this great need for all kinds of Ekaterina Titova is a sophomore major- P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 First, the sources of energy that we cur- thinking and work, I feel that many students ing in quantitative economics. 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A fish with a huge bubble. A cat in the distance say- ing “HAI.” I do not know what the drawings of these images on the wall outside of the campus center mean, but it is an expression, and it makes me smile. Public space is highly contested, and I could not have experienced this phenomenon more first-hand than during the recent events associated with the wall outside of the campus center. Before I left for spring break, I walked past the wall with emptiness, feeling helpless from not being able to exploit the potential of the wall as a space for public expression. When I returned, I saw the wall with this new funny content, and it made me as happy as a little child is when given a bar of chocolate. I write this op-ed to explain the sudden activity you have seen on the wall, to thank the person who drew the fish and the cat and to make an eager plea to the entire Tufts stu- dent body: The wall is a space that belongs to you. Use it. It would be fair for me to start with the mural made by Shepard Fairey. With the permission of Tufts authorities, the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) was honored to bring Fairey to campus to paint a mural as a prelude to the Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) Symposium whose theme this year was “Cities: Forging an Urban Future.” Fairey chose the wall outside of the campus center as the ideal space for his mural. The mural was meant to promote public art and expression, which is integral to the feeling of belonging in every com- munity. It was also one of the stops on “Bike Tour: Shepard Fairey Off Site,” an event to be held on May 17 and June 28 in conjunction with his exhibit at the Institute for Contemporary Art, which highlights sev- eral other Fairey works across Boston in the form of a Dilys Ong/TUFTS DAILY bike trail for art enthusiasts. As a Tufts student, I was possibility could be exploited. the wall as a blank canvas, inviting Tufts students proud that Tufts was part of this tour. I must stress here that what followed with the wall to use it as a space for thoughts, views, art, poems The mural brought about color, beauty and a call was not an EPIIC-related event, but the efforts of a or any form of expression. We did not expect it to for thought on campus, and I loved stopping to look few students who felt strongly about this, saw the last more than two days, and each of us hoped that at it for a moment every time I walked past the cam- potential of the wall as a space for public expres- someone would replace it with some form of expres- pus center. Then one day, the mural was gone, and sion and wished to catalyze this event into a won- sion. That would in fact have been the success of our replaced by posters that I personally did not think derful opportunity that would enhance awareness efforts. Our message, however, was misunderstood. were either intelligent or aesthetically pleasing. A and involvement on campus. A small group of us, That very evening, the frame was taken down, broken particular Experimental College (ExCollege) class without the knowledge of either our professors or into pieces and deposited at the door of the IGL with was given an assignment to post politically stimulat- the rest of our classmates, devised a plan of action, the message, “Dear EPIIC, You missed the point.” ing advertisements, particularly on the Fairey mural. the implementation of which kept getting delayed The next day, university authorities washed out the What angered me most about this event (apart from because of logistical reasons. In the meantime, we remaining contents of the wall. the fact that the mural had been destroyed) was that saw a poster on the ground against the wall that said This last incident upset me terribly. I had really the mural was replaced by something that I did not “Isn’t this space for all of us? Have a nice day.” This thought that our message would convey to the Tufts think was intelligent. Had the advertisements been was done by someone from the ExCollege class, and student body that this space belongs to all of us, and provocative in a respectful and meaningful way, I my friends and I began to get really excited because that our efforts would motivate at least someone to might not have been so upset. It also seemed aston- we realized that we were all heading toward the put up something new on the wall. However, when I ishing to me that a professor hired by Tufts had sug- same goal. heard about the message and the broken frame, I felt gested the destruction of public art. A couple of days after, we implemented our plan. lost in an unnecessary controversy and caught up in I heard this story in my EPIIC class, and like many It was 20-degree weather and we began at 5 a.m. Our a petty dialogue. More than that, I feared that our of my classmates, was furious and upset, and rightly feet froze and our hands were callused several hours efforts had all gone down the drain, because evident- so, considering that the mural had been a class effort. later because most of the work had to be done with- ly a lot of people had not understood our message. However, we then saw what the students of that class out gloves. But we were proud of and hopeful for our I, along with my friends, had really believed in the had achieved. Those students kindled the beginning efforts. We constructed and erected a wooden frame potential of this wall as a space for public expression, of several efforts to transform the wall into a space on the wall, inside of which an elephant (Jumbo) and it hurt me to think that this string of events was for public expression. Such a space had not existed was holding a paintbrush with the message, “Dear instead being manifested into a dialogue, contro- on campus, and it was exciting to think of how this Tufts, Make a Point.” Our intention was to project versy and misunderstanding between two groups. Frustrated, one of my friends put up the following