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AM Showers Read It First 70/53 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 25 Thursday, October 9, 2008 TUFTSDAILY.COM MTV cofounder Freston to deliver Snyder Lecture b y Ro b Si l v e r b l a t t Daily Editorial Board

Tom Freston, a founding member and former chief executive officer of MTV, will deliver this semester’s Snyder Presidential Lecture, relaying his expe- rience in backing what was once con- sidered a doomed enterprise and turn- ing it into a media mainstay. Freston will speak on Oct. 16 at 4:30 p.m. in the Balch Arena Theater. When MTV launched in 1981, the 35-year-old Freston demonstrated the know-how to start a business and the shrewdness to recognize that a younger demographic would be receptive to the largely unexplored medium of music videos. “Obviously, he took something that at his time people thought was crazy and wasn’t going to fly and turned it into this iconic organization,” Dean of Undergraduate Education James Glaser said. The Snyder Presidential Lecture Series aims each semester to bring one Alex Schmieder/tufts daily speaker who has challenged the sta- As a cool breeze foreshadowed imminent cold weather, students took advantage of what might have been one of the last days of the tus quo. University President Lawrence year mild enough to invite outdoor studying. Bacow chooses the lecturers for the series, which began in 2004 with an endowed gift from Richard Snyder (A ’55), the former chairman and CEO of the publishing company Simon and Schuster. b y Gi l l i a n j a v e t sk y the Middle East in World Affairs,” at the center, we’ve made it seem that Past lecturers include author Daily Editorial Board Hoffmann provided his views on a way by invading it.” Salman Rushdie, whose 1988 novel variety of topics including Israel, He added that the war on terror is “The Satanic Verses” was condemned Harvard University Professor Afghanistan, Pakistan and the war on a foreign policy mistake in its own in a religious edict by then-Ayatol- Stanley Hoffmann spoke to a room terror. He spoke in Cabot 702 as part right. “It’s a war that no one can win, lah Ruhollah Khomeini, and former Hoffmannthat was so overcrowded takes last night onof the FaresMiddle Lecture Series. East inso itpacked will go on forever,” room Hoffmann Harvard University President Lawrence that audience members flooded into Hoffmann started the talk by said. “Our notion of the war against Summers, who offered thoughts on an adjacent hallway to watch from a addressing President George W. terrorism feeds into our anti-Muslim holistically reforming higher educa- monitor. Bush’s war on terror. He dismissed feelings and produces a kind of hys- tion. In the most recent lecture, Pulitzer But while some saw Hoffmann’s the commander in chief’s view that teria. We have to reject these.” Prize-winning historian David Hackett lecture about Middle Eastern affairs the central front of that campaign lies Hoffmann said numbers show that Fischer talked last spring about the on a screen and others watched it in Iraq, instead insisting that it is in Muslims make up a very small per- American presidency. in the flesh, all were fixated on what Pakistan and Afghanistan. centage of the global terrorist popu- According to Glaser, choosing an the cofounder of Harvard’s Center for “The idea that Iraq is at the center lation. He also pointed out that only entrepreneur this semester marks new European Studies had to say. of the war against terrorism is a mis- In a speech titled “Reflections on take,” Hoffmann said. “While it’s not see HARVARD, page 2 see MTV, page 2

b y Ge o f f r e y Ga u r a n o which create an environment Contributing Writer to allow Asian and Pacific b y Aly ss a Kr a g -Ar n o l d Islander artists to explore Contributing Writer Li,Members Shih of redefine the Boston their‘Asian,’ creative ‘artist’ endeavors. Progress Arts Collective The organization has a radio Attempting to increase the plugged their mission of sup- station, an array of special accessibility of local police, porting Asian and Pacific events to showcase all forms Policethe City of Somerville substation unveiled opens in Somerville Islander artists while under- of Asian and Pacific Islander a new police station in East cutting stereotypes during art, and a monthly open Somerville on Monday and a talk in the Granoff Music mic night — New England’s will soon open a second near Center last night. only Asian-American open Tufts. Guest speakers Giles Li and mic series, according to the State Sen. Anthony Eugene Shih told audience speakers. Galluccio, Somerville Mayor members that the aim of their Students who attended the Joseph Curtatone, Chief of group is to redefine the terms event were vocal about Asian Police Anthony Holloway and “Asian” and “artist” in order and Pacific Islander artistic members of the Somerville to eliminate preconceptions. expression and showed inter- community celebrated the “We don’t necessarily have est in the organization’s vari- opening of the East Somerville to be one specific type of art- ous projects. Police Substation on Monday. ist or one specific type of Sophomore James Lin, an “The opening of the East Asian. We want to redefine artist himself, said the lec- Somerville Substation is an Asian and artist in ways that ture piqued his interest in important day for our police are not static,” Li said. “I becoming more involved in department and the entire think we should strive not to the organization and in the East Somerville community. fall into stereotypes.” Asian and Pacific Islander This substation will allow resi- Li and Shih highlighted Danai Macridi/Tufts Daily the organization’s projects, see ART, page 2 see SUBSTATION, page 2 Teele Square will soon feature a new police station as wekk. Inside this issue Today’s Sections The women’s soc- A Tufts alum finds cer team recorded its News 1 Op-Ed 11 inspiration in several sixth shutout in seven Features 3 Comics 12 media. games. Weekender 5 Classifieds 13 Editorial | Letters 10 Sports Back

see WEEKENDER, page 5 see SPORTS, back page 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News Thursday, October 9, 2008 West Somerville substation set to open Students excited about programs soon, increase accessibility of local police SUBSTATION Curtatone said the forth- together to identify problems continued from page 1 coming station in Teele and solutions. The resulting dents to bring their questions Square, blocks away from relationships will serve to and concerns to our police Tufts’ campus, will satisfy strengthen our community,” officers so that they can be residents and make the region Holloway said. addressed before they become safer. The increased interaction problems,” Curtatone said in “The opening of a substa- between officers and the press release. tion in West Somerville will community is also meant to Ward 1 Alderman William result in stronger relation- dispel the “police are bad” Roche said he expects the sta- ships between our officers stereotype, Rossetti told tion to be a valuable force and the residents they serve, the Daily. “The objective is in the community. “This sub- which will lead directly to to make it known that it’s a station will have a positive increased community par- positive relationship so peo- impact on our neighborhood ticipation and better results,” ple feel comfortable going for years to come,” Roche Mayor Curtatone said in a to neighborhood police offi- said in a press release. December 2007 statement. cers,” she said. The city chose to estab- The Teele Square substa- Police Capts. Michael lish stations at both ends of tion will house officers who Cabral and Paul Upton were Somerville in order to make regularly patrol the sur- promoted to deputy chiefs the police force more available rounding area. Seven neigh- beginning Sept. 28 as a result to residents and to strength- borhood police officers will of the creation of the two en relationships between be assigned to each ward. substations. the community and offi- Having officers consistent- Cabral, the deputy chief cers, according to Somerville ly patrol the same area makes of operations, now over- Public Information Officer for more effective policing, sees the commanders of the Jaclyn Rossetti. Holloway said in a December neighborhood substations, The Somerville Police 2007 press release announc- as well as captains, lieuten- Advisory Group recom- ing the creation of the two ants and patrolmen. Upton, mended creating a substa- substations. “When an officer deputy chief of support ser- tion in Teele Square in 2005. patrols the same area every vices, is now in charge of the Mayor Curtatone had formed day, he or she gets to know police department’s inves- the advisory group the year the people in that neighbor- tigations, civilian positions before to review police poli- hood. It allows the police and professional standards cies, staffing and operations. and the community to work and development.

mtv Viacom later bought out ship. continued from page 1 WASEC and is now MTV’s “On the one hand, we love terrain for the series. “We real- parent company. Viacom is Tom,” Viacom controlling Deanly hadn’t had hopes anybody from MTV the split pioneer into two sections, will appeal and shareholder to students Sumner Redstone field of business or the field of Freston worked a brief stint said at the time. “On the other media,” he said. “And here was in 2006 as CEO of the half that hand, the board felt that not an opportunity to bring in a enough was being done [and] very intelligent person from that the communication with both of those fields.” “Obviously, he took Wall Street had been deficient, For Freston, the road to MTV and the stock price reflected something that at his Alex Schmieder/Tufts Daily began in 1980 when he joined that.” Giles Li of the Boston Progress Arts Collective spoke to students yesterday. the Warner-Annex Satellite time people thought Glaser predicted that Entertainment Company Freston’s talk will prove com- ART Collective before the lecture, (WASEC). MTV was the brain- was crazy and wasn’t pelling to a variety of stu- continued from page 1 and I even have the Asian and child of executives there, who going to fly and dents. artist communities. Pacific Islander music radio were also responsible for cre- “His appeal should be [to] “I’m … into the artist scene, station streamed into my ating Nickelodeon and The turned it into this those who are interested in and being an Asian American iTunes,” O’Conor said. Movie Channel. media and music and popular myself, I found the lecture to O’Conor plans on getting Jac Holzman, a Warner high- iconic organization.” culture, but also those that are be great,” Lin said. “I think involved with the organization. er-up at the time, explained interested in leadership and their support is important, “I’m planning on going to open to Vanity Fair that the idea James Glaser business,” he said. because the Asian American mic on Friday,” O’Conor said. for MTV was born in the ’60s dean of undergraduate While Glaser praised last community isn’t always seen as She said she admires the when he was the president education semester’s lecturer for a well- creative.” organization’s support for all of Elektra Records and pro- received speech, he acknowl- Tufts sophomore Erika types of Asian-American art- duced a video for a Doors edged that a popular-culture O’Conor said she went to the ists, as well as its mission to album. “We sent it around to includes MTV, Nickelodeon, icon may be a larger draw lecture because it combined combat stereotypes. the afternoon dance shows, Comedy Central and over 100 than an historian. her interests in Asian Studies “Asian Americans partici- and it helped get them a lot other networks. He was forced “I don’t think all students and music. Her class on Asian- pate in all kinds of music, and of attention. I thought, ‘Gee, out after eight months due to knew the [Fischer speech] American music prompted her I appreciate the statement that this is kind of nice: exposure slipping stock prices and the would be as good as it was,” to research the collective. Boston Progress Arts Collective through another medium,’” media conglomerate’s desire he said. “This [time] they’ll “I was already looking into is trying to make,” O’Conor he said. for more aggressive leader- know it ahead of time.” the Boston Progress Arts said.

