Today: Partly Cloudy High 32 Low 23 THE TUFTS Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Partly Cloudy High 33 Low 25 Since 1980 VOLUME LI, NUMBER 10 DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006 Males still dominate computer-science ranks BY KRISTEN SAWICKI Daily Editorial Board ate program shows a stronger female presence. Nine students — 31 percent — of Tufts’ 29 mas- Nestled between sports ter’s students are women. In the coaches’ offices on the second Ph.D. program, 16 (or 44 per- floor of Halligan Hall, Associate cent) of the 44 candidates are Computer Science Professor female. Anslem Blumer’s office is seclud- Lenore Cowen, also an ed from many students-espe- Associate Professor in the cially female ones. University’s computer science “Women aren’t necessarily val- department, attributed the ued as part of the club,” Blumer stronger numbers of women in said in reference to the small the department’s graduate pro- proportion of women pursuing gram to the program’s strong a computer science bachelor’s reputation. degree at the University. “I think that graduate students Tufts’ undergraduate comput- all over are learning that Tufts er science program is strongly has a good...warm and friendly dominated by male students. Of department,” she said. the 63 declared computer sci- Low numbers of female ence majors at the University, 10 students are typical in — just under 16 percent — are computer science depart- women. ISABELLE MILLS-TANNENBAUM/TUFTS DAILY The computer science gradu- see WOMEN, page 2 When it comes to Tufts’ undergraduate computer science program, female students are in the minority.

Academic Resource Center founder dies Task force to evaluate pedestrian safety Nadia Medina, founder of the infuse public speaking opportuni- BY ALIYAH SHAHID Academic Resource Center (ARC) ties into my syllabus and she helped Daily Staff Writer and the Writing, Thinking, and connect me to other faculty who Speaking Center, passed away yes- were doing the same.” An increased number of traffic- terday morning at her home. She Carmen Lowe took over for related accidents — including the had been on medical leave from Medina as director of the Academic death of Tufts student Boryana the University since December of Resource Center when Medina Damyanova in November — has 2004. went on leave. Lowe could not prompted action on pedes- Medina created the Writing be reached for comment by press trian and bicyclist safety in the Fellows Program in fall 1999, lec- time. Somerville/Medford area. tured in the English Department According to an e-mail sent Damyanova, 22, was struck and taught the first “Introduction out by Lowe this morning to mem- by two cars and killed on Nov. to Women’s Studies” ExCollege bers of the Academic Resource 22 near Powderhouse Square. course before working as the Center community, plans are under On Dec. 29, Medford Resident director of the Academic Resource way for the creation of a Nadia Barbara O’Mahoney, 52, was Center. Medina Memorial Fund to recog- struck in West Medford. She faces “She was a very innovative, nize outstanding contributions by a long rehabilitation from massive dynamic, creative individual and Tufts peer tutors and writing fel- head trauma. her contribution to the ARC, to the lows. These are just two exam- Writing Fellows Program, to the The University is planning a ples of pedestrian accidents teaching of teachers on campus is memorial service for Medina next that have occurred in the area profound,” said James Glaser, Dean week, and the Tufts community JO DUARA/TUFTS DAILY since November, and the city of A proposed task force will evaluate pedestrian safety at local intersections. of Undergraduate Education. will be informed when plans are Somerville has announced the Glaser said that during his time finalized. Glaser hopes Tufts’ Rabbi creation of a task force to evaluate task force, said that Somerville bicycle accidents. as a professor of political science, Jeffrey Summit will lead the ser- pedestrian safety. is particularly dangerous because The task force plans to measure Medina educated him and offered vice. The task force will include it “is an area where there are motor vehicles’ speeds at cross- him new perspectives on education “Nadia was a very loved per- 16 community leaders, includ- plenty of people walking, but [not walks and find out how many and curricula. son on this campus. Many people ing Tufts Community Relations enough] that motorists are con- pedestrians cross certain streets “I myself learned from Nadia,” will want to come and pay tribute Director Barbara Rubel and stantly [on the alert] for pedestri- at certain times. The task force he said. “She ran a program for to her,” Glaser said. “I feel that Peter Nowak of the University’s ans.” will also gauge lighting and paint teaching oral communications... this is a personal loss and a loss for Safety and Risk Management According to Winslow, the conditions of the crosswalks and She reshaped the way I thought Tufts.” Department. group is using data from past make any necessary improve- about my class, she helped me — Bruce Hamilton Stephen Winslow, project man- records to identify locations that ager for the City of Somerville’s are at high risk for pedestrian and see SAFETY, page 2 INSIDE Open wide: Tufts’ dental students seek patients for final exams Bonnaroo? Bonna-yes! B Y JENNA NISSAN The screening examination holds one screening per year. examination) and a full set of see ARTS, page 5 Daily Staff Writer included seven x-rays and an “On occasion, we have held x-rays at the clinic,” Gonthier assessment of each patient’s [screenings] on Saturday for the wrote — a free process for Tufts Dental students need to drill. overall oral health. general public. Most candidates students. Seniors at the Tufts University “The patients are screened who participate are not accept- “Patients come to our school School of Dental Medicine are for sub-gingival calculus detect- able patients for the NERB because of the excellent quality seeking patients to serve as sub- ed with an 11/12 explorer and exam,” Markell said. of care they receive here,” Markell jects for their licensure exami- for a Class II restoration need,” Both Boston University and said. All the students perform- nation. The exam, given by Janet Markell, an Administrative Harvard Dental School also hold ing the work have received two the North East Regional Board Assistant in the Dental Clinical free screenings. years of didactic education, and (NERB), will take place the week Affairs department, said. Individuals who meet the cri- one or two years in the clinical of Feb. 13. This screening was only avail- teria will sit the half-day licens- environment, she said. The work A screening test was held on able to Tufts students. ing exam on either Feb. 16 or is performed under the direction INDEX Jan. 25 to search for patients “Over 126 prospective candi- Feb. 17. In return for their time, of faculty. News | Features 1 who met the examination dates signed up and 155 D’06 the patients will qualify for free According to Markell, students Weekender 5 requirement: “very small cavi- students signed up to partici- tooth bleaching at the School sitting the licensing examina- Editorial | Letters 10 ties on specific teeth,” according pate in the screening,” Markell of Dental Medicine’s predoctoral tion complete a written portion, Viewpoints 11 to a Jan. 17 e-mail from Mark said. clinic, Gonthier wrote in his e- an exam on a manikin head, a National 13 Gonthier, Associate Dean for The examination lasted mail. periodontology procedure, and International 19 Admissions and Student Affairs approximately an hour in length. In order to obtain the free a restorative procedure. Comics 24 at the Dental School. Upon concluding the process, all bleaching, the individuals must This year, 169 students will sit Classifieds 25 Gonthier notified Tufts stu- candidates were supplied with a first become patients of record of the exam, and will be granted Sports Back page dents via e-mail of the oppor- free toothbrush, toothpaste, and the School of Dental Medicine. three chances to pass all por- tunity to sit for the exam and a Crest Whitestrips Home Care “This requires a comprehen- tions. “I’d say 96 percent pass on receive free dental care in Kit. sive examination (more exten- tuftsdaily.com return. Tufts Dental School generally sive than the initial screening see DENTAL, page 2 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Thursday, February 9, 2006

GRE changes postponed until fall of 2007 Fewer students majoring in CompSci Changes to the Graduate Record ing that students who can adequately WOMEN instantaneous logic, the problem solving,” Exam (GRE), originally scheduled to prepare for the test take it before it continued from page 1 she said. take effect this October, will be delayed changes,” Fidler said in the announce- ments. According to the National Science Yet fewer females and males nationwide until the fall of 2007, according to ment. Foundation, while the percentage of women are majoring in computer science. According an announcement yesterday from the The new version of the test will in computer science programs increased to both the National Science Foundation Educational Testing Service (ETS), the include a greater number of real-life between 1975 to 1998, women still earned and a study completed researchers at the producers of the exam. scenarios and questions that deal with only a quarter of the bachelor’s degrees in University of Virginia (U.Va.), the number The GRE is required for application data interpretation. the field in 1998. of computer science majors in the U.S. has to most graduate school programs, and In the verbal section, there will be Cowen also testified to the low percent- decreased since 2000. nearly 500,000 applicants take the test a greater emphasis on higher cogni- ages of women in the major. Both Blumer and Cowen said the boom per year. tive skills and less dependence on prior Cowen said that in one of her classes, in Internet companies in the late 1990s was “Though the year-long delay in the knowledge, such as vocabulary. The test Algorithms, a fifth of the students are female, responsible for the popularity of the major change to the GRE may wreak short-term will also include questions and reading and that in her other class, Cryptography, at that time. “People were overly optimistic.” havoc on aspiring graduate students’ passages more closely related to actual women constitute a quarter of students. Cohen said. “Their parents made them... test-taking considerations, it’s ultimately graduate work. “Among our undergrads, that’s very typi- there was that energy.” a good thing,” said Matt Fidler, GRE In the quantitative reasoning sec- cal,” she said. The U.Va. study was prompted by attrition program manager for Kaplan Test Prep tion, test-takers will see more use of Cowen said that common stereotypes of rates from the school’s computer science and Admissions, in the announcement. real-life scenarios and fewer rote geo- computer science majors can deter women department. “It gives students additional breathing metric problems. from pursuing the career path. In 1998, J. McGrath Cohoon, a U. Va soci- room and more time to take the current, Both sections will be longer as a “They-women in particular-have an image ologist, surveyed her school’s computer sci- shorter version of the test.” result of these changes. of computer science [students] as people ence and biology departments to determine In the announcement, Executive The new test will be administered who eat Twinkies and drink a lot of Coke,” why the computer science department lost Director of the GRE program in ETS’ 29 times per year, and each version will she said. women at a rate nine percentage points Higher Education Division David Payne only be used once-a change from the Cowen said that while many males enter higher than men. said that the now-delayed changes are current format, in which testing occurs college thinking that they will be computer Initial study results suggested that gen- designed to “improve the GRE test’s continuously. scientists, many women faculty ultimately der composition of faculty, faculty attitudes usefulness to students and graduate The new test will also take greater stumbled upon the field by chance through and behaviors, institutional support for the schools.” advantage of its computerized format: an introductory programming course. department, and the local job market all These changes will include an Certain computer-enabled tasks will be Blumer highlighted ways that Tufts has affected attrition rates. altered scoring scale and an increase in added to the verbal section, and an on- sought to expose women to opportunities A number of professional and academic the length of the test from two-and-a- screen calculator will be added to the in computer science and create a female- organizations within the computer science half to four hours. quantitative section. Internet-based test- friendly programming environment. field have devoted committees to support “Once the new test is implemented ing opportunities will also be available Blumer said that over half the depart- for women in the field. it will be longer and more challenging worldwide. ment’s faculty is female. Also, Computer One such group is the Computer Research for some, so we are still recommend- —Lilly Riber Science 10 — the introductory course for Association’s Committee on the Status of non-majors — is always taught by a female Women in Computing Research. On its Web professor. Blumer also said that he assigns site, the committee lists four methods it uses group projects in his courses that require to help computer science- oriented women Programs still in planning phase teamwork among students of both genders. succeed in the field. SAFETY of hazardous areas to slow down driv- Shivani Sheopory, a freshman planning These include community building continued from page 1 ers. on declaring a computer science major, said through networking and collaboration, ments. “People notice them,” Carroll said. a high-school programming course she took research mentoring, information sharing The group also plans to ensure that “You literally have to get that much in hooked her to the field. among academics and professionals, and crossing signs are well-situated. their face to make the motorists more “It came easy to me...it clicked. I loved the effecting organizational change. Somerville’s initiative remains in its aware.” planning phase, however. “Cars need to start seeing pedestri- “It has taken 50 or 60 years for our ans and start slowing down,” senior road system to be more vehicle-orient- Rachel Greenspan agreed. Field experience required to gain license ed. It’s going to take a while...to make Carroll said that such measures are a significant improvement,” Winslow key to curbing pedestrian-related acci- DENTAL said that he still had doubts about some por- said. dents, especially because of funding continued from page 1 tions of the exam and is uncertain of proce- After the issue has been examined concerns within the police depart- the first try,” Markell said. dures he will be asked to perform. in more detail, Somerville will set con- ment. In addition to the NERB exam- “The NERB practice sessions in the pre- crete goals to improve safety and “really He added that pedestrian careless- ination, all dental students clinic, although helpful, still have us doing figure out what kind of budget the city ness can create dangerous situations, must clock a certain amount of 3 unit bridges, which I understand are no has to do things in the short-, mid-, and saying that impatient pedestrians often practical experience, measured in “points,” longer a part of the NERB,” he said. long-term,” Winslow said. do not obey the ‘Walk’ and ‘Don’t Walk’ prior to graduation. Hoffman said that by the time he sits for “We’re just starting,” he added. signs associated with traffic lights. “Each dental procedure has an associated the examination next year, he will have been Medford is also concerned about the Some lights will keep pedestrians point which is given to the student upon working on real patients for over two years. rise in traffic-related accidents. Medford waiting anywhere from 90 seconds to completion of that procedure. For example, “After I gain my license, I plan to move to Traffic Control Supervisor Sergeant several minutes before signaling a safe a complete denture-maxillary is 12 points,” Florida and begin learning the business of Richard Carroll said that indifference crossing. Markell said. Students must amass 1000 being a dentist, hopefully with a solid foun- by drivers is to blame for the increase. “We’re too much in a hurry in today’s points. dation to build on, given to me from Tufts,” “People are so insulated in their cars society to wait,” Carroll said. “People Third-year dental student Brian Hoffman he said. that they aren’t focused on driving,” will try ducking and weaving in between Carroll said. He said drivers’ education cars before waiting.” and awareness is the solution. Nevertheless, responsibil- ALEX SHERMAN/TUFTS DAILY After the winter weather ends, Carroll ity lies with the vehicle operator under said the Medford Police Department Massachusetts Law: Drivers are legal- plans to place large orange construction ly obligated to yield to pedestrians in barrels, along with signs, in the middle crosswalks.

FROM THE DAILY ARCHIVES | FEBRUARY 9, 1993 How do you say ‘divest’ au Francais? The Tufts Community Union Senate addressing the trustees. Some senators voted, 15-8-2, in favor of urging the were concerned that the trustees or the University’s Board of Trustees to divest administration and faculty would ignore in Hydro-Quebec bonds. Over 150 peo- their vote. Those senators who voted ple attended this Senate meeting, and against the proposal cited either a lack of though the Senate’s vote wields no information, the fact that they were not actual power, it could serve as a man- qualified to take part in such a decision date for the trustees to divest. or that the environmental effects were Hydro-Quebec is a distributor unclear. and producer of electricity in North There was, however, a unanimous America. vote to have the University implement Tufts’ Environmental Consciousness a “stated procedure or system to insure Outreach group would go before the that University investments comply with faculty to garner their opinions before its stated investment policy guidelines.”

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NASDAQ started stretching. Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower Kerry Chase,” 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 You won’t catch this 22.02 2,266.98 mph. political science professor wearing short shorts Sunny Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy 37/28 40/32 32/23 see page 4 Thursday, February 9, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES 3

CAMPUS COOKING

In a new series, the Daily Sultry soups... suggests healthy recipes on a for students who do their own cooking. student On the menu today? A squash soup that’s as budget tasty as it is easy to make.

1. PHOTOS AND TEXT BY ALEX DRETLER6. Daily Editorial Board

Cut whole butternut Cooking on a student budget fre- your fridge or freezer. quently falls short of gourmet cuisine. Even better, the entire cost of the 1. squash in half. But the routine of Easy Mac, Ramen, ingredients to make six dinner servings and takeout from Andrea’s can get is only $7.50 at Shaw’s—the same cost quite tedious, not to mention rather as a container of sushi at the campus unhealthy. center. In this bi-weekly series, the Daily will The squash soup is heartier and combat this meal monotony with easy, slightly sweeter, but requires a bit of a healthy — and most importantly, cheap time commitment. — recipes for off-campus cuisine. The zucchini soup is light and quick What’s better to combat the winter to prepare — perfect for students in a cold than a bowl of warm homemade rush. soup? Whichever soup you choose, be pre- These two soups — zucchini and pared for curious housemates to poke squash — are packed with nutrients, their heads into the kitchen, as aromas very low in calories and fat, and can from both will quickly fill your home be stored as leftovers for a long time in and make you seem like a master chef.