message on the wall that was taken down before any- body really got the chance to see it. It said: “To Whoever Dismantled The Panels: I am afraid it is you who has missed the point (and its perpetra- tors). A frame, despite its borders, is as boundless as the expression it contains within. Because the interaction with the Shepard Fairey mural got torn down, we merely attempted to pre- serve the wall as a place for such public expression. Please — Use. This. Space. I agree that public art and space can only evolve through such creation and destruction. However if both of us are truly committed to public art, then our final objective must be creation. We cannot allow ourselves to be stuck in a paradigm where one group only seeks to destroy what the other creates. If you choose to strike this message down (and I think you should — it doesn’t deserve such space on this wall) please replace it with a work of art, an idea or a thought. I look forward to your response.” To me, this message very well summarizes our intentions and the hopes that we have for the wall. I do not know who drew the fish and the cat on the wall. But whoever it is, I cannot thank you enough. The reason I think that it has stayed up on the wall is because it is neither insensitive nor disrespectful to its audience; it does not depict a bashing between two groups, but is a genuine expression of a Tufts student. This being said, I think we, the Tufts student body, have our claims to the wall — it belongs to us. Make use of this space respectfully, sensitively and intelligently.
Radhika Saraf is a sophomore majoring in economics. She Meredith Klein/TUFTS DAILY is a member of this year’s EPIIC class.
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Fencing Jumbos make strides with all weapons in top half at Regionals
b y Je r e m y Gr e e n h o u s e that as the best year of her collegiate career. Rebecca Hughes returned to assume the Smathers will return for her senior season. Daily Editorial Board Nevertheless, Lee went 30-6 in regular- captain’s role, moving sophomore Georgia Tufts’ sabre squad was likely the weakest season bouts this year, the top record for Ranes up a spot on the ladder. component of the team, though it made The Tufts fencing season that stretched any Jumbo, and was named to the first- The trio of Wolk, Ranes and Hughes went great strides from last year. Sabre jumped eight weekends of meets over nearly five team All-Northeast Fencing Conference. on to trample NYU 8-1 as well as score victo- from 10th place in the 2008 conference months came to an end March 8, when And while her senior year may not have ries over Brown and MIT, who have received championships to fourth place this year. Led Tufts was sent home in the NCAA Regionals been her strongest, it was still a memorable national votes along the way. But as the weeks by junior sabre captain Alexandra Cheetham after two weeks of championship competi- one for Lee. passed, the trio began to feel the toll of a long and freshman Sarah Danly, sabre put up one tion. All three Tufts weapons finished in the “I loved the team,” Lee said. “Every year season — Wolk and Hughes both battled ail- of its strongest performances at Tufts’ own top half of their fields in the New England the dynamic changes, and people go away, so ments with their knees and were forced to home conference meet. Championships to conclude the season, this year wasn’t particularly better or worse, fence through injuries. Still, all three qualified With the season now over, Tufts will look but 2008-09 saw even more impressive feats but it was definitely a fun year. I’m just going for NCAA Regionals, with Wolk and Ranes forward to the growth of several fencers going among the individual fencers. to look back at fencing as something I found making it to the second round and being into next year, particularly the freshmen. Senior foil captain Christine Lee finished that cemented me in college. Fencing gave named to the All-Conference second team. Danly fenced as the sabre squad’s A fenc- off her accomplished career with a sparkling me more of a sense of belonging to Tufts.” “I think I was more consistent this year,” er at the end of the year, while freshman season. One of the highlights of her year The epee squad was also particular- Ranes said. “I fulfilled my potential to a degree, Michaela Paulson performed admirably in came with winning two of her three bouts ly strong for Tufts this year. Sophomore but there’s still room for improvement. It’s a her limited action as epee’s fourth fencer. against one of the top teams in the nation Coryn Wolk spearheaded the attack, as she matter of figuring out what works well for me Freshman Meredith Paul also had a strong in NYU. Lee defeated sophomore Amanda started the season by winning two of her and staying focused. It’s a good season, and year as foil’s next-best fencer behind Lee. All Rysling, who not only bested her last year, three bouts against nationally ranked No. I can’t complain, though it would’ve been three can expect to play a bigger part on the but performed well enough this year to earn 4 Harvard. Wolk also earned bronze at the awesome if I could’ve gone to Nationals. We team when next season rolls around. a spot in Nationals. annual fall individual tournament known work hard to a degree, but compared to other “I’d have to say Sarah Danly did a really Lee’s bid for her own Nationals spot was as “The Big One,” where the epee squad teams, our team isn’t as structured as Div. I good job this year,” Ranes said. “She held her foiled at Regionals, however, when she went placed three fencers inside the top 20 at squads. For Div. III we’re one of the best, if own. She lost a bit of steam toward the end 1-4 in the first round, though two of her losses the event out of a field of 59 epeeists. Junior not the best, so you can’t complain when you of the season, but [she has] so much poten- were decided by a single point. As a freshman, epee captain Amani Smathers went abroad have that standing.” tial just waiting to be tapped into. [Paulson] Lee advanced to Nationals and recognizes following the winter break, and junior Wolk will spend the next year abroad, while showed a lot of potential, too.”
