Today: Mostly Sunny THE TUFTS High 50 Low 34 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Rain / Snow Since 1980 High 40 Low 33 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 47 DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007 Former child laborers speak Surprise alcohol regulations out about their experiences mar Hotung’s re-opening BY ROB SILVERBLATT Daily Editorial Board terday, but most of the frustration was directed toward the identification When Hotung officially re-opened policies. yesterday, a ban on using out-of-state “People are definitely frustrated and IDs to buy alcohol and a two-drink students feel as if this is an instance limit for beer and wine caught almost of Dining Services creating loopholes everybody by surprise. and boundaries that aren’t com- Dining Services implemented municated ahead of time to them,” the regulations, but students, Tufts Robinson said. “To me, it shows a Community Union (TCU) senators and failure on Dining Services’ part to at even Dean of Student Affairs Bruce least be transparent about [their] pro- Reitman said they had no knowledge cedures.” of the rules until after 5 p.m. yester- Reitman also found the lack of com- day, and wish they’d been consulted. munication troublesome, as Hotung, The policy now in place is that which is located in the campus center, to buy alcohol, students 21 or older is at the intersection of many inter- must provide either a passport or a twined jurisdictions. Massachusetts ID. No IDs from other The campus center is a building states are accepted. Students who buy dedicated to student activities, the alcohol also have to wear a wristband new renovation to Hotung stemmed that marks the number of drinks that largely from a Senate and student they buy. Students can only buy one affairs initiative, and Hotung itself is a JO DUARA/TUFTS DAILY drink at a time and no more than two Dining Services facility. Former child laborers Sanita Lama and Jaya Bhandari, as well as Nina Smith (LA ’89) and Professor in one night. “All those groups should be involved Drusilla Brown, pictured here from left to right, discuss child labor in carpet factories. Reitman and Senate Historian and in a conversation about what controls sophomore Neil DiBiase speculated are in place, and that didn’t happen,” BY KAT SCHMIDT the age of eight and was forced to go that these regulations stem from legal Reitman said. Daily Editorial Board weave at a carpet factory in Kathmandu. concerns. Director of Dining Services The policy in effect today, he said, “It was horrible,” she said. Patricia Klos did not return two calls is impractical since most students live Ten years ago, if you told Sanita Lama But thanks to a school sponsored by a to her cell phone last night for com- outside Massachusetts or didn’t bring and Jaya Bhandari, two former child nonprofit organization called RugMark, ment. a passport at school. “There should be laborers, that one day they’d be sitting in she got an education and another chance. TCU President Mitch Robinson and another way ... that works better,” he Tufts’ Hillel talking about their lives, they “I found love with the teachers,” she Reitman have both been involved in said. wouldn’t have believed you. said, composing herself. Now, Lama has plans that renovated the space and From his perspective, Tufts-issued In fact, they never thought they’d earned her secondary school proficiency added beer and wine to the menu. IDs, which include the cardholder’s get out of the Nepalese carpet factories certification and is teaching adult carpet While they both met frequently with a date of birth, should be adequate where they worked 12-hour days and workers English, math and sanitation. group of interested parties, including proof that students are of age to buy seven-day weeks weaving carpets, tak- Lama is one of more than 3,000 success Dining Services, they said that no one alcohol. “I don’t understand ... why a ing their rest by sleeping on the floor stories in the history of RugMark, which had mentioned the restrictions that Tufts ID card doesn’t suffice,” Reitman between the looms. has worked since 1995 to end child labor students faced yesterday. said. Lama, a petite 19-year-old clad in in India, Nepal and Pakistan, explained Both sets of regulations — those Students who arrived for the official a print dress, shed a few tears while involving IDs and those involving recounting how she lost her mother at see CHILD LABOR, page 2 drink limits — created confusion yes- see HOTUNG, page 2 TFA aims to ‘Take Back Sleeping on the Quad the Night’ for women

BY MARTIN SATTELL cially threatening for women Daily Staff Writer because incidents of sexual violence typically occur after In order to raise awareness the sun goes down. about sexual violence and “The idea is for women to abuse at Tufts and address reclaim the night — to feel stereotypes surround- safe at night walking around ing these issues, the Tufts campus, walking to their cars, Feminist Alliance (TFA), or at parties,” she said. with the help of the Women’s This year’s Take Back the Center, is hosting a Take Back Night will begin with a stu- the Night forum tonight at 8 dent-led forum and will p.m. in Eaton 201, which will examine the repercussions be followed by a rally and on survivors, witnesses and candlelight vigil. perpetrators of sexual vio- Take Back the Night is an lence and abuse, accord- event that seeks to end vio- ing to Elaine Theodore, the lence and discrimination coordinator of Tufts’ Violence against women, with specific Prevention Program. emphasis on sexual violence “It is an interactive critical and abuse. It is internation- thinking session about how ally observed, but there is no we [look at] the issue in rela- universal date on which it is tion to the Tufts community,” held. she said. “[The event] is called ‘Take As such, students will per- Back the Night’ because night form a series of tableaus that is a time of vulnerability for represent different forms of ANJALI NIRMALAN/TUFTS DAILY women,” Interim Director of sexual violence and abuse, Members of Pangea erect one of the several tents that were put up outside of West Hall yesterday. the Women’s Center Susan ranging from potential Last night, students slept in them as part of a “Symbolic Refugee Camp.” The night in the tents was Gilbert said. harassment to more seri- part of a three-day campaign meant to draw attention to the plight of refugees and internally dis- According to Gilbert, who ous assault. According to placed persons around the globe. The event continues today and tomorrow, though students will is involved in the planning of not be sleeping on the quad again. the event, nighttime is espe- see NIGHT, page 2

Inside this issue tuftsdaily.com Today’s Sections LEAVING A LEGACY ‘PICTURE’ THIS News 1 Viewpoints 15 Children of alumni get a Tufts Symphony ushers in boost during admissions but spring this Saturday with Features 3 Sports 19 may suffer in the long run ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ Arts | Living 7Classifieds 22 Editorial | Letters 14 Comics 23 see FEATURES, page 3 see ARTS, page 7 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Wednesday, April 11, 2007

WORLD IN BRIEF BUSH SIGNS LAW ON UKRAINIAN, Students upset over unanticipated Hotung policies GEORGIAN ACCESSION TO NATO HOTUNG “We’re not going to sit here for a of state to have a passport ... isn’t nec- U.S. President George Bush has signed into law continued from page 1 night to have two beers,” he said. essarily a fair assumption,” she said. legislation supporting a Ukrainian and Georgian opening of Hotung yesterday were also With the new regulations in place, Although it is still unclear whether bid to join NATO, the White House press service surprised by the regulations. he said there was no reason for 21- these regulations will change, DiBiase said Tuesday. Seniors Drew Giacomi, J.W. Wright plus students to prefer Hotung over said that he hopes to discuss them “The President signed into law the NATO and junior Stephanie Dueno, all of local bars. “I think it’s unacceptable ... during a previously scheduled meet- Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007, which reaf- whom are over 21, had no idea when It’s just not worth it anymore,” Wright ing about Hotung where a dining ser- firms support for continued enlargement of the they entered the café for dinner that said. vices representative will be present. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), desig- they would need either a Massachusetts As for the requirement that students He said that he hopes a compromise nates Albania, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, and ID or a passport to buy alcohol. use a Massachusetts ID or passport, he can be reached that would allow more Ukraine as eligible to receive assistance under the Although he retrieved a passport said that it would be much more rea- students to take full advantage of the NATO Participation Act of 1994, and authorizes from his room, Giacomi, a Connecticut sonable to require students with IDs new Hotung. fiscal year 2008 appropriations for certain military native, felt that the drink limit and ID from other states to buy their alcohol “As far as I’m concerned, it’s assistance for these countries,” the press service restrictions soured the promise that on points if Dining Services is con- unacceptable to make students use said in a statement on its Web site. the new Hotung would enliven cam- cerned about fraud. [Massachusetts] IDs,” he said. “We’d The NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of pus social life. Though students could make a fake be happy if they could just use their 2007, already approved by the Senate March “It seemed like [the renovation] was Tufts ID, he said it would be far harder state-issued ID.” 15 and the House of Representatives March 26, a step in the right direction toward to replicate the magnetic strip that In reaching a compromise, he said envisions $12 million in aid to Albania, Croatia, improving social life on campus,” he dispenses points. the Senate will certainly defer to any Macedonia, Georgia and Ukraine in 2008, which said. Dueno, a Georgia native who brought legal restrictions on IDs should they “have clearly stated their desire to join NATO and Massachusetts native Wright, who no passport and was not served, said exist. are working hard to meet the specified require- showed his state ID, was served, but she was “extremely disappointed and “We’re going to work with the admi- ments for membership.” said the drink limit would diminish unhappy” that students cannot use ration [in a way] that’s within the law A total of $30 million will be allocated from Hotung’s viability as a campus hang- out-of-state IDs. but also convenient for students,” he the U.S. budget to the countries between 2008 out. “To expect everyone who’s from out said. and 2012 under the same program.

IRANIAN MILITARY TO ISSUE BOOK, CD ON U.K. SAILORS’ ARREST Brown: the market can’t control for everything A book and a compact disc detailing admis- CHILD LABOR they may leave the factory to seek edu- Associate Professor of Economics sions by detained British sailors and marines that continued from page 1 cation supported by the organization, Drusilla Brown has studied RugMark they entered Iranian territorial waters illegally will Nina Smith (LA ’89), the organization’s whether at schools, vocational insti- and organizations like it, examining soon be issued, Iran’s military said Tuesday. executive director. tutes or boarding school-like rehabilita- their effect on labor economics for more Iran detained 15 British Royal Navy person- Labor for children under 14 is ille- tion centers in Kathmandu. than a decade. nel March 23 for allegedly violating its maritime gal in Nepal, but ongoing conflicts and RugMark will first try to re-integrate As an economist, Brown said that one border with Iraq. Britain has insisted the service- the monarchic government stand in the the children into their home commu- might expect her to say that markets men were in Iraqi waters under a U.N. mandate. way of enforcement, she said. nities and provide for their schooling work well enough in coping with eco- However, while the servicemen were in Iranian The organization’s model is simple: there. nomic pressures. But only in a limited custody, local television showed some of them RugMark licensees agree to operate Both Lama and Bhandari, the other number of countries, she said, has the apologizing for having illegally entered Iranian their factories with no child labor, and former laborers, were found in carpet market produced a good relationship territorial waters. their carpets receive a RugMark label, factories at the age of 10. between education and work for chil- Iran’s General Staff said the release would be which pictures the face of a smiling “The importance of them being here dren, and only since the 1930s. “I’ve in reaction to allegations made by the British sail- child and satisfies consumer demand is to put a face on what really is a very spent a lot of time trying to understand ors at a press conference following their release for ethical labor. hidden problem,” Smith said. why the market’s going wrong,” Brown last week that they had been forced to make the The Tufts stop was part of a four- “It’s [a] great opportunity to help said. confessions under psychological pressure and city tour to publicize RugMark’s “Most RugMark. I’m really, really happy with In the developing world, child labor is threats of imprisonment for seven years in Iran. Beautiful Rug” campaign, which is RugMark,” Lama said. “I want to end it, still an overwhelming concern. “Instead of thanking Iran for its magnanimous looking to raise consumer awareness child labor.” “Acting ethically turns out to be a treatment (of the sailors), the U.K. government of the carpets. And the organization Bhandari, also 19, said he never very good response,” Brown said of con- once again showed its aggressive and contemp- is making inroads: 4 million carpets thought he’d get out of the factory. sumers who are using their purchasing tuous attitude towards international norms by with the emblem have been sold in “They asked me if I liked education or power and clout to demand better con- staging this children’s performance after their Europe and North America since 1995 not. I loved the education,” Bhandari ditions for workers. release,” the statement says. and have appeared on display in New said. He’d never learned to read at the “Agencies like RugMark have become The book and the compact disc will present York’s Time Warner building and on the factory or at home, but had watched imitated by very large groups of peo- information on the arrest, interrogations of the set of the reality television show “The longingly as other children went off to ple,” and influenced corporate codes of U.K. servicemen and statements they made Apprentice.” school. conduct and other campaigns like that while under arrest. The organization is hoping to crack “I started from A, B, C, D,” he said, to for fair trade coffee, she said. 15 percent of the U.S. market share by laughter, of his training at the RugMark Smith also mentioned how her time 2012, creating what its leaders hope will center. at Tufts, namely through campus sit-ins 2 KILLED, 8 INJURED IN HELICOPTER be a “tipping point” to roll back child After being placed back in commu- and a divestment campaign in protest CRASH IN JAPAN labor in the region, Smith said. nities or in one of the cities, Smith of apartheid in South Africa, helped her Two people were killed and eight were injured Though there are still an estimated said, the children undergo physical and start thinking seriously about global Monday night when the helicopter in which 300,000 children toiling in carpet fac- mental health treatments to respond to justice. they were riding toppled sideways after catch- tories, RugMark’s efforts may be begin- long-term respiratory problems, mal- “I really began to understand how ing its rear rotor in a snowbank near the top of ning to make a difference; this number nutrition, spinal injuries and post-trau- our actions here have an impact half a Suishodake mountain in the Northern Japanese is down from 1 million two decades ago matic stress disorder. world away,” she said. “For me it was a Alps. according the RugMark’s Web site. While RugMark says more than 4,000 major learning time. There are so many The Toyama and Nagano prefectural govern- To try to ensure compliance with the children have been directly touched by wonderful professors and programs that ments dispatched three rescue helicopters to the no-child-laborers promise that mem- its educational programs, many others have created a real global awareness.” area early Tuesday morning. As of 8 a.m., all 10 ber factories make, RugMark inspec- may have also been helped if it has been The event was sponsored by the people — six passengers and four crew — had tors then circulate among them, Smith successful in drawing negative atten- Tisch College of Citizenship and Public been transported to one of three hospitals in the explained, and if children are found, tion to the practice of child labor. Service. prefecture. Pilot Tetsuya Fujita, 52, from Nara, and pas- senger Osamu Nagaya, 49, an employee of a construction firm from Matsumoto, were pro- Theodore hopes to increase male involvement in event nounced dead at a hospital in Kurobe. Both men NIGHT Essence, an all-female a cappella the scenarios in the forum will specifi- had suffered head injuries. Four people were continued from page 1 group, will perform at the vigil. cally address the issue in the frame- seriously hurt while the remaining four suffered Theodore, the forum is “interactive” While the event will focus on abuse work of LGBT relationships, she said. minor injuries. because attendees will be asked to and violence at nighttime, it will also Last year’s rally hit a record of 90 The helicopter overturned after hitting the take part in the resolutions of each of address discrimination and violence attendees, but Theodore said that par- snow about 100 meters from the Suishogoya the scenarios. against women in other scenarios, ticipation from male students has tra- lodge near the top of the 2,986-meter mountain. Participants will then organize a such as in the classroom or walking ditionally been low. The Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation rally and move to the Tisch Library down the street, sophomore and Tufts “I feel strongly that they are part of Commission of the Construction and Transport roof, where written accounts of sexual Feminist Alliance Co-Chair Amanda the solution and need to feel that they Ministry dispatched three investigators to the violence will be read during a candle- Harris said. have the power to impact the issue,” scene of the accident Tuesday morning. light vigil. Attendees will also be invit- Likewise, discussion will not be lim- she said. “This is an issue that tran- ed to share their own experiences, or ited to man-on-woman violence or scends race, class, ethnicity; it affects —compiled from McClatchy Newspapers those of a loved one or friend. abuse, according to Theodore. One of everyone equally.”

