THE TUFTS Where You Tufts’ Student Newspaper Read It First Since 1980 VOLUME XLVIII, NUMBER 46 DAILY TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 16, 2004 Expert on India analyzes current political, cultural situation Fletcher professor emeritus supports current Prime Minister

BY MARC RAIFMAN Party candidate, former finan- that can barely afford a few Contributing Writer cial minister Manmohan Singh, books a year and farmers who was particularly novel since the are forced to contemplate sui- Professor Emeritus at the allegiances of the parties in the cide in the event of a bad mon- Fletcher School of Law and coalition are so varied, soon season. Diplomacy Robert Meagher Meagher said. “The villages have nothing, spoke to a small group of inter- Meagher expressed content- and it is hard to foresee change ested students and faculty ment that the BJP candidate anytime soon,” Meagher said. about the problems and future did not emerge as the victor, Another area where India has of India last night in the Cabot since the group claims that room for improvement is Intercultural Center. only Hindus should be given women’s rights, especially Meagher’s talk began with Indian citizenship. Meagher is regarding the tradition of some Indian history, focusing very supportive of Singh, with arranged marriages, Meagher on the Indian problem of polit- whom he is well acquainted, said. Though arranged mar- ical and ethnic assassinations. and characterized him as hum- riages are ingrained in Indian Renowned leaders, including ble but desirous of bringing culture, dowries, or payments Mahatma Gandhi and former about change. from the bride’s parents to the Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi According to Meagher, groom’s parents, have been and Rajiv Gahndi, were all Singh’s election constitutes a recently outlawed. assassinated. “revolutionary chance at the Meagher said he has “never Rajiv’s widow, Sonja Gandhi, secularization of India” and an seen a wedding without a mother of two, decided against opportunity for direct aid to the dowry” in his 53 visits to India, running for prime minister out poor. however. of fear of being attacked, “[Singh] reminds me of He said some young women Meagher said. Franklin Roosevelt in his devo- actually hang themselves when The most recent election for tion to the poor,” Meagher said, their families cannot afford to prime minister surprised but added that he was unsure pay a dowry, which is why observers when the Congress of how realistic Singh’s ideas Singh’s enforcement of the ban Party made a coalition with 14 were. on dowries is of utmost impor- other political parties for the One of Singh’s slogans is a tance. first time ever to try and beat quote by Mahatma Gandhi: Another major problem in the militant Hindu nationalist “Wipe every tear from every India, Meagher said, is its lack party, known as the Bharatiya eye.” The motto is ambitious, as of cultural unity. Primary Janata Party (BJP). India is currently plagued with RACHEL GEYLIN/TUFTS DAILY Robert Meagher shared personal experiences and political opinions The election of the Congress soaring poverty levels, colleges see INDIA, page 2 about India. Pre-trial date set for student Sophomore wins $10,000 in essay contest arrested in Red Sox riot BY DANNY LUTZ said. “But when I tell them I won $10,000, they’re like, ‘Oh my God!’” Tufts sophomore Peter Maher, 19, of Salem, N.H., has been Daily Editorial Board The essay contest asked for submissions from charged with disorderly conduct and assault and battery of a The nonprofit group Reaching Common youth aged 16-22 and received over 4,000 works police officer. Ground announced the prize-winners of its first from across the country. Maher was arrested on Packard Avenue on the night of Oct. essay contest yesterday, to the delight of $10,000 Levinson’s passion for the essay topic stretch- 27, where he was part of the group of about 500 students winner and Tufts sophomore Dora Levinson. es beyond her work. “I think that because of who were celebrating the historic Red Sox World Series win, “I don’t even have an idea of how much money globalization and interactions between coun- according to records released by the Medford Police that is,” she said. tries, interfaith relations are becoming impor- Department. Levinson, a community health major, discov- tant,” Levinson said. “People need to have a bet- Maher was allegedly fighting with another student near ered last Wednesday that she had won second ter grasp so that they don’t dismiss others Mugar Hall when Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) Lt. prize in the contest, which asked entrants to sub- because of their religious practice.” Charles Lonero approached the students to break up the fight. mit an original work on how Christians and Jews Family history and her upbringing played the At this point, Maher allegedly hit Lonero in the face, accord- share a type of common ground. largest roles in development of Levinson’s ideals ing to police records. Lonero then arrested Maher and brought Her prize was second only to graduate student of interfaith relations. “I grew up in an interfaith him into TUPD custody. Adam Meredith-Ployd of Atlanta, who is attend- family,” she said. “It has rich traditions coming TUPD did not release the student’s name to The Tufts Daily. ing the Candler School of Theology at Emory down on both sides.” According to the Somerville District Attorney’s office, Maher University. In total, the Reaching Common Levinson’s father is a rabbi, while her mother was arraigned the following day in the Somerville District Ground essay contest offered $100,000 in prize attended divinity school. Court. His pre-trial conference date is set for Dec. 7. money, the richest student essay competition in She grew up on a faith-based farm that grew Maher did not respond to e-mail requests for an interview the United States. crops for impoverished inner-city Bostonians. with the Daily. According to Levinson, the large amount of “We even had ‘kitty-worship,’ which was a way to prize money brings needed attention to the essay make faith accessible,” Levinson said. contest’s topic. “I’ve told my people that I won an essay contest and they say, ‘Oh that’s great,’” she see PRIZE, page 2

