Where You Read It First Mostly Sunny 45/36 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LX, NUMBER 49 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010 TUFTSDAILY.COM Independent website to provide off -campus housing information BY AMELIE HECHT and in other apartments around information they need and do so Daily Editorial Board Boston, and each time the apart- in an altruistic way to help ten- ment search has been a painful, ants and landlords.” As the rush to find the most difficult process,” Wolchonok told The website, Wolchonok said, desirable off-campus housing the Daily. “I thought it would be gives apartment seekers the inside heats up, upperclassmen now great for everything to be publicly information that is often unavail- have a new resource to aid them available online, so people can do able to them. in their search. their own research.” “In an ideal world, you would get Dan Wolchonok (LA ’05) in Wolchonok compared RentMaps. to talk to the people that currently September launched a website com to Yelp.com, a website that live in the apartment you are consid- that aims to offer Tufts students a provides user-based reviews of ering, but the problem is that often more reliable source of informa- local businesses, and Carfax.com, you don’t have access to the current tion about potential apartments which provides reviews and histo- tenants or you don’t have time to and landlords. ries of used cars. RentMaps.com is track them down and talk to them,” TIEN TIEN/TUFTS DAILY RentMaps.com allows users to designed to give tenants as much Wolchonok said. “The website gives A new study shows that having a sister could lead to greater happiness. post reviews of off-campus hous- information as possible about their the user the ability to research on Above, senior Soshian Sarrafpour with his sister Syena Sarrafpour, a junior. es and apartments. Students rate future homes. their own for apartments.” apartments between one and five Wolchonok said that there is Apartments are rated based stars in several categories and can currently a shortage of websites on several criteria, including the Sisters beneicial to contribute written comments for offering housing ratings. presence of rodents, noise level further description. “No one has really focused on in the neighborhood, reliability of Wolchonok said his experiences apartment reviews, or if they have, hot water, water pressure, laundry emotional health as a student inspired him to create it is not their primary focus,” he options, landlords’ responsive- the website. said. “I think there is a big oppor- BY WILLIAM C. WINTER AND believe the mechanism through “I have lived off campus at Tufts tunity to connect people to all the see LANDLORDS, page 3 WILLIAM K. WINTER which this occurs is expressive- Daily Staff Writers ness. In other words, girls gener- ate a more open and expressive The bonds of sisterhood environment in which issues are Major: Undecided, Cheap Sox laugh and love for a cause may provide more than just discussed.” relationship advice and friend- Freshman Elizabeth ship for the involved parties. Moynihan, who has an older According to a recent study by sister and two younger broth- Tony Cassidy, psychology lec- ers, was not surprised by the turer at the University of Ulster study’s results. in Northern Ireland, sisters “My sister and I can talk about improve the emotional wellbe- anything,” she said. ing of their siblings. The study, Moynihan feels that having which involved roughly 600 a sister with different interests young adults, found individuals than her own has helped define with sisters to be significantly her own identity. more optimistic and happy than “It’s helped me find out who I those without sisters. am by our differences,” she said. “We decided to investigate But those without sisters this area because of an inciden- aren’t necessarily out of luck, tal finding in a previous study according to Cassidy. which suggested that following “Having female friends, par- family breakup, girls who had ticularly in the early years, is sisters showed higher levels of likely to have a similar effect,” MEREDITH KLEIN/TUFTS DAILY achievement motivation than he said. Sophomore David Schwartz, center, and senior Harrison Stamell, right, of Cheap Sox last night pretended to be a baby those who had brothers,” Cassidy and mother at the annual Laughs of Love comedy festival, which benefited the nonprofit Seeds of Peace and was told the Daily in an e-mail. “We see SISTERS, page 2 hosted by Cheap Sox and Major: Undecided in Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall. The festival continues tonight. Student loan debt hits record-breaking Admissions ofice ramps levels, remains below national average BY VICTORIA MESSURI cial needs are fully met, she said. up international outreach Daily Staff Writer “Federal loans, funded by the federal government, typically carry better rates BY ANGELINA ROTMAN 38 foreign countries for the class of 2013 Tufts’ most recent graduating class has and much better repayment provisions,” Daily Staff Writer — and the admissions office will continue reported higher levels of student debt Reilly said. to send college representatives to locales but remains below the national average, Repayment of a federal student loan starts SAT scores, grades, extracurricular activi- that produce relatively few Tufts applicants, according to Patricia Reilly, the director of six to eight months after graduation, accord- ties, teacher recommendations … and one’s particularly abroad, according to Ardizzoni. financial aid and co-manager of Student ing to Reilly. Federal loans offer a program, hometown? Increasingly, admissions offi- “Certainly in our case, we have always Financial Services. Income-Based Repayment, in which students cers are emphasizing geographic diversity traveled nationally and internationally, The Class of 2010 had an average stu- can pay a percentage of their income every in their recruiting, hoping to create a geo- although we have expanded internation- dent loan debt of $15,000, a record-break- month, Reilly added. graphic kaleidoscope in the student body, ally,” she said. “This is the second year ing amount, Reilly said. This remains sig- Reilly said that non-federal loans have according to Director of Admissions Susan we’ve had someone traveling in Africa, nificantly lower than national averages, fewer controls on interest rates. Private loans, Garrity Ardizzoni. and we’ve expanded our reach in Asia and she said, crediting financial aid programs she added, should not be a “first resort.” “Part of our responsibility as the Latin America.” with keeping debt figures in check. In addition to having less student loan debt Admissions Office is to create a community Senior Kofi Aninakwa, who is from Nationally, the average student loan than average, recent Tufts graduates also have that is really reflective of the outside world,” Ghana, believes that both the university debt was $24,000 for college students who a lower loan default rate. Ardizzoni said. and the international students who learn graduated in 2009, a 6 percent increase The cohort default rate for Tufts is 0.8 Recently, the Office of Undergraduate about Tufts from its representatives abroad from the national average in 2008, accord- percent, which means only 0.8 percent of Admissions has amplified its efforts to benefit from Tufts’ initiative to expand its ing to a report released last month by the students are having trouble paying back widen the applicant pool, both internation- representation geographically. Project on Student Debt. their student loans, according to Reilly. The ally and nationally, seeking out students “The rich academic programs and the Approximately half of Tufts undergrad- national cohort default rate is about 5 per- from underrepresented states, Ardizzoni welcoming student population make uates have student loans, according to cent, she said. said. The geographic distribution of the studying here exceptional,” he said. “And Reilly. Tufts ensures that students receive “That says our students are borrowing rea- Tufts Class of 2014 has benefited from this the school benefits, too. The international the best possible loans for their circum- endeavor and represents 45 states and 39 stances, helping to make sure their finan- see DEBT, page 3 foreign countries — up from 42 states and see ADMISSIONS, page 3