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Rain Few Showers Few Showers see ARTS, page 7 53/39 50/37 46/37 Features 3 THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, April 11, 2007 No legacy to stand on: Admission perk may harm children of alumni

BY CHARLOTTE STEINWAY Daily Staff Writer

Between the hordes of prospective students covering the Hill and skyrock- eting SAT scores, admissions at Tufts is becoming increasingly competitive. With massive tour groups and long lines at the bookstore, it’s hard for Jumbos to forget that the class of 2011 is on its way. But according to a recent study pub- lished in the journal “Social Problems,” not all freshmen are created equal: Legacy students who are given greater preference in college admissions are likely to suffer academically once they are admitted. The study was based on a survey of freshman at 28 elite universities, including Tufts. It found that legacy students who benefited from their leg- acy status received a boost equivalent to 47 SAT points during the admissions process, and that once they enrolled, legacy students were more likely to get poor grades or drop out. The Tufts Admissions Office repeat- edly declined to comment on any aspect of the legacy admissions issue. According to Gina LaGuardia, the Editor-In-Chief of the CollegeBound Network, increased contention about affirmative action and application subjectivity has made universities less likely to discuss legacy status in recent years. “Few colleges admit to legacy status being a factor in the admissions pro- cess,” LaGuardia said. College admissions experts acknowl- edged that discrepancies between leg- acy and non-legacy students may exist, MATT SKIBINSKI/TUFTS DAILY but cautioned against overgeneralizing Both the Common Application and the Tufts application supplement include questions about legacy status, an issue that has become increas- the issue. ingly controversial in college admissions. According to a recent study at Princeton University, students who are admitted with lower standards “Legacy offspring who have gone because of their legacy status tend to have a harder time once they get to school. through their entire lives letting mom or dad pave their way may not be a similar view. sions. “According to an article we did on the accustomed to the hard work that top- “These schools are very selective as “Think of legacy status as being like a topic in ‘College Bound Teen,’ being the tier colleges often demand, and could it is — even if a university is preferen- little star next to an applicant’s name,” child of an alum seemed to play a big- struggle academically once enrolled,” tially choosing legacy students, they are Rubenstone said. “Except in atypical ger role at some private colleges, which Sally Rubenstone, a senior counselor at still going to be qualified students who cases, a candidate will need more than depend on alumni support as a means Collegeconfidential.com, said in an e- deserve to be where they are going,” just a single star to be admitted to of fundraising,” LaGuardia said. mail to the Daily. “But the typical ‘elite Wintermeyer said. “I have a hard time the most selective colleges, but get- According to Wintermeyer, the college’ legacy student has already believing that [legacy students] at these ting even one star is a head start in the importance of legacy status varies been successful in his or her own right universities are really struggling.” selection process.” greatly between colleges and universi- and is no more likely to flounder than While they were skeptical about how LaGuardia said legacy status will nei- ties. the non-legacy [students].” legacy admissions affected students’ ther make nor break an applicant’s “Although the amount that legacy Amy Wintermeyer, a college guid- performance, most experts agreed, chances at admission, but agreed that factors into the process really depends ance counselor at the Archer School for however, that legacy status does play legacy applicants are given an extra Girls, a Los Angeles private school, had at least a slight role in college admis- boost. see LEGACY ADMISSIONS, page 5 Pre-meds, engineers and liberal arts students all pick up their pens Writing Across the Curriculum program transcends academic departments to offer assistance in diverse fields BY MARISSA CARBERRY per week. also frequently rotated directors workshop, those who choose to professors,” she said. Daily Staff Writer In the fall of 2007, such classes from a variety of disciplines in do so are enthusiastic about the Hardman and Pechenik both will include “Intro to Biology,” an effort to keep ideas fresh and course, leading to a more pro- said that they use many different For nearly every student across “The Cultural Revolution in provide different perspectives. ductive atmosphere. writing exercises in their classes. the world, one of the crowning China,” “Urban Economics” and Anna Hardman, an econom- For his marine biology seminar, skills that accompanies a college a wide array of others. ics lecturer and long-time writ- Pechenik asks students to bring education is simply the ability to According to Biology Professor “A lot of alumni say ing workshop teacher, said that in the first page of their research write better. Jan Pechenik, the program’s co- that they wish they the self-selected faculty mem- proposals. After each proposal is Freshmen often discover director and author of the book bers are also enthusiastic about read aloud, class members tell their former styles and high “The Short Guide to Writing had more opportuni- the course. their peers what they believe school techniques are ques- about Biology,” learning to write “You tend to get faculty mem- the paper is going to be about. tioned by new professors; what well in different disciplines can ties to improve their bers who are really committed Students’ responses, however, is an acceptable writing style for be key to succeeding both in col- writing. When you to teaching and like interacting often differ from the thesis. an English paper is no longer lege and beyond. with students,” Hardman said. “It’s really helpful to hear what acceptable for a bio research “A lot of alumni say that they enter the working “If a faculty member takes time other people think,” Pechenik paper. wish they had more opportuni- world, strong writing away from their own research to said. “Often, it is only when Learning how to transition ties to improve their writing,” he get to know their students bet- someone else reads over your from one discipline to another said. “When you enter the work- skills can give you an ter, then students should take writing that you can recognize can be difficult and confusing. ing world, strong writing skills advantage of that.” problems. My students see what As a result, some students are can give you an edge over most edge over most other First-time faculty members is unnecessary or unclear in turning to the interdisciplinary other people.” people.” take two brief writing workshop their papers. They are forced to “Writing Across the Curriculum” Other top schools, such as courses themselves — one after prepare and correct their papers program for help with writing. the University of Wisconsin, the Professor Jan Pechenik graduation and another shortly long before they are due. They The program was founded in University of Richmond and Director, “Writing Across the before classes begin. During the also learn how to give good feed- 1988 in order to teach students MIT have Writing Across the Curriculum” Program academic year, faculty mem- back.” how to write in various disci- Curriculum programs as well. bers meet once a month to swap Tufts students who have taken plines. Courses within the pro- But according to Pechenik, Tufts’ ideas. these courses say they have had gram allow students to prepare program is unique. Past directors include classics, Hardman said that writing positive experiences. Senior for exams and to receive early Unlike most schools, where biology, English and economics workshop is a great way for fac- Caitlin White, who took a writing feedback on papers. Each semes- programs are run by non-fac- professors. ulty members to not only get to workshop course about animal ter, a diverse group of approxi- ulty members, Tufts’ program is Tufts’ program also differs in know one another, but also to behavior, said that the Writing mately 20 courses offer small run by full-time faculty mem- that it is not required. According discuss academics. Across the Curriculum program writing workshop classes which bers. Pechenik said that over the to Pechenik, since students are “It’s really the only time I get meet an additional 50 minutes past 10 years the program has not required to take a writing to talk about teaching with other see WRITING, page 4 4 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Wednesday, April 11, 2007

BY THE NUMBERS The legacy admissions game Write a Viewpoint! BY ARIANNE BAKER 12.4 Percentage of legacies in Daily Editorial Board the class of 2010

With the class of 2011 newly admitted and roaming 3 Number of relationships that the Hill, the admissions game count towards legacy status is by and large over for incom- (applicants must have a par- ing freshman. For the next ent, grandparent or sibling Send submissions of 700 class, though, the process is who attended Tufts). just beginning. A recent study by two to 1,000 words in length to researchers from Princeton 70 Percent of athletes who University has cast light on benefited from their athlete one side of admissions for status with SAT scores lower [email protected] prospective students: legacies. than their school’s average The study found that children 77 Percent of black and of alumni benefit less than Hispanic students who bene- minorities and athletes while fited from minority status with their applications are being SAT scores lower than their considered, but suffer more school’s average academically once they get to 48 Percent of legacies who school. benefited from legacy status In this installment of “By with SAT scores lower than the Numbers,” the Daily looks their school’s average at the hard facts of college admissions, and how legacy status helps — and hurts — 3 Years since Texas A&M students as they apply. University stopped giving pref- erence to legacy applicants

298 Number of schools using the Common Application, which asks about legacy sta- 2 Number of times more likely tus, as their recommended it is for legacies to be admit- form ted at Yale and Princeton as of 2004, according to Penda Hair of the Washington, D.C. 47 Average number of “bonus Advancement Project in an SAT points” given to legacy NPR interview students who benefited from 3 Number of times more likely their legacy status, according it is for legacies to be admit- to a study of elite universities ted at UPenn as of 2004, that included Tufts University according to Hair 108 Number of “bonus SAT 4 Number of times more likely points” for athletes it is for legacies to be admit- 108 Number of “bonus SAT ted to Harvard as of 2004 points” for minority students

2004 Year that Massachusetts 2004 Year that President Senator Edward Kennedy (D) George Bush said that he does proposed a bill that would not support policies that give require colleges to submit legacies advantages, despite legacy admissions data to being a third-generation stu- the federal government every dent at Yale year