INSIDE How do you do theater in 24 hours? Housing committee proposes more fair housing lottery see ARTS, page 5 BY JAMIE LEVITT Senator Jose Vazquez, who helped to devise enough people here.” Contributing Writer the new system, said, “Another bright spot to Student reaction to the proposed change is this proposal is that students would then be mixed. A modification to the housing lottery pro- able to make arrangements for off-campus “The lottery system has been in use for many posed last semester which would prevent stu- housing, special interest housing or study years and is used at several colleges and univer- dents from receiving low numbers three years abroad well before the actual selection.” sities, and there is no need to change it,” fresh- in a row has yet to be adopted by the Office of Rising juniors would especially benefit, since man David Nestor said. “[I] would rather take Residential Life and Learning (ORLL). given the limited number of on-campus rooms [my] chances on possibly obtaining multiple Last spring, the Tufts Community Union for them, those who had already received num- good lottery numbers.” (TCU) Senate passed a resolution calling for a bers in the top bracket would know to make But freshman Matt Laermer disagreed, say- new system to “divide classes in thirds and other housing plans. ing “the altered system would reduce com- assign low, middle and high [lottery] numbers,” According to TCU Associate Treasurer plaints made by students about unfairness.” according to its co-author and TCU Treasurer Harish Perkari, ORLL said it supports the pro- Critics of the new system argue that it will INDEX Jeff Katzin. posal but is not poised to act on it. not ameliorate upperclassmen’s chances of Under the proposed system, students would “They claim it is not a priority considering all getting on-campus housing, but will merely News | Features 1 receive a number in the lowest, middle and the other issues,” Perkari said, citing “the plan- warn students they might receive a bad num- Arts | Living 5 highest third of the lottery one time each. ning and construction for Sophia Gordon Hall.” ber. Editorial | Letters 8 “[During] the three years you work with the lot- National 11 ORLL Director Yolanda King was unavailable Sophomore Amie Coffey said the proposed International 13 tery system, you’re guaranteed one of each for comment at press time. system is more unfair than the current one, as Comics 16 bracket,” Katzin said. Katzin said ORLL has already set up the certain people receiving a good number soph- Classifieds 17 Under the current system, one unlucky stu- housing lottery to take place this spring, with- omore year will be essentially barred from on- Sports Back page dent could technically receive the lowest lot- out the proposed modification. “It seems it campus housing junior year. “This system tery number in his class as a sophomore, junior won’t happen again this year, which is really should not be used until housing is guaranteed tuftsdaily.com and senior. frustrating,” Katzin said. “It’s on the minds of for all students,” Coffey said. 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Tuesday, November 16, 2004 POLICE BRIEFS When in India, do as the Indians do, Meagher advises FLYING INSULTS INDIA its economic prospects. In closing, Meagher India, but should try to learn continued from page 1 Tufts University Police He cited Singh’s efforts to expressed his enjoyment in and act like an Indian in Department (TUPD) received a make India more investor visiting and lecturing in India India.” report that two individuals were schools teach children in local friendly. Corporations have for so many years. The Indian Meagher studied at the throwing objects at the Zeta Psi languages, but post-graduate been wary of the nation since students to whom he lectures Bombay School of Economics, fraternity house at 80 Professors opportunities mostly require it backed out of a power plant are often curious about life in among other schools, and Row at 2:50 a.m. on Friday. English language skills. deal with Enron and General America, he said. “They ask joined the Fletcher faculty in Though the officer who Additionally, intercultural Electric after two years of what it is like to date in 1967 as the legal expert in the responded could not confirm dialogue is hindered by the negotiations. America,” he said, adding that school’s development studies that the incident had occurred, persistence of the Indian caste Singh supports the out- he finds Indian people to be program. he was subsequently verbally system the fact that there is sourcing of jobs, which very welcoming. He retired from the Fletcher abused by the alleged throwers. only one national highway in Meagher attributed to the fact Meagher warned travelers, School in 1992, and is current- The officer identified the sus- the country. that labor is cheaper in India however, that if they want to ly the legal advisor to the India pects, who left the scene Though Meagher spent than in the West. He compared visit India, they need to go for Interest Group, as well as a cooperatively. much of his lecture detailing this situation to that of the “longer than just a week” to consultant in international the problems India faces, he United States in the late 1800s, understand its culture. He economic law. He has also BUSTED UPHILL spoke lightheartedly and when northern jobs were out- advised that travelers should published a number of articles hopefully about its future and sourced to southern states. not “act like an American in on India. An officer confirmed reports of a strong odor of marijuana coming from a room in Hill Hall at 1 a.m. on Saturday. Four peo- Levinson plans to contribute money to other non-profits ple in the room admitted to smoking the drug and turned PRIZE has time to recover before further events. through faith. their supplies and