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With the interdisciplin- Cee Lo Green makes a News | Features 1 Classifieds 7 ary studies major, stu- name for himself with dents can stray off the unique voice and big Comics 4 Sports Back beaten path and pursue personality. Arts | Living 5 their own interests.

see page 2 see ARTS, page 5 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Friday, November 19, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY Interdisciplinary studies major off ers students BENJAMIN D. GITTLESON Editor-in-Chief opportunity to mold their own academic path EDITORIAL Managing Editors BY VICKY RATHSMILL Ellen Kan Contributing Writer Carter Rogers Sophomore Demi Marks plans on major- Matt Repka Executive News Editor ing in children’s entertainment — and she Alexandra Bogus News Editors will be the first to do so at Tufts. Marks is Michael Del Moro Nina Ford one of a small number of students on cam- Amelie Hecht pus who have decided to design their own Corinne Segal interdisciplinary studies major through the Martha Shanahan Brent Yarnell Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS). Jenny White When she arrived at Tufts as a fresh- Daphne Kolios Assistant News Editors man, Marks already knew that she wanted Kathryn Olson to minor in Communications and Media Romy Oltuski Executive Features Editor Studies (CMS). CMS Program Director Julie Sarah Korones Features Editors Alison Lisnow Dobrow suggested that Marks consider the Emilia Luna interdisciplinary studies major as an option. Alexa Sasanow Marks is still waiting for approval from Derek Schlom Jon Cheng Assistant Features Editors the CIS Faculty Committee, which makes Maya Kohli its decision in the spring of an applicant’s Amelia Quinn sophomore year. Her unique major would combine child development and sociol- Emma Bushnell Executive Arts Editor Zach Drucker Arts Editors ogy with communications and mass media Mitchell Geller studies. Rebecca Goldberg “[Dobrow] has linked me with the right Ben Phelps people … [and] encouraged me to forge rela- TIEN TIEN/TUFTS DAILY Anna Majeski Assistant Arts Editors Not every student’s individual interests are covered by Tufts’ list of majors. Instead of Rebecca Santiago tionships with certain people,” Marks said. Matthew Welch “It’s important to figure out who has done settling, they can simply create their own academic concentration. research in your field, who understands the Rachel Oldfield Executive Op-Ed Editor Bhushan Deshpande Assistant Op-Ed Editors nature of the [CIS] board, who is willing to pleted some solid preliminary or preparatory Topics of past interdisciplinary studies Larissa Gibbs help you and who will work well together.” coursework pursuant to the topic,” he said. majors have included urban design and Dave Kellog Only a small number of students apply to Before being permitted to declare an inter- development, psychology design, human- Kevin Luo Jeremy Ravinsky design their own interdisciplinary majors, disciplinary major, applicants must develop computer interaction and photojournal- Daniel Stock according to Kristina Aikens, assistant direc- a program proposal that describes his or her ism, she said. One junior is currently pur- Elaine Sun tor of writing resources at the Academic individual major, plan for each semester’s suing a major focusing on the intersection Devon Colmer Cartoonists Resource Center. coursework through his or her senior year of medicine and culture in China, accord- Erin Marshall Lorrayne Shen “Generally speaking, there are one or two and find three faculty members to serve as ing to Carleton. Louie Zong interdisciplinary studies majors per year,” major advisors. Additionally, the proposal “The interdisciplinary study major pro- Craig Frucht Editorialists Aikens, who helps applicants prepare their must include a proposed topic and title for a vides a wonderful opportunity for combin- Rebekah Liebermann Ashish Malhotra proposals, said. “Some years there are no requisite senior thesis. ing fields in dynamic, exciting ways and for Josh Molofsky proposals, and very occasionally, we’ll see as “Each of these three professors must write exploring connections across traditional Michael Restiano many as six. However, usually the number is a letter of support, agreeing to advise the boundaries,” Aikens said. “For the student Alexandra Siegel one or two.” student and supervise the student’s senior who sees interesting combinations among Philip Dear Executive Sports Editor In the Class of 2012, there are three stu- thesis,” Aikens said. fields and who has a specific research focus Lauren Flament Sports Editors dents pursuing interdisciplinary studies Students designing interdisciplinary that does not fit into traditional majors, this Jeremy Greenhouse Claire Kemp majors, Aikens said. majors must also plan a curriculum that can be a very exciting and fulfilling path.” Ben Kochman While some stigmatize interdisciplinary encompasses disciplines from at least three But interdisciplinary studies majors are Alex Lach majors as what students choose to study academic departments, including at least not for every student, she said. Alex Prewitt Daniel Rathman when they have no clear academic direction, two traditional fields of study, such as arts, “One of the important things to keep in Noah Schumer CIS Director Gregory Carleton explained that humanities, natural sciences, mathematical mind about these topics is that they are Ethan Sturm Assistant Sports Editor interdisciplinary majors actually require an sciences, social sciences and engineering. liberal arts topics,” Aikens said. “The inter- immense amount of work and planning. For students who are passionate about disciplinary major is meant for exploration Aalok Kanani Executive Photo Editor Meredith Klein Photo Editors Usually, only students who can identify an area of study that is not covered by Tufts’ of the liberal arts, not for preprofessional or Danai Macridi exactly what they are interested in studying curriculum, an interdisciplinary studies business-related endeavors.” Andrew Morgenthaler are accepted into the program. major can provide a student with just what Additionally, a major as individualistic as Tien Tien Josh Berlinger Assistant Photo Editors “They are intellectually driven, highly self- they were hoping to get out of their degree, Virginia Bledsoe disciplined and motivated ... [and have] com- Aikens said. see INTERDISCIPLINARY, page 3 Kristen Collins Alex Dennett Emily Eisenberg Dilys Ong Jodi Bosin Staff Photographers Jenna Liang Study: People with sisters often happier than those without Meagan Maher Ashley Seenauth SISTERS expectations may be responsible for his Professor of Child Development Fred continued from page 1 discovery, citing examples like parents Rothbaum said that the correlation Mick B. Krever Executive New Media Editor James Choca New Media Editors In light of this finding, he said, parents organizing their daughter’s fantasy tea between number of siblings and happi- Kerianne Okie should try to ensure that their toddlers parties while gifting toy guns and footballs ness is not as straightforward as it may have a diverse group of friends in terms to their sons. seem, though. PRODUCTION of gender. “Despite modernization of parent- “Statistics say that larger families Leanne Brotsky Chi Omega President Lizzie Langer ing, we still socialize boys towards more tend to be poorer families, so it could Production Director agrees that female friends can fulfill the stoic behavior. Girls, on the other hand, be related to poverty instead of to sib- roles traditionally played by sisters, which are socialized toward more expression of ling size, [or] it could be related to the Andrew Petrone Executive Layout Editor Sarah Davis Layout Editors is why she joined a sorority. emotion,” Cassidy said. amount of attention,” Rothbaum said. Adam Gardner “Due to the belief system we share as An earlier study performed at Harvard “It might be great to have a sibling sup- Jason Huang members of Chi Omega, women with dif- Medical School in 2008 found that hap- port group, but if that sibling support Jennifer Iassogna ferent backgrounds and life experiences piness correlated not only with having group is really large, that diffuses how Alyssa Kutner Steven Smith can relate on new levels,” Langer said. sisters but also with having siblings in much parents and other adults are able Sarah Kester Assistant Layout Editor “I believe the term ‘sisters,’ used for the general. The study, which examines the to give the kids.” Zehava Robbins Executive Copy Editor members of Chi Omega and other sorori- contagious nature of happiness, found In Rothbaum’s experience, he has Alexandra Husted Copy Editors ties, is very appropriate.” that when a person is happy, his or her not found that people with siblings are Isabel Leon Langer explained that living together siblings living within a one-mile radius always happier than people in single- Vivien Lim in a house affords many sorority sisters are 14 percent more likely to be happy child families. Still, he said, there is some Linh Dang Assistant Copy Editors Andrew Paseltiner a relationship more similar to biological than siblings living farther away. The validity in recognizing the potential ben- Melissa Roberts sisterhood than some female friends study, which surveyed more than 5,000 efits in having a sibling with whom to Elisha Sum achieve. Still, she said, sorority sisters people over a period of 20 years, found share childhood. Darcy Mann Executive Online Editor who do not live in the house are con- a high correlation between happiness “The meta-analyses I’ve seen on only Audrey Kuan Online Editors ceptualized as sisters by the rest of the and the perceived happiness of nearby children do not show that they’re less Ann Sloan Emily Denton Assistant Online Editors group as well. friends and family. happy, so I’d be curious to look more William Wong “As I have experienced both living in At the same time, there is such a thing closely at [the University of Ulster and Ammar Khaku Executive Technical Manager and out of my sorority house, I can attest as having too many siblings, according to Harvard Medical School] studies,” Michael Vastola Technical Manager to the fact that not only does Chi Omega a study of nearly 40,000 British households Rothbaum said. “But, having said that, provide a welcoming and comfortable by the Institute for Social and Economic a sibling is a lifelong companion. We are BUSINESS home for sisters who live there, but it also Research at the University of Essex, which programmed to be in groups, to belong, Benjamin Hubbell-Engler serves the exact same purpose for the sis- found that an increase in the number of and if we have a sibling, there’s a natural Executive Business Director ters who do not,” Langer said. siblings within a child’s home correlated group to which we belong. I can see that Laura Moreno Advertising Director Cassidy believes that parents’ gender with a decrease in the child’s happiness. to be a source of support.” Dwijo Goswami Receivables Manager The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub- lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and distributed free to the Tufts community. Corrections P.O. 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The caption of the photo accompanying yesterday’s article “Guster drummer and Tufts alum Rosenworcel talks about his journey from Bush Hall to stardom” incorrectly identified the individual in the center as Brian Rosenworcel. In fact, the individual was Ryan Miller. Friday, November 19, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES 3 Alumnus’ website off ers students a resource for inding off -campus housing