—compiled by Arianne Baker 159 Number of students of from the journal “Social the Class of 2010 invited to Problems,” CNN.com, NPR, a Legacy Reception in August Tufts University Admissions, 2006 Commonapp.org and the 1,284 Number of students in Tufts University Alumnae the class of 2010 Association Writing workshops help students interact more with professors WRITING of or not take English 1 or 2, continued from page 3 then taking a writing workshop allowed her to meet new people. would be particularly helpful,” “It made it much easier for Perry said. me to meet people in my class, Pechenik said that he’d like to especially other bio majors,” see more students taking writing White said. “We ended up study- workshop classes. ing together and taking seminars together.” White added that the writing “You tend to get fac- workshop gave her the opportu- ulty members who are nity to connect with her profes- sor on a more individual level. really committed to “I got to know my professor teaching and like inter- much better by taking seminar. He eventually became my advi- acting with students. If sor,” she said. Freshman Coza Perry, who a faculty member takes took English professor John time away from their Fyler’s writing workshop course on Chaucer, felt that the writing own research to get to workshop helped her do better know their students in class. “I think that college essay better, then students writing depends a lot on the professor,” Perry said. “I didn’t should take advantage think I needed a lot of help with of that.” my essay writing, but I think it’s helped me figure out how to Anna Hardman assess what a professor’s looking Lecturer, Department of for, while making sure I still have Economics a voice in the paper.” Both Perry and White said they think students should take “Learning to write is the most at least one writing workshop important thing you do in col- course during their time at lege,” he said. “Why not spend Tufts. an extra hour a week to work on “If you’re going to pass out your ability to write?” Wednesday, April 11, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES 5 Legacy students have a variety of reasons for choosing Tufts LEGACY ADMISSIONS may be more likely to apply. continued from page 3 “Hopefully, when alumni participate on the school, some schools do not in events and activities on campus make [their emphasis on legacy admis- ... they are exposed to the beautiful sions] a secret, and will actually encour- enhancements to our facilities [and] age legacy students to apply early,” can listen to the exciting research that Wintermeyer said. our faculty are doing, thus encourag- The University of Pennsylvania, for ing their children to be interested in example, publicly encourages lega- attending,” William said. cy application. It has established an But even when they do receive legacy Alumni Council of Admissions (ACA), preference, some students are turned which is a “resource for alumni fami- off by the idea of following in their par- lies who have children or grandchil- ents’ footsteps. dren going through the undergraduate “I’ve seen students eager to go to a admissions process at Penn,” accord- particular college because they’ve been ing to the ACA Web site. raised with raves about that school The University of Pennsylvania Web from mom or dad, or they have fond site also reveals to prospective legacy memories of attending reunions and students that “the legacy tie is a posi- homecoming games since toddler- tive supplement to your application.” hood,” Rubenstone said. “But I’ve also Admissions experts also said that, seen teenagers who take an ‘enough while most colleges consider legacy already’ view of the parental schools, status during admissions, certain leg- and who seem to make a point of favor- acy students receive more of a boost ing other colleges just to prove it.” than others. Legacy students at Tufts had mixed “The child of a very wealthy or views. involved alum may get a different “I was initially kind of repelled by the level of consideration that the progeny idea of falling directly in my parents’ of your more garden-variety grads,” footsteps. I wanted to be independent Rubenstone said. and have my own unique college expe- Wintermeyer said many students will rience,” said freshman Mimi Taskier, choose to apply to a parent’s alma whose father went to Tufts. “But I even- mater in order to receive legacy consid- tually looked at it from a very objec- eration. tive perspective, and am so happy that “As a college guidance counselor, I applied and eventually decided to I’ve had several cases where a stu- come.” dent would apply to their parent’s alma Other legacy students had different mater even if it wasn’t their first choice, reasons for applying to Tufts without just in case it would make a difference,” parental influence. Wintermeyer said. “I didn’t base my perception of Tufts Freshman Jeff Stone is one student off of the fact that my dad went here, who experienced pressure from his because I know that his experience 30 parents to follow in their footsteps. or 40 years ago was so different than “My parents were very adamant about what it is to students now,” freshman me applying to their joint alma mater,” and legacy student Leigh Cooper said. he said. Freshman Kelsey Lamere agreed. “I According to Thomas William, the would say that my dad [having gone to Senior Associate Director off Alumni Tufts] influenced my decision to apply, Relations at Tufts, students whose par- but it didn’t necessarily influence my ents are involved in alumni activities decision to come here,” she said. 6 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Arts|Living 7 THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, April 11, 2007

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my best friend and I were the only B“24” addicts that we knew of. This was back in the good ol’ days, when Teri Bauer

was still alive and Jack was trying to stop

the first assassination attempt on President

Palmer.

Since then, a lot has changed. Nowadays, it seems that everyone is in love with the show. All of my friends (and enemies) are talking about it on Tuesdays and I constantly hear mentions of it when I eavesdrop around cam- pus. On one hand, I know I should be happy. Since ninth grade, I’ve been pushing and needling anyone who would listen to watch

COURTESY TUFTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Jack race the clock. Now, everywhere I turn I For some Tufts student musicians, many weeks of rehearsal will pay off at TSO’s upcoming Spring Concert. can find someone to talk to about it. On the other hand, I am a terrible elitist (as BY NAOMI BRYANT up for its Spring Concert, which falls [Mussorgsky] composed it,” Malka I’m sure you have gathered from reading my Daily Editorial Board on Saturday, April 14. “Pictures at an Yaacobi, the orchestra’s conductor, column). Part of me gets a little twinge of pain Exhibition,” written in 1874 by Modest said. “You can hear the walking music from watching something that is just too pop- Classical music is not just for old Petrovich Mussorgsky, will be the focus in ‘Promenade’ and the music of the ular. There is a little piece of my soul that feels people — just ask any of the 70 mem- of the symphony’s performance. pictures. You really hear the imagery.” like every time I listen to someone else talk- bers of the Tufts Symphony Orchestra. Mussorgsky composed this piece fol- Despite its solemn topic, Mussorgsky’s ing about last night’s episode, it’s like Kiefer is lowing the death of his friend Viktor music offers a variety of emotions to its cheating on me. And then of course, there is Tufts Symphony Orchestra Hartmann, a 19th-century artist. audience. “You have movements that my fear that eventually “24” will become like Spring Concert “Pictures at an Exhibition” is like a are very lively, funny and so forth, but “Family Guy.” classical soundtrack depicting the com- you also have very elegant and majestic No, I don’t mean that Jack Bauer will even- April 14th at 8 p.m. poser walking through his dead friend’s movements,” Yaacobi said. tually be facing off against a giant chicken to Distler Hall, Granoff Music Center exhibition, using music to describe each The orchestra will be accompanied save the world. Allow me to explain myself. Tickets are $10 for adults, of the paintings that he sees. The music by two soloists, who are the winners of Back in eighth grade, I was grieving as the $2 for students is almost cinematic in its expression of a concerto competition that the music final nail was put into the Griffin coffin. In visual occurrences. 10th grade, I rejoiced when I heard about the This week, the orchestra is warming “It was a ground-breaking piece when see ORCHESTRA, page 9 DVD release. By the middle of junior year, I cringed whenever someone would quote Stewie. I would wish every day that “Family BOOK REVIEW TV REVIEW Guy” would vanish from my sight, forever returning to the beautiful shrine of nostalgia my memory had built for it. Young Harvard grad makes good ‘Sopranos’ gets And now, I’m scared. Whenever something I like starts getting popular, I fear for its future. BY GREGORY CONNOR Thankfully, “24” is still grand and enjoyable, Daily Editorial Board back to business but every time another person I’m friends BY HARRY WAKSBERG with gets hooked on it, the dread grows just a It’s easy to hate Simon Rich. He’s the son Daily Staff Writer little bit more. of New York Times columnist Frank Rich, The problem here is that everything then he’s a former president of the Harvard There’s a huge problem with “The must walk a fine line. If something is too pop- Sopranos,” and as we swiftly approach ular, then it faces the problem cited above. Ant Farm: And Other the very end, it’s looking increasingly like But if not enough people like it, then the show (or whatever else it is) faces the same tragic Desperate Situations The Sopranos fate as “Arrested Development,” “Freaks and Simon Rich Geeks” or “Family Guy” back in its original run. What’s a pop culture snob to do? Starring James Gandolfini, My dilemma only grows when I start to realize that sometimes I myself may be on Random House Trade Paperbacks Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco the other end of the situation. For example, and Michael Imperioli I recently have gotten into the American ver- Lampoon (as if it wasn’t enough that he Airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on sion of “The Office.” For the first few years, I got into Harvard, he had to excel too), HBO refused to watch it as it struggled for ratings, he’s been published in The New Yorker, saying in my typical elitist fashion that there Jon Stewart counts himself among his this problem will not get solved. It’s very is no way that it can match up to the British fans, and he’s recently released his debut unfortunate. one. But, after much (but not too much) per- collection of short stories, “Ant Farm and That problem is the show’s marketing, a suasion from friends, I finally caved, watched Other Desperate Situations.” And he’s problem which is really not that unusual. an episode and realized that, while it’s not the only 22 years old. Has anybody seen the billboard ads for British “Office,” it’s good in its own right. RANDOM HOUSE TRADE PAPERBACKS But when someone has the comedic Stepping on ants is efficient, but killing the rumored-to-be-cancelled “Veronica So, all’s well that ends well, right? Wrong! talent of Simon Rich, we have to let go of them with a magnifying glass is so much Mars”? Though the show concerns the For one Thursday, it suddenly struck me that all that jealousy and just admit that we’re more rewarding. adventures of a brilliant, jaded, wisecrack- I was now part of “them.” The “them” that inadequate. ing young woman, the ads feature the latches onto my favorite, under-rated, under- From the very first story its obvious this tune with the shared experiences of his attractive lead Kristen Bell looking pouty ground television show and turns it into an Rich kid has got talent. “The Ride Back generation. with her index finger in her mouth. The overly publicized phenomenon. to Beersheba” chronicles Abraham and Rich imbues common childhood mem- intent appears to be to draw viewers What do I do? Do I forsake my own enjoy- Isaac’s trip down from the mountain after ories with a screwball sense of humor: who want The CW to feature more night- ment to honor my own ideals? Or do I sit God decided he didn’t need Abraham to finding out the silent game isn’t really a time HBO-like programming — though back and watch “The Office” week after week sacrifice Isaac after all. Abraham tries to game at all (“This has got to be the cra- it apparently hasn’t worked, as “Veronica and allow myself to become a huge hypo- bribe his son with ice cream and compli- ziest day of my life”), the perennial last Mars” seems poised to be this season’s crite? And what happens if it becomes even ments (“Wow, I just noticed that you have place finishes in the Presidential Fitness “Arrested Development.” huge muscles!”) so that he doesn’t tell Test (it’s really only a way of determin- The way “The Sopranos” is advertised see TOOHEY, page 9 his mother what happened. Civilization ing the strongest so they could be sent buys into the whole cult of “Scarface” has had roughly 3,000 years to make this to the frontlines first), and one of two (1983). “Scarface” has become an icon joke, but Rich got to it first all because of times high school math is useful (Old used to justify a certain type of behavior, Devin Toohey is a sophomore major- an outlook that is not just slightly skewed ing in Classics. He can be reached at and utterly original, but also highly in see ANT, page 9 see SOPRANOS, page 9 [email protected]. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Wednesday, April 11, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 9