related para- continued from page 1 A meeting of the prize-winners will be Taking an unusual approach to the phernalia to the officer. held in April, where she hopes to meet and question, Levinson offered a rethinking of No arrests were made,and the It seems fitting, then, that Levinson talk with Meredith-Ployd. “I think his the story of Cain and Abel. “There was students were reported to the heard about the contest through her essay is interesting,” she said, unsure of another option,” she said. “They could Dean of Students Office. father. Upon hearing about the contest have worked together rather than compet- from a fellow member of an inter-faith Upon hearing about the contest ing for the attention of God.” NO NAP FOR YOU clergy association, Rabbi Levinson offered Reaching Common Ground is a non- the opportunity to Dora. profit organization started by 25-year old An Asian woman sleeping in a Resulting from her strong family faith from a fellow member of an inter- Harvard graduate student and philan- study room at Tisch Library background, part of the prize money will thropist Elizabeth Goldhirsh. Friday at 6:22 p.m. was asked to be donated to the synagogue under which faith clergy association, Rabbi In order to put forward the richest leave and given a verbal trespass she grew up in Brattleboro, Vt. American essay contest, Reaching warning when TUPD officers Other money from the prize will help an Levinson offered the opportunity to Common Ground coupled with confirmed that she had no affili- interfaith nonprofit started by her brother, Baltimore’s Institute for Christian and ation to the University. The which is based on the late Mother Dora. Jewish Studies (ICJS). library staff was put on alert for Theresa’s principles. According to “It was amazing to see the concern and her reappearance. Levinson, she will donate money to “a commitment these students of different health clinic in Calcutta for street whether she agreed with him. faiths shared in their essays,” ICJS execu- — compiled by Katharine Clark children.” The contest asked writers to discuss tive director and contest judge Reverend While the shock of winning such a large Judeo-Christian common grounds Dr. Christopher Leighton said in a press prize has just recently hit Levinson, she through historical or current events, or release yesterday.

OFF THE HILL | AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Villanueva’s Chicano Poetry Film-sharers face lawsuits BY LAUREN GARDNER “It most likely uses software The Eagle that scans the search directo- (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON — ries of a peer-to-peer network The first lawsuits will be filed in order to find copyright today against people who ille- infringement,” Perillo said. gally download movies from “When the software finds a file-sharing services, the user who is offering to distrib- Motion Picture Association of ute unauthorized copyrighted America (MPAA) announced files, it downloads some of the Nov. 4. infringing files, along with the “People who have been steal- IP address and the date and ing our movies believe they are time it accessed the files.” anonymous on the Internet, The MPAA plans to use this and wouldn’t be held responsi- data to inform the download- ble for their actions,” MPAA ers’ Internet service providers president and CEO Dan that someone has illegally Glickman told The Washington downloaded copyrighted mate- Post. “They are wrong. We know rial on their network. who they are, and we will go “In most cases, copyright after them, as these suits will owners, such as MPAA, have prove.” allowed ISPs to internally The Recording Industry resolve these matters,” Perillo Association of America (RIAA), said. which represents the music There are many Web sites industry, has sued thousands of that offer software to download people who illegally download movies for free. Others allow music as part of its quest to end people to download movies illegal downloading. legally, charging a membership JEFF CHEN/TUFTS DAILY Justin Perillo, an attorney fee. One, MovieFlix, has free with American University’s basic membership and a paid membership, which allows Tino Villanueva read and commented on his poetry yesterday at noon in Olin. Villanueva, whose Office of General Counsel, said users unlimited access, said work is based on his Chicano heritage, has authored and contributed to numerous books. Villanueva the MPAA would probably use MovieFlix co-founder Robert was presented the 1994 American Book Award for his book length poem: Scene From the Movie special software that can iden- Moskovits. GIANT. tify the IP addresses of AU stu- Filmmakers receive proceeds Born in Texas, Villanueva has worked as an army supply clerk, migrant worker, and in an assem- dents who download movies from the membership fees bly-line — occupations which have inspired parts of his work. He is the founder of Imagine illegally. IP addresses can be MovieFlix charges, and the Publishers, Inc., and editor of Imagine: International Chicano Poetry Journal. used to identify individual computers. see MPAA, page 4

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BY ELIZABETH YATES Compiled by Contributing Writer PATRICE TADDONIO In the intensely complicated world of Daily Editorial Board sex, romance and relationships, it is sometimes tempting to want to simplify Last Thursday, ABC planned to run the things. To end the pointless small talk, film “Saving Private Ryan” in honor of cut out the frustrating mind games, avoid Veterans Day, as it had in 2001 and the awkward confrontations and finally 2002. But in today’s post-”wardrobe be truly honest. malfunction” cultural climate, one- How would you like to check a box third of ABC’s affiliate stations chose declaring that yes, you have “a few extra not to actually air the film, fearing pounds,” but that, if people read on, your being fined by the Federal brilliant personality will become clear Communications Commission (FCC) with such concise descriptions as “total for broadcasting graphic subject mat- slacker, white trash, jock,” whose