LANDLORDS submissions from Cambridge, Mass., and continued from page 1 Boston residents, as well as a few from New ness, access to public transportation, avail- York and New Haven, Conn. ability of parking and area safety. As of yesterday, Wolchonok had received “I did research into what sort of informa- approximately 150 submissions, about one- tion people think is most important to know third of which came from the area sur- about a new apartment,” Wolchonok said. “I rounding Tufts. tried to pick metrics that don’t already exist “I am working on getting as many submis- on other sites.” sions as possible from the Tufts community at Students browsing the site can narrow the moment, though members of other com- searches by location, number of bedrooms munities have started contributing as well,” and rent. Wolchonok eventually hopes to add Wolchonok said. a feature that would make available landlords’ Wolchonok is also an alumnus of Tufts’ contact information. Theta Chi fraternity chapter. He said he is “I don’t have the functionality yet to reach receiving marketing support from current out to landlords and acquire their personal Theta Chi brothers. information,” he said. “But that would be a “I have talked to a lot of people who have great feature — it would work for everyone, already looked around for houses, and I rec- landlords and tenants.” ommended the site to them, and they have all Contributors to the website are currently been really enthusiastic about it,” Theta Chi anonymous, though Wolchonok hopes to add Public Relations Representative Krishna Soni, a function that would identify posters. a sophomore, said.

“I am interested in later versions to incor- Soni, along with junior Joel Greenberg, is LANE FLORSHEIM/TUFTS DAILY porate social aspects to the website so that spearheading Theta Chi’s marketing efforts for Students gather outside an off-campus apartment near Tufts. A new website launched by a students can see if they know or have friends RentMaps.com. He said that they are consid- Tufts alumnus provides students with reviews of local apartments and landlords. that know the people who previously lived in ering offering coupons for local restaurants to the apartment,” he said. “That might impact students who submit the best reviews with the of site,” senior Abi Benudis said. “The website “I think it’s an excellent idea because trying their perspectives of the place.” goal of attracting reviewers to the site. would have to find a good way to prompt peo- to wade through off-campus housing without Wolchonok reviews each submission per- Wolchonok said that he is largely relying ple to post, because I don’t think that many much guidance can be really hard,” she said. sonally to ensure a level of respectfulness on students to voluntarily submit reviews. He people would go do it of their own accord.” “It’s hard to find out important things, like if and objectivity. appealed to what he called students’ “good Senior Charles Skold said that the website the landlord is really a good landlord.” “I want to make sure that it doesn’t turn nature” and desire to help other students. might only attract contributions by students Sophomore Rachel Kornetsky agreed. She into a site that allows people to bash on their “I would love it to become something that who have particularly strong feelings about said that during her housing search, she had landlord,” he said. “The complaints should be people would want to do to contribute back to their apartments. to rely on friends who were seniors to learn fair and should be factual.” undergrads,” he said. “There are lots of people “It could be skewed towards either real- about available apartments. Wolchonok is also considering a fea- who feel taken advantage of or who want to ly good or bad experiences, but those are “It’s really hard for students to keep bother- ture that would allow landlords to defend pass on a great house.” still helpful,” Skold said. “Anything that gives ing their upperclassmen friends to get names themselves and refute claims made by Some students questioned the website’s us more control and info about off-campus and numbers of landlords and have to inter- students. ability to successfully solicit reviews. housing is good.” rogate them about the quality of their land- He is focusing his marketing on the Tufts “Similar to the Tufts professor reviews web- Sophomore Lynne Koester said the website’s lords,” Kornetsky said. “It would be much community for now, though the website site, the apartment review website sounds central idea appealed to her. She plans to live easier and more efficient to have somewhere allows users to post reviews of apartments very helpful in theory, but I always find myself off campus next year and said that she would central to go and learn about available houses regardless of their location. He has received as the reader and never the poster on that sort consider making use of RentMaps.com. and landlords from previous tenants.”