Toohey fears ‘24’ will be next ‘Family Guy’ Brown and Brew and Brannan TOOHEY umn, I really did not solve anything. of itself? Once everyone acknowl- continued from page 7 In fact, all I did was raise countless edged that the new episodes of more popular? Do I have the right conundrums that will forever haunt “Family Guy” were not as good as to frown down upon the Johnny me and possibly anyone else who the old ones, did that make them Come Latelys? I have often won- reads this column and feels akin to better? dered if the people who hopped my woe. Anyway, my apologies for not onto “24” in seasons 2 to 4 have that With that in mind, I think I’ll wrapping this up in a nice and neat privilege or not. Or do they have it leave you all with one final assault package. Of course, if I did that, to some extent, but not to the level on your delicate psyche: what the that would only serve to make my that people who have been in on it hell does one do if the habit of not column more mainstream. And it since Day 1? liking something because it is too would be overly “Twilight-Zone”- I feel like with this week’s col- popular becomes popular in and level ironic if I became too popular. Rich’s short stories a goldmine of one-liners ANT In this hypothetical situation, all of a minute to read. Maybe an continued from page 7 Rich would pass his CATs (Comic even better analogy is that these Rich Man: “Hello, everyone. I’ve Aptitude Test, obviously) with fly- stories are like popcorn. You don’t gone completely insane. Whoever ing colors. eat one piece of popcorn, you solves this trigonometry problem It’s impressive enough that Rich shove handfuls of the light, but- fastest gets all of the money in my is able to accomplish the task of tery treats into your mouth at a will”). making the reader laugh at a girl time. One of the funniest moments whose, “d4med liver ceases to But you always get a tiny piece in “Ant Farm” comes in what may function 4ever,” but it’s downright of kernel that sticks to the roof of be the first story ever named after amazing that he then sustains your mouth, sometimes for days. an emoticon, “:(.” “My innards R this balance between hysterical It’s this dark little kernel that takes JACOB WORREL/TUFTS DAILY swarming w/ 2morous growths laughter and uncomfortably dark Rich from being a funny comedi- New York-based singer, song- this role, the young artist has grown & the pain is excruci8ing,” the undertones through out the col- an to a gifted writer. While you’re writer and actor Jay Brannan per- increasingly popular on Web sites hepatitis C suffering, AIM-speak- lection. gorging yourself on Rich’s stories, formed at Brown and Brew last like MySpace.com and YouTube. ing teen says. Writing about Rich presents laughing like an idiot in public, night as part of the GAYpril series com, where he has developed a If there was a test administered a challenge because it’s nearly images remain in your mind long of on-campus events sponsored by loyal fan base. to comic writers this should be the impossible not to revert to tran- after you’re done reading. Tufts’ LGBT center. Brannan’s role The intimate show was the ideal essay question: “There is a young scribing all of his one liners in lieu The dying text messaging girl, in John Cameron Mitchell’s latest venue for Brannan, equipped only girl suffering from a terminal ill- of a review. Reading and quoting or the ants of the title story, fool- release, “Shortbus” (2006), has with his acoustic guitar and swoon- ness. Her entire family is falling Rich’s stories is like riding down ishly, but optimistically, trying to recently brought the Texas native to ing voice. A highlight of his set apart watching the disease slowly an icy hill on a sled with metal dig their way out of their plastic the spotlight. was a hilarious cover of N.W.A.’s eat away at her. She has lost the runners — once you get going, prison, or the mistreated farm The film follows a variety of “Straight Out of Compton.” His will to live. It is the saddest thing there isn’t really any way you’re animal who only thinks, “Me eat young New Yorkers whose lives soft, high-pitched singing style you have ever seen. Write a story going to be able to stop. food in bag. Rest. Sleep.” linger intertwine through their experience added a unique quality to the lyrics about her that makes the essay There’s hardly a bad story in as nagging reminders of the col- at an underground club known of the rap song. His original material reader laugh until he or she is the bunch (some of the political lection’s sense of underlying inse- for its open views of sexuality. In was also well received by the crowd, laughing so loud other essay read- ones near the end fall flat, but curity and that the world might the movie, Brannan plays his song perhaps a sign that he won’t remain ers ask if he or she is all right. And they’re only a page long so don’t be even more terrifying than we “Soda Shop,” a catchy pop tune so underground for much longer. please keep it under 300 words.” complain), and each story takes previously had thought. featured on the soundtrack. Since —Jacob Worrel ‘Sopranos’ last season still delivers Conductor predicts a connection to the ears of Tufts students ORCHESTRA continued from page 7 department holds annually. Freshman Brian Chau will begin the concert with part of “Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, Op. 26” by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev. Chau will be followed by baritone sophomore John Erban sing- ing “Granada” by Agustín Lara. The concert will conclude with “Pictures at an Exhibition.” The orchestra has faced many chal- lenges this semester. Moving into the new Granoff Music Center was prob- lematic because flooding affected many students in their ability to practice. HBO “The most challenging things are the COURTESY TUFTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Tony Soprano is uncool not only because he likes to go on picnics with his family at a beach deadlines of everyday life. For instance, Tufts Symphony Orchestra will perform house, he also enjoys antique shopping and reading romance novels while on vacation. this semester we moved to a new place, ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ this Saturday. and the basement of the new building SOPRANOS Almost nothing about Tony Soprano is cool. was flooded and practice rooms were music transcends everything,” Yaacobi continued from page 7 What makes the show worth watching is that it closed for three weeks. But we had to said. a type that is completely contrary to the film’s is a completely brilliant story of a family. James stick to our concert schedule,” Yaacobi Promoting orchestral music is very purpose. Quick note: Scarface dies in the end. Gandolfini is a terrific actor who manages said. “The question is, how do we get important to the Tufts Symphony He gets gunned down as he spirals out of brilliantly to convey Soprano’s uncertainty at around life with art? This is something Orchestra. In addition to traveling control with his cocaine addiction, after his almost everything he does and his confusion that every artist has to ask, something abroad, they hold concerts for school- sister finally realizes that Tony Montana has about the way people around him are acting. any actor or athlete has to face. In the children in Medford. The attendance to wanted to sleep with her all along. Sorry for This is not the world his father lived in, and end, you just have to do what you can, these performances is impressive, with the spoiler. that confuses him. and perform to the best of your ability.” around 1,500 children present this year The point is, though, that the guy is com- Edie Falco is heartbreaking as Carmela alone. Regardless of age or nationality, pletely pathetic. He gets high on his own sup- — she is almost constantly ambivalent about Yaacobi believes that the orchestra’s ply and pushes away everyone who loves him. what to think of living with a sociopathic “You can hear the walking music has a profound effect on every- And yet he’s become iconic for the badass life- monster. While Tony’s grandfather would have music in ‘Promenade’ and one who hears it. style. You know who’s a badass who dies young been able to argue that there was nothing else “It’s very interesting to see how peo- but never seems pathetic? Sonny Corleone. that his family could have done, “The Wire”’s the music of the pictures. ple react when they hear the symphony Let’s start putting him on T-shirts. Stringer Bell (Idris Elba) should serve as an orchestra for the first time. They can The same problem exists for “The Sopranos.” example to many organized criminals: If you You really hear the imagery.” tell that they are hearing a great art, and The advertisements would have you think that get your act together and break with Avon every art that can be considered great the show is all about the rise to power of a Barksdale (Wood Harris), it should be possible Malka Yaacobi has something very deep and univer- tough mob leader who steps on all those who to go completely straight and make even more TSO Conductor sal, but on the other hand, something get in his way. While that is partially true, it is money than you would in crime. very personal,” Yaacobi said. “Everyone about a million miles from the actual structure The show is still brilliantly written, and immediately understands that it is very of the show, which is very clearly about a man continues to experiment with methods of tele- Orchestra members have to cope deep and tells a story.” who can’t quite get his act together. vision storytelling (the mid-season premiere with the same sort of problem when As for the concert this Saturday, He sleeps around quite a bit, and he doesn’t took place almost entirely at a beach house, they travel abroad every winter. The Yaacobi hopes that Tufts students will get away with it. When he has affairs, he and with the main story involving Tony and his orchestra returns from winter break be affected by the orchestra’s music his wife have huge arguments and they both sister Janice [Aida Turturro] dealing with their about 10 days early in order to per- as well as appreciate the talent of the end up miserable. He’s concerned that his mixed feelings about their late father) and form in other countries, which have performers. daughter is getting smarter than he is. His son maintain the benchmark for how to draw out included Bermuda, Brazil, Iceland and “I think the students are very good is a lazy bum, and he doesn’t know whether drama through the medium. Costa Rica in recent years. Often, these players, and they care a lot about the or not to introduce him into a life of crime. Though the show is ending soon, it will places are unprepared to host a full- music,” Yaccobi said. “It’s great to see His mother was a cruel, manipulative woman certainly live on in the shows it has influenced. sized orchestra. your colleagues do so well: two solo- who still controls his life through the psycho- And maybe David Chase will do us a favor and “Each place is so unique. When we go ists who are amazing, and the Tufts logical damage she did to him when he was a make us another show, something more accu- abroad, we may have to sit in a differ- Symphony playing one of the most child. rately advertised. ent configuration or play outside, but exciting pieces of orchestra literature.” 10 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Wednesday, April 11, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT 11 12 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Wednesday, April 11, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT 13 14 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Wednesday, April 11, 2007

THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL STEPHANIE L. VALLEJO Editor-in-Chief EDITORIAL Job market for graduates looks good Anne Fricker Managing Editors Bruce Hamilton Consider it an early graduation year with an average pay increase of Tufts students are taught to be Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors present. 4.6 percent. leaders in the local and global com- Grant Reid Judy Wexler The job market for new college Digging deeper inside the NACE munity regardless of field of study. graduates is expanding and is con- survey notes that some sectors are Companies looking for a new gen- Rob Silverblatt Executive News Editor tinuing to gather strength just in time faring better than others are when it eration of problem solvers should Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors for newly former Jumbos to get to comes to job growth for recent gradu- look at all Tufts students for capable Pranai Cheroo Jenna Nissan work, according to a survey by the ates. employees. Lilly Riber National Association of Colleges and Much of the job growth, predict- A strong job market and businesses Kat Schmidt Employers (NACE). ably, centers in engineering and sci- flush with profits provide the basis to Jeremy White Many graduates (both pre-meds entific fields. These positions signify make this possible. Alex Blum Assistant News Editors and non-pre-meds alike) are facing that companies value knowledgeable But as graduates prepare to leave Bennett Kuhn Christy McCuaig an easier time finding a job in many workers who can solve problems cre- the hill, the job market in Boston Ashley Pandya sectors and in many places across the atively and adapt their work to a does not appear to be as strong as Giovanni Russonello country. changing world. cities in the South and West. Matt Skibinski Executive Features Editor Highly educated workers, such as This is exactly what a good educa- However, wherever Jumbos may Tufts graduates, can expect to fare tion in any field teaches a student to end up, they should be confident in Arianne Baker Features Editors Liz Yates especially well when they take on the do. the quality of their education and “real world.” While the specific subject matter ability to perform highly in the job Carrie Battan Assistant Features Editors Jessica Bidgood After a pullback following Sept. 11, varies, creative and original thinking market, regardless of their field of Luke Burns the job market has grown continu- accompanied by well-honed problem study. Sara Himeles ously since 2004. The economy con- solving abilities knows no education- As many seniors end their educa- Greg Connor Executive Arts Editor tinues to add jobs month after month, al boundaries. tional careers and turn a nervous eye and the unemployment rate stands at We hope that companies will begin towards the “real world,” it appears Sarah Cowan Arts Editors Kristin Gorman a five-year low of 4.4 percent. to recognize other students with these that more higher-paying jobs stand to Recent college graduates also share same abilities and hire more capable, greet new Tufts alumni as they enter Mike Adams Assistant Arts Editors Naomi Bryant in the hiring binge. The NACE report eager young workers with different the workforce. This gift that keeps on Jacob Worrel indicates that companies plan to hire educational backgrounds to add tal- giving may be the best graduation gift 17.4 percent more graduates than last ent and depth to their companies. of all. Kahran Singh Executive Viewpoints Editor Eli Cohn Assistant Viewpoints Editors John Erban Stephanie Sguigna NATE BEELER

