Today: Partly Cloudy THE TUFTS High 27 Low 16 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Flurries Since 1980 High 28 Low 6 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 28 DAILY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 Libby found guilty on four out of fi ve New WebCenter feature lets counts, hopes for presidential pardon students export calendars BY BENNETT KUHN sophomore Neil DiBiase Daily Editorial Board agreed that the new service will help students. “In terms Students can now export of time saving, it’s a huge their class schedules and the impact to be able to hit one university’s academic calen- button and have your entire dar from Tufts’ WebCenter schedule downloaded,” he to popular software like said. Microsoft Outlook, iCal, Uploading dates from Palm Desktop and Google WebCenter adds to previ- Calendar. ously existing setups without The new service, called requiring students to scrap “My Course Schedule dates already on their calen- Download,” was announced dars. yesterday and lets students Furthermore, students can export information on the opt to upload either their dates, times and locations of personal course schedules or their classes directly to their just the academic calendar, electronic calendars, PDAs so those who have manually or smartphones. entered their classes before It can also transfer uni- the new WebCenter feature versity-wide drop dates, reg- became operational can add istration periods, vacations the university’s important and other important dates dates without their course from the Tufts academic cal- schedules. endar. Tutorials with screenshots Tufts Community Union and instructions also appear (TCU) Senator Woon Young on WebCenter to help stu-

MCT Jeong, a sophomore who was dents integrate the files they I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was found guilty yesterday of obstruction of justice and other charges. instrumental in creating the download with the schedul- service, said he hopes that it ing programs. will be useful for students. In developing the ser- BY ROB SILVERBLATT Associated Press (AP). Patrick Fitzgerald and District “I hope it will be a con- vice, Jeong worked closely Daily Editorial Board Found guilty of four of the Judge Reggie B. Walton throw venient tool for the student with Director of Student five counts with which he was the full weight of the law at body to help them plan their Information Systems After a jury convicted I. charged — he was acquitted him? semester better,” he said. Technology Patricia Sheehan Lewis “Scooter” Libby yester- of one of the counts of mak- Political Science Professor After hearing complaints and programmer and analyst day of obstruction of justice, ing false statements — Vice Kent Portney said that in all from his friends about hav- Mario Gonzalez. making false statements and President Dick Cheney’s for- likelihood, Libby will face a ing to manually input sched- “At first I thought it would perjury, the question looming mer chief of staff now faces up much more lenient sentence. ules, Jeong brought the idea be ideal for it to go on SIS over Capitol Hill is what the to 25 years in prison and a $1 “My guess is that it will be in to the Senate’s Education because that’s where all the next chapter in the CIA leak million fine. Committee in September. saga will be, according to the But will Special Prosecutor see LIBBY, page 2 TCU Senate Historian see WEBCENTER, page 2 Tufts ranks high in per-capita recycling “The Secret Music Project” performs at Hillel rates in Recyclemania competition

BY DANIEL CHERIYAN Sara Raley, two of the nine interns under Contributing Writer Quirk, recently made promotional videos for YouTube.com. The weapons are all around you: the According to Fisher, the recycling tin cans, the soda bottles and yes, even interns have also worked as the last line the milk cartons. of defense against setbacks. The contest? Recyclemania, an annu- The interns “go and monitor bins and al friendly competition which aims to make sure they’re not vandalized,” she increase recycling rates on college cam- said. “We’re attaching zip-ties on to the puses, pits colleges and universities lids so they don’t get lost.” against each other to reduce waste. They Building team spirit is also key, as face off in categories such as the largest interns’ duties include flyering and run- volume of recyclables per capita and the ning publicity events like dormitory hall least amount of trash. snacks. “The more people know about The contest began on Jan. 28 and will it, the more they can contribute,” Fisher end on April 7. said. Currently in eighth place in the per- While the Tufts Environmental capita recyclables category, ahead of Consciousness Outreach (ECO) does Harvard and Yale, Tufts’ recycling is turn- not focus specifically on campaigns like ing its Ivy League competitors green with Recyclemania, the group is a major sup- envy. porter of environmental education. According to Recycling Coordinator “ECO is aiming to make Tufts a greener Dawn Quirk, one major obstacle for Tufts campus,” sophomore and ECO member has been the presence of its graduate Mara Gittleman said. “This semester is a campuses in the competition. big educational push.” ANJALI NIRMALAN/TUFTS DAILY “I think that we do really well in ECO manages educational activities Members of the Israeli band “The Secret Music Project” discuss their careers dur- Medford, [but with] the other campus- year-round, including its own competi- ing last night’s concert. es, it’s harder because they have much tion, Do It in the Dark, where dorms more disposable lab waste,” Quirk said. square off to see which can save the most Last night Hillel, the Tufts Community Union Senate and Tufts’ Friends of “Medford is the best at recycling.” energy. Israel sponsored a concert in the basement of the Granoff Family Hillel Center. As the race wears on, Tufts Recycles’ Junior Jesse Gossett, another ECO Left to right: Nadav Remez on guitar, Matan Chapnizka on tenor saxophone nine interns are working to promote member, finds the campus’ recycling bins and Haggai Milo Cohen on bass. Not pictured: special guest Itamar Doari on proper recycling practices. percussion. Junior Lauren Fisher and freshman see RECYCLEMANIA, page 2

Inside this issue tuftsdaily.com Today’s Sections GET WIRED ‘WELLE’ DONE News 1 Viewpoints 13 Features looks at why The Daily recommends some parts of campus new play beyond a Features 3 Sports 17 are still lacking wireless ‘Shadow’ of a doubt Arts | Living 7Classifieds 22 Internet access Editorial | Letters 12 Comics 23 see FEATURES, page 3 see ARTS, page 7 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Wednesday, March 7, 2007

WORLD IN BRIEF SUNNI INSURGENTS TARGET Guilty verdict was predictable, according to Portney SHIITE PILGRIMS LIBBY After Wilson made his feelings pub- from Bush, who has the constitutional Sunni Muslim insurgents, seemingly unde- continued from page 1 lic, the White House was accused of authority to set aside his sentence. terred by the new security plan for Baghdad, the range that the sentencing guide- leaking Plame’s identity as revenge. Assistant political science profes- struck boldly across Iraq on Tuesday, killing at lines would have prescribed,” he During the trial, Libby was accused sor Phillip Muñoz said that a pardon least 93 Shiite pilgrims in a grisly double suicide said. of lying to investigators about his would be a long shot, but still a pos- bombing in southern Iraq and mounting a mas- These federal guidelines, although involvement in the Plame affair. sibility. “It’s probably highly unlikely,” sive assault in the north that freed at least 140 their mandatory use has been declared Karl Rove, Bush’s chief of staff, he said. “It would seem to come at prisoners, most of them affiliated with al-Qaeda. unconstitutional, still serve as an and Cheney also came under fire for a huge political cost for Bush, but Nine U.S. soldiers died in roadside bombings, approximate benchmark for most potential involvement in the leak. he’s not running for reelection and six in Salah ad Din province and three in Diyala sentences. As such, Portney predicted Portney said that Fitzgerald was he’s certainly not poll-driven, so you province. that the maximum sentence will likely relatively restrained in his trying of never know.” Fourteen more Shiite pilgrims were killed in be around 27 months. the case and could have, had he cho- If it comes at all, he said that it Baghdad as they passed through mostly Sunni Although Libby’s defense team has sen to, taken a more aggressive stance would likely happen right before Bush neighborhoods as part of a rite commemorat- promised to seek a retrial and if that against both high-ranking officials. exits the Oval Office. ing the seventh-century massacre of the Imam fails, to appeal the verdict, Portney “My sense is that he didn’t push the Portney said that a pardon should Hussein, the prophet Muhammad’s grandson, said that success is unlikely. He said case as far as he could have,” he said. by no means be ruled out. “I think I and 71 family members and followers. that he hasn’t heard anything that But that’s not to say that Fitzgerald wouldn’t be surprised if Bush issued a The prison break in Ninawa province was “comes close to being grounds to will not exert pressure on Libby pardon,” he said. one of the largest insurgent operations in recent grant an appeal.” to implicate Rove and Cheney in While the Plame affair has been months. According to Iraqi police, 300 gunmen Still, defense attorney Theodore exchange for a lighter sentencing rec- plastered across the media for years, believed to be connected to the Islamic State Wells remained optimistic after the ommendation. the trial was over after seven weeks. of Iraq, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group that has trial. “We have every confidence Mr. “If Fitzgerald wants to develop The one count of which Libby was declared an independent Sunni state in western Libby ultimately will be vindicated,” additional information in this case ... acquitted was making false state- Iraq, stormed the Badoosh prison west of Mosul he said, according to the AP. he can go to Libby’s lawyers and say, ments to the Federal Bureau of at around 5 p.m. The high-profile trial that included ‘If you don’t tell us everything you Investigation about a conversation U.S. officials didn’t respond to queries about testimony from well-known journal- know, we’re going to ask for a very with Matthew Cooper, a former Time the incident. ists, including NBC News Washington severe sentence,’” he said. Magazine writer. Bureau Chief and “Meet the Press” Still, he said that Fitzgerald’s past Portney said that he was not sur- ELECTION IN NORTHERN IRELAND host Tim Russert and former New York behavior suggests that this may not prised by the verdict of guilty on four PUTS PEACE PROCESS AT A Times reporter Judith Miller, came happen. “Judging by how restrained charges and not guilty on one. CROSSROADS after the media reported in 2003 that he was in the prosecution, I wouldn’t He said that the prosecution had Voters in Northern Ireland go to the polls Valerie Plame was a CIA agent at the be surprised if he was restrained here “oodles of evidence” to combat Libby’s today in what has been described as a moment- time. too,” he said. claims that a bad memory, rather than of-truth election for the future of self-rule in the Plame is the wife of diplomat Joseph Fitzgerald has already indicated malicious intent, caused him to mis- troubled province. C. Wilson IV who, while in Niger, found that no more charges will be filed, inform investigators, but that some So what do voters say is the issue that most documents which he said were used according to CNN. charges were stronger than others. concerns them? It’s not whether Northern Ireland to justify the Bush administration’s A potential spoiler for those cel- “I was expecting that [the jury] remains within the United Kingdom or reunites claim that Iraq was purchasing ura- ebrating the verdict is the prospect would probably want to be discern- with the rest of Ireland. It’s the high cost of health nium from Africa. He said that these of a pardon from President George ing enough to make at least one of the care. documents were forged. W. Bush. Libby may get sympathy counts not guilty,” he said. And instead of the usual overheated rheto- ric meant to fan religious division and discord, Northern Ireland’s predominantly Protestant unionists and mostly Catholic republicans are arguing about a water rate hike. Calendar may not be for everyone Tufts Recycles pro- Among the mainly Protestant unionists or loy- WEBCENTER generation,” Polito said. alists, Rev. Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party continued from page 1 “It seems like they have hired a has picked up votes at the expense of the Ulster course registration is done,” Jeong lot of young professors, so more motes awareness Unionist Party, while Catholic voters have drifted said. After speaking with Sheehan and more teachers would be likely RECYCLEMANIA away from the Social Democratic and Labor Party and Gonzalez, however, he discov- to use this. It just keeps with the continued from page 1 in favor of Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish ered that WebCenter is a better general trend of the university,” she to be a daily reminder to all students. Republican Army. fit. said. “It’s a campus where you see very little The latest MORI poll published this week by “[SIS] is a program [Tufts] bought, On the other hand, sophomore litter and we have good access to recy- the Belfast Telegraph shows the DUP with 25 not something they produced, so Aaron Marden said that the pro- cling,” he said. “I think you find that the percent of the vote, followed by Sinn Fein with they can’t really play around with it gram, although intriguing, is too majority of people wouldn’t even think 22 percent, the SDLP with 20 percent and the much,” he said. unimportant and specific for Tufts about it without that recycling bin next to UUP with 17 percent. WebCenter, on the other hand, students to actually utilize it. the trash bin. I think with that infrastruc- was created and is currently main- “I think it is interesting, but I ture it becomes a natural thing to do.” THAILAND FIGHTS TO SAVE ELE- tained by Information Technology think it is kind of a tedious thing,” Recyclemania began in 2001 as a com- PHANTS Services (ITS). Marden said. “I don’t think most petition between Miami University and Kod, a 3-ton, 25-year-old elephant, will make Tufts freshman Natalie Polito said people are going to use it because Ohio University. Currently, over 200 cam- Thai history this month when she gives birth to that the addition of the new service the general Tufts population doesn’t puses are involved. The school with the the nation’s first elephant produced by artificial makes sense. “Tufts is keeping up seem to react to new little programs highest recycling rate will receive the insemination. A successful birth would be a mile- with the technological pace of our like this.” coveted Grand Champion Trophy. stone for a country scrambling to save its most treasured animals from an alarming decline. Her pregnancy — one of only seven success- Police Briefs ful inseminations of Asian elephants worldwide — reflects a surge of new research and invest- STONER SKUNKS UP DORM, NO DONATIONS ACCEPTED FOR IPOD STOLEN ment aimed at protecting an iconic animal that GETS CAUGHT ALCOHOL OR SEX The Tufts University Police is closer to extinction than scientists previously A residential assistant in Tilton Hall called An officer went to Latin Way at 2:12 a.m. Department (TUPD) received a report thought. TUPD at 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 26 to report on Mar. 4 in response to a dorm lockout. on March 3 about an iPod that was Growing conflict with humans and resurgent the smell of marijuana coming from a Once she got to the building, she noticed stolen between 10:45 and 11:00 p.m. poaching are endangering elephants around the dorm room. Upon arriving, the officer several large parties taking place. She went that night. The student stated that she globe. A study released last week estimates ivory heard voices and music in the room. The up to the fourth floor of one tower and and a friend were in the common area hunters poached as many as 23,000 African officer knocked, and the voices and music knocked on a suite door. When there was outside of her room in Wren Hall. An elephants last year alone. stopped. After knocking again, a student no response, she prepared to let herself in. iPod was in a docking station in the Of all the Earth’s threatened creatures, ele- opened the door and said that he and his At that moment someone walked out, and common room. phants are attracting particular interest because friends were just listening to music and she entered the room. Three white males, who appeared to they are fighting back. From Uganda to India hanging out. The officer turned on the lights and be around 16 or 17 years old, entered to Thailand, marauding males are lashing out There were two females in the room, advised everyone to leave. She noticed a the suite and asked the students if at farmers and loggers with growing frequency, who were identified and then allowed to bar set up in the common room with a cup they knew of any parties. They told the leaving casualties on all sides. leave. The officer then spoke to the resident and a sign over it that said: “Donations males they did not. The student and The violence, frequent enough to merit its and gave him the opportunity to hand accepted to combat virginity worldwide.” her friend went into her room for a own new realm of research known as Human- over any marijuana and paraphernalia. He In the hallway there was another sign that minute after this interaction and when Elephant Conflict, reflects deep stresses on a handed over a metal grinder, a cigarette read: “Please donate. Paying for beer is not they returned to the common room, uniquely social and intelligent species, scientists roller, a pack of rolling paper, a cup with the same as paying for sex, no matter what the iPod was gone. say. cigarette butts in it and a plastic bag that Noah says.” There were only two dollars in contained a small amount of marijuana. the donation cup. —by Sarah Butrymowicz –Compiled from McClatchy Newspapers