Admissions office expands international recruiting Students design ADMISSIONS on areas where the population is going to specific cultural aspect of their upbringing, continued from page 1 continue to grow, including Texas, California sophomore Alissa Resnick believes. Though individualized community offers a different experience and Florida. it may look as though the admissions office to the student population and helps pro- Sophomore Ben Van Meter, however, feels is focusing on geographic diversity alone, mote diversity.” that Tufts’ emphasis on diversity should be location often correlates with many other courses of study Considering the percentage of Tufts stu- centered on socioeconomic factors rather factors of diversity, she said. dents from Massachusetts — by far the than geographic ones. In addition, she said, different regions of INTERDISCIPLINARY state with the highest representation — the “The problem is, you’re still picking from the country have different traditions and continued from page 2 admissions office feels the need to place the upper segments of society, even if you’re cultures, which are important, as American interdisciplinary studies comes with some greater emphasis on drawing students from getting geographic diversity, rather than citizens, to learn about. obstacles, according to Aiken. underrepresented states and regions of the socioeconomic,” he said. “I think of that as “Just as a diversity through race, socio- “It can be isolating and confusing not to country, Ardizzoni explained. more harmful than just having people from economic class and religion is important, have a specific departmental affiliation,” Much of the time, the admissions office’s the United States.” geographic diversity exposes you to com- she said. “In addition to passion for the task is a matter of getting the university’s Van Meter believes creating a diverse stu- pletely different people who have had very topic, this major requires the ability to work name out in areas where it might not be very dent body by fostering geographic diversity different experiences than you,” she said. independently, a strong capacity for self- well known, she said. alone is somewhat misguided. “I had no real concept of the South until I discipline in unstructured situations and a “I’d say in some parts of the South and “If you think about why you want diver- met a girl from Alabama who became one great deal of initiative.” in some parts of the Midwest — places sity for a different educational environ- of my best friends. I like having friends Marks agreed, saying that when she was like Chicago — we’re very well-represented, ment, people from different social strata will from Florida, Nebraska, New Hampshire deciding whether to pursue an interdisci- and Florida, but some of the smaller states, express much different views,” he said. and even Beijing. Their experiences growing plinary studies major, she took into account we’d like to have more of a presence there,” Often, though, geographic location does up were different in so many ways, and I the likelihood that she would have no one Ardizzoni said. roughly dictate the socioeconomic back- feel like we have a lot that we can learn from with whom to discuss her curriculum, She added that the office is keeping its eye ground people come from, as well as a each other.” unlike students pursuing majors in more conventional departments. “It’s difficult sometimes for people to take you seriously … and it’s hard to relate to others because you’re the only one on College graduates nationwide face increasing student debt your specific path and therefore don’t have DEBT those friends to fall on if you’re struggling,” continued from page 1 Marks said. sonable amounts,” Reilly said. “It also says But Marks explained that attending Tufts, when they leave here they’re doing okay. even though it does not offer a major in her They’re getting jobs; they’re repaying their field of interest, is as important to her as her student loans.” course of study. Students who are in graduate school, she “Could I transfer to a communications said, have loans in deferment. school? Sure, but I think being at Tufts has “The percent of students who can’t repay given me the unique experience of being their loans is really, really low, and we’re really one in 1,000 instead of just another face,” proud of that,” she said. DAILY FILE PHOTO she said. “I also think that I will graduate a Although recent Tufts graduates are doing Despite Tufts’ record levels of student loan debt, recent Tufts graduates are better off than more rounded person than if I had gone to a better than the national trend in terms of average students nationally. specialty program, and I think that will only student loan debt, they are also seeing the help me.” effects of the economic recession on unem- research by the National Association of for graduate school. After graduation, Marks hopes to develop ployment, according to Tim Brooks, execu- Colleges and Employers, according to Jean “It’s not fun to think about all of the loans and market major motion pictures or televi- tive director of alumni relations. The nation- Papalia, director of Career Services. The asso- I had to take,” Porter said. “A lot of my friends sion programs for children and teenagers. al unemployment rate for recent graduates ciation predicted in a report this month that initially worked and then decided to go to Her passion for the career path she is pur- stands at a record-breaking 8.7 percent, it expects college hiring activity to increase graduate school.” suing is ultimately what will allow her to according to the report. for the Class of 2011 over last year. Porter added, however, that none of her buckle down and complete the major she “With the economy being so bad and The Tufts University Alumni Association’s friends had a problem obtaining a job after took on, she said. jobs being hard to come by, many students career services, according to Brooks, pro- graduating from Tufts. “I arrived at this through multiple intern- have turned to graduate school to obtain a vide a valuable resource for recent graduates Adam Kornetsky (LA ’10), who is now ships, class experiences and my gut just telling master’s degree,” Brooks said. “But in some looking for employment. working as a health care consultant, echoed me that this is what I would be totally thrilled respects, that helps to build up the debt “When the economy took a nose dive Porter. He said he and his friends had not felt to be doing for the rest of my life,” she said. even higher.” in 2008, the requests to our career services the effects of the recession to a great degree. “You really have to want it for it to become a The job environment is now very limited, office quadrupled,” he said. “For a lot of my friends, it took a little bit reality. Certainly, people at Tufts are more than he said. Recent Tufts graduates had mixed more time, but all of my friends did ulti- willing to help, but it’s up to you to figure out “I hardly meet anyone that doesn’t per- opinions about rising student debt and mately get jobs,” he added. “For some of what you want from your education because sonally have a friend or family member unemployment. Sarah Porter (LA ’06), them, it took a bit more time, so the most you are designing everything from what is dealing with the impact of the recession,” now a student at Tufts’ Boston School of important thing is to be patient and to ulti- required of you to graduate, who is going to Brooks said. Occupational Therapy, worked as a pre- mately be willing to apply to as many jobs help you get there and how you are going to A bright spot comes in the form of recent school teacher before returning to the Hill as you can.” go about doing it.” 4 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Friday, November 19, 2010