NBA Artest, the 2004 NBA Defensive Player of shooting guard and small forward posi- three-point land. Adelman also goes deep continued from page 15 the Year, is a defensive stalwart. Standing tions; he has the ability to knock down into his bench, bringing in Von Wafer, averaging 19.7 points and 9.6 rebounds at 6-foot-7 and 260 pounds, Artest can open jumpers, shooting 35 percent from Carl Landry and Kyle Lowry. Together, perWafer, game and Landry continuing to anchor don’t the musclejump any small off forward the in thestat league, sheetbehind the but arc this give season; andRockets he is a the threeoffensive combine for over 25options points per defense as he makes it extremely dif- including LeBron James. Artest is a tena- vocal leader on the court. game, giving the Rockets a lot of options ficult for teams to penetrate the lane cious defender, but he has also lifted The backcourt that McGrady anchors on offense and keeping them fresh into consistently. Yao’s greatest strength is his his offensive game. Averaging almost 20 when he is healthy has remained strong, the late stages of games. efficiency, shooting 54.9 percent from the points per game since McGrady went as head coach Rick Adelman uses a pla- The Rockets are currently sixth in field and 86.9 percent from the free throw down, Artest has picked up most of the toon system to cycle through his inter- the NBA in total defense, allowing 94.5 line. Argentinean Luis Scola is averag- offensive slack that McGrady left behind. changeable guards. The Rockets’ back- points per game and grabbing over 42 ing 12.7 points and 8.8 rebounds per He has proven that he is not afraid to take court got even thinner when they traded rebounds per game. They have proven game this season, and he and Yao on the the big shot down the stretch, a task that starting point guard Rafer Alston to the they can run with the NBA’s best, even court together create difficult matchups McGrady had mastered. Orlando Magic on February 19 for 6-foot- without T-Mac, and if they contin- on both ends of the floor for opponents. Battier, who has been often noted as 9 power forward Brian Cook. ue playing well, they will be able to The Rockets are one of the league’s the ultimate team player by coaches and Second-year player Aaron Brooks out lock up the No. 2 seed in the Western best teams at defending the perimeter, as teammates, has been the glue for the of Oregon has handled his responsibility Conference playoffs. Their defense will they have strong, quick guards and fun- Rockets on both ends of the ball. The effectively, averaging over 11 points per keep them in most games, but their damentally sound forwards. Ron Artest seven-year veteran out of Coach K’s Duke game and spreading the ball throughout vulnerability without a guy who can and Shane Battier, who support the front- program does not flaunt gaudy offensive the offense. Brooks, like Alston, has the dominate in the fourth quarter of a court behind Yao and Scola, are the best numbers, but he does all little things well. ability to break defenders down off the playoff game may come back to haunt defensive forward tandem in the league. He can be a lockdown defender at the dribble and is shooting 36.1 percent from them against the Lakers. The Leonard Carmichael Society Presents:
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Inside the World Baseball Classic WBC exposes differences between MLB and NPB play
b y Ko r i n Ha s e g a w a -Jo h n that pitching is appropriately val- inclined. Broadly speaking, the Senior Staff Writer ued by American baseball players emphasis is on low-power teams and management. It is their style to score a run at a time using base “How do you say ‘baseball’?” of hitting that sets the Japanese running, sacrifices and timely That’s the World Baseball apart, from both an individual singles. The Japanese love putting Classic’s (WBC) slogan, plastered and a strategic standpoint. runners in motion, leading both around Dodger Stadium in a You’ll never see a Japanese tournaments in steals. Part of this variety of languages. The mes- player with a stance like David strategy is born from the style of sage is great. Baseball is baseball Ortiz. In his prime, Ortiz crowded hitting. With great contact hitters around the world, and everyone, the plate, bent at the knees and and good team speed, putting on from communist Cuba to the waist, and used his stride and the hit-and-run makes sense in Netherlands, enjoys it. But base- unwinding of his upper body to a variety of situations. If an MLB ball isn’t played the same way all generate massive power. Even team had the kind of personnel over the world. Japanese power hitters do not hit that the Japanese WBC teams In Japan, they say “yakyuu” like that. Most Japanese hitters have featured, managers might and in terms of execution, have a stance like Ichiro Suzuki, be more inclined to use motion that means something a lit- where a quick twisting motion of on the basepaths. tle different from “baseball.” the upper body