Today: Mostly Cloudy THE TUFTS High 56 Low 47 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Mostly Cloudy Since 1980 High 64 Low 54 VOLUME LII, NUMBER 54 DAILY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006 Senate working to strengthen Remember to eat your fish now Incorporating fish into the The study, which was pub- connections with Tufts alumni diet may cut the risk of demen- lished in November’s issue of tia and Alzheimer’s disease by Archives of Neurology, followed BY ROB SILVERBLATT mation about the professions can currently access the net- nearly 50 percent, according to some 899 participants, aged Daily Editorial Board in which they are involved. work to search for and contact a study recently published by Dr. between 55 and 58, over a “The whole idea behind the alumni in fields they’re inter- Ernst Schaefer of the Jean Mayer nine-year period, during which A coordinated effort aimed mentoring program is for stu- ested in. USDA Human Nutrition Research 99 developed dementia and 71 at strengthening the ties dents to be paired with people Despite its availability, he Center on Aging (HNRCA). were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s between students and alumni who are working in the field said that many students are “Just like your mother said, disease. is currently underway. that the students are inter- presently unaware of this eating fish is good for you,” Dr. After controlling known risk With the help of the Tufts ested in,” she said. resource. Schaefer said. factors for dementia such as Community Union (TCU) “The alum would then be “I think a lot of students Founded in 1981 by then- age, gender, and homocysteine Senate, Career Services, and a resource on possible grad don’t realize that option cur- Tufts President Jean Mayer in levels, Schaefer found that par- the Alumni Association, the school programs, possibly rently exists, and one of the cooperation with then Speaker ticipants with the highest levels objective is to pair students [about] internships, [and] things that we’re exploring is of the House Tip O’Neill, the of DHA in their brains were 47 with alumni who share their information about the field.” how to get the word out better center is located on Boston’s percent less likely to develop interests. The program, which is still on that,” he said. Tufts Medical School campus dementia and 39 percent less According to TCU Senate in the planning phase and will A related problem, accord- and devoted to the study of likely to develop Alzheimer’s President Mitch Robinson, the likely be unveiled in a pilot ing to Robinson, is that many human nutrition and aging. than the participants with com- initiative came in response to program late next semester or students find the alumni and Shaefer currently serves as paratively lower levels. student interest and was dis- early next year, will build upon career services networks to be director of the Lipid Metabolism Schaefer said that he has cussed when this year’s sena- existing resources. confusing. Laboratory and yet to perform a placebo-con- tors were running for office “We’re trying to improve “A lot of students feel that focuses his research on nutrition, trolled randomized clinical test last spring. some of the things that are the career network and the genetics, aging, gender effects, to determine conclusively that “One of the things that stu- already in place through alumni network are hard to lipoproteins, and cardiovascular DHA can prevent dementia or dents were talking about a lot Career Services,” freshman navigate through,” he said. disease risk. even Alzheimer’s, but his results is the need to have a closer TCU Senator Duncan Pickard According to Breed, many In this study, he postulated have not come as a surprise, as relationship with alumni,” he said. alumni are willing to fix that that the docosahexaenoic acid DHA has long been viewed as said. Pickard serves on the problem. (DHA), which is critical to infant one of the acids most critical to In the proposed program, Administration and Policy “I think the alumni are very development and accounts for maintaining healthy brain func- which will be optional, stu- Committee, which together interested in working with much of the fat found in human tion, vision, and reproduction. dents will be paired with with the Education Committee students, in offering whatev- breast milk, may be critical in Schaefer has worked at the alumni based on a number of is spearheading the efforts er they can to students,” she maintaining neurocognitive nutrition center since it opened factors that include profes- to promote the plan in the said. functions in the aging brain. in 1982. sion, geography, and major. Senate. Pickard said that this com- DHA, also helpful in prevent- He said that the center, which, The pairings will likely come The main mechanism cur- mitment from alumni has the ing cardiac death, can be found according to its Web site has after the students declare a rently in place through Career same core objective as the cur- in vegetable oils, soybeans, wal- received recognition because major. Services is the Tufts Career rent Capital Campaign, which nuts, and wheat germ, with of the applicability of research According to Tufts Alumni Network. was announced earlier this the highest concentration found done there. “The research is Association President Sunny According to Brian month. in fatty fishes, or fishes found relevant to people [today],” he Breed (J ‘66), the alumni will McCarthy, the chair of the “We’re trying to get alumni in primarily cold-water environ- said. play an advisory role for the Alumni Association’s Career ments. —Erin Baldassari students and can provide infor- Services Committee, students see ALUMS, page 2 POLITICS Dancing up a storm Massachusetts Republicans regroup after Election day BY ROB SILVERBLATT Daily Editorial Board

Three weeks after Democrats swept the elections, not much has changed for the Republican Party in Massachusetts. Despite having lost the governor’s office, two seats in the state House of Representatives, and one seat in the state Senate, in-state Republican poli- ticians and activists plan on pursuing business as usual, just with a little less assurance. “I think we’re going to continue to fight for the Republican ideals, which [are] smaller government, smarter gov- ernment, and less regulations so that individuals and companies can thrive in the Commonwealth,” Representative George Peterson, the Minority Whip in the state House, told the Daily. Peterson, whose job it is to maintain party unity, said that a major difference will be that now the Republican contin- gent in the state legislature, rather than JAMES FOLTA/TUFTS DAILY the governor’s office, will be determin- Nicole Schechter, Dani Warner, Paul Rosenstrauch and Naomi Berlin showed off some Israeli dancing last night at Hillel. As well as teaching and performing some moves, they were looking for interest for an Israeli Dance Club for next semester. see REPUBLICANS, page 2

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WORLD IN BRIEF LAWMAKERS BACK STATES AS Collaborative program will likely start out small TEST LABS FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM ALUMS “Current students are future alums, Communications and Media Studies continued from page 1 so whatever we can do to build the Program. Significant health care reform stands little bond between alums and current stu- Such programs are often tailored chance of getting through Congress, and more involved with the students and dents just helps keep the cycle going,” specifically to certain career fields, that political reality is unlikely to change with the campus in general. This is a great he said. he said, making it easy to find alumni the recent election. way to do that,” he said. The TCU Senate is working to shore matches for students. A group of lawmakers and policy analysts “There are benefits to the alumni, up support from Career Services and McCarthy emphasized the need to would use states as laboratories to test dif- benefits to the students, benefits to from alumni, Pickard said, and at the start slowly when building up the pro- ferent approaches for expanding insurance the University as a whole.” earliest the program will begin in a gram. coverage, improving quality and controlling The program will also help show pilot form is the end of next semes- “We might have to walk first before costs. current students the importance of ter. we can run,” he said. “[Right now] In some ways, it would be similar to becoming active as alumni, according He said that initially it might tar- we’re trying to figure out how to welfare reform, which was modeled in part to McCarthy. get smaller departments, such as the walk.” after a Wisconsin program. The goal would be to find out what works and, maybe just as important, what doesn’t. The idea appeals to conservatives and liberals alike. It recognizes that states have Republicans set on agenda despite smaller numbers taken the lead in health care reform. And it acknowledges that there may not be one REPUBLICANS room for absences during voting. in the elections. sweeping solution that works equally well continued from page 1 Even so, the Democratic surge at the According to Tufts Republicans in states as dissimilar as Massachusetts and national level may not lead to many President Jordan Greene, not even the Mississippi. ing the party’s agenda. changes in Republican politics at the loss of the governor’s office will have Three bills based on the idea have been “We don’t have the corner office, state level. much of an effect on the future of the introduced in Congress. The bills all differ which was generally driving the Although general anti-George group. slightly. But each would encourage states to Republican agenda,” he said. “We’ll be “Massachusetts has its own come up with ways to make the health care driving our agenda on our own.” Republican party. We may comment on system work better. The proposals would Still, he admitted that the party “National politics don’t specific areas of interest but we don’t be reviewed by a commission or task force. will, to a degree, be venturing into the really affect what we do on set the agenda for the Massachusetts The most promising ones would be sent to unknown. Republican Party,” he said. “Certainly Congress for fast-track approval. Even as a seasoned veteran of over the state level. We’re going we’re not going to change our mes- a decade in Massachusetts politics, to continue to drive that sage just because Deval Patrick got NARROWING `GOD GAP’ RAISES throughout his tenure there has always elected.” EYEBROWS been a Republican governor on Beacon bus.” Instead, the Tufts Republicans plan Hill. to focus on strengthening its working A minor miracle occurred this month: The “I really can’t say how much of a George Peterson groups on abortion and Social Security, “God Gap” in American politics narrowed. change there’s going to be because... Minority Whip as well as to continue with their nor- While the most religious voters in recent I’ve always had a Republican gover- Massachusetts state House mal schedule of events, Greene said. years have tended to favor Republicans, a nor,” he said. Still, Peterson said that as the num- slice of them voted Democratic in the Nov. 7 “This is going to be a brand new ber of elected Republicans declines, it midterm congressional elections. experience for all of us in the House Bush sentiment might have cost will become harder have their voices According to exit polls, Democrats took and Senate in the Republican Party.” Massachusetts Republicans some seats, heard at the state level. back the Catholic vote they lost in 2004. They He is also worried that after los- their course is not entirely dependent This decline, he said has been occur- trimmed the GOP advantage among weekly ing two seats it may be harder for on national politics. ring steadily throughout his term. churchgoers, and even gained ground with Massachusetts Republicans to be “National politics don’t really affect When he took office in 1995, there were the most loyal segment of the Republican heard. what we do on the state level. We’re 35 Republicans in the state House. base: white evangelicals. It takes 16 votes to demand a roll call going to continue to drive that bus,” he Now there are only 19. “This does suggest that religious voters vote, and there are only 19 Republicans said. “It makes it a lot more difficult to be move around, reacting to national issues and in the House, which leaves them with Republicans on campus are similarly heard the smaller the number is,” he what the parties and candidates are doing,” little margin for error and not much unaffected by much of what happened said. said John C. Green, a scholar of religion in politics at the University of Akron. In this year’s campaign, same-sex mar- IN HIGHER EDUCATION riage and abortion were less dominant issues One solution the report offers is strength of American institutions. than they were two years ago. Post-election NEW REPORT CALLS FOR expanding the reach of public educa- “People believe that America has the analyses also suggest that many religious tion to lower-income social strata and to finest higher education in the world,” voters were concerned most about the war CHANGE students who are geographically removed Spellings told members of the American in Iraq and corruption in Washington. In A report released Monday by a Blue from campus. This entails a number of Chamber of Commerce in Beijing on addition, Democrats and left-leaning faith Ribbon Commission on Higher Education measures aimed at reducing cost and Friday. “But we will not take our prowess groups made extensive efforts to reach out exhorted state lawmakers to set more bolstering levels of financial aid available for granted. That’s why we’re here.” to religious voters in key states. defined and ambitious goals to promote to needy students. The excursion comes at a time when public higher education. The report also offers a caveat to law- figures indicate that the traditionally BUSH DEFLECTS QUESTIONS If legislators do not take stronger mea- makers that they must set goals on an strong appeal of American higher educa- ABOUT CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ sures to incorporate higher public educa- individual basis, reflecting distinctions in tion to foreign students is waning in rela- tion into state budgets, then they risk demography and the current efficacy of tion to the allure of foreign schools. President Bush said Tuesday that he intend- surrendering authority on the matter to public education, rather than borrow suc- China currently represents the largest ed to press Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the federal government, the report said. cessful policies from other states. source of foreign students in U.S. schools, this week for a plan to stem growing sectarian “Higher education is a national imper- “One mistake legislators tend to make followed by India, South Korea and Japan. violence and a strategy for how the country ative,” Representative Denise W. Merrill is borrowing other states’ policy solutions However, the level of Chinese students, will sustain and govern itself. (D-Conn.), a Democrat and a co-chair- before they know whether their state has despite seeing a modest increase in 2005, Although Washington is boiling with expec- woman of the commission, said during a similar problems,” the report said. has been steadily declining since 2002. tations that the new Democratic Congress and news conference on Monday, “but it has American officials have linked this to a blue-ribbon bipartisan commission soon will been and should be a state responsibil- PROMOTING U.S. EDUCATION post-9/11 fallout and America’s declin- push Bush toward a plan for phased with- ity.” ABROAD ing global image, issues which the trip drawal from Iraq, the president gave no sign The report also calls for legislators to sought to combat. of that Tuesday. He vowed again that U.S. set goals that keep institutions account- A cadre of U.S. government and higher Although they recognized America’s troops will stay until the mission is complete, able to the state, so that their efforts education officials embarked on a week- efforts, students cited the difficulty of and shrugged off talk of negotiating with Syria dovetail with state economic planning. long tour of Europe to promote American obtaining visas and continually growing and Iran for help in calming Iraq. Authored by six Democrats and six schools last week, seeking to send a mes- tuition as stumbling blocks to pursuing Iraq lately has experienced the worst blood- Republicans over an 18 month period, the sage of welcome to foreign students. study at U.S. universities. shed since U.S.-led forces invaded in March study cites the importance of U.S. institu- Led by U.S. Secretary of Education “Having small children is an obstacle to 2003. The spike in violence prompted United tions remaining competitive as foreign Margaret Spellings, the delegation trav- getting a U.S. visa,” said Noriko Mizuta, Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to say countries are devoting more resources to eled to Japan, South Korea and China. president of Josai International University Monday that Iraq is close to civil war — and developing higher education. Joined by assistant secretary of state Dina in Japan. “Canada accepted our stu- many independent authorities say it’s already “We have been complacent for Habib Powell and 12 American college dents.” civil war. many years in higher education,” said presidents, Spellings spoke to students Bush rejected that conclusion. Tuesday he Rep. Geanie W. Morrison (R-Texas), a and government officials alike on the —compiled by Jeremy White from blamed Iraq’s worsening violence on al-Qaida. Republican and member of the panel. availability of U.S. visas and undiminished the Chronicle of Higher Education