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BY THE NUMBERS Wireless access isn’t worriless for some professors The glass ceiling of Multiple obstacles prevent wireless Internet from working in some areas on campus higher education BY MARISSA CARBERRY Daily Staff Writer

Between e-mail, Facebook.com, Blackboard and Tuftslife.com, it seems that students can — and do — use the Internet for virtually everything. But at Tufts, they can’t yet use it virtually everywhere. While some on- campus buildings, such as the Olin Center and the Tisch Library, do have wireless Internet, many classrooms and residence halls remain uncon- COMPILED BY ARIANNE BAKER nected. Daily Editorial Board Some students and professors expressed frustration with the lack of Harvard University recently wireless access in some campus loca- made headlines when it appoint- tions, while others were indifferent. ed Drew Gilpin Faust as its “Faculty have differing feelings on first female president. But was wireless connectivity in the class- Harvard starting a trend or follow- room,” Associate Director of Outreach ing one? In this installment of “By of University Information Technology the Numbers,” the Daily examines (UIT) Dawn Irish said in an e-mail. how the gender gap among uni- “Some would welcome it as a way to versity presidents has narrowed conveniently include technology in in the past two decades — and their teaching, while others feel that it how far it still has left to go. would serve as a distraction from the learning that takes place in the class- room.” 9.5 Percent of college presidents But sophomore Nelson Leese said REBEKAH SOKOL/TUFTS DAILY who were female in 1986 he thinks expanded wireless access is Although students can get wireless Internet access in Tisch Library, other parts of 21.1 Percent in 2001 essential for Tufts. campus are not yet connected. 23 Percent in 2006 “It doesn’t make any sense,” he said. “It’s a nice technology that would be made any concrete decisions. Tynan said Tufts is looking to catch relatively easy for the school to pro- “We continue to plan for the expan- up with other universities who have 13.8 Percent of female presidents vide.” sion of wireless across all of Tufts,” complete access, but that there are at doctorate-granting institutions Freshman Jake Chiam agreed, say- Tynan said in an e-mail. “We’ve com- many obstacles. like Tufts ing that the lack of universal wireless pleted an engineering study of the “While it’s true that many universi- 3.8 Percent of female presidents access makes Tufts seem “technologi- Medford campus but we’re still working ties do have broader wireless access, at such institutions in 1986 cally backwards” to prospective stu- on funding and prioritization which significant issues with bandwidth, 1/4 Proportion of all “recently dents. “This is a top university; we will be determined by the schools. security, and service reliability, espe- hired” college presidents who are should have wireless everywhere,” he Facilities are currently being reviewed cially in older buildings, have been women said. “In Singapore, where I’m from, in Arts and Sciences and Engineering widespread,” she said. all of the universities are universally and we hope wireless will become part Associate Professor of Computer wireless.” of the modernization efforts.” Science Alva Couch said wireless is 8 Percent of two-year college pres- According to UIT Vice President and “Anytime, anywhere connectivity is not as easy to provide as many stu- idents who were female in 1986 Chief Information Officer Mely Tynan, now expected everywhere and we are dents believe. 29 Percent of two-year college the university is pushing to increase aware of the students’ desire to have presidents who were female in wireless access on campus but has not ubiquitous connectivity,” she said. see WIRELESS, page 5 2006

63 Percent of female presidents who were married In spite of Harvard switch, it’s still Mr. President for most 89 Percent of male presidents who were married Number of female university presidents has gone up, but still lags behind men BY ROBIN CAROL rate world are more likely than their will be important to having more 52.3 Average age of college presi- Daily Staff Writer male counterparts to be single and women as university president,” she dents in 1986 childless, to be older with grown chil- said. “It is entirely possible for univer- 59.9 Average age in 2006 As Hillary Clinton campaigns for dren, or otherwise without families sities and other institutions to adopt the coming election and Drew Gilpin and other personal obligations.” policies and practices so that women Faust steps into her newly-appoint- Results from the study supported can more easily fulfill both family 42 Percentage of college presi- ed post at Harvard, 2007 may be Ostrander’s statement. In 2006, 63 obligations and work obligations.” dents who were 50 or younger in remembered as the year of “Madame percent of women presidents were Perception of university presidents 1986 President.” married, as opposed to 89 percent of can also be affected by stereotypical 8 Percentage of current college But though female leaders have men. gender roles, Ostrander said. presidents who are 50 years old experienced a significant amount of “Women are always held to differ- or younger coverage, a recent study conducted ent standards. We walk a thin line by the American Council of Education “Women who achieve top between being too tough or not tough reveals that a vast majority of univer- positions like university enough, too sensitive or not sensi- 14 Percent of college presidents sity presidents still possess a Y-chro- tive enough, too demanding or not who were 61 years old or older in mosome. president or corporate CEO demanding enough,” she said. 1986 According to the study, 77 percent Senior Kayt Norris, a Trustee 49 Percent of college presidents in of university presidents in 2006 were are women who, for what- Representative for the TCU Senate, that age group in 2006 male, though that number may shift ever reason, are willing and agreed that social norms affect per- within the next few years. The study ceptions of female leaders. found that 49 percent of current uni- able to adjust their lives to “I think that in our society we still 6.3 Average length of tenure in versity presidents are older than 60, the rigid demands of jobs have a very clear expectation of what years for college presidents in up from 14 percent in 1986, which a man’s role is and what a woman’s 1986 means that a significant number of defined by men of an earlier role is, as well as what types of char- 6.6 Average length of tenure in presidential positions will likely turn acteristics and personality aspects 2001 over in the near future. generation who had wives each is supposed to have,” she said. 8.5 Average length of tenure in According to sociology professor at home to manage children She added, “When ... female [lead- 2006 Susan Ostrander, it is no accident that ers try] to demonstrate that they have women are currently underrepresent- and home work.” all types of leadership skills, society ed in the higher leadership positions tells them they’re being mean, too 2,148 Number of college presi- of universities. Susan Ostrander aggressive or too manly. It’s hard for dents involved in the American “Women who achieve top positions Professor of Sociology women to find a balance between Council on Education’s study in like university president or corporate their own strengths as a woman and 2006 CEO are women who, for whatever acknowledging strengths that are reason, are willing and able to adjust Ostrander also speculated that more traditional leadership traits.” their lives to the rigid demands of there are occupational reasons why Norris explained that female can- —Compiled from data from the jobs defined by men of an earlier men dominate the university presi- didates could offer a different type American Council on Educations’ generation who had wives at home dential field. of leadership, but would have more “The American College President: to manage children and home work,” “University presidents are typical- challenges to overcome. 2007 Edition” she said. ly individuals who are also tenured “Women are gaining a lot in the field Ostrander added, “Women in top professors, so removing barriers to positions in academe or in the corpo- women becoming senior professors see PRESIDENTS, page 5 4 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Wednesday, March 7, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES 5 Some professors worry that wireless access Women presidents still rare, could cause distractions in the classroom but numbers may increase WIRELESS lems for everyone in range.” class,” he said. “So far I’ve PRESIDENTS ties that do make strong lead- continued from page 3 Tufts’ main wireless net- been happy with what I’ve continued from page 3 ers — they are encouraged “In order to have wireless work is a “closed” network, seen.” of academia, but it will take a to be collaborators, facilita- throughout lecture halls, you which means that it requires Ennis added that, while he lot for a [female] president to tors and oral communicators have to have a certain num- students and faculty to sign sees the potential for prob- prove herself. She’ll have more — and we need to honor that ber of access points, which in using a password in areas lems as Tufts increases its to overcome. Women aren’t women have a unique per- are difficult to install, main- around campus. According wireless access in classrooms, seen as being as strong with spective instead of pretend- tain, and coordinate,” he said. to Couch, allowing students he isn’t concerned. making quick business deci- ing there aren’t differences,” “Access points for your home to create their own networks “Overall, I think that the sions and they aren’t as trusted Norris added. or dorm room are not robust would negate this measure. social norms will get worked in hiring and firing decisions,” While Tufts has never had enough for classrooms.” “The policy is not against out,” he said. she said. a female president, several of Some students have also wireless; it is against open Leese said that while the its deans are female, includ- expressed dissatisfaction with wireless,” he said. “As a uni- implementation of wireless “Women tend to have ing Dean of Engineering the lack of wireless access in versity, we have to answer for networking would lead to Linda Abriola. According to dorm buildings. While all stu- what our students do on the distraction during class, it is qualities that do make Ostrander, this “signals Tufts’ dents have landline Internet Internet, and this is easier to not the teacher’s responsibil- openness to women in top connections in their dorm do with wired internet con- ity to prevent students from strong leaders — they positions.” rooms, Tufts also does not nections.” using the Internet, but the are encouraged to be Tufts also has a clear affir- allow students to create their According to Associate students’ duty to pay atten- mative action policy which own local wireless networks Professor of Sociology James tion during lecture. collaborators, facili- states that “all managers and using wireless routers in their Ennis, though, even access in “I think that at a university tators and oral com- officials of the University dorms. lecture halls could be prob- where students are paying a directly bear the responsibil- “There are a few problems lematic. ton of money to attend class, municators — and ity for making every effort to with allowing students to set “One of the ways in which it’s their own fault for wast- identify and alleviate under- up their own wireless sys- it’s going to require some ing their money by allowing we need to honor that utilization of minorities.” tems,” said Wilson Dillaway, building on social issues is themselves to get distracted,” women have a unique However, sophomore TCU the head of infrastructure that some classrooms have he said. “Unless a student is Senate member Pooja Chokshi planning for UIT, in an e- wireless,” he said. “It’s not being particularly disruptive, perspective, instead of noticed that university leader- mail. “First, there is no way okay for students to be on it is not up to a professor pretending there aren’t ship is overwhelmingly male. for Tufts to ensure that the MySpace or Facebook dur- to discipline students on the “If you look at Tufts — at students’ wireless access ing class. People don’t talk matter.” differences.” our president, our two pro- points are securely config- on their cell phones during Chiam said he feels it is the vosts and our dean of student ured. If the points are not class or a meeting, so they professor’s responsibility to Kayt Norris affairs, all the important peo- configured properly, unau- shouldn’t text message or be keep students engaged dur- senior ple we deal with on Senate thorized individuals could on the Internet.” ing class. — they’re all male. It’s sort of easily access the data being Ennis says that students “If the teacher is concerned funny when you get to [Judicial transmitted.” began using the Internet dur- that students are using the Norris felt that women who Affairs Officer] Veronica Carter, “In addition,” he said, “the ing his class last semester, Internet during class, then he might be seen as weak in cer- that the person who ‘punishes’ radio spectrum, on which which frustrated him. “At or she should make lectures tain areas could bring other people is a woman,” Chokshi wireless signals are transmit- first I joked about it, then I more interesting,” Chiam strengths to the table. said. ted, is a shared resource. If addressed it more seriously, said. “When we talk about women Norris, however, felt that there are more access points then I began to snarl at peo- Couch agreed. in leadership, we often hear the possibility of Tufts hiring a in a geographic area than ple who I suspected were on “When I see someone on that ‘Women can do anything female president was not at all the broadcast channels can the Internet,” he said. the Internet during class, I men can do,’ and whether out of the question. support, the performance of This semester, he has been take it as an indication that or not that’s true, I think the “I don’t think we can evalu- everyone’s wireless connec- more proactive. things aren’t going so well,” proper way to think about it ate it right now, but in the tion suffers. In a residence “I told my students on the he said. “The student is say- is that women bring our own future, when Bacow moves on, hall, many self-provisioned first day that I did not want ing something to me that I strengths to the table,” she I wouldn’t be surprised at all if access points would cause them to be on Facebook or need to pay attention to. It’s a said. there was a female candidate serious performance prob- comparable sites during call to action, not an insult.” “Women tend to have quali- in consideration,” she said. 6 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Arts|Living 7 THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, March 7, 2007

THEATER REVIEW DEVIN TOOHEY | WHEN POP CULTURE GOES BAD

Bad is the new good

hate to admit it, but I want to see

“Black Snake Moan.” There, I said it.