is used to gener- The more bizarre style of play Something must be going right ate line-drive power, and the open concerns bunting. In NBP games, with yakyuu though, since the stance allows the player to spoil it is not rare to see bunting in Japanese have just repeated as pitches to all areas of the strike the first inning, and the Japanese WBC champions. zone. Additionally, during the fol- didn’t reinvent the wheel for the Japanese style baseball is the low-through of the swing, play- WBC, either, leading both the ur-Smallball, a style that has ers like 2009 shortstop Hiroyuki 2006 and 2009 WBC in sacrifice Minnesota Twins manager Ron Nakajima are already lifting their bunts. The strategic implementa- Gardenhire salivating. Run pre- back foot to take the second step tion of the bunt is possibly slight- vention is the name of the game. down the first base line. Japan’s ly more sound if runs are at a Nippon Professional Baseball team isolated power in 2009 was premium, which in NBP play is (NPB) teams (the Japanese a paltry .094, worse than any of true. Most devoted students of major leagues) score a combined the other advancers out of pool sabermetrics, however, know that run per game fewer than their play with the exception of the bunts are usually a self-defeating American counterparts. The cul- Netherlands, who couldn’t hit endeavor and lower the team’s tural emphasis on run prevention their way out of a paper bag. run expectancy. MCT carried over to the WBC, where The Japanese hitting style Case in point: In 2009 pool Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, the World Baseball Classic’s MVP, helped the Japanese team featured the emphasizes bat control, speed play, with Iwakuma on the mound guide Japan to its second straight title. Behind solid pitching, the Japanese second-best pitching staff (by and slapping the ball to all fields. spinning a gem, the Japanese offense thrived thanks to the unique Japanese hitting style. ERA) of the tournament in 2009, As a team, the Japanese posted were losing to the Koreans 1-0 in and the third-best in 2006. a .299 team batting average in the seventh inning. Ichiro opened Japan’s staff in 2009 was led 2009 and a .311 average in 2006. the frame by slapping a single decided to take the bat out of his of Japanese baseball. 2006’s lead- by Hisashi Iwakuma, Daisuke The team rarely strikes out, just through the infield. Hiroyuki hands. Ichiro did not score in that ing slugger, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Matsuzaka and 22-year old phe- 5.4 times per nine innings in Nakajima followed, and manager inning and Japan ended up losing slugged .613 and had two home nom Yu Darvish. Matsuzaka combined WBC play, and a tenth Tatsunori Hara ordered him to 1-0. It was a poor strategic deci- runs in 31 at bats. He also had five was named tournament MVP of team strikeouts come from bunt Ichiro to second. sion on Hara’s part and would be sacrifice bunts. in both 2006 and 2009, and in Michihiro Ogasawara’s 10 strike- This would be considered inexplicable in an MLB game. The Japanese team is estab- both tournaments combined, he outs in 9 games in this year’s a horrible decision by most The key difference is primarily lishing quite the dynasty with has posted a 6-0 record in six Classic. A typical Japanese at American fans for a variety of cultural. Japanese culture empha- the bunt-happy small-ball style. starts, with a combined 1.95 ERA bat brought in the game-win- reasons. Ichiro is very fast, and he sizes harmony, teamwork and They managed to beat a slugging and 23 strikeouts in 27.2 innings. ning runs in the 10th inning of could probably steal second all sublimating individuality for the Cuban team in 2006 and a Korean Darvish, in his first tournament the 2009 classic. Ichiro had an by himself without any nonsense greater good. Bunting is possibly team in 2009 that was led by a in 2009, struck out 20 batters in eight-pitch at bat, fouling off a on Nakajima’s part. If you want a the ultimate expression of these fantastic pitching staff. Anyone 13 innings, setting a WBC record number of pitches including one fast guy on second, let him steal cultural values. The efficiency who saw the capacity crowds in for strikeouts. nearly in the dirt, before finally and don’t bother with the bunt. aspect matters less than the fact 2006 and 2009 can tell you that The pitching, although an slapping a change-up back up Nakajima is one of the best hit- that the Japanese team plays the international baseball is alive, important source of strength for the middle for the game-win- ters on the Japanese team and is game the right way. Japanese fans well and growing faster than ever. the Japanese teams, is not that ning RBI. far and away the best at getting would not think twice about that But when talking about Japan, unusual. In MLB, there is the old Strategically, Japanese base- on base. Over the course of the bunt in the seventh inning or don’t call it baseball. It’s yakyuu, saying that pitching wins champi- ball is