HARVARD with the incendiary Palestinian politi- democracy, ... something that I don’t Israel. “Such negotiations should be continued from page 1 cal party Hamas. think many countries have the politi- supported by a new policy towards 20 percent of Muslims live in the Arab “In order to reach our goals with cal infrastructure for.” Israel,” Hoffmann said, referring to the world, a much smaller portion than he Hamas, one has to give something in A question-and-answer session fol- possibility that the United States could Hoffman:said most Americans realize.War on terrorexchange,” is Hoffmanna foreign said. “However, policy lowedmistake, Hoffmann’s speech.feeds When into asked anti-Muslimbecome more supportive feelings of Palestine. He then turned to the topic of how to the style of U.S. dialogue in the past what strategy the United States should “Israel is a bone of contention for both deal with the prospect of Iran develop- few years has been, ‘We will talk to employ in Afghanistan, Hoffmann sug- of these countries and for all of these ing nuclear weapons. He said that the you, but only if you give us what we gested disengagement. connected policies.” United States has three options when want first.’” “I just don’t quite see what the In another question, Hoffmann was it comes to addressing Iran’s nuclear Holding legitimate talks with United States can accomplish,” he asked whether he thought Sen. Barack technologies, two of which he called Hamas, Hoffmann said, would show said. “We don’t have too much influ- Obama’s (D-Ill.) past comments “dubious.” Hoffmann warned against the Muslim world that the United ence [on Pakistan] for the time being, favoring a relatively pro-Palestinian the two misbegotten options, in which States is not simply a servant of Israel. so if they conclude that it is in their approach would translate into policy the United States or Israel would take He suggested that Israel be more open interest to go after al-Qaeda, let them if the presidential candidate is elect- military action against Iran. with Hamas, too. do it, but not because of us.” ed. “It’s been remarkable how many “Israelis need to recognize that they Hoffmann added that he could not “This isn’t going to sound good, Israeli politicians have gone around are dealing with people who want to see a military solution to the growing but the Democratic foreign policy the world warning people of a nucle- be a nation,” he said, adding that they question of Afghani-Palestinian rela- establishment will too easily take hold ar Iran,” Hoffmann said. “Even so, it cannot “impede” the Palestinians’ tions, either. of Barack Obama,” Hoffmann said. would be a catastrophe if Israel walked movement. “The idea of sending more troops “While he is not an expert on foreign into Iran.” In the final parts of his speech, to that area makes no sense to me policy, he’s done a remarkable job of Instead of military action, Hoffmann Hoffmann expressed concern about because it would just excite more war surrounding himself with experts.” said that he would prefer negotia- the United States’ recent international and more terrorism,” he said, discuss- This point surprised senior Petr tions between the United States and relations decisions, noting that he is ing the trend of terrorist cells train- Bouchal. “Although the structure Iran. “While [negotiations] haven’t a “bit worried on the foreign policy ing fighters in Pakistan who travel to of the evening’s talk made sense, I happened yet, it’s something that the front.” Afghanistan for attacks. “Pakistanis do didn’t expect that he would be so Iranians keep saying they will enter- He added, “I’m afraid that we still not want a strong Afghanistan and are critical about the Democratic agenda,” tain,” he said. live in a universe in which the United going to keep on trying to divert ter- Bouchal said. Hoffmann also discussed the Israeli- States is still the city on the hill, that rorism to Afghanistan,” he added. The Fares Lecture Series is spon- Palestinian conflict, saying the United we still believe we are indispensable,” As for a solution, Hoffmann sug- sored by the Fares Center for Eastern States should open a broader dialogue he said. “We continue to push for gested setting up talks that involve Mediterranean Studies. 3

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b y Al e x i s Wy n n venues they can use to make sure these he said. “We work very closely with the Contributing Writer rights are being honored,” Schneider administration and we have require- said. ments with our training to ensure the t is very likely that Barack Obama will be It may come as a surprise to Tufts Those who have had first-hand expe- protection of the student, the advocate the next President of the United States. students facing disciplinary action that rience with the judicial process at Tufts and to make sure everyone is getting It was always a possibility, and at certain their strongest allies in the judicial often attest to how complicated and sound advice.” points during this 18-month extravaganza, process are concentrated in a small stressful it can be. Correspondingly, an In addition to their training, advo- theI odds were better than 50-50 that Obama organization of fellow students. important goal of the advocates is to cates must also agree to a code of con- would pull it out. The Judicial Advocates is a branch of relieve some of the stress. fidentiality before they are permitted But only now has one candidate been the Tufts Community Union Judiciary “Sometimes, the student can feel to work with students. inarguably ahead of his rival by a large mar- like it’s everyone against them, but we “Students can tell us anything in gin. As pollsters will tell you, voter opinion are on their side,” Schneider said. “Just confidence and know that we will be on solidifies in the final weeks of a campaign, seeing the calming effect that we have their side,” said Scheider. “Disciplinary and it is very difficult to engineer large swings on the students is the best part [of action can be taken against advocates if of public opinion once people have seen the being an advocate]. Whether is just we break this code [of confidentiality].” candidates side-by-side and made a deci- sitting beside the student while at The Judicial Advocates have also sion. Barring a last-minute gaffe, a sudden a hearing, or going with them to been working to extend their on-cam- game-changing event (like the Russian inva- talk to an administrator or helping pus presence by educating the general sion of Georgia or the Wall Street meltdown) them understand the process, we student population. or some other October Surprise, the Obama are here to cater to them.” “We do some campaigns where we campaign will cruise to victory on Nov. 4. In addition to stress manage- make flyers that have little absurd rules Accompanying it will be anywhere from ment, the advocates are present to that people don’t know of but that five to 10 additional Democratic Senators, help with anything from answer- are actually enforced,” said Schneider. and 10 to 20 additional Democrats in the ing simple questions to providing “For example, ‘public urination at Tufts House. It will be the most complete one- moral support to making sure that means probation.’” party takeover of Washington in a long time. all paperwork is in on time. Each year the group holds a “Know The day that marked the turning point of “We want to help students your Rights” campaign, which invites the campaign was Sept. 15. Until that day, the through each step of the process. students to join them and listen to Obama and McCain camps had been pretty For example, there are a lot of the schools’ deans, Tufts Emergency evenly matched — maybe with a slight edge deadlines. One of the trickiest Medical Services, Tufts University to Obama as McCain’s convention bounce parts is completing Police Department, Tufts Online, the wore off and Sarah Palin’s disastrous inter- things within Office of Residential Life and Learning, views became publicized. those and other administrative figures dis- But on Sept. 15, the toppling of major cuss student rights at Tufts. At the financial institutions like Lehman Brothers event, students have the opportunity and AIG ensured that the next few weeks, if to ask questions and get advice from not the remainder of the election, would be those who are the most informed. economy, economy, economy. On the same These campaigns have helped day, McCain boldly stated, “The fundamen- the advocates undergo steady tals of our economy are strong.” That line, growth over the past few which betrayed a disconnect between the years. public’s view of their retirement portfolios deadlines,” he said. “We’ve been around and the McCain camp’s economic message, The group assigns for years, but we will probably go down in history as the death that works closely with both students advocates on a first-come, haven’t been knell for the McCain campaign. It will join and Office of Dean of Student Affairs first-serve basis in response to John Kerry’s “I voted for it before I voted to provide a system of counseling for requests from students or, occasional- against it,” George H.W. Bush’s broken “Read students going through the student ly, from the administration. “We don’t my lips: no new taxes” pledge and Walter process. ever get in contact with [students] Mondale’s promise to raise taxes as a dying The group acts as a link between the unless someone requests it,” Schneider campaign’s fatal flaw. students and the highest office involved said. much of a pres- The national tracking polls, which provide in student judicial affairs. The advo- Since the advocates are students ence until recent- a rolling, daily snapshot of public opinion, cates function as a source of knowledge with few credentials in the realm of ly,” Schneider said. began breaking sharply for Obama in the and guidance that can give students law, Schneider said that the training is “[When I was] a freshman, there aftermath of Sept. 15. A graph of the Gallup certain advantages in making informed very comprehensive and that a list of were a quarter as many advocates as tracker, which had looked like a horizon- decisions regarding their disciplinary requirements must be met before an there are now. The best way to measure tal strand of DNA, the Obama and McCain processes, according to the group’s advocate is assigned a case. our growth is on how many cases we get lines intertwining and looping in a battle for president, senior David Schneider. “Everyone is trained beforehand and a year. It was one to two a year when I supremacy, suddenly showed the dark green “[The goal is to] outline to the stu- must attend several meetings before was a sophomore, now it’s about ten a Obama line breaking up and away from the dents at Tufts their rights and provide they can take a case or help a student,” semester.” plummeting McCain track. The Rasmussen tracker, which had never shown the two candidates’ numbers more than three points apart (except dur- ing conventions), has suddenly broke open City of Boston bans trans fats in dining sector into a six-, seven-, eight-point lead for the Democrat. State polls began to reflect the b y Sa u m y a Va i s h a m p aya n shift, as swing states which had been even- Contributing Writer ly matched battlegrounds in 2004 began to swing sharply for Obama and states that Over the past weeks, a meal of French President Bush carried easily began to look fries and fried chicken may have started to bluer by the day. Republican campaigns that taste a bit different in the city of Boston. are forced to spend money to keep North On Sept. 13, the Boston Public Health Carolina in their column are not winning. Commission announced the beginning There is still a long-shot chance for McCain of a citywide ban on all artificial trans to pull this out, but I’m having a hard time fat served in restaurants and other din- seeing how that’s possible. The polls will ing establishments. The ban includes all tighten a bit as Election Day approaches (they food and beverages that are prepared or always narrow somewhat as we get closer cooked with partially hydrogenated oil, to November), but the strength of Obama’s like French fries, but excludes packaged economic message will keep the majority of foods. late deciders in his column. How palpable is Although this ban only currently applies voters’ fears over the economy? Ben Smith of within the Boston city limits, surround- Politico reports: “An Obama supporter, who ing municipalities may soon follow suit. canvassed for the candidate in the working- Brookline has already passed legislation class, white Philadelphia neighborhood of to be implemented later this year and, if Fishtown recently, sends over an account effective, the trend could spread to the that, in various forms, I’ve heard a lot in Medford and Somerville areas. recent weeks. ‘What’s crazy is this,’ he writes. But the concern surrounding trans fats ‘I was blown away by the outright racism, but has already been a cause for action and these folks are f--king undecided. They would regulation on campus. call him a n----r and mention how they don’t Trans fats, unsaturated fats with trans- know what to do because of the economy.’” isomer fatty acids, are widespread in the food industry because of their low cost. They have been linked to a greater risk Michael Sherry is a senior majoring in SUSAN Kornfeld/Tufts Daily political science. He can be reached at see FATS, page 4 Boston’s ban of trans fats in the dining sector could lead to similar bans in Medford and Somerville. [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Thursday, October 9, 2008 Tufts has worked to eliminate trans fats in dining hall food Interested in FATS cent canola oil or olive oil,” she continued from page 3 said. of heart disease, stroke and type Lampie said, however, that Politics? 2 diabetes. If consumed in large Dining Services has not yet quantities, these fatty acids dis- removed all trans fats from the turb the levels of good and bad Dining Services menus. “Some Then come blog about the election on“The cholesterol in the body. products still contain trans fats, Associate Professor Parke Wilde, like fries, but we are in the process who teaches at the Friedman of evaluating and finding a trans Trail” at www.tuftsdaily.com School of Nutrition Science and fat free alternative. We fry [the Policy, believes that this policy French fries] in trans fat free oil.” represents a feasible improve- But Lampie added that steps ment to the health level of the need to be taken beyond the mere city’s dining options. avoidance of trans fats to prevent “This is different from other heart disease or stroke. Students food policy controversies because concerned with their intake of [trans fat] is easy to ban. Salt unhealthy fats should reexamine contributes to high blood pres- all choices they make in the din- sure, which also raises risk of ing halls, she said. stroke and heart disease, but you couldn’t have the Boston Health commission ban salt in restau- “We converted to trans rants,” Wilde said. “Because trans fat-free oil in 2003. We fat is so specific, the unhealthy fat has ready substitutes.” only use 100 percent Wilde added that it is unlikely that using these substitutes will canola oil or olive oil.” lead to a spike in food prices in the Boston area. Julie Lampie “Substitutes may be margin- nutrition marketing specialist ally more expensive in some cases for Tufts Dining Services and have slightly different cook- ing policies, but I don’t think that is critical,” Wilde said. “If a chain “Students should decrease restaurant has to substitute frying consumption of saturated fat by oil for a more expensive alterna- decreasing the amount of meat that tive it could make a small differ- they consume, especially beef and ence in the consumer price of the pork, as well as decreasing their food, but the cost of the ingre- intake of cheese, which is loaded dients is only one of the many with saturated fat,” she said. costs that go into the cost of the Sophomore Pete Day believes product.” that the ban is a step in the right Julie Lampie, the nutrition mar- direction. “Trans fats are man made keting specialist for Tufts Dining and not healthy for anyone, they Services, says that Tufts took steps are simply a result of people trying to rid its dining halls of trans fats to make a profit,” Day said. long before Boston imposed a Sophomore Cat Burke would like For more information about blogging contact: ban. an even harder attack on trans fats. “We converted to trans fat-free “We need to go after Nabisco, that’s oil in 2003. 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b y Ca t h e r i n e Sc o t t of parenting,referencing Rosenthal’s per- the switch from writing to film, she said, “I extremely enthusiastic about the project Daily Editorial Board sonal experiences. got a toy camera called a flip camera, and and are willing to accept many ideas for Her next adult personal narrative was it changed my approach to projects. I was their new film, as a sort of mélange of ran- Over the course of her 10-year literary a huge success, entitled “Encyclopedia of filming things I would never have filmed dom yet beautiful objects, hence the title. career, Tufts alum and author Amy Krouse an Ordinary Life” (2005). In it, Rosenthal before.” Out of this new approach came Both Rosenthal and Delahoyde empha- Rosenthal (LA ’87) has not only dabbled in relates to her readers random tidbits her first short film, “17 Things I Made” size the possibilities of their newest proj- different types of writing, but also expand- from her life, arranged in the form of (2008), which can be viewed on YouTube. ect. Rosenthal claimed that it has always ed her creativity into other media. “I just an encyclopedia. “I knew that it wasn’t com. In her film, Rosenthal points out been a theme of her work to accept pay attention to what I’m interested in a traditional memoir, a grand story of things she has created, including her chil- responses and ideas from others, creating at the moment and try to stay true to overcoming a profound struggle,” she dren, her books and her sandwich. At the an interactive environment. “This project that,” Rosenthal said, concerning her wide said. “I was researching various forms of end of the film, she invites her viewers to has been about reaching outward from range of passions. Her newest film project, non-fiction, and at the end of that pro- meet her on Aug. 8, 2008 to make an 18th the beginning,” she said. “I didn’t initially “The Beckoning of Lovely,” has attracted a cess, I came across the encyclopedia and beautiful thing. conceive of 8/8/08 as being another stage large-enough following that she decided thought that it was a fantastic format.” Her The 18th beautiful thing led to a project of the project, but because it’s a theme to expand its scope and welcome submis- “Encyclopedia” even has its own Web site now known as “The Beckoning of Lovely.” of my work of putting invitations out to sions from any type of artist working in all (www.encyclopediaofanordinarylife.com) When Rosenthal arrived at the meeting the universe, it makes sense that ‘The imaginable media. in which Rosenthal posts excerpts, reviews place, she was expecting around 50 peo- Beckoning of Lovely’ became a continu- and other news related to the book. ple; what she got was about 400 will- ation of what’s started.” When asked why A personal journey ing to partake in her new project. “I was “The Beckoning of Lovely” is a time-wor- After leaving Tufts, Rosenthal embarked Not all peas and cookies shocked that all those people showed up,” thy project, Delahoyde said, “The beauty on a career as a copywriter in advertising Rosenthal is also a prolific children’s Rosenthal said. “[My collaborator and I] of the project, which we’d talked about for 10 years until she decided to change author. Her first children’s book is called had mapped out the project and had signs early on before we’d shot a thing, was how careers and focus on creative writing full- “Little Pea” (2005), and is about a pea we wanted to use, but all the unexpected she [Rosenthal] had no idea what this time. Explaining this change, Rosenthal who must eat all of his candy (which he amount of people threw us off ... Everyone would become and how it all depended on said, “It came as a gradual evolution hates) before being allowed to have des- worked together to pull it off somehow.” everyone else.” and wasn’t a preconceived, mapped-out sert. She later wrote “Cookies: Bite-Size “The Beckoning of Lovely” has the change, rather an epiphany of sorts ... Life Lessons” (2006), a book that explains ‘Beckoning’ your submissions potential to turn into a wonderful project, a closing of the door to one career and big-concept words such as envy, greed The popular reaction to her films and the one of the reasons Rosenthal decided to embarking on another.” Rosenthal said and kindness through cookie-centric participation of so many people spurred bring her work and her ideas back to Tufts. she loved her first career in advertising, definitions. She has since produced four Rosenthal to expand “The Beckoning of She hopes to gain new additions to the but her life as a full-time working mother children’s books, including “One of Those Lovely” even further. She is now accept- project from students. “I think it’s better to of three was hard to balance. Days” (2006), “The OK Book” (2007), “Little ing submissions from anyone who makes feel connected and be extended,” she said, Rosenthal began writing and published Hoot” (2007) and “It’s Not Fair” (2008). any kind of art. Rosenthal’s interpretation “and by bringing this project back to Tufts her first book, “The Book of Eleven” (1998), of “art” ranges from videos to songs, from University, it’s an amazing thing for me, a non-fiction personal narrative for adults Branching out paintings and drawings to animations coming back full-circle.” She hopes that in which she takes everyday events and Some other projects that Rosenthal has and photographs, from architecture and students will be interested in submitting transforms them with her quirky, humor- undertaken over the last ten years con- poems to cell phone snapshots and sand work in any artistic form they desire. ous tone. “The hardest part getting started sist of The Amy K Line of Gift Books and castles. “We are looking for anything fabu- Rosenthal admits that she loves all kinds was finding an agent,” she said. “But once Journals, a line of greeting cards created lous,” she explained, setting the guidelines of projects and always has more than one I did, it was much easier to find a home with American Greetings, and a radio show as broad as one can imagine. artistic endeavor going on at a time. “I for my book.” She followed “The Book of on NPR called “Writers’ Block Party,” based Rosenthal’s collaborator for all of work best when I have a lot of different Eleven” with another adult personal nar- in Chicago. She is also a journalist, writing her films, friend and filmmaker Steven things cooking,” she said. “The lucky thing rative, “The Same Phrase Describes My as a columnist for publications such as Delahoyde, plays an integral role in trans- about my job is that I’m my own boss, so Marriage and My Breasts: Before the Kids Might magazine, a San-Francisco-based lating her vision to film. Concerning their I can control my own downtime.” Besides They Used to be Such a Cute Couple (Notes publication founded by novelist Dave new project, “The Beckoning of Lovely,” the “Beckoning of Lovely,” she has one While They Nap)” (1999). This collection Eggers, and contributing to magazines like Delahoyde said, “I think it’s a very origi- book scheduled for 2008, four for 2009 and of anecdotes, charts and poems contin- Parenting and O, The Oprah Magazine. nal project and certainly worth the time six more for 2010 and beyond. To learn ues the biting tone used in her previous Rosenthal’s newest artistic endeavor is of anyone who has something to send more about Amy Rosenthal, visit her Web book while exploring the ups and downs filmmaking. When asked what inspired in.” Rosenthal and Delahoyde are both site, www.whereisamy.wordpress.com. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender Thursday, October 9, 2008