Ingredients: Enjoy! What’s better to combat the 1 whole butternut squash (or 6 to 8 whole zucchini) 6. 1 large sweet onion 2 cans of chicken or vegetable broth winter cold than a bowl of warm 2 garlic cloves homemade soup? The squash Makes 5 to 6 dinner size servings Squash Soup Preparation (Prep time = 45 minutes): soup is heartier and slightly Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut whole squash in half and scoop out seeds. (An easier, though slightly more expen- sweeter than the zucchini soup, sive option is to purchase 2 pre-peeled butternut squash halves available in the produce section of the supermarket but requires a bit of a time com- instead.) Coat meaty part of squash with cooking spray or butter and place this side down on tray. Cook in oven for 30 mitment. minutes or until tender. Chop up onion and cook in large pot (coated with cooking spray) on stove over medium heat until slightly browned, stirring occasionally. Scoop out squash and add to onions. Make sure not to add any of Place squash halves the squash skin to the pot. Add peeled and chopped garlic The zucchini soup is light and quick meaty-side down in cloves as well as chicken broth to the pot. Let simmer on 2.tray. stove for about 10 minutes or until all squash is fully tender, to prepare — perfect for students in a stirring periodically. Blend contents of pot in blender until smooth. Serve with salt and pepper and parmesan cheese. rush. A sprig of basil can be added as an optional garnish.

Zucchini Soup Preparation (Prep time = 15 minutes): Chop onion and cook in large pot (coated with cooking spray) on stove over medium heat for around 3 to 5 min- Let cook on stove utes, stirring occasionally. Wash zucchini and chop into until all squash is small pieces. Add zucchini to onions. Let cook for around tender.5. 10 minutes or until all zucchini is tender, stirring periodi- cally. Add chicken broth and peeled and chopped garlic to the pot. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Blend contents of pot in blender until smooth. Serve with salt and pepper and parmesan cheese.

Even better, the entire cost of the ingredients to make six dinner servings is only $7.50 at Shaw’s — the same cost as a container of sushi at the campus center.

Separate cooked squash Stir squash, onions, from the skin and add to chicken broth and garlic 3. the onions in the pot. while soup cooks on 4. medium heat. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Thursday, February 9, 2006

PROFESSORS’ PASTS You won’t catch this political science professor in short shorts

BY CRISTINA LARA Sunday mornings with his hair all in December and January. In New I would presume that it Contributing Writer messy, as a professor.” York, this would have been impos- Nonetheless, Chase says his expe- sible.” would be uncomfortable to As an undergraduate at Cornell rience at Cornell was academically After receiving his Ph.D., Professor University, Assistant Professor of rewarding: He interacted with sever- Chase began to search for employ- all of my students if I were Political Science Kerry Chase was al internationally renowned profes- ment. “When you finish your gradu- surprised when his Introduction to sors, such as well-known historian ate degree, you look for where jobs to show up wearing shorts International Relations Professor Walter LaFaber. are, and you send out applications,” entered the classroom wearing “While I consider myself to be he said. and started stretching. nothing but gym shorts and a t- politically center-left, this man was When Chase saw that Tufts was Kerry Chase shirt. very politically left. He would say looking for a professor in the area of Assistant Political Science The professor, who would often some things on motifs of U.S. for- international political economy, he jog after class, would lecture “in eign policy that I just didn’t believe remembers thinking, “This is one Professor short Adidas shorts that revealed a — I just wasn’t that cynical,” Chase job I would like to have.” bit too much of his legs.” said, adding that Faber achieved Because of Tufts’ prime loca- Today, Chase teaches his own such respect in his field because of tion near a large city as well as its Eds:CC, AD Introduction to International his politically left orientation. proximity to his graduate advisor RD Relations class — but always in a After graduating, Chase went on from UCLA, who was working at suit and tie. a trip to Europe, as do many college Harvard, Chase chose to teach at “I would presume that it would be students. “I stayed in hostels and Tufts. He said he “felt the need to be uncomfortable to all of my students cheap hotels-things like that,” he around high quality and motivated if I were to show up wearing shorts said. students.” and started stretching. I guess my “I wanted to be challenged and own professor got a little thrill from I would presume energized in the classroom,” he doing this, but that is something I added. can promise I will not bring in to my that it would be In addition to his career in aca- classes,” Chase said. demia, Chase leads a very busy Chase completed his undergrad- uncomfortable“ to all of my home life with his wife and two uate studies at Cornell University young children, a one-and-a-half in 1991 as a government major students if I were to show year old daughter and a six-month- with a focus on international rela- old son. tions. Since receiving his Ph.D. from up wearing shorts and According to Chase, having chil- the University of California at Los dren has “changed his life.” Angeles (UCLA) in 1999, he has started stretching. “When they learn to smile volun- been teaching courses on U.S. for- ” tarily in response to something you eign policy, international economic have done, or just in response to relations and globalization, among Kerry Chase, seeing you, it becomes a huge event others, in the Tufts political science Assistant Professors of Political Science in the life of a parent,” he said. department. Chase, however, acknowledges He was also appointed as an Though he had originally planned the dual challenges of having a career Adjunct Assistant Professor of on attending Columbia University and being a parent. “It is tough to get International Politics at the Fletcher for graduate school, UCLA began to up in the middle of the night when School in 2000. appeal more to his taste. “I liked the one of my kids is teething, especially Raised in Ithaca, New York, Chase people, and the place seemed like because I have to get up the next said that it was “strange” going to a paradise where I could get a great morning and go to work. My wife school where he grew up. education and enjoy my life,” Chase and I both have careers; she’ll come “For instance, I took an astrono- said. home from work and then I’ll go to my course with my friend’s father,” Chase did enjoy the Los Angeles work — it’s a juggle,” Chase said. he said. “We had zero interaction weather, which was a far cry from “But it’s worth it,” he said. “With during class because there were sev- Ithaca winters. “I loved riding my your kids, you get satisfaction every eral hundred students in the course. bike on the boardwalk,” he said. single day, whereas with your pro- COURTESY KERRY CHASE However, for me it was strange to “I played on softball and baseball fession you get satisfaction, but it is Chase traveled to Europe right after college. This photo is from the time have this man, whom I had seen on leagues year-round! We had games more spaced-out.” he spent in Italy. 5

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WEEKENDER FEATURE: BONNAROO AND COACHELLA Come together, hippies and hipsters

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BY MIKEY GORALNIK like Widespread Panic, Phish’s Trey and Modest Mouse, the urban snarl of meleon Beck, this year’s biggest indie Daily Editorial Board Anastasio and String Cheese Incident hip-hoppers like The Perceptionists and breakout band Clap Your Hands Say drew crowds of nearly 70,000; the show Saul Williams, and the teary introspec- Yeah!, emo rappers Atmosphere and Staggering amounts of human filth, was so successful that promoters prom- tion of singer/songwriters like Damien Boston cabaret punks The Dresden unthinkable debauchery, stifling crowd- ised a return in 2003. 2003’s Bonnaroo Rice and Joanna Newsom. Though the Dolls are only a few of the critically edness, chaos at every turn, $6.50 for was still a distinctly jam-fueled event, more recent festivals were still head- credible musicians taking over the stag- a bottle of water...yeah, huge music with The Dead (not “Grateful,” due lined by quintessential jam-bands, a es and tents of this year’s Bonnaroo. festivals are awesome, and none in to the death or retirement of several wider palate of supporting acts attract- Bonnaroo’s five stages, whose names America more so than the Bonnaroo of the group’s original members) and ed crowds of nearly 100,000 (well, that (What Stage, Which Stage, This Tent, and Coachella Valley Music and Arts Widespread Panic headlining. However, and the drugs). That Tent and The Other Tent) are clear- Festivals. younger, edgier acts just cutting their ly designed to confuse drug-addled Last week, the initial line-ups for the teeth on the jam circuit, particular- The Tent Commandments concertgoers, are on the outskirts of the two biggest American music festivals ly Atlanta’s Sound Tribe Sector 9 and 2006’s may be the least jammy festival’s epicenter, Centeroo. A dizzy- were made official, and again the best Louisville’s My Morning Jacket, beefed Bonnaroo lineup yet. Though former ing array of various stimuli, including, musicians from loads of genres and dif- up what could have been a homoge- Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh (and among many other things, a movie tent, ferent nationalities will be taking stages neously jammy roster. Friends) headline the first day, debat- an arcade and a silent disco, where peo- on both coasts to celebrate art, creativ- Moreover, with the addition of a ably-jam rockers Tom Petty and the ple wear headsets and dance savagely ity and the fact that summer is really handful of non-jam-bands, including Heartbreakers headline the second, and to music that no one else can hear, hot. live hip-hoppers The Roots, post-rock alternative, progressive, utter non-jam- Centeroo is where you will most likely For the fifth June in a row, a 700-acre artistes Tortoise and cultish freak shows band Radiohead headlines the third. see some wayward concertgoer naked farm in Manchester, Tennessee will host The Polyphonic Spree, the festival began The Oxford band closes out Bonnaroo in a puddle of mud or dancing around Bonnaroo, three days of sweat, mud burgeoning from a “stupid hippie jam- on June 18th, their only U.S. festival a candle he or she has placed on the and shows by, all told, nearly 150 bands band festival” to a legitimate music date this summer; they should ensure ground, also naked. It is the epitome of representing close to the entire musical event. that, for once, almost everyone stays for the decadence, madness and abandon spectrum. 2004 and 2005 continued that trans- the last night. with which live jam-music has become Beginning in 2002, the inaugural fes- formation, pairing the earthy sounds In addition to Radiohead, 2006’s synonymous, and no Bonnaroo experi- tival was geared almost solely to the of Yonder Mountain String Band, Dave Bonnaroo, which rages from June 16th- ence would be complete without it. dread-locked and dirty hippie crowd, Matthews and O.A.R. with the sullied 18th, features other prominent, well- with a jam-band heavy lineup. Acts indie rock of bands like Yo La Tengo shaven, non-tie-dyed acts. Musical cha- see FESTIVALS, page 6

WEEKENDER INTERVIEW | HARRY AND THE POTTERS Potters: Voldemort can’t stop the rock!! Harry and the Potters are about to apparate to a rock club near you BY BLAIR RAINSFORD wow, it would be great to play in teenagers and college kids, Daily Editorial Board a band with my brother but you mostly because people your age know we were both playing our have sort of grown up with the own separate bands at the time. books and they have this sort of Ever since their orientation And the band I was in broke up, deep-seated affection for Harry show in Alumnae Lounge this and I had nothing to do, and Potter and his friends ... reading fall, Harry and the Potters (also I had been kicking around this is a very private thing and it’s a known as Paul and Joe DeGeorge) idea for Harry and the Potters for personal thing, but you get so have enchanted the Tufts com- a while at that point. involved. ... just coming to one of munity. When we learned that the Just on a whim one day, we our shows, you know you’re going brother-brother duo who, as you just really decided, okay, well, to be with a couple other hun- might expect, perform rock songs let’s write some songs. And we dred really hardcore Harry Potter about the popular J. K. Rowling decided to do it together and fans. And you can just geek out series were coming to the Middle this would be our band together amongst like-minded people, so East on Feb. 19, we nearly fell off and we’d at least try it out and it’s almost like a social gathering our Nimbus 2000s. I got a chance maybe we could book a show of sorts, you know, to sort of get to talk with Paul (a Tufts grad, down at the library or some- away from the private personal E’01) and, since there were no thing and play in our hometown reading experience and actually owls or fireplaces around, I settled library or something like that. share it with other people. That’s for a phone call. And we thought maybe that will totally not answering your ques- be it, or maybe we’ll keep book- tion. Yeah, it’s a lot of teenagers Question: What was the impe- ing shows in libraries. And that’s and college kids (laughs). And HARRY AND THE POTTERS tus for starting this band? sort of more what turned out to parents and their little kids - hip Intramural Quidditch just isn’t the same. happen was we just kept booking parents will take their little kids Paul DeGeorge: Well, back more and more shows, because it out and there’s also some older when I was at Tufts, I used to became kind of ridiculously fun folks, like in their twenties, who people are just standing there and remembered were the ones book a lot of shows. And my to go to a library and get dressed also enjoy the books. nodding. that were just unique experienc- brother was, like, 12 years old up and play a rock show. es and we try to make our show at the time and he had started a Q: What you were saying about PD: Yeah, well, I got tired of a unique experience. I mean, the band and I was like, “Aw, this is Q: What is the breakdown of the dynamic at shows, I totally going to shows that were like band itself is kind of ridiculous great!” So I started booking him your fans, in terms of children noticed at the orientation show, that. I got tired of going to a show conceptually to begin with, so shows, and he played a few times versus adults? people were kind of crazy; it was and standing there nodding and why not go over the top with it, at Tufts and he continued with much different than any other I did that a lot, and I realized that his band. And I always thought, PD: Well, I think it’s a lot of rock show I’ve ever been to where the shows that I really enjoyed see INTERVIEW, page 9 6 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER Thursday, February 9, 2006 In California and Tennessee this summer, invest in some worthy festivals FESTIVALS continued from page 5 Back in black from head to toe So far, Coachella seems to be con- However, with festival promoters tinuing its tradition of blending indie eschewing the jam-heavy lineups of old and alternative rock with notable hip- for a more diverse musical menu, they hop and world-renown techno. Again, have shed some of the more colorful experimental quartet Animal Collective, characters who tend to follow bands Icelandic ambient rockers Sigur Rós, like 2002’s Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe young British post-punks Art Brut and or 2003’s Medeski, Martin, and Wood. Bloc Party, and brazen punk trio Sleater- Moreover, with the mainstreaming Kinney are but a small sampling of the of the event and amidst community critically acclaimed indie/alternative complaints, Bonnaroo has increased rock options for this year’s Coachella. its police presence, again weeding out The list of hip-hop perform- some of the wonkier, more essential ers is decidedly less impressive, but fanbase. should delight nonetheless. Chicagoan Common is the biggest name, followed Put me in, Coachella in stature by goofy “Hasidic Jewish reg- On April 29th and 30th, six weeks gae rapper” Matisyahu, but in ability earlier and about 2,000 miles away, a by the duo of Def Jux rapper Murs and different crowd will be massing on the Little Brother beat-smith 9th Wonder. Empire Polo Field in Indio, California The Coachella alums will perform tracks for the seventh Coachella Valley Music from 2004’s “Murs 3:16 9th Edition” and and Arts Festival, and the fifth consecu- hopefully from their as-of-yet-unoffi- tive since adopting its current two-day ALL PHOTOS COURTESY BONNAROO cial follow-up, reportedly due out in format. April. Debuting in 1999 with approximately 40 alternative and electronica acts and around 15,000 fans, Coachella has blos- These are two extravagant somed into one of the world’s largest musical events. Last year’s installment ordeals, the grandeur of which featured more than double the bands of 1999, five stages and tents and a sold- cannot be understood unless out audience of 100,000. The list of Coachella alums reads like seen firsthand. a scenester’s blog: Pavement (1999), Blonde Redhead (2001), Björk, (2002), the But while the hip-hop artists have White Stripes (2003), the Rapture (2004), been better in Coachellas past, the tech- M.I.A. (2005), etc. Name a band that no has not. British DJ’s Paul Oakenfold people with messenger bags like, and and Carl Cox and French duo Daft Punk, they have played at Coachella. Loyalists making their first US appearance in six of artists like these are Coachella’s core years, headline the tents, but the big- constituency: hipster-types who don’t gest name is Massive Attack. Supporting really get out much, but when they do, the release of greatest hits compilation they go to shows and stand in the back “Collected,” the Bristol collective large- with a beer, nodding approvingly but ly credited with popularizing trip-hop solemnly. They tend to wear black, and reunites with vocalist Tricky for the first they always wear pants and sneakers, time since 1994 for the penultimate and these also tend to be black. performance of the festival. Given that much of the festival’s fan- And while the non-music entertain- base is not accustomed to spending ment at Coachella is less ambitious time out of doors, that their standard From top: Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, Matisyahu, Jim James of My Morning Jacket and less amusing than at Bonnaroo, apparel attracts sunlight and that Indio, and Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley. All four played Bonnaroo last year, and Matisyahu and My were you to somehow end up without a California is just a smidge south of the Morning Jacket will be gracing the stages of both Coachella and Bonnaroo in 2006. band to watch, you could just meander Mojave Desert, it is a wonder that there around the festival grounds glancing are still living Coachella ticket holders. at the art displays. If he wasn’t stand- Temperatures at the crowded, large- ing in the back of shows and nodding, ly un-shaded, desert festival grounds you might find our hipster friend look- regularly hover around or above 100 ing at progressive and contemporary degrees Fahrenheit, and with thronging art, and again, Coachella provides a crowds of 100,000 thirsty people, water suitable environment. The “Arts” and breeze can be scarce. part of the phrase “Coachella Music and Arts Festival” refers to the many dis- plays of huge contemporary art pieces Still, while on paper Coachella scattered around Polo Empire Field. Artists simply submit photos of their looks like a music lover’s trip pieces through Coachella’s website to a committee that says yay or nay. Also, to Valhalla, whether it will independent and often strangely avant- garde films screen in Coachella’s ver- work in practice is something sion of Bonnaroo’s New Line Cinema Movie Tent. It is not a silent disco, but else entirely. it’s aesthetic. Still, while on paper Coachella looks Though it is perhaps best known for like a music lover’s trip to Valhalla, its laundry list of Pitchforkmedia.com whether it will work in practice is some- darlings, Coachella also has a legacy thing else entirely. For one thing, while of featuring cutting edge hip-hop art- nearly all of these bands are great, are ists. Some of the biggest names in they suited to play a boiling hot show in underground rap, like pre-drama bug the middle of the day? Does Sigur Rós Mos Def, Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, sound good if not in a dark, close room MF Doom and Dizzee Rascal have per- or your headphones? Will sweaty, dying formed in Coachella’s many tents since audience members want to dance to the 1999. rollicks of Franz Ferdinand or of The So too have the world’s absolute fin- Go! Team if they can hardly stand up? est and most famous DJs. Trance gladi- Is listening to Cat Power’s down tempo ators like Holland’s Tiesto and Armin vocals something you want to do at a Van Buuren, house legends Basement bustling, dynamic festival? Jaxx and electronic banger-makers The Whether the music of Coachella’s Chemical Brothers are a few of the artists can make the transition to the globally recognizable names that have sweltering stages of the festival, and rocked the DJ tents of Coachella over whether Bonnaroo can continue to the years. mainstream itself while keeping its bent Like Bonnaroo, the diverse sounds of appeal are questions only answerable the artists at Coachella unite music fans with a ticket, and while that will cost of different backgrounds and interests. some serious coin (the early-bird spe- In 2005, for example, while waiting for cial for Bonnaroo is $169.50, and the glittering electro-pop act M83, the afore- flat rate for a two-day pass to Coachella mentioned scenester might have stood is $165), you get what you pay for. These side-by-side in a tent with a devout hip- are two extravagant ordeals, the gran- hop fan nodding his head to the barbed deur of which cannot be understood tongue of fem-cee Jean Grae. Its ability unless seen firsthand. More than that, to bring together the elitist tastes of all the Bonnaroo and Coachella Music and kinds of music fans is one of Coachella’s Arts Festivals are quickly becoming cul- best features. Unlike Bonnaroo, though, tural institutions, both in as musical 2006’s initial Coachella lineup indicates events and as national pastimes for that this year in Indio will be more of Americans aged 17-30. But then again, the same. it’s really damn hot there. Thursday, February 9, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER 7