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Ross Marrinson Executive Copy Editor Chantel Gibson Copy Editors Caryn Horowitz OFF THE HILL | BOSTON UNIVERSITY Neil Padover Jyll Saskin Rebekah Sokol Denise Wiseman Intoxication legislation BUSINESS Executive Business Director THE DAILY FREE PRESS Today’s electorate is comprised of hol to minors were later dropped. Leslie Prives adults who drank at 18 and adults More loudly, 18- to 20-year-old Zach Dubin Business Manager who drank at 21 — parents who scorn adults express their disregard for the Nicolas Gortzounian Receivables Manager More than two decades have underage drinking and those who law on weekends in frat houses and passed since the National Minimum look the other way. with fake identifications around the Eli Blackman Head Ad Manager Drinking Age Act passed and states Today’s legislators had their first country. Some young people wait to The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub- began to set the legal mark for drink- legal drink at different ages. The advo- legally drink, from high school gradu- lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and ing at 21. cates and legislators who pushed to ation to a college birthday, all the distributed free to the Tufts community. Two decades is a long social experi- raise the drinking age have seen the while keg-partying and using con- EDITORIAL POLICY ment, and it’s time to evaluate the full results of the decision. nections to 21-year-old alcohol to Editorials that appear on this page are written by the Editorial effects of the 1984 legislation. However, the results of the drink- purchase alcohol. Page editors, and individual editors are not necessarily respon- Today’s voting adults span genera- ing-age requirements are disparate Since the 1980s, social attitudes sible for, or in agreement with, the policies and editorials of The Tufts Daily. The content of letters, advertisements, signed tions with different minimum-drink- and difficult to analyze, with agendas about alcohol, drunk driving, des- columns, cartoons, and graphics does not necessarily reflect ing ages. lobbying hard on all sides. ignated drivers and other complex the opinion of The Tufts Daily editorial board. According to the Alcohol Policy While organizations like Mothers social issues have evolved. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Information System, the legal drink- Against Drunk Driving offer a vocal Middlebury College President Letters must be submitted by 4 p.m. and should be handed ing age was generally set at 21 follow- and unified message about the drink- emeritus John McCardell’s 250-page into the Daily office or sent to [email protected]. All let- ing the repeal of Prohibition. After ing age, other adults are more quietly report advocating a drinking age of ters must be word processed and include the writer’s name the 26th Amendment lowered the expressing their disapproval for the 18 represents a need for a renewed and telephone number. There is a 350-word limit and letters must be verified. The editors reserve the right to edit letters voting age from 21 to 18, 29 states ban on drinking for those under 21. discussion about when and how it for clarity, space, and length. lowered the minimum drinking age Parents are setting the law in their is appropriate and safe for young ADVERTISING POLICY to 18. own homes, hosting supervised par- people to begin drinking. All advertising copy is subject to the approval of the Editor- In 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court ties in which they serve alcohol and While McCardell’s contribution in-Chief, Executive Board, and Executive Business Director. ruled it is constitutional for Congress allow underage children to drink. combines several discussions about A publication schedule and rate card are available upon to encourage states to set a minimum William and Patricia Anderson the age of legal drinking, no practical request. drinking age by restricting federal hosted a post-prom party for their actions can be taken until Congress P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 funding with the 1984 act. By 1988, all son in Rhode Island in 2004, resulting revisits the original legislation that 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 states had conformed to the present- in William Anderson’s arrest, though coerces states to set particular drink- [email protected] day standard age of 21. charges against him for giving alco- ing ages. Viewpoints 15 THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, April 11, 2007

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Chametzophobia: The best thing since sliced bread

s a Jew in the Tufts community, I

feel it is my personal responsibil- A ity to make all those not blessed with this robust identity aware of a particular

phobia that has been affecting so many of their

classmates during the past week: chametzo-

phobia.

For all of you who were living under your respective rocks eating bagels and oatmeal, this past week was Passover, the Jewish holi- day of physical redemption. Chametz refers to anything containing wheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt, leavened bread and (depending on your strictness) anything that could have potentially touched leavened bread. It could even apply to any product that could theoretically be ground into flour or CORBIS similar product, like beans, rice, mustard, tofu, soy, chick peas and icing sugar. Basically, War-like rhetoric can lead to dangerous action anything could potentially be chametz. That’s right, folks. Anything. BY GARY LEUPP take matters in their own hands, express istration actively seeks pretexts for an You probably know by now that I think their dissatisfaction and overthrow the attack on Iran. in extremes. When I make a decision about oppressive regime.” It is in fact a bru- Halper’s piece, apparently penned something, I’m really not one to turn the I heartily agree with Daniel Halper’s tal, misogynist, religious-fundamen- other cheek halfway through. This being my statement, made in his April 9 column talist regime deserving (like analogous see IRAN, page 17 first year away from home, I decided I was installment, “A defiant act of war”: regimes) overthrow by its own people. going to try to completely avoid chametz. To “The best-case scenario for the Islamic But I find Halper’s saber-rattling rhetoric Gary Leupp is an Associate Professor of me, this didn’t just mean ordering a burger Republic of Iran is for the Iranians to troubling as the Bush-Cheney admin- History. and tossing the bun. This meant eating only food that had been overlooked by a rabbi, off of paper plates, with plastic silverware. I discovered that you can buy Passover-safe napkins. Pre-med prejudice? Enough already! Paper towels. Table cloths. world and make a lot of money doing it, but us about this discrimination. Where is our Dishwashing fluid. BY JEFFREY BOURGEOIS with what little they have left, it’s important town meeting? We clearly can’t turn a blind The list goes on and on. that they battle the constant discrimination eye to this incident. I’m calling for a rally to If you’ve recently paid our good friends In light of the tragic assassination that they face from students that aren’t quite as protest the article that this young student Carmichael or Dewick a visit, you might have happened in Memphis on April 4, 1968, I smart or hardworking as they are. wrote. I’ve contacted the American Civil noticed something new: a table with various thought I would address an issue that surely Thankfully, I go to Tufts where we debate Liberties Union and we’ve agreed to meet kosher for Passover foods, including matzo, the doctor would have addressed himself. these real issues. With so much going on on the roof of the library so we can help yogurt, cottage cheese, jams, fruits and the Throughout my years at Tufts, many ter- in the world, I’m proud to be a part of the this underprivileged group of students. The like. Most of the times, there were plastic rible things have happened. We’ve had a institution that isn’t afraid to have an open master of ceremonies will be none other plates and cutlery near the table. There were student attack a police officer while shout- forum about such a hot topic. Sure, there than the pre-med enabler herself, Dean Tell- only a few things that semi-wigged me out ing racial slurs. We’ve had a student pub- may be wars, poverty, failing healthcare, me-something-I-don’t-know. about the setup. lication justify its racism by saying “Since political corruption and racism in the world. Perhaps the most painful thing about this A) People who weren’t keeping kosher our main goal was to criticize the Tufts But it’s great to see that at Tufts, students whole situation isn’t the agony that pre-med for Passover, or in many cases, weren’t even admissions policy, it was perfectly OK to be opine on the important stuff. students must be going through after being Jewish, were snagging the super-convenient racist.” We had the problem at Diva Lounge It’s so critical that a group so far above unfairly judged. What hurts me the most is (and super tasty) yogurts. Come on, guys. Is in which three Tufts students were harassed a jealous and bitter freshman address his that some attention-craving freshman, sour Hodgdon really that far away? And don’t they because of the color of their skin. Yet none noteworthy opinions. Surely, if an unknow- and clueless, was able to cause such a stir have a wider variety of yogurts? The yogurts of these incidents are quite as appalling as ing freshman can get away with what he when he was clearly out of his gourd. you stole weren’t just any old yogurts. They what I have seen with the prejudice towards said, this opens the door to thousands of My friend Marchaun Morrison wrote an were watched over by a rabbi from start to fin- the Tufts pre-med students. other insignificant people to voice their article wishing that more students at Tufts ish to make sure that the cows weren’t milked This discrimination towards pre-med distaste at the hard work and intelligence took part in open discussions regarding improperly, and that they couldn’t have pos- students was absolutely outrageous. Where exhibited by pre-med students. racism and prejudice. Finally, we have such sibly come into contact with any of the foods does this freshman, with little experience at If only Dean Baffi-Dugan hadn’t writ- an important issue hit so close to home mentioned above. Tufts, get off generalizing about such a pres- ten a life-changing viewpoint in which she for Tufts students. Hopefully, this prejudice B) Paper cups were always missing. The tigious group of students on campus? I was stunned us with the fact that pre-med stu- against pre-med students will be erased. plastic cups and coffee mugs in the dining stunned to hear him say how annoying pre- dents are the hardest-working students on I have a dream that ignorant and bitter hall could have easily contained soymilk or med students are when they are drunk. How campus. I couldn’t believe it myself. This is freshmen will someday be grateful that pre- cereal at one point or another. In the least, could he have said something so offensive? shocking news. After all, I never considered med students work so hard in the hopes someone might have dipped a cookie in their I send my condolences to the poor pre- that studying the complexities of chem- that they’ll be put in the position to help glass of milk. Either way, cups can be chametz med students who had to read it. I just feel istry, biology and anatomy for a decade others and make a lot of money. I have a the same way plates can. I found that the so awful inside knowing that all of these would require hard work. Naturally, people dream that children of pre-med students paper cups used in making Belgian waffles pre-med students would take the opinion handle this surprising information differ- and children of bitter freshmen can play were very useful in successfully accomplish- of some freshman so seriously when it was ently. Unfortunately for many vulnerable together at school and drink from the same ing this mission. quite obvious that he had no idea what he pre-med students, a freshman just couldn’t water fountain. If we can unite as a student There are a slew of other customs that go was saying. I thought it was so courageous contain his prejudice and questioned their body, together we can end the oppression along with Passover as well that are perfectly that some pre-med students fought back motives, their work ethic, and worst of all, and discrimination of pre-med students. fitted to the needs of the obsessive-com- and dignified his opinions by voicing their their behavior while inebriated. They shall overcome. pulsive. In a room where cooking is to take opposition. After all, these pre-med stu- I can’t sleep at night knowing that place, for example, all surfaces that could dents don’t have much going for them. Sure, President Bacow hasn’t sent out an e-mail Jeffrey Bourgeois is a senior majoring in have potentially touched chametz must be they’ll go on to help millions of people in the to all of the students and faculty warning American studies. covered or thoroughly cleaned. While this

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She can be Viewpoints section do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Tufts Daily itself. reached at [email protected]. 16 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Wednesday, April 11, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS 17 Professor Leupp warns Halper Be the master over your own domain TEYTELBAUM and emergency spot treatments. gious commandments. I could continued from page 15 Sure these products’ boxes say “not have relished in some tasty matzo that posturing gets us nowhere rule lends itself nicely to all the for personal use,” but I think that’s lasagna, or matzo soup crackers, IRAN General Electric in the 1970s. good Jewish boys out there who a load of malarkey. How else am I or matzo with jam, but having a continued from page 15 The IAEA has found no evidence wouldn’t have otherwise cleaned supposed to get totally sanitized? temporary phobia of anything before the release of the 15 for a military program. But Dick their rooms, someone with OCD Baby wipes? Soap? Pish posh. leavened was enough to keep me detained British sailors, echoes Cheney (not a nuclear inspec- can take it to a whole new level. There’s also the issue of “acci- away. President Bush in calling the tor or scientist) knows there’s a Countertops were sanitized and dentally” semi-leavening matzo by The thing that separates this detention a “hostage situation.” weapons program, and he keeps covered with saran wrap, the stove getting it wet. Some people have phobia from others, I suppose, is Funny that the British govern- saying Iran with all its petrol was scoured, the fridge was taken a custom of not putting anything that there is no real consequence ment never publicly called it resources can only have military apart, even light switches and on matzo — meaning no matzo to eating leavened bread apart such. Nor did the U.S. client- objectives in mind. (He also still paper towel dispensers needed to pizzas, no guacamole or matzo from severe disappointment in government in Iraq, which has insists that Saddam was working be either replaced or sanitized. sandwiches, no matzo ball soup. oneself. I doubt God will be smit- indeed (with much of the world) with al-Qaeda, and pursuing a Speaking of which: I love sani- After finding out about this cus- ing any chametz -eaters anytime protested the illegal and provoc- nuclear weapons program back tizer. At this point in my life, it’s tom, how could I live with myself soon. For those of you who swore ative U.S. detention of Iranian in 2003. U.S. intelligence itself probably totally ineffective on me. after accidentally putting charoset off chocolate during lent — what diplomats in Irbil, in Iraqi has thoroughly debunked these I’ve been using hand sanitizer since (an apple wine mix) on my matzo was stopping you from eating that Kurdistan, in January. And no allegations.) fourth grade, when it was released the first night? What if I eat a piece Hershey Kiss you found wedged one to my knowledge aside from Anyway, Halper wants the under the moniker “waterless of matzo and start choking on it? in your recliner? To me, it’s about Halper has called it “an act of Iranians to rise up in rebellion, soap.” I probably have more dis- Can I drink some water to wash knowing that you can. You made war.” Certainly not the Brits. something that (again) I’d wel- infectant resistant cultures grow- it down? Obviously the answer to a conscious choice to give some- What Halper sees as sim- come too (although of course ing on my hands and arms than this is yes, but the fact that this thing up, and lying to yourself ple and obvious seems in fact it would depend on the nature some urban neighborhoods. I also thought would even go through about it would ultimately make ambiguous and complex. While of the rebellion). But he quick- love all Clorox products, including my head is outrageous. you a slave to your desires. Rejoice Bush and Prime Minister Tony ly adds, “If [Iranian rebels] fail, sanitizing wipes, sprays, detergents Customs are customs, not reli- in your freedom! Eat some matzo. Blair insisted that the British the rest of the world [read: the were seized in Iraqi waters, Iraqi United States] will come to their Brigadier General Hakim Jassim, assistance” and “a revolution in charge of guarding the Shatt must be initiated” (by whom?) to al-Arab waterway (who as an prevent the Iranian government officer of the puppet state has no from gaining “leverage” through special reason to lie) told AP the the now-concluded coastal epi- day after the March 23 incident: sode. He quotes Bush as hav- “We were informed [about the ing (“bravely”) said after Sept. arrests] by Iraqi fishermen, after 11 that “Our War on Terror ... they had returned from sea that will not end until every terrorist there were British gunboats in an group of global reach has been area that is out of Iraqi control. found, stopped and defeated,” We don’t know why they were — as though these words were there.” somehow relevant to Iran or jus- British experts were inclined to tify an attack on that country, see the incident as a predictable which, like Iraq, had nothing to consequence of an unmarked do with Sept. 11. maritime border. Craig Murray, once head of the British Foreign Office’s maritime section, wrote Halper wants a hard that Blair was “being fatuous” in line against Iran stating that he was “utterly cer- tain” the ship was seized within because Iran is “prom- Iraqi territorial limits. “There is no agreed boundary in the ising ... to build a Northern Gulf ...” wrote Murray. nuclear program, “The Iran-Iraq border has been agreed inside the Shatt al-Arab even though the world waterway, because there it is also opposes this.” I always the land border. But that agree- ment does not extend beyond find it amusing when the low tide line of the coast. Even that very limited agree- advocates of the most ment is arguably no longer in unpopular regime force. Since it was reached in 1975, a war has been fought over on earth tell us what it, and ten-year reviews — neces- “the world” thinks or sary because waters and sand- banks in this region move about opposes. dramatically — have never been carried out.” Commodore Peter Lockwood of the Royal Australian Halper conflates diverse Navy, commanding the Coalition Muslim targets as “Islamic task force in the waterway last fascists.” I’d suggest that as a October, states matter-of-factly, recently declared major in politi- “No maritime border has been cal science he study the schol- agreed upon by the countries.” arly literature on fascism and Halper wants us to see this determine whether it accurately incident as something akin to applies to phenomena as varied the 1979-81 “hostage crisis.” as al-Qaeda’s Salafist extremism, This event followed the over- Baathist secularism and Iran’s throw of the hugely unpopular political Shiism, or is instead Shah (placed in power by the just an emotion-laden epithet CIA in 1953) by a broad popular introduced into the president’s movement, the Shah’s flight to rhetoric by neoconservative pro- the United States, and the U.S. pagandists. refusal to return him to Iran to Such people have no inter- stand trial for crimes. est in nuance or mere facts, Halper credits the end of that but great interest in justifying situation to “a true political lead- “regime change” throughout er, Ronald Reagan,” inaugurated Southwest Asia, exploiting igno- the day the Iranians released the rance, fear and bigotry, employ- hostages (in return for U.S. con- ing the “Big Lie” at every step. If cessions). But the causal rela- Halper wants a fascist parallel, tionship he draws is dubious, the there it is. historical parallel tendentious. A recent Harris poll showed Halper wants a hard line that 50 percent of Americans against Iran because Iran is oppose an attack on Iran, while 32 “promising ... to build a nuclear percent would support it. Given program, even though the world the incessant anti-Iranian propa- opposes this.” I always find it ganda, and efforts to tar numer- amusing when advocates of the ous disparate Middle Eastern most unpopular regime on earth “regime change” targets with the tell us what “the world” thinks or simplistic “Islamofascist” brush, opposes. That rhetorical device I’m surprised pro-aggression is wearing thin these days when sentiment is that low. polls show that Germans are But it’s unfortunate, especial- much more frightened by the ly given the historical pattern United States than by Iran. of Americans rallying to wars Yes, Iran, like many nations is based on disinformation — only developing a nuclear power pro- to realize too late how misled gram. It started doing so with the they’d been — that a Daily col- encouragement of U.S. admin- umnist lends his voice to the istrations and assistance from propaganda effort. 18 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Sports 19 THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, April 11, 2007