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ALBUM REVIEW Cee Lo Green thinks that you should know his name BY ASHLEY WOOD he needed to gain long-awaited Senior Staff Writer fame and notoriety. Although the rest of the Everyone knows Gnarls album does not quite live up Barkley, and if they don’t, to the wildly popular status of they’ve at least heard a version “F**k You,” fans of the single can expect to hear Motown- The Lady Killer worthy R&B with an added contemporary twist, carried Cee Lo Green by Cee Lo’s unique voice and larger-than-life personality. Anyone recalling 2006’s “Crazy” Elektra and Roadrunner can attest to the fact that the artist’s voice is not nearly as of the musical collaborators’ smooth as the typical Boyz II hit song “Crazy.” And yet, until Men singer, but Cee Lo plays the song “F**k You” went viral this to his advantage, and it is on YouTube this past August, exactly what makes his sound no one seemed to know Cee Lo so pleasing to the ear. Green. Now, don’t be confused by The voice behind Gnarls the album’s title. “The Lady Barkley and two solo albums, Killer” is by no means a simple Cee Lo admitted in a pre-“The retelling of a rapper-turned- Lady Killer” release interview soul-singer’s sexual conquests. that he has spent his music Although songs like “Cry Baby” career feeling like an underdog. and “Bodies” suggest a certain Although his last solo album, “player” status, Cee Lo’s slow- “Cee Lo Green… Is the Soul jam cover of Band of Horses’ Machine” (2000) was met with 2008 song “No One’s Gonna critical acclaim, it did not gar- Love You” is a sincere and emo- ner the superstar success that tional tribute to love. And if the artist was looking for. This anything, the hit single “F**k series of mediocre responses You” demonstrates that the art- led to a strategy shift, making ist at least knows what it means his third solo album what Cee to get dumped. Lo refers to as a compromise, Despite the variety of atti- and what others might call a tudes toward love displayed in sell-out. the lyrics, “The Lady Killer” is However, when the early a mostly upbeat and feel-good release of the first single off album. Even with aggressive “The Lady Killer,” “F**k You,” hit lyrics like, “F--- you and f--- her the Internet, no one seemed to too,” one still gets the feeling be complaining. Playful, shock- that Cee Lo is enjoying him- ing and dangerously catchy, the MCT single gave Cee Lo the last push see CEE LO, page 6 Cee Lo Green’s newest album, ‘The Lady Killer,’ mixes traditional motown with the artist’s unique style.

MOVIE REVIEW GALLERY REVIEW Boston-based artist explores the city and its dynamic forms BY SHOSHANNA KAHNE inlays. Pieces jut out of the wall and in Contributing Writer onto themselves. Because the primary material of construc- Landscape is a staple of nature, an tion used is plywood, there is something omnipresent aesthetic. Place is something hardy and imposing about this presenta- we rarely consider in the moment, but it is tion. Sawed, gauged, shellacked and sanded, the planes of textured wood intersect and Matt Hosey: 3-Dimensional diverge in compelling ways. The question of Urban Paintings which is the front of the painting and which is the back is not an easy one to answer. In At the Grove Hall Branch, fact, answers are precisely what Hosey is not Boston Public Library offering the viewer. Hosey is offering his way through December 11 of moving through the city. The landscape addressed here is not that 41 Geneva Ave. of domineering skyscrapers and multitudi- Dorchester, Mass. nous office buildings. It’s the landscape of 617-536-5400 walking around, of riding the T every day MCT to work or of growing up in a topography at the New York premiere of ‘The Next Three Days.’ all around us. Matt Hosey’s works are snip- shaped by bulldozers and wrecking balls. pets of a feeling, of an interaction with the urban landscape. see GALLERY, page 6 ‘The Next Three Days’ features Hosey’s nine works hang on the white walls of the newly built Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library. The library, strong cast but weak plot a vision of cleanliness and order, sits on a street lined with parking lots and well-worn BY ROBERT GOTTLIEB Crowe, higher stakes and a bigger budget. buildings. All around it, life rattles on, but Contributing Writer All this is despite the fact that the film inside, all is calm and still. boasts star power aplenty — Haggis is The most striking piece upon entering ’ latest effort, “The Next the writer of Oscar-winning films “Crash” the gallery is a triplet of giant splinter- Three Days,” packs a weak punch despite (2005) and “” (2004), shaped forms, varnished with a thick gloss, the presence of a strong cast. and Crowe is joined in the cast by Elizabeth hanging over the elevator entryway. It was Banks and . not until I saw the rest of the show — with The Next Three Days In this latest project, Haggis steps almost all of the other pieces at eye level — away from the heart-wrenching stories that this struck me as significant: the three that drive his other work and instead forms are a skyline, or at least convey the picks up where his last screenplay for sense of a skyline. Starring Russell Crowe, “” (2008) left off: the The bulk of the show is located Elizabeth Banks, everyman thriller. Lara (Banks) and John on the second floor, weaving around Directed by Paul Haggis Brennan (Crowe) seem to lead normal, bookshelves, computers and desks. happy lives with their son (Ty Simpkins), Throughout all of Hosey’s works are The film is a remake of the French until Lara is suddenly convicted for the sculptural forms that question the for- thriller “Pour Elle” (2008) but seems all too murder of her boss. mat of conventional paintings, explod- COURTESY MATT HOSEY familiar and is essentially a weak rehash of ing them into the three-dimensional. Matt Hosey’s work defies the limits of a Fox’s “Prison Break” (2005-09) with Russell see THREE DAYS, page 6 There are angular cutouts, jetties and conventional 2-D canvas painting. 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS & LIVING Friday, November 19, 2010

ROTTENTOMATOES.COM Elizabeth Banks and Russell Crowe star in Paul Haggis’ new thriller, ‘The Next Three Days,’ a weaker follow-up of to the director’s earlier work. Crowe’s newest eff ort in ‘The Next Three Days’ fails to live up to his pedigree