— compiled from McClatchy Newspapers

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KATE PECK AND BRIDGET REDDINGTON | The KSA takes matters into its own hands BROADS ABROAD Group makes up for Tufts’ lack of Korean language courses by teaching its own BY MATT SKIBINSKI On the Web site of the U.S. State According to Schnupp, the small classes Daily Editorial Board Department, Korean is listed as a “Critical and relaxed atmosphere have made sure Needs Language” due to a shortage of the experience was “not intimidating,” After long semesters of translation, U.S.-educated fluent speakers. According which she said gave her confidence. oral quizzes and subtitled movies to fulfill to a February 2006 report by the inde- “I think most of the people in the class Tufts’ heavy requirements, many students pendently-run Committee for Economic are at the same ability level, so it’s easy to Not quite a native yet have had more than their fill of foreign Development, Korean speakers are in high ask questions,” she said. languages by the time they graduate. demand as businessmen and government For Schnupp, the Korean classes have ear Bridget, But for the Korean Students Association, officials in today’s global economy. given her an opportunity to reconnect requirements are just the beginning. After According to Kim, though, the classes, with her ethnic culture. In just over three weeks, I years of lobbying for the addition of more aimed at beginners, are more about open- “I’m Korean, but [I] was adopted, so Korean culture and language courses to ing a new door than ensuring future suc- I don’t really know anything about the will be back on American the Tufts curriculum, the organization has cess. culture,” she said. “[My Korean friends] D taken matters into its own hands, offering “Who knows? Fluency in Korean could have been promising to teach me for a soil. its own weekly Korean language classes get you a job with Samsung or LG,” he while but that never happened, and Tufts taught by fluent members of KSA. said. “But the most important fact is that, doesn’t offer any classes. If you want to I know I shouldn’t be focusing that far Junior and KSA president Jon Kim, who now, Tufts students have the option of learn Korean you have to go to [Boston into the future, but once the “one month” is currently leading the classes, said he taking Korean. It’s a great opportunity for University], which is really inconvenient.” mark passed, I couldn’t help counting got the idea for teaching Korean when those who want to learn something new.” Schnupp said she had been planning the days. Don’t get me wrong. Prague has he noticed some fellow students had an The KSA classes are taught weekly, from to put her desire to learn Korean on hold been absolutely wonderful — undoubt- interest in the language. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoons when she received an e-mail from the KSA edly some of the best moments of my life “Whenever I’m hanging out with my in Braker 001. Kim described the classes as about the classes. According to her, she have been spent in this city, and I already friends, they always ask me to teach them “very casual” and said anyone can sign up. jumped on the opportunity. plan to come back as soon as I can. But I certain Korean phrases,” Kim said. “One “[There are] no homework assignments, “I really want to go to Korea at some think I’m ready to see my home and loved day I just thought, ‘Why don’t we ... offer no exams, so it’s something students can point in my life so it would be nice to know ones. classes instead so people who are genu- practice whenever they have some free the language,” she said. “This seemed like I know exactly what I’m going to do inely interested get the chance to learn the time,” Kim said. “Korean is probably one a really fun way to learn in a laid back when I get off the plane. I daydream language?’” of the easier languages to learn. After one environment.” about it and compare plans with other Kim said classes were a way to fill the class, I’m positive anyone will be able to “It would be nice to get credit for it,” she American students, laughing at some void that was created when Tufts stopped read and write simple Korean words; it’s added, “but beggars can’t be choosers.” ideas and agreeing wistfully with others. offering its few Korean culture courses in that easy.” Still, Schnupp said, she’s happy that I know who I’m going to hug. I know what the fall semester of 2005. Across the world, “They give us handouts with what- she has an opportunity to learn Korean in kind of pillow I’m going to sleep on. I he said, Korean is becoming an increas- ever we’re doing that week, and we’re a lighthearted atmosphere. According to know where I’m going to have pancakes ingly important language. supposed to practice on our own time, her, the idea to start teaching Korean was and drip coffee for the first time in four “The popularity of Korean pop cul- but there’s no official homework,” said an important one for the organization. months. And at long last, I will know ture [is] spreading throughout East Asia,” sophomore Lauren Schnupp, who began “The KSA has been trying to get Tufts exactly what every public sign around me Kim said. “Korean music, dramas, movies, attending classes last Saturday. “We just to add Korean classes for a long time,” she says (all right, maybe not every traffic sign fashion and food are now favorites among did the alphabet and practiced writing said. “It’s nice that they’ve stepped up to around South Station, but that’s a given). East Asian countries.” and sounding out words.” fill the gap.” So how do I sum up everything that I’m feeling as I prepare to home? I think I need to use a cliché. Ready? Here goes: CAMPUS COOKING you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. I apologize for recycling your brain cells, but really, that’s a refrain that’s been It’s December, so ‘tis the season to be ... sick?? going through my head since I stepped off the plane onto Czech soil, er, tarmac. I’ve Dr. Ye prescribes copious amounts of homemade deliciousness to cure winter ailments missed so many aspects of American life, BY TINA YE servative-laden canned soups. So if you en soup reduces your body’s inflam- and I’ve had to learn to alter little things Daily Staff Writer can drag yourself out of bed or con- matory response (the source of all that in my life I’d once taken for granted — vince an extremely good friend to make lovely phlegm) by inhibiting the move- everything from my manners toward wait Here we are again, back at school, this, then by all means do so. ment of immune system cells called staff to the way I do laundry. And I know and hopefully refreshed and ready to And when you’re done sipping soup, neutrophils. Chicken soup is also pri- as soon as I go home I’m going to find tackle the final inning of the semester! you can guzzle a soothing herbal bev- marily a hot liquid, which helps relieve myself missing all things Czech just as I Though some of us, it seems, are more erage. There was once a time when congestion. Lastly, the salt in chicken now miss all things American. ready than others. parents force-fed bitter chamomile tea soup acts like a salt gargle would: It And not only have I adjusted to a Czech I am one of the “others,” for I am cur- into their sick kids, but we live now in draws water out of the swollen mucous lifestyle, but I’ve never actually lived in rently subject to the mercies of several an enlightened age where warm drinks membranes in your throat via simple a city before — I’ve stuck strictly to the resident pathogens. Yes, it appears to be can be both healthful and pleasing osmosis. Finally, it just plain tastes ‘burbs up until now (Somerville and that time of year, when the combined to the palate. Included below are two great and is easy to eat at a time when Medford in all their urban sprawl glory factors of academic stress and living hot drinks that will help mitigate your your appetite may not be at its peak. don’t quite count for me since I’ve always arrangement density have conspired to symptoms, or at least make you feel Here is an extremely fast, easy and lived right next to Tufts). Prague has not render many of us helpless, congested, extremely warm and fuzzy on the inte- college-friendly chicken soup concoc- only come to define what I think of as the coughing and exiled from classes. If the rior. tion which I half-invented during a time epitome of a European city; it’s become long lines at Health Services last night Folklore has been prescribing chick- of great desperation. It takes advantage the epitome of every city for me. Just as don’t tell me that it’s time for an article en soup for illnesses since the Middle of bagged, frozen mixed veggies bits my NYU friends have been comparing on chicken soup, then nothing will. Ages, and for good reason, too: This is (corn, peas, carrot), which saves much everything to “The City” all semester, I’m The effort to make your own is worth one of those rare times when popular time and effort. going to come back and see everything in it, especially when you consider the belief actually has a scientific basis. the shadow of dear Praha. nutritional benefits over those of pre- Medical studies have shown that chick- see COLD REMEDIES, page 4 I can’t believe all the things I’ve seen and done in four months. If you had told me a year ago at this time that I would be Half-Hour Chicken writing to you from the Czech Republic, and that by the time I returned I’d have Rice Soup visited seven countries and a dozen cities, I would have laughed. It seems even more Ingredients: surreal to think that we shared mulled 1 chicken breast half wine in the Christmas Markets in Vienna, 1 small onion walked together through Gaudi’s cathe- 2 cans of chicken broth dral in Barcelona, and crossed Prague’s 1 ½ cup frozen mixed veggie Charles Bridge arm in arm. bits All in all, I think it’s going to make our 1 cup water slushy mid-February walks through Davis COURTESY TINA YE 1 teaspoon dried crushed basil infinitely more interesting. ¾ cup uncooked white rice I had read texts by Kafka on Prague pepper to taste before coming here, where he called his birthplace “a dear little mother with claws.” Perhaps his relationship with the 1) Dice the chicken breast and onion. city was a bit darker than my own, but I 2) Put the chicken broth and water in a pot and still understand what he meant. I return bring to a boil. home happy with the thought that I’ll be 3) Now, put everything else in the boiling liquid. back someday soon, and in the meantime Cover pot, reduce heat to medium and simmer for I’ll proudly show off the claw-marks left 20-25 minutes, or until rice is tender and chicken behind. cubes are cooked through. (The smaller the cubes, Love, the less time it will take.) Kate 4) That’s it. Add salt and pepper to taste. Drink up! Bridget Reddington and Kate Peck are COURTESY TINA YE COURTESY TINA YE juniors majoring in English. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Culinary cures for colds and other contagions to keep your winter healthy COLD REMEDIES Even after the full onset of, Continued from page 3 say, a cold, you can still take The next recipe is courtesy it to temporarily relieve a sore of my housemate Jessica, who, throat and, at the same time, at the first sign of any sickness, satisfy your doctor’s recom- always peremptorily floods her mendation for massive fluid system with this hot beverage. intake.