alien to American fans, 2009 Classic, he posted a ridicu- even a bunt in the first. Bunting it’s different and it has worked onships, and there is no question especially the sabermetrically lous .364/.516/.545 line, and Hara is an extremely important part pretty well so far. After a week of training over spring break, Jumbos are now ready to set sail SAILING teams from all around the country sent No. 4 Yale finished first, fifth, third and the New England Intercollegiate Sailing continued from page 16 their best. So though we didn’t end up second respectively. No. 6 Charleston fin- Association’s Sailors of the Week after post- 13th place. doing as well as we could have, there were ished fourth overall, host No. 7 Navy fin- ing second place finishes in three of their Tufts faired slightly better in the some moments of brilliance that we are ished seventh and No. 8 Harvard finished last four races to win the A Division by a single-handed competition, however. proud of. I think for one thing, we were eighth. The Jumbos, of course, outsailed slim two-point margin. Juniors Andrew Criezis and Hornos took dead tired from spring break. Also, the their No. 10 ranking by coming in ninth. Despite the flashes of brilliance, the the helm for the Jumbos in the C and D wind was pretty dismal for most of the two When asked what was needed for Tufts squad still feels that there is room for divisions en route to an 11th-place finish days and that makes for really intense and improvement, Hurwit’s answer was improvement as the spring season gets into on 180 points and 8th-place finish on close racing, and we were we underpow- simple. full swing. 130 points, respectively. ered and on the heavy side in several of our “Practice and dedication,” he said. “We “Our goals are still to perform at the “I think everyone on the team could divisions. We’re also still rusty as it is early have the ability — we just need to bonecrush highest level that we know that we are use a little more experience racing in large on in the season for us.” when we’re at regattas.” capable of,” Hornos said. “We need to chill intersectionals,” Hornos said. “Also, we The regatta was a strong indicator of the One bright spot for Tufts at Navy were out a little from our spring break and all need to learn how to clean up our little current state of affairs on the collegiate sophomore Catherine Swanson and fresh- get on the same page. We should be able to mistakes and to minimize the damage sailing circuit — the national rankings man Midori Tanaka, who won the Navy do well this weekend at the Boston Dinghy when things don’t go our way.” were relatively consistent with the regat- Women’s Intersectional on the first week- Cup at MIT — after a week of being at “The competition at the Trux was ta’s overall finishes: No. 1 Georgetown, end of break. Due to their efforts at the home and sailing at a place familiar to us, I extremely strong,” Hurwit added. “The top No. 2 St. Mary’s, No. 3 Boston College and seven-race series, the pair was named have high expectations.” Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 15 After a stellar Nationals performance, Jumbo runners Evans Clinchy | Dirty Water get ready to bring indoor success to outdoor season Zero MEN’S TRACK Matt Williams,” Welch added. “Those ting better so that come three, four continued from page 16 three guys collectively essentially years from now, they will be those top regrets? certainly for next year,” Welch added. transformed our throwing squad ... guys,” Welch added. “I think we did a “On the whole we are becoming a Every event group saw a rise into a good job of that this winter.” more well-rounded program, which new level.” With a strong indoor season under t is with zero regrets that I am making will help toward the goal of nailing And after the loss of several key its belt, the team is now preparing my retirement official.” down that title.” teammates last year, this year’s fresh- to take its progress into the outdoor Those were Curt Schilling’s words This indoor season was also one men stepped in to fill the void. season. “Every year is a different year, upon announcing early Monday morn- that saw improvement across many “It’s easy to see the highlights from every team is a different team,” Barron Iing that he was retiring from professional event groups. the top performers on the team in terms said. “You don’t necessarily replace baseball after 23 years. After 436 starts, “Our distance crew of Nick Welch of time and distance and place,” Welch a triple jumper with a triple jumper. four World Series appearances, three rings and Jesse Faller were both very consis- said. “But on top of that, what doesn’t The team as a whole learns to step up, and finally two years battling injuries as tent,” Fitzgerald said. “The mid-dis- get seen quite as much is the improve- and I think this team has done a great his time ran out, the former Red Sox tance crew of Billy Hale, [junior] Jason ment that we saw from freshmen who job of finding its identity and