Top Ten | Movies Tim Burton should direct

Since it’s been announced that 9. “Hop On Pop”: Another Seuss and a little girl could be perfection. 4. “The Sound of Music”: a little to be desired. First, have a Tim Burton’s next film will be a rei- classic, the whole point of this The kicker: Yao Ming as the BFG, Burton’s “Sweeney Todd” (2007) snake actually eat an elephant and magining of “Alice in Wonderland,” book was to inform children that Rockets jersey and all, and the pro- reaffirmed his love of musicals, so there will be no confusion pertain- starring, of course, Johnny Depp, sometimes it’s OK to hop on Pop. portions would be appropriate for why not have him take the reins ing to hats. The little asteroid could Helena Bonham Carter and, sur- The only thing we fear is that Depp as the little girl (come on, he for a remake of this family clas- also use a few more volcanoes, prisingly enough, Anne Hathaway, if Burton got his hands on it, it could grow out his hair...). sic? Sure, Helena Bonham Carter and replace the flower with a we here at the Daily got to think- would become some strange pseu- might be a twisted take on Julie scantily-clad Carter. Even if “the ing: What other classic inspira- do-sexual thriller, with Pop doing 6. “A Series of Unfortunate Andrews’ melodic nun, but we’d essential is invisible to the eyes,” tions could his delightfully sick and the hopping… Events”: So for all of you who sure love to see her twirling about can’t it be both? I mean, this is Tim twisted mind come up with? What hated the Jim Carrey version, why the mountainside, her hair in that Burton we’re talking about! follows are just a few of the infinite 8. “Hansel and Gretel”: This not replace Carrey with Johnny permanently windswept (or electri- possibilities. would be the feel-good movie of Depp as the evil Count Olaf? fied) do. 1. “Where the Wild Things Are”: the summer with Burton at the Maybe now he will actually be If anyone could bring the dark, 10. “The Lorax”: Dr. Seuss’s mes- helm. That is, if Hayden Christensen evil and scary, rather than just a 3. “Nancy Drew and the Hidden fantastical world of this children’s sage against industrialized society could be tapped to play Hansel. buffoon in a bunch of different Staircase”: We all agree that bedtime tale to life, it would be is right up Burton’s alley, and who That’s what you get for messing up disguises. Plus, imagine how cool Nancy needs to be less perky — Burton. The big dispute would wouldn’t want to see Johnny Depp “Star Wars,” you jerk. the castle would look after having put Helena Bonham Carter in per- most certainly be: Animation or as a two-foot-tall furry creature gone through the mind of Burton. oxide and add gratuitous creaking actors? We’re for the latter, as it railing against the evil Once-ler? 7. “The BFG”: Ignoring the fact staircase effects. might lead to Johnny Depp in a Hey, they might even be able to re- that Roald Dahl’s psyche was hid- 5. “The Giver”: Burton would large furry suit... use that Freddie Highmore kid that eously scarred by his most interest- take out all the ambiguity: The kid 2. “The Little Prince”: This cute was Charlie in “Charlie and the ing childhood, Burton’s take on dies in the end. In the snow. In little story has tons of potential, — compiled by the Daily Arts Chocolate Factory” (2005). the tale of the Big Friendly Giant the dark. but St. Exupéry’s illustrations leave Department