SAILING Jumbos churn out two strong fi nishes in four-regatta weekend Tufts takes first at Mass. Maritime, second at Salve Regina

BY CARLY HELFAND that won the regatta for us.” Daily Editorial Board The Jumbos also saw a second-place finish in the Tyrell Trophy at Salve Regina. During what would be considered a Placing just behind the host Salve Regina chaotic weekend for any other Tufts team, team, which finished with 71, Tufts B sail- the sailors had no trouble competing in a ors freshmen Andrew Criezis and Jennifer combined four regattas on Saturday and Watkins and A sailors junior Aaron Gerratt Sunday, taking top-two finishes in two of and sophomore Katherine Shelley came them. in second and fifth place, respectively, The Jumbos stole first place in a field of tallying a combined 72 points. 17 teams at the Admiral Alymers Trophy, In the President’s Trophy held at Boston held at Mass. Maritime Saturday and University, Tufts’ only all-female compe- Sunday. Both the A and B divisions sailed tition of the weekend, Tufts’ A division 14 races over the weekend to combine for placed 12th and the B division placed the leading total of 146 points. 13th for a combined 14th-place finish. The event got off to an inauspicious Although Saturday’s sailors, senior start as junior Mika Green, sophomores quad-captain Emily Randall, seniors Dan Altreuter and Lara Hwa, and fresh- Gretchen Curtis and Emma Creighton, man Tomas Hornos dealt with unfavor- and junior Chryssa Rask set the Jumbos able weather conditions before turning up well, Sunday’s conditions prevent- the racing over to junior Peter Fallon and ed junior Chloe Starr and freshmen freshman Rachael Brill in the A division Madeline Gardner, Peggy Tautz and and sophomores Peter Bermudez and Denise Feirstein from sailing as well as Francine Magasinn in the B division. they had hoped. “It was pretty unpredictable on “On Saturday, there was really little Saturday,” Altreuter said. “The conditions wind, and so they did pretty well,” Starr were all over the place, and there were said. “On Sunday, it was very, very shifty unpredictable wind shifts. The breeze and there was a lot more breeze, so we would be sort of heavy at some times, but had a little bit of a rougher time. The it went really light at the end of the day. team on Saturday set us up pretty well, COURTESY KENNETH LEGLER We were a little inconsistent on Saturday, but because of the conditions, it was Seniors Gretchen Curtis and Jen Giroux, shown here, compete for the Jumbos, who are but we sent two other boats on Sunday now ranked 12th in the nation. Curtis sailed at this weekend’s President’s Trophy, where the who did a good job. They were the ones see SAILING, page 22 Jumbos earned a 14th-place finish overall.

INSIDE THE NESCAC Lacrosse team wins big; results not as Wesleyan softball in position to go promising for baseball, softball teams from worst to first in the West BY SAPNA BANSIL Daily Editorial Board

The NESCAC West division has hardly set the standard for softball parity since its incep- tion in 2001. Williams has cap- tured the division title every season, while Amherst and Middlebury have each posted three second-place finishes in their histories. Meanwhile, heading into this season, neither Wesleyan nor Hamilton had ever mounted a challenge for one of the top two spots in the West. The Cardinals, for instance, had never finished with more than two divisional LAURA SCHULTZ/TUFTS DAILY wins in a season and had not Tufts third baseman sophomore Sam Kuhles is shown here in a game posted a winning year since against Bates March 31. The Jumbos split yesterday’s doubleheader 1995. Last season was no excep- against Babson, taking the first game 11-3 and losing the second 4-2. tion, as Wesleyan finished in last place in the NESCAC West Yesterday’s action saw mixed tering five hits and allowing just with a 1-7 mark against its divi- results for Tufts’ teams, as the one run. In the seventh, however, sional rivals. women’s lacrosse squad disman- things fell apart as he allowed five But this year, for the first time tled Bridgewater State 16-8, while Judges to reach base before being in their program’s history, the COURTESY BRIAN KATTEN the baseball team dropped its pulled in favor of freshman David Cardinals are posing a serious Wesleyan senior tri-captain Molly Gaebe is one of three Cardinal pitchers ranked match-up with Brandeis and the Gibbs. threat to what has otherwise in the NESCAC’s top ten for strikeouts. The Cardinals have pulled off impressive softball team split its doublehead- Junior Steve Ragonese drove been an established hierarchy victories over Williams and Amherst to climb to first place in the NESCAC West. er against Babson. in both Tufts runs in the los- in the West. Behind the strength Hosting the Bears, the women’s ing effort, while sophomore Dave of a stunning win over Williams one game at a time.” we didn’t have a lot of time to lacrosse team found itself in an Katzman was a bright spot in the March 30, followed by a remark- But this season wasn’t always work on [defense],” Shea said. early hole, as Bridgewater State No. 9 hole, recording three singles able three-game sweep against so bright, as Wesleyan went 6-8 “Having games and practice freshman Katie DeMaio grabbed and adding a stolen base. Amherst over the weekend, on its season-opening spring outside, that’s helped. I think a lose ball and netted the game’s Yesterday wasn’t all good news Wesleyan boasts a 4-2 division- trip to California from March my players getting comfort- first goal 39 seconds into the for the Jumbo softball team, either. al record that places it in first 14-22, where it committed 37 able with one another out on match. After a convincing 11-3 victory in place in the NESCAC West and errors and yielded 32 unearned the field and just seeing more Apparently, Tufts wasn’t happy. the first game of a doubleheader on track to make its first-ever runs in just 14 games. balls in the dirt have made our The squad went on a tear, scoring against Babson, Tufts dropped appearance in the conference So it should come as no sur- defense get better over the past the next five goals and a whop- the second game 4-2, halting a tournament. prise that Wesleyan’s recent few weeks.” ping 13 in the half, spearheaded much-needed three-game win- Perhaps the only ones not success has coincided with an It’s pitching has also pro- by a six-goal performance from ning streak in the process. surprised by the quick turn- improvement on the defensive pelled the team this season, in sophomore Courtney Thomas. The first game was all Jumbos, around are the Cardinals them- end. The Cardinals made just which three players — junior The baseball team did not see as the team pounded out 14 hits selves, who came into the 2007 one error in their victory over Karla Hargrave, freshman such promising results yesterday, off of two Beaver pitchers. But the season expecting a fresh start the Ephs and just three miscues Meaghan Dendy and senior tri- dropping its second game in a second game was not as fruitful and new opportunities. during three games against the captain Molly Gaebe — were row as the Brandeis Judges ral- for the offense, as the team lost “We really just think about Lord Jeffs, a substantial step up ranked in the top 10 in the lied for seven runs in the seventh its ninth game of the season. this as a new team and a new for a squad that committed an NESCAC in strikeouts. Each of inning along the way to a come- See tomorrow’s Daily for more year,” Wesleyan coach Jen Shea average of 2.6 errors per game the three boasted an ERA under back 9-2 victory. coverage. said. “While we haven’t had a in California. four heading into yesterday’s Senior Carlos Lopez was bril- lot of success in the past, I think “We only had one practice game against Elms. liant in the first six innings on —by Evans Clinchy and Rachel this year we have higher expec- outside in California before the mound for the Jumbos, scat- Dolin tations. We’re just looking at it we started playing games, so see NESCAC, page 20 20 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Pitching, improving defense SCHEDULE | April 11 - April 17 WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE propel Cardinals to first vs. vs. UMass NESCAC come alive. I think that’s why Baseball vs. Bowdoin Bowdoin(2) Dartmouth 3 p.m. continued from page 19 we’ve been successful on the 12 p.m. 3 p.m. Dendy and Gaebe, the latter field lately.” at Wheaton of whom was Wesleyan’s only Indeed it’s difficult to find Softball at Bowdoin Bowdoin(2) Round Robin All-NESCAC pick last year, are much wrong with Wesleyan’s 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 11 a.m. also among the team’s offensive recent efforts, especially con- leaders, joining junior corner sidering how far the Cardinals Men's infielder Marcia Whitehead as have come. Prior to the team’s vs. Endicott at Bowdoin at Williams Lacrosse 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 5:30 p.m. the Cardinals’ only above-.300 victory over Williams on March hitters. Generally speaking, 30, the Cardinals were 1-42 all- however, offense isn’t Wesleyan’s time against the Ephs, with the Women’s vs. Endicott vs. Bowdoin forte. Shutout five times this lone win coming in 1992. The Lacrosse 4:30 p.m. 12 p.m. season, the Cardinals rank in April 6-7 sweep of Amherst was the league’s bottom three in equally historic, as Wesleyan Men's at MIT batting average, slugging per- entered the series having beat- at Wheaton Tennis time TBA 3:30 p.m. centage and on-base percent- en the Lord Jeffs just once since age. Shea, however, believes the 1996. offense is rounding into form at The Cardinals’ achieve- Women's at Trinity at Conn. the right time. ments are indicative of a trend 11 a.m. Coll. Tennis 3:30 p.m. “As of late, our hitting has throughout the conference that come along,” Shea said. “In our has seen the gap between tra- games against Williams, we out- ditional powers and historical Track and at Field Davis Invite hit them every game. We got a underdogs close. 10 a.m. lot of hits this weekend against “I’ve thought the conference Amherst. I think it’s the whole has been wide open for six vs. NH and package right now. We do have a years now,” Tufts coach Cheryl Crew Wesleyan great pitching staff, our defense Milligan said in an interview 9 a.m. is coming along, and I think last week. “It’s really anybody’s our bats have really started to game now.” Dellenbaugh Dellenbaugh Sailing Trophy Trophy at Brown at Brown