See, it’s not the case that I would Ireally get any sensual enjoyment out of Christina Ricci in a bondage situation, nor do I actually think that this movie is going to be the quality “Southern gothic” that some are touting it to be. Honestly, when I go into the theater and plop down my hard-earned cash that I should be saving for going abroad (or grad school or buying a house or anything that isn’t “Black Snake Moan”), I am seriously hoping to get a horrendous steaming piece of crap. I’m paying cash for stilted dialogue, forced over-acting and a ludicrous plot that one can only hope has the deus ex machina to end all deus ex machinas. In fact, I would be seriously disappointed if there was any redeeming part of the movie. ANDREW BRILLIANT/ NEW REPERTORY THEATRE Screw that, I would be disappointed even ‘Orson’s Shadow’ is brought to you by Welles’ beloved Paul Masson California Champagne. if “Black Snake Moan” ended up being the new “Citizen Kane” (1941) and completely revolutionized cinema. All’s Welles that ends Welles in ‘Orson’s Shadow’ The thing is, I do not think I would be BY OLGA RUKOVETS a couple) from the paparazzi in sophistica- laugh-out-loud funny, though some of the alone in that sentiment as I entered the Daily Staff Writer tion. It is an imagined but realistically based jokes (undoubtedly geared towards a some- theater. In fact, I’m pretty sure that most insider’s look at the life of actor and direc- what older audience) may pass overhead. of my fellow patrons would be in agree- Admit it: you read the tabloids, watch tor Orson Welles (best known for directing The acting is spectacular, and the show ment. But I’m fairly certain that it is not behind-the-scenes television and wonder “Citizen Kane” (1941)). seems all the more realistic because of the the simple case that I (along with my fellow what famous people do in their everyday “Orson’s Shadow,” at the Arsenal Center props, such as the food and beverages that viewers) am leagues upon leagues smarter for the Arts through March 18, is a story are used (they are not mere replicas, but are than the Hollywood executives. Orson’s Shadow inspired by the real-life meeting of two instead very real). I know the stupidity of Hollywood is a media legends in theater history. In this Each of the actors in this production is popular stereotype and one that some- play, Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier are memorable, and it would be hard to single times does have backing, but I refuse to Written by Austin Pendleton united by well-known and sharp-tongued just one out. Steven Barkhimer (who has accept that complete dunces can have Directed by Adam Zahler but stuttering theater critic Kenneth Tynan won an Independent Reviewers of New that much power and money (and persist to work together on the bizarre produc- England [IRNE] award for Best Supporting in holding onto it). I look at the advertis- At the Arsenal Center for the Arts tion of Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros.” Other key Actor for previous work) stars as Orson ing for “Black Snake Moan,” the trailer, the through March 18 figures in this work are Joan Plowright Welles, the rotund, robust and short-tem- poster, the taglines, and I begin to wonder Tickets $30 to $55 (“The Entertainer” (1960)) and Vivien Leigh pered burnout who will never be able to if I am playing right into the hands of the (“Gone with the Wind” [1939]). even come close to the success he expe- advertisers, the producers and other head lives. Well, New Repertory Theatre’s “Orson’s Don’t be fooled —the storyline might honchos. Shadow” is one giant step up (okay, maybe seem a bit grave, but “Orson’s Shadow” is see SHADOW, page 9 After this idea struck me, I started notic- ing a trend going on currently. Bad is good. Bad sells. Bad turns eyes and gets our MOVIE REVIEW TV REVIEW attention where good and mediocre just can’t anymore. “Black Snake Moan” isn’t ‘Donnellys’ is good, but no ‘Departed’ the only case of this. All signs point to Last summer, it seemed like every col- BY HARRY WAKSBERG Daily Staff Writer lege student was waiting for Aug. 18 when ‘Zodiac’’s success we would finally see who would win in the If you’ve seen any of the ads for ultimate showdown of Samuel L. Jackson BY OLGA RUKOVETS “The Black Donnellys” (if you watch vs. a plane full of snakes. Yet another movie Daily Staff Writer any NBC, you have) then you know with Jackson, a snake title and some clev- er marketing. I’ve heard rumors that the For most, the word “zodiac” is remi- The Black Donnellys original blog buzz was actually started niscent of horoscopes and teen maga- by people hired by New Line Cinema. I zines, but the film “Zodiac” will revo- wouldn’t be surprised. Starring Kirk Acevedo, Thomas As for other examples, this April we get Zodiac Guiry, Billy Lush and Keith Nobbs to look forward to Grindhouse, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s new Airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on NBC exploitation film that touts (among gra- Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark tuitous amounts of explosions, sex and that it was created by Paul Haggis, blood) a girl with a machine gun for a leg. Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. the scribe behind “Crash” (2004), This film does not even try for a second Directed by David Fincher “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) and to even give you any illusion of classiness. “Flags of Our Fathers” (2006). Indeed, It does not expect you to come in think- lutionize this image and create a far the show clearly echoes these films’ ing that you’re going to laugh at uninten- darker answer for the term in a game moral and thematic complexity, as tional mistakes. It brags about the extent of word association. well as their characters’ pathos. to which it’ll be trashy and vulgar and The scariest part is that this film But the show makes a few mis- ludicrous, and it wants you to love every is based on true events. “Zodiac” is steps (and managed to lose 4 million minute of it. inspired by the real story of argu- viewers by its first episode’s second NBC And, of course, there’s television. Think ably the most baffling succession of half) that show Haggis’ inexperience ‘The Black Donnellys’ would be a much about “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” While unsolved crimes in modern history. A with series creation. (This is the first better show if the Irish brothers didn’t amusing and very popular, one would be relentless serial killer is putting fear in series he has created, but not the spend the whole time feeling guilty. hard-pressed to actually argue that it was the hearts and minds of citizens in the first for which he’s written.) Aside since. As some other writers have high quality in any traditional sense of San Francisco Bay Area and doubt and from that, though, the show is well- observed, the present day is taking the word. At the same time, if Adult Swim uncertainty into police, reporters and done and almost perfectly suited to that very theme and applying it to were to come out with an episode that had authorities. our time. Irish-Americans, long overdue for a a tight story and realistic animation, we The Zodiac killer threatens men, In the 1970s, directors like Francis time of cultural representation. would all be a bit disappointed, wouldn’t women and children, all the while Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese Perhaps the earliest indicator of we? I mean, don’t we tune into “Aqua Teen” sadistically mocking the police and made the urban Italian experience this was Denis Leary’s show “Rescue week after week to get that “what the hell?” detectives by sending ciphers and one of the most important touch- Me,” which addresses the Irish- alarming letters to various newspapers stones in American culture. Though American experience in New York, a see TOOHEY, page 9 and demanding their publication at that era has worn off to some extent, city with a very strong Irish presence. the threat of more lives being lost. the way that Americans can be made And it cannot be coincidence that Devin Toohey is a sophomore major- to feel alientated due to their eth- ing in classics. He can be reached at see ZODIAC, page 9 nicity has been a major theme ever see DONNELLYS, page 9 [email protected]. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Wednesday, March 7, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 9 Gyllenhaal is one of many strong actors in ‘Zodiac’ Cinema makes ZODIAC continued from page 7 good by being bad Inspector David Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) and Inspector William TOOHEY Armstrong (Anthony Edwards) are led continued from page 7 on a wild goose chase where evi- reaction? dence works more as a deterrent than So, why this trend? Why does it seem an aid and no solid lead suspects like the entertainment industry is focusing can be determined. The Zodiac kills more on sucking than not sucking nowa- more than just people; he also leaves days? destroyed careers and personal lives Simple: it’s easier and, ironically, at in his wake. times even better than trying to be good. As the years progress, and the crime One looks at movies today and sees a investigation gets pushed further into never-ending parade of sequels, remakes, the background, cartoonist Robert franchises and adaptations. Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal), perhaps In fact, one of my friends was talking to out of mere hopelessness, wracks his me a few weeks ago and said that when head for solutions and neglects his praising or criticizing a movie, he does not family in search of the killer. He hopes even care to address writing, since by this to write a novel about the Zodiac, and point it is a completely lost cause. Perhaps getting the story becomes an obses- many believe that the solution to that sion for him. problem is to no longer even try to look for Gyllenhaal’s a loveable yet nerdy quality. Our new entertainment can come cartoonist (and former Eagle Scout) PARAMOUNT PICTURES from the other extreme. who is often bad-mouthed for being Jake Gyllenhaal tells his fellow cast members that ‘Brokeback Mountain’ (2005) jokes seri- It’s a bit of a dark view, isn’t it? Have all a goody two-shoes and struggles to ously aren’t funny anymore. chances for the next great American movie fit in with his journalist colleagues. gone down the tubes and left us only with Gyllenhaal executes this role with in at 158 minutes, is a rather lengthy enthralling thriller. His efforts are val- an abundance of camp? Okay, probably great skill and his on-screen chemis- movie, but much of the time is spent iant and the movie serves its purpose not. try with Robert Downey Jr., who plays on the edge of your seat so it pass- to arouse suspense and relay factual To be fair, taking material from other journalist and soon-to-be alcoholic es rather quickly. For those lacking events, all while encouraging an emo- sources has always been in fashion. Great Paul Avery, is obvious and adds to the patience, however, this movie may not tional connection with the charac- movies like “Casablanca” (1942) and “The film’s allure. have any appeal. ters. Fincher’s other directing credits Godfather” (1972) were originally plays Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Edwards If you are willing to wait, this film include “Se7en” (1995), “Fight Club” and books. Even Shakespeare built a career also complement each other in will undoubtedly have you talking to (1999) and “Panic Room” (2002), so he on recycling plots . But I do believe that we, their roles of partnering inspectors. the screen and making predictions, is hardly a novice. in our postmodern, jaded sensibilities, will The interaction between Avery and while still leaving you questioning “Zodiac” is a must-see with an all- see a spike (perhaps it’ll last a year, per- Inspector Toschi is also the main how something like this could have star cast that will make a wannabe haps it’ll go on for decades) in movies that medium for comedic relief in this ever really happened. Parts of the detective out of you (for the dura- try at not trying, that succeed at failing. rather intense film and it accom- movie are frustrating and the ending tion of the film, anyway) as you try After all, they play to our egos if noth- plishes its job deftly. The movie flows is rather unsettling, but unfortunately to put the pieces together. Do not ing else. For a brief two hours, they make smoothly as a result of both the story- there are no alternate endings in real let the seemingly high minute count us feel like we’re smarter than all of the line and the fine performances of its life. deter you from watching this film, people in Hollywood who produced this cast. David Fincher has yet again put “Zodiac”’s success is written in the tripe. We laugh at their incompetence. And A brief warning: “Zodiac,” clocking his genius to work in directing this stars. really, who doesn’t like to feel smart? Balance expertly maintained Irish mobsters appear just in time for between the tragic and comic St. Patrick’s Day with ‘Black Donnellys’ DONNELLYS continued from page 7 Martin Scorsese’s first Oscar win came for “The Departed” (2006), a story that involves the Irish mob and takes place in Boston, another city with a strong Irish presence. Before going any further, it is important to address what many people see as the nega- tive stereotyping inherent in mob stories. For decades, Italian-Americans have com- plained about being forever associated with the Mafia, something they see films like “The Godfather” (1972) as JANET KNOTT/ NEW REPERTORY THEATRE perpetuating. It is not unlike- ‘Orson’s Shadow’ unfortunately does not mention Welles’ portrayal of ly that soon Irish-Americans Unicron in ‘Transformers: The Movie’ (1986). will begin to grow concerned SHADOW Hollywood to good use in writ- by an outpouring of Irish mob NBC continued from page 7 ing this riveting comedic drama. stories. The Donnellys insist organized crime is only a job until they finish their rienced with “Citizen Kane.” He Pendleton’s other writing credits There is a reason, though, night classes. manages to make his character include “Booth” and “Uncle Bob.” that these stories work so both disagreeable yet pitiable and In particular, “Orson’s Shadow” well. More than almost any point to many Italian mob and a half hours to tell a carries much of the comedic weight was chosen by Time Magazine as other job, organized crime, stories. The Donnellys are story, you often need to cut (pun intended) in the show. one of the Top 10 Plays of 2005, especially ethnically-con- outsiders in New York’s orga- to the chase. On television, Jason Marr plays Orson’s clever, and the New Repertory Theatre trolled, tends to be steeped in nized crime, which is almost though, we are learning more sickly and heavy-smoking crit- has done a superb job of convey- tradition. entirely Italian-controlled. and more that plots can be ic friend Kenneth Tynan. Marr, ing Austin Pendleton’s vision. The Donnellys do not have developed slowly and deli- though playing a somewhat con- Adam Zahler, who has directed nice mansions in New Jersey cately and that there’s no rea- niving individual, is capable of plays such as “The Glass Menagerie” On television, though, like Tony Soprano; they live son to jump into anything. making his character very likable, and “To Kill a Mockingbird” for the in ratty New York apartments. On “The Wire,” the cops and his character’s nervous stutter New Repertory Theatre in the past, we are learning more However, they deal with simi- didn’t even know what the provides much comedic relief in deserves to be commended for his and more that plots lar issues. drug lord looked like until this play. direction of this play. There is a very “The Black Donnellys” halfway through the first sea- Tuck Milligan plays Laurence delicate and necessary balance can be developed includes the Michael Corleone son. Olivier (or Larry as he is often between the tragic and the comic dilemma, asking under what In introducing such an referred to), and his performance in the production, and this can be slowly and delicately, circumstances a good man intense romance so early, is memorable. Olivier is rude, accredited both to Pendleton for and that there’s no who abhors crime would “The Black Donnellys” is mak- self-important and yet very inse- the writing and also to Zahler for become embroiled in it. Like ing the same mistake veteran cure and pitiable as he struggles ensuring that this integral balance reason to jump into “The Godfather,” it is always Aaron Sorkin did with “Studio between his insane and promiscu- is conveyed. anything. an issue of family. 