Hot Lemon

and Honey 1) Boil water. Put lemon and honey in the bottom of a mug. Pour Ingredients: water into mug. Stir. Sip. You can 1 standard mug-full hot adjust the sweetness/acidity to water your liking. 1 ½ tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon lemon juice

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This second beverage is an old hot and cold properties; the ingre- Chinese remedy for stomach pangs dients in it — ginger and brown that my mother taught me how sugar — are believed to have hot to make. It also helps with sore properties that can be curative and throats and general malaise. Plus, I soothing. By the way, female read- think it just plain tastes good — it’s ers, this drink helps immensely very sweet. It’s based on the tradi- with menstrual cramps. Seriously. tional Chinese belief that food has Toss the Advil and try ...

1) In a saucepan, add water and Ginger Brown bring to a boil. 2) Add ginger root and stir in the Sugar Brew brown sugar. Simmer for about 5 minutes or until the liquid turns Ingredients: slightly darker brown (sugar cara- 2 cups water melizes). 3 coins fresh ginger root 3) Turn off the heat, pour into a 3 level tablespoons brown sugar mug and enjoy.

Sometimes the best pharmacy out there is right in your apartment or dorm: the kitchen. So drink up, rest copiously and feel better very, very soon. That’s not merely a wish — it’s a prediction. COURTESY TINA YE

OFF THE HILL | TEXAS TECH U. 13-year-old Texas Tech freshman expects to finish college education in four years BY ANNA SCHUMANN difficult, I mean they’re not very easy, That was the goal.” graduates, though he said he does not Daily Toreador and they’re very interesting. I do like Jonathan said he does not spend know if he wants to go to graduate college more than grade school.” a lot of time studying because he is school or get a job immediately. While many youths his age are in sev- He said he believes Tech is a great taking six semester hours of electri- “I think I’ll expect to graduate in enth grade and can only dream of col- college for him. He said no one has cal engineering and computer science the normal amount of time, in four lege, 13-year-old Texas Tech University ever said anything negative to him classes. He has tested out of every years. It’s not really a race,” he said. freshman Jonathan Link is experienc- about his age. other freshman-level class he needs to “My main interests are in AI and robot- ing college life firsthand. “Texas Tech has been a very nice take, she said. Next semester he said he ics and in nanotechnology. Right now Jonathan, a freshman electrical engi- place with very nice professors and plans to take a full course load. I’m not sure which of those fields I’m neering major, said he feels he is ready students. A lot of people are surprised As a child, his mother said, Jonathan going to go into. I’m thinking of doing for college at his current age but was when they find out that I’m 13 and loved to read. some research in nanorobotics, which not ready at age 8, when he was first attending college. However, I haven’t “When he was younger, he would is kind of a combination of those accepted to a university. had any negative reactions from peo- take the encyclopedia, he would read. fields, in which you can have very He said when he was 8 years old, ple,” he said. He enjoyed reading. He would take one small robots at the nano scale, and if he took the SAT and scored an 1100. His mother said she agrees. She said book and read it cover to cover, and he you had large amounts of those, you He was then accepted to New York students have offered to help when- really wasn’t having that much fun in could build something atom by atom University, but decided to decline the ever they can. school,” she said. in a very short amount of time, very offer. “I think most people are really very She said she knew when Jonathan precisely and very cheaply. Are you “We decided for me to stay in school nice and very supportive,” she said, was younger that he was smart because allowed to get a job when you’re 17? I and develop more social skills with then spoke to Jonathan. “And they pro- he would score the highest score on find research in these fields very inter- kids my own age,” he said. tect you, don’t they? A lot of people national exams in school despite never esting, so if I were offered the opportu- Jonathan, who was born in Sweden, have asked if you need any rides back doing his homework for classes. nity to research in these fields, I would said he has gone to public, private and and forth or if you need any help. So “It has been a long, hard struggle take it.” Montessori schools across America as they’re very supportive.” between me and schools, and that’s Jonathan said his goals right now well as being home-schooled by his She said students pick him and up why ultimately I had to home-school include research and making new mother. and take him to class. him and he did very well,” she said. friends in school. He said he completed high school in Jonathan said many of his friends are “That’s why he would always score very He said he is currently working on one year of home school. Tech students but also people his own well on the SATs. All I did for Jonathan some experiments such as a PC-based His mother, Joanne Link, is an assis- age he meets at church on Sundays. is I allowed him to be who he is, and I robot and developing his own com- tant professor of neurology in the The age difference between Jonathan have supported him.” puter processor. Department of Neuropsychiatry and and many of his friends does not both- In his free time, Jonathan said he “I think I should be able to complete Behavioral Sciences at the Texas Tech er his mom, she said. likes to study robotics and artificial projects like that within the next few University Health Sciences Center. She “I think Jonathan has excellent judg- intelligence. He said he goes over to his years,” he said. “When I get my degree, said she preferred her own teaching ment,” she said. “He’s just going to friends’ houses and builds robots with I was thinking of working on a startup to the education Jonathan received in his regular school, and we always talk them. company for nanotechnology and to school. about everything that goes through “I like to read about them, and I have investigate the potential in that field.” “I have home-schooled Jonathan school. It’s not like he goes after hours a robotics set that I work on,” he said. Joanne Link said despite her son’s twice in the past because I actually like to go out dancing or something like “I also like to paint and play the violin advanced education, his brain is not the way I am able to see him progress,” that.” and the piano.” his most impressive quality. she said. Despite the good grades Jonathan’s His mom added he likes to swim, but “He really has a good heart,” she Jonathan said he enjoys college more mother says he makes, his mom said has not been able to do so recently. said. “What has impressed me about than grade school because it is more she feels something else is more impor- At home, Jonathan said, he does not Jonathan all his life is he has always challenging. tant. play video games or watch TV except had a good heart, above everything “In grade school, it wasn’t really very “Most important is to be able to enjoy for some science fiction shows, such as else. All people are impressed with his challenging with the subjects they were his classes and have fun in school,” she “Stargate.” good mind or his good brain. What teaching,” he said. “In college now, it is said. “The most important thing is that He said he hopes to study nanoro- has impressed me is his good heart in a challenge. I don’t mean classes are he’s really enjoying his college life. botics while in college and after he everything.” Arts|Living 5 THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, November 29, 2006

ALBUM REVIEW DEVIN TOOHEY | WHEN POP CULTURE GOES BAD There’s more than ‘Reasonable Doubt’ about Jay-Z’s motives on his ‘Kingdom’ comeback M IKEY GORALNIK sense is perhaps his greatest gift. Since Daily Editorial Board 2000, Jay-Z, current president and CEO of Def Jam and Roc-a-Fella Records, owner Baddest Week Ever Amidst hip-hop’s incessant braggadocio, of swanky Manhattan hotspot the 40/40 few rappers have as thoroughly earned their Club, part-owner of the New Jersey Nets, right to talk as Jay-Z. Journalists have made and all-around entrepreneurial baller, has been one of the hip-hop industry’s best riginally, this week’s column was Kingdom Come capitalists. For years, rapping has been just Jay-Z another hustle for Jay-Z, but always one going to be about Christmas careers out of chronicling Shawn Carter’s that he has done with complete skill. His now 10-year tenure as an artist, from the business activity never compromised what specials or something. Then Roc-A-Fella Records is one of hip-hop’s most remarkable vocal O abilities ... until now. last week hit. And faster than you can say, hustler wordplay of the still-astounding “Kingdom Come,” his “comeback album” “Reasonable Doubt” of 1996 (still one of the from a hiatus that no one believed would ROC-A-FELLA RECORDS “David Blaine will get to Target by 6 a.m.,” best debuts in hip-hop history) to his 2001 last, really is as bad as nearly everyone says Jay-Z demonstrates the look he uses when he opus “The Blueprint” (still one of the best it is. Now pushing 40, Jay-Z spits with the wants to intimidate opponents and win cor- a lot of pop culture had gone real bad, real records in hip-hop history). vitality and passion of someone twice that porate battles. It’s sort of like his Blue Steel. When Notorious B.I.G. died in 1997, it age — and the wit and insight of someone fast. was unclear who, if anyone, would be able a quarter of it. “Kingdom Come”’s subject to replace the enormous creative vacancy matter is dull and repetitive, and it seems return from a clearly temporary hiatus or (By the way, I’m not going to recap what’s left in the New York rap world, but with his as though El Presidente’s myriad business some bit of trite, seasoned advice. Over a happened this week; that would be a col- babbling-brook flow and singular lyrical engagements have taken the place of any- Dr. Dre beat as tepid and tiresome as Jay-Z’s umn unto itself, and the info is on many acumen, Jay-Z quickly positioned himself thing interesting he has to say. delivery, Hova raps on “Lost One”: “Except entertainment sites. Go to one if you need an as the premier East Coast MC. Nearly each of the album’s 13 tracks update.) But of Hova’s many skills, his business features an overzealous celebration of his see HOVA, page 7 In this corner of the rink, we have Racist Kramer, revealed while he was heckled dur- ing his stand-up. To be honest, above every- thing else, this entire story just makes me TV REVIEW sad. Honestly, it’s not like we even get to watch someone fall from the heights with this piece; all we see is a washed-up actor ‘3 Lbs.’ is much weightier than its title suggests throw away whatever respect he still held from being part of one of television’s leg- BY DIANA LANDES ends. Daily Editorial Board For the next few months, when people watch “Seinfeld” in syndication, this is all The words “midseason replacement” they will think of. My local network actu- often spell failure for a new series; it’s rare ally aired the episode where Kramer dates that one of these ill-fated shows takes off. an African-American right after the fiasco, There are the exceptions, of course: “All probably to get a few extra cheap laughs. In short, Mel Gibson being a nutjob: funny. 3 Lbs. Me hearing about Michael Richards for the first time in years, only to find him having a breakdown on stage: depressing. Starring Stanley Tucci, Mark But enough with that, let’s go on to our next competitor! Wearing the red trunks, we Feuerstein, Indira Varma have O.J. Simpson, who tried to get away Airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on CBS with publishing a book called “I Did It.” Oops, I mean “If I Did It.” Okay, yeah, I in the Family” and, more recently, “Grey’s know the Democrats have taken back the Anatomy,” but generally, it is difficult for legislative branch and all, and there may be these shows to find their fan base. a slight chance our civil liberties will stop The unfortunate combination of poor being chopped up. But seriously, do we actu- ratings and pricey production costs sent ally need someone to be giving the Supreme Ray Liotta’s crime drama “Smith” into the Court reasons to take away double-jeop- sad land of the cancelled. But its replace- ardy? Really now, people! It’s a good thing ment, “3 Lbs.” might just be the rare mid- that News Corp. nipped this in its ugly bud. season success story for CBS. And finally, we have my favorite, the Clay The series title, “3 Lbs.,” is meant to Aiken fiasco. Or, as I like to call it, “The World reflect the weight of the average human Series of ‘Who Can Be the Most Offended?’” brain. The new medical drama stars After being asked to guest host “Live With Stanley Tucci as a brilliant but narcis- Regis and Kelly,” Aiken repaid Kelly Ripa by sistic brain surgeon, Doug Hanson. The covering her mouth with his hand to quiet show begins on Jonathan Seger’s (Mark her, spurring Ripa’s rage and an on-air repri- Feuerstein) first day working under mand: “It’s just that I don’t know where that Hanson. It is clear from the start that the hand’s been, honey.” two doctors’ opinions will vary greatly on A veritable knight in shining armor, Rosie questions of conscience and patient rela- O’Donnell has come forth calling Ripa’s tions. comment homophobic. Because, of course, a retort that is (at best) ambiguous is tops Tucci, who comes to the on the list of the problems of the LGBT com- munity. Comments like Ripa’s are really the series with a considerable worst threat facing queers — not violent film career behind him, hate crimes or legislation or anything like that. Good thing Rosie is out there, fighting plays the egocentric, blunt, for the oppressed masses, knowing exactly which battlefield to die on. often witty doctor with the Then we have Ripa herself, a talk show prima donna who’s probably a bit too sen- palpable ease of a veteran CBS sitive about her personal space (or maybe actor. (Plus, there’s some- We know the cast of ‘3 Lbs.’ is trying to make the operating room look cool, but not just a total germophobe). First off, she was thing oddly attractive about wearing shoes isn’t worth it, Indira Varma. offended by Aiken covering her mouth (which really just seems par for the course in his newly bald head.) dumb daytime talk show banter). surgery in the show’s premiere episode. operate. But, the masses can rejoice, for Ripa Seger feels compelled to get to know Indira Varma plays Adrianne Holland, Though Hanson frequently walks out announced in a call to “The View” that she a patient before operating on him or a neurologist with an indecipherable on patients and refuses to offer even a has found it in her heart to forgive Aiken. her. Hanson takes quite the opposite European accent and a mildly offbeat word of comfort, it becomes apparent And she said it in such a manner that made approach, claiming to see the patient side (offbeat in the attractive, charm- to audiences that there is an emotional, cases from a purely scientific standpoint. ing, ambiguously European way — not painful past that the no-nonsense doctor see TOOHEY, page 7 (The show makes a big deal of his referral the crazy loon way). There are hints of works hard to conceal. On several occa- to the brain as “wires in a box.”) This is flirtation between Holland and Seger; sions, he experiences eerie, cryptic flash- the main source of contention between the two will undoubtedly engage in an backs that involve dripping water and a Devin Toohey is a sophomore major- the two doctors when a young violinist affair at some point in the show’s trajec- ing in Classics. He can be reached at who suffers from a brain tumor requires tory — that’s just the way these shows see LBS, page 7 [email protected]. 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING Wednesday, November 29, 2006 T HE FLETCHER SCHOOL, TUFTS LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES & TUFTS LATINO CENTER PRESENT