INSIDE FANTASY BASEBALL For long-term success, consider the importance of future prospects

BY PETER BENDIX it even more fun. last season. They forget, how- should be a huge upgrade over while posting a stellar 188/51 K/ Daily Staff Writer With this in mind, let’s take ever, that Carmona’s ground-ball Josh Towers. BB ratio. Scouting reports back a look at some players who are rates were extremely high, and Adam Jones (center fielder, up the statistics, and Gallardo Aside from the fact that it’s a important to learn about now, in so far this season, his strikeout Seattle ). Jones represents an ath- should be a second ace in the mistake to schedule games in order to have an advantage in a rates are improving. Carmona letic blend of power and speed Brewers’ rotation, perhaps as Cleveland in early April, it’s safe keeper league. Most people prob- could prove a valuable starter for and is a star in the making. The early as this season. to say we have learned little from ably know about the top pros- the Tribe throughout this season Mariners are known for rush- Andrew McCutchen (out- a mere two-and-a-half weeks of pects: guys like Homer Bailey, and beyond. ing their prospects, and thus fielder, Pittsburgh ). In a system baseball. The season is a long Philip Hughes, Tim Lincecum, Joel Guzman (third/first base- Jones reached AAA (and then the nearly devoid of position pros- grind, and it’s silly to make any Adam Miller and Evan Longoria. man, Tampa Bay). Lost in the majors) at age 21 last season. If pects, McCutchen almost makes judgments this early. But here are some underrated glut of incredible young Devil the Mariners fail to resign Ichiro up for it entirely by himself. At Therefore, we will save our prospects. Rays, Guzman is still quite young Suzuki, Jones could take over the just 19 years old, he managed a discussion of whether certain Glen Perkins (starting pitch- and has tremendous raw power. centerfield duties for the M’s. .853 OPS in a limited stint at AA players’ hot or cold starts are er, Minnesota ). Perkins’ minor- If he can make some adjust- Jarrod Saltalamacchia (catcher, last season . McCutchen boasts legitimate or just a fluke until league track record resembles ments, he could be the Devil Atlanta ). Salty struggled mightily power, speed and plenty of room next week. This week, we will that of Indians pitcher Cliff Lee, Rays’ solution at first base. last season but was hampered for improvement, and little focus on the future. except Perkins allows fewer Mitch Talbot (starting pitcher, by injuries and a pitcher’s park. stands in his way at the major Playing in a keeper league can homers. Lee is probably a good Tampa Bay ). After being dealt to He recovered from his injuries, league level. be the most fun for an avid fan- comparison for what Perkins can the Rays in the Aubrey Huff deal, however, and posted excellent Chad Billingsley (starting tasy player. In addition to trying become, and sooner rather than Talbot sported a 59/18 K/BB numbers in July and August. pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers). to do as well as possible this later. ratio in 66 AA innings, with an While Brian McCann remains Lost in the hype of silly moves by season, one has the opportu- Billy Butler (“outfielder”, almost 2:1 ground-ball/fly-ball the Braves’ long-term answer at GM Ned Colletti and the play of nity to think about the future. Do Kansas City). Butler currently ratio. He will begin the year in catcher, Salty is either excellent athletic youngsters such as Andy you want to trade two or three plays in the outfield but was born AAA and should see time in the trade bait or a future first base- LaRoche and Matt Kemp, people prospects for that one veteran to be a designated hitter due to majors before the All-Star break. man. Either way, the kid can hit. forget that a year ago Billingsley pitcher who is doing really well his defensive deficiencies. Butler, Dustin McGowan (starting Yovani Gallardo (starting was one of the top pitching this year but might not be so however, can absolutely rake in pitcher, Toronto ). Because he pitcher, Milwaukee ). He did not prospects in baseball. Currently good next year? Do you want the offensive numbers and is failed to impress in a few big receive as much hype as Homer relegated to the Dodgers’ pen to forgo competing this year in only a Mike Sweeney-injury away league innings and was shuffled Bailey or Philip Hughes, but (another silly move by Colletti), order to “rebuild” into a com- from proving it in the bigs. between the rotation and bull- pitched just as well. At the ten- Billingsley still figures to be a petitive team for years to come? Fausto Carmona (starting pen, people have forgotten just der age of 20, Gallardo compiled force in the rotation. Only 22, Decisions like these make run- pitcher, Cleveland ). Most people how good McGowan is. Still only 155 innings between high-A and Billingsley has struck out over 10 ning a fantasy team much more will remember Carmona from his 24, McGowan struck out over a AA ball, surrendering only 104 batters per nine innings over his like running a real team, making failed trial as the Indians’ closer batter per inning last year and hits and a meager six homers, minor league career.

STATISTICS | STANDINGS Men's Lacrosse Women's Lacrosse Baseball NESCAC Standings Softball NESCAC Standings USILA Div. III Men’s Lax (7-1, 4-0 NESCAC) (4-4, 2-3 NESCAC) as of Apr. 9, 2007 Team NESCAC OVERALL Team NESCAC OVERALL Ranking, team (No. 1 votes) Team NESCAC OVERALL Team NESCAC OVERALL East W L T W L T East W L T W L T 1. Salisbury (13) W L W L W L W L Tufts 3 0 0 13 5 0 Trinity 4 1 0 13 3 0 2. RIT 4 0 7 1 Middlebury 4 0 5 1 3. Gettysburg Tufts Bowdoin 4 1 0 9 7 0 2 1 0 12 8 0 Amherst 4 1 6 2 Tufts 4. Wesleyan MIddlebury 3 1 5 2 Trinity 4 2 0 17 3 0 2 3 0 4 7 0 Williams 4 1 5 2 Bates 5. Western New England Wesleyan 3 1 9 1 Colby 0 2 0 2 9 0 Colby 0 0 0 8 2 0 Trinity 3 2 6 2 6. Tufts Williams 3 1 4 2 Bates 0 6 0 2 11 0 Bowdoin 0 3 0 14 6 0 Wesleyan 3 2 5 3 7. Nazareth Amherst 2 2 4 5 8. Lynchburg 3 4 Bowdoin 2 2 4 4 Tufts 2 4 West West 9. Stevens Tech Trinity 2 2 5 3 Bates 1 3 6 4 Amherst 3 0 0 7 6 0 Wesleyan 4 2 0 11 11 0 2 1 0 0 Bates 1 2 4 2 Bowdoin 1 3 5 4 Williams 11 5 Williams 2 1 0 8 10 0 IWLCA Div. III Women’s Lax 3 3 0 7 8 0 3 3 0 7 9 0 as of Apr. 9, 2007 Colby 1 3 2 5 Colby 1 3 4 3 Middlebury Amherst Wesleyan 1 5 0 8 12 0 Middlebury 0 0 0 9 5 0 Ranking, team (No. 1 votes) Conn. College 0 7 0 8 Conn. Coll. 0 5 1 6 Hamilton 0 0 0 4 5 1 Hamilton 0 3 0 0 17 0 1. Franklin & Marshall (15) 2. Middlebury (1) 2. Salisbury (1) Men's Lacrosse Women's Lacrosse Baseball Softball 4. Gettysburg G A P G A P AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI 5. The College of New Jersey (1) Mark Warner 13 11 24 Courtney Thomas 17 6 23 Kevin Casey .419 0 14 S. Kuhles .463 0 9 6. Amherst Clem McNally 20 3 23 Lauren Murphy 17 6 23 Bryan McDavitt .368 1 18 Jenna Robey .409 1 11 7. Trinity Chris Connelly 10 9 19 Jenna Abelli 19 2 21 Kyle Backstrom .355 1 5 Casey Sullivan .406 3 21 8. Williams Connor Ginsberg 9 3 12 Sarah Williams 8 11 19 Corey Pontes .348 1 5 Roni Herbst .400 0 6 18. Tufts Chase Bibby 4 3 7 Alyssa Corbett 6 11 17 Steve Ragonese .333 5 25 H. Kleinberger .400 0 8 ABCA Div. III Baseball as of Mar. 26, 2007 Doug Smith 4 3 7 Chrissie Attura 4 9 13 Brian Casey .320 0 16 Erica Bailey .395 0 11 Ranking, team (No. 1 votes) Michael Ludwig 4 2 6 Maya Shoham 9 3 12 Eric Catalanotti .302 0 7 Christy Tinker 1 15 .379 1. Wooster (3) Mike Cortese 5 0 5 Bretlyn Curtis 6 1 7 Chris Decembrele .276 2 13 Megan Cusick .325 0 4 Jordan Yarboro 4 1 5 Jackie Thomas 2 5 7 Dave Katzman .273 0 4 2. Chapman (2) Maya Ripecky .275 2 8 3. Corland (3) Stephen Ginsberg 2 1 3 Alyssa Kopp 4 1 5 .305 11 117 Team 4. Emory Team Team 79 45 124 97 57 154 Team .348 9 113 5. George Fox Pitching W L ERA SO Pitching 6. Augustana Goaltending GA Sa S% Goaltending GA Sa Sa% W L ERA SO 7. Kean Adam Telian 3 0 0.91 26 Matt Harrigan 60 95 .613 Tracy Rittenour 21 25 .543 Lauren Gelmetti 2 3 2.83 26 8. Salisbury Derek Rice 3 0 2.74 15 Gillian Kline 48 32 .400 Stefanie Tong 2 2 3.00 14 NR Tufts Wednesday, April 11, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 21

INSIDE THE NHL EVANS CLINCHY | DIRTY WATER NHL’s ‘second season’ opens as playoffs begin With defending-champion Hurricanes missing the cut, it’s anyone’s Cup BY BRIAN BAILEY Senior Staff Writer