hobbies ter and profane language.Was the deci- include “computers, video games and sion a legitimate exercise of discretion, wine tasting,” and who “currently lives in or an instance of censorship run amok? a van down by the river.” Yes, this brilliant world of clarity and understanding can Š 17.9 million People who watched be yours, at collegepassions.com. “Saving Private Ryan” when ABC Although most Tufts students seem to first aired it (on Veterans Day, 2001) prefer the more traditional means of pur- Š 7.7 million People who watched it suing relationships, such as coffee last Thursday (on Veterans Day, breaks, “study” groups, frat parties and 2004) even “floorcest,” there does exist an entirely different medium: the cyber world of online dating. ALEXANDRA DUNK/TUFTS DAILY Specifically created for college stu- According to a study cited in the Boston Herald, 27 percent of singles aged 18 to 24 dents, sites like the afore-mentioned col- browsed online personals last year, and six percent subscribed to an online dating service. legepassions.com, as well as collegeluv.com, campusflirts.com and generation but ours could claim. supposed to meet but for some reason campusmatch.com, offer students the Phillip Cherry, a Tufts freshman, she could never make it. We all assumed opportunity to post profiles and pictures claims never to have used online dating she was a middle-aged housewife, but he Š 220 Affiliate stations owned by and search those of their peers. services himself, but has had indirect actually went to Columbia to be with her. ABC According to a study cited in the experience in cyber-romance through his It turned out she was real and apparently Š 65 Affiliate stations that would not Boston Herald, 27 percent of singles aged friend, who met his girlfriend online. now they have sex all the time and are air “Saving Private Ryan” 18 to 24 browsed online personals last “[He met her online] last year when he soul mates.” Š 71% Percentage of the country to year, and six percent subscribed to an was eighteen and a senior in high school; Other stories do not always end so which “Saving Private Ryan” was online dating service. Such activity has she was a freshman at Columbia,” he broadcast provided stories of college love no other said. “They started dating, and they were see DATING, page 4 Š 11 Content advisories that accom- panied the movie’s broadcast (one per commercial break) Alex Trebek has nothing on Professor Gill OFF THE HILL| U. TEXAS-AUSTIN 3 Texas men face trial in gay assault BY ANGELA GRANT Daily Texan (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas — Three men, one a University of Texas student, charged in early August with assaulting a homosexual man will have their first court appearance Thursday. Š $550,000 Amount CBS was fined The three defendants, along with a for airing Janet Jackson’s bared juvenile suspect, were charged with breast during this year’s Super Bowl aggravated sexual assault and aggravat- halftime show ed robbery after they picked up the vic- Š $32,000+ Amount the FCC can tim, whose name is being withheld due fine stations for each instance in to the sexual nature of the allegations, which the “f-word” is aired from Oil Can Harry’s, a gay bar in the Š $500,000 Amount to which some Warehouse District, and returned to his members of Congress are seeking apartment, where they alledgedly to raise this fine began assaulting him. Š 20 Times the “f-word” is used in On Thursday, Darren Gay, a bio- “Saving Private Ryan,” according to chemistry senior, Donald Bockman, a the American Family Association former UT student, and Shawn Regan (AFA) will formally designate the attorneys Š 4,000 Number of AFA members who will represent them. The hearing is who said they would send indecen- the first step in court procedures cy complaints to the FCC if their expected to last at least one year. ABC affiliate ran the film RAY CARRE/TUFTS DAILY Roy Minton, the attorney for both Yesterday evening, students and faculty struggled to answer a potpourri of questions Gay and Bockman, said the two will Š 4% Percentage of last Thursday’s on Asian American history, pop-culture and other trivia facts. Gathered in Hotung, the plead not guilty to their charges, which “Saving Private Ryan” audience that event was the 12th annual Asian American Jeopardy challenge. both carry sentences ranging from two was made up of children aged 2-11 Though this event has taken place for over a dozen years inconsecutively, many stu- to 99 years in prison. Š 90% Percentage of the audience dents are not familiar with the competition. The Asian American Center enlists several “They deny having done anything that was made up of adults aged 18 students and faculty members to compete in teams, trying to answer questions that that was a violation of the law,” Minton and above (7 million of the 7.7 mil- range from simple to difficult. said. Both Gay and Bockman refused to lion total) Sponsored by the center, the event is one among many sponsored by the center in comment about their cases. honor of Asian American Month. Professors Harry Bernheim, Mary Glaser and Steve Scott Young, Regan’s attorney, could Marrone were among those participating in the competition. Professor Gerald Gill filled not return phone calls because he is the moustached shoes of Alec Trebek as the moderator. traveling outside the country, said “The event is to find an entertaining way for students to learn about Asian and Asian Yvonne Simental, his legal assistant. American topics,” Asian American Center Director Linell Yugawa said. “So some topics Information on a fourth suspect are just fun stuff, but we also cover some Asian American issues and topics as well.” involved in the case, Gay’s younger The Center has had strong support this month, though it faces the persistent prob- brother, is unavailable because he is a lem of procuring outside interest. “I think it would be great if students who weren’t part juvenile. of the Asian American community came out to the events,” Yugawa said. Otherwise, According to the Austin Police