THREE DAYS mistakes trying to forge documents, we Banks seems to have sought a break from ing to stylized, computer-generated shots, continued from page 5 watch him fail and narrowly escape being her successful comedic ventures through explosions and overt product placement Despite the incredible amount of hard caught or killed. this film. Despite their talents, both of usually reserved for ho-hum thrillers star- evidence against her — fingerprints, Crowe works hard for our sympathy, their performances fail to get anywhere ring Denzel Washington — John’s Toyota blood stains — Lara’s husband insists on but his overall performance is disap- beyond acceptable. Prius even becomes a major clue that the her innocence and decides to break her pointing and uninspired. More Bruce Haggis’ screenplay does not give the otherwise incompetent police force uses out of prison. Willis than Harrison Ford, Crowe’s pro- actors much leeway — the most frustrat- to find him. A middle-class community college pro- fessor-turned-action hero character ing aspect of “The Next Three Days” is its Looking at the structure of the film, it fessor, John devises his plan meticulously delivers some very cheesy lines. implausibility. In a film that is predicated appears that Haggis decided to take the and turns to Damon (Liam Neeson), a “The Next Three Days” makes you upon the appeal of its resourceful, “ordi- cutesy route, cementing the ridiculous- former inmate who managed to escape, wonder — or perhaps, moan — “What nary man” narrative, the characters are ness of his concept and reducing further for ideas. Meanwhile, John confides in ever happened to Russell Crowe circa not as clever as their typical archetypal the slim chance of eliciting in his audi- Nicole (Olivia Wilde), and Lara attempts 2001?” It has been almost a decade since predecessors. One is left asking: John is ence more than a mild interest in his suicide, which makes John’s efforts even Crowe had a gem like “A Beautiful Mind” so “current” that he uses an iPhone and protagonists’ futures. more urgent. (2001) or “The Insider” (1999) in which YouTube to figure out how to make his Aside from the last half hour, which Despite a dramatic premise, the most he could really shine. breakout toolbox, yet he leaves a paper admittedly is intense if one ignores all effective moments of the film are the Neeson and Banks, too, are clearly bet- trail. Why does John open up to Nicole if it rationality, the film simply cannot make subtle ones — when John tests out vari- ter than this movie. Neeson, like Crowe, could jeopardize his whole operation? up for its first three-quarters that drag on ous homemade tools or makes innocent has recently been stuck in a slump, and Regardless, Haggis sells out by resort- for far too long.

Hosey engages with urban landscape, Cee Lo Green’s album does not reproduces sense of city spaces measure up to breakout single GALLERY CEE LO of its extremely forgettable continued from page 5 continued from page 5 nature. Luckily, darker, slower The processes of demolition self with every word. And that songs like “Bodies” and “No and renovation specifically inspire enjoyment is contagious. One’s Gonna Love You” save Hosey. To accomplish this aesthet- Cee Lo tries his best to leave the album from feeling entire- ically, he uses only materials found no fan behind. For listeners ly one-dimensional and add in hardware stores. All of his tools desiring a more traditional badly needed depth to Cee Lo’s are the technical tools of builders, sound, the song “Old Fashioned” happy-go-lucky repertoire. architects and handymen. is exactly what the title suggests Overall, “The Lady Killer” is The mechanical precision — an old-fashioned R&B throw- a must-hear album for Gnarls of the angles contrasts with back worthy of a group like Barkley fans who wish to get the delicate attention to finish. The Temptations. On the other better acquainted with the Glosses and stains break up the hand, fans of Cee Lo’s Gnarls voice behind the 2006 Danger dominating presence of wood. Barkley days can turn to “Bright Mouse-produced album “St. Finished edges and buffed sur- Lights Bigger City,” a synth- Elsewhere.” For those who faces give the tread-marked and COURTESY MATT HOSEY filled dance song about going spent their childhoods belt- scarred wood façades a feel of Matt Hosey’s ‘Datum’ is an example of his exploration of urban landscapes. out on Saturday nights and hav- ing out oldies like “I Can’t Help intention and care. ing a good time. And finally, Myself” and “Shotgun,” Cee This focus on tools contrasts it’s about recreating the feeling. Another work leans against the for fans of his previous solo Lo delivers an enjoyable con- with but also draws inspiration Hosey started out creating lit- wall and, when viewed from the work, the artist has released an temporary version of Motown from Hosey’s undergraduate tle wooden squares inspired by front, looks simply like a single entirely separate free mix tape classics. However, true fans of experience. Hosey told the Daily the shapes he saw in his daily life, red panel. It is only as you move named “Stray Bullets,” consist- the R&B singer’s music won’t be that he studied photography as and from there, these new, far around it to step back into the ele- ing of songs that didn’t make it able to avoid noticing Cee Lo’s an undergraduate, but going into more dynamic pieces evolved. vator that you notice the second on the “The Lady Killer” album sacrifice of creative freedom in graduate school, he wanted to do Generating emotion from tex- and third panels, hidden from the because of their more limited exchange for attention. something more hands-on. ture is a nuanced problem. In front. Taken together, these pan- marketability. In “Bright Lights Bigger Hosey doesn’t take pictures of one piece, thickly caked paint els form a cave, like an alley. Although it may seem like City,” Cee Lo admits his desire his inspiration anymore. He just is sandwiched between two The art only becomes more rel- Cee Lo has a song for every- for notoriety when he sings, sees something — electrical wir- boards, which are then pulled evant as you move through the one, the nearly constant cool, “Sometimes you wanna go ing, roof lines, filled-in holes in the apart and anchored togeth- city and head back to Tufts. Shapes upbeat sound of “The Lady where everyone knows your sidewalk and street — and he car- er in an open “V” shape. The and intersections you wouldn’t Killer” comes dangerously name.” After a single like “F**k ries that feeling back to the studio paint pulled and stretched as normally notice seem glaring and close to being monotonous. For You,” Cee Lo’s going to have a with him. It’s not about recreating the boards separated, leaving obvious. It is truly a more active example, the song “Wildflower” hard time finding a place where the shape that so fascinates him; behind fields of little craters. way to experience Boston. is memorable only because people don’t. Friday, November 19, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 7