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F UNDING PROVIDED BY: T UFTS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF A&S, DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS FOR A&S, T HE BOLWELL-TOUPIN FUND Wednesday, November 29, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 7 New Jay-Z album’s got ‘99 problems’ and his biz is one Richards, Rosie, HOVA with “I’m so indebted/ I should’ve been to the studio. Not like Swizz is known as a continued from page 5 deaded.” What used to be the laid-back top producer, but he has to have some bet- and Aiken; oh my that fame is/ the worst drug known to man/ cockiness of a rapper who rightly thought ter beats tucked away somewhere. It’s stronger than heroin/ When you could that he owned the game is now the boring That Jay-Z didn’t get the absolute best TOOHEY look in the mirror like, ‘There I am’/ And talk of an investment banker with baggy his producers had to offer is a complete continued from page 5 still not see/ What you’ve become.” What jeans and a Yankees hat. anomaly, and it also lends credence to the me wonder if Aiken kidnapped her family, once used to be a rich and engaging con- But to be fair, Jay-Z isn’t the only one to belief that he hasn’t, in fact, lost his game, killed her cat and burned her house down on textual repertoire that spanned from street mail it in on “Kingdom Come.” Just Blaze but rather, that making a dope album just top of what happened on the air. Presently life and legal finagling to nice cars and “Big brings his A-game with witty tweaks of Rick isn’t that important to him anymore. His though, she seems offended that O’Donnell Pimpin’” has now been reduced to little James’ “Superfreak” (“Kingdom Come”) crowded schedule doesn’t allow time for is offended by her being offended. Say that more than, “Hey! I’m back!” and The Allman Brothers’ “Whipping Post” syllable practice, and he can’t nag Dr. Dre to three times fast. With all the number-crunching and cor- (“Oh My God”), but other than that, the step it up while he’s buying up more night- Then we’ve got “The View”’s guest host of porate buyouts eating up his schedule, Jay- beats might be even more underwhelming clubs and basketball teams. For Hova, it is the day, Sherri Shepherd. Somewhere in there, Z seems to have run out of time to practice than the rhymes. financially more important to still techni- she mentioned being African-American. No, his flow, and it shows on “Kingdom Come.” With “Lost One,” “30 Something” and cally be a rapper than to be a good one. that really had nothing to do with anything Admittedly, for years he has been slow- “Trouble,” the normally untouchable Dr. Maybe it makes good business sense: in this debacle. But I guess she wanted to get ing his cadence down since the track meets Dre pukes up not one, not two, but three Much of his allure as an investor is his street in on the offended pie. Makes sense. Being of, for example, 1998’s “Vol. 2 ... Hard Knock hollow, limp tracks that even Doogie Howser cred and appeal to young people, and con- offended is always a fashionable way of get- Life,” but never has he sounded as ungainly would struggle to breathe life into. Still, tinuing to release rap records is certainly a ting all the attention of a scandal but none of as he does on “Kingdom Come.” On the these are bangers compared to the garage way to maintain this persona. But as a rule, the blame that comes along with it. Sad thing title track, he stumbles over his own (bor- band garbage of “Dig a Hole” that Swizz it is never sound fiscal policy to put your is, I’m not sure these women can even tell ing) internal rhymes, barely filling the verse Beats apparently threw together on the way name on legacy-marring trash like this. anymore if they’re actually offended or just seeking some more publicity. And the last player in this pseudo-scan- dal is Clay Aiken. Considering my undy- ing hatred of “American Idol,” I find myself Tucci stars in medical drama that gets inside your head shocked for a few seconds. I actually do feel bad for the kid. Aiken, by performing an LBS cal practice, the plot mostly resembles act that ranges (depending on your view) continued from page 5 that of your average medical drama. from innocent to rude on the mildest of pale, pigtailed little girl. These memories The doctors work in a glossy New levels, has been propelled into the center leave the surgeon momentarily shaken York City hospital, the darkness of which of a media whirlwind. Divas are screaming and hint at his possible past transgres- gives the whole show an ominous feel. over his actions, he’s been outed (shocking sions. The show’s first scene was particularly the entire nation, I’m sure), and, last time I Tucci, who comes to the series with haunting and evocative: Violin music checked, Aiken himself hasn’t said a word a considerable film career behind him, opened the episode as cameras zoomed about it. Ironically, he’s probably the least plays the egocentric, blunt, often witty into an elegant concert hall where the offended of the bunch. Poor guy. doctor with the palpable ease of a vet- soon-to-be-brain tumor patient sweetly Of course, then I remember that he chose eran actor. (Plus, there’s something oddly plays. A close-up on her hand reveals to be an “American Idol” contestant, and, attractive about his newly bald head.) spastic, decidedly ungraceful movements, if he had any common sense, would have Seger is more of your everyman brain and, suddenly, audiences see an X-ray of known the risks one takes when they enter surgeon. The character is simply under- her body as cameras zoom through her the world of stardom. And anyway, I’m sure developed at this point in the series. He unsound brain. he can console himself by bathing in his mil- comes off as a nice guy who, while whol- It seems each episode will begin this way lions of dollars à la Scrooge McDuck. So, as ly likeable and sympathetic, hints at no as a means of introducing a new patient’s you can guess, my sympathy and compas- greater depth beyond his bland geniality. storyline. (Think “Six Feet Under,” but sion have short lives. “3 Lbs.” writers aim high as they intend instead of each person dying at the begin- And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the to seamlessly inject a wry sense of humor ning, he or she just suffers severe brain maelstrom of current entertainment. Lost? into an otherwise serious topic. Subtle damage instead.) Not surprised. All I can suggest is to close humor will elicit mild laughs from audi- It’s still unclear whether or not “3 Lbs.” CBS your eyes, click your heels, and say “I want ences who are otherwise held captive by will defy the odds and win over a solid fan After finishing taping his part for ‘3 Lbs.,’ this to freakin’ go away!” three times. It won’t the show’s plotline. Though there is more base, but it has compelling writing and Stanley Tucci worked on a pilot were he actually change anything, but I suppose it discussion of the brain and styles of medi- Stanley Tucci, so it stands a chance. played a mad rocket scientist. can’t hurt. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Wednesday, November 29, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL

KATHRINE J. SCHMIDT Editor-in-Chief One small step for housing EDITORIAL The TCU Senate and the Office of The proposal outlined by the ORLL both the ORLL must alter their plans. Kelly Rizzetta Managing Editors Residential Life and Learning (ORLL) have acknowledges and plans to rectify this The resolution also proposes changing all Andrew Silver made it clear that the University’s older dor- problem. While future tenants may not be double rooms in Stratton Hall into singles, mitories will not be left by the wayside in the charmed by the building’s awkward lay- making the dormitory exclusive to juniors Samantha Goldman Editorial Page Editors wake of Sophia Gordon Hall. out, the proposed suite-style arrangement and seniors. Jacob Maccoby Mark Pesavento On Nov. 19, the Senate overwhelmingly will allow students to live comfortably with Such a move could make Stratton nicer Grant Reid approved “A Resolution to Encourage the friends. for those who do end up living there, but Improvement of On-Campus Housing The change will undoubtedly make the is unlikely to draw seniors, who are largely Zofia Sztykowski Executive News Editor Options for Undergraduate Students.” housing lottery less stressful for rising soph- looking to live with their friends in their final James Bologna News Editors The ORLL developed the proposal in the omores. A smoother application process year of college, back to campus. David Pomerantz hope that planning improvements can be will hopefully make room-switching a thing The University has not had enough time Marc Raifman made to both Wren and Stratton Halls. These of the past. to assess the influence that Sophia Gordon Robert Silverblatt plans collectively look to alter housing pat- Furthermore, students moving into the Hall will have on the percentage of seniors Sarah Butrymowicz Assistant News Editors terns in a more logical manner, allowing new suites may see the added benefits of who live in dormitories. While only 25 per- Pranai Cheroo friends and classes to stick together while planned renovations à la Latin Way and cent of all seniors are living on-campus right Jenna Nissan living on-campus. Hillsides Apartments. now, it may take a while to see a measurable Lilly Riber Jeremy White Perhaps the largest change will be the Dean of Students Bruce Reitman alluded effect on students. “aesthetically-improved” suite-style living in to the possibility of installing kitchens in Making Stratton exclusive to juniors and the dungeon-like Wren Hall. the hall, but would it really be necessary? seniors, however, will render the hall more Anne Fricker Executive Features Editor According to TCU President Mitch The ability to claim a Wren suite as a group desirable to upperclassmen who may be Arianne Baker Features Editors Robinson, the new configuration will allow would do enough to make the dorm signifi- hesitant to move on-campus if it means liv- Kristen Sawicki “sophomores to live with people they’ve cantly more attractive to second-years. And ing with sophomores and residential assis- developed relationships with their fresh- since sophomores will be on a meal plan, tants. Matt Skibinski Assistant Features Editor man year.” are kitchens really necessary? The changes proposed by the ORLL and Any current resident of Wren can attest to The need for kitchens in Wren must supported by the TCU Senate signify a small Stephanie Vallejo Executive Arts Editor the perils of its labyrinthine layout; its repu- therefore be fully considered before the but important recognition of the changes tation for being antisocial — matched only University commits to the overhaul. that must be made to older dormitories. Greg Connor Arts Editors Mikey Goralnik by its downhill counterpart, Haskell Hall If Dean of Student Affairs Dean Reitman For this reason, the ORLL should be com- — has made it one of the more undesirable is right in asserting that “it would be cheaper mended for their continued efforts to make Diana Landes Assistant Arts Editors dorms on campus. to knock [Wren] down and start over,” then residence halls more liveable and desirable. Sarah Cowan Kristin Gorman Julie Schindall DON WRIGHT Marissa Weinrauch Executive Viewpoints Editor Raven Anderson Assistant Viewpoints Kahran Singh Editors Adam Winograd Elizabeth Hoffman Executive Sports Editor Alex Bloom Sports Editors Andrew Bauld Rachel Dolin Kelley Vendeland Evans Clinchy Assistant Sports Editors Thomas Eager