Yugawa felt the effort was “very successful.” Department affidavit, on July 17, when Upcoming events sponsored by the Center include a filming of “American Desi,” the the defendants arrived at the victim’s story of a second-generation South Asian college student coming to terms with his eth- apartment, they began punching and nic identity in the midst of college. This event, taking place Thursday evening in Barnum kicking him, bound him with the cord 008, is sponsored specifically by the Tufts Association of South Asians. from a vacuum cleaner and held him at Š 6 Years since “Saving Private Friday night will bring students a “Karaoke Night Outing,” sponsored by the knife- and sword-point while forcing Ryan” was released in theaters Japanese Culture Club. In addition, the Thai club is sponsoring its 5th Annual King’s Cup him to sodomize himself with a sex toy. Š 5 Oscars won by the film Thai Soccer Tournament on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gantcher Center. One man recited New Testament Students can register online to take part. verses condemning homosexuality and said the attackers were “passing judge- The information cited above comes For further information, students may contact the Asian American Center at x3056 ment” on the victim for “being a faggot from the Washington Post, BBC or peruse the events online at http://ase.tufts.edu/asianam/events.htm. and a queer,” according to the affidavit. News, Reuters, Newsday and the Boston Globe. — by Julia Lifschultz see TEXAS, page 4 4 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Using the computer to make Film downloaders may be sued by MPAA MPAA When copyright owners detect an illegal a love match has its dangers continued from page 3 download on AU’s network, they contact the Office of General Counsel with a written com- DATING “Sex and the City.” The service movie industry has also been involved with the plaint that contains information about when continued from page 3 allows its 60,000 members to basic membership aspect of the site. “The free the download took place, a description of what have eight mini-dates in succes- movies are free because of the licensing terms was infringed and an IP address, Perillo said. well. However, many of the pit- sion to see if there is chemistry. we have arranged,” Moskovits said. The complaint is then forwarded to e- falls are not specific to the rela- If so, the person can fill out a The University will work with the MPAA, as it Operations for an investigation. tionship’s online beginnings. card detailing who they would has done with copyright owners such as the “If the investigation reveals that copyrighted Frequently, these relationships like to see again, and a comput- RIAA in the past. In previous cases, the material is being improperly shared, we con- fail for the same reasons other er matching program enables University has been able to solve these issues tact the user, require that they remove the relationships flounder, such as these relationships. internally. material, and have the user review the comput- distance. “I was looking for a new chal- “In the last year, our office, working with e- er use and copyright policy, as well as acknowl- Megan Carter, a Tufts fresh- lenge and wanted something to Operations, responded to over 250 complaints edging that they will not do it again,” Perillo man, recounts the experience of wrap my brain around,” Jaffee from the music, computer and film industry,” said. a close friend’s use of an online told the Worcester Telegram and Perillo said. Further violations of the computer use and dating service. “She saw his pro- Gazette. “I knew it was a great There has been an increase over the last few copyright policy may result in the suspension file and decided to send him a idea, something whose time had years of University network users downloading of computer privileges for the violator. message, and then they started come.” copyrighted movie files, he said. chatting every night for hours,” Many students cite safety Carter said. “When they finally concerns as a primary reason to decided to meet, we were all avoid online dating. “My mom really suspicious and nervous, tried it for awhile,” Tufts fresh- so we followed her to the mall to man Maggie Brunner said. “It Accused deny occurence of sexual assault make sure he didn’t try to kid- turned out to be a train wreck. when he was making com- “We spoke with the victim,” nap her or anything. Well, it The first guy she met was a TEXAS continued from page 3 pletely untoward conduct with he said. “We have a good idea turned out that they really did creep who was opening a strip his younger brother.” about what he would like to like each other and everything, club in downtown Baltimore.” The affidavit said they “ran- APD spokeswoman Toni see done.” but she went to UC Santa “She never even told her par- sacked” the apartment and Chovanetz said she would not Cobb would not say what Barbara and he went to UC ents he existed because she did- stole cash, the victim’s driver’s provide additional informa- the victim wanted but said he Riverside, and they eventually n’t want them to worry about license and a collection of tion about the confessions by thinks the case will have to go decided the distance was too far her,” Carter said of her good swords and daggers before Bockman and Gay because the to trial, as opposed to a plea to maintain a real friend. “It was rough when they leaving the apartment. case is still pending in the legal bargain resolution, due to the relationship.” broke up — she was upset and Both Bockman and Gay con- system. seriousness of the accusations. Tufts graduate Ian Klein has her parents didn’t even know.” fessed to beating and robbing Gary Cobb, an assistant dis- He said the men were not made a name for himself in the In order to alleviate such fears the victim and identified the trict attorney who is prosecut- charged with hate crimes online dating community by and prevent them from becom- other suspects, but denied ing the cases, said it’s true that because aggravated robbery