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Equestrian squad scores an impressive 44 points at last weekend’s BU show EQUESTRIAN continued from page 8 its last competition at Stonehill tomorrow. Though the season does take a small inter- mission before the spring semester starts up, the Jumbos have been invited to the Tournament of Champions to be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian in North Carolina the first weekend in December. The tour- nament is held twice a year and is one of the most prestigious tournaments offered to equestrian teams across the country. At St. Andrews, the Jumbos will likely compete against the likes of Michigan, Penn State and other schools with varsity teams. “We are very excited to be invited back,” Christiansen said. “It’s really exciting because we are usually the only club team that gets invited, and this year they are accepting even fewer teams than usual.” The team hopes to finish atop its region in March so that it can advance the entire team to zones, where it can compete against COURTESY DEMI MARKS teams outside of the region and test its The Tufts Equestrian Team is having one of its best seasons ever, evidenced by its current first-place standing atop the Zone 1 Region. strength against a variety of competitors. Men’s squash squad, ranked 20th, hopes to maintain its national prestige MEN’S SQUASH In regular season squash senior Ben Rind, junior Henry “Alex really grew last year in standing strategy for each point continued from page 8 matches, Tufts ranks its top nine Miller and freshman Michael maturity,” Eng said. “He defeated and game.” other schools ranked closely to players to go up against the top Abboud, according to Eng. a couple of Harvard and Cornell Mutzel has already seen the them, a task that won’t come nine from an opposing school. Senior Andrew Kim is current- players at Individuals. He’s devel- value of Gross’ leadership skills very easily. Each time an individual player ly fifth on the ladder, followed by oped a big man’s game with cut- in practice. “We will never be able to beat wins, he earns a point for his two more freshmen, Jeremy Ho ting off, volleying and aggressively “He’s a great captain who is teams like Harvard and Yale team. After all the individual and Tesfa Hailu. Mutzel, junior controlling the T. He controls the willing to help everyone on the ranked in the top 10,” junior matches are over, the school Will Salisbury and freshman Ben ball with more fade and feel.” team get better,” Mutzel said. Chris Mutzel said. “We will com- with the most points wins the Briggs are all being considered The Jumbos will be relying Although the Jumbos will be pete most closely against teams overall match. for the eighth and ninth spots in on Gross’ services even more less experienced than in years ranked between 14th and 25th in With this format, the ninth- Tufts’ starting lineup. this season. As captain, he has past, Gross believes that with the rankings.” ranked player on Tufts’ ladder Although the Jumbos’ lineup already imparted his squash steady improvement over time, In addition to 14th-ranked is just as important to the team is full of new faces, one thing knowledge to the team’s many the team can still have a very Brown, the Jumbos face seven as the top player. Thus, it will that hasn’t changed is Gross young players. strong season. teams ranked between 14th be up to the young players, as the team’s top gun. Playing “I want to get our young play- “Losing five starters is tough and 25th — including Stanford, including four freshmen who at the number one spot as a ers and those new to the top and will require us to approach Amherst, Hamilton, St. Lawrence, are in contention to start right junior, Gross was voted to the nine comfortable on court in a this season slightly differently George Washington, Colby and away, to provide depth and fill All-NESCAC First Team for the competitive match,” Gross said. than my three previous years,” Bowdoin — in the regular season. the void left behind by the five second consecutive season “I’ve learned that being confi- Gross said. “We have a lot of new For the Jumbos to stay in the C graduating starters. and qualified for the College dent and comfortable on court players but so do other teams. I Division at the end of the season, The Tufts lineup, although it Squash Association Individual can make a world of difference. think if we set appropriate goals, they will have to win many of will likely change throughout Championships, where he fin- This confidence can come from for the team and individuals, this these matches against equal, if the season, currently has Gross ished among the top 100 players knowing what one’s strengths season can be a success. We will not better, competition. at number one, followed by in the entire country. and weaknesses are and under- see how it all plays out.”

Koo, Barba and new coach Velez SCHEDULE | Nov. 19 - Nov. 23 FRI SAT SUN MON TUES to lead fresh faces into battle Men’s vs. Skidmore at Regis Basketball 7 p.m. 7 p.m. WOMEN’S SQUASH shot in squash, and if you don’t have that continued from page 8 down, you’re at a disadvantage already,” “They show a lot of potential,” Koo Koo said. Women’s vs. Lasell vs. TBA said of the newcomers. “Hafsa played in “We’ve been doing a lot more fitness Basketball at Eastern Conn. at Eastern Conn. high school, so she definitely has experi- this year,” Barba said. “We’ve been doing 7:30 p.m. TBA ence, and Risa and Caitlin are very athletic a lot more weights, pushups and strength at Middlebury at Williams vs. Curry and show good squash instincts. They’re and conditioning, which we really didn’t Ice Hockey improving very quickly, and I think they’ll emphasize in past years, and it’s definitely 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 7:35 p.m. do well this season.” going to help us in our matches.” The Jumbos are just as optimistic about Koo noted that creating strong team Men’s vs. Bates at Conn. College their new head coach as they are about bonds and maintaining a positive attitude Swimming and 6 p.m. w/ Middlebury their new players. Velez, who was an assis- will be crucial to success. Diving 3 p.m. tant coach last year under previous head “Our team spirit is very good right now, Women’s at Conn. coach Doug Eng, has ranked as high as and I think everyone’s hitting very well vs. Bates College No. 84 in the world and has coached in because everyone likes the team a lot this Swimming and 6 p.m. w/ Middlebury Ecuador and the United States. Velez will year and we have a coach that we feel much Diving 3 p.m. work exclusively with the women’s team closer to,” Koo said. “Everything combined, while Eng remains as head coach of the we’re very positive about the season, and I Men’s Indoor men’s team. think that will make us play harder.” Track and Field “She’s very enthusiastic about the team, This weekend’s Boston Round Robin and we all have been getting along with her will be the first big test for the team Women’s really well,” junior co-captain Mercedes as the Jumbos will play six matches Indoor Track Barba said. “Our drills have been very effec- in total, three of which will be against and Field tive, and I think everyone’s really excited for NESCAC foes, including Bates, Conn. how the rest of the season is going to turn College and Williams. Men’s vs. Brown Boston Round Boston Round out with her.” “My goals for the team are to definitely Squash at Harvard Robin Robin 6:30 p.m. Noon 1:30 p.m. In the offseason, the team practiced qualify for the C Division, and my biggest twice a week with an emphasis on honing goal is to win the D Division,” Barba said. vs. Brown Boston Round Boston Round fundamental skills as well as conditioning. “After this weekend, I think we’ll be able to Women’s at Harvard Robin Robin “We have been doing a lot of rails and tell a bit better what our odds are of achiev- Squash 6:30 p.m. Noon 1:30 p.m. deep shots because that’s the most basic ing that goal.” 8 INSIDE SSportsports Schedule 7 tuftsdaily.com

MEN’S SQUASH Inexperienced squad hopes to continue winning ways Men’s squash team graduated most of last year’s squad but hopes to be nationally competitive BY MATT BERGER starters, it is tough to maintain your rank- Daily Staff Writer ing, especially because those guys all played highly on the ladder,” senior cap- In very few sports do Tufts teams com- tain Alex Gross said. “That being said, pete with and beat Div. I schools on a reg- our returning players and freshmen have ular basis. The men’s squash team, how- been working very hard on and off the ever, is one of those teams, maintaining court. I have been very impressed with a ranking in the top 25 nationally for the the improvements each player has made past 10 seasons alongside D-I powers such with his game.” as Stanford, Brown and Northwestern. Even with its inexperience, this young The Jumbos enter the 2010 season squad, which opens its season today ranked 20th in the nation by the College against Brown at nearby Harvard, is enter- Squash Association, the sport’s governing ing the season with high expectations. body for intercollegiate play in the United “We have discussed our goals for the States. The team hopes to maintain its season and have decided that staying in national prestige despite a lack of experi- the C Division going into nationals would ence in its lineup. be a success,” Gross said, referring to a “We lost two-thirds of our starters from ranking between 17th and 24th. last season,” coach Doug Eng said. “This For the Jumbos to achieve these goals, year, we are very young. There’s good tal- they will have to win matches against JAMES CHOCA/TUFTS DAILY ent, but it may take a while to develop.” Captain Alex Gross is one of three seniors who will be tasked with providing leadership to a Jumbos “Anytime you lose more than half your see MEN’S SQUASH, page 7 team that lost the majority of its starters from last season.