60 on the Sunset Strip,” the ous wife Vivien Leigh (Debra Wise) Located in Watertown, The In the first episode, we are show whose timeslot it is and his new younger mistress Joan New Repertory Theatre itself is a introduced to a woman who, replacing. Plowright (Helen McElwain). Tynan bit of a way’s off, but this produc- within her first scene, con- Otherwise, though, the convinces Olivier to use Welles as tion is well worth the trip. The Despite the unfortunate fesses to loving one of the show is very well done. It is the director of his newest produc- cast is compelling, and the story- fact of these organizations’ Donnellys despite being mar- not yet particularly compel- tion, but sparks fly as the two ego- line is just right for both comedy criminal activities, they do ried. While this provides a ling and hasn’t yet introduced maniacs collide professionally and and tragedy lovers alike. Don’t provide an excellent eye to good romantic subplot to an mob plots we haven’t seen personally, and voilà, comedy is be misled by the rather ominous the experience of American otherwise male-dominated in “Mean Streets” (1973), born. title, “Orson’s Shadow” will actu- immigrants trying to succeed storyline, bringing it up with- “Goodfellas” (1990) and “The Austin Pendleton, though per- ally cast light on the life of Orson in a new culture. in the first 45 minutes is a Godfather,” but its set pieces haps best known as an actor, puts Welles, and the moods of theater- “The Black Donnellys” cinematic error. suggest that it can grow into his knowledge of Orson Welles and goers as well. works as a good counter- When you only have two something much grander. 10 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Wednesday, March 7, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT 11 FINANCIAL REVIEW Page 2 South Asian Market lars. In return, Grameen Airline Industry Consolidatation Inevitable Regional Analysis phone will set up the con- continued from Finance 1 nection, teach them how FINANCE lion unique subscribers, a to make and receive calls continued from Finance 1 number that is expected and provide the call rate especially vulnerable to to grow to 18 million by sheets. Providing local a series of mergers that, the end of 2007. The in- villagers an opportunity once initiated, could sweep creased competition also to make phone calls for a through the industry in a means that the price of small fee of 5-7 cents, these domino effect. calls and startup fees have women are enabled to run As investors saw in fallen drastically from fi g- a small business with a 48 the fall of 2006, following ures in the higher end of percent profi t margin. A U.S. Airways’ announce- 1000 dollars to as low as typical village woman can ment of its takeover bid for 15 dollars per connection, earn anything up to 500- Delta Airlines, nearly ev- giving more people the 700 dollars a year in this ery other national carrier To date, despite all the speculation, the only merger to take place chance to jump into the ‘business’, which is almost become involved in its own has been U.S. Airway’s incorporation of regional America West. rush towards the digital twice the per capita in- merger talks. With the in- withdrawn their takeover more reliable aircraft have age. Overall the growth of come of Bangladesh. Jean dustry as fragile as it is, bids and merger proposals, become almost impossible. the telecom industry has Camp, associate professor most airlines’ board of di- low-cost Floridian carrier The Wall Street Journal created 250,000 jobs. An- of the Harvard Kennedy rectors are concerned that AirTran (AAI) has an offer reported that “During nually, it adds about 650 School of Government, the consolidation of two on the table for regional the slump that began in million dollars to the GDP points out that the VP national airlines would carrier Midwest Airways 2001, the major U.S. car- of Bangladesh. program not only permits result in a new airline Group (MEH). With small- riers sat on the sidelines… Several NGOs are villages to obtain the most that will have twice the er airlines consolidating their foreign rivals went also experimenting with obvious advantages of in- aircraft, human resourc- and posing threats to ma- on a buying spree. Now, ways to increase the ben- creased connectivity, bet- es, and cash, facilitating jor carriers, the larger car- production at Boeing Co. efi ts of connectivity on a ter market information much needed investments riers will be pressured to and Airbus, the world’s more rural level. Certain and currency rates, but for future growth. There- cut costs to compete. The leading aircraft makers, is projects by Grameen Cor- also leads to better disas- fore, when one merger is best way to cut costs is of- sold out until 2011.” Addi- poration have directly ter management and pre- announced, it should not ten through consolidation. tionally, with instability in tried to use telecommu- vention techniques, which take long for more to fol- Ray Neidl, analyst the Middle East, oil prices nication technology as a are of optimal importance low suit. “We know how at Calyon Securities, an- are guaranteed to attract suitable catalyst for eco- to a developing country much value can be created ticipates that the current some attention as they nomic growth and pov- such as Bangladesh. through mergers,” Doug lull in merger activity will adjust for geopolitical fac- erty alleviation. One of Many critics have Parker, CEO of U.S. Air- be short lived, “The in- tors. These challenges will the most successful is the questioned the validity of ways, responded to ques- dustry is ready to merge, put pressure on the indus- Village Phone (VP) pro- the link between high-end tions regarding the future and fi nancial backers are try and will very likely re- gram, which is a mobile technology and poverty of the airline industry. available. Once Delta and sult in that domino effect phone service run by vil- alleviation, but the fact The most likely Northwest Airlines Corp. of mergers. lage women. The program remains that increased scenario for the airline emerge from bankruptcy The impending is a hybrid between Gra- connectivity is an invest- industry’s consolidation is this year, merger talk like- question, therefore, should meen Bank’s micro-credit ment into the country’s that a number of smaller ly will heat up [again].” be who and when will be program and Grameen infrastructure. It may not regional agreements will There are a large involved in the consolida- Phone’s technology. It al- always be a catalyst for encourage the larger air- number of challenges fac- tion. Investors, therefore, lows poor village women growth, but the added sup- lines into negotiations. At ing the major airline in- should brace themselves to buy a mobile connection ply side gains can comple- the moment, while the ma- dustry as we enter 2007. for the potential turbu- on credit for about 220 dol- ment smooth growth. jor American airlines have Attempts to acquire new, lance to come. resistant to reform. This is ing job centers, not in East Growth in Eastern Europe: Not all that painless? in fact one of the key bot- Europe but in Africa. This Rishikesh Bhandary ployed for a long time or will also be encouraged to tlenecks that are helping to might come as a surprise Journalist TFG have failed to fi nd suitable expand in Eastern Europe, crowd out foreign invest- given the already existing Most Eastern Euro- jobs. Because the wage lev- as they will already possess ment. Moreover, such a high illegal immigrants problem pean States did not experi- el of these specialists is so an established network in level of demand for trained and the mounting pressure ence a smooth transition to a low, the fi rms are willing to that region. Yet, how well people has not been able from the former Soviet Bloc capitalistic world. Struggles expand to higher levels of can the infrastructural re- to yield into an increase in countries for more fl exible to dismantle the communist production, hence demand- quirements respond to such overall quality of graduates labor regulations. This sort system, the passing of nu- ing more techies. This form changes? Was the increas- but has encouraged corrup- of ambivalence from the merous economics reforms of multiplication of demand ing foreign investment just tion amongst the university ‘Old’ Europe’s side in pur- economic reforms and po- has compounding impacts. capitalizing on people from administrators to ration out suing preferential economic litical instability questioned First, the program- the transition days? the coveted student seats. policies for Eastern Europe the viability of liberal de- mers that are already work- Firms have already To exemplify this situation, has led to only skepticism mocracies in this area. For ing have started to demand started to hire people in Romania with a popula- about what is really wanted. a while, even with the re- salaries that are more com- Southeast Asia in order to tion of 22 million produces Foreign policy conformity surgent nationalism, these parable to the levels in make up for the sclerotic only 8000 engineers a year, and the need to be more “Eu- states managed fairly well to Western Europe. Program- changes in the Eastern Eu- which is dismally low, com- rocentric” can be one of the keep up the growth rates and mers received just 50 per rope region. Countries like pared to other West Euro- issues. There are concerns have averted doom as some cent of what Western Euro- Vietnam, where the educa- pean states. about these states warming economists had predicted. peans get. However, sala- tion industry has been much Such types of rusty up to the United States and While most investors today ries have been going up by more responsive to increas- state structures have over- being key allies for the Iraq still feast on cheap labor almost 20 per cent a year. ing FDI, have seen very high powering implications. The war. The Iraq issue, how- from the area, the expected This is stirred up concern growth rates of tech gradu- presence of such bottlenecks ever, is equally contentious long-term growth pains about the profi tability of ates, making themselves and institutional hurdles am- among the ‘Old’ Europe might be starting to surface. fi rms outsourcing to these very lucrative to companies plifi es the desire for Eastern hawks. How is the ossifi ed countries. Second, as the willing to hire fresh people. Europeans to immigrate to In order to move be- infrastructural framework demand increases, it is up to Higher education states in Western Europe yond the bureaucracy and responding to the rapidly the prevailing infrastructure in Easter Europe has been where education is more ac- indecisiveness that char- changing economic scenar- to supply enough people. By the domain of the govern- cessible and jobs are more acterizes EU politics, this io? As foreign direct invest- creating a steady supply, the ment for a very long time. abundant and higher pay- region can move forward ment increases, fi rms are countries can still remain at- Even after the numerous ing. In efforts to combat the by racking up reform poli- quick to absorb math and tractive hosts, as the wages stages of liberalization, the pressure to fl ee from one’s cies and ensuring that their computer science gradu- will still be lower than the state has held its reins very homeland illegally, Brussels economies are afl oat and at- ates who have been unem- Western neighbors. Firms tightly and has been fi ercely has been keen on establish- tractive to all investors. 12 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Wednesday, March 7, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL STEPHANIE L. VALLEJO Editor-in-Chief EDITORIAL Libby’s conviction should increase accountability Anne Fricker Managing Editors Yesterday’s news that former chief no one else will be charged. American democracy functions on Bruce Hamilton of staff to Vice President Cheney, I. If no one else seemed guilty, this a never-ending structure of account- Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors Lewis “Scooter” Libby, was found would be proper, but in this case, the ability — elections, checks and bal- Grant Reid Judy Wexler guilty of charges relating to leaking scandal seems to extend further than ances and the courts. Any attempts the name of an undercover CIA opera- just one man — one man who has to stifle this system hurt the democ- Rob Silverblatt Executive News Editor tive should do more than reduce the already demanded a new trial. racy politicians have sworn to pro- Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors chatter in D.C. gossip circles. As CNN reported, jurors in the case tect and gives the American people a Pranai Cheroo Jenna Nissan With any luck the conviction should expressed their frustration that Libby government that is beneath what they Lilly Riber usher in an era of accountability in seemed to be set up as the “fall guy” deserve. Kat Schmidt political circles that has been sorely for this matter. In returning their The American people have spoken Jeremy White missing for over six years. Sadly, it guilty verdicts, some jurors wished in the loudest way they can. This past Alex Blum Assistant News Editors appears that accountability for Bush others would face charges and also be November, the congressional elections Bennett Kuhn Christy McCuaig administration officials may begin held accountable. Yet since the special that vaulted Democrats into power, Ashley Pandya and end with Libby’s conviction. prosecutor will not bring forward any were a clear sign that voters want Giovanni Russonello The guilty verdicts (on four of additional charges, these hopes and change on Capitol Hill. The American Matt Skibinski Executive Features Editor five counts) end a four-year investi- calls for liability will go unheard. people have done their part, for now. gation that probed top administra- Ultimately, this issue is much larger It is now the responsibility of the Arianne Baker Features Editors Liz Yates tion officials, including Karl Rove than Scooter Libby’s case. It is a sym- courts, Congress and the administra- and Vice President Cheney as well as bol and a test case of accountability tion to act and hold anyone who has Carrie Battan Assistant Features Editors Jessica Bidgood Washington media. For all the lives for an administration that has faced broken the law accountable for their Luke Burns upended and the controversy creat- very little in its time in office. From actions. Sara Himeles ed, there is surprisingly little to show obvious issues like the war in Iraq and While it is important not to use over- Greg Connor Executive Arts Editor for it. Although Libby is the highest the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to sight or investigative powers to launch ranking White House official to be new issues like the substandard con- a witch hunt, it is equally important Sarah Cowan Arts Editors Kristin Gorman convicted of a crime since the Iran- ditions at Walter Reed Army Medical to investigate when necessary and to Contra scandal in the 1980s, as noted Center, the administration takes few punish when proven guilty. The Libby Mike Adams Assistant Arts Editors Naomi Bryant by the Associated Press, the discus- steps to answer its critics and hold its trial proves our system can work even Jacob Worrel sion immediately turned to who else own accountable when clear wrongs in a time characterized by politicians’ should be held liable in the scandal. have taken place. evasion of responsibility. Kahran Singh Executive Viewpoints Editor Sadly, it appears that no one else This must end. We should hope that Legitimate oversight and account- Eli Cohn Assistant Viewpoints Editors in the Bush administration will Libby’s conviction and almost certain ability strengthen the government it John Erban Stephanie Sguigna face charges on this matter. Special prison time will shock the administra- investigates. Here’s hoping the Libby Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has said tion into coming clean about its short- conviction is just the beginning of a new Rachel Dolin Executive Sports Editor that the investigation has crested and comings for the good of the country. era of responsibility inside the Beltway. Andrew Bauld Sports Editors Evans Clinchy Thomas Eager Andrew Silver TERRENCE NOWICKI Kelley Vendeland