starting overweightdate.com, a ing reality, online dating servic- that the sexual assault took not everything that suspects and aggravated sexual assault site for singles, though not nec- es usually provide their patrons place, according to the affi- tell police ends up in affi- already carry maximum sen- essarily large ones. As the site’s with cautionary instructions. davit. davits, but the nature of the tences, so the hate crime des- motto declares, “for large lovers For example, collegedate.com Minton said Gay and confessions made to police ignation would not make a dif- and the men and women who warns students to make sure to Bockman did not admit to will not affect how the cases ference. admire them.” use a pay phone, not their per- police that they broke the law. are prosecuted. “It would just make it anoth- Thousands have logged onto sonal number, the first time an “There really isn’t any con- “The defense attorney does- er element we would have to Klein’s site, which he started as a online pair talks on the phone. fession,” he said. “That’s just n’t like to call what their client prove, but we get no benefit way to differentiate himself In addition, they instruct not the police officer writing down has said as any kind of confes- out of proving it,” Cobb said. from the other online dating to post such important informa- something because it sounds sion,” Cobb said. “Even if they Minton said the defendants services. The idea came from his tion as personal addresses and good.” hadn’t confessed to anything, will fight to prove they are not sister, who was both overweight phone numbers, and to use sev- He said the affidavit doesn’t we still would prosecute it the guilty of the aggravated rob- and single at the time of her eral e-mail accounts. In addi- reflect the whole story that his same way.” bery and aggravated sexual suggestion. tion, they advise that, “If some- defendants told police. To prepare for prosecuting assault charges. Tom Jaffee, another Tufts one annoys you, just ignore “All deny that there was any the cases, Cobb said he will “This is a case that’s going to alum, started them and they will probably assault altogether,” Minton examine the evidence police have to go on trial,” he said. 8minutedating.com, a speed- stop bothering you if you don’t said, “except that Darren [Gay] gathered and interview all the “We’ll say we want to have a dating service referenced on reply.” admits he struck the victim witnesses. jury trial.” Arts|Living 5 THE TUFTS DAILY TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 16, 2004

BRIAN WOLLY | WOLLY AND THE TEEV ‘Where did all the crickets come from?’ Those recent Three teams compete in 24 Hour Theater Festival good ol’ days BY STEPHANIE VALLEJO Senior Staff Writer here’s a current cultural trend that reminds me of an old It takes stamina, vision and audacity. Take one team of seven, one line, 24 hours: the TChris Farley sketch on result is one 22-minute play. Only the strong “Saturday Night Live.” It is the one and highly caffeinated can survive. In theory, it’s impossible. And in reality, when he interviews Paul McCartney it’s still pretty impossible. and asks him if he remembers when Defying time, mental health and logic, Team Pumble Bottom, Team Yellow I Tiger he was with the Beatles. If Farley were and Team Dustin Diamond managed to do interviewing a Tufts student, he’d just that in the third-ever Bare Bodkin 24 Hour Theater Festival. probably ask, “Remember that time The rules are deceptively simple. The when Hillary Clinton came to speak event begins on a Friday evening. Teams form, consisting of roughly the same num- and then two days later it snowed? ber of people. Each person submits one line, That was AWESOME.” which could potentially become the first sentence of each play, consequently shap- In a movement that seems to be ing the content of all. The participants this semester were lucky ALISSA GREEN/TUFTS DAILY spearheaded by the producers at VH1, God is dead at Bare Bodkin’s 24 Hour Theater Festival last Saturday at Alumnae Lounge. Americans seem to be enamored of enough to draw from a hat the mysterious the concept of “instant nostalgia.” question, “Dear God, where did all the crick- costumes and some sort of set. Hilarity, which is actually sometimes healthy for the Any major event is the best ever, the ets come from?” The teams then have only camaraderie and sleep deprivation ensue. creative process.” worst ever or the most important. 24 hours to write, stage and direct a 22 - As a former participant and judge, senior Team Dustin Diamond’s play started cre- Sometimes people add a slight minute play to be performed for campus Kate Burns remarked, “A lot of times, being chronological qualifier to their celebrity judges — including sound cues, really tired makes you really cracked out ... see THEATER FESTIVAL, page 6 unfounded superlatives: “in our life- time,” “of the 21st century,” “of this generation.” GALLERY REVIEW TV REVIEW The most glaring example of this bizarre trend is the successful VH1 program, “Best Week Ever.” On the Branson’s show show, a random assortment of B-list celebrities and comedians, combined with an occasional big star, spout trumps Trump’s about the happenings in news and culture over the past week. The show BY EMILY BAIN is definitely hilarious, but when Senior Staff Writer placed in a larger context, its pure existence raises some questions. Richard Branson, billionaire, mogul and Have we lost our ability to place action-seeking daredevil, is completely things in a historical perspective? insane — but in the best way possible. Everyone called this past election the most important one of our lifetimes. Rebel Billionaire: Weren’t those same ominous words Branson’s Quest for the Best said before the 2000 election? Historians and baseball writers debate whether or not the Red Sox Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on FOX victory over the Yankees was the “Greatest Comeback Ever” in baseball playoffs. While those claims are prob- Somewhere, in the midst of watching ably easily defended