finding righthander finally called it quits at 42. As Hanrahan, Scott Brinkman, [senior] stepped up and dropped many PRs its own way. always, he was graceful and articulate in Marcelo Norsworthy and freshman from what they ran in high school, guys “We did a great job this indoor sea- retirement. Connor Rose stepped up a lot this year like [freshman] Scott McArthur, who son,” Barron added. “We did achieve “I am, and always will be, more grate- and were a huge part of our team. seemed to PR something like five weeks a lot of our goals, but we did it with- ful than any of you could ever possibly “Our throwing squad played a much in a row, which is really just awesome to out emptying all rounds for indoor. know,” he wrote. bigger role in the presence of the team see in his first season. Historically, we’ve sometimes peaked Wait a minute. Wrote? and in our scores at meets than they “What builds a strong program down a little too hard for indoor and come Yes. Curt Schilling, one of the great ever had in my time here, so that’s the road is not just having those guys into outdoor a little flat. I think this October heroes of our generation, really a result of all of those athletes, at the top, but having the younger ath- year we did well indoor without firing announced his retirement via blog post. [sophomore] Alex Gresham, [sopho- letes, the freshmen and sophomores, all cylinders yet. We definitely left gas At 9:37 on Monday morning, the post more] David Dormon and [freshman] who are taking those small steps get- in the tank for outdoor.” “Calling it quits” appeared on his infa- mous 38Pitches.com, and that was that. No TV appearance, no conference call, no Inside the NBA nothing. No media at all. Human Factors Meet-n-Greet I have a problem with this. When Schilling first launched his blog McGrady-less prior to the 2007 season, he joked that if it went well, he’d never have to talk to the media again. The fans wanted to get his Learn about the Bachelor of Science Rockets taking take, so he’d just write for them. Cut out program that can be done within the middleman. At least I took it as a joke. I never either the Liberal Arts or Engineering flight in Houston thought I’d see this. I think Curt Schilling is failing to grasp Schools! b y Al e x Sc a r o s Senior Staff Writer the idea that journalists are more than conduits for athletes’ sound bites. They’re Meet and eat a casual dinner with The NBA playoff picture seems to also there to ask the difficult questions alumni representing Bose, Verizon, be taking form as we approach the when it matters most — times such as, for Mathworks, Mitre, and more! season’s final three weeks, and for the instance, the retirement of a possible Hall most part, there are not too many of Famer. surprises. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Questions such as: What about those Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic rumors last month about you coming have all clinched playoff berths in the back from the Cubs? How are things in Wed, March 25 Campus Center East, and out West the Los Angeles Boston — are you still cool with Theo 6:00–8:00 PM Large Conference Room Lakers once again are leading a pack of Epstein and Terry Francona after how the powerful Western Conference squads. last couple years have gone? Are you quit- The biggest surprise, though they ting because you’re hurt, or you’re washed Tufts Human Factors & Ergonomics Society have made the playoffs four out of the up, or you miss your family, or you need last five years, is the Tracy McGrady- more time to play World of Warcraft? less Houston Rockets. Boasting the But instead, we get no answers. We West’s second best record at 47-25, the just get those good old sound bites — he Rockets are a half-game ahead of the reflects on his memories, he says he’s San Antonio Spurs in the playoff race been blessed, he thanks his wife and kids, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?” and are firing on all cylinders. he thanks Jesus, he thanks his fans. And then 890 of those fans dart off to the com- ments section to post their own person- There’s something about adver- alized “No, Curt, thank you!” messages. ries 2009 sity that propels the Rockets to How touching. ecture Se Francona, Schilling’s manager for four Birger L excel. The members of Rockets’ years (five if you count 2008, when he spent more time in operating rooms than Volume 1, Issue 1 supporting cast have stepped dugouts), once remarked that “For a guy up their games and are gell- that doesn’t talk much to the media,” Schilling “sure does talk to the media.” ing nicely as they head into the Throughout his 23 years, he was always home stretch of the season. trying to have it both ways — he wanted his voice to be heard, but he didn’t want it heard by the professionals. As a result, Monday’s announcement As McGrady limped off the court on came off as boring and uninformative. Feb. 9 with a knee injury that would We already knew he wasn’t much of a sideline him for the remainder of