JILL HARRISON | TRAVELLING LUSH GALLERY REVIEW New media ‘Cross-Currents’ flow into Tisch Gallery Water provides inspiration BY ELIZABETH YIU Contributing Writer

Huge moving images are projected onto BC = Belligerent the white mass of screens hanging from the Columnist walls and the tall ceilings; you feel engulfed ave you ever begun a night Cross-Currents in Recent of drinking knowing that Video Installation: Water as Metaphor for Identity you would probably vomit? H At the Tisch Gallery in the Aidekman Arts The Lush sure has. For some reason, get- Center until April 2. Opening reception this evening from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. ting together with my friends from high by the videos covering all surfaces. The school produces an inordinate amount showing at Tisch Gallery this season offers the Tufts community something completely of these nights. different than its usual exhibits: An eye- opening and full-body experience that stirs Saturday night, I headed over to the senses in new directions. Boston College to meet up with my three The exhibition, “Cross-Currents in Recent best friends from high school. Rebecca, Video Installation: Water as Metaphor for Caitlin, and the Lush converged on my Identity,” is a media exhibition featuring the cousin Melissa’s room like the Perfect works of African artists IngridMwangiRober Storm, the finest drinkers of Providence tHutter, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Moataz Nasr College, Holy Cross, BC and Tufts unit- and Berni Searle. The artists’ projects are all ing as one. It was clear that the night in the form of video, each portraying sepa- would be ridiculous based solely on my rate ideas with one main theme: water, an company. Let’s just say that if anyone element that drew the artists in and inspired at Tufts thinks the Lush is wild, she is them to create their art. widely considered the goody-two-shoes Amy Schlegel, Director of the Galleries of this group. and Collections, explains, “The amorphous There’s something amazing about quality of water is explored as a metaphor INGRIDMWANGIROBERTHUTTER visiting a college other than your own. for shifting notions of identity, migration, ‘Cross Currents’ shines light on issues of identity. You have the freedom to be a com- and memory.” pletely ridiculous, belligerent (if that’s And as Jeanne Koles, the Gallery Outreach your style), drunken fool without any Coordinator, notes, it is also important to crimes flow into each other.” The artist her- This visual melting is representative of, as social consequences whatsoever. At recognize that the four installation creators self brought the symbolic red soil used in Allara said, “ancestral, national and racial your own school, bad decisions have share a bond beyond the main “Cross- “Down by the River” back from Kenya. histories [that] gradually loosen, and the so many more costs than they do when Currents” theme, as “all the artists have ties Berni Searle, another of the featured art- metaphorical ‘blood’ binding the group dis- the roommates, fellow partiers, RAs and to Africa.” ists, hails from Cape Town, South Africa. Her perses and dissolves.” The soothing sound campus police officers are not your The first exhibit, “Down by The River” exhibit, “About to Forget,” marks the first of water trickles and splashes to add to the own. is by Ingrid Mwangi Robert Hutter, a col- time she is not using her own body in her effect. When visiting, however, you get in, laboration between media artists Ingrid installation, says Pamela Allara, associate Zwelethu Mthethwa, a compatriot of get drunk, raise hell, and go home. And Mwangi and Robert Hutter, who live and professor of contemporary art at Brandeis Searle’s and the third “Cross-Currents” art- your friends from high school will still work together. Mwangi, who grew up in University and co-curator with Probst. ist, also resides in Cape Town. “Crossings,” love you anyway. Otherwise they’ll have Nairobi, Kenya, studied sculpture, painting, Instead, “Searle uses cut-paper surrogates” his installation, is a film about three people’s no one to sit with at reunions. graphic design and new artistic media in made from red crepe paper magnified by journey and the process of their baptismal By the time we went to dinner at Germany, according to her website. the projectors. right in the Zionist Church. Peter Probst, associate professor of art There surrogates make up three separate The three separate videos in Mthethwa’s see LUSH, page 7 history at Tufts, said “Down by the River” frames, and, as Koles said, “They are per- exhibition are filmed from various angles, represents “colonization, oppression, fectly synched to flow into one another.” creating a unique situation for viewers; it and militant rebellion,” but what is really The effect is incredible: the red paper is intriguing to be able to focus on all three Jillian Harrison is double majoring in history achieved is that the “installation transcends figures slowly melt away and disperse into videos and also be aware of the differences and archeology. She can be reached via e- concrete spatial and historical references by the water, which then flows from one frame and similarities between the individuals’ mail at [email protected], just not on depicting a state in which past and future into the next, turning all three frames red. journeys as they experience the spiritual

CD REVIEW She Wants Revenge breaks out with a vengeance on new self-titled album BY JINAH KIM sings, “They say the heart is resil- Contributing Writer ient, in black and white you swore there’d be no strings / I sneak out Los Angeles-based duo She Wants the back door, and I can hear you Revenge (SWR) has opened for cry, and the sound of my footsteps such beloved indie acts as The / This time there will be no long goodbye.” She Wants Revenge SWR maintains this stark and She Wants Revenge morose attitude toward love. “Broken Promises For Broken Hearts” presents a bitter, pessimis- Geffen Records tic turn on relationships featuring lines such as: “Torn up photos and lonely nights / Cursing crying and Raveonettes, The Kills and Bloc drawn out fights / Make-up sex Party, but their self-titled debut and a brand new start / Broken proves that they are ready to be the promises for broken hearts.” headliners. The album’s final track, “She While their current sound is Loves Me, She Loves Me Not,” more reminiscent of bands like stands out from the rest of the disc Interpol, Joy Divison and The Cure, in both rhythm and style. The syn- singer Justin Warfield and partner thesizer in the background evokes Adam Bravin (a.k.a. DJ Adam 12) a unique atmosphere for the song, claim musical roots in hip-hop. In and the drumbeats are more com- fact, Warfield released a hip-hop plex than in other tracks. The dif- album in 1993 called “My Field Trip GEFFEN RECORDS ferences, though subtle, add up to Planet 9.” She Wants Revenge know that the key to a healthy band relationship is sharing the spotlight. to successfully create a distinct This album is a far cry from the sound. hip-hop genre, but it possesses the SWR provides a fresh alternative undeniable power to make peo- ple yet hypnotizing electric guitar tar-driven track “Us” also deviates intense sexual undercurrent that to the music of overly produced ple get up and dance; “She Wants riffs. from the dominating techno beat- runs through the album and com- emo bands and attention-hungry Revenge” is not an album to sit But SWR show that they want driven style of the album. plements the emotional lyrics of teen divas in today’s pop music through. Listeners can indulge in to do more than deliver an ‘80s- “She Wants Revenge” finds its the tracks. scene. What this album sometimes the agony of break-ups, the frus- inspired dance club mix. Halfway voice in the emotion embedded SWR’s first single, “Tear You lacks in variety of sound it more tration of ambiguous relationships through the album an instru- in its poignant and often heated Apart,” plays out rather like a story, than makes up for in depth, hon- and the devastation of lost love mental interlude aptly named lyrics about sex, lust and relation- with its verses narrating the build- esty and emotional intensity of lyr- all over an array of infectious ‘80s “Disconnect” shifts the mood from ships gone awry. Warfield possess- up to a heated moment between ics. dance beats. The opening track, dance party to quiet contemplation es a steady and deep vocal tone lovers. “Someone Must Get Hurt” She Wants Revenge, along with “Red Flags and Long Nights,” sets through soft keyboard melodies that carries a slight hint of urgency also stands out among the songs Electric Six and Rock Kills Kid, the mood for the sounds to come played to a backdrop of the sound through the songs. His unaffected with its depressing lyrics about the will perform at the Middle East in with its steady dance beat and sim- of rainfall. The slower, electric gui- vocal style also helps temper the inevitability of heartbreak: Warfield Cambridge on February 14th. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER Thursday, February 9, 2006 What’s on this weekend

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JOHNNY D’S THE INDEPENDENT THE INDEPENDENT It's that time of year again. You guessed it: vagina time. This Friday “Keep the Music Alive in Our “Mash Ave” with DJ BC, Lenlow Turpentine Brothers and Saturday, Tufts is putting on its fourth annual production of "The Schools Benefit” with Vykki Vagina Monologues," kicking off a number of celebrations which Vox Band, Depth Quartet, Parul ORLEANS ORLEANS culminate on February 14th with V-Day, a commemoration intended Vakani, Anna Freitas, Patty DJ Tom DJ Gabe to bring global awareness to the problem of violence against women Keough, Maeve Hughes and to send a message of solidarity to females around the world. TOAST TOAST Through a series of monologues, the play represents a huge spec- THE BURREN “Dyke Night Goes Retro” 80s, “Heroes” Retro, electro, new trum of women's perspectives and experiences. 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Comedy Show” Very Vamp Valentines Day Party Shootyz Groove, September Junior Karina Picache's project was also concerned with women's with DJ Chris Ewen Twilight, Don McCloskey, issues in her series of paintings. However, her project was "to make COMEDY STUDIO Woodland Creatures, Prospect Hill people acknowledge the types of problems that exist in society" for Dan Sally, Sarah Osteen, Paul MIDDLE EAST girls as they move through high school and college. Day, Andrea Henry, Scott Sand, Emergenza Festival - Brian MIDDLE EAST "S.O.S," a piece by Sarah Ferguson, was a digital manipulation Chris Coxen, Dan Boulger, Steve Cherchiglia, Ara Vora, the Fly- Emergenza Festival (cont.) of the photos of the polar ice caps. "The purpose of my project was Donovan, EJ Murphy Agaris Sky, Sir Q the Imposter, to illustrate the effects of global warming, while at the same time Gone By Daylight, Robots in Love, sending a positive message in the form of a call-for-action." 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Lush advises that you not try to pee on BC’s Mod dorms Tisch Gallery plays LUSH by a visit to another school are many somehow got caught in the middle of continued from page 5 and varied. For some, it means getting some sort of wrestling match. I think home to many about 9 p.m., we had already been some anonymous ass. For others, per- it was over pizza, although I don’t through just about every drinking card haps, it means getting so drunk that remember exactly how it happened. I game in the book, and the Lush was you mistake the corner of a common know it did, because Melissa took pic- imporant works downright silly. I place the blame for room for a bathroom. Or so I’ve heard tures and I have the bruises to prove TISCH this fact squarely on Melissa’s boy- from reputable sources. it. continued from page 5 friend Ben, who is a serious stickler For the Lush that night, it meant When we finally headed home at transformation that is one of the main tenets when it comes to making sure you very nearly throwing down. Tip to all about 3 a.m., the trip took longer than of Zionism. Mthethwa allows the viewer to drink every last second that you have BC sophomore girls: Do not, under any expected; the Lush had to stop for a feel very much a part of the entire situation. earned in drinking games. circumstances, push the Lush when chat with a BCPD officer. Turns out The final “Cross-Currents” installation is For dinner, we went to Roggie’s, she has been drinking for six hours. they don’t appreciate people peeing that of “painter, video and installation artist” which is the quintessential BC bar/ behind cars on their campus. Moataz Nasr, who comes to Tufts from Cairo, restaurant. We were, without a doubt, The Lush had to stop for a chat Don’t judge; you’ve all been there. Egypt. Nasr’s “Water” is one of the most aes- “those girls,” a fact helped by the And I didn’t actually do it; I was just thetically exciting installations in this exhibi- three pitchers we had with dinner. The with a BCPD officer. Turns out thinking about it. By the way, saying, tion, incorporating a pool of — what else? Lush took particular enjoyment from “It’s okay, it’s my friend’s car,” does not, — water that reflects the video playing on the the chili cheese fries. I also tried to they don’t appreciate people pee- in fact, make it okay. screen hanging over it. befriend the table next to us, a group So where’s the point in all this? Why “The video is a subtle visual reflection on of 30-somethings celebrating a broom ing behind cars on their cam- has the Lush foolishly sacrificed the the relationship between individual suprem- hockey tournament victory (way cool, very anonymity that made this week- acy, state control and identity,” Probst said. huh?), but they did not seem inter- pus. end so great by blowing up her own He believes that Nasr is questioning the iden- ested in being my friend. spot and telling you all this? tity of society through his work. I would tell you more about Roggie’s, Ben gets superstar status for step- This weekend gave me a new appre- As Schlegal noted, the use of water as a because it is a great place and you ping in and preventing me from actual- ciation for those I have witnessed visit- theme helps to communicate ideas “of fluid- should all check it out, but I was too ly fighting this girl. I swear her aggres- ing our own campus in the past, who, ity and instability, of violence, traumatic loss fixated on the cheese fries and the sion was unprovoked, but I wouldn’t due to their own ridiculous behavior, of life, and of spiritual rebirth” across all four waitress’s sparkly earrings to make any blame you if you didn’t believe me. have been subject to my habitual eye- installations. This theme also helps to repre- witty observations. Rumor has it I am a belligerent drunk rolling and general disgust. It would be sent the merging and filtering of cultures into Upon returning to campus, we head- The Mod party ran out of beer rela- impossible for me to judge such visi- one another. ed straight for the Mods, where Ben tively early. Luckily, someone had the tors after this weekend. And neither These installations give the audience much and his roommates were throwing a genius idea to hide a 30 upstairs, and should you. Embrace them...then go to to take in and absorb, yet it is not overwhelm- party. (For those unfamiliar, the Mods, we kept on rolling. I took it upon their school and pay them back. ing. “Cross-Currents” is an exhibition that is or Modulars, were condo-esque tem- myself to act as unofficial bouncer with And just for the record, the Lush did both stimulating and informative; viewers porary housing put up in the ‘60s that Caitlin, telling freshmen they couldn’t not actually vomit this weekend. Ben will leave with many new questions. never got torn down. Now they house come in “because I didn’t like the look and Melissa saved the day with pan- Ingrid Mwangi will be giving a talk along seniors and a lot of parties.) of them.” cakes and bacon, although I confess, it with associate English professor Christina The ways one might take advan- Even without the near-fight, the Lush was touch-and-go for most of Sunday. Sharpe today at 5 p.m. in the Remis Sculpture tage of the social freedom provided did not escape the night unscathed. I ...and Monday. Court in Aidekman. Thursday, February 9, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER 9

STAFF TOP 10 Celebrities we miss Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same. And some people are one-hit wonder celebrities who crash and burn before their time. Today, we celebrate the too-short careers of some of our favorite stars from years past.