by the fact that stunts like a tea party on the top of a hot air no team has ever rebounded from a balloon sailing 10,000 feet in the air, or three games to zero hole, the series passing a baton while standing on the ended a month ago. How about we wings of a plane as it flies upside down wait a few years or decades before over the English countryside, the realiza- pinning on that absolute “ever” at the tion dawns that this isn’t just another real- end? MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ity rip-off of a certain popular Trump fran- Is a short term memory a thing of The unique light installation work of Cerith Wyn Evans is on display now at the MFA. chise. In fact, Branson’s “The Rebel the past? The days of yore are never- Billionaire” makes “The Apprentice” look, more, and yesteryear has apparently well, second-rate. been changed to yestermonth. It was “The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest cute when VH1, again, premiered the Artwork that truly captures the eye for the Best” has a ridiculously long and first version of their nostalgia series, “I Museum of Fine Arts and MIT showcase the light- overblown title, but that is one of the only love the ...,” with a sarcastic take on problems this show has. “Billionaire” cash- the ’70s. Seeing as most of the net- filled and innovative work of Cerith Wyn Evans es in on the recent slew of reality program- work’s target audience was born no ming by combining concepts from two of earlier than the mid- to late- ’70s, the BY SARA LUDOVISE methods of creating three-dimensional the most popular shows on television. sardonic program was an interesting Daily Editorial Board artwork and installations, Wyn Evans Branson keeps the enticement of a well- and valuable cultural history of the prefers to work in light and mirrors. paying job that was introduced by “The decade. Then came “I Love the Holiday displays have already begun Many of his projects involve neon tub- Apprentice” but ditches the boring board- Eighties” and its sequel, “I Love the to light up around the country, but ing, inventive illumination and refract- room style for the globe-hopping, daring Eighties, Strikes Back,” when once lighting exhibits of a different sort are ing light, meaning his creations involve physical challenges of CBS’s “The Amazing the eye that views them as much as again, humor prevailed over idiocy. Cerith Wyn Evans Race.” The successful combination means These two series lampooned a decade they do the artwork that he designs. that the sixteen contestants get the oppor- often derided by our generation. The Museum of Fine Arts The two shows that are currently dis- tunity to compete in various challenges Enough time had passed to glance Through January 30, 2005 playing Wyn Evans’ artwork in Boston around the world for a million dollars, plus back and reflect on the years during this month are complimentary in their Branson’s job as president of the Virgin which we were too young to remem- Thoughts unsaid, now forgotten... own way. The exhibit at the MIT List Empire. ber anything. Visual Arts Center, entitled “Thoughts The first reaction is, is Branson crazy? The MIT List Visual Arts Center unsaid, now forgotten ...,” presents a But this past summer’s “I Love the Through December 31, 2004 He’s going to hand over the presidency of Nineties” exhibited why reminiscing unique look at the world of scholars his entire billion dollar empire to someone about yesterday’s news was foolhardy. and scholarly achievement, along with with little to no experience, and, most dis- The reason the show was trite and currently being featured at two muse- a sense of appreciation for the finer turbingly, someone who wants to be on boring was because no one really ums in the Boston area. The work of moments in thought. reality television? But taking big risks is needs to remember “Mambo No. 5” or Cerith Wyn Evans, a Welsh installation Upon entering the exhibit at MIT, what Branson has apparently based his artist, is being featured this winter in visitors are confronted with a doppel- career on, and it’s worked in his favor thus dual exhibitions at the Boston Museum ganger version of themselves, reflected see WOLLY, page 6 far. of Fine Arts and the MIT List Visual Arts in one of Wyn Evans’ complex mirror Branson has built an entire empire on Center. Brian Wolly is a senior majoring in history. sculptures. A tape recording plays the the motto “Business should be fun.” Virgin Rather than the traditional canvas He can be reached via e-mail at and paint, or even other conventional see EVANS, page 7 [email protected]. see BILLIONAIRE, page 7 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Remember yesterday? It was wicked awesome Bare Bodkin Festival creates WOLLY audiences that the movie is childhood as kids of all ages are continued from page 5 indeed popular. If you haven’t always active doing something. three funny, disparate plays the dancing baby from “Ally seen their movie, then you are Instant nostalgia appeals to about to the classic chick missing out. Catch the “best” those who want to live in the THEATER FESTIVAL McBeal.” The inanity doesn’t continued from page 5 flick/teen film soundtrack staple end there; here are some other before it becomes the “worst.” now but can’t because they’re band, Vertical Horizon, and their VH1 shows: “20 Most too busy. Instead of looking atively, with a police line-up oddly fitting hit “You’re a God.” In Awesomely Bad Songs of 2004,” Is a short term memory a back years later wondering beginning the show. Set on a another scene, very clearly similar “40 Most Awesomely Bad Metal where their lives went, they cruise ship, it relied on colorful to one in Disney’s “The Lion King,” Songs ... Ever.” thing of the past? The days pine for the good old days from characters, including a Russian the play’s villain, Dear Abby, The biggest problem with last week. Are future historians baseball player from the Bronx, an reveals her evil plan to her cricket instant nostalgia is that there of yore are nevermore, going to look back