Weekender Interview | Sarah Silverman Eating Disorder Treatment Silverman waxes poetic Treatment of Adults on pubic hair and Palin b y Gr a n t Be i g h l e y Q: Why do you think that kids Daily Editorial Board these days seem to just not Suffering from Anorexia and care about politics? Looking ahead to the new season of “The Sarah Silverman SS: It’s certainly no fault of Bulimia Nervosa Program,” which premiered theirs; I just think that each last night, Sarah Silverman sat generation gets raised by down to talk about her show the generation before them, For the most effective treatment and highest staff-to-client ratio in New and her other recent project, and this generation is raised The Great Schlep. by parents who say, “My kid England, informed clinicians refer their clients to Laurel Hill Inn. We From her explanation, the NEEDS this and this and this.” provide extensive programming in a highly structured and supervised show looks to cover topics I have a friend who grew up such as Mongolia, turtles, in Brooklyn, and had a real- non-institutional therapeutic setting. Evening, day, residential, and aftercare Osama and pubic hair. She ly tough childhood, is full of also shared her thoughts on character and everything, and programs in West Medford and West Somerville. Call Linda at outrageous comedy and kids now he’s rich, and his kids fly who cry over biscotti. first class, and his kids cry 781 396-1116 or visit our web site at www.laurelhillinn.com. because they want a biscotti. Question: How did you get There has to be some kind involved with the “Great of balance; I’m not saying be Schlep” project? hard on your kids but … first of all, these kids are all f--king Sarah Silverman: There were fat. There is no more teasing some people who were indi- the fat kid because we’re all rectly involved in the Obama the fat kid, and it’s scary. This campaign who supported the is the first generation that idea, and they came to me and isn’t going to live, on average, I was so excited. I really want- as long as their parents live. ed to be able to do something What the hell am I talking Develop skills for social change through the and I just thought, well, the about? I should be plugging people who like me are proba- my show! bly already voting for Obama, but when they explained that Q: What kind of topics are the people who vote in Florida going to be brought up on Scholars Program are these elderly Jews and this season of “The Sarah they’re not planning on vot- Silverman Program?” Applications due Friday, October 24! ing [for] Obama because his Come to any information session to learn about name is scary and there’s so SS: Let’s see … [in] the first much misinformation about episode I spend the day with Education for Active Citizenship (E4AC), the class him. But, on the other hand, Brian smoking pot and solving required to become a Scholar. a hundred of their grandkids crimes. In the second episode probably love Obama, so I I sue Mongolia for rape. The Tuesday, October 14, 6:00 - 7:00 pm thought it was a great grass- third episode is when I dump Wednesday, October 15, 5:00 - 6:00 pm roots idea and I felt like I all my friends and decide could actually help. Most of to make new friends. Then Thursday, October 16, 6:30 - 7:30 pm that video was actually shot in there’s an episode where I wet All sessions in the Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Hall my living room, and I’m start- my bed and I need to learn ing to actually feel like Osama to stop wetting the bed so I x Who are the Tisch College of Citizenship and bin Laden: I never leave my can babysit my friend’s turtle. Public Service Scholars? apartment and I make videos. There’s an episode where I’m homeless because I lost my x What do the Scholars do in our local Q: You use a lot of racial jokes keys. I probably shouldn’t be communities and on campus? and racial slurs, and you were going through them like this, x How do they work in our local communities and called out for using one on but there’s another one where create effective social change? “Conan O’Brien” a number of I keep thinking I’m seeing years back, but do you think Osama bin Laden and hap- x Why be a catalyst for social change? being a comedian allows you pen to run him over with my to say these things most peo- car … Oh, and Laura shaves All freshmen are eligible to apply. Sophomores ple would get brutalized for? her pubes. But it’s heartbreak- committed to being on campus through their ing because her bush was her senior year are also eligible. SS: I don’t think that me being memory of her mother; it’s so comedian gives me any sort of sweet. Pubes with heart. license, but I think that there’s For an application or more information visit a difference between people Q: How did you get your start activecitizen.tufts.edu reacting to buzz words and in comedy and the television people listening to the context business? of the joke, and seeing that the butt of the joke is always SS: I went to summer school myself, and I’m the ignoramus at Boston University Theater of the joke. I either say what I Institute when I was 17, and mean or the opposite of what that was the first time I did I mean … but certainly the stand-up. Then I moved to joke in question was not a New York when I was 18 and racist joke, it was a joke about an idiot, who was me. see SILVERMAN, page 8 Thursday, October 9, 2008 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender 7

Film Festival Preview Collection of lost and found home videos allows embarrassing childhood moments to become art at Found Footage Festival b y Je s s i c a Ba l Daily Editorial Board

Remember that home video you made with your siblings when you were 10 years old? You know the one. You were probably wearing something you’d never be caught dead in today, belting a song (out of key) with horrifically cheesy lyrics. Thought you had thrown out that videotape long ago? Stop by the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline tonight for the Found Footage Festival, and you might just see some of those moments relived on the big screen. The event celebrates all that is obscure, forgotten and embarrassing on film. The festival’s two curators, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, have gathered a range of vid- eos from the most unexpected places: Dumpsters, garage sales, thrift stores and more. Showcasing these discarded gems, the two will provide a commentary and background on each found film. The film scrounging process began very early for both Prueher and Pickett. Prueher told the Daily about how, while working at McDonald’s in high school, he came across an outrageously funny training video for custodians and immediately showed it to his friend Pickett. “After that, we started to wonder what else might be out there, right under our noses,” Prueher said. Their collection of video odds and ends became entertainment for their friends as well, and they began hosting small screenings of their favorites, complete with running commen- tary. The found footage made its first pub- lic appearance in a theater in Manhattan, where Prueher and Pickett were surprised to see their show completely sold out. Coolidge Corner Theatre has hosted the Found Footage Festival before, but this is the first year in which the screening will take place in the evening rather than as a midnight showing. foundfootagefestival.com Coolidge Theater Program Manager Hosts Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett introduce another found video clip at a Found Footage Festival show in New York. George Bragdon hopes the new time will allow older community members, as well for this type of thing,” he said. “[The festi- enjoy it with a lot of other people.” of the most memorable videos from past as the younger crowd, to attend the event. val] includes the types of things that most Bragdon explained that the draw of the showings was a Wendy’s training video enti- He noted that the festival is always popular people are looking up on YouTube every day, films is “that great element of surprise, the with college students. “They’re crazy hungry just ridiculous found culture. Here, they can absurdityUMass and Boston, insanity.” 5.6”x For Bragdon, 7.0”, Tufts one University, 10-09-08see FOUND FOOTAGE, page 9

TV Review Cupid takes aim for dramatic love UMass Boston in ‘Valentine,’ shoots self in foot b y Ch a r i s s a Ng begin when Roland, a Charlie Open House Contributing Writer Chaplin impersonator on 2008 Hollywood Boulevard, anx- If given the choice between iously waits to ask Joanna, the th looking for true love with secret love of his life, to marry Saturday, October 18 the help of Match.com or him. Unfortunately, in typi- cal Hollywood fashion, Joanna Begins at 8:30am Valentine surprises Roland with the news of her engagement to her boy- friend just as he is about to pop the question. Starring Jaime Murray, Although Joanna may be Kristoffer Polaha, engaged to another man, Autumn Reeser Roland and Joanna are soul mates, causing “fate” and the Airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on gods to step in to reconcile The CW the love triangle. After consult- ing “the Oracle,” the naively the Greek gods and goddess- cheery Valentine family’s seer es of The CW’s new series Phoebe (Autumn Reeser) warns “Valentine,” an Internet ser- the others that they only have vice is definitely the way to go. three days to bring Roland and Learn about our Although “Valentine” had very Joanna back together before little promise to begin with, she runs off to Las Vegas to get vast array of the absurdity of the show’s married. undergraduate and premise and lack of come- To start things off, Grace’s graduate programs dic timing make it almost too son, Danny Valentine (Kristoffer painful to watch. Polaha), god of erotic love, Tour the campus Led by Grace Valentine and Leo (Robert Baker), better on beautiful (played by Jaime Murray), bet- known as Hercules, disguise Boston Harbor ter known as Aphrodite, the themselves as mortal plumb- show follows the Valentine ers coming to fix the leaky pipe Meet professors family of Greek gods and god- in Roland’s kitchen. After a and students desses as they use their pow- while, Danny and Leo implau- ers to help mortals on Earth sibly convince Roland to go Visit apartments find their soul mates. Many to a bar with them for a few just steps from humans are caught up in their drinks, the same bar, of course, the university fast-paced, isolating world where Joanna is holding her of text messaging and online bachelorette party. Needless dating services; the gods hope to say, after a few pathetically to bring people together and predictable bumps along the For more info or to reserve your spot, go to keep the reality of true love way and some nudging from www.umb.edu/openhouse or call 617.287.6000 alive. The romantic troubles see VALENTINE, page 8 8 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender Thursday, October 9, 2008

Mikey Goralnik | Paint The Town Brown Silverman might not have slept with Matt Damon, but still 10.06.2008, appreciates the Grammy, is pleased with public’s reaction HudMo/ SILVERMAN continued from page 6 just started doing stand-up anywhere Rustie I could get on stage, I passed out fly- ers for a comedy club to get stage ight up there with democracy, time. I went to college one year, and fallen heroes and Oprah, America then my dad said that if I dropped loves talented young people. I out of college, he would pay my rent actually remember an episode and utilities for my next three years, Rof “Oprah” dedicated to kids who had so I took him up on that, and by the memorized pi to over a hundred digits or time I would have graduated, when something like that. I was 22, I was hired as a writer at Sports Illustrated featured high-school- “Saturday Night Live.” I still stole er LeBron James on a magazine cover school, though, because school is so claiming the teenager could be a top expensive, and you can go to the big NBA draft pick before his 18th birthday. lecture classes on things you like and At the tender age of 15, Miley Cyrus is they don’t take attendance, and you diving headfirst into swimming pools of can just learn for free. gold doubloons and blowing her nose in magazines of which she is on the cover. Q: How are you feeling about the America may love young talents, but I Grammy win and your other two don’t. Real talk: Little makes me feel more nominations? incompetent than a teenage megastar. While these youngsters are out being inap- SS: I’m delighted we won for “I’m propriately good at stuff, I’m scrubbing F--king Matt Damon.” It was bizarre, around college trying to get hired doing and we were up against great Flight of anything after I graduate. I’m majoring in the Conchords songs, but it was really AMERICAN STUDIES. Christ, I’d be lucky neat to be a part of this fancy night. to get a job waiting tables without a reces- I’m happy? I wish I had a more fulfill- sion, and this little Cyrus child is one of ing answer. the world’s 100 most influential people? Enter Hudson Mohawke and Rustie, Q: What did you think of the Palin/ two of today’s most exciting new produc- Biden debate from an entertainment ers and, judging solely on their appear- standpoint? ashmagazine.com ance, not at all old enough to buy alcohol You’d better watch her show just in case she ever wears this outfit again. in the United States. There are few things SS: I wish she wasn’t so polished. for which I’ll set aside my beef with filth- She’s really scary and I hate the Joe Biden is awesome, but he doesn’t that doesn’t trick people: She charges ily talented and successful youngsters, thought that she might be appealing, have that actor thing going on; Palin women for rape kits! She’s a f--king but the bumping, brilliant sets that these but the truth is she has charisma, and does, she’s from pageants. I hope monster! Scottish lads turned in over the weekend are toward the top. I’ve heard that HudMo is 19 years old, but other than that, little biographical ‘Valentine’ combines C-list actors and the word ‘sex’ for information exists about him and fellow Glasgow native Rustie, other than that, a failed attempt at entertainment of god-like proportions according to his website, Rustie is “older than he looks.” This description doesn’t VALENTINE Granted, a show about Greek gods cast of, at best, C-list actors kills any help much: This guy could be 15 years continued from page 7 and goddesses in modern society isn’t hopes of the show gaining even a old and still be older than he looks. Baby- the gods, love eventually conquers exactly supposed to be believable, but small fan base. Every twist and turn faced and scrawny, he kind of reminds me all for the two soul mates when they the writers of “Valentine” have also in the plot the Valentines encounter is of an adolescent David Spade. HudMo’s “unexpectedly” run into each other. managed to take every trite, unbear- predictable, and every actor lacks the not much different. Bigger, but he too ably cliché notion of love and weave depth and character development to sports the babiest of faces, except for a it into the show’s already lagging sto- connect to viewers. Such cartoonish dirt stache not unlike the one that I had Sadly for “Valentine,” the ryline. “Valentine” fails to pull at our depictions of the Greek gods of love at my bar mitzvah. plot lines may be weak, heartstrings when Roland and Joanna make it even more difficult to get past But though HudMo and Rustie look finally realize that they are soul mates, the feeling that The CW simply created young, they make music better than peo- but the acting skills are because the story of “the guy who “Valentine” in a pathetic attempt to fill ple who have been at it twice as long. falls in love with his unavailable girl the 8 p.m. time slot in their network While HudMo’s beats may be slightly even weaker. In the hour- best friend and wins her over in the programming. more accessible than that of his Warp long season premiere, every end” has been done a thousand times Unfortunately, everything about Records labelmate, their music shares before. “Valentine” is one-dimensional, with- a tone. Part electro, part hip hop, part effort at a joke falls flat, Sadly for “Valentine,” the plot lines out a thread of genuine feeling that dubstep, but most notably experimen- and any laughter is due to may be weak, but the acting skills are could tie everything together and make tal, these two take similar approaches to even weaker. In the hour-long sea- the show worth watching. With a no- the off-kilter, Dilla-influenced production pity more than anything son premiere, every effort at a joke name cast, a ridiculous premise and that tastemakers around the world love. falls flat, and any laughter is due to intolerably sappy storylines, hopefully And who can blame them? HudMo and else. pity more than anything else. The lack “Valentine” will be canceled soon — if Rustie leveled Montreal’s Coda last week- of chemistry between the ensemble the gods have anything to do with it. end with a monstrous back-to-back DJ set showcasing both the keen ears and depth of rhythmic influences that make their music so cool. The mixing, disjointed and jerky, mir- rored their production styles and the dirty- beat aesthetic of producers like golden boy Flying Lotus. The song choice, how- ever, was wholly unique. From unreleased Machinedrum tracks to “Regulators” by Warren G, Rustie and HudMo cycled through all types of hip hop, electro and jazzy, dirty beats, both showing off what they listen to and putting together a ridic- ulous party. The two jammed together T-Pain remixes, jazzy-smooth numbers from HudMo’s Heralds of Change project, and a grip of the filthiest, evilest dub- step breaks around, intermittently peppering in everything in between, and somehow gelling everything into a rough, messy masterpiece. I still don’t know how they turned it all into a unified piece of music. With all dif- ferent kinds of genres and tempos swirl- ing around in the mix, it would be too easy to get lost in the madness, and how HudMo and Rustie both controlled it and turned it into a banger is beyond me. But then again, that’s why I’ll be obsessively following their careers from the unem- ployment line for the next decade.