Alicia Silverstone The Cast of Salute Your Shorts Mr. Feeny (a.k.a. William Daniels) Yes, technically she recently appeared in “Beauty Shop” Exuberant bonding conversations your first week of col- Okay, we know his extensive credits include the voice of and “Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.” But we miss lege will tell you — everyone’s a sucker for Nickelodeon the car in “Knight Rider” and various notable historical the Alicia Silverstone who was the perfect, enviable blend nostalgia. In fact, we would be willing to support ANY Adamses. And we’re even willing to admit that a two-year of allure and innocence — the Batgirl to our Robin, the of these kids (who are, to be fair, now circling the 30- stint as Screen Actors Guild President makes for a pretty Cher to our Dionne, the... Alicia Silverstone to our Liv year-old range) appearing in ANY legitimate role. Year impressive bullet-pointed paragraph on his résumé. Tyler. You’re still pretty, Alicia. There’s no excuse. Stop say- after year, the entire cast of Salute Your Shorts refuses But, frankly, if William Daniels isn’t teaching Ben Savage ing yes to forgettable roles in truly embarrassing movies to acknowledge its collective past as popular actors and important lessons about life, we just don’t want to hear and try to get Quentin Tarantino to notice you. instead settles for guest spots on “Becker” and “Judging it. Mr. Feeny, we would have gone to summer school for Amy.” Shout out to Ronnie Pinsky for his continued suc- you! Bill Bellamy cess as the guitarist for Rilo Kiley. He did it up at the MTV Beach House, forever endear- Limp Bizkit ing himself to Generation Y, but he didn’t stop there. Bill Salt (of N-Pepa fame) From their illogical and uninspired lyrics (“What rhymes Bellamy flexed his well-toned thespian muscles in “Def While Pepa took full advantage of her C-list celebrity sta- with nookie? Lookie... wookie... cookie! Yeah, that works!”) Jam’s How to be a Player,” lulling us into the false expecta- tus by appearing in the unsettling s—tshow that was “The to Fred Durst’s ability to piss off everyone in the musical tion that he would be around forever. And just like that, Surreal Life 5” (Dear Janice Dickinson, YOU’RE CRAZY! scene, Limp Bizkit were the kind of flash in the pan that he was gone — relegated to a career in which most of the Love, The Daily), we haven’t seen Salt in quite some we wish could have flashed a little longer. Hearing Nine cinematic opportunities he agrees to center around his time. Luckily, the advent of ex-celeb reality TV shows sig- Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor punitively snarl “Limp Bizkit expertise on fine young women and playboy prowess. nificantly increases our chances of seeing Cheryl “Salt” sucks and everyone knows it,” or reading reports of the Sure, he hit a rough patch when he appeared in the Jerry James again. Our fingers are crossed for an appearance widespread damage and multiple rapes committed dur- O’Connell vehicle “Buying the Cow,” but we’re willing on the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars.” ing their Woodstock ‘99 performance, we have nothing to bet that his starring role in the upcoming surefire hit but fond memories of these nu-metal rockers. “Dress 2 Impre$$” will turn his luck around. Steve Guttenberg The sensitivity he displayed when he handled a dolphin Christian Slater Kristi Yamaguchi in “Zeus and Roxanne” (1997) still gives us chills. And his It all happened so fast with Christian; one minute he was Even though Nancy Kerrigan usurped the America’s dreaminess doesn’t stop there: later in the same movie, stealing our hearts in “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” Sweetheart(tm) title in the 1994 Olympics when Tanya he hopped on a motorcycle, displaying his dramatic the next his wife was being arrested for beating him up Harding’s goon tried to test her reflexes with a lead pipe, range and proving his prowess as a macho leading man. at a Las Vegas Hard Rock Cafe and Morgan Freeman had let’s not forget that it was Kristi who got the gold in 1992. Steven Robert Guttenberg, you are a true Renaissance stopped returning his increasingly desperate calls inquir- man! ing about “Hard Rain 2.” FDR Where’s the father of the New Deal when you need him? — Compiled by Kate Drizos, Blair Rainsford and David The only weapon these guys need is love — and a sweater INTERVIEW after the books are done, because there’s these outlets in the middle of the bridge that continued from page 5 only one more left? Are you going to keep are live, so there’s electricity in the middle of and why not dump balloons on the audi- making music? the bridge. And so all these hardcore bands ence and why not, you know, whatever, have will just organize a show, and they’ll show a dance party or climb on furniture? PD: Yeah, that’s a good question, and we up and have three or four bands play, and don’t really know the answer. I think we’re they’ll basically just play until cops show up Q: Do you ever feel limited at all by the definitely going to stick around until the and tell them to leave. So this kid told me concept you’re dealing with? new book comes out, whenever that would about it and I was like, “Wow! That’s great!” be. And we’re going to have, we’re already so we had a free night while we were in PD: I don’t think we do, because I almost thinking, where can we have the biggest Austin, so we were like, “All right, we’re going feel like, in some senses, it sort of sets you party ever in Boston. Because the last time, to play on the bridge.” So we put it up on the free in a way, because you’re already put- we were on the road for the book release, website, and emailed all our email list and ting yourself out on a limb and saying, look, and that wasn’t nearly as fun as it would be whatever, and showed up a couple hours I’m getting dressed up as Harry Potter in a if we were in Boston with all our friends, so ahead of time and, sure enough, there’s like ridiculous band so pretty much, anything we’re already thinking what to do for that maybe a dozen outlets up on that bridge goes after that point. Like if we want to big party. But after that, I really don’t know. - there was one that worked (laughs). So we rip off a Manowar song, there’s no one to I mean, what if Harry dies? Then... well, brought all our gear up, we lugged all our stop us, you know? ... When you’re playing whatever. We’re a band that’s blessed with equipment maybe a quarter of a mile or in another band with other people, you’re the fortune of time travel as a means of exis- something to get it up on the bridge, and very focused on being a unique artist, and tence so I guess we could always figure out a then set up, and seventy or eighty people you’re almost very cautious in the way you time travel joke to get around that. showed up and we played... so we played conduct yourself. And we’re kind of just like at like eight o’clock — it was November, it throw caution to the wind and do whatever Q: What was the weirdest show you was gorgeous out, and we were just sort of seems like it could be fun or ridiculous or... played? overlooking the city just as it was nighttime I’m using the word ridiculous a lot, but that — it was so cool. And it was just totally illegal describes our band pretty well, I think. PD: There’s this pedestrian bridge in Austin, as well and no cops showed up, and we had HARRY AND THE POTTERS Texas, and somebody had emailed me and a great time and we blew out a speaker... it Only the Death Eaters could keep this show Q: Are you guys going to keep going on told me all these hardcore bands... they have was a good time all around [laughs]. from selling out.

WEEKENDER | ALMOST FAMOUS: CELEBRITY LOOKALIKES AT TUFTS A Model, Idiot?

Next up in our faux-celebrity series: the really really ridiculously good-looking male model Derek Zoolander (and his Tufts doppelganger, Steve Leichman). In the spirit of Derek's commitment to educating our children, we quizzed Steve in the style of several standardized tests (we tried to hold the exam in the Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too, but we couldn't fit; the Center needed to be AT LEAST three times that size!).

DEREK ZOOLANDER, MALE MODEL STEVE LEICHMAN, TUFTS SENIOR LSAT Logical Reasoning question: If moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty, does Meekus or Brint have a lower per- centage of body fat? Steve Leichman: I'm not sure — I dropped out of logic a few weeks into freshman fall. But even if they're both zero, they still demolish my GPA.

MCAT question: What is the genetic chance of a child being born an ambi-turner? SL: Every time I go to class this semester, an angel gets its wings and an ambi-turner is born... so we're gonna go with "close to zero."

GMAT question: What effect would a freak gaso- line fight accident have on world food supplies? SL: Lots of funerals, lots of eugoogolies.

Career Aptitude test question: I invented the piano key necktie. I INVENTED it! What have you done? SL: I can Dere-lick my own balls.

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EDITORIAL Due to tragic accidents like the officials should be able to determine the city’s priority lies in traffic safety, recent death of Boryana Damyanova, from their basic knowledge of the city officials can prompt increased caution David Cavell Managing Editors pedestrian safety has been on the pub- where potential hazards are. on the part of motorists, cyclists, and David Pomerantz lic’s mind. The reaction from officials, This practical knowledge will pedestrians alike. Jennifer duBois Editorial Page Editors however, has been appallingly weak. lend itself to a pragmatic solution. This is not to say the police should Mark Phillips While the creation of a task force is Immediately alerting all motorists and be treating their patrols as ticket traps; Assaf Pines noble in theory, it envelops a simple pedestrians of the risks, as well as the rather, they should simply be acting in Seth Rosenberg problem in bureaucratic confusion. proper use of intersections, is the most their roles as officers of public safety. Kathrine Schmidt Associate News Editor Traffic safety is an issue for only two logical answer. The presence of a police officer instills parties: pedestrians and motorists. If The Medford Police Department has a sense of caution in drivers. If officers Bruce Hamilton News Editors there is a straightforward effort to tar- already started thinking about how were placed around dangerous loca- Daniel Lutz Kelly McAnerney get these two groups, the solution can it will alert motorists to dangerous tions, motorists would be more likely Anthony McGovern be quick and effective. intersections once the winter is over. to drive cautiously. Marc Raifman A task force study that measured Though placing orange barrels in the In addition, pedestrians often feel Kristen Sawicki Judy Wexler timing and volume of traffic as well as middle of an intersection may initially comforted by the presence of a police lighting and surface conditions would serve to notify drivers that the inter- officer if they have to cross an inter- Jamie Bologna Assistant News Editors generate a great amount of data. But section is dangerous, it could shortly section. If police officers are pres- Chris Charron it should already be obvious to police become routine. ent, pedestrians are more likely to be Laura Herman Victoria Kabak officers and town officials which areas One of the best possible ways to patient and wait for the traffic signal to Aaron Schumacher are high-risk for pedestrians. truly notify motorists and pedestrians turn before crossing. Rob Silverblatt A simple review of previous acci- alike is to increase the physical pres- Bumping up the police presence in dent times and locations will indicate ence of police officers. This can be high-risk areas will not just be effec- Arianne Baker Features Editors Rebecca Dince where the major problem lies. Any done in a short time frame. Once target tive for motorists and pedestrians as Alexandra Dretler high pedestrian traffic area — such locations are determined, public safety they use the intersections. If such an Sydne Summer as Davis Square or around College officials and police officers should par- action is combined with a solid public- Courtney Chua Assistant Features Editors Avenue in Somerville — should be ticipate in more routine patrols of the awareness campaign, the potential is Anne Fricker made a priority. In addition, public safety area. By simply demonstrating that enormous. Elizabeth Yates Blair Rainsford Associate Arts Editor TERRENCE NOWICKI Gregory Connor Arts Editors Margarita Reznikova Kelly Rizzetta Stephanie Vallejo Kate Drizos Assistant Arts Editors Mikey Goralnik Lisa Granshaw Viewpoints Editors Marlo Kronberg Leah Roffman Elizabeth Hoffman Associate Sports Editor Alexander Bloom Sports Editors Kristen Cunningham Andrew Silver Thomas Spera Andrew Bauld Assistant Sports Editors Rachel Dolin James Harris Associate Photo Editor Schuyler Armstrong Photo Editors Mike Conroy Alexandra Dunk Isabelle Mills-Tannenbaum Jo Duara Assistant Photo Editor Sarah Halpert Josh Wilmoth