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The Constitution becomes donkeys’ scapegoat OLIVIA TEYTELBAUM | PPHOBIAPHILESHOBIAPHILES BY JEFF KIOK

Why are Democrats looking for a scapegoat to prevent the escalation of the conflict in Iraq? Over the past several months, since the seating of the victorious Democratic Please don’t look at majority in both houses of Congress, members of Congress have proposed bills me while I’m eating: to prevent, limit, or otherwise oppose the president’s proposed escalation of troops Food-o-Phobia in Iraq. Many members of Congress have also proposed bills to set a specified o, tonight is one of those rare occa- withdrawal date. But some Democrats, rather than using sions in your life when you’ve their recaptured congressional mandate combined with the popular anti-war decided to put on some decent- mandate of the November elections to S oppose the Iraq War, instead are looking looking clothes, pack some breath mints for scapegoats to explain away why they cannot restrict the president’s operations and head out on a date. You and your future in Iraq, and they have “found” an unlikely one: the Constitution. CORBIS spouse (you wish) sojourn to Chez Louie, Many Democrats, notably presidential contender Joseph Biden (D-DE), have off funds for our forces in Iraq. However, ping the war? It can’t be. The Constitution a fancy restaurant on Newbury Street. The stated that they believe the Constitution he expressed no such reservation when gives Congress the power to declare prevents Congress from micromanag- he voted in favor of the Case-Church war and it gives Congress the power to waiter approaches you. ing war, or otherwise infringing on the Amendment, which prohibited further appropriate funds. The Founding Fathers Commander-in-Chief’s war powers once U.S. action in South Vietnam, in 1973. feared a tyrannical executive in control of “Bonjour, my name is Gaston, and they have been granted. The question one must ask when the military and specifically put in these I’m going to be your waiter tonight.” You Such a view is utterly ludicrous and observing such a stunning contradic- protections to prevent the Commander- restrain yourself from laughing at his unsubstantiated by the text of the tion is why Democrats in Congress have in-Chief from bringing the nation into a name’s Disney origins. “Can I start you off Constitution, the views of the Founding decided to find an argument against their with something to drink?” Fathers and the history of law in this own professed opposition to the war in see SCAPEGOAT, page 15 You think, “Scotch on the rocks, hold the nation. Iraq. rocks.” Senator Biden, in a Jan. 7 “Meet the Is it because Democrats actually think Jeff Kiok is a sophomore majoring in his- You say, “I’ll just have water with lemon, Press”, expressed hesitation about cutting the Constitution prevents them from stop- tory and political science. thanks.” After some mild-mannered conversa- tion and a few awkward moments, it’s time OFF THE HILL | UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OOFF IIOWAOWA to order the food. Gaston brings over the menus, and you look at its massive pages, totally overwhelmed. Coulter-geist First of all, you aren’t French. You have no idea where these restaurants get the BY BEAU ELLIOT John Edwards, but it turns out you have gall to put their menus in their native lan- The Daily Iowan to go into rehab if you use the word ‘fag- guage, knowing that few of their patrons got,’ so I — so kind of an impasse, can’t will understand them. It seems like a poor There are, I realize, people who still really talk about Edwards.” marketing strategy to you. Then again, listen to Ann Coulter. And ka-boom — instant media circus, they are French, so you really can’t expect Of course, there are still people who with Coulter reveling in it, Cheshire Cat much in the way of courtesy. believe in the tooth fairy and clap for grin, etc. Secondly and more importantly, howev- Tinkerbell. The rehab reference, according to er, you have to think about the food itself, But, you object, those people are all Adam Nagourney of the New York Times, and herein is where the phobia lies. Here under the age of eight. was apparently to Isaiah Washington of are some important questions you might Well, for the most part, yeah — but “Grey’s Anatomy,” who called a co-star ask yourself before ordering your repast: then, Coulter’s target audience is for some anti-gay names and then checked 1. Will it get all over my face? the most part under the mental age of into rehab. 2. How will my breath smell afterwards? eight. And while we’re talking rehab (which is Do I have the necessary artillery with which Coulter’s job is, whenever things seem never going to do any good for Coulter), to fight the smelly aggressor if it chooses to to be getting a tad slow (say, when her a reader of Talking Points Memo had a attack? book sales are lagging), to say something nice take: Conservatives don’t go into 3. Is it kosher? (That one goes out to my utterly outrageous — such as, oh, I don’t rehab for saying the word “faggot,” they fellow Jews.) know, liberals like their aborted fetuses go into rehab if they are one. 4. How will I look while eating it? stir-fried in extra-virgin olive oil with a We could go on and on, I suppose, 5. Can I maintain proper etiquette while side of brie — make a big splash, then sit about hurtful speech and discrimination eating it? back and grin like the Cheshire Cat as a that hides behind it, but at some point, 6. Will my date imagine me 100 pounds media brouhaha ensues. it’s like telling the wind not to blow. I heavier 20 years down the line? (After all, he Apparently, it pays the bills. mean, Coulter’s line about Edwards at doesn’t know you’ve been starving yourself The latest escapade in the Adventures the right-wing shindig got laughter and MCT all day to fit into that little black dress.) of Ann (probably one day she’ll write applause. ing to NPR, her website had a statement If these are the sorts of questions you a book with that title) occurred March about the incident that went: “I am so ask yourself while eating in the presence of 2 at the Conservative Political Action Coulter’s job is, whenever ashamed, I’m still laughing.” others, you have a serious phobia affecting Conference, which is a big wingding Of course, the upshot of Coulter and millions of men and women. in which right-wingers snuggle together things seem to be getting her media ploys is that she makes the Given my introductory scenario, you and talk about how much liberals secret- whole conservative movement look like a may think it somewhat atypical that a ly admired Saddam Hussein. (Whose a tad slow (say, when her ship of fools. (Not that Bush and Cheney man would be affected by “food-o-pho- administration was his ally? Oh, yeah, book sales are lagging), to need any assistance in that.) bia.” Besides, a man is far less conscious Reagan’s. Talk about liberal.) In years And you just have to wonder what it of what a plate of ribs would do to the past at the conference, they used to talk say something utterly outra- is about Coulter and homosexuality. I makeup he just spent all afternoon apply- about how there really were Iraqi WMD, geous... mean, in the past, she has also insinuated ing or that finger food might leave crumbs but they stopped doing that when they that Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and gunk under his carefully manicured realized they sounded as though they and Al Gore had homosexual tendencies. nails. This is a concept closely tied to my were clapping for Tinkerbell. And these people think they should Why is she seemingly so obsessed about recent column, “Real-Man-o-Phobia.” At this year’s event, Coulter ended run society. the subject? A man might feel uncomfortable order- her speech by bashing John Edwards — And we could go on and on, condemn- And why does she seem to think it’s ing a strawberry milkshake and sipping it which is fine; you’re allowed to criticize ing Coulter’s remark — as many have, an insult, or a joke, to call political oppo- indulgently in the presence of a girl he is your political opponents. That, along including some conservatives. But again nents gay? Could it be that she has some trying to impress. So, we find that we can with baseball, is what makes this coun- — what is the point? She’s just laughing. closet — Nah. It’s probably just a coinci- draw an interesting parallel here: while try great. Or as she told Nagourney of the dence that she’s broken off so many mar- women may be afraid of seeming mas- But the way Coulter bashed Edwards New York Times (according to Editor & riage engagements. culine while eating (by using their hands, — using a gutter-slang word for gay Publisher) on Sunday: “C’mon, it was a I’ve had some very good friends who, being uncouth or ordering beefy meals), — raised the ruckus. joke. I would never insult gays by sug- as it happens, were lesbians. I’d never men are afraid of seeming feminine by not Or, in her words (cue the clip): “I was gesting that they are like John Edwards. insult them by suggesting Coulter was a being masculine enough. Men must train going to have a few comments on the That would be mean.” lesbian. themselves to be skillful eaters, to carefully other Democratic presidential candidate And, as of Monday afternoon, accord- That would be mean. cut the meat away from the rib and leave

VIEWPOINTS POLICY The Viewpoints section of The Tufts Daily, an open forum for campus editorial commentary, is printed Monday through Thursday. Viewpoints welcomes sub- see TEYTELBAUM, page 15 missions from all members of the Tufts community. Opinion articles on campus, national, and international issues can be roughly 700 to 1000 words in length. Editorial cartoons are also welcome. All material is subject to editorial discretion and is not guaranteed to appear in The Tufts Daily. All material should be submitted by no later than 1 p.m. on the day prior to the desired day of publication and must include the author’s phone number for verification purposes. Material may be submitted via e-mail (viewpoints@tuftsdaily. Olivia Teytelbaum is a freshman who has com) or in hard-copy form at The Tufts Daily in the basement of Curtis Hall. Questions and concerns should be directed to the Viewpoints editor. The opinions expressed in the not yet declared a major. She can be Viewpoints section do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Tufts Daily itself. reached at [email protected] . 14 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Wednesday, March 7, 2007 THIS IS YOUR MOMENT Write a Viewpoint!