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Kelly Moran Online Editor Amit Chaturvedi Assistant Online Editors Annette Farrington Sophie Gao OFF THE HILL | KENT STATE UNIVERSITY Neil Padover Chief Copy Editor Ferris Jabr Copy Editor World AIDS Week: Get tested DAILY KENT STATER every day certainly has a friend or rela- If you’re sexually active, you should be BUSINESS tive living with the disease. getting an HIV test every six months. Leslie Prives Executive Business Director The test is simple: a little finger pin This week, a number of campus Yesterday, the DeWeese Health Center prick or a mouth swap with results in organizations are sponsoring activities provided anonymous, free HIV tests, Rachel Taplinger Business Manager minutes. in support of Kent State’s World AIDS something it does on a regular basis. If Zachary Dubin Office Manager The solution is easy: condoms every Week. Each day through Friday, from you missed the free testing and are wor- Eli Blackman Advertising Managers time, unless you’re in a monogamous 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., you can visit tables in ried you may be at risk, contact the cen- Hadley Kemp relationship. the Student Center to learn more about ter to find out how you can get tested. Stacey Ganina Receivables Manager The excuses are many: “I’m scared to your personal risk. Treatment of HIV infections has come know.” “I don’t like how it feels.” For instance, young people — teen- a long way from the early 1980s when More than 25 years after the emer- agers and college-aged people — are people learned they were sick and died The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub- gence of a new, wildly scary disease, the fastest growing group infected within just months. Americans with HIV lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and people are still living in ignorance. The with HIV. Women — particularly black can expect to live as long as 24 years distributed free to the Tufts community. latest statistics from the United Nations women — are increasingly at risk. And after infection if they seek treatment. EDITORIAL POLICY show that 39.5 million people through- gay and bisexual men and injection Perhaps that’s why many of us aren’t Editorials that appear on this page are written by the Editorial out the world are living with HIV. 1.4 drug users remain at the highest risk. as concerned as we used to be. Maybe Page editors, and individual editors are not necessarily respon- million in the United States are infect- You may read those groups and still that’s why some people aren’t informed sible for, or in agreement with, the policies and editorials of The Tufts Daily. The content of letters, advertisements, signed ed. More than 43,000 Americans are think you have nothing to worry about. and make unhealthy choices about sex. columns, cartoons, and graphics does not necessarily reflect infected each year. But even if your personal risk is minor, But we should all remember: HIV is the opinion of The Tufts Daily editorial board. You might think that HIV doesn’t being safe during sex is smart and easy. no longer a death sentence. But hav- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR affect you. You might think you’re not at HIV is a surprisingly wimpy virus. It ing HIV is certainly a difficult life, filled Letters must be submitted by 4 p.m. and should be handed risk. dies quickly when not in the human with terrible days and high medical into the Daily office or sent to [email protected]. All let- You might be wrong. body, which is why you can’t catch it costs. ters must be word processed and include the writer’s name Nearly one out of every 200 Americans from hugs, kisses, swimming pools or That’s why, 26 years after the start of and telephone number. There is a 350-word limit and letters must be verified. The editors reserve the right to edit letters is infected — and 25 percent of them toilet seats. That’s why the most effec- this global pandemic, the early guide- for clarity, space, and length. don’t know it yet. That means that tive tool you can use is condoms. Use lines we all learned are still the most ADVERTISING POLICY someone in one of your classes may one every time you have sex. Period. important. All advertising copy is subject to the approval of the Editor- well have HIV. And someone you pass The other important tool is testing. Be informed. Play safe. Get tested. in-Chief, Executive Board, and Executive Business Director. A publication schedule and rate card are available upon request. CORRECTION P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 Yesterday’s Viewpoint “Turn off the tap!” mistakenly referred to author Tai Dinnan as “he,” when in fact, she is a female Child 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 Development major. [email protected] Viewpoints 9 THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, November 29, 2006

DAN TOVROV | SSEVENEVEN ONON SSEVENEVEN

Another Daily column about Thanksgiving

t’s already Wednesday, almost a week

since Thanksgiving. Third day back Ifrom break, and the memory is fad- ing fast. Just a couple more weeks left in the

semester, then Christmas and winter break,

and then all the junior class goes away until

fall.

For the freshmen, this was your first real collegiate vacation, and now you are back in your dorm rooms worrying about finals and all those Math 11 classes you skipped. For the upperclassmen, it’s old hat, but still a worthwhile break — maybe more worth- while for the people living in off-campus houses. CORBIS OFF THE HILL | STANFORD UNIVERSITY The best part of the break is probably just the fact that it’s a break. Although I had as much work as usual, it feels good to relax and cool down. Enough on that. Here are the On global affairs: Verify instead of trust things that made this holiday so good for me and everyone else living off campus. P ETER DURNING the old guard of George W. Bush’s White Baghdad, and it would be a grave mistake to 1) The food: it’s enough that Thanksgiving The Stanford Daily House cause for reconsideration. On the one sell an imperiled democracy for a nonexis- is a holiday dedicated only to eating, but it hand, there is the murder of Lebanon’s anti- tent one. is a necessity after 10 weeks of not having In this week’s New Yorker, George Packer Syrian Minister of Industry, Pierre Gemayel; As for Russia, the Litvinenko case is high- home-cooked food. Freshmen, you proba- declared, “we are all realists now,” to describe on the other, the loss of Aleksandr Litvinenko ly disturbing, especially given its parallels bly haven’t gotten completely bored and dis- the changes that have taken place in Iraq to the radioactive toxin. to that of Georgi Markov, the Brezhnev-era gusted by dining hall food yet. Carmichael is policy discussions since the midterm elec- It seems that everyone but the accused Bulgarian dissident who was fatally poisoned legitimately terrible, but Dewick has enough tions. The recent appearance of the term governments blames the heads of the Syrian by KGB agents in London. But, as with Syria, variety to keep you interested until reading “realist” in the utterances of advisers and and Russian states for these respective we do not need evidence of a state-spon- period. think tanks signals that the grand plan of murders. To be fair, no hard evidence has sored hit in order to be concerned about the I have had to fend for myself everyday. I building a model democracy from the rub- been found to link Damascus or Moscow direction the Kremlin is taking. can’t eat at Carmichael anymore — the only ble of Saddam’s Iraq has been scrapped for to these acts. Yet we don’t need proof about In the Putin years, Russia has revived its thing I can do is Tuesday night dinners, and the sake of stability. the Gemayel and Litvinenko hits — indeed, global spying apparatus with worrisome not because of stir-fry, but because of steak Policymakers are sensing the limits of the their deaths were truly needless — in order aggression. Last Monday on BBC Radio, Alex and A-1. After last year, I’m bored of the American electorate’s patience with a coun- to recognize that we must be cautious when Standish, the current editor of the Strategic campus center, and Hotung is gone. try plagued by militias and insurgents, and dealing with Syria and Russia. Intelligence Review, said that the work of Breakfast doesn’t exist; lunch is usually they have called in some all-stars from the Mr. Gemayel’s assassination must remind Russian overseas intelligence gatherers has Ramen or peanut butter and jelly. Dinner is George H.W. Bush administration to help the administration’s new realists of Syria’s grown dramatically since the start of the different, lots of variety. I eat at Andrea’s pret- wrap up Iraq. These new additions to the ambitions in the Middle East. If negotiations millennium. According to Standish, London ty much every night. But don’t worry, I try to White House’s decision table, seemingly on the future of Iraq are to include Syria as a was host to only one Russian secret operative eat a wide range of foods and food groups brought in as antidotes to the influences of significant partner, the United States must in the year 1991; by 2003, authorities were when I go there. I usually choose between neoconservatism, are cynical realists of the not give major ground to Damascus’s desire able to identify 33 agents in the British capi- the buffalo chicken calzone, a steak bomb or Iran-Contra school. In their suggestions, they to control Lebanon. tal. a bacon pizza. Boloco will add a nice variety advocate what would be unthinkable in the If the realists of the elder Bush admin- More recently, a standoff-prone policy to the Boston Ave. dining community, but Cheney camp — striking a deal with Iran istration are to live up to their reputation, toward Europe has left EU leaders and heads unfortunately it is not on Points. and Syria to save the American adventure in they will realize that they must not give Syria of state in a fierce debate about how to con- I’m sure I don’t need to tell you how amaz- Iraq. more leverage to break Lebanon. For all the tain increasingly confrontational and aggres- ing a Thanksgiving dinner is compared to Last week’s two high-profile assassina- divisions in Lebanese politics, the prospects my normal diet. tions should give both the new arrivals and for democracy are better in Beirut than in see POLITICAL CAUTION, page 11 2) The second reason I liked this break so much was because of my mom. Don’t read this the wrong way; I am about as much of a OFF THE HILL | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN mama’s boy as Michael from “The Wire,” but it was great having her around. It would have been enough for her to Johns Hopkins U. sets example in frat scandal cook me food, but I also got dishes done. You faithful readers know how much I hate R OBERT PHANSALKAR ity and stupidity, they challenged them future disputes along these lines. dishes, and it pains me to bring them up The Badger Herald saying that the members’ actions caused JHU’s Black Student Union was right- again in my column, but the feeling I got “harassment” and “intimidation” to fully frustrated by this insensitive party, when I put a dirty dish into the sink and Johns Hopkins University, well known occur. and the university held listening sessions walked away was incredible. She offered to for its Medical School and lacrosse team, I have long struggled against these with students to foster understanding of do it, so don’t think I am taking advantage is apparently making a name for itself in terms of legal vacuity, and it appears that the situation while attempting to halt the of my own mom. I started rinsing my plates the ‘hood of Baltimore. JHU is not going to make my struggle undercurrent of bigotry on campus. and put them in the dishwasher (a wonder- Sigma Chi, a fraternity on campus, much easier any time soon. JHU listened, and the result: punish- ful luxury), but she made me stop. thought that the best way to celebrate JHU’s Student Conduct Board held that ment for the fraternity, but in a manner In high school, I used to have to clean up Baltimore’s diverse, albeit rough, neigh- Sigma Chi violated harassment policies by consistent with the informality of the situ- after myself, but I guess after reading all of borhood was to hold a “Halloween in performing “conduct or a pattern of con- ation. Although JHU will deprive the fra- my columns (along with my dad, my profes- the Hood” party, encouraging students to duct that harasses a person or a group” ternity of its means of exploitative expres- sors and my grandmother, which is great wear “regional clothing from our locale” and through “intimidation of any person sion, parties, until 2008, it did mandate when you write about getting drunk and including, but not limited to “bling bling which results in limiting her/his full access a less formal approach to the problem: wiping your ass with various objects) she ice ice, grills” and the obligatory “hoochie to all aspects of life at the university.” incorporation of diversity training into its decided that I could use some time off. hoops.” These definitions of harassment and new members program. 3) Things that work: nothing in my off- My immediate reaction probably served intimidation are messy, even in the eyes of This “punishment” provides a great campus house works. The light bulbs and me best: That is just flat out racist. And those who challenge hate speech’s legal- example of how to handle disputes that sockets are broken. The TV goes black if a as it would appear, JHU’s administrators ity. However, despite these weak policies, should avoid the scope of formal law, but feather is dropped on the floor upstairs. It’s agreed with my assessment, but rather the university’s model of dealing with this should not go unheard as real and legiti- an art to get it to come back on. One has than chastise the fraternity’s insensitiv- issue provides something of a model for mate problems in society. to do a combination of hitting it the right places, stomping on the floor and playing VIEWPOINTS POLICY The Viewpoints section of The Tufts Daily, an open forum for campus editorial commentary, is printed Monday through Thursday. Viewpoints welcomes submissions from all members of the Tufts community. Opinion articles on campus, national, and international issues can be roughly 700 to 1000 words in see TOVROV, page 11 length. Editorial cartoons are also welcome. All material is subject to editorial discretion, and is not guaranteed to appear in The Tufts Daily. All material should be submitted by no later than 1 p.m. on the day prior to the desired day of publication. Material may be submitted via e-mail ([email protected]) or in hard-copy form at The Tufts Daily in the basement of Curtis Hall. Questions and concerns should be directed to the Viewpoints editor. The opinions expressed in the Viewpoints Dan Tovrov is a junior majoring in English. You section do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Tufts Daily itself. can e-mail him at [email protected]. 10 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS 11 Tovrov is thankful for proximity of upcoming Christmas vacation