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OFF THE HILL VIEWPOINT | UU.. HOUSTONHOUSTON OFF THE HILL VIEWPOINT | U. MICHIGAN Grammy needs to clean out her ears Why Hillary can’t win DUSTI RHODES The Daily Cougar it is actually listening to anyway. Charles for the backing vocals. SAM SINGER in Washington on anything and Artists like Clarkson, Thomas, 50 West has proved his value as a Michigan Daily everything Clinton. While I can’t I’m not the type of person who Cent and Gwen Stefani are best hip-hop artist and Foxx’s recent speak for him directly, I would gets excited over the Grammy described, in the words of Bill album shows that not every actor For proof that you can be be surprised if Morris, as sharp Awards. To be honest, I doubt Hicks, as “demons who are sent should fear a crossover career. registered to vote and still born and cynical as he is, couldn’t I’ll even watch much of them on earth to lower the standards.” Herbie Hancock will per- yesterday, ask a Hillary Clinton see right through the Senator’s this year and I haven’t really paid For the record, I don’t hate form “A Song for You” with enthusiast for his take on the recent maneuvers; she is, after much attention to them in the popular music. In fact, I hope Christina Aguilera and anyone senator’s recent jog toward the all, reading from his playbook. past. The last time I can remem- Coldplay beats out both U2 and who has heard the duo’s song on center. If he’s as practiced as ber being emotionally involved in The Rolling Stones for best rock Hancock’s multi-artist collabo- the fans I’ve encountered, he’ll a music awards show was when I album because I frankly think ration “Possibilities” should be tell you that she’s always been The objective is to was about 8 years old and Ricky that the Super Bowl proved it’s looking forward to its spot for the a moderate, that she has his- Scaggs didn’t win the Country time for the Stones to call it quits evening. torically identified with con- raise your candidate Music Award for best song for — and I wish U2 would have Paul McCartney will perform servatives on national security “Honey (Won’t You Open That called it quits at their first prac- — see it — and Madonna will and with centrists on abortion, above partisan divi- Door).” I literally cried myself to tice. perform with the Gorillaz — see that her 2006 Senate campaign sleep that night — ask my par- With hip-hop the next exploit- it, too, as it is one of the only — now being billed as a dress sions, to distance ents. ed underground you would hope performances where two original rehearsal for a widely anticipat- The reason for my apathy this to find something refreshing in artists will be performing side by ed 2008 presidential bid — is him from party lines year is probably because I don’t the rap and R&B arena, but there side. little more than a display of her have much vested in popular is disappointment to be found The finale will produce a trib- true colors, a coming of age for and rigid platforms, music today, expect for a few even there. ute to Sly and Family Stone fea- Clinton, who the enthusiast will gems here and there, but when 50 Cent is nominated twice for turing various artists, which (save claim has always been aligned from Democrats and Paul McCartney has to duke it out best rap song — twice — and one Steven Tyler, John Legend and with mainstream political cul- with Kelly Clarkson for best pop of those is for The Game. Let’s just Joe Perry and the choir) is like ture. Republicans alike. album, I think that the question hope that Missy Elliot or Kanye saying “We appreciate your con- If that doesn’t grab you, he’ll of the Grammys’ relevance in the West can pull it out or we may tribution, Sly. Please accept our make a point to discuss her for- Morris calls the approach “tri- music world is answered. have to take the hip out of hip- tribute consisting of artists who mative years, a story with all the angulation,” an aerial navigation Many people may think I’m hop. in no way will ever live up to humble elements of the cus- technique he turned into politi- just being a “typical college I don’t have much to com- the influence that your music still tomary blue-collar narrative: a cal lingo while operating former student” by bashing the main- ment on in the realm of country continues to bless the musical religious middle-class home, a President Bill Clinton’s 1996 re- stream, but I disagree. I think music except to say that Gretchen world with today.” father in textiles, a homemaker election campaign. The objec- some are just so completely Wilson is a disgrace — even to Although I may have my for a mother. Then he’ll sug- tive is to raise your candidate jaded by the cookie-cutter cool- the trailer park from which she thoughts on what is deserving gest her book, “Living History,” above partisan divisions, to dis- ness that is handed down from was spawned — and Emmylou or undeserving, it doesn’t really a Bible for the politically gull- tance the candidate from party radio stations that they think Harris, Merle Haggard, Willie matter in the end — ask any- ible, in which Clinton suppos- lines and rigid platforms, from bands like Jet are “groundbreak- Nelson and George Jones should one you know who you consider edly reconciles her liberal public Democrats and Republicans ing” and that “American Idol” win any award they are nomi- to be a music “snob” and you image with her personal, more alike. If contrived properly, the stars have enough clout to rival nated for unless it is the case that would have a hard time in getting traditional meditations as a life- candidate can at once broad- former Beatles and real song- they are paired with Wilson, in them to name the past winners long Methodist. Clinton, he’ll en his base of popular support writers (Fiona Apple also shares which they should hope this is of Album of the Year, because argue, is a victim of typecasting, and remain accessible enough a nomination with the likes of the last time their collaboration even though there may be a few a middle-of-the-road politician to lawmakers for a prominent Clarkson). is ever brought up in public. winners that deserved their title, slandered by her opponents and policy agenda. The Grammys have become Performances can always prove there is still an overabundance of misread by the media. Examples of Hillary’s efforts a way for the music industry to to be what makes the Grammys untalented hacks taking up the Of course, if it’s the nonfic- abound: The senator is as unre- justify its place in society by pit- worth a view and this year shows places of unknown artists who tion version you want, ask the pentant a war proponent as ting former greats and current a few promising moments. might get mentioned if it weren’t same question of political opera- Democrats come these days, (actual) groundbreaking art- West will pair up with Jamie for the phonies. tive-turned-pundit Dick Morris, never bending on her decision ists against puppets developed Foxx for his hit “Gold Digger,” Prove me wrong, Grammys. a longtime advisor to the fam- to support the use of force and Prove me wrong. to keep the musically inept in which Foxx impersonated Ray ily and an understood authority see CLINTON, page 12 amused (i.e. Neil Young versus Rob Thomas). 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The opinions expressed in the Viewpoints section do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Tufts Daily itself. 12 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Thursday, February 9, 2006 McCloone questions the controversy over Danish newspaper cartoons CARTOONS like to blow stuff up that they decid- An Iranian newspaper called Hamshahri Post building; there is no massive boy- continued from page 11 ed to take it to the streets, praise Allah responded to the Danish caricatures by cott of the paper. When Andres Serrano’s chief culprit. and blow stuff up. In Iran, protestors starting a contest for the best cartoon piece “Piss Christ,” in which a crucifix There was little mention of the additional attacked both the Danish and Norwegian depicting the Holocaust. This comes is pictured in a jar of urine, appeared in armored humvees that Mr. Rumsfeld failed embassies, throwing stones and pet- after recent remarks by Iranian President an exhibit in the 1980’s, it was certainly to order, despite the manufacturer’s ability rol bombs at the buildings. In the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Holocaust met with harsh controversy, but Senator to build them. There was little mention Faryab province of Afghanistan, three was a “myth” and that Israel should be Jesse Helms didn’t call for the artist’s head. of the forced retirement of Army Chief of protesters were killed and 22 “wiped off the map.” Iran is also seeking to When Salman Rushdie wrote his “Satanic Staff General Eric Shinseki after he argued injured as rioters attacked NATO potentially ban Danish imports as punish- Verses,” Ayatollah Khomeini did. for a larger initial troop presence in Iraq. reconstruction forces. Afghanistan’s ment for the cartoons, breaking its trade I think every major paper in the US and As is becoming a theme in Washington, Council of Clerics was insightful enough agreements with the European Union. Europe should print the Danish cartoons, more attention is given to the image than to request that the Danish government In even dichotomous societies, vitriolic everyday. Let Europe wake up to the reality the content. Mission Accomplished! investigate the cartoons and see that they ideas — as cartoons, columns, paintings, of the situation in the Muslim world, and Thousands of miles away, Muslims do not reappear. It’s always nice to get a or anything — can result in protest and let Islam hit rock bottom, so it can finally were so enraged that Danish media had lesson or two in civil governance from anger. But in the United States, no one is start to look at itself for what it has com- depicted them as religious crazies who Afghanistan. throwing petrol bombs at the Washington monly become. Clinton tries to “triangulate” her way OFF THE HILL VIEWPOINT | U. VIRGINIA

CLINTON household name to the 2008 roster — Al Mining practices inexcusable continued from page 11 Gore, John Edwards, you name it — and consistently speaking out against the Hillary’s critical mass begins to shrink. ZACK FIELDS trapped 13 miners in a coal shaft near merits of immediate withdrawal. And But say, for the sake of argument, Cavalier Daily Sago, W.Va. Twelve of the miners eventu- having positioned herself to the right of that Clinton really is a primary shoo-in. ally died of carbon monoxide poison- President Bush on Iran, Clinton gets free There’s still no reason to believe that the In 1912 coal miners in the Paint Creek ing. Though the cause of the explosion headlines each time she laces into the next year and a half of image-polishing and Cabin Creek fields of the Kanawha remains unknown, it is clear that the White House for being too tame with the would do much to make her marketable coal district went on strike for company negligent, profit-maximizing behav- uranium-thirsty state. Off the foreign- to the rest of the country. Of all the false recognition of the union. Coal operators ior of International Coal Group, which policy tack, Clinton has recently tweaked pretenses upon which this campaign responded by hiring paramilitary private owns the mine, made such a disaster her position on abortion, now identify- is built, the most damaging remains guards from the Baldwin Felts company, probable, if not inevitable. In the past ing as a pro-choice “anti-abortionist,” a Clinton’s inability to recognize that far which had a record of murdering min- year alone, International Coal received position as politically meaningless at it from any moral philosophy or policy ers and their families. When the usual 205 citations for violations of health is ethically courageous. position, her “electability” problem is a Baldwin Felts terror failed to break the and safety standards in the Sago mine. Exactly who advised Clinton to aban- real one. strikers’ will, the coal operators outfitted International Coal paid a mere $24,000 don the rank and file is unclear, though Clinton’s stint as a born-again centrist, a train dubbed the “Bull Moose Special” in fines for these violations — a pittance I can say with confidence that it wasn’t what Los Angeles Times columnist Jonah with armor and drove it past miner hous- in comparison to revenues. Morris. In fact, Morris has gone on the Goldberg called her “latest reinvention,” ing, guns blazing, killing miners as well International Coal is not solely at fault. record with the opposite advice, warn- is widely recognized as a political stunt as their wives and children. Since 2001, President Bush and his con- ing that by moving toward the center — and rightfully so. From her late 1960s The century-old slaughter contin- gressional allies have laid off 170 mine too early, Clinton risks alienating base romance with the Black Panther Party ues today, if in a less dramatic fashion. safety employees and allowed funding voters. He may be onto something. to her short-lived fight for socialized Private coal companies still own the for mine safety to fall in real terms. Clinton’s new posture reflects rock-hard healthcare, Clinton has spent the better mines and they continue to maximize The president has also appointed corpo- confidence in her outlook for the pri- part of her adult life in costume, play- profits at the expense of miners’ lives. As rate cronies like Steven Giles to regula- mary election. Preliminary polls show ing the female protagonist for which- long as coal companies own the mines tory positions within the government her trouncing the field. But at this early ever role has the largest audience, never and control the regulatory agencies that — ensuring that the bosses control the stage, when the candidate list is light actually finding herself along the way. are supposed to protect the miners, trag- regulatory apparatus that is supposed and tentative, opinion polls can’t be Clinton’s is the story of a politician tee- edies such as the recent one in West to protect laborers. History Prof. John relied on to measure anything more ter-tottering her way through a career, Virginia’s Sago mine will recur. In the Echeverri-Gent said that “the current than name recognition. Bill Clinton had too terrified of her self-image to let it long run, the most sustainable solution administration has cut back on mining room to maneuver with Democrats in develop. Dick Morris may have coined is cooperative ownership of the mines by regulation and in the process created an 1996 because as incumbent, he was also the term, but Hillary Clinton has been the miners. environment that has made the recent the presumptive nominee. Add another triangulating her entire life. On Monday, Jan. 2, an explosion series of accidents more likely.” National 13 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006 Evangelical leaders’ opinions Florida’s worst sex offenders are on global warming diverge not getting therapy or treatment BY DAVID FLESHLER al warming. As the earth’s climate warms, BY JASON GROTTO Knight Ridder Tribune they said, the poor will suffer the most Knight Ridder Tribune through more severe droughts, flooding Eighty-six evangelical Christian lead- and epidemics. The day Douglas Gray was set to leave ers issued a statement Wednesday in But other prominent evangelicals said prison, authorities slapped shackles on him Washington, D.C., calling for action to there is no consensus among Christians and shipped him to a secure treatment cen- fight global warming because “any dam- on global warming, writing in a letter to ter in a desolate corner of Florida, where the age we do to God’s world is an offense the National Association of Evangelicals state’s worst sexual offenders are held even against God himself.” that “there should be room for Bible- after serving their time. Signers include Rick Warren, author believing evangelicals to disagree about Behind the tall fences and razor wire of of the Christian bestseller “The Purpose the cause, severity and solutions to the the Florida Civil Commitment Center, the Driven Life’’; Todd Bassett, national com- global warming issue.” 40-year-old child rapist was supposed to mander of The Salvation Army; the Rev. David Clark, president of Palm Beach learn how to curb his deviant urges. He was Leith Anderson, former president of the Atlantic University, a Christian institution supposed to accept responsibility for his National Association of Evangelicals, and in West Palm Beach, Fla., said a major crimes. He was supposed to develop empa- pastors of some of the largest churches in reason he signed the statement was the thy for his victims. the United States. “profound concern” his students have for But none of that happened. They took out ads in The New York the environment. There were no polygraph tests to gauge Times, Christianity Today and other pub- “These are kids raised in traditional his honesty. No examinations to mark his PATRICK FARRELL/KRT lications saying they would fight glob- conservative homes and they’re extremely arousal patterns. Psychologist Ted Shaw visits the Florida Civil al warming “with the same love of God concerned about the environment,” said Instead, he spent one year eating, sleep- Commitment Center in Arcadia, Florida. and neighbor that compels us to preach Clark, a Republican who has served as ing and waiting, until he was released in June — and when she told him she didn’t want to salvation through Jesus Christ, protect an executive in Pat Robertson’s Christian 2002 without a single hour of therapy to help see him anymore, he beat her and forced her unborn children, preserve the family and Broadcasting Network. him tame the impulses that turned him into to perform oral sex on him. the sanctity of marriage, defend religious “The Bible teaches that it’s required a sexual monster. ”They should have kept that man in freedom and human dignity, and take the of a steward that they be faithful,” he Free and back on the prowl, Gray didn’t there for treatment,’’ the girl’s mother told whole Gospel to a hurting world.” said. “And I think that as stewards of this last long on the outside. The Miami Herald. “If you just let them They called on the federal government magnificent planet earth, if we’re going to Fifteen months after his release, he wooed out, they’re going to do the same thing. to set limits on emissions of carbon diox- a 14-year-old Broward County girl over a ide and other gases thought to cause glob- see EVANGELISTS, page 15 telephone chat line, had sex with the child see SEX OFFENDER, page 15 Congressmen question Pentagon plan to trim manpower

BY DREW BROWN damage, especially if seasoned Army officials say they’ll for the Army Reserve. Congress current missions. Knight Ridder Tribune officers and sergeants begin shift money from other has authorized 350,000 troops “This is not an academic to leave in large numbers, as accounts if the National Guard for the National Guard and exercise,” he said. “We must Members of the House Armed happened after the Vietnam and Reserve recruit enough 205,000 for the Army Reserve. get it right. If we don’t we will Services Committee expressed War. soldiers to fill their authorized Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri, seriously weaken our national concerns Wednesday about Many lawmakers and the ranks. the committee’s ranking security.” downsizing the National nation’s governors oppose “We are not cutting Democrat, expressed concern Military officials under Guard, and some suggested what they see as a Pentagon the Guard,” Gen. Peter J. about the Air Force’s plan Defense Secretary Donald H. that they might propose add- plan to trim 17,000 soldiers Schoomaker, the Army’s chief to cut 40,000 troops and the Rumsfeld consistently have ing money to President Bush’s from the National Guard and of staff, said Wednesday. “(But) Navy’s plan to trim 12,000 sail- pushed for cuts in active-duty $439 billion 2007 defense bud- 16,000 from the Army Reserve. there is no sense in us put- ors over the coming years. He troop strength in order to pay get request. Pentagon and Army plans ting in money where there isn’t also said he was concerned for new weapons and other The issue comes as the Army call for providing funds only anybody. We have other priori- about downsizing the National equipment. Rep. Duncan is stretched thin by nearly for the current number of part- ties.” Guard and Army Reserve. Hunter, R-Calif., the House three years of war in Iraq, and time soldiers in the National The Army has requested Skelton said the Pentagon Armed Services Committee’s some lawmakers and defense Guard and the Army Reserve, funds to cover only its current and Congress “have to be hon- chairman, said Wednesday that experts worry that continued instead of for the number that strength of 333,000 troops for est about what it takes” for the the Pentagon mustn’t trade strain may cause long-term Congress has authorized. the National Guard and 189,000 armed forces to carry out their troops for those programs.