WOMEN’S SQUASH Women’s squash team begins season with big aspirations With new coach and an experienced lineup, expectations run high for this year’s squad BY AARON LEIBOWITZ ings to qualify for the Walker Cup had to scramble to find additional Daily Staff Writer (C Division) bracket at the CSA players before the season began. National Championship. “We did get lucky in the sense The women’s squash team Still, the Jumbos finished the that we managed to get enough kicks off its season today against season strong, winning four of players and that they were pretty Brown, hoping to be able to their last six matches and reaching good,” Koo said. “They could play improve upon last year’s national the Epps Cup (D Division) finals, in the starting lineup, and they No. 26 ranking and 6-14 record. in which they lost to Columbia. also had high school experience. Under the guidance of new head Now, Tufts begins the season So in that sense, I think we did coach Belkys Velez, such a goal ranked No. 23 in the country, in way better than anyone could seems highly attainable. part because it has a more experi- have expected.” Tufts, a Division D team — enced group and is returning its top The Jumbos this year have four among schools ranked between five players. One of these players is new players: sophomores Hafsa 25th and 32nd — struggled last senior co-captain Valerie Koo, who Chaudry, Chelsea Dickson, Caitlin year against NESCAC opponents. in March was named to the NESCAC Doherty and Risa Meyers. Chaudry, The Jumbos also lost matches to All-Conference Second Team Meyers and Doherty will start in Division C schools Saint Lawrence and played in the CSA Individual the 7-9 spots in the lineup, and and William Smith by narrow 5-4 Championships at Trinity. Dickson may also see playing time ALEX DENNETT/TUFTS DAILY margins, spoiling their chances In October 2009, the Jumbos did when she recovers from injury. The Jumbos struggled against NESCAC foes last season, but will have a of finishing 19th or better in the not even have the nine players nec- chance at redemption in this weekend’s Boston Round Robin. College Squash Association rank- essary to fill out their roster and see WOMEN’S SQUASH, page 7

EQUESTRIAN FOOTBALL Equestrian team prances to the top of its region BY EMILY BEINECKE In Walk-Trot-Canter, junior rider Megan Contributing Writer O’Toole is a standout in her division. In just her first season of competitive riding, The Tufts Equestrian Team current- O’Toole has already won two classes and ly leads the competitive Zone 1 Region placed second in another two, according 4, where the No. 1 spot has historically to Christiansen. JOSH BERLINGER/TUFTS DAILY belonged to Stonehill College. The Jumbos “Megan has been extremely benefi- Junior defensive back Sam Diss (27) was named to the All-NESCAC First Team. earned a new sense of pride after compet- cial to the team,” Christiansen said. ing at BU over the weekend and vaulting “She won two classes, which is very Three Jumbos named to All-NESCAC teams themselves into first place. impressive for someone’s first season BU played host to its second point-rid- showing, especially because her divi- Despite finishing at the bottom of the Bailey also finished fifth in the conference er show of the season. In intercollegiate sion is really competitive.” conference with a 1-7 record, three members with 1,017 all-purpose yards. His seven total point-rider shows, there are five divisions At this past weekend’s event, the eques- of the football team were named to the touchdowns also ranked him sixth in the in which riders compete: Walk-Trot, Walk- trian squad sent out these and other NESCAC’s All-Conference teams yesterday. NESCAC, and his three scores against Colby Trot-Canter, Novice, Intermediate and top riders at each division and picked Leading the way was sophomore Sam on Nov. 6 helped keep the Jumbos neck-and- Open. Each team is allowed to bring one up a team win. The second place team, Diss, the only first-team honoree for Tufts. In neck with the Mules. rider per division, and the Tufts squad Brandeis, finished with just 38 points while a secondary that ranked among the best in Linebacker Ferras Albitar was Tufts’ final finished with 44 points — one of the high- BU and Stonehill, two of the region’s pow- the league during the season’s first half, Diss honoree, selected to the All-NESCAC Second est point totals it has seen in several years, erhouses, finished in fourth and fifth place, tallied a team-high three interceptions and Team. The junior, who missed two games according to senior co-captain and point respectively, according to Christiansen. two fumble recoveries. Diss was also one of with injuries, led the conference with 10.2 steward Katie Christiansen. This finish is particularly significant for the defense’s primary playmakers, recording tackles per game. In his six appearances, Sophomore David Eder, who first began the Jumbos because they felt they did not a 35-yard fumble return for a touchdown Albitar totaled four tackles for a loss, one riding as a freshman, has been one of the meet their full potential during the first against Williams on Parents Weekend and a sack and two pass breakups. Albitar’s best more notable contributors to the Jumbos’ competition at BU just three weeks prior. 74-yard pick-six in the Jumbos’ only win of statistical showing came on Homecoming in success. In addition to starting fresh with “I think the reason we did so well is that the season, against Hamilton. the Jumbos’ loss to Bates, when he had 17 a new sport, Eder is also in the minority we have a really supportive team,” junior Senior tri-captain Pat Bailey was Tufts’ tackles against the Bobcats. as one of only two males on a 22-person co-captain Kerry Sachs said. “More often lone returnee to the All-NESCAC team and Williams senior quarterback Pat Moffitt team. After a year of practice, however, than not, riding is an individual sport, placed on the conference’s second team at and Trinity junior Walter Fallas were named Eder now shows in the Walk-Trot division but our team is so supportive, especially both running back and return specialist for the NESCAC Offensive and Defensive Players for the team. in comparison to the rest of the region, the second straight season. In the Jumbos’ of the Year, respectively. Ephs coach Aaron “David is such a superstar,” Christiansen and that made a big difference.” new no-huddle, spread offense, Bailey, Kelton, who led Williams to an 8-0 season said. “He’s been a great addition to the Following a commanding victory at frequently coming out of the backfield, in his first year in Williamstown, Mass., was team. He’s such a consistent point-win- a difficult venue, Tufts looks forward to was senior tri-captain quarterback Anthony named the Coach of the Year. ner, he’s got a great attitude, and it’s really bringing the fall season to a close with Fucillo’s top target. nice to have a guy contributing to the Tops in the NESCAC with 56 receptions, —by Alex Prewitt team as well.” see EQUESTRIAN, page 7