It’s time for the NHL’s second season. If the intensity of the playoffs comes Coincidence? I think so even close to matching that of the end of the regular season, hockey fans are in ast week, I opened Friday’s for a real treat. Saturday’s craziness and Sunday’s fireworks finalized what prom- Daily to find a surprise waiting ise to be amazing first-round match-ups. Here are some predictions for the first go- for me. Somehow, inexplica- around. L Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Islanders: bly, a debate has broken out among our The Isles gained entry into the postsea- son in dramatic fashion on Sunday with a columnists as to whether baseball (our shootout win over the Devils. But without starting goalie Rick DiPietro, their hopes national pastime, mind you) was worth against the NHL-leading Sabres are slim. Past years have proven that anything can watching. happen in the playoffs, but New York pull- MCT ing this one off would be a stretch. The Isles Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby jumps for joy after notching a goal against the New Two writers who shall remain name- might grab one at home, but Buffalo wins it York Rangers earlier this season. The Penguins hope Crosby will be on his game when they less (or, for simplicity’s sake, let’s just in five. take on the Senators in the first round of the playoffs, which kick off tonight. call them both “Matt”) differed greatly New Jersey Devils vs. Tampa Bay on this issue, with one referring to the Lightning: It’s hard to bet against Devils’ squad. As usual, the key to this series may have to be a solid as he’s ever been. Many game as uneventful and boring, and the goaltender Martin Brodeur, but this time lie in the nets. No matter what the result, picked the Ducks to win the Cup when the other calling it exciting and dramatic. we may have to do it. Tampa’s streaky play missing any of these games would be a season started, but their run stops with an On one hand, this shouldn’t even be has confused observers and its goaltend- mistake. Ottawa’s experience wins this one upset here. Wild in seven. an issue. Doubting the beauty of the ing has been shaky at best. But New Jersey in six. Vancouver Canucks vs. Dallas Stars: game of baseball is simply un-American, can’t score with Tampa, and there’s only so Detroit Red Wings vs. Calgary Flames: Dallas goalie Marty Turco has been tor- and I’m appalled to see that kind of dis- much Brodeur can do. Tampa stars Vincent The Wings and Flames split their season tured by his inability to win in the playoffs. cussion in this newspaper. Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis will lead the series this year, and that’s not a surprise. Unfortunately for him, it looks like this On the other, at least no one in the Bolts past New Jersey in six. The Western Conference is as tight as season won’t be any different. The Canucks sports section is wasting his or her time Atlanta Thrashers vs. New York Rangers: it gets. There are many who think that have been strong in the second half and pissing and moaning about pre-med New York’s run to the sixth seed in the play- Calgary has the perfectly formed team to goalie Roberto Luongo has been phenom- students. It could be worse. offs was impressive; Atlanta’s run to the take down the top-seeded Wings. That may enal. Turco will have to match Luongo, So maybe I’ll jump in for just a sec- Southeast Division title and the third seed have been true if Dominik Hasek weren’t and even then it might not be enough. The ond. Here are my two cents’ worth. was less so. The Thrashers are inexperi- posted between the pipes for Detroit, but Canucks take this one in five. This is why baseball is and always enced in net, but they have plenty of expe- with Hasek in net and a deeper and tough- Nashville Predators vs. San Jose Sharks: will be my favorite sport: Baseball is rience everywhere else. In the end, their er team this year, the Wings will take this After the series between Pittsburgh and an intellectual game. The game’s his- firepower will be too much even for gold- one in seven. Ottawa, this one may provide the most fire- tory is so deeply ingrained in our culture medal-winning goalie Henrik Lundqvist. Anaheim Ducks vs. Minnesota Wild: works. The Nashville fans are hoping that that one could spend an entire lifetime Atlanta in six. The Ducks have been up-and-down this Peter Forsberg is the playoff master he was learning it. After a childhood obsessing Ottawa Senators vs. Pittsburgh year, but their level of talent is undeniable. in Colorado, and San Jose fans are hoping over learning every baseball statistic, Penguins: Any hockey fan would be hard- They have a clear advantage on the blue that their young defense is good enough to anecdote and factoid I possibly could, pressed to find a playoff series that features line but may have trouble dealing with stop the powerful Predator offense. Either I still have an unthinkable amount left more offensive talent than this match-up. Minnesota’s speed. The Wild will need to way, this series will be well-played and to absorb. But here are some of the little Scoring champ Sidney Crosby and crew be disciplined in their defensive style of will go down to the wire. In the end, it’s tidbits of knowledge I have picked up ... face an experienced and hungry Ottawa hockey and goalie Manny Fernandez will Nashville in seven. Did you know that Stan Musial had 3,630 hits, with exactly 1,815 coming at home and the other 1,815 on the road? And did you know that his final hit, a Rutgers players ‘highly angered’ by Imus’ line-drive single on Sept. 29, 1963, was hit past the outstretched arms of a rook- ie second baseman named Pete Rose? Or that Rose, when he broke baseball’s remarks, but agree to a meeting with him all-time hit record on Sept. 11, 1985, McClatchy Newspapers ing the team “nappy-headed hos.” by radio host Don Imus “racist and sexist lined a single for hit number 4,192 into a Carson said Imus didn’t just attack a remarks that are deplorable, despicable San Diego outfield manned by 25-year- team of athletes. and unconscionable.” old Tony Gwynn? Rutgers University women’s basketball “The door has been left open to attack- “These young ladies are the best this And then there’s Gwynn. When he team leader Essence Carson said the team ing the leaders of tomorrow,” she said. nation has to offer, and we are so very for- reached the 3,000-hit milestone on Aug. is “highly angered” and “deeply saddened” Star player Matee Ajavon said of the tunate to have them at Rutgers University,” 6, 1999, his blooper into the right field by radio host Don Imus’ slurs, but the scandal: “It kind of scars us.” Stringer said of her players. “They are grass of Olympic Stadium was fielded players have agreed to meet privately with But she said she was “kind of happy” young ladies of class, distinction. by none other than Vladimir Guerrero, him. that the outcry sparked a national discus- They are articulate, they are gifted. They Expos outfielder and future MVP. Imus, who has been suspended for two sion about racism. “Racism is something are God’s representatives in every sense of Baseball history is full of strange coin- weeks in the uproar, “has stolen a moment serious that we really need to get across to the word. cidences like these, and no other game of grace from us,” Carson said in televised our nation,” Ajavon said. “It’s not about them (players) as black has such a well-chronicled past. In what remarks to reporters Tuesday. Team member Heather Zurich also or nappy headed. It’s about us as a peo- other sport do the great past legends Imus has offered to meet with the team denounced Imus, saying he spoke out of ple,” Stringer said. cross paths in such interesting ways? and Carson said, “We have agreed to have ignorance. “When there is not equality for all, or On May 28, 1951, Giants rookie Willie a meeting with Mr. Don Imus.” “He knows not one of us,” she said. when there has been denied equality Mays hit his first career home run off Players stopped short of saying whether Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. for one, there has been denied equality of Braves pitcher Warren Spahn. Mays they thought Imus should be fired for call- Vivian Stringer called comments made for all.” went on to play in more All-Star games than any other player; Spahn appeared in more than any pitcher. On June 21, 1989, Rangers rookie DAILY DIGITS Sammy Sosa hit his first homer. His victim? None other than Roger Clemens. Clemens went on to win 300 games, 9 253 25.8-11.1 retire, and then make a comeback in Houston — Sosa hit 500 homers, retired, Runs scored during the sixth inning in Career wins of Tufts lacrosse coach Points per game and rebounds per and made a comeback of his own in the baseball team’s 9-2 victory over Carol Rapolli, making her just the game, respectively, of Texas freshman nearby Arlington. Albertus Magnus Thursday. Not only eighth coach in NCAA history to Kevin Durant during the 2006-07 Also in 1989, Rickey Henderson had did all of the Jumbos’ runs come from reach 250 wins across all three Divi- NCAA basketball season. Durant one of the best seasons of his career, this inning, but all nine players in sions. In her 29th year as a college declared yesterday that he will enter walking 126 times and stealing 77 bases; Tufts’ batting order crossed the plate. lacrosse coach, Rappoli has posted a the 2007 NBA draft and will likely be however, Henderson’s 1989 will always 252-121-4 record, good for a .673 chosen in the top fi ve. be best remembered for the night of winning percentage. Aug. 22, when he became Nolan Ryan’s 5,000th strikeout victim. On May 1, 1991, Henderson stole his 4 20-8 8 939th base, surpassing Lou Brock for the all-time steals record. The catch? Ryan Games postponed by the Cleveland Goals scored and games played, Regular season NFL games Chris overshadowed him again, as later that Indians due to a spring snowstorm. respectively, by sophomore attackman Henry will miss next season after the same night he became the first pitcher The Indians and the Seattle Mariners Clem McNally, good for the second league suspended the Cincinatti WR ever to throw seven no-hitters. were supposed to play a four-game highest goals scored total in the for violating the NFL’s personal con- On November 27, 1971, a baby named set starting Friday, but inclement NESCAC. McNally is one goal behind duct policy. Depending on when the Ivan Torres Rodriguez was born in Puerto weather forced all four games to Wesleyan sophomore Jason Ben-Eli- Bengals’ bye week occurs next season, be postponed. The Tribe has since yahu, though McNally has played in he will lose either $204,705.88 or see CLINCHY, page 22 decided to play its next home series two fewer games than Ben-Eliyahu. $230,294.12 in pay for those games. against the Angels at Miller Park in The Jumbo attackmen is also third Milwaukee. in the conference in goals per game Evans Clinchy is a sophomore majoring average with 2.5. in English. He can be reached at Evans. [email protected] 22 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Wednesday, April 11, 2007

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Twelfth-ranked Jumbos head off to Look for Dice-K, Gordon to Coast Guard and Brown this weekend SAILING Marchiando Team Race, held Dartmouth, which is one of the excel in 2007 and beyond continued from page 19 at Tufts and MIT. The Jumbos top-ranked teams, and we beat CLINCHY Matsuzaka, Gordon’s hit was pretty hard to stay consistent on started Saturday’s competition them. That was a real confi- continued from page 21 one of the just six that he sur- Sunday. I think we were kind of at home, using their experience dence-building race, and a lot of Rico. Later that same winter, rendered, as Dice-K turned in disappointed.” on their home water to lead stuff came together.” the Red Sox decided to pro- a stellar seven-inning outing A bright spot for the Jumbos, them to a third-place finish out “Every time we’ve been prac- mote a minor league catcher in his debut. As for Gordon, however, was the performance of eight teams, which, in turn, ticing, we’ve been getting more named Carlton Fisk to the big the hit was his only one to of Gardner, Tautz and Feirstein qualified them for Sunday’s gold solid as a team,” Ginley contin- club for good. date, as the rookie has strug- in the large-scale competition. competition at MIT. ued. “We’re learning to antici- gled mightily in his adjust- “The home court advantage pate what the other team mem- Baseball is an intel- ment to the major leagues, “It was pretty unpre- was pretty sizeable on Saturday bers will do, and we seem to be starting off 1-for-19. because of the wind condi- getting more confident with the lectual game. The But regardless, both have dictable on Saturday. tions,” junior Meredith Ginley decision-making process.” fine careers ahead of them. said. “Not many teams are used The Jumbos ended the after- game’s history is so Gordon, whom Baseball The conditions were to those conditions, because it’s noon tied for fifth place with deeply ingrained in America named College Player all over the place, and pretty much only on the Charles Conn. College, Coast Guard and of the Year in 2005 and then River and Mystic Lake where you Roger Williams, earning a 2-5 our culture that one Minor League Player of the there were unpredict- get wind that shifty.” record in their last team race could spend an entire Year in ’06, is widely seen as able wind shifts. The Although Tufts started out before the New England Team the next George Brett, while shakily on Sunday, it pulled itself Race Qualifiers. lifetime learning it. Matsuzaka is the reigning MVP breeze would be sort of together to sustain key wins over With four more events under of the World Baseball Classic. Dartmouth and Roger Williams their belts, and now ranked 12th Because it’s so hard to trans- heavy at some times, University. in the country, the Jumbos are Both men became long- late success in Japan to major but it went really light “On the second say, it was gearing up for an important time major league catchers, league results, though, opin- really windy and puffy, so we had weekend featuring the sloop and both adopted the nick- ions vary on what will become at the end of the day. a little boat-handling trouble,” qualifiers for New Englands at name of “Pudge.” On June of the latter. Even among the Ginley said. “The first couple Coast Guard and the qualifier 20, 1991, Pudge the Younger experts, it’s hard to find a con- We were a little incon- races we had some trouble, and for the Women’s New England made his major league debut sensus. sistent on Saturday, then we sailed a race against Championships, held at Brown. in Chicago, and Pudge the David Gassko of The Hardball Elder was the opposing catch- Times has Dice-K slated to be but we sent two other er. Both went 1-for-4 with one the AL’s next Cy Young winner boats on Sunday who single and one strikeout. Fisk’s — winning his first Cy at age single was one of 2,356 career 27 would put him in the same did a good job. They hits; Rodriguez finished 2006 company with Sandy Koufax, with 2,354. Steve Carlton and Jim Palmer. were the ones that won The final of baseball his- Meanwhile, the statisticians the regatta for us.” tory’s great coincidences at Baseball Prospectus have occurred on April 5, 2007 (or, as him projected for 12 wins in Dan Altreuter I like to call it, “Wednesday”). ’07, putting him in the elite sophomore That was the day that Kansas group of Brad Radke, Woody City rookie Alex Gordon got Williams and Claudio Vargas. his first career hit, and as luck What does the future actual- would have it, it was a single ly have in store for Matsuzaka, “The three freshmen did a off of none other than Daisuke Gordon and the rest of the 2007 really good job in what was the Matsuzaka. rookie class? The true answer first intersectional for most of Someday, people will look probably lies somewhere in them,” Starr said. “With the con- back on last Wednesday and between the two extremes. ditions being so tricky, I think see it as a significant moment Any one of this year’s new- they did really well as freshmen in baseball history, another bies could be a bust, but at in such a big event, and it was a day when two of baseball’s the same time, don’t blink. You really good learning experience COURTESY KENNETH LEGLER greats crossed paths for the could be missing your chance for them.” Senior quad-captain Emily Randall and junior Chloe Rossen race on the first time. to see a future Hall of Famer. Tufts’ final competition for Charles River. Randall competed at this weekend’s President’s Trophy, held So far, their careers have In this game, anything can the weekend was the Friis/ at BU, helping the Tufts B division to a 13th-place finish. had quite different starts — for happen. 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