Mikey Goralnik is a senior majoring in American studies. He can be reached at cw.com [email protected]. “I spent three hours mussing my hair this morning. Does it show?” Thursday, October 9, 2008 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender 9

From the Office of The TUfts Daily Dear unborn fetus of Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz,

First of all, we here at the Daily are eagerly anticipating the announcement of your name. If Pete Wentz’s track record with Fall Out Boy is any indication, we’re looking at a 13-to- 15-word name that includes a mediocre foundfootagefestival.com pun or an “in” joke Talking trash give tips in a training video for the Chick-fil-A fast food chain. that’s over the heads of us simpletons. We were thinking of some- Festival organizers have a personal thing like the track “I Slept with Someone connection to embarrassing footage in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This FOUND FOOTAGE lated move of revenge, Prueher played Stupid Song Written continued from page 7 a home movie of young Pickett practic- About Me” from your tled “Grill Skills,” featuring a sparkly spatula, ing karate moves on Christmas morning father’s sophomore talking hamburgers and catchy rap. “You during Pickett’s wedding reception. Their album, “From Under laugh and think, ‘Did somebody really make publicizing of humiliating films is all in the Cork Tree” (2005), this in earnest?’” he said. good fun, whether between each other except maybe a tad more pertinent. Even though they search the trash for or for the festival. “We’re able to dish it How does “I Slept with Ashlee Simpson for Press Coverage and Now I other people’s ridiculous films, Prueher out and take it, too,” Prueher said with a Have to Spend the Next 18 Years of My Life Raising The Most Beautiful and Pickett have their own fair share of laugh. Little Mistake I Should Have Considered Before I Tried So Hard to Touch embarrassing video moments as well. According to Prueher, audiences can Her Boobs (oh crap)” sound? You could just use the parenthesized title as a Prueher remembers a particularly horrify- expect a great variety of clips at the Found nickname. ing home video from Disneyland in which Footage Festival, ranging from “exercising You’re also going to be the cutest little emo baby the world has ever seen. he and his sister wore gaudy costumes and celebrities” to “public access TV weirdoes” As soon as your bangs grow out long enough, Mommy and Daddy can wigs while singing a duet. “At the time, I to cats. He encourages people to bring give you your first emo-swoosh and teach you how to look lost and lonely. was not ascribing to the ‘less is more’ phi- their own films to the show, as about half Then again, it’s probably going to be rough growing up, because your dad losophy [clothing-wise],” he said. “And my of what they will be presenting has been might cry more than you, or expect you to express your emotions through sister’s voice was deeper than mine.” contributed by other people during their witticisms before you even know how to make poopoo in the toilet like a big The story gets better. Pickett got hold of film tours. “We can only scour so many boy. the video in high school and arranged for things ourselves,” he said. “We love for Oh well, at least you’ll have a MILF. Your mom has a really cute sister it to be played on a local public access sta- other people to keep their eyes peeled. It’s she could hook you up with, too. tion while Prueher and his friends tuned how we keep the show going.” in. Prueher promptly went to the sta- For a night of gags and fun film, head to Yours in love and death, tion, demanded the video back, and then the Coolidge Corner Theatre at 7:30 p.m. The Daily Arts Department destroyed it with a hammer. In a calcu- Tickets are $10.

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EDITORIAL THE TUFTS DAILY Ro b e r t S. Si l v e r b l a t t Straight Talk Express derailed Editor-in-Chief Editorial Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) calls ymous stated, “We’re going to get a He even gave Obama a new nickname himself a maverick. He claims that he little tougher, we've got to question that has already spawned a couple of Rachel Dolin Managing Editors Kristin Gorman is all about straight talk. According [Barack Obama]'s associations. Very t-shirt ideas. The name in question: to Rolling Stone, he once said that he soon. There's no question that we “That One.” Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors believed elections should be decided have to change the subject here.” McCain has moved into desperation Jason Richards “by the examples [candidates] set, by McCain learned from the best. After mode. His efforts to separate himself Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor the way we conduct our campaigns, by losing the 2000 campaign in large part from the legacy of President George the way we personally practice poli- due to a smear campaign designed to W. Bush have failed and he now finds Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors tics.” McCain said that in the midst destroy his character, he has engaged himself standing on a crumbling polit- Pranai Cheroo of the brutal 2000 presidential prima- in the same tactics this time around. ical platform. It's time for America to Nina Ford ry campaign. Apparently, he doesn't The change of tone in McCain's cam- prepare for an old-fashioned mud- Ben Gittleson believe in that doctrine anymore. paign is palpable. His new televi- slinging competition, even if only one Gillian Javetski Jeremy White McCain is determined to win the sion advertisements focus on Obama side joins in on the fun. What to do White House — at any cost. With a instead of his own policies. They ask when straight talk fails? Take a page Alexandra Bogus Assistant News Editor month left to go until Election Day, “Who is the real Barack Obama?” and from Karl Rove and see what kind of Michael Del Moro the polls rank him second to Sen. charge Obama with voting for higher “swiftboat” ads come out. Carrie Battan Executive Features Editor Barack Obama (D-Ill.) with 43 percent taxes 94 times, a claim independent The gullibility of the American peo- of the support compared to Obama's sources across the board have called ple will soon be tested. How long Jessica Bidgood Features Editors Robin Carol 49 percent. It seems that straight talk misleading at best. Other ads call before another laughable accusation Kerianne Okie doesn't sell as well as it used to. Obama “dangerous” and “dishonor- such as the Ayers-Obama connec- Charlotte Steinway In recent weeks, McCain's presi- able.” Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska), at tion is concocted by the diabolical dential campaign has taken a deci- recent rallies, has spent much of her political masterminds at the helm of Sarah Bliss Assistant Features Editors Meghan Pesch sively nasty turn, jacking up the num- time tying Obama to former extremist McCain's campaign? The next thirty ber of personal attacks on Obama William Ayers. days will be marked by the lowering of Mike Adams Executive Arts Editor and drawing attention away from One could also feel the shift in tone integrity and the type of politics that Jessica Bal Arts Editors the issues at hand: the crumbling during Tuesday's debate. McCain used McCain vowed never to participate Grant Beighley economy, Russia's recent aggression the night to make condescending in. McCain's Straight Talk Express has Sarah Cowan and the Iraq war. According to The remarks about Obama's voting record turned into the Spin Talk Express, and Catherine Scott Washington Post, a senior Republican and what he has done politically (or if he has anything to say about it, it will Emma Bushnell Assistant Arts Editors staffer who requested to remain anon- failed to do, according to McCain). go full steam into the White House. Matthew DiGirolamo Jyll Saskin Executive Op-Ed Editor Thomas Eager Executive Sports Editor Jwala Gandhi Sapna Bansil Sports Editors Evans Clinchy Philip Dear David Heck Carly Helfand Noah Schumer Scott Janes Assistant Sports Editor Jo Duara Executive Photo Editor Alex Schmieder Photo Editors Laura Schultz Rebekah Sokol Annie Wermiel James Choca Assistant Photo Editors Emily Eisenberg Aalok Kanani Meredith Klein Danai Macridi Tim Straub