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It could SCAPEGOAT numerous treaties and bills that I had a friend once who abso- you’re eating with a group of be the answer to the mean- continued from page 13 prevent him from engaging in lutely refused to eat in the pres- friends, having an argument ing of life, but that gosh darn war Congress opposed. certain tactics during war. We ence of others. She would order about something totally irrel- food speck was just so ridicu- Some Democrats have said have signed treaties and passed a drink and maybe a salad or evant, when you have a stroke lous! Despite the fact that from that the Constitution prohibits laws prohibiting chemical and a basket of bread. Throughout of genius and start to make an early age we are taught not Congress from infringing on the biological weapons, torture, the dinner, she would sit and (what you think is) an unbeliev- to chew and speak at the same President’s ability to wage war crimes against humanity and watch everyone eat, smiling and able point. Maybe you stand time, we keep doing it. A phobic, once granted. Even if that were crimes against peace. All of these nodding, all the while torturing up, point some fingers, shout however, would refrain from the a correct interpretation of the laws impose conditions on the herself. a little bit and attract atten- situation altogether. Constitution, and I do not believe conduct of our armed forces. When I asked her why she tion in general. Then, in your Next time you are invited to a it is, Congress can choose to Certainly, the use of biological chose to be so intensely private moment of total glory (for all fancy dinner and diligently pon- fund, or not fund, virtually any- weapons is a tactic, as is torturing about her eating, she insisted we know, this could be your der the menu, realize how much thing it wants having to do with and murdering civilians. But our that it simply wasn’t polite ... and 15 minutes of fame), a pea- thought you give to the six ques- the military, with whatever con- Congress, in its wisdom, and our she was afraid of her dentures sized speck of white flies out of tions I mentioned earlier. There ditions it wants. The Executive Presidents have signed into laws falling out. She was 80. your mouth and lands on your is a reason we are coerced into has no inherent right to use the and ratified treaties that prevent You may be thinking to your- collar, or better yet, the collar attending events such as cotil- military how it wishes. In fact, some tactics from being utilized self, “Come on, Olivia. Just of the person next to you. You lions and dining etiquette train- for many years of this country’s by our Commander-in-Chief. because I’m conscious of what panic. Do you apologize? Do ing sessions. Whether we want existence, there was no military At that time, no one seemed to I’m eating doesn’t necessar- you wipe the belligerent crumb to or not, people are going to as we understand the term. We speak up, saying that Congress ily make me phobic. Give me a of masticated fodder from your judge us by the food we eat and had no standing army. was somehow encroaching on break!” disgruntled neighbor? how we eat it. After all, we are some sort of carte blanche for Before you go writing your- Whatever you do, the point what we eat. the president to run any war he Many Democrats wants, any time, any way. ... have stated that Since congressional Democrats can’t actually think they believe the the Constitution prevents them from stopping the war, as it Constitution prevents didn’t stop Congressmen such Congress from micro- as Senators Kennedy or Biden in 1973, why are they using the managing war, or Constitution as a scapegoat? otherwise infringing Well, for some Democratic poli- ticians, the answer seems clear: on the Commander- they don’t actually oppose the war. in-Chief’s war powers Senator Clinton, when asked if once they have been she could say without equivocat- ing that the war was a mistake, granted. responded, “knowing what we know now, I would never have voted for it.” The implication is Congress can choose to fund that Senator Clinton, knowing an army; it can choose not to what she knew then, would have fund an army. It can choose to voted for it, and indeed, she did. fund an army that only goes cer- Why Senator Clinton could not tain places, or it can choose to oppose a war in 2003 that mil- fund an army that can go any- lions of Americans opposed is where. It can fund an army of beyond me, but she has her posi- 150,000 troops, or 150,001 troops, tion, and she’s holding it, even or any number it wants. If the if she is trying to have it both President finds the decision of ways. Congress, expressed through But what Hillary Clinton’s law, unwise, s/he can veto the position suggests is that some Bill. The Constitution offers the Democrats, like Joseph Biden, President no greater power. don’t oppose the proposals History is replete with exam- against de-escalation because ples of Congress only authoriz- they think that they are uncon- ing funds for certain military stitutional, but that they oppose actions. From the dawn of our these proposals because they nation’s history, such as the so- don’t agree with them. Some called Quasi-War with France Democrats, like Hillary Clinton, to more recently in Vietnam, like to pretend they would have Congress has appropriated funds voted differently, when in reality for our armed forces with spe- they would do the same thing cific conditions, such as in what again. Others who, like Biden, geographic areas the funds can have neither Clinton’s adroitness be used to support our forces. nor the courage to state their Indeed, Congress has enacted actual views, try to find a scape- and the president has signed goat. Biden’s is the Constitution.

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INSIDE THE NESCAC Late-season surge propels Middlebury to fourth-straight title Panthers earn lone NCAA bid after topping Colby, Bowdoin BY SAPNA BANSIL happen during the year that motivate Daily Editorial Board you,” Middlebury coach Bill Beaney said. “Losing some hockey games moti- By Jan. 13, men’s hockey power- vates you. We dealt with that adver- house Middlebury had already lost its sity, and our guys just got over it. We most games since the 2002-03 season, really started focusing two weeks ago endured its longest losing streak in two on playing the best hockey we could. years, and suffered its worst loss since I think it really came together for us 2003 — a 6-2 thrashing at the hands of this last weekend. We played two good Bowdoin. games.” But as it turned out, Middlebury The Panthers’ ability to weath- was not a three-time defending con- er their first-half struggles is all the ference champion ready to relinquish more impressive considering that their its NESCAC title, but rather, a sleeping NESCAC competition was particularly giant waiting to be roused. strong this season, with many teams The culmination of Middlebury’s enjoying historic years for their pro- awakening came in the final weekend grams. Bowdoin locked up its first-ever of the NESCAC Tournament, played on No. 1 seed in the conference tourna- Saturday and Sunday at Bowdoin, when ment with an 11-6-2 NESCAC mark. the second-seeded Panthers took their Fourth-seeded Wesleyan, meanwhile, seventh conference title in eight years earned its highest-ever finish in the after inching past No. 3 Colby in the regular season standings, while Conn. semifinals, 4-3, and holding off top- College made its first trip to the con- seeded Bowdoin in the title game, 4-2. ference tournament after finishing the For the Panthers, the early-season season in sixth place. COURTESY BOWDOIN ATHLETICS setbacks provided the impetus for Even though NESCAC teams were The Middlebury men’s hockey team captured its fourth-consecutive NESCAC title with a 4-2 making a deep postseason run. win over top-seeded Bowdoin in Sunday’s championship game. The Panthers are the confer- “I think there are certain things that see MEN’S HOCKEY, page 19 ence’s lone representative in the NCAA Tournament, which kicks off tonight in Vermont.

INSIDE THE NESCAC ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT PROFILE Amherst completes miraculous run, From Storrs to Medford, claims fi rst-ever NESCAC title Berube makes an impact Jeffs topple heavyweights Bowdoin, Middlebury in overtime thrillers NESCAC honors women’s basketball coach after team’s 8-1 conference clip BY APNA ANSIL But at no time has the Jeffs’ with the best teams. We got so S B BY RACHEL DOLIN Daily Editorial Board fourth-year coach been part much confidence from pull- Daily Editorial Board of a run as improbable as the ing out some close games that Amherst women’s hockey one he embarked on over the we played down the stretch When University of coach Jim Plumer is no strang- past two weeks. Third-seeded [of the regular season], and it’s Connecticut women’s basket- er to success in the NESCAC Amherst, which before this allowed us to have more fun in ball coach Geno Auriemma Tournament. season was 0-5 all-time in the the way we played and feel less heard that Carla Berube won While an assistant at Bowdoin NESCAC Tournament, won pressured. This weekend was the NESCAC Coach of the Year for three years, Plumer helped three overtime games, includ- a culmination of that because award last week, he sent flow- lead the Polar Bears to the con- ing the championship bout in we had nothing to lose. The ers to congratulate her on the ference title in the tournament’s three extra frames, to claim the kids just went out there and accomplishment. inaugural season in 2002 and a program’s first-ever conference played.” Although Auriemma watched return trip to the finals the next title on Sunday. Sunday’s title game was eas- Berube make her initial stamp year, as Bowdoin established “First of all, I would say ily the most dramatic stage of on the basketball world while itself as a conference heavy- — wow,” Plumer said. “I knew playing for UConn from 1993- weight. we had the talent to compete see WOMEN’S HOCKEY, page 22 97, she has come a long way since then. Despite finishing up her playing career in the late ‘90s, Berube never really divorced herself from the game. Since 2000, she has worked towards COURTESY TUFTS ATHLETICS establishing herself as one of Fifth year women’s basketball coach the region’s elite coaches, and Carla Berube won NESCAC Coach it only took a few years before of the Year last week. people began to recognize her In characteristic Berube ability to lead from the side- fashion, she is quick to attri- lines. Berube’s efforts finally bute the success to her support materialized in a NESCAC staff of players and coaches. Coach of the Year award “I truly believe it’s not announced last week. Coach of Year — it’s staff of the “Coming from a Division year,” Berube said. “I wouldn’t I school, she had a different have received this award if I mentality about coaching,” said didn’t have the help of assis- senior Taryn Miller-Stevens, tant coaches, specifically the who played under Berube for addition of [graduate assis- four years. “And when she got tant] Kate Gluckman this year. to Tufts, while she had initial It’s very rewarding that the success, there was definitely NESCAC coaches recognized a transition process. She real- us and the year we had.” ized that in being a coach at Regardless of the help the Division III level, you have she has received, the former to have a more personal rela- Husky has exhibited some of tionship with players. And this the leadership skills that made year especially, she has done a her famous while playing dur- great job communicating her ing Connecticut’s heyday. vision.” Although continually perform- In her fifth season at the ing in front of a packed crowd helm of the program, Berube’s of 10,000-plus fans at the Div. I development as a coach man- level is a different reality to the ifested itself in the form of competitions held in Cousens, an 18-8 overall record, which to Berube, basketball is bas- edged her career total to 77- ketball no matter how you 44. But it was the team’s 8-1 slice it. COURTESY KATHY NOLAN mark and historic postseason “The way I learned to play Amherst freshman goaltender Krystyn Elek stopped a record 65 shots during the Jeffs’ triple-overtime victory over run in NESCAC competition at Connecticut has a lot to do top-seeded Middlebury on Sunday, which clinched Amherst’s first-ever conference title. The NESCAC Rookie of the that earned her the attention Year, Elek will be between the pipes when the Jeffs play in their first-ever NCAA Tournament game on Saturday. of coaches around the league. see BERUBE, page 21 18 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Wednesday, March 7, 2007 DAILY DIGITS MEN’S FENCING Men’s club fencing squad works toward 5 20 improving the young talent on their team Number of Jumbo swimmers and In millions, the number of guar- divers representing Tufts in NCAA anteed dollars in the contract of Jerry Porter for the Miami BY CARLY HELFAND competition. They are: junior Senior Staff Writer diver Kendall Swett, freshman Dolphins. After being released diver Lindsay Gardel, and senior by the Pittsburgh Steelers one tri-captains Chole Young-Hy- week ago, Porter, who has Although their showing at man and Jess Bollinger for the posted 60.0 sacks and 10 INT the Feb. 24 New England women’s swimming and diving for his career, signed a fi ve-year, Championships was not as team, and senior co-captain Greg $32 million deal with Miami. favorable as they might have Bettencourt for the men’s swim- hoped, the members of the ming and diving team. men’s fencing club saw success 41 this year, consistently matching their regular season opponents. Current match winning streak of Despite the absence of junior 5 world No. 1 Roger Federer, tying foil star Dan Tovrov, who is Bjorn Borg for fourth longest- Number of Jumbos representing abroad, the combination of longest winning streak of all strong veteran leadership and Tufts in NCAA competition as time. The 25-year old Swiss took runners. They are: senior tri- a significant contribution from home the Dubai Tennis Cham- the freshman class made for an captain Sarah Crispin and juniors pionships title Saturday with a Cat Beck, Kaleigh Fitzpatrick and impressive year. straight-set win over Tommy When practices commenced Katy O’Brien for the women’s Haas of Germany. Federer is a indoor track team and senior tri- in the fall, the team saw a crop perfect 12-0 in singles in 2007, of newcomers in addition to captain Fred Jones for the men’s including this year’s Aussie Open indoor track team. the team’s returning members, title, and remains fi ve games which, considering the squad’s short of Guillermo Vilas’ all- limitations, boded well for the COURTESY AARON DONOVAN time record of 46-consecutive future. Freshman Sam McCauley, right, duels MIT sophomore Spencer Sugimoto 3.5 matches. “We’re a club team, which at the Feb. 24 New England Championships hosted by MIT. McCauley Cumulative Fall 2006 grade means a couple things,” senior secured fifth place in the individual foil competition. point average of both the epee captain Matt Deeg said. Not only do you have to physi- men for the season. men’s and women’s swimming 4 “We don’t recruit good fencers. cally figure out what you’re “We had two freshmen in the and diving teams. The College We take what we get, which is doing, but you have to mentally foil squad, and they both start- Swimming Coaches Association Number of days until Selection fine, but since it’s a club sport, it figure it out.” ed for us this year,” senior team of America ranked both teams Sunday, when the full 65-team forces people to go out and get Fortunately for the Jumbos, president David Werth said. in the top 10 in NCAA Div. III, bracket for the NCAA Men’s lessons. It’s hard because the they retained what would with the men’s team sixth and Basketball Tournament will be learning curve is pretty steep. become a strong class of fresh- see FENCING, page 21 women’s squad ninth. announced.