the pitcher anymore — we figured that out season, most analysts and fans count- when he fell off the face of the earth “Housing and the Real Economy: ed the Rockets out of the conversation two years ago. But Schilling was always as possible title contenders. Despite a competitor, even after he became too the general consensus of doubt, the old and fragile to be a good one, so the Rockets have not missed a step since question is just dying to be asked: Why Where Do We Go From Here?” their All-Star swingman went down. face the facts now? Why finally give in and In fact, they’ve been cruising, going admit that you’re no longer able to pitch 16-4 since McGrady’s injury, including in the major leagues? Presented by: wins over the Cavs, the Portland Trail We don’t get an answer. We deserve Blazers, the Denver Nuggets and the one, though, and so do the writers, in Spurs. The catalyst for their success Boston and elsewhere, who have spent Karl “Chip” Case has been their defense, allowing teams two decades helping us get to know Katherine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor to score over 100 points only five times Curt Schilling, the baseball player and of Economics in those 20 games. the man. The Rockets are not unfamiliar with In five years, Schilling’s name will Wellesley College the unfortunate situation of losing a appear on a ballot and he’ll be consid- superstar. Last season, they lost Yao ered for a plaque in Cooperstown. If
Ming in the middle of what would he’s considered a borderline candidate turn into a franchise record-setting in 2013 (and I think he should be), he’s Wednesday, March 25, 2009 22-game winning streak. There’s some- going to wish he’d let the writers do their thing about adversity that propels jobs and ask him why he left the game 5:00 p.m. the Rockets to excel. The members of the way he did. Rockets’ supporting cast have stepped You think you have no regrets now, up their games and are gelling nicely Curt? That may be true. But a few years Braker Hall, Rm. 001 as they head into the home stretch of from now, we’ll see. the season. Reception to follow The seven-foot-six center Yao is put- ȱ ting together another great season, Evans Clinchy is a senior majoring in English. He can be reached at Evans. see NBA, page 13 [email protected]. 16 INSIDE Dirty Water 15 Inside the NBA 15 Inside the WBC 14 Sportstuftsdaily.com
Men’s Track and Field Winter season culminates in myriad of All-American honors b y La u r e n Fl a m e n t the high jump. Bradley also Senior Staff Writer tied the school record in the event this season. For most Tufts teams, end- “James Bradley as a captain ing a season with just one All- couldn’t be a better leader of American athlete on the roster this team,” junior quad-cap- would be an accomplishment. tain Nick Welch said. “He had The men’s indoor track and a fantastic season that bodes field team surpassed that goal very well for where he can go — with four additional All- outdoors.” Americans in tow. The distance medley relay As the NCAA Div. III (DMR), composed of juniors Championships brought Tufts’ Billy Hale, Scott Brinkman, season to a close two weekends Faller and senior Phil Rotella, ago, the Jumbo squad ended took third at NCAAs and broke the indoor campaign with five a 1976 Tufts record with a All-Americans from Nationals 10:02:33 provisional qualify- and a second-place team fin- ing time at ECACs earlier this ish at the New England Div. III month. Championships. The accomplishment came “From my preseason in the most all-inclusive track impressions to postseason fin- event, with the exception of ishes, we definitely exceeded the overall team score, accord- the expectations I had for the ing to Welch. team,” coach Ethan Barron “[Their third place finish at said. “We definitely met our Nationals] alone is remarkable, definition of success, which is but what we all saw week after putting together some of our week was the DMR running best performances when we faster and dropping time and needed them at championship incredible finishes, running meets.” people down like at ECACs,” Sending six athletes to Welch said. “The fact that we NCAAs two weekends ago, the managed to be successful in Courtesy Rose-Hulman Institute Jumbo squad doubled its pres- an event that has a sprinter, Junior Jesse Faller, shown here leading the pack at the NCAA Div. III Championships, claimed two of the five All-American ence at the meet compared mid-distance runners and a titles earned by the Jumbos over the weekend of March 13-14 at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. to last year’s showing — an 5k guy is a testament to the accomplishment in itself. Tufts strength of our program.” success as a team, tying MIT the season] is always our New [the New England team title], then sweetened the deal, with The DMR was not the only to claim second place behind England Championships,” but that’s certainly not the five of six athletes returning as relay team to find success this Williams at Regionals. And senior