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b y Ma r t i n Bo u r q u i munity, including alumni, faculty and integrating universities’ positive values we invest in, and how Tufts University graduate students, to just three under- with their investment practices, gave uses its right as a shareholder to cast Last week’s Observer led with a two- graduates lacking the support they need. Tufts an “F” in investment transparency its proxy vote, can signal an implicit page spread (“Brown and Blue Go These three remaining members have last year. endorsement or rejection of whatever Green,” Sept. 29) patting Tufts on the been forced to sign nondisclosure agree- Many other schools — including the university as a whole chooses to back for all of the sustainable initiatives ments, meaning that the rest of us are Columbia, Swarthmore, Williams and endorse or reject. It is a power we must it is making in plain sight for all of us to in the dark about decision-making and the University of Pennsylvania — now use wisely and take seriously. see and feel good about. there is essentially no democratic pro- have stronger oversight mechanisms to For all of these reasons, I’m proud to For shining some light on the issue cess. Nobody knows if the ACSR’s input allow community access to, and in some announce our newest student move- of sustainability, the author should be is being taken seriously (if it’s taken into cases, participation in, the investment ment, Students at Tufts for Investment applauded; however, her article is just account at all) or if it is truly represent- decision-making and proxy voting pro- Responsibility (STIR). Keep your ears the latest illustrative example of a mas- ing the values of our university. cess. open in the coming days and weeks sive gap in our discourse on these mat- We can’t expect change overnight, These successes, however, were only to hear more about STIR publicizing ters. For all the money Tufts may be and we know a group of students can’t achieved after student movements this issue; based on the administration’s spending — or saving — in the name run an investment portfolio as well as raised awareness, started a dialogue and attitude, a protracted, forceful, campus- of the environment, we are once again professionals can. But we also believe pushed hard on their administrations. wide push may be the only way to con- ignoring a crucial issue: Is the univer- there’s a middle ground we must find. Undoubtedly, our financial system, as vince the administration to take our sity using our endowment responsibly, We acknowledge that we can’t shine a well as entire financial practices such as concerns seriously. If you would like to and if so, why the embarrassing lack of light on many of Tufts’ financial activi- investment banking, is under siege right get involved, I hope you will contact me transparency? ties purely due to the nature of the now, and many may see the maximiza- to learn more about this issue and what Despite the interest our community investments themselves — mutual tion of profits in the “rainy days” ahead each of us can do to resolve it. has shown in shining a light on the funds, for example, which the investors to be our primary goal. For long enough, Tufts has been silent, university’s endowment over the past themselves often cannot view. But even President Bacow’s e-mail dismissive and evasive while other two years, very little concrete progress Furthermore, we should understand on Monday, which warned that the cur- schools have opened up their invest- has been made. Last year, the admin- that there are abstract but important rent financial storm will undoubtedly ment portfolios and treated the views istration permitted the creation of the issues at stake in how one chooses to affect our investment portfolio, finan- of their communities with the respect Advisory Committee on Shareholder view the situation. While some students cial aid and major projects, was never- and importance they deserve. President Responsibility (ACSR), a committee may be crying out for more transpar- theless upbeat about the “cushion” of Bacow has stated that he does not want intended to be representative of the ency and oversight into the administra- reserves we still possess following the to “engage in social engineering through Tufts community — faculty, under- tion’s finances, others may be skeptical most successful year of fundraising in the endowment,” but our own university graduate students, graduate students, of delving into the investment activi- Tufts history. has taught us better than that. Let us tell administrators and alumni — to provide ties of an endowment they don’t see as Now is not the time for us to throw Tufts to put her money where her mouth representative input into the proxy vot- intrinsically theirs. up our hands; the economy may be fal- is, because being a shareholder isn’t ing process. But despite these questions, and tering, but institutional investors such just about maximizing profits, it’s about Despite the wave of optimism this the murky nature of figuring out just as Tufts still play a major role in the wielding your influence in a smart and development originally generated, a how Tufts is investing the endowment global economy, and how our endow- responsible way. year later, we find ourselves with little behind tightly closed doors, there is a ment is invested can have an enormous true progress having been made. The larger, clearer picture in front of us. The impact on environmental sustainability, ACSR has been reduced from its ten Responsible Endowment Coalition, a human rights, and the implementation Martin Bourqui is a senior majoring in original members from the Tufts com- nonprofit advocacy group devoted to of other ethical business practices. What English and political science.

Off the Hill | University of pennsylvania Students need to understand current financial situation b y Ry a n Be n j a m i n unless you watch C-SPAN, in Daily Pennsylvanian which case there’s no middle- man. Have you noticed the finan- Paul Solman, economics cial crisis developing right correspondent for PBS’ “The before our eyes — possibly this NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” country’s worst since the Great does an excellent job of edu- Depression? Most of us know it cating the audience. He con- exists but don’t understand it nects with viewers by employ- to the extent we should. ing interactive tools to explain I randomly surveyed complex economic concepts, more than 120 University of using dominoes, for example, Pennsylvania students, and to explain the subprime mort- only 31 percent reported that gage crisis. they were “extremely confi- The problem is that very dent” or “pretty confident” in few people watch PBS, instead their ability to understand the choosing the mainstream current financial dilemma. media, where Herring says Finance Professor Richard people enjoy “poignant stories Herring believes the lack of about evictions and neighbor- comprehension among stu- hoods in decline.” This pre- dents is “a problem, but I vents many from understand- would guess that if we were ing the fundamental nature of to get honest responses, that’s the crisis. about what we would hear How can we learn more? from Congress as well.” Ouch. According to the survey results, What exactly is happen- nearly 70 percent of respon- ing? I turned to one of those dents said they rely on friends “extremely confident” stu- to explain the economic down- dents, junior Edward Nie. turn. But not every American “Since money was cheap these has a friend who’s an econom- last few years, lenders made ics major or in Wharton. many loans to unqualified The media must concern people, which [the lenders] itself with more than just sen- just repackaged as complex sationalism and the bottom assets and sold to investors,” line by becoming educators Nie said. “When housing pric- during times like these. Now’s es fell and people defaulted also the perfect time to revise on their loans, these assets curricula to require that stu- became essentially worthless, dents graduate high school or and all the banks that held MCT college with basic proficiency onto these assets took billions sion and online sources — to event, I asked Anderson Cooper How do you stop the dollar in economics or finance. of dollars in losses. After tak- seek enlightenment. I usually if he thought the media was from shrinking? A particular Regardless of the media, ing such large losses, banks don’t leave very satisfied. fulfilling its responsibility. “If question, which I don’t know the ultimate question is how have stopped lending for fear Only 13 percent of student you can find me someone who the answer to.” Chris should will this crisis affect us — and of losing more money, and respondents said the media knows what’s going on, let me have almost as good an answer when? therefore we have the ‘credit has explained the crisis well. know,” he said to laughter. as Sarah Palin, if not better, Some Penn students have crunch.’” I’m not sure where even these Even Chris Matthews, my but he doesn’t even try. We lost job offers or a significant That may give a brief synop- people are getting their news, favorite TV news personality, is trust these folks, but they don’t amount in stocks, while oth- sis — in English — but the crisis because the media has done off the mark. On last Tuesday’s deliver because their financial ers are limiting spending. But is clearly much more complex. zilch to help me understand Hardball, in reference to the understanding is almost as most of us — 57 percent. in Since high school and college the mess we’re in — or why it upcoming vice-presidential bad as ours. fact — don’t consider ourselves have done little to boost my matters. debate, he said, “I’m asking The media is one of the only currently affected. financial literacy, I turn to the At Saturday’s SPEC what are we going to do about real connections between the We will be soon, so go edu- media — newspapers, televi- Connaissance fall speaker the dollar and its shrinkage? government and everyone else, cate yourself.

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Forward Mike Richards of the Buying out Murray meant the B’s were on or include an exchange of prospects in the working within the constraints of the salary Philadelphia Flyers signed a deal through the hook for the cash, but they did not have deal. Prospects and draft choices have gotten cap system. Of course, just as in the financial the 2019-20 season at an annual value of to include his contract against the cap, giv- far more important in the new NHL. markets, general managers often find them- $5.75 million per season. That number is not ing them another $4 million in cap space to In order for a team to be competitive, the selves with illiquid assets. a typo. figure out some other options who were not bottom of the defense corps and the third Take the case of Dale Tallon, general Richards is a gifted two-way center who washed-up, 35-year-old, injury-prone snip- and fourth lines need to be nearly all home- manager of the Chicago Blackhawks, and popped in 75 points for the Flyers last season, ers. grown, young and cost-controlled. Add in a former No. 1 goalie Nikolai Khabibulin. a very nice campaign for the 23-year-old. With regard to the Richards contract, if few young frontline players of local variety, The Bulin Wall has gone the way of his However, 2020 is a long way off, and there he comes down with a string of concus- millions of dollars for a couple free-agent namesake, and $6.25 million for an old is always a chance that a player can get Eric sions in 2018, the team can always spend the forwards, a puck-moving defenseman and a goalie who has pretty much lost his touch Lindros-ed and suffer career-ending injuries. money to buy him out and free up the cap good goaltender, and suddenly your team is is a bit steep. Unlike the Bruins with There are buyouts to guard against the space. Buyouts are viable options for teams right against the cap. Murray, Tallon’s Hawks have shown them- Eric Lindros Experience. Teams are exercis- like Philly that have the extra cash above Developing good, young checking line for- selves to be very inflexible and unwilling ing buyouts far more frequently. This clears and beyond the cap limit. Teams like the wards frees up cash for better uses, boosting to conform to the realities of the situation. the player’s salary off the cap for the season. Nashville Predators may not have the same the value of otherwise mediocre prospects Despite a strong, young roster, the Hawks For instance, the Boston Bruins were hav- options open to them and may not be able to and draft choices. Moving a bad contract at have needlessly put themselves in a dis- ing trouble in the offseason making it under compete in terms of long-term contracts due the cost of one of these young prospects or a advantageous position because of their the cap. Since nobody would take any of to their inability to self-insure. draft pick also frees up cash for better use. inflexibility with the cap. their horrid contracts off their hands (even The other option for eating an unfavorable Buyouts, waiving and added-value trades In the new NHL, sometimes cap-space on waivers), they chose to buy out old man contract is the added-value trade. Teams may are great ways to get rid of guys that are too management can be more important than winger Glen Murray, who was costing them trade players who have horribly oversized expensive, too old or too injured to fit on assembling a roster. Road trip to NESCAC rival Middlebury will have implications for standings WOMEN’S SOCCER outside the box and blasting Minnehan and the Jumbo show that.” an early goal and help out the continued from page 16 the ball to the far side, just out defense made Maxwell’s tally The midweek win improved back end which has been great “I was kind of off my angle, of Rosenzweig’s reach. stand over the final three min- the Jumbos’ record to 6-1, a all year.” and then I saw her kick it,” The tally was Maxwell’s third utes of the contest. mark the team will take with The Panthers are currently Minnehan said. “I got a late goal of the season, tying her “We did a really good job it when it heads to Vermont just one game behind Tufts break on the ball but luckily I for the team lead. of controlling the ball in the on Saturday for a critical in the conference standings, dove to the left and was able “I don’t really know why I’ve last few minutes of the game,” conference matchup against making this weekend’s game to deflect the ball. Thankfully been scoring lately,” she said. Minnehan said. “They didn’t Middlebury. all the more important. Aside [freshman] Lauren O’Connor “It just sort of comes and goes. even come close to putting “This is definitely a big chal- from the playoff implications, was there to clear the ball from I do owe a lot of credit to my any serious pressure on me. lenge for us,” Maxwell said. Middlebury will also be look- harm’s way.” teammates though. They have I think that the main differ- “Driving all that way to play a ing for revenge after a dis- In the waning minutes of the been getting me the ball when ence between this year’s team team that has the reputation appointing loss last season, game, however, Maxwell final- I have been in good positions, and last: our defense. We for being a tough and physical when a late Tufts goal and an ly broke the scoreless tie, tak- and I’ve just been able to capi- have learned to play together bunch, we have to bring our overtime winner sealed the ing a feed from Love-Nichols talize.” defensively, and the results ‘A’ game. Hopefully we can get Panthers’ fate.