INSIDE MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL UNC downs Duke in bloody feud; Blue Jays upset Southern Illinois Salukis BY MATT MERTENS tically low seventh seed, pitting Senior Staff Writer it against tenth-seeded North Carolina State tomorrow. With Duke freshman Gerald the win, UNC clinched the No. Henderson added a new chap- 1 spot in the tourney and a first- ter to the Duke-North Carolina round bye, edging out the Virginia rivalry on Sunday. Cavaliers for the top seed. Both With the No. 14 Blue Devils squads had the same ACC record, trailing by double digits with just but the Cavs dropped the in-sea- 14 seconds left, Henderson com- son head-to-head match-up with mitted a flagrant foul on UNC star Carolina. sophomore Tyler Hansbrough, In mid-major action, the breaking the forward’s nose and Creighton Blue Jays upset No. 11 earning an ejection. Hansbrough, Southern Illinois to notch their who scored 26 points and sixth Missouri Valley Conference pulled down 17 rebounds in the title in nine years and grab an Tar Heels’ 86-72 win, had to be automatic bid to the NCAA restrained before he left the court Tournament. The tournament to receive medical attention. He MVP, senior Nate Funk scored will play in UNC’s second-round 19 points and added four assists ACC tournament contest. while leading the Blue Jays to the Henderson earned himself the victory, which snapped both an everlasting antipathy of Tar Heels eight-game losing streak to the fans and a suspension for the first Salukis, and Southern Illinois’ MCT game of the ACC Tournament, in North Carolina’s Dewey Burke holds back teammate Tyler Hansbrough, bloodied after a flagrant foul by Duke’s which Duke is an uncharacteris- see MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 22 Gerald Henderson on Sunday. The Tar Heels defeated the Blue Devils 86-72. STATISTICS | STANDINGS SCHEDULE | March 8 - March 12

2007 NFL Draft Order Div. III Men's Indoor Div. III Men's Lacrosse Preseason Poll Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon 2006 Track and Field Poll First Round Record 1. Mt. Union Record Pts 1. Oakland Raiders 2-14 2. Monmouth 1. Salisbury (15) 3-0 300 NCAA Fencing Regionals 2. Detroit Lions 3-13 3. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 2. Gettysburg 0-0 281 3. Cleveland Browns 4-12 4. SUNY Brockport 3. Roanoke 2-0 250 5. North Central 4. RIT 0-0 245 4. Tampa Bay Bucs 4-12 at Skidmore 6. Wisconsin-La Crosse 5. Wesleyan 0-0 238 Men's 5. Arizona Cardinals 5-11 Lacrosse 1 p.m. 6. Washington Redskins 5-11 7. Wisconsin-Whitewater 6. Wash. (Mo.) 0-0 211 7. Minnesota Vikings 6-10 8. Tufts 7. Middlebury 0-0 210 8. Houston Texans 6-10 9. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 8. Lynchburg 1-0 181 10. Augustana 9. Geneseo 0-0 179 Women’s 9. Miami Dolphins 6-10 Lacrosse 10. Atlanta Falcons 7-9 11. Wisconsin-Platteville 10. Ithaca 1-0 151 11. San Francisco 49ers 7-9 12. Ohio Northern 11. Cortland 0-1 139 12. Nazareth 12. Buffalo Bills 7-9 13. Bates 1-0 136 Men’s 13. Stevens Tech 13. St. Louis Rams 8-8 14. SUNY Cortland 0-0 132 Swimming 14. Carolina Panthers 8-8 15. Wartburg 19. Tufts 0-0 38 15. Pittsburgh Steelers 8-8 16. Green Bay Packers 8-8 Women’s NCAA NCAA NCAA Div. III Women's Indoor Div. III Women's Lacrosse Championships Championships Championships 17. Jacksonville Jaguars 8-8 Swimming 18. Cincinnati Bengals 8-8 Track and Field Poll Preseason Poll @ Houston, TX @ Houston, TX @ Houston, TX 19. Tennessee Titans 8-8 1. Wisconsin-Oshkosh Record Pts 2. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 1. TCNJ (8) 20. New York Giants 8-8 0-0 268 Men's at Colby 21. Denver Broncos 9-7 3. Tufts 2. Gettysburg (1) 0-0 261 Tennis 1 p.m. 22. Dallas Cowboys 9-7 4. Ohio Northern 3. Amherst (6) 0-0 251 23. Kansas City Chiefs 9-7 5. Baldwin-Wallace 4. Bowdoin 0-0 242 24. New England Patriots 12-4 6. Illinois Wesleyan 5. Middlebury 0-0 239 (from Seattle) 7. Wartburg 6. Cortland 0-0 231 Women's 25. New York Jets 10-6 8. Augustana 7. Salisbury 0-0 198 Tennis 26. Philadelphia Eagles 10-6 9. North Central 7. Frank./Marsh. 0-0 198 27. New Orleans Saints 10-6 10. SUNY Cortland 9. Colby 0-0 186 Men's Track NCAA NCAA 28. New England Patriots 12-4 11. Chicago 10. Williams 0-0 167 and Field Championships Championships 29. Baltimore Ravens 13-3 12. SUNY Brockport 11. Wash./Lee 0-0 137 @ Rose Hulman @ Rose Hulman 30. San Diego Chargers 14-2 13. Rochester 12. Mary Wash. 0-0 98 31. Chicago Bears 13-3 14. St. Lawrence 13. St. Mary's 0-0 95 Women's NCAA NCAA 32. Indianapolis Colts 12-4 15. Monmouth 20. Tufts 0-0 46 Track and Championships Championships Field @ Rose Hulman @ Rose Hulman Wednesday, March 7, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 19

INSIDE WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL EVANS CLINCHY | DIRTY WATER Conference tournaments breed upsets as top teams fall and fail to gain automatic bid BY LAUREN EBSTEIN Daily Editorial Board Virginia on my mind As the Duke Blue Devils proved on Saturday, even an undefeated team y name is Evans, and I am becomes vulnerable in the postseason. Refusing to be another victim of the a Virginian. I know what No. 1 team in the country, No. 25 N.C. State pulled away with a 70-65 win in you’re thinking. the ACC semifinals, ruining the Devils’ M chance of being the first undefeated team That doesn’t make sense to you, does in women’s basketball since the 2001-02 it? University of Connecticut squad went My column is named after a 1966 song 39-0. by The Standells, a song which, despite The Blue Devils, who have not lost skyrocketing to No. 11 on the Billboard since the national title game against charts in that year, truly gained signifi- Maryland last year, fell to a team who has cance years after its release. won 10 of their last 11 since Wolfpack Hall The song is now iconic of Boston sports, of Fame coach Kay Yow returned from a as both Fenway Park and the Fleet Cen... two month leave of absence due to breast errr, I mean, TD Banknorth Garden ... play cancer. The win over Duke allowed N.C. it after every home Red Sox and Bruins State to advance to the final game of the win. “Dirty Water” is known for its rousing ACC Tournament for the first time since refrain of “Oh, Boston, you’re my home” 2001. sung at the end of each chorus. Duke jumped out to an early 14-2 But here’s the catch. The Standells aren’t lead, making 10 of its first 13 shots; how- from Boston — they’re from Los Angeles. ever, after eight minutes of play, the Blue Boston isn’t their home, it never was, and Devils turned cold and were unable to it never will be. The moral of the story? sink their last 11 shots of the half. Duke Never trust anyone. was plagued by poor shooting for the Anyway, I believe I was making a point. rest of the game, as their two all-confer- In the 19 years of my life that preceded ence studs, seniors Alison Bales and ACC my time at Tufts, three were spent in Player of the Year Lindsey Harding, com- Massachusetts, and the other 16 were in bined to shoot 7-for-26, with Harding another U.S. commonwealth. turning in a lousy 3-for-13 performance. Why do I hide my heritage? Is it because Senior Ashley Key led the way for the Virginia has no pro sports teams, and Wolfpack, contributing 21 points and all the nearby franchises (the Orioles, 14 rebounds to the winning cause. The Nationals, Wizards, Ravens, Redskins and win was N.C. State’s first over a No. 1 Capitals) have fewer combined champi- team since 1978, when it beat Wayland onships than the Celtics alone? Yes, that is Baptist. of course part of it. Despite the big win, the Wolfpack did MCT But the truth is, there’s a lot more about not fare quite as well in the champion- Duke’s Joy Cheek (left) and Lindsey Harding wrestle the ball away from North Carolina the South that I’m not proud of. There’s ship game, falling to the UNC Tar Heels State’s Marquetta Dickens during their semi-final game of the ACC Women’s 2007 basket- the whole slavery thing, there’s the con- 60-54. ball tournament on Saturday. The Wolfpack won 70-65. stant allegiance to Republican politicians, In addition to the No. 1 team in the The loss snapped Tennessee’s second for the Commodores. The Lady Bulldogs and then there are those damn accents nation losing its conference tournament, 11-game winning streak this season, in seemed out of sorts early on, trailing (let it be known: I wouldn’t be caught dead No. 2 Tennessee had similar problems, addition to taking away their automat- 37-18 at the half and never having a lead using the word “y’all”). losing to No. 10 LSU in the SEC semifi- ic bid to the NCAA Tournament. LSU throughout the game. But the time has come for me to admit it: nals. Junior Sylvia Fowles led the Tigers advanced to the title game of the SEC The Commodores played defense, there is one thing about being a Virginian with 19 points, 22 boards and three where it fell to No. 13 Vanderbilt 51-45. holding the Bulldogs to a mere 32.8 per- that I’m not afraid to discuss. And that, blocks. On top of her stellar numbers, Vanderbilt turned in an impressive cent shooting, while performing equal- dear reader, is what I’m here to address Fowles also helped the Tigers win by tournament performance, upsetting ly well offensively, making 57 percent today. silencing Tennessee star senior Candace No. 12 Georgia in the semifinal game of their shots. With the two top seeds Has anyone else taken a look at the ACC Parker, who turned in a career-low four before overtaking No. 10 LSU for the title. (Tennessee and Georgia) out of the tour- men’s basketball standings? Unbelievably, points in the game, miles below her 20.3 Sophomore Christina Wirth, who turned my hometown team, the Virginia points per game average. in a 21-point performance, led the way see WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL, page 22 Cavaliers, the pride and joy of my very own Charlottesville, Va., have finished the regular season tied with the North Carolina Tar Heels for first place in America’s most prestigious conference (that’s right, Big Bowdoin positive despite third-straight title game loss Ten fans, you heard me). MEN’S HOCKEY Bowdoin’s hosting of the semifinal and Although no team succeeded in The Cavaliers (or, as they’re known continued from page 17 final rounds made Middlebury’s task dethroning the Panthers, each school affectionately by students and fans, “the exceeding expectations, however, all the more daunting, as no member that advanced to the Final Four was Wahoos”) came out of practically nowhere no one in the league doubted that of the current squad had ever won a satisfied with its performance. Bowing this season, all the while laughing in the Middlebury was capable of making a collegiate game played in Brunswick, in the semifinals for the seventh time faces of everyone who ranked them dead championship run. Maine. in eight years, Colby remained con- last in their preseason ACC polls. The “I don’t know if there’s anyone that tent with its showing despite falling ‘Hoos are now 11-5 in the ACC, placing plays within our league that had the “I think there are certain short of its first-ever trip to the con- them three (three!) games ahead of the same analogy that the media may ference finals. Duke Blue Devils, who are inexplicably have had that Middlebury had a down things that happen during “I don’t think there are hockey gods ranked higher nationally, as they have year,” Colby coach Jim Tortorella said. the year that motivate you. out there that say Colby’s not going to been for a decade. “We all go through injuries, we all go get to the final game, or there’s that Maryland, Boston College and Virginia through sickness, we all go through Losing some hockey games big mountain that we got to climb to Tech, all good teams themselves, are a droughts within our sense of scor- get over the hump, all those clichés game behind as well; the Cavaliers, despite ing. But Middlebury is a team we all motivates you. We dealt with that tend to occur through the media,” starting the season just 9-6 overall and 1-2 respect within our league.” that adversity, and our guys Tortorella said. “Bottom line is when in league play in early January, are now The Panthers’ experience may have you get to the semifinal game seven tied with the Heels atop the league. ultimately handed them the edge over just got over it. We really out of eight years that the league has Charlottesville’s brand-spanking-new their upstart conference foes. Heading started focusing two weeks had a playoff, you’ve put yourself in a John Paul Jones Arena, opened this season into this year, Middlebury’s three pretty decent position.” to host UVA basketball, will have a 2007 opponents in this season’s NESCAC ago on playing the best For Bowdoin, which fell in the title ACC title banner hanging from its rafters, championships — Williams, Colby game for the third-consecutive year, as the Cavaliers have already locked up a and Bowdoin — had a combined 13 hockey week could. I think it the weekend showcased the strength share of the regular season title. wins all-time in tournament play. The really came together for us of the conference. That alone is quite the accomplishment Panthers, meanwhile, had racked up “This was nothing but a very posi- as the Cavs hadn’t won a league title since 17 victories all by themselves. this last weekend. We played tive weekend of hockey,” Polar Bears 1995 until now. But it gets better. If they “No question, I think our expe- two good games.” coach Terry Meagher said. “I think the can win this weekend’s ACC Tournament, rience was key,” Beaney said. “The NESCAC league should be very proud it’ll be their first tournament win since ... majority of the guys on the team were of the four games that were played brace yourself ... 1976. Bill Beaney familiar with the tournament’s level of here. It was just such a positive year Nineteen seventy-six! We’re talking Middlebury coach intensity, and they were able to share in the NESCAC — so competitive, so Gerald Ford in the White House, disco still the experience with the younger kids. many ups and downs in terms of the being cool, and virtually no one reading I think the experience allowed us to “Experience is so critical in being schedule. To have a big crowd and this column having been born yet. How be confident that if we went out and able to calm yourself down in those four great games, it was nothing but great a story would it be if the Cavaliers played our game, we’d be fine.” pressure situations, especially in positives.” ended their drought here and now, when Middlebury’s experience in the post- somebody else’s home rink, where they As the conference champion, no one predicted they would? season proved particularly important certainly had a great crowd, and espe- Middlebury received an automatic bid Obviously I’m biased, but I think it would this season, as the team was forced to cially since we were in Maine, where to the Div. III NCAA Tournament and play the final weekend of the NESCAC our seniors had never won before,” will make its 13th-straight appearance see CLINCHY, page 21 championships on the road for just Beaney said. “It is a different situation in Nationals. The opening round kicks the second time in the eight-year his- in the playoffs because everything is off at 7 p.m. tonight, as the Panthers Evans Clinchy is a sophomore who has not tory of the tournament. Once more, magnified: if you lose you go home.” host SUNYAC Champion Fredonia. yet declared a major. 20 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Wednesday, March 7, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 21 Club fencers look ahead Root for little guy in the ACC Tournament CLINCHY postseason game — no NCAA, Singletary, and a pair of star to the 2007-08 season continued from page 19 no NIT, no ACC Tournament, no seniors, guard J.R. Reynolds and FENCING ever, the unusual format at the be amazing. Coach Dave Leitao nothin’. big man Jason Cain. There’s also continued from page 18 New England Championships, in (who, by the way, was born in Gillen finally won in March a solid supporting cast around “They put in a lot of hard work. which A-, B-, and C-slot fenc- Massachusetts before mov- on his 11th try, beating Brown that trio, including rising stars Sam [McCauley] came in with ers only compete against other ing south) has revolutionized in the first round of the NIT. But like Tunji Soroye, Mamadi Diane experience and Dan [Jamison] fencers from their slot during the program in just two years, two years later, he was finally and Laurynas Mikalauskas. with a little less, but they both team play, may have caused the making himself the undisputed chased out of town, and it was Chances are you’ve never did a really great job. Also [fresh- Jumbos to falter. front-runner for ACC Coach of pretty clear why. In seven years, heard of any of these players. man] James Gilchrist started out “For some reason, we just don’t the Year. What an accomplish- the man never even got a whiff You probably couldn’t even say fencing foil and then switched compete as well in that format,” ment it would be for Leitao to of NCAA Tournament success. their names five times fast. But to sabre. He started for us at the Deeg said. “It’s disappointing, lead the Cavs to postseason UVA currently holds the give them a try. You might find it end of the year and adjusted because individually, we’re all glory, two years after taking over ACC’s longest drought in the Big a lot more fun rooting for them very well.” great fencers. A lot of times, it’s a train wreck of a program. Dance — to be exact, the team than for Tyler Hansbrough or After competing in an indi- just really hard to place a fencer Virginia’s previous coach, hasn’t won a game since 1995. DeMarcus Nelson. vidual meet in November, the because a bunch of people are the infamous Pete Gillen, came With Leitao in charge and a I know it, and you know it. Jumbos defeated club rival really close in level, especially in to C-Ville in 1998 following an tournament berth sure to come You’re tired of two-party rule in UMass by a score of 14-13 and sabre and epee, so it’s hard to say impressive tenure as coach at this Sunday, however, perhaps ACC basketball. Duke this and downed Boston University to who should go in which slot.” Providence College. He was now is the time for that streak to Carolina that ... it gets old. You conclude the semester at the McCauley’s performance did supposed to be the program’s end. want to root for the little guy season’s first team meet. Later provide a bright spot for the savior, and instead, he ran it This year’s team is led by one in this weekend’s tournament? in the season, the team secured Jumbos, as he took fifth place in into the ground. Gillen went five of the nation’s best point guards, Then just follow me. victories over Florida in a scrim- individual foil competition that years without winning a single junior leading scorer Sean All you have to do is say it. mage and University of New day. Hampshire and Dartmouth a In addition to a solid regu- week later at home. lar season record, the Jumbos The Jumbos owe a large cite their growth as a team as amount of their success to the another indication of this year’s Former Husky credits staff, players for success practice hours they logged con- success. BERUBE American Basketball League ing in the way, she has seen sistently throughout the season. “We kind of changed the cul- continued from page 17 (ABL) from 1997-98 and sign- only one sub-.500 finish dur- “Not all club teams, espe- ture of the team,” sophomore with the way I coach now,” ing on as the Providence ing her five years as a Jumbo cially for fencing but even in sabre Nathaniel Teichman said. she said. “My players think College assistant coach in — certainly a testament to her other sports, practiced as hard “Last year, we didn’t have very I’m crazy when I tell them we August 2000, Berube was knowledge, work ethic and as I think we did,” Werth said. good team chemistry, but we have had similar experiences. never able to separate herself passion for the game. “Regardless of the results, it was turned that around. We actu- It’s about being part of some- from the basketball court. “She’s really knowledgeable a pretty phenomenal effort for ally felt like a team this year thing bigger, about every- “Actually, after UConn I of the game, and I think she everyone on the team. We prac- as opposed to last year, and I’d one pulling for each other, wanted to get away from bas- has started to develop a good ticed three or four times a week, say that was our number one pushing past the goals we ketball for a while because relationship with her team which was really great.” achievement.” set for ourselves, and doing it had been my existence,” and understand how each “We’re lucky,” Deeg said. “Raw Just two weeks after its season’s the small things in practice. she said. “I did some volun- player responds differently,” talent-wise, the people on the conclusion, the men’s fencing club It’s the strong bonds and the teer work in California, but I sophomore Kim Moynihan team at the beginning of this is already looking toward next year. relationships you will have wanted to get back into it — I said. “We’re really proud year came in with less talent Although the team will graduate for the rest of your life. got the itch for basketball.” of her, and this was a great than in some of the years past, three seniors and lose a couple of “I really want to try to mir- Apparently, basketball had reflection on what the team but they more than made up for juniors to programs abroad, the ror that as much as possible,” the itch for her, too, as she accomplished this year.” it with dedication. We worked team will look to its newest mem- she said. “It’s still the same beat out a pool of nearly 100 Through all the experience really hard, and we were reward- bers to anchor its play and con- kind of experience. I think I’m applicants to win Tufts’ head and all the success, Berube ed with extra attention from tinue this season’s success. passionate about the game, coaching position in the sum- never forgets to remind her [coach Jason Sachs]. That was “We have a pretty young team and that came from playing. mer of 2002. And while men- players of the three most something we really took pride for both the sabre and foil squads, I want [my players] to work toring a successful team in the important things: “Play hard, in. There’s nowhere to go but up so that’s going to be really good hard in the way I worked hard NESCAC is not always an easy play smart, and have fun.” with these kinds of people.” for next year,” Werth said. “They at UConn.” job with perennially dominant Evidently, she hasn’t for- At the end of the season, how- should both be very strong.” Between playing in the teams like Bowdoin stand- gotten those lessons, either. 22 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Wednesday, March 7, 2007