A (Minute)man with a mission Proposed HSA expansion assumes Americans want more financial choice BY KEVIN G. HALL really want to shop for a cheaper doctor, Knight Ridder Tribune x-ray or blood test? Research into Americans’ behavior with President Bush’s proposed expansion retirement savings plans suggests that of Health Savings Accounts depends on a they don’t. It shows that people, in fact, premise that research shows is question- shrink from such decisions. able: that Americans want more financial In 2004, Hewitt Associates, a global con- choices in their lives. sultant specializing in workforce issues, Experts point to a lack of participant found that only 17 percent of participants activity within 401(k) plans as a sign in 401(k) plans had made a single trans- that many Americans already feel over- action beyond automatic contributions whelmed by financial options. The 401(k) deducted from their paychecks. experience points to both the risks of Only half of eligible workers in their 20s HSAs and the road ahead for health-care opt into 401(k) plans. management. “The average person is not making any Bush proposes to offer tax breaks to choices on a proactive basis, on an annual individuals who set aside pre-tax dollars basis. We have more anecdotal evidence in HSAs to pay their medical expenses. that the individuals are not really sure These HSAs are linked to high-deduct- what the choices are,” said Lori Lucas, ible insurance plans, where consumers director of retirement research for Hewitt. agree to pay higher upfront expenses in Researchers at the University of exchange for lower premiums than they’d Pennsylvania’s Wharton School studied the pay in a traditional employer-based plan. accounts of 1.2 million workers enrolled The theory behind these HSAs, said in more than 1,500 employer-sponsored Allan Hubbard, director of the president’s 401(k) retirement plans. National Economic Council, is that “as Released a few weeks ago, their study, people spend more money over which entitled “The Inattentive Participant,” they have discretion, they’re going to be concluded that “most 401(k) participants concerned about spending it wisely.” are characterized by profound inertia.” CHUCK KENNEDY/KRT Armed with knowledge of true health- “What we have learned from 401(k) Jim Gilchrist, co-founder of the Minuteman Project, holds a rally in front of care costs, they’ll be more discriminating plans is government and employers have the Capitol in Washington, D.C., February 8, 2006. About 50 demonstrators consumers. a role in structuring simple choices,” said attended the rally which was held to protest illegal immigration into the United That would lead overall health care Stephen Utkus, a co-author of the Wharton States. spending to drop and, over time, insur- study. “We know from 401(k) plans that ance premiums would fall, too. Do Americans, as Hubbard suggests, see BUSH, page 15 14 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Thursday, February 9, 2006 Thursday, February 9, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL 15 Global warming issues divide Florida fails to rehabilitate sex offenders SEX OFFENDER continued from page 13 and a court agrees. But a computer analysis by The Christian Evangelist leadership Lawmakers coined it the Jimmy Miami Herald of more than 100,000 EVANGELISTS Kennedy, pastor of Coral Ridge My daughter hasn’t been the same Ryce Act, in memory of the 9-year- sex crimes, dozens of interviews, continued from page 13 Presbyterian Church in Fort since.’’ old Miami-Dade County boy who and a review of thousands of pages err, we should err on the side of Lauderdale. Gray is among hundreds of sex- was sexually assaulted, murdered, from court cases and records from protecting the earth. It’s time for E. Calvin Beisner, associate ual offenders who fell through the and buried inside several large Florida’s facility found: conservative Christians to speak professor of historical theol- cracks of an obscure state program planters by a handyman in 1995. — While the state has spent mil- out.” ogy and social ethics at Knox created in 1998 to protect the pub- But seven years after the law’s lions placing 825 men at the facil- Theological Seminary, which lic from men who prey on the weak passage, Florida’s program for ity, at least 600 offenders who were While he said he doesn’t is affiliated with Coral Ridge, and the vulnerable. screening, confining and treat- passed over in the screening pro- helped organize the opposition Each year, state psychologists ing sexual offenders who pose cess were later arrested for new sex doubt the reality of global to a global warming statement screen thousands of sexual offend- the greatest threat to women and crimes — many against children. on behalf of evangelicals. While ers before they are released from children is failing, a six-month — Even when offenders are warming, he does question he said he doesn’t doubt the real- prison to look for signs of mental investigation by The Miami Herald placed at the center, more than ity of global warming, he does disorders that make them likely to found. 60 percent still receive no treat- whether it will be cata- question whether it will be cata- commit new sex crimes. Woefully underfunded and ment because the Legislature has strophic. Rather than set them free, the barely regulated, the Jimmy Ryce not fully funded the program and strophic. And he said steps to reduce law allows a drastic measure to Act stands as an example of how because a loophole in the law emissions of greenhouse gases ensure that they won’t ever cross lawmakers are quick to react to allows the men to refuse therapy. Among the evangelical lead- will hurt poor people by raising the line again: Keep them locked heinous crimes like the Ryce mur- — The treatment center — the ers opposed to the statement energy costs, leading to higher inside a treatment center until they der but often fail to stay the course heart of the state’s program — is on global warming are Charles prices for food, clothes and shel- delve into the depths of their minds once the stories fade from the spot- rife with troubles, including pedo- Colson, chairman of Prison ter. “When these prices are raised and overcome their sicknesses. light. philes receiving child pornography Fellowship Ministries; James even a little bit,” he said, “the They are allowed to leave only Since 1998, Florida has spent in the mail, rapists getting drunk Dobson, chairman of Focus on marginal impact on the poor is if psychologists say they no longer $150 million confining 825 men to on homemade alcohol, and fights the Family; and the Rev. D. James very powerful.” pose a threat to the community, its treatment center in Arcadia. breaking out among the men. Bush’s proposal hinges on potentially dubious premise BUSH to-apples exercise. Retirement savings Under 401(k) plans, employers pass continued from page 13 are for the distant future, while HSAs the burden of managing future retire- everyone is the active decision maker are for more immediate needs. ment savings to their employees. the government hopes them to be.” And HSAs work like a checking Skyrocketing health-care costs Similarly, lack of decision-making account, where money goes in and now drive a similar shift with health about retirement savings also has con- out to pay for medical expenses. plans. sequences. However, for younger salaried work- “The concept that the employer is Lack of participant activity in 401(k) ers or wealthier individuals planning going to take care of things is clearly plans has led more than three-quar- early retirement, HSAs can be used going by the wayside,” said Joseph ters of plan providers to offer so- as savings vehicles that, like a 401(k) Antos, a senior researcher at the called Lifecyle funds. contribution, lower the level of tax- American Enterprise Institute, a con- These take the choice out of the able income. Unused HSA contribu- servative research center that’s helped hands of savers. Instead, the fund tions grow over time, accumulating foster Bush’s HSAs. invests for them differently at differ- year over year. “We’ve largely shifted to a defined- ent stages of their lives, more aggres- There’s another important paral- contribution approach to pensions,” sively for younger workers and more lel, experts say. Today’s 401(k) plans Antos said. safely as they near retirement age. emerged from a shift away from “With health care, that’s clearly the Comparing retirement-savings defined-benefit pension plans run by direction we’re heading, for the same choices to HSAs isn’t exactly an apples- corporate managers. reasons,” he said. 16 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Thursday, February 9, 2006 Thursday, February 9, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL 17 18 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Thursday, February 9, 2006 International 19 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006 Avian flu found in Nigeria has killed 40,000 birds so far BY SHASHANK BENGALI The H5N1 virus has killed at least 88 Knight Ridder Tribune of the 165 people known to have been infected with it. Nearly all those cases have A deadly strain of bird flu has been dis- been in East Asia, though deaths have been covered on a poultry farm in northern recorded recently in Turkey and northern Nigeria, health officials said Wednesday, Iraq. marking the virus’s first known appearance The U.N. agency said Nigerian authori- in Africa. ties had killed and disposed of the infected A “highly pathogenic” form of the H5N1 birds and had quarantined the area. The virus has killed 40,000 birds in the rural agency said it would send experts to the Nigerian state of Kaduna, according to the region to provide assistance. World Organization for Animal Health, a “If the situation in Nigeria gets out of United Nations agency. No humans have control, it will have a devastating impact been infected, the agency said. on the poultry population in the region, The announcement confirmed predic- it will seriously damage the livelihoods of tions that the virus, which has turned up millions of people and it will increase the in the Middle East and Eastern Europe in exposure of humans to the virus,” Samuel recent months, would land in Africa even- Jutzi, the organization’s director of animal tually, the region that experts fear might production and health, said in a state- be the most vulnerable to a bird flu pan- ment. demic. Late Wednesday, Nigeria’s tiny neighbor Millions of Africans live in close proxim- Benin announced a ban on all imports of ity to animals, and the continent’s health poultry and poultry products from Nigeria. systems lack the capacity to control an out- The virus was discovered by a laboratory break. Nigeria is particularly at risk because in Italy in samples taken Jan. 16 from birds of its large commercial poultry industry. on the Nigerian farm, which housed chick- Millions of Nigerians raise birds in their ens, ostriches and geese, the U.N. agency backyards, according to the U.N. Food and said. It said scientists still were analyzing Agriculture Organization. how closely the Nigerian strain matched Bird flu rarely infects humans, but close those from other known outbreaks. contact with sick birds increases the chanc- Nigerian authorities also were investi- es of people catching it. Health experts are gating the deaths of about 60,000 birds in SCOTT S. HAMBRICK/KRT concerned that the virus will mutate into the neighboring state of Kano. Preliminary At the Bell & Evans plant in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, Bryant Castillo, 26, removes pinfeathers a strain that passes easily between people, tests have ruled out bird flu, but authorities as chickens pass by at a rate of 180 per minute. Avian flu outbreaks like the one in Nigeria have sparking a global pandemic. said they were conducting more. been taking a devastating health and economic toll on an already overworked industry. Browsing for Barbies Bilateral talks between Japan, North Korea produce little BY TAKAHARU YOSHIYAMA AND North Korea in the latest talks KYOJI FUKUSHIMA that it is neither optimistic nor Knight Ridder Tribune pessimistic about the future outcome of the bilateral talks. Japan and North Korea The meeting was attended wound up the latest round of by Japanese officials includ- bilateral talks in Beijing on ing Koichi Haraguchi, Japanese Wednesday with an agreement ambassador in charge of nor- to continue their discussions malization talks with North but few tangible results. Korea. Delegates met for their fifth The latest discussions day of talks, but made little focused on three key areas: progress on issues such as the North Korea’s abductions of abduction of Japanese by North Japanese, security matters Korean agents, which Tokyo including Pyongyang’s nuclear considers the most pressing and missile programs, and dip- matter on the bilateral agenda. lomatic normalization. After 30 minutes of talks, Song On Sunday and Tuesday, Il Ho, North Korea’s ambassa- the Japanese side reiterated dor in charge of normalization its demands that Pyongyang talks with Japan, told reporters, return any abductees still in “There was a common recogni- North Korea, investigate the tion that there is still consider- issue, and hand over the agents able distance between the two responsible for the abductions. countries’ positions.” However, the discussions He added, “I think further remained deadlocked as discussions are needed.” Pyongyang rejected the three DIEGO GUIDICE/KRT Asked about the next round demands and demanded Japan Latin America has emerged as an epicenter in the traffic of bootlegged goods, and governments are of talks, Song said, “We decided hand over seven people from a increasingly under U.S. pressure to stop the traffic. Media such as movies and music make up the bulk of to arrange the next meeting nongovernmental organization the pirated wares, and in some countries, nearly all of such items sold are pirated as shown in this stand through diplomatic channels.” that helps North Korean citi- at a La Paz city market, Bolivia, January 24, 2006. Song added that Japan told zens who have left the country. Columbian peasants pay for war with life, limbs BY GARY MARX right-wing militia fighters and guerrillas. Knight Ridder Tribune leftist insurgents continue a “The rebels lay the mines four-decade-long civil war. Local so other (armed) groups don’t On a cool morning in officials say at least 14 residents enter their territory,” explained December, Jorge Pascual Mora were killed or injured by land Mauricio Salazar, Sotomayor’s rose at dawn and hiked up a mines and unexploded shells human-rights official. “But it steep hillside to collect fire- and other ordnance in the past affects the civilian population. wood. 12 months. They don’t care about civilians.” The 71-year-old peasant The victims include a 44-year- The perilous countryside out- reached the crest and climbed old taxi driver hit by a roadside side Sotomayor is a microcosm over a wooden fence. He took blast, a 17-year-old girl shred- of Colombia, where casualties one more step. It was his last. ded by shrapnel as she walked caused by mines and stray ord- “He hit the land mine and died to work and an 8-year-old boy nance have skyrocketed in recent here,” said Jose Mello, a neigh- whose fingers were blown off years. bor who lives a few miles out- after he picked up a stray gre- More than 1,000 civilians side this cloud-shrouded town nade. and government troops were in the mountains of southwest- Schools have been closed, wounded or killed by land mines ern Colombia. “His death was pastures lie empty and roads and and unexploded ordnance in awful.” footpaths have been abandoned Colombia last year, compared to SCOTT DALTON/KRT Mines are among the many — all because of the increas- 53 in 1999, according to gov- Members of the Colombian Army 14th Mobile Brigade, all four who lost legs perils in this lush and strategic ing number of homemade mines in the same rebel mind field, sit in a military base in Bogota, Colombia. area where government troops, and booby traps sown by the see COLUMBIA, page 21 20 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Thursday, February 9, 2006 Thursday, February 9, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 21 British diplomat saw same problems in Iraq 85 years ago

BY NANCY A. YOUSSEF Iraqis,” said Mohammed Youssef Ibrahim, KNIGHT RIDDER TRI B UNE a history professor who published a book about Bell in 2003. The post-war period A senior British diplomat long ago figured “would have not been the same today had out what has become one of the enduring the U.S. had such a figure,” he said. dilemmas of the U.S. occupation of Iraq: As insightful and influential as Bell that the presence of a foreign army can was, Iraqis still debate her intentions. undermine efforts to establish a new gov- Some believe Bell — who drew the ernment. map of Iraq for the British — purposely It’s “difficult to be burning villages at made the state too weak to stand inde- one end of the country by means of an pendent of Britain. Others said she was (occupation) Army, and assuring people at committed first to the Iraqis. the other end that we really have handed Whatever her motives, she was obsessed over responsibility to native Ministers,” the with the Iraqis. “Waking and sleeping, I am diplomat, Gertrude Bell, concluded. absorbed by what lies to my hand,” she Bell wrote that report 85 years ago, as wrote to her parents, “and the countless what was then Mesopotamia was struggling interviews, which I conduct daily with tur- to rebuild after World War I and create an baned gentlemen and tribesmen and what independent state that the British would call you please, seem to me to matter more than Iraq. anything else in the world.” Fast-forward to today and Bell’s observa- The British never intended for a woman tions have an uncanny contemporary feel to to lead their efforts in Iraq, particularly them. In letters to her parents while in Iraq, in a culture dominated by men. But Bell, Bell documented the difficulties that Britain who had explored much of the Middle faced in forging Iraq into a coherent nation. East, was an intelligence officer during Those difficulties have turned out to be World War I, and she had impressed her nearly identical to problems faced today by colleagues. Shortly after the British were U.S. and Iraqi leaders: religious and ethnic handed Mesopotamia as a World War I spoil, division, how to train a new Iraqi army, Bell headed to Baghdad to serve under Sir extremism and how to withdraw foreign Percy Cox, the British high commissioner of forces quickly. Probably for that reason, Bell Mesopotamia. and her letters have attracted renewed inter- She arrived in 1920, and like the Americans est amid a nostalgic feeling among Iraqis 80 years later, discovered Iraq was split deep- that if the U.S.-led coalition only had some- ly along religious and ethnic lines, although one who understood them like Bell did, the in roles reversed from today’s. The major- post-Saddam period might have turned out ity Shiites — now the mainstay of the U.S.- better. backed government — at that time refused Unlike U.S. officials, Bell lived in close to work with an occupying force, while the contact with the Iraqis. She learned Arabic, Sunnis — the backbone of today’s insur- traveled much of Iraq on horseback and gency — concluded that collaboration with lived in an unguarded Baghdad home that the British was the way to control the new was open to visitors. state. They were right. She swam in the Tigris River and often The Sunnis then tried to keep the Shiites started her morning with a horseback ride out of the government. Sunnis today have through the city. The new Iraqi leadership accused Shiites of doing the same thing to decided the future of the country in her them. home while drinking tea. “The present Government which is pre- “The British depended on Ms. Bell dominantly Sunni isn’t doing anything because of her knowledge of the Arabs and to conciliate the Shiahs,” Bell wrote in a of the country and its tribes. She loved the January 1921 letter. 22 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Thursday, February 9, 2006 Thursday, February 9, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 23 War making intended and unintended

COLUMBIA 20,000 people are killed or injured annu- Continued from page 19 ally by land mines worldwide, the situa- ernment figures. But the true number is tion is improving as 148 countries, includ- much higher because many blast victims ing Colombia, have ratified the 1997 Mine live in isolated areas and never report Ban Treaty prohibiting the production their injuries, officials say. and use of anti-personnel mines. Experts attribute the growing number The treaty also requires signatories to of incidents to the Colombian military’s destroy stockpiles of land mines and clear offensive against two leftist insurgen- existing minefields, some of which date to cies, the Revolutionary Armed Forces World War II. of Colombia, or FARC, and the smaller One nation working hard to clear its National Liberation Army, known as the minefields is Nicaragua, where an estimat- ELN. ed 160,000 unexploded mines remained As Colombian forces press forward, the in place at the end of its civil war in 1990. rebels plant powerful mines to slow the Yet, while only a handful of govern- troops’ advance, secure their own posi- ments are laying new mines, insurgent tions and cause as many government groups in countries including Uganda, casualties as possible. Nepal and Myanmar, are increasingly Displaced civilians returning to their using anti-personnel devices. homes also fall victim to land mines and “Armed groups that are not part of booby traps, experts say. the government in many cases do not Colombia now ranks among the top respect the land-mine treaty,” said Jackie places in the world in the annual num- Hansen, a researcher at the International ber of casualties from land mines, along Campaign to Ban Landmines, an advo- with Afghanistan, Angola and the Russian cacy group with chapters in 90 countries. province of Chechnya, according to the The main reason Colombian guerrillas United Nations and other agencies. And are using land mines is that they are easy Colombia is the only country in the to make and deadly. Americas where new mines are being At the Batallon de Sanidad, a Bogota sown on a regular basis. military base where wounded sol- Some activists complain that Colombian diers are treated, Sgt. Himbler Perez, authorities have failed to push demining a land mine expert, displayed a dozen efforts, educate the populace about the rebel-made devices fashioned from such dangers of mines and provide assistance everyday items as a mousetrap, milk con- to victims. tainer and oil filter. Luz Piedad Herrera, coordinator of the One cone-shaped mine called a Observatory for Anti-Personnel Mines, a “Chinese Hat” is powerful enough to Colombian government agency, said anti- destroy a tank. Perez held up a smaller mine education and victim assistance homemade mine that uses a hypodermic programs are improving but conceded syringe as its triggering mechanism. Colombia has neither the money nor the “It explodes when you step on it,” said manpower to demine the country. Perez, pressing down on the syringe’s top “When an operation takes place to to show how the mine detonates. clear a mine, a lot of times what happens One victim of a syringe-triggered mine is the same group that planted this mine is Hector Acosta, a 24-year-old soldier returns and plants more,” she said. who last August was fighting the ELN in The growing use of land mines in southern Colombia. Colombia stands in contrast to the rest After three days of combat, Acosta’s 12- of the world, where land mine casualties member unit paused while a rebel mine- have decreased in recent years. field was cleared. Acosta and his unit then While some experts estimate that up to were ordered to advance. 20 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Thursday, February 9, 2006 CROSSWORD DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU