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WATER POLO trying to get a role for everyone, to feel the proper plays when they should be, lose against Middlebury’ continued from page 16 like they have a certain position on the or not countering. We work very well as MEN’S SOCCER as the players do laps in the pool in team.” a team, knowing how to pass the ball continued from page 16 various ways. One of the most vicious One man with a particularly difficult and shoot. Other teams don’t drive that In a half that seemed to present end- warm-ups is when the players fill up a position is senior James Longhurst, a much — they don’t do the small things less chances for both teams, the Panthers massive Poland Spring water cooler with breaststroker on the swimming and div- that make them good. We’ve got those broke through first. On senior Semir pool water and then pour it all out while ing team by trade, who is the starting things down so we can compete at a Mehmedovic’s corner kick in the 21st holding it above their heads and tread- goalie this year in his first season at the higher level.” minute, freshman Dre Cabral poked a ing water, a technique equal to swinging position. As a goalie, the most difficult As several of the team’s players have header past a lunging Tonelli. Tufts man- a weighted baseball bat on a much more aspect is not being able to use his feet to extensive game experience, having aged to shake it off though, and just four difficult scale. move up and down, side to side. played competitively prior to their arriv- minutes later, senior tri-captain Peter “In the beginning [of the season] it’s There is no jumping to block high al at Tufts, conflicting approaches to the DeGregorio moved up from his defen- a lot of conditioning,” senior tri-captain shots, so Longhurst uses his powerful game occasionally arise. sive position to nab a nice pass from Pete Georgakakos said. “We swim about breaststroke kick to propel himself out “[One of the struggles is] having Lach at the top of the box. an hour, then do really intense leg work of the water. This complex move not everybody be on the same page because In the 31st minute, Mehmedovic with weights to get everyone into shape. only takes a considerable amount of we really don’t have a coach, so we rely almost struck again, sending a stylish, At this stage, after two tournaments, now conditioning but also technical skill on the players to coach us,” Longhurst swerving free kick through the Tufts box, we’re tweaking things. Now we warm up, gained through weeks of intense train- said. “We get a lot of players who have a but the Panthers couldn’t capitalize. focus on certain fundamentals, and the ing. Longhurst sees his success as a great polo background, but sometimes Mehmedovic proved to be the Panthers’ rest of the time we scrimmage … We try function of the team’s overall perfor- they argue with each other and things biggest weapon, making dangerous runs to gain more and more experience by mance, not just his individual skills. don’t get done. They argue over what all over the place, but Tonelli and the playing against each other. “I enjoy seeing how the team can we should be doing and what drills we solid Jumbo back line managed to keep “[Our practices are] now mostly based come together playing defense and should we be doing.” him off of the scoreboard. off our games and what seem to be our offense at the same time,” Longhurst In the end though, the team, like any, Three minutes into the second half, weaknesses,” he continued. “We cap- said. “It’s awesome to see the defense is is focused on having fun while continu- Lach again initiated a scoring drive, tains meet once a week to see what we doing well because I’m the goalie and it ing to exert dominance over the compe- this time sending a ball down the left need to work on.” can help me. The offense can give me tition. In fact, as in most sports, the fun side of the field to sophomore Pat During practices this season, the a big cushion and take some pressure is a function of the dominance. Doherty, who buried the ball low past Jumbos have focused on settling into off my back, and therefore I play better “We have a good balance of having a the keeper for what would end up being their roles on the team in order to pre- because I’m not all stressed out.” lot of fun but also getting a lot of good the decisive score. The Jumbos were vent selfishness as well as poor position- Longhurst also believes the team’s work done,” Georgakakos said. “We just not done, however, and in the 66th ing and execution. strong practice habits are reflected in its have a good mix — we’re all very good minute freshman Matt Blumenthal put “A big thing that hurt us in the first success in competition. friends. Everyone’s still willing to learn, on a dribbling display in the Plymouth tournament was a lot of guys being self- “I think that our practice habits have but nothing stops us from teasing each box that culminated in a hard shot just ish with the ball, which made it less fun a lot to do with our success,” he said. other or goofing off and having fun. out of Shute’s reach. for everyone,” Georgakakos said. “We’re “You see other teams that aren’t doing Otherwise, they lose their interest.” “I told him to play it back, just slow it down,” Lach said. “And he was open one-on-one, and he got it and put it in.” SCHEDULE | Oct. 9 - Oct. 15 In the 78th minute, the squad put an exclamation point on the impressive non-conference win. A corner kick from thu fri sat sun mon tue WED Blumenthal rattled around the six-yard at Trinity box and landed at the feet of junior Football 1 p.m. Dan Schoening, who quickly deposited it past Shute for his team-leading fourth goal of the season. at UMass Field Hockey at Middlebury Tufts credited its 4-1 win to a more 1:30 p.m. Dartmouth 5 p.m. assertive offense following consecutive zero-goal performances against Bates and Amherst. Women’s at Middlebury at Keene St. “We picked up the intensity a little Soccer 1:30 p.m. 6 p.m. bit,” junior midfielder Ari Kobren said of the Jumbos’ second-half scoring out- burst. “We realized that we really needed Men’s at Middlebury Soccer to win this game. Everyone got really 1:30 p.m. into it.” “Against Bates we came out really slow at All-New in the second half, so we wanted to just Cross England Country Championships change that around,” DeGregorio said. After taking care of business against a mostly overmatched Plymouth squad, Volleyball at Amherst at Middlebury the Jumbos will now set their sights on 12 p.m. 2 p.m. Saturday’s matchup at Middlebury, the defending Div. III national champion, Wallach Wallach currently undefeated and ranked No. 4 Men’s Tennis Invitational Invitational in the nation. at Bates 9 a.m. at Bates 9 a.m. “We’ve got nothing to lose against Middlebury,” DeGregorio said. “We’re Women’s vs. NYU going to go in and pull off an upset Tennis 2 p.m. against the national champions.” “Everybody’s really excited to go up there,” Kobren said. “We really want to at Quinsigamond Crew prove to the league that we can take it to Snake Regatta the national champs.” 8 a.m.

StatISTICS | Standings

Field Hockey Women's Soccer Men's Soccer Volleyball Football NCAA Div. III Field Hockey (8-0, 5-0 NESCAC) (6-1-0, 3-1-0 NESCAC) (5-3-1, 1-3-0 NESCAC) (17-1, 3-0 NESCAC) (2-1, 2-1 NESCAC) (Oct. 7, 2008) NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL W L PF PA Points (First-place votes) W L W L T W L T W L T W L T W L T W L W L Trinity 3 0 57 39 1. Bowdoin, 538 (22) 5 0 9 0 0 0 1 Amherst 3 0 12 3 Bowdoin Williams 4 0 0 8 0 0 Middlebury 4 0 1 6 Amherst 2 1 75 61 2. TCNJ, 469 (3) Tufts 3 0 17 1 Tufts 5 0 8 0 0 Amherst 3 0 1 4 1 2 Williams 3 1 0 6 2 0 Colby 2 1 37 54 Conn. Coll. 3 1 10 6 3. Middlebury, 464 (1) Middlebury 4 1 7 1 0 Tufts 3 1 0 6 1 0 Wesleyan 2 1 1 3 3 1 Middlebury 2 1 92 66 Williams 3 1 13 7 4. Messiah, 457 Trinity 4 1 8 1 0 Wesleyan 2 1 1 5 1 1 Conn. Coll. 3 2 0 4 4 0 Tufts 2 1 80 49 Middlebury 2 1 7 6 5. Ursinus, 456 (1) 2 3 4 4 0 2 0 Williams 2 1 72 34 Amherst Bowdoin 2 1 2 4 1 3 Trinity 3 2 0 7 Wesleyan 2 1 13 4 6. Johns Hopkins, 452 3 0 Bowdoin 1 2 80 99 Colby 1 3 4 4 0 Middlebury 3 2 0 4 4 2 Amherst 2 3 0 5 Bowdoin 1 2 12 6 7. Tufts, 368 4 0 Hamilton 1 2 38 57 Williams 1 3 4 4 0 Colby 1 3 0 4 3 0 Bowdoin 2 3 0 3 Trinity 1 3 8 7 8. Lebanon Valley, 362 4 0 Bates 0 3 28 78 Bates 1 4 4 5 0 Bates 1 4 0 3 5 0 Colby 1 3 0 3 Bates 0 2 9 9 9. Salisbury, 338 3 1 Wesleyan 0 3 28 50 Conn. Coll 1 4 3 5 0 Conn. Coll 0 3 0 4 3 0 Tufts 1 3 0 5 Colby 0 3 9 8 10. Rowan, 289 Wesleyan 0 5 1 7 0 Trinity 0 4 0 4 4 0 Bates 1 4 0 5 4 0 Hamilton 0 4 6 13 NCAA Div. III Women's G A Pts G A Pts G A Pts Offensive Kills SA Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Soccer T. Brown 12 2 26 C. Cadigan 3 1 7 D. Schoening 3 1 7 D. Joyce-Mendive 127 0 W. Forde 78 424 5.4 3 (Oct. 7, 2008) K. Anderson 20 4.6 1 S. Nolet R. Coleman 2 1 5 C. Updike 119 4 91 A. Russo 8 7 23 3 1 7 D. Ferguson 8 66 8.2 0 1. Williams (Mass.) M. Kelly 8 2 18 A. Maxwell 3 0 6 A. Lach 1 1 3 S. Filocco 114 18 B. Helgeson 98 1 2. Lynchburg (Va.) B. Holiday 3 2 8 F. Gamal 1 3 5 P. Doherty 1 1 3 K. Denniston 85 14 Passing Pct. Yds TD INT 3. Wisconsin-Eau Claire M. Burke 3 1 7 J. Love-Nichols 1 1 3 M. Fitzgerald 1 0 2 A. Fucillo 60.0 613 6 2 L. Nicholas 70 0 4. Messiah (Pa.) I. Lewnard 3 0 6 A. Puttkammer 1 0 2 M. Blumenthal 1 0 2 D. Feiger 39 11 T. Guttadauro 2 1 5 A. Michael 0 2 2 P. DeGregorio 0 1 1 Receiving No. Yds Avg. TD 5. Puget Sound (Wash.) M. Scholtes 1 3 5 L. O’Connor 0 2 2 B. Green 0 1 1 Defensive B Digs D. Halas 14 190 13.6 5 6. Wheaton (Ill.) L. Griffith 2 0 4 W. Hardy 0 0 0 N. Muakkassa 0 1 1 N. Goldstein 0 273 S. Black 8 234 29.2 1 7. William Smith (N.Y.) D. Feiger 18 170 Defense Tack INT Sack 8. Calvin (Mich.) Goalkeeping GA S S% Goalkeeping GA S S% Goalkeeping GA S S% S. Filocco 13 157 M. Ripecky 0 157 A. Perry 17.0 1 0 9. Johns Hopkins (Md.) M. Zak 2 8 .800 H. Jacobs 1 13 .929 P. Tonelli 2 16 .889 A. Kuan 0 64 R. Crisco 17.0 0 0 10. Univ. of Rochester (N.Y.) K. Hyder 3 5 .625 K. Minnehan D. McKeon 7 31 .816 2 12 .857 C. Updike 7 37 T. Reynoso 14.0 0 0 19. Tufts Thursday, October 9, 2008 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 15