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY victory exposed the NESCAC’s depth and continued from page 18 Washington out-rebounded UCLA 44- continued from page 17 proved the league runs deeper than its streak of 13-consecutive victories. 29 and held the Bruins to 31 percent Amherst’s emotionally-charged three- traditional heavyweights. Creighton placed three players — all shooting from the field, a defensive effort game run to the championship. Facing “The victory for Amherst was huge,” seniors — on the MVC All-Tournament made even more impressive when con- top-seeded and two-time defending Williams coach Shannon Bryant said. team, where it was joined by Southern sidering that the team entered the game NESCAC champion Middlebury on the “There’s more talent throughout this Illinois’ senior guard Jamaal Tatum and dead last in the league in points allowed road as a heavy underdog, the Jeffs, league. Looking across the board, at the junior forward Matt Shaw. Even with per game, at over 75. thanks to a huge effort from freshman schedules and results in the past two the loss, the Salukis’ excellent computer Unfortunately for the Huskies, howev- goaltender Krystyn Elek, stayed even years, I think it’s a pretty good indication numbers — a No. 4 RPI rating and high er, they still almost certainly need to win with the Panthers through five periods of to anyone who’s followed the NESCAC that poll position — could net them a two- or the Pac-10 Tournament to earn an NCAA hockey, despite being out-shot 66-21. it’s tightening up and it’s getting competi- a three-seed in the NCAA Tournament, bid, but they now enter the postseason When the game entered its third tive. It’s anybody’s title to win now.” which would make them the Missouri with momentum in their favor after con- overtime — an unprecedented event in But before anyone can look forward Valley’s first top-five seeded team since secutive wins over UCLA and then-No. 23 NESCAC Tournament history — Amherst to the intense intra-conference battles Tulsa in 1984. USC. finally broke through as sophomore for- of the coming seasons, Amherst and Who will fill the slippers of last No. 3 Kansas claimed the regular-sea- ward Anna MacLean found the back of the Middlebury’s 2007 campaigns live on, as year’s NCAA Tournament Cinderella son Big 12 title in impressive fashion, net 1:54 into the third extra session. The both teams will play in the Div. III NCAA George Mason this postseason? With taking down No. 15 Texas 90-86 and game, clocking in at 101 minutes, was the Tournament beginning this weekend. the Colonials’ 65-59 loss to the Virginia withstanding another scintillating perfor- longest ever played in the six-year history As the conference champion, the Jeffs Commonwealth Rams Monday night in mance from Kevin Durant. The freshman of the conference championship. received an automatic bid to Nationals the CAA title game, George Mason will phenomenon, who is leading the confer- “It’s very difficult to describe it,” Plumer and a first-round date with the Rochester almost certainly fail to earn an at-large ence in points, rebounds and blocks per said. “After you’ve played five full periods Institute of Technology on Saturday. bid to the Big Dance this season, leav- game, scored 32 points and grabbed nine of hockey, there’s no tactics, no major With just two regular season losses, the ing the role of tournament sleeper wide boards but sprained his ankle with 11 adjustments. There’s no coaching magic, Panthers earned an at-large bid and will open. minutes to go in the second half and was either. It’s not like I just invented pluto- host Manhattanville Friday night. George Mason had a shot to take home noticeably hobbled after returning to the nium or anything. These guys just refuse the CAA title and an automatic bid when floor. to let the other teams score. I’m kind of it led the Rams by five with two min- The Jayhawks overcame a 16-point still numb to the whole thing.” “After you’ve played five full utes to go, but VCU sophomore guard first-half deficit en route to the victory. The NESCAC Rookie of the Year, Elek periods of hockey, there’s Eric Maynor grabbed a pair of key steals Texas shot 57 percent from the field in was a proverbial wall in net in her first- and scored nine-straight points down the the first half, connecting on mostly wide- ever postseason, stopping a single-game no tactics, no major adjust- stretch to lead his team to victory. open looks generated by the constant conference tournament record 65 shots ments. There’s no coaching The regular season champion, Virginia double-teaming of Durant. In the second during Amherst’s victory over Middlebury. Commonwealth qualified for its first half, Kansas switched to single coverage Her effort on Sunday also helped her set magic, either. It’s not like I journey to the NCAA Tournament since on the forward, a tactic that, combined the mark for most cumulative saves in a the 2004 season with the win over the with his injury, held the Longhorns to just NESCAC Tournament at 127. just invented plutonium or Colonials. 34 percent shooting in the period. Elek’s rock-solid play has earned her anything. These guys just In Pac-10 play, the Washington Huskies With regular season play over and con- the respect of her entire team. showed some bite in toppling No. 2 UCLA ference tournament underway, bubble “She’s one of the most competitive kids refuse to let the other teams 61-51 Saturday in the regular-season fina- teams will put forward their best play in that I’ve ever met in my life,” Plumer said. score. I’m kind of still numb le for both teams. After clinching the the final push towards Selection Sunday. “To have a goalie that has that mental- regular-season Pac-10 title with a 53-45 With 27 automatic bids for tournament ity is incredible, and we see it in prac- to the whole thing.” victory over No. 13 Washington State last winners and 34 at-large bids available, tice every day. One thing that’s really Thursday, the Bruins had little to play for, anything is possible. unique is that we have a senior goalie, Jim Plumer [Lindsay Grabowski], who essentially has Amherst head coach become the backup. Those two pull for each other like nothing I’ve never seen ... [Grabowski] is Elek’s biggest fan.” While Middlebury will enter NCAAs Vanderbilt turns in big play to Sunday’s title-clinching victory came with the pressure of being a three-time just a day after the Jeffs took a semifinal defending national champion, Amherst win conference tournament showdown against another conference once again will play the underdog role, a power, second-seeded Bowdoin, and position in which it thrives. WOMEN’S COLLGE BASKETBALL key breakaway basket with 23 seconds eight days after they squeaked past Little “We’re thrilled that we’re in a place continued from page 19 remaining on the clock. Three archrival Williams in the opening where this is all gravy,” Plumer said. nament, the Commodores only had to Davis’ performance proved a sur- round, both in come-from-behind, over- “It’s a reward for everything we’ve done. overcome LSU en route to their third prise to a team who has been led by time fashion. These guys don’t want this season to conference championship in six years. three-point shooters Wirth and senior By winning the NESCAC Tournament, end. Nothing surprises me with these While the semifinal game was not Caroline Williams all season and early Amherst ended Middlebury and kids. There’s so much heart, there’s so even close for the Commodores, the final in the tournament. LSU has lost the last Bowdoin’s joint reign atop the confer- much character and there’s so much fun game came down to the wire as senior three championship games, falling to ence, which saw the national powerhous- that they’re having, that I wouldn’t be Dee Davis got the job done, turning in Tennessee in both 2005 and 2006 by a es capture the only five other conference surprised at anything that happens from a 19-point performance and making a combined nine points. championships ever played. The Jeffs’ here on in.” Wednesday, March 7, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS 23

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