TOVROV shows On Demand and watched almost continued from page 9 more sports than I could handle. with the N64 power cord. A couple games to mention: the Pats When the heat is on, the floor vibrates, beating the Bears despite losing almost a and the pipes pound like they are going to hundred yards to bogus calls; Florida falling burst. I don’t even want to get started on the to Kansas; and USC beating Charlie Weis’s basement. Every time I walk down there, Notre Dame. Just thought they should be I am certain I am going to step through a mentioned. I’m glad I’m not a Giants fan. stair. I could get sappy for the end of this col- Everything at my house works, which umn and say things like “4) friends, 5) fam- was actually hard to get used to. I was espe- ily, 6) crisp red and yellow autumn leaves as cially happy for the television, which I duti- they crunch under my wandering feet, 7) uh, fully took advantage of. What kind of person my dog,” but I’m not going to. would I be if I let a working TV go unwatched? I give thanks for Christmas break, and I sampled all of the marathons, caught up on that it is only three weeks away. United States must be wary of its prospective allies in Syria, Russia

POLITICAL CAUTION E.U. agro-ban seems highly suspect. continued from page 9 And so the lesson for the neoconserva- sive Russian diplomacy. In what seems to be tives still present in the Bush White House: an attempt to punish former satellite states Democracy can break down in the sand for abandoning the Russian fold in favor of like an Iraqi Ozymandias. According to the Western Europe, Moscow has taken steps Times of London, one of the major causes to hurt the economies of many recent EU for suspecting the Kremlin’s culpability in Mr. additions or NATO hopefuls. Last winter saw Litvinenko’s assassination is a recent act of a mixed resolution to a high-stakes contro- the Russian Parliament. This democratically versy over the price of Russian energy in the elected body voted “to allow the FSB to under- Ukraine. take assassination missions abroad fighting As for current EU states, a series of Russian terrorism” (which admittedly is in the U.S. bans of Polish agricultural products was set playbook as well) and they also “widened the to dominate the weekend’s EU-Russia sum- definition of terrorists to include those who mit in Helsinki, but the event was instead gave moral support to Chechen rebels and hijacked by furor over the Litvinenko affair. others seeking to undermine the state.” Similarly, Russia has threatened to impose a Thus did a democracy neatly and liter- total ban of agricultural imports from Europe ally kill freedom of speech. So, while it may when former Soviet satellites Bulgaria and seem that the pro-democracy ideology of Romania join the EU later this year. The rea- the neocons was wrong, and that the harsh son? According to the Kremlin, Bulgarian realpolitik of the Kissengerians will serve to and Romanian foods do not meet Russian correct it, let’s remember one thing. From health standards. Given that the Russian jour- a realist’s point of view, the Middle East is nal Novaya Gazeta reported on the 23rd that a strategic distraction of this decade. Not Russian alcoholic products have been con- counting China, of course, the long-term taminated with a toxic hepatite for more than strategic challenge, for both the United States two months, the Kremlin’s justification for its and the EU, is the government in Moscow. 12 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Wednesday, November 29, 2006

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY shouldn’t be that big of a deal for the BY JOSE MIGUES ROMERO Seattle 5-yard line. continued from page 16 girls to get over there.” McClatchy Newspapers The Seahawks rallied and put together happen, so at that point I just started to Ocampo also said that Tufts’ stand- drive after drive deep into Packers terri- look at the club hockey team because ing compared to other NESCAC schools How does an NFL team win a game tory in the first half, but came away with that was the closest thing I could do to should translate into having a women’s by 10 points despite four turnovers, five field goals, not touchdowns. keep playing.” hockey team. dropped passes and some lapses in tack- Hasselbeck, making his first start since Ocampo never approached the “[Almost] all the other Div. III schools ling? suffering a sprained right knee on Oct. 22, Athletics Department about starting a have girl’s hockey, and Tufts is one of That team gets hot on offense in the was intercepted twice more in the half. varsity women’s team, and Gehling like- the biggest schools in the NESCAC,” she second half, maintains its poise and plays A blocked field goal and four Josh wise said there has been little move- said. “I really don’t see how it would be an inexperienced and less-talented oppo- Brown field goals saved the Seahawks ment from the student body with regard that big of a problem. We pay the same nent, and eventually everything holds from trailing by more than 14-12 at half- to forming a team. tuition as all the other schools, so I real- form. time, even after Packers rookie Abdul “I remember a few years ago one per- ly don’t see it as a legitimate excuse.” So it went in the frozen tundra that was Hodge snapped a Hasselbeck fumble out son coming and talking to me about it, Gehling acknowledged that trans- frigid Qwest Field on Monday night, with of the air and ran it back 29 yards for a but there hasn’t been a significant wave porting teams was an issue, but rink the Seahawks rallying from a nine-point touchdown just before halftime. of inquiry,” Gehling said. ownership has proven to be the bigger deficit early in the second half to defeat If not for a few nifty returns from Nate Ocampo does not believe the trans- obstacle. the Green Bay Packers, 34-24. Burleson and improved defensive play for portation issues currently associated “Obviously transport is an issue, [but] The first and second halves couldn’t the most part, the Seahawks would have with the men’s squad are a sufficient larger issues have to do with being have been more opposite. And once the been in major trouble. rationale for the lack of a women’s able to control the access to the rink snow flurries cleared up, the Seahawks Still, the Packers opened the third team. at the times that you want it and need and Shaun Alexander shined in the prime- quarter with a big play, Favre connecting “I don’t think it’s a good enough rea- it,” Gehling said. “That’s probably the time lights. with Donald Driver on a crossing route son,” she said. “The rink actually isn’t biggest issue — lack of control from “The weather cleared up and we could over the middle. Driver made Seattle’s far away at all. I’ve been [to the Malden the standpoint of scheduling, from the do the thing better,” left tackle Walter Ken Hamlin miss and was gone, outrun- rink] before because the club hockey standpoint of getting the hours that you Jones said. “The weather was a factor in ning cornerback Kelly Herndon to the team plays out of there, and driving need, which is not easy to do because the first half. The coaches said at half- end zone. The Packers had their biggest there takes literally five minutes. If they everyone wants the rink at similar time we were going to run the ball, and lead of the night, 21-12. can bus the boys over there then it times.” that’s what we did. We gave the ball to 37 But the Seahawks responded. Hackett (Alexander) and he made plays.” caught two passes on a third-quarter Those plays were part of 40 carries for drive that was helped by an illegal contact 201 yards, the second 200-yard game of penalty on the Packers on third down. Alexander’s career. The Seahawks finally cashed in when Coaching veteran and young team The Seahawks trailed 21-12 and didn’t Hasselbeck found Hackett for a leaping take their first lead until the first minute touchdown catch with 3:33 left in the of the fourth quarter. That’s when their third quarter. christen Trinity’s new sports complex defense throttled Brett Favre’s Packers, “It was a lot easier to see the ball,” and the offense, back under the direction Hackett said, “so I just went up and got NESCAC this season. Still, there is confidence of Matt Hasselbeck for the first time in it.” continued from page 16 that the young players are developing five games, put touchdowns on the board On their next possession, the Seahawks bility to hockey games, as evidenced quickly. instead of field goals. faced fourth-and-inches from the Packers’ by the 1,950 fans who packed the CSC “[This year’s recruiting class] is a very Credit the Seattle defense for keeping 21. A penalty gave them a first down, and for its inaugural night on Nov. 17 to tight group and is continuing to get the Packers from taking over the game three plays later, Hasselbeck found Darrell watch the puck drop between Trinity better every day,” said freshman for- before halftime. Credit the offense, despite Jackson for the go-ahead touchdown. and Hamilton to launch the 2006-2007. ward John Carter, who has tallied two four Hasselbeck turnovers, for scoring Jackson dragged one leg in bounds in The Bantams also debuted a young, goals and two assists so far in his rookie when it needed to. Credit seldom-used the upper right corner of the end zone. unproven squad of 19 freshmen and season. “We have an extremely young wide receiver D.J. Hackett for his sure The Seahawks went for two and got it sophomores, a stark difference from last team, and if a few of the younger guys hands when other Seahawks were drop- when Hasselbeck drilled a pass to Jerramy year’s roster that included 17 juniors can really step up, we can be a danger- ping passes, and credit the hard running Stevens, taking a 27-21 lead. and seniors. As their 5-2 loss to the ous team as the season goes on.” of Alexander, which hadn’t been seen this The Packers cut the lead to 27-24 with a Continentals and 1-2-1 overall record And with the hoopla surrounding season. field goal with 10:50 left. But the Seahawks indicates, fielding an inexperienced the CSC’s opening behind them, the “We were a little careless with the ball drove for the decisive touchdown, gaining squad comes with some growing pains. Bantams still have to face a challeng- in the first half,” coach Mike Holmgren a first down on another fourth-and-inch- “There’s a saying in sports: the best ing conference schedule. They will said. “I was very, very pleased with our es when Alexander tossed the Packers’ thing about freshmen is that they face three-time defending national second half and how we battled back and Nick Collins aside on a 6-yard run. become sophomores,” Dunham said. champion Middlebury on Jan.1, and fought through the adversity of the turn- “We had good plays to call,” Holmgren “You can’t win with freshman. They are early February brings match-ups with over situation.” said of the fourth-down plays. “I didn’t 18- and 19-year olds playing against 21- Bowdoin and Colby, ranked No. No. 11 On just his second pass of the game, want it to be a field goal game with Brett and 22-year olds. Opening night, we saw and No. 15 in the nation, respectively. the Seahawks’ second offensive play (Favre), because he’s too good.” what happens with such a young team. Also looming is a New Year’s Eve contest of the game, Hasselbeck had his throw Alexander ran left for 15 yards on They got caught up in the moment, against Hobart, a Frozen Four partici- tipped high in the air by Packers defen- second-and-12, and three plays later, and there were too many distractions. pant a year ago. The stiff competition sive tackle Ryan Pickett, and cornerback Hasselbeck hit Stevens for a 3-yard touch- That’s probably why we didn’t play good will provide Dunham plenty of oppor- Charles Woodson intercepted it. down pass with 6:13 to play. hockey.” tunities to assess his team’s develop- The Packers took over possession less Stevens had dropped two long passes The critics believe Trinity’s youth will ment. than a minute into the game, and scored earlier and drew boos from the crowd. cost it a chance to be competitive this “As a coach, you don’t find out what the game’s opening touchdown in four But he held on this time, as did the season. U.S. Hockey Online projected you’ve got when you play teams and plays. Former Seahawk Ahman Green Seahawks. that the Bantams, a semifinalist in the beat them 10-1,” he said. “You need to bulldozed his way 5 yards for a touch- Marcus Trufant and Kelly Jennings NESCAC Tournament last year and a test them; it’s okay to lose. You just hope down after Favre, playing the Seahawks sealed the win with back-to-back inter- Frozen Four participant two years ago, that you can make progress and grow for perhaps the final time, completed ceptions, two of three for the Seattle would finish this seventh in the NESCAC up throughout the season.” a 26-yard pass to Ruvell Martin to the defense.