Inside the NHL Dave Heck | The Sauce Adapting to the realities of the new NHL Closing the deal he Dodgers? Seriously? Yes, Evans, seriously. What we have all witnessed over the last week is not one of the most anticlimacticT events in the history of sports. True, the 97-game-winning Chicago Cubs — “a legitimate threat to win the franchise’s first World Series in exactly 100 years,” as Mr. Clinchy put it — did fall flat on their faces. And it was against the Dodgers, winners of 84 games. But really, is it that surprising? Is it that anticlimactic? Sports are arbitrary, playoffs are arbi- trary, and baseball in particular is arbi- trary. Imagine having a job in which your only goal was to accomplish one thing: say, attracting a wealthy client named “Johnson” and signing him to some type of deal (let’s call it the “Johnson Deal”). You barely sleep for six months, pre- paring presentations, graphing inhu- man amounts of data, becoming an expert on flow charts and scatter plots — all in an attempt to woo Johnson and land the deal. Then, let’s say you have a few bad days at work. Actually, I won’t even take it that far; let’s say you simply develop a cold, and for three days your work is slightly sub-par as a result. In that brief time, Johnson goes ahead and signs with another firm, while you suddenly feel a draft down your backside. This is what baseball is actually like. Six months of labor can be wiped out by three sub-par days at the office. MCT Take the 2001 Mariners for exam- Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Richards is signed through the 2019-20 season and is slated to rake in $5.75 million each year. Players ple. The team featured eight All-Stars, like Richards represent a greater trend in the NHL to lock up young talent early with long-term contracts and lots of cash. including four starters. Ichiro was the AL batting champion, Rookie of the b y Ko r i n Ha s e g a w a -Jo h n desired cost certainty in the future, and And yet undeniably, the level of play in the Year and MVP. They had the best regular Senior Staff Writer players did not want to have their salaries NHL has gotten better since the lockout and season in baseball history, compiling an artificially constrained. the talent pool is far deeper. Put on any clas- absurd 116-46 record. Then, all that was The NHL has been the least relevant Ownership won, for the most part, and sic hockey game from the early 1990s and it taken away, made insignificant, when major professional sport in America for now the NHL is a salary cap league, mean- looks like the players are standing still. the Mariners fell to the Yankees 4-1 in more than a decade. For a brief moment ing that spending on an NHL team’s roster Despite the potential threat of poach- the ALCS. In an instant, they lost the in 2004-05, it got top billing on sports talk is limited. This year’s salary cap is $56.7 mil- ing from the Kontinental Hockey League Johnson Deal. radio, SportsCenter and sports pages coast lion, and the minimum amount that a team and other international leagues, the threat Wasn’t that a little more anticlimactic to coast. This unheralded coverage, how- is required to spend is $40.7 million. of large-scale defection in today’s hockey than the Cubs losing to the Dodgers? ever, was due to a forced lockout and not to Hockey fans who remember the bad old landscape is pretty remote. Despite payroll And yet, was the story of the 2001 play- anything spectacular on the ice. days before the lockout may think that these dropping, the league, its players and its offs “flushed down the toilet” when that Ironically, the NHL became more excit- numbers look a little bit small. After all, the teams are healthier than ever. There are a happened? No, it wasn’t. In fact, the ing to sports media during the lockout, reasonably successful (and free-spending) few reasons why. Yankees and Diamondbacks went on to when no actual hockey was being played. 2003 Dallas Stars spent just over $60 million Teams are locking up their young stars play one of the greatest World Series in The key sticking point of the lockout was a in an era when league revenues were con- early, spending lots of money and years the history of baseball. disagreement over a proposed salary cap. siderably lower. Under the current cap, no Baseball is not a fairy tale. The media Ownership groups throughout the league team is allowed to spend near that amount. see NHL, page 13 can make it seem like a team was des- tined to win all along — like it was fate — but that’s just not the case. If it were, the Mariners would have Games of the Week found a way to win in the 2001 play- offs and go down as the best team in looking back (oct. 5) | indianapolis colts 31, houston texans 27 baseball history. If it were, the Yankees would have found a way to emerge vic- With four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of their Week 5 matchup against AFC South rival torious from Game 7 of the World Series Indianapolis on Sunday, the Houston Texans held a 27-10 lead and appeared primed to record their first win and win a championship in the year of the season. that New York needed it most. Then, Sage Rosenfels single-handedly gave the victory away. But sports are not strictly dictated by Starting in place of ill starter Matt Schaub, the career backup quarterback had two fumbles and an inter- reason. ception in the final 3:54, as the Colts staged a comeback from the ages and stole a 31-27 win from Houston Back in 2006, the Cardinals were at Reliant Stadium. winners of 83 regular-season contests. Rosenfels’ first miscue came with the Texans leading by 10 and driving deep into Indianapolis territory with They only barely managed to win the under four minutes to play. On a third-and-eight from the Colts’ 39-yard line, linebacker Gary Brackett recovered division, trumping the late-surging a Rosenfels fumble and took the ball 68 yards for a touchdown, slimming Houston’s lead to three. Astros by one game. There were five On Houston’s next possession, Rosenfels lost another fumble, this time while being sacked by defensive teams in baseball that year that won end Robert Mathis. Peyton Manning took care of the rest, hitting Reggie Wayne for a go-ahead touchdown more than 83 regular season games and immediately after the two-minute warning. did not make the playoffs! Indeed, the Rosenfels had still one more chance to win the game for the Texans, driving the team to the Colts’ 43-yard Cardinals had the third-worst record of line with 50 ticks remaining. But his pass for Andre Johnson was intercepted by Melvin Bullitt in the final of a any playoff team in baseball history. Yet stunning turn of events for Houston. somehow, they managed to get past the Schaub is expected to reclaim his starting job on Sunday, when the Texans host the upstart Miami Dolphins MCT Padres (88 regular-season wins), the in Week 6 action. Mets (97) and the Tigers (95). It didn’t lack drama, either; Adam Wainwright looking ahead (oct. 11) | field hockey at middlebury dropping in a two-out, 0-2 curveball to strike out Carlos Beltran looking with The nationally-ranked No. 7 field hockey team will put its perfect 8-0 record to the test on the bases loaded in the bottom of the Saturday, when it takes to the road for its first true challenge of the 2008 season: a clash against the ninth of Game 7 of the NLCS literally nationally-ranked No. 3 Middlebury Panthers. could not be any more dramatic. In Tufts’ home opener last season, the team recorded one of its biggest wins in program history So what if the team that deserves to at the hands of then-No. 5 Middlebury — a come-from-behind, 3-1 triumph that represented the win is not the team that does? That’s Jumbos’ first victory over the Panthers in 22 years. life: If you can’t close the deal, you can’t The two teams met again later that season in the NESCAC semifinals, when the perennial power- be the best. It’s simply something that house Panthers got their revenge in thrilling fashion. After first blowing a 3-2 lead with less than five every sports fan must accept, unless minutes to play, Middlebury rebounded in overtime, when senior co-captain Reid Berrien needed just we want to go back to an age without a 42 seconds to notch the game-winning tally. In the process, the Panthers eliminated the Jumbos from World Series or playoff system, in which the NESCAC Tournament for the second straight season. each league has its own pennant award- Middlebury’s matchup with Tufts will conclude a gruesome stretch that has seen the Panthers ed to the top regular-season finisher. take on three nationally-ranked, unbeaten conference foes in the past week. Saturday, Middlebury Now that would be anticlimactic. fell to No. 1 Bowdoin, 2-0 before bouncing back on Tuesday to deal No. 12 Trinity a 3-2 setback, the Bantams’ first loss of the season.

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Women’s Soccer Maxwell’s late tally gives Tufts judgement over Brandeis b y Li n d s a y Wa l k e r didn’t really aim, but it some- Contributing Writer how got past the goalie.” Each squad had scor- Apparently the women’s soc- ing opportunities in the first cer team is getting set to start a half, but strong play from new shutout streak. junior goalkeepers Hillary Rosenzweig of Brandeis and WOMEN’S SOCCER Kate Minnehan of Tufts kept (6-1, 3-1 NESCAC) each team at bay. The Jumbos at Waltham, Mass., Tuesday had their opportunities early, registering four shots on goal Tufts 0 1 — 1 in the first seven minutes of Brandeis 0 0 — 0 the game, but Rosenzweig held her ground. From there, Tufts went cold, The nationally-ranked No. 19 as Brandeis controlled play for Jumbos picked up a narrow 1-0 the remainder of the first half, victory over non-conference firing a total of six shots in the foe Brandeis Tuesday night in period. Minnehan made a nice Waltham, Mass. After open- stop on Brandeis’ best attempt, ing the season with five con- a shot by junior quad-captain secutive shutouts, Tufts finally Melissa Gorenkoff in the 32nd allowed a goal for the first time minute, to keep the score knot- Saturday when the team also ted at zero. suffered its first loss of the sea- The Jumbos, meanwhile, son, a 3-1 upset at the hands of managed only one shot attempt Amherst. Tuesday’s game was over the final 38 minutes of the the Jumbos’ sixth shutout in first half. seven games. “We didn’t put as much The lone tally of the con- pressure on the ball in the first test didn’t come until the 86th half,” Maxwell said. “We also minute, when junior forward didn’t move away from the ball Ali Maxwell broke a scoreless well, either.” stalemate and found the back Both squads picked up the of the net on a blast from 20 pace in the second half, but yards out. neither could get on the board. “I was just on the wing and Tufts junior tri-captain Cara [freshman forward] Jamie Cadigan started the period by Love-Nichols drew her defend- smashing a pair of shots at er in, fed me a beautiful pass, Rosenzweig. A key point came and I was in the clear,” Maxwell in the 67th minute, when said. “I don’t really know how it Minnehan made a big save on James Choca/Tufts Daily happened, but somehow like a hard low shot. Shown here during the women’s soccer team’s Homecoming match against Bates on Sept. 27, junior tri-captain from a movie, I was in this Cara Cadigan and the Jumbos recorded a dramatic 1-0 win over non-conference foe Brandeis Tuesday evening opening. I just let a shot go. I see WOMEN’S SOCCER, page 13 in Waltham, Mass. Junior forward Ali Maxwell notched the game winner in the 86th minute.

Men’s Soccer Inside Club Water Polo Four play: Tufts’ second-half outburst leads to Conditioning decisive 4-1 victory over Plymouth State rules the pool b y Be n Wa l d r o n b y Philip De a r Senior Staff Writer Daily Editorial Board

The men’s soccer team rode an If you combined the brutality of ice offensive onslaught to snap its two- hockey, the explosive back-and-forth game losing streak with a 4-1 victory pace of lacrosse, the offensive and defen- sive formations of basketball and did it all MEN’S SOCCER while having to tread water, you’d prob- (5-3-1, 1-3 NESCAC) ably still fall a bit short of water polo. Bello Field, Tuesday Water polo is a sport in which pure athleticism and conditioning will do you Plymouth St. 1 0 — 1 very little good. The sport takes a unique Tufts 1 3 — 4 set of skills and muscle conditioning that only come after hundreds of hours in the water. over Plymouth State Tuesday night on The Tufts water polo team, though not Bello Field. In a game that witnessed an official varsity squad, is one of the top 44 total shots, the Jumbos received Div. III teams in the entire country, finish- offensive contributions from all over ing third at the national tournament last the field with four different players year and beginning this season 8-0. The netting goals. team’s dominance comes from a supe- “We looked dangerous and we cer- rior understanding of how the game is tainly took our chances ... we were a played and, more importantly, an absurd lot more assertive with the ball, and amount of conditioning that enables the I just thought that we worked hard,” athletes to execute their winning game coach Ralph Ferrigno said. “It was plan. Here’s a look into the team’s prac- to-and-fro in the first half, it was tice habits. end to end, but I think that we had a It starts with the warm-up. The players little more in our tank and I think that dive into the pool and essentially start showed in the first half.” hurling balls around like giddy 10-year- Both teams came out fast after an olds trying to bash each other’s faces hour-long delay due to late-arriving offi- in — but this tenacity is normal. It helps cials. Tufts junior goalie Pat Tonelli sty- the players develop “soft” hands, in that mied some early Panther runs, initiating any pass within an arm’s length becomes some quick chances for the Jumbos. catchable and allows for quicker, unin- Sophomores Alex Lach and Ron Coleman terrupted passing to execute offensive each had good looks early, but both were strategy more efficiently. turned away by Plymouth senior goalie Unlike typical practice strategies, con- Tyler Shute. In the 11th minute, Tufts ditioning for the Jumbo squad comes at junior tri-captain Bear Duker nailed a the beginning of practice, prior to any rebound over the crossbar from outside Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily drills or scrimmaging. It also serves, to the box. Sophomore defender Chris Flaherty contributed to an overall Jumbo defensive effort that a degree, as a more in-depth warm-up, limited the visiting Plymouth State Panthers to one goal last night on Bello Field. Four see MEN’S SOCCER, page 14 different Tufts players scored in the 4-1 victory. see WATER POLO, page 14