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Please call 781-396-4661 Women vying for Regionals bid SKIING end at Dartmouth as Brandon continued from page 27 and junior Jen Crawford fell, and competition.” Appert, Snider and Nelson com- Shaw points to Benson’s work bined for just two top-10 indi- ethic, Tiefenthaler’s unique mid- vidual finishes. western style and Johnson’s per- “We had a lot of injury and severance in coming back from sickness combined last week- a knee injury as key contribut- end,” Nelson said. “Hopefully ing factors to the team’s success. everyone will be alright; there If this well-rounded club team, wasn’t anything major that put which races in a primarily club anyone out.” division, can beat out two varsity The women excel in the sla- squads at Regionals, it could be lom events while often strug- the first Tufts men’s ski team ever gling at GS, which should work to qualify for Nationals. in their favor this weekend as The women’s team does not they continue to vie for a bid to sport the same depth as the Regionals. men’s, but has still raced suc- “We’re looking forward to a cessfully this season. Senior successful weekend,” Appert captain Eliza Appert and class- said. “Since we’re much better at mates Chloe Snider and Lael slalom than GS, this race should Nelson have placed consistently help us in the standings.” throughout the year. Freshman “We’ll have some absences due Alissa Brandon and senior Laura to academic things, but we need D’Angelo have also contributed. to get three top finishers this “We’re struggling a little bit weekend,” Nelson added. “The with development,” Nelson said. third top finisher will keep us in “Alissa is really stepping up, but the range to go to Regionals.” five of our top seven skiers are For both sides of the team, ski COURTESY JEPH SHAW seniors which will be a problem season offers the chance to get Eliza Appert and the women’s ski team are currently in third place in the ECSC Thompson Division behind BU next season.” away from campus and compete and WPI. Appert and four of her classmates are five of the team’s top seven performers. As for this year, however, the at all levels. As a club sport, ski- organizations. on,” Shaw said. “All of it goes with people across the grades. top three women have led Tufts ing affords athletes of all levels “Ski team is a lot of fun because towards the team doing well.” We don’t take ourselves too seri- to three first-place finishes, just the opportunity to bond with you have people who are trying “Ski team is my favorite part of ously, but we definitely rise to the one behind the men’s team. The fellow skiers in a more relaxed to win, but you also have those Tufts, bar none,” Nelson added. challenge and compete at a high team floundered a bit last week- atmosphere than those of varsity who are there to cheer everyone “We have a great time bonding level. It’s a nice balance.” Hanson could prove valuable Win this weekend against Trinity or Amherst

MLB in AAA in a pitchers’ park before continued from page 26 faltering in 57 major league at- would clinch playoff berth for women Wood hit 43 home runs in bats. A poor performance in this WOMEN’S BASKETBALL to pull out the win. We haven’t “Our defense helped us high class A, and then jumped winter’s Dominican League has continued from page 28 been the best free-throw shoot- down the stretch,” Berube said. all the way to AAA, where he worried some, but Marte is still tage with just over one minute in ing team, and it was great that “We played good [defense] — batted .316 with a .526 slugging projected to have a solid major regulation. The senior finished we could convert [from the foul we held them to 50 points. We percentage in 19 at-bats. He also league career. the game with 24 points, cash- line] tonight.” executed what we needed to at tore up the Arizona Fall League 6. Craig Hansen, RHP, Boston ing in on 14 of her 16 attempts Still, the Jumbos finished 16 the end of the game.” in the offseason. Red Sox. from the free-throw line. for 25 from the charity stripe as Despite their strug- Meanwhile, Kendrick slugged Hansen is another player “It was definitely time for a team. Aside from Powers, the gles throughout much of his way to a 1.059 OPS in 279 who should add some depth me to step up,” Powers said. team made only two of nine. December and January, the high class A at-bats and a .961 to Boston’s bullpen later in the “I’ve been trying in the past few Park and classmate Valerie Jumbos have fared well against OPS in 190 AA at-bats. season. A first round pick of games, but my shots weren’t Krah provided Powers with non-conference opponents, Wood may end up at third the Red Sox in the 2005 draft, falling. I knew I needed to keep some offensive support, scor- finishing their non-conference base for Anaheim in order to many scouts rated him as the shooting and doing what I knew ing 10 and 11 points, respec- schedule at 7-6. get his bat in the lineup, while best pitcher in the draft, but he how to do best.” tively. At 2-5, the Jumbos are tied Kendrick may only get some fell because of his high bonus The team’s leading offensive The game was a battle until for sixth place in the conference at-bats if the Halos have injury demands. threat, Powers encountered a the end, with ten ties and with Trinity and Middlebury. problems. Hansen throws in the mid- mid-season dry spell, failing to the lead changing hands 21 Amherst is 4-3. The top eight 5. Andy Marte, 3B, Cleveland 90s, and Baseball America rated reach double-figures for four times. Tufts finally pulled out teams make the playoffs, so a Indians. his slider the best off-speed straight games. the much-needed victory and win this weekend will ensure a Marte has been shuffled from pitch in the 2005 draft. Despite On a team that has strug- gained some momentum for playoff spot for the team. If the the Atlanta Braves to the Boston struggling with the pitch after gled at the foul line, entering the crucial weekend match- Jumbos drops both games, their Red Sox to Cleveland this offsea- signing with Boston, Hansen Tuesday’s game shooting just ups against Trinity on Friday fate will be in the hands of the son, where he will likely stay for allowed zero runs in 13 minor 60.9 percent from the line, evening and Amherst on other teams in the league. many years, as the Indians are in league innings split between AA Powers attacked the hoop, Saturday afternoon. “We go into each game one desperate need of help at the hot and AAA. He struggled a bit in getting fouled and consistently The Jumbos held the Seahawks game at a time,” Powers said. corner. the majors, but he only pitched converting her opportunities. to no field goals in the final five “This was a huge game for us. Baseball Prospectus ranked three innings. “Jess got our offense going, minutes, as Salve Regina’s only Our confidence is definitely up Marte the best prospect in base- If Hansen can gain control especially from the foul line,” points came from the foul line. right now; we know what we’re ball in 2004, and he followed of his slider, he could be to junior forward Libby Park Tufts’ scrappy defense induced capable of. Our goal is to go 3- that with a solid campaign in Boston in 2006 what Street was said. “She did a great job, got 26 turnovers, leading to 15 fast- 0 this week — [with this win], 2005. Marte put up a .878 OPS to Oakland in 2005. us pumped up, and helped us break points. we’re almost halfway there.” 26 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Thursday, February 9, 2006

INSIDE THE MLB Youth movement to highlight American League in 2006 Pitchers, infielders among those most likely to make an impact BY MIKE DEBARTOLO early favorite for AL Rookie of He’s tall and lanky, his fastball Senior Staff Writer the Year. sits in the high-90s, and he also Of all of the players on this has an excellent curveball. In Numerous American League list, Liriano is the most likely 33 AA innings, Verlander posted rookies emerged from anonym- to make the most immediate a 0.28 ERA. With that kind of ity in 2005 to impact the pen- impact (he’s projected to start dominance, he should spend nant race. the season in Minnesota’s rota- significant amount of time in Bobby Jenks, the new fireman tion). He posted a 1.78 ERA in 91 the Tigers’ rotation in 2006. for the Chicago White Sox, came innings at AAA last year, and he up in July of 2005 and ultimately struck out an incredible 33 bat- became a major force behind ters in 24 major league innings Like many young his team’s World Series win. The while only walking seven. Oakland Athletics had two dif- 2. Jonathan Lester, LHP, pitchers, Lester ference-makers in first baseman Boston Red Sox. Dan Johnson and Rookie of the Like Liriano, Lester is a 22- has to improve the Year closer Huston Street. year-old lefty; however, Lester This week, Inside MLB takes a is not nearly as advanced as command of his look at a few players who could Liriano, and probably won’t emerge in a similar fashion over make any impact until July at secondary pitches, but the course of the 2006 season. At the earliest. But he has improved the moment, these players aren’t his velocity in each professional if he can do that, he exactly household names, but season, and there is no reason to by season’s end they could be think he won’t stop getting bet- could become a part October heroes. ter. 1. Francisco Liriano, LHP, Like many young pitchers, of Boston’s rotation Minnesota Twins. Lester has to improve the com- Liriano is just 22 years old, but mand of his secondary pitches, for years to come. he has already pitched briefly but if he can do that, he could in the major leagues. Baseball become a part of Boston’s rota- America ranked Liriano the tion for years to come. He posted 4. Brandon Wood and Howie top prospect in the AA Eastern a 2.61 ERA in AA while striking Kendrick, Middle Infield, League and the No. 2 prospect in out 163 batters in 148 innings. Anaheim Angels. the AAA International League. Lester could certainly play a The big question with these This lefty from the Dominican similar role to Jon Papelbon’s guys is whether they will be Republic throws in the mid-90s last year with Boston. able to find playing time behind and sports a hard slider that sits 3. Justin Verlander, RHP, Anaheim’s regulars at second in the high-80s. The one con- Detroit Tigers. base and shortstop, but Wood cern surrounding Liriano is that A slim ray of hope for the and Kendrick have put up unbe- he missed parts of 2002 and Tigers is 21-year-old Verlander, lievable numbers in the minor 2003 with shoulder problems. their top draft choice in 2004 leagues. NUCCIO DINUZZO/KRT But if he can remain healthy, who has put up excellent minor While reliever Bobby Jenks contributed to the Chicago White Sox’ World Liriano has to be considered an league numbers. see MLB, page 25 Series victory as a rookie, there is a whole new crop of young pitchers and infielders in the American League primed to make in impact in 2006.

Final weekend games will SCHEDULE | Feb.6 - Feb. 12 MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN determine playoff seeding Men’s @ Trinity @ Amherst MEN’S BASKETBALL over Trinity and Amherst could 7 p.m. 3 p.m. Basketball continued from page 28 potentially yield a first-place fin- “Kumf played great,” Fitzgerald ish and a home-court advantage Trinity Amherst Women’s 7 p.m. said. “He was everywhere; he had throughout the playoffs. Basketball 7 p.m. tons of boards and was really great “I’m really excited,” said on the defensive end.” Fitzgerald. “It would really make @Salem State @ Southern While the win proved the a statement and show we are on Ice Hockey 7 p.m. Maine Jumbos’ persistence, the team the same level as [Trinity and 3 p.m. will hope to be in more consis- Amherst]. The crowd also would tent form as it enters the most be great and would really help us Men’s important weekend of the sea- throughout the tournament.” Swimming son. Tufts visits Trinity on Friday With the excitement brewing evening followed by a showdown around the Jumbos’ recent hot Women’s at NESCAC-leading Amherst on streak, Sheldon plans for more of Swimming Saturday afternoon. the same. According to the Feb. 8 NCAA “We won’t change anything that Men’s St. Valentine MIT Invite Div. III poll, Amherst is the No. 1 we usually do,” the coach said. Invite @BU 12 p.m. Track and Field team in the Northeast. Tufts is No. “We will bring the up-tempo game TBA @ MIT 3, Bates is No. 5, and Trinity is No. we usually do and we will tighten 7. up on defense. We all know the Women’s St. Valentine MIT Invite Invite @BU 3 p.m. Within the NESCAC, the Jumbos gravity of the situation and we are Track and Field 3 p.m. @ MIT are currently in fourth, but wins definitely ready for the weekend.”

STATISTICS | STANDINGS Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Ice Hockey NCAA Div. I Men’s NBA Scoreboard NESCAC Standings NESCAC Standings NESCAC Standings Basketball AP Ranking POR 69 GSW 124 CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE GOALS as of Jan. 30, 2006 IND 101 WSH 129 Team W L Pct W L Team W L Pct W L Team W L T Pct GF GA Rank, Team (Previous) Amherst 6 1 .857 20 2 Bates 6 1 .857 15 7 Middlebury 13 1 1 .900 72 22 1. Connecticut (1) SAS 125 OT LAC 87 Bates 6 1 .857 19 3 Bowdoin 6 1 .857 18 2 Williams 10 3 2 .733 61 46 2. Duke (2) TOR 118 DET 97 Trinity 6 1 .857 16 4 Williams 6 1 .857 19 3 Amherst 9 5 1 .633 57 45 3. Memphis (3) Tufts 5 2 .714 18 4 Wesleyan 6 2 .750 15 6 Colby 9 6 0 .600 60 46 4. Villanova (6) NY 83 PHI 92 Williams 5 2 .714 17 5 Amherst 4 3 .571 9 12 Bowdoin 8 5 2 .600 55 44 5. Gonzaga (7) NJ 96 CHA 100 3 .429 13 8 Middlebury 2 5 .286 14 8 Hamilton 8 7 0 .533 59 55 6. Illinois (8) Bowdoin 4 ORL 89 2OT Colby 2 5 .286 8 13 Trinity 2 5 .286 7 13 Tufts 6 8 1 .433 53 63 7. Texas (4) SEA 102 Conn. Coll. 2 6 .250 12 10 Tufts 2 5 .286 9 11 Trinity 5 7 3 .433 44 46 8. Florida (5) NO/OK 109 MIL 94 .143 8 13 36 9. Pittsburgh (12) Middlebury 1 6 .143 12 10 Colby 1 6 Wesleyan 4 8 3 .367 31 CLE 97 LAL 89 Wesleyan 0 8 .000 6 15 Conn. Coll. 1 7 .125 8 14 Conn. Coll. 1 13 1 .100 32 63 10. George Washington (14) MIN 91 HOU 78 Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Individual Statistics NCAA Div. I Women’s MEM 102 CHI 110 Player PPG RPG Ast. Player PPG RPG Ast. Player G A Pts Basketball AP Ranking Dan Martin 17.7 6.8 24 Jess Powers 12.0 3.7 51 Matt McCarthy 17 15 32 as of Jan. 30, 2006 PHX 108 DEN 107 28 Jake Weitzen 14.3 5.1 57 Valerie Krah 10.2 2.6 26 Greg O’Connell 9 19 Rank, Team (Previous) Ken Cleary 9 16 25 NHL Scoreboard Ryan O’Keefe 11.5 3.1 24 Laura Jasisnki 7.0 6.2 13 1. North Carolina (3) Jenna Gomez 6.2 5.2 14 Greg McCarthy 10 13 23 Dave Shepherd 9.2 2.9 91 2. Duke (2) Brian Kumf 8.8 5.8 28 Khalilah Ummah 6.0 5.0 11 Joe Milo 11 7 18 OTT 1 LA 4 15 Jeremy Black 7.5 3.0 96 Libby Park 5.9 5.2 4 Ross Gimbel 9 6 3. LSU (4) NYR 5 CMB 7 7 Brian Fitzgerald 6.0 6.4 24 Julia Verplank 5.4 2.0 17 Jack Thompson 2 5 4. Connecticut (5) Brian Bailey 2 5 7 Jason Grauer 2.9 2.0 11 Kim Moynihan 4.9 2.4 22 5. Tennessee (1) BOS 3 NYI 2 Phil Clark 1 6 7 Marilyn Duffy-Cabana 2.1 1.9 18 Pat Sullivan 2.6 1.9 5 Joe Cappellano 0 7 7 6. Maryland (6) PIT 1 PHI 5 Dacson Sears 2.3 0.9 4 Taryn Miller-Stevens 1.9 2.0 20 7. Ohio State (7) Team 76 119 195 NSH 0 ANA 1 Aaron Gallant 1.5 0.5 3 Katherine Miller 1.1 2.5 13 Goalkeeping GA Svs. Sv % 8. Purdue (8) Ross Trethewey 0.8 0.6 4 Anna Weber 0.0 0.5 0.0 James Kalec 58 571 .908 9. Rutgers (10) DET 6 CAL 3 Carl Onubogu 0.5 2.0 2 Stacy Filocco 0.0 0.0 0.0 Issa Azat 8 106 .930 10. Baylor (9) Team 83.0 42.6 373 Team 57.1 40.9 209 Matt Ninnemann 6 81 .931 CHI Late STL Late SJ VAN Thursday, February 9, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 27