STATISTICS | STANDINGS SCHEDULE | November 29 - December 3

Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Hockey WED THU FRI SAT SUN (2-2, 0-0 NESCAC) (2-1, 0-0 NESCAC) (1-2, 0-2 NESCAC) Men's NESCAC OVERALL @ MIT NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL Basketball w L W L W L W L 2 p.m. W L T W L T Trinity 0 0 4 0 Bowdoin 0 0 4 0 Bowdoin 2 0 0 3 0 0 Bates 0 0 3 0 Tufts 0 0 2 1 Colby 2 0 0 3 0 0 Women's Amherst 0 0 2 0 Bates 0 0 2 1 Middlebury 2 0 0 3 1 0 Basketball Bowdoin 0 0 3 1 Middlebury 0 0 2 1 Amherst 1 0 1 3 0 1 Wesleyan 0 0 2 1 Williams 0 0 3 2 Hamilton 1 0 1 1 0 1 Tufts 0 0 2 2 Trinity 0 0 1 1 Conn. Coll. 1 1 0 1 3 0 Hockey N.E. College Saint Anselm Conn. Coll. 0 0 2 2 Wesleyan 0 0 1 1 Williams 1 1 0 1 3 0 7:30 p.m. 4 p.m. Williams 0 0 2 2 Conn. Coll. 0 0 1 2 Trinity 0 1 1 1 2 1 Wesleyan 0 1 1 1 2 1 Colby 0 0 1 2 Amherst 0 0 1 2 Men’s Tufts 0 2 0 1 2 0 Middlebury 0 0 1 2 Colby 0 0 0 4 Swimming Babson Bowdoin 7 p.m. 12 p.m. Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Women’s Wellesley RPG APG PPG RPG APG G A Pts Bowdoin PPG Swimming 7 p.m. Jon Pierce 19.3 6.8 0.3 Khalilah Ummah 13.7 9.7 0.7 Ross Gimbel 2 2 4 12 p.m. Jake Weitzen 15.0 6.5 4.0 Valerie Krah 11.3 2.7 2.0 Joe Milo 1 2 3 Ryan O'Keefe 12.8 3.0 1.3 Laura Jasinski 9.7 8.7 2.3 Doug Wilson 1 2 3 Brian Kumf 8.8 6.3 1.0 Jenna Gomez 8.3 2.7 1.0 John Murphy 2 0 2 Men’s vs. MIT @ vs. Middlebury, Dave Shepherd 8.0 4.3 6.5 Libby Park 6.3 4.3 0.0 Greg O'Connell 0 2 2 Squash Northeastern MIT Brian Fitzgerald 7.5 5.5 0.0 T. Miller-Stevens 5.3 3.7 1.7 Kurt Hertzog 0 2 2 6 p.m. 10 a.m., 1 p.m. Jeremy Black 4.5 1.5 3.3 Kim Moynihan 3.0 2.7 0.3 Brian Bailey 1 0 1 Aaron Gallant 2.3 0.5 0.5 Vanessa Miller 2.7 2.7 0.3 Joe Rosano 1 0 1 Women’s @ Northeastern vs. Smith, Brian Lowry 2.0 3.0 0.0 Katie Puishys 2.0 0.5 0.0 Jonathan Kestner 0 1 1 Squash 6 p.m. William Smith Dave Beyel 1.3 0.7 0.3 Julia Baily 1.0 0.3 0.0 4, 5:30 p.m. Dan Cook 1.3 0.8 0.3 Elisa Synborski 1.0 0.5 0.0 Goalkeeping GA S S% Jason Grauer 1.0 0.0 0.0 Stacy Filocco 0.7 0.3 0.3 James Kalec 8 83 .912 Pat Sullivan 0.8 1.5 0.5 Casey Sullivan 0.0 0.5 0.0 Issa Azat 5 26 .839 Jumbocast Katie Wholey 0.0 0.0 0.3 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 15

INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL EVANS CLINCHY | DIRTY WATER NBA forces prospects to give it the old college try MVP (Most Valuable

BY ADAM COOPERSTOCK Pointers) Daily Editorial Board et me begin by saying some- Last season, NBA commissioner David Stern finally got his age limit. A player now thing that probably won’t sur- needs to be at least 19 years of age or a year out of high school before being eligible for prise anyone one bit. the NBA Draft. L While this change has certainly been a I hate Derek Jeter. disappointment to some of the top young I hate everything about him. I hate that players around the nation, it has been a he’s never had to experience a single season boon to the quality of play at the college without October baseball. I hate that he wins level, and the benefits are already evident Gold Gloves despite having less range than in this young season. As exciting as college most Little League shortstops. I hate that basketball is annually, the various defections he can maintain his dignity despite having by so many of the top high school recruits to dated Mariah Carey. I hate that he’s not even the NBA Draft in recent years have lowered the best shortstop on his own team. And of the quality of play. course, I hate his open-mouthed gnawing on However, the new rules should combat Big League Chew that makes him look like a this trend. Although there will be a fair share cow chewing cud. of players who stay for one year before jump- All of that being said, I’m willing to admit ing to the NBA, as Carmelo Anthony did, the that Derek deserved the American League mere presence of these talented players will MVP award. help the game. I gradually climbed onto the Jeter band- For every Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, wagon near the end of the season. For most there are countless more draft busts like of the year, I had my heart set on a David Jonathan Bender or high school players who Ortiz win. That is, until September, when declare for the draft and fail to even get Derek hit .368, and Papi ... got hurt. That was selected. Those undrafted players will gen- the end of that. erally try to work their way up from the D- By the season’s final weekend, I was ready League or play overseas in an effort to grab to concede the MVP to Derek. I sat through the attention of an NBA squad. However, the entire miserable postseason, watching players who left high school straight for the the Yankees choke and the Cardinals stumble draft rarely achieve this goal. their way through the most pathetic World The lure of big bucks often pushes unde- Series in recent memory. I listened to one cided high school players into the draft, and idiotic theory after another from distraught the financial opportunities for these players, Yankee fans, everything from “we should who often come from disadvantaged back- fire Torre” to “we should trade A-Rod to the grounds, stand as a major source of opposi- Cubs.” And I waited, patiently, for Derek to tion to the age limit. win his first MVP award on Nov. 21. But this argument is fundamentally And then, the unthinkable happened. The flawed. The nation’s top high school recruits award went to the Twins’ Justin Morneau. are courted by college basketball programs I was confused. Puzzled. Dumbfounded, all over the country whose offers almost even. I felt as though I must have been for- always come with a full scholarship. Full getting something. I went back through rides alleviate much of the burden from Morneau’s stats, desperately trying to find an players with financial challenges. CHRISTOPHER A. RECORD/MCT explanation. Unfortunately, all I could find North Carolina’s Ty Lawson, shown here rising above two Sacred Heart defenders in the Tar And on a skills level, it gives these players were Morneau’s ranks among AL hitters this Heels’ 103-81 win on Nov. 14, is one of the NCAA’s top freshmen who are now required season. to play for at least one season before going pro. see COLLEGE BASKETBALL, page 13 Batting average? Seventh. On-base per- centage? 18th. Slugging? Sixth. OPS? Seventh. Home runs? 12th. Doubles? Tied for 18th. Sorry, but nothing about those numbers Games of the Week screams “MVP!” to me. But for some reason, 15 writers voted for Morneau as their top choice. To all 15 of you, I’d just like to say: I’m LOOKING BACK (NOV. 22-29) | MEN’S ICE HOCKEY: TUFTS 4, SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 amazed that any of you still have a job. So here’s a more reasonable idea — next After starting the season with a pair of losses to arguably the two toughest teams on its schedule this season, the men’s time around, just follow my advice. I have five hockey team came away with a surprise and much-needed victory against Southern New Hampshire on Tuesday Nov. 21. The simple pointers, and if you follow them next 4-1 Jumbos victory handed SNHU their first loss of the season, sending them to 3-1-0 on the season. SNHU senior Chet Riley time around, then maybe you guys can avoid scored his team’s only goal of the game in the closing minutes of the first period, but it was all Tufts after that. looking like ignorant hacks. Without further With only three shot on goal in the first period, the Jumbos took charge in the second period with 19 shots on the SNHU net. ado ... Sophomore Joe Milo buried the tying goal in 7:07 of the second period, and just over three minutes later the offense exploded. First of all, start paying attention to the Junior Ross Gimbel scored during a four-on-four at 10:23, and 35 seconds later senior John Murphy put Tufts on top 3-1 with little things. Yes, Morneau bested Jeter in the his second goal of the season at 10:58. Freshman Joe Rosano got his first collegiate goal in the final period with 2:06 left to flashy statistics, like home runs and RBI, but play. look a bit deeper. Jeter had 39 doubles, more Junior netkeeper James Kalec went the distance for Tufts, stopping 32 of SNHU’s 33 shots on net, including 12 in the first than any of the other MVP candidates. He period. Tufts finished with 34 shots on net, nearly double the offensive output of their first two games, in which they sent 18 drew 69 walks, which isn’t much, but at least and 20 shots, respectively, at the net. it’s more than Morneau. Jeter was an abso- lutely astounding 34-for-39 in his stolen base attempts. And, oh yeah ... he almost won a batting title with an average 23 points higher LOOKING AHEAD (NOV. 30-DEC. 7) | NO. 1 OHIO STATE AT NO. 6 NORTH CAROLINA than Morneau’s and an OBP 42 points better. These numbers aren’t always the ones mak- While Ohio State football reigns as the top team in college football, the ing headlines, but they definitely help teams Buckeyes’ basketball team found itself propelled to No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today win. poll on the heels of a loss by former No. 1 Florida to No. 12 Kansas. Ohio State Second, stop buying into this crazy notion faces its first real test tonight in No. 6 North Carolina as part of the annual ACC/ that a candidate’s team has to make the play- Big Ten Challenge. offs. If you really must vote for a power hitter Ohio State is fresh off a 91-57 win over Youngstown State Friday night and rather than a complete player like Jeter, the stands at 6-0 coming into tonight’s match-up. The Buckeyes have been making correct choice isn’t Morneau — it’s Ortiz. Why do so far without their star center, 7’1” freshman Greg Oden, who underwent vote for a guy with 34 home runs when you wrist surgery over the summer and has yet to take the floor for Ohio State. The can take the one with 54? Morneau drove in Buckeyes have since deferred to freshman guard Daequan Cook and senior guard 130 runs? Papi drove in 137. True, the Red Sox Ron Lewis, who have led the squad with 17.8 and 17 points per game respectively. didn’t make the playoffs, but does that make Ohio State has also dominated its first six opponents, winning its first six games Ortiz less valuable? I think not. by an average of 26 points. Third, what about pitchers? I don’t actually However, Oden’s absence will likely be noticed in tonights duel with the mind if you vote for a Twin, but instead of vot- Tar Heels. Sophomore forward Tyler ing for Morneau, how about giving the nod to Hansbrough, who captured last year’s Johan Santana? He may have only played Freshman Player of the Year honors, every fifth day, but he can make a claim that leads his team in offense and rebounding, averaging 20.6 points and 8.8 boards Morneau clearly cannot — Santana does per game. Hansbrough will undoubtedly look to exploit the inside with Oden’s what he does better than anyone else in noticeable absence under the basket. the universe. He led the American League The Heels suffered a tough 82-74 loss to No. 21 Gonzaga at the NIT Season in every single pitching category you can Tip-Off Nov. 22 but bounced back two days later to defeat then-ranked Tennessee name, whereas offensively, Morneau didn’t 101-87 to enter tonight’s game with a 4-1 record overall. crack the top five in anything, except RBI This game marks the first tough game for Ohio State this season, who has (baseball’s most overrated statistic). When preyed on the likes of Loyola-Chicago, Eastern Kentucky and San Francisco earlier I picture a dominant performer in a Twins in the season. While North Carolina has already faced two Top 25 opponents this uniform, I picture Santana, not Morneau. season, the Heels have had a relatively easy schedule as well, but last week’s sting- Fourth, start looking for consistency, not ing loss to Gonzaga will keep the squad hungry for the upset victory tonight. North Carolina is 2-5 overall while Ohio State is 2-3 in ACC/Big Ten Challenge see CLINCHY, page 13 games. Evans Clinchy is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. 16 INSIDE Inside College Basketball 15 Dirty Water 15 Sports Games of the Week 15 THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Rink issues put chances for a women’s Men’s basketball, hockey teams hockey program at Tufts in the freezer pick up non-conference victories