quad-captain Colin end-all, be-all of the season All-Americans, including junior season. For the second time while Tufts did not manage to Fitzgerald said. “Even though — that’s not the criteria that Jesse Faller, who claimed two ever, every relay athlete ran a repeat as champions, the team we only came in second, we we judge our season by, but All-American titles. time to slot themselves into was still able to look past the still had a good showing as a that’s something that leaves us Senior quad-captain James Tufts’ top 10 performance list, setback and succeed further team and supported each other a little hungry for outdoor and Bradley also brought home the Barron said. down the road. well throughout the meet.” distinction by placing sixth in But the Jumbos also found “For me, the highlight [of “This year we fell short of see MEN’S TRACK, page 15
Sailing Break is no pleasure Ripecky, Santone are NESCAC’s first honorees the softball team can attri- bute much of its success dur- cruise for sailing team ing its historic 12-0 season opening to two players: senior b y Philip De a r toughest sailing competition in Maya Ripecky and sophomore Daily Editorial Board the United States. Fifteen of the Izzie Santone. In light of their nation’s top 20 teams were pres- spectacular play over the past In what has become an annu- ent at the Intersectional, by far the week, Ripecky and Santone al trip, the sailing team spent its largest regatta so far this spring. have been named the NESCAC’s spring break practicing with the Nine of the top 10 teams were first Player and Pitcher for the St. Mary’s squad, and it proved present, with the exception of No. week, respectively. to be a prudent decision for the 9 Brown University. over spring break, Ripecky nationally ranked No. 10 Jumbos. The Intersectional was broken went 21-for-40, a .525 average. Still, the Jumbos suffered in their into four divisions and called for Among these 21 hits were four first race, finishing in ninth place four different classes of boats: The doubles, three triples and three overall at this past weekend’s A and B divisions were double- home runs, racking up 15 RBI Truxtun Umsted Intersectional. handed, sailing in 420s and FJs and 13 runs scored. “The spring break training trip respectively, while the C division on the mound, Santone was was a blast,” junior Tomas Hornos was single-handed in a Laser and dominant, racking up six wins said. “We were able to practice the D division single-handed in a and a save while maintaining a with the [second-] best team in the Laser Radial. This format tested 0.25 ERA in 36 innings. country, and that gave us a gauge each team’s depth and the diver- In the final game of the week for our team to let us know how sity of its talent, as each boat han- against Hamline, Santone put much more we have to improve.” dles differently and can require in what was probably the best “From a sailing standpoint, we significantly different approaches pitching performance of the got some great practice,” senior to each race. tournament for the Jumbos. A Dan Hurwit added. “We sailed Unfortunately, because of a two-hit shutout with six strike- 420s and FJs, which are the boats general state of fatigue after a outs and only one walk helped used at most other schools, and long week of training, the Jumbos Tufts to a 4-0 win and, more we saw a wide range of breeze weren’t able to perform as well as importantly, put the finishing so were able to work on our boat they had hoped. touches on a spectacular week, handling and tactics in all dif- “Truxtun was poor because ensuring that the Jumbos would ferent wind conditions. We also we may have been tired from an return home unscathed. had a few days to practice with St. entire week of training and we While Santone prohibited the Mary’s, which was a lot of fun and were just never in the groove — opposition from scoring, Ripecky provided some great competition, we were never in it,” Hornos said. was putting runs on the board especially in team racing, which is In the A division, senior tri- for the Jumbos. Ripecky broke a big focus in the spring season.” captain Baker Potts and senior the scoreless tie in the second But after the week of cordially Christina Kelly sailed to a 15th- inning with a single, advanced sailing, practicing and socializ- place overall finish with 204 on an error by Hamline junior ing with the St. Mary’s squad, the points in 17 races with one point third baseman Brenna Healy Jumbos decided to get down to per finishing place. The B division and eventually scored on a business. At this past weekend’s saw a slight improvement in scor- single by sophomore DH Julia Truxtun Umsted Intersectional at ing and overall place, as seniors Silberman. Ripecky went 3-for-4 Navy, they were pitted not only Peter Bermudez and Francine in the game. against their recent acquaintanc- Magasinn pulled in 177 points for es from the Mid-Atlantic region courtesy christy tinker — by Philip Dear but also against some of the see SAILING, page 14