ALPINE SKIING Skiers on course for best men’s finish in school history BY KRISTY CUNNINGHAM Daily Editorial Board

The alpine ski team is reaching new heights as its season comes to an end. With a deep young squad, the men’s team has blazed through the competi- tion this year and currently holds the No. 1 team ranking in the ECSC Thompson Division. The women’s team has strug- gled with consistency at times, but still ranks third in the league behind power- houses Boston University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. “The guys’ team is pretty much the best it’s ever been,” senior Andrew Tonelli said. “We’re definitely going to make Regionals. And if we do well there, there’s a possibil- ity we could make Nationals.” The men are peaking at just the right time. Their top three racers— sopho- more Andrew Benson, freshman Hans Tiefenthaler and junior Eric Johnson — took the top three spots, respectively, in last weekend’s second race at Dartmouth. As a result of these performances, and those recorded by Tonelli and junior cap- tain Jeph Shaw, Tufts came out on top of the field in the second team race, after finishing second behind WPI in the first team competition. The giant slalom-style (GS) race at Dartmouth played into the hands of the well-balanced group. Benson, who spe- cializes in GS, recorded the best time COURTESY JEPH SHAW of the weekend, clocking in at 1:04.10. Sophomore Andrew Benson, a giant slalom specialist, recorded the best time in that event at Dartmouth this past weekend (1:04.10). Benson Tiefenthaler was right on his teammate’s and the men’s ski team have a chance to become the first Tufts men’s ski team to qualify for Nationals. heels with a 1:05.98, the second best time of the two-day meet. so far this season, the men will enter we ski up to what we’re capable of skiing, “WPI is probably a little deeper than “This weekend was the first time we this weekend’s Mt. Snow/Dartmouth sla- there’s no doubt we will win at Mt. Snow we are, but our top skiers seem to edge had everything really come together,” lom events poised to defend their No. 1 and Dartmouth.” them out,” Tonelli said. “As long as we’re Shaw said. ranking and take the next step towards Despite its success, Tufts has felt con- not falling, there’s no reason we should be “[Benson, Tiefenthaler, and Johnson] Regionals. stant pressure from league rival WPI. The losing to them. They don’t seem to fall as are the best skiers in the league right now,” “No matter what discipline we’ve been two teams split first-place honors last much as we do and always provide good Tonelli added. “We’re looking solid.” skiing, we’ve been winning,” Tonelli said. weekend and have battled for supremacy After winning four of their seven races “We’ve won three slaloms this year and if throughout the year. see SKIING, page 25

INSIDE FITNESS No magic solution for washboard abs Fitzgerald a force to be reckoned Diet, increased resistance biggest solutions to a flabby core with on offense and defense FITZGERALD that Sheldon has designated to BY GREG KATZ on layers of fat. Increase your semester about overtraining and continued from page 28 Weitzen. Daily Staff Writer fruit and vegetable consump- have been careful not to overdo the season, playing 20.3 min- At times this season, as he tion — which provides fiber and it. Can you give me any advice utes per game. He’s second on did on Saturday, Sheldon has Every night before I go to bed, I other nutrients without being how I can change up my work- the team in rebounding, aver- manipulated his substitutions see infomercials for ab machines high in calories — and decrease out to make some new gains? aging 6.4 per game, and second at the end of games to make on TV. They always promise easy your late-night eating. - Sophomore who has some extra on the team in blocked shots sure that Fitzgerald is in on the results and a washboard stom- Another great way to decrease tickets to the gun show with 15 on the season. defensive end of the floor and ach. Three hundred dollars later calorie consumption is to drink “I really feel like on this team, Weitzen is in on the offensive (in only 30 easy payments of more water instead of other bev- First of all, great work so far. my main objective is to bring side. $9.99), I’ve realized that this isn’t erages. A glass of orange juice If you’ve been consistently lift- a defensive presence, some the case. How can I get ripped has 110 calories. A can of soda ing for six months and are just rebounding and some fire,” abs? Is there an easy way? has 140. To burn a pound of fat, starting to see your gains, you Fitzgerald said. “I take a lot of He hit all four of his - Flabby-bellied senior you need to have a calorie defi- must have been doing some- pride in defense.” cit of 3500 calories. You do the thing right. If you haven’t already On the offensive end, three point attempts Getting a cut midsection may math. The third thing to do is tried doing some new exercises Fitzgerald takes just over four not be as easy as they say in the to increase your cardio and/or and changing your rep ranges, shots a game, but he is efficient against Bates, includ- infomercials (unless you hap- make your lifting sessions more then that should be your first and selective. He shoots 45.6 pen to be Alton from MTV’s Real intense (i.e. decrease rest peri- step. If you have been switching percent from the floor and is the ing a nail-in-the-cof- World/Road Rules Challenge), ods and increase volume). the angles that you are working team’s best free throw shooter, but it’s not rocket science. The second main problem your muscles and have been at 86.1 percent. Perhaps most fin trey with the shot There are two main obstacles is the way in which we train altering numbers of repetitions impressive for a big man, he is to having a six-pack. The first is our abs. A lot of people get in and still not seeing gains, here the team’s second best three- clock winding down at that many people have a layer the gym and do hundreds of are some other ideas to help point shooter, shooting 54.5 of fat covering their midsec- crunches and dozens of bicy- burst through that plateau. percent from long-range. the end of the game. tion. The second is that our cles. Would you do 100 biceps Try working in some nega- He hit all four of his three abdominal muscles — which curls if you were trying to get tives in order to focus on the point attempts against Bates, exist for everyone regardless of definition in your arms? No. eccentric (lengthening) phase including a nail-in-the-coffin “We always joke around on how much fat is on top of them Then why are you doing so of the muscle contraction. This trey with the shot clock winding the team that if you combine — may not be properly devel- many reps for ab exercises? The sort of training will involve down at the end of the game. us two you could have one of oped. Each of these issues must answer for a lot of people is that loading 10 to 15 percent more Knowing that the team does the best players on the team,” be tackled before you develop ten crunches don’t give them a weight on than you would nor- not rely on him to post sig- Weitzen said. “We compliment abs that you feel comfortable ‘burn.’ mally lift and receiving help nificant scoring numbers, each other very well. I have showing off. The solution to this problem from a spotter to actually lift Fitzgerald waits for open shots. a sense that coach Sheldon shouldn’t be to do more reps, the weight. Your goal is to slowly “I hit shots, but they were allows us to be one player, but to increase resistance. Hold lower the weight over the course all wide open looks,” Fitzgerald when he subs us in offensively Train your abs like you a medicine ball on your chest of seven to 10 seconds. Working said of his performance on and defensively.” as you crunch. Do some sit-ups the muscle on the downward Saturday. “Jake [Weitzen] hit The Jumbos will need con- would train another with a dumbbell behind your motion helps build mass and me with a few good passes and tributions from both Fitzgerald head. Do Russian twists with strength and is a great way to [Martin] was passing well out of and Weitzen if they hope to muscle: use moderate a weight plate in your hands. break new ground. the post. It wasn’t so much me, make a run in the conference Train your abs like you would Another idea is to try iso- but it was my teammates get- tournament, in which Fitzgerald rep ranges and pro- train another muscle: Use mod- metric holds, which are static ting me the ball with good looks expects the team to excel. erate rep ranges and progres- repetitions in which you exert and me being fortunate enough “I’ve never felt so positive gressively increasing sively increasing resistance. enough force on a weight to to knock them down.” about a team that I’ve ever Start following my advice now maintain its position. Try iso- In the past several games, played on before,” Fitzgerald resistance. and you’ll be thanking me when metric holds along various Fitzgerald’s teammates have said. “I just know up and down Spring Break comes. points on the range of motion been looking to get him the ball the lineup everyone is going of an exercise, holding for five more often. Fitzgerald has aver- to step up and play their role. First let’s take a closer look at I’ve been a pretty consistent to 10 seconds at each point. aged almost 12 points a game Last year, I thought that we diet. To get rid of the layer of fat lifter for about six months. I’ve Mixing in different methods of over the last three games, scor- were going do something in the covering your abs, there are a seen good gains so far in both working a muscle other than a ing in double-figures each time. conference tournament. This few steps to take. The first is to size and strength, but lately I’ve regular lifting motion is a good Still, Fitzgerald will not be relied year I’d be shocked if we didn’t focus on a healthy diet to dis- been feeling like I’m hitting a way to shock your body into on to be the team’s main scorer elevate our play and really do courage your body from packing plateau. I read your article last making new gains. down the stretch, a clutch role something special.” 28 INSIDE Alpine Skiing 27 Inside Fitness 27 Sports Inside the MLB 26 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006

MEN’S BASKETBALL Fitzgerald completes transition from walk-on to starter Recent offense has supplemented senior tri-captain’s defense, leadership BY NATE GRUBMAN During the game, he didn’t get in Fitzgerald, his second-high- Senior Staff Writer the most attention from the est rebounder, and when the Bates defense. But while fellow Bobcats missed their fourth At 23 years old, senior tri- senior tri-captain Dan Martin three, Fitzgerald pulled down captain Brian Fitzgerald is a late earned both of those honors, it the rebound and drew a foul. bloomer. was Fitzgerald who made the “He means a lot to the team,” The road he took to last loudest statement. Martin said. “He does a lot of Saturday’s Senior Day match- After going scoreless in the the little things. He works his up was a winding one. After first half, Fitzgerald reeled off ass off in practice, first of all. He his freshman year, he took a 15 second-half points on 5-7 goes after the boards and shoots leave of absence from school shooting to lead the Jumbos the three. He does a lot of the to work. Returning the next to an upset victory over Bates, intangibles that you don’t see in year, Fitzgerald hadn’t planned ending the NESCAC frontrun- the stats at all.” on playing basketball, deciding ner’s 16- game win streak. The While Fitzgerald’s contri- only on the eve of the tryouts game was particularly sweet butions may not be visible as when Tufts basketball player for the Jumbos, who lost to the his 6’8” classmate’s — Martin’s and friend Blaine Lay encour- Bobcats in the NESCAC tourna- scoring in the past week earned aged Fitzgerald to attend a fra- ment semifinals last year. him his second NESCAC Player ternity event on Halloween. “It was definitely bittersweet, of the Week Award — they fill a Having never seen him at but it couldn’t have had a better crucial niche for the Jumbos. any of the workouts, coach Bob ending because they knocked “We have so many scorers on Sheldon initially told Fitzgerald us out last year,” Fitzgerald this team, so my role is a defen- to get off the court. said. “There was some talking sive presence inside,” Fitzgerald “I didn’t know who he was after [last year’s] game. They did said. “I would like to think of so I said ‘this is a tryout, so you some things that were disre- myself as someone who just have to get off the court,’ and spectful to some of our seniors, adds to team chemistry and just he said ‘I know — I want to try so I had that game circled on helps the team win, maybe not out,’” Sheldon said. “Because he the schedule. It was kind of a necessarily by putting up huge was 6’4”, I let him. If he was 5’8”, storybook ending for me.” scoring numbers, but by doing I probably would’ve told him to For all the shots Fitzgerald the dirty work.” get off the court.” hit, perhaps no play was bigger And this is what Fitzgerald was Three years later, on Saturday, than the one he made on the asked to do on Saturday when Fitzgerald was one of two Tufts defensive end in the final two he guarded Stockwell. This is seniors honored on Senior Day. minutes. With 2:23 left in the not uncommon for the Jumbos, In three years, he transformed game and the Bobcats trailing as Fitzgerald is often assigned from walk-on, to bench player, by nine, Bates senior star Rob to guard the other team’s best to starter and captain. Stockwell stole the ball from post player. He is asked to pro- “It was kind of funny how it Tufts junior tri-captain Dave vide defense, rebounding and, if all happened,” Fitzgerald said. Shepherd, giving the Bobcats a the opportunity presents itself, “I think it’s probably one of the chance to cut into the Jumbos’ knock down the open shot. best decisions I’ve ever made. lead. “[Fitzgerald] and [Martin] are I’m not sure I’d be this far along Bates missed three consecu- the heart and soul of our team in my graduation if I didn’t have tive three pointers, but each and [Fitzgerald] is a big part of the basketball commitment.” time, it grabbed the offensive that,” Sheldon said. Before Saturday’s match- rebound. After his team failed Fitzgerald has started all 22 up against the red-hot Bates for the third time to get the games for the Jumbos so far in JAMES HARRIS/TUFTS DAILY Bobcats, Fitzgerald didn’t big defensive board, Sheldon Senior tri-captain Brian Fitzgerald contributes hustle, defense and an receive the loudest cheers. had seen enough. He subbed see FITZGERALD, page 27 occasional touch from the perimeter.

MEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL After first-half stumble, Tufts gathers itself and Powers fuels team cruises to easy victory over Newbury College with stellar play, BY WILL KARAS Senior Staff Writer lights-out shooting BY RACHEL DOLIN Overcoming an inconsistent start, the Daily Editorial Board men’s basketball team composed itself and cruised through the second half to a For senior tri-captain Jessica Powers, the MEN’S BASKETBALL 31-point thrashing by Bates on Saturday at Brookline, Tuesday afternoon was the last straw. Tufts 72 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Newbury 58 at Salve Regina, Tuesday

Shepherd: 15 points, 3-3 3-pt. FG, Tufts 55 4 assists Salve Regina 50 Weitzen: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists Powers: 26 points, 14-16 FT, Kumf: 11 points, 9 rebounds 4 assists, 4 rebounds Park: 11 points, 7 rebounds comfortable 72-58 win over the Newbury Krah: 10 points, 5 steals Nighthawks. The win brought the Jumbos’ current winning streak to seven games, improving Refusing to allow her team to crawl their record to 18-4. The loss dropped the blindly into the postseason after its prom- Nighthawks to 7-13 on the season. ising 5-1 start, the senior steadied the To call the victory a team effort would rickety Jumbos, scoring nearly half of their be an understatement, as five players MIKE CONROY/TUFTS DAILY points en route to a 55-50 win over Salve scored in double-digits. Junior tri-captain With 15 points in his 33 minutes on the floor Junior tri-captain David Shepherd, helped Regina. David Shepard led the charge with 15 his team recover from a sloppy and inconsistent first half to win its 18th win of the sea- The victory improved Tufts to 9-11 over- points, followed by fellow senior tri-cap- son. all, giving it the opportunity to finish .500 tain Dan Martin, who amassed 12 points team came roaring out of the gates after “I think just coming off the big win at with two wins this weekend in the final and nabbed six rebounds. intermission, beginning the half with a Bates and looking forward to this week- home-stand of the regular season. The “Without a doubt a very good team dominant 14-2 run. Despite a minor glitch end’s games [against Trinity and Amherst] Seahawks’ loss broke a six-game winning effort,” coach Bob Sheldon said about the in the middle of the half, the Jumbos made us look over Newbury a bit,” streak, dropping them to 14-7. game. “We were coming off a really emo- cleaned-up some sloppy offense and fin- Fitzgerald said. “We realized how hard let- “Coming in, we weren’t concerned about tional win against Bates and even though ished off the game strong. ting this game slip away would be so we Salve [Regina] or their streak,” coach Carla Newbury doesn’t have a great record this “We were missing shots we normally tightened up in the second half and got Berube said. “We focused on ourselves, year, they had a crazy atmosphere in the make,” Sheldon said. “We just tightened the win.” and we got done what we needed to do.” gym. Anytime you go on the road and get up in the second half and started to force Fitzgerald also had praise for his team- With the game tied at 46 with 3:46 72 points, you have to be pleased with the them to take shots they couldn’t make.” mates, in particular junior Brian Kumf, remaining, Powers scored six straight result.” Senior-tri captain Brian Fitzgerald who had 11 points and a team-leading points on a three-pointer and three free The Jumbos stumbled through the shared Sheldon’s views, highlighting the nine rebounds. throws to hand her team a 52-46 advan- first half, missing shots and allowing the lack of focus on the present situation as a Nighthawks to stay in the game, but the factor in the shaky start to the game. see MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 26 see WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 25