BY THOMAS EAGER “Over the past few years we’ve offered at Tufts have both Daily Editorial Board explored a couple of different men’s and women’s squads, options for the potential of supporting a sport for one gen- When the NESCAC winter joint ownership arrangements der does not necessarily mean sports season kicks off every [of a rink] off campus, but a corresponding team for the year, Tufts proudly displays 10 nothing has materialized,” he other. The interpretation of varsity teams, including bas- continued. “Right now, there’s Title IX, the federal legislation ketball, swimming and diving, nothing solid in the works, and passed in 1972 that mandated track and field, men’s ice hock- certainly no plans for building equal playing opportunities for ey, squash and fencing. But a rink on campus.” both sexes, does not mandate a there remains one conspicu- While the absence of a Tufts- strict one-to-one ratio. ous absence in the Jumbos’ owned rink has precluded the “As we’ve gone about try- winter team lineup: Tufts does addition of a women’s team, it ing to meet our Title IX obli- not field a varsity women’s ice has also been a problem for the gations with respect to equity hockey team. men’s team in terms of practice of opportunities for men’s and ROBBIE HAVDALA/TUFTS DAILY Tufts and Bates are the only time, fan base and recruiting women’s sports, we’ve looked Senior guard David Shepherd, who scored six points and dished out schools out of the 11 NESCAC draw. to add women’s sports, but six assists, plays defense in Tufts’ 77-61 rout of Springfield last night. members without a women’s “Not having a rink has made you don’t automatically add a team, although the Bobcats it a real challenge to have a women’s sport in every sport lack a varsity men’s hockey men’s team,” Gehling said. “If you have men’s,” Gehling said. The men’s basketball team overcame a sloppy first-half performance team as well. you look at the history of the “The issue is trying to provide to hand Springfield (2-2) its second loss of the season, 77-61, and move “It’s frustrating for me men’s team over many, many an equitable amount of par- above .500 at 3-2. In a game marred by turnovers and questionable because to me women’s ice years, it’s gone in and out of ticipation opportunities, and officiating, the Jumos’ depth and talent overwhelmed the Pride in the hockey is an up-and-com- varsity status, in part because we’ve done that.” second half. Sophomore Jon Pierce led all scorers with 20 points, 16 in ing sport,” Tufts Director of of rink problems throughout Ashley Ocampo, a junior at the first half while freshman Pat Crean was led Springfield with 16. Athletics Bill Gehling said. the years. We finally have a the University of Santa Barbara The Jumbos opened the game playing a man-to-man defense but “Fifteen years ago there was stable rink situation where I who transferred from Tufts after switched to a zone after the Pride scored their first 10 points in the hardly any women’s ice hockey, feel like we can run the men’s her sophomore year, arrived in paint, daring the guards to shoot from the outside. The strategy paid and now it’s growing, and it’s program reasonably well, but Medford as a committed hock- off, as Springfield managed just 16 points in the last 15 minutes of the certainly a sport that I think I it’s far from ideal.” ey player but was aware of the first half. Consecutive threes from junior guard Jeremy Black and Pierce would love to have if we could Bates has its own rink on nonexistence of a women’s var- pushed Tufts’ halftime lead to 35-26. accommodate it, but at this campus but, according to sity team before enrolling. She The Jumbos’ defensive intensity was apparent in the second half, as point in time it’s hard to see Director of Athletics Dana subsequently decided to com- Tufts pressured the Pride into missing their first five field goals and held how we could accommodate Mulholland, offers neither pete on Tufts’ co-ed club ice them to 37 percent shooting for the game. Tufts opened the flood- it.” men’s nor women’s hockey for hockey team, where she was gates with a 19-3 run after the start of the second period, at one point According to Gehling, the reasons different from those the only female. pushing the lead to 28 points. Coach Bob Sheldon took advantage of biggest obstacle to starting a given by Gehling. “Before I applied to Tufts, I the romp to play all 16 members of the team. team is the lack of facilities. “We do support hockey at already knew they didn’t have a Also in late action last night, the ice hockey team won its second “Basically, what it really the club level, but I think more team,” Ocampo said. “I remem- straight game to move to .500 on the season. Freshman Doug Wilson comes down to is the simple than anything it’s because ber when I went on the tour scored his second collegiate goal, knocking in the game-winner with fact that we don’t own a rink,” we already support 32 varsity they said I could start my own under 30 seconds to play as the Jumbos dispatched non-conference Gehling said. “If we had a rink, teams, and it would be diffi- team, but I figured it might Salve Regina, 5-4 at home. my guess is that we would cult to add more at this point,” take a while for that to actually The Jumbos scored three goals in the first period and one in the sec- absolutely have a women’s ice Mulholland said. ond before Salve exploded for four unanswered tallies to tie the game. hockey team. While the majority of sports see WOMEN’S HOCKEY, page 14 The clock ticked down, setting the stage for Wilson’s game-winner.

INSIDE THE NESCAC Veteran coach Dunham oversees transition to new arena at Trinity

BY SAPNA BANSIL Daily Staff Writer

John Dunham’s place at the helm of Trinity men’s hockey predates even its first days as a varsity program. His tenure as head coach has spanned the Bantams’ first winning season, its first NESCAC title and its first trip to the NCAA Div. III Frozen Four. And now, after 32 years, Dunham will see the pro- gram move into its first true home. Twenty-five months after break- ing ground, Dunham, the only men’s hockey coach Trinity has ever known, moved his young, unproven Bantams into the brand-new Williams Ice Rink at the Community Sports Complex (CSC). The Bantams christened the $11 million arena with two mid-November NESCAC contests, but the CSC has yet to see a Trinity win. After two losses and a tie, the team’s first win came on Sunday with a 4-2 decision at Conn. College. In addition to providing a new home for the men’s and women’s ice hock- ey teams, the CSC is Trinity’s gesture towards improving its strained relation- ship with surrounding Hartford, which was publicized when the Princeton COURTESTY TRINITY ATHLETICS Review ranked the school’s rapport with The $11 million Williams Ice Rink at Trinity’s Community Sports Ceneter provides the first on-campus home for the Bantam hockey teams, its locals as the worst in the country and is an effort by the College to improve relations with the surrounding Hartford area. in its 2007 edition of Best 361 Colleges . Besides hosting after-school programs for the Boys and Girls Club, the CSC is letes, the centrally-located practice site nationally competitive programs — successful program.” expected to be open to the public at provides much-needed flexibility and Middlebury has won the past three men’s Besides building a winning team, the least 15 hours per week for hockey and convenience. and women’s NCAA Div. III titles and CSC helps build a hockey fan following skating. “The Trinity hockey program has Bowdoin and Colby are both nationally as well. Rather than venturing five miles In addition to the Hartford commu- been waiting for something like this for ranked — the CSC also gives Trinity a into West Hartford to see a game, Trinity nity, Trinity hockey will benefit from a long time,” junior forward Dan Maturi chance to distinguish itself to recruits. students now simply have to go to the having a rink on campus for the first said. “A lot of Trinity hockey alumni “There are so many top-draw schools corner of Broad St. and New Britain Ave. time. In the past, the team rented ice have been suffering at Kingswood for a in the NESCAC; players are going to go to cheer on their Bantams. Students time from nearby Kingswood-Oxford long time, so the CSC is a big step for- where the best facilities are,” Dunham have indeed embraced their accessi- prep school, forcing it to hold practice ward.” said. “Facilities mean so much in after 10 p.m. For Trinity’s student-ath- And with the NESCAC stacked with attracting quality players and building a see NESCAC, page 14