and think angry cook called “Spatula,” a hor- cult through the film’s song “Be are few, if any, qualitative we are a society riddled by rible ship comedian reminiscent Prepared.” statements made beyond and yesteryear has appar- attention deficit disorder? of Bob Saget and the most annoy- Team Pumble Bottom’s entry something being the “Best” or Sensationalism plays a ing middle-aged protagonist was in an entirely different format “Worst.” Then, next week, ently been changed to major role in all of this. Calling clothed in Hawaiian print of our and took cricket hysteria to another monumental event as something the “best” will usu- time. Washington. Incompetent gener- there is a new “best ever.” For yestermonth. ally rile up controversy, and For Team Dustin Diamond, the als in the war room discussed a instance, when the box office nothing sells a magazine, tele- line itself was not central to the preemptive strike on crickets returns are published each vision show or newspaper bet- script; it seemed to be tied in only invading America’s borders. week, at least one production ter than that. When these through the cricket sound effect Though the cast resorted to read- company will send out press I think Ferris Bueller had it media organizations make sporadically played throughout, ing their scripts by the end of the releases heralding their film for right when he said, “Life moves unfounded claims about what and it could have been an after- piece, it was a relatively polished being something along the pretty fast. If you don’t stop is the [insert superlative here] thought. Finishing with three min- performance. The dialogue was lines of the “biggest opening and look around once in ever, without making any com- utes to spare, junior judge Jeffrey clever and the puns were plentiful. for a domestic, live-action awhile, you could miss it.” The parative analysis, it belittles Katzin joked about their use of Team member and junior Alex comedy film to open on a non- daily routine of the average the argument. Instead of time: “I really could have seen a Sherman described their team’s holiday weekend in the month college kid or high school stu- becoming obsessed with the musical number in there.” process, saying, “We thought, of October in a leap year.” dent is packed with classes and events of last week or month, Team Yellow I Tiger interpreted ‘wouldn’t it be funny if we just had Obviously, these are done in extracurricular activities. why not wax poetic on some- the line and the crickets more lit- a bunch of people really talking a half-hearted attempt to tell Social critics bemoan a loss of thing a little more deserving. erally in their play, “True Callings.” about a cricket invasion?’” It began with God actually answer- Each play was solid, but as the ing a prayer asking where crickets host of the evening, director of come from. A funny scene follows Cheap Sox Stefanie Schussel, ‘America’s Most Wanted’ still captures viewers showing the past, in which a horri- joked, “Since we all like winners BY DAVID BIANCULLI host nearly 17 years later, with front lawn.” ble joke falls flat to silence, and and losers ...,” the celebrity judges Knight Ridder Newspapers more than 800 fugitives cap- “It was a horrible experi- then, with divine intervention and had their say. The results were as tured. ence,” he said. through God’s infinite mercy, to follows: Despite slightly going over It goes unnoticed, but Families of victims, especial- “It’s actually part of my deal the sound of crickets. time, Team Pumble Bottom took “America’s Most Wanted” is the ly, trust Walsh because he’s with Fox that I’ll never do a home the fancy cardboard gold most-watched program in its experienced in the ordeal story a victim doesn’t want me crowns with their untitled play. In time slot on Saturday nights. they’re undergoing. to do,” Walsh said. “We’ll never We thought, second, Team Yellow I Tiger It’s also No. 8 on a much more “Unfortunately, I’ve walked show the face of a molested or received a treasure of chocolate impressive list. This Little TV in their shoes, so I know where abused child. That criteria has ‘wouldn’t it be funny if we coins (bling bling). The third place Show That Could has lasted they’re coming from,” Walsh been my standard for 17 years. Team Dustin Diamond, which long enough to be ranked as just“ had a bunch of people said. “The media can be brutal. And if they don’t want to say opened the event, was awarded one of the longest-running “After Adam was murdered, a something, or are uncomfort- with “I like myself” ribbons. series in the entire history of lot of the media that we begged able — this is not ‘60 Minutes,’ really talking about a Judging from the hugging and prime time. to keep Adam’s story going for this is my show. If they don’t smiles all around that followed “America’s Most Wanted” the two weeks that he was want to talk about it, it’s okay.” cricket invasion?’ each team’s performance, it’s clear began on Fox’s owned and missing lost interest after the The program, modeled after that after their shared sleepless- operated stations in February first or second day. I had the BBC’s “Crimewatch U.K.,” Alex Sherman” ness, they liked each other too. 1988 and went national on Fox begged them to keep helping us went after FBI Top 10 wanted Member of Team Pumble Bottom Freshman Margaux Birdsall, who that April. look for this little boy, and, of killer David James Roberts in its knew only one of her team mem- John Walsh, whose son Adam course, when parts of him were pilot and caught him after bers before the event, summed up had been found dead in a found two weeks later — the being identified by several peo- The play was particularly solid the experience: “We’ve had the nationally-famous missing- most horrible murder — they ple at a Manhattan homeless in its music cues; when God falls in most intense bonding experience child case, was and remains the were all camped out on our shelter. love with a human, they frolic in the last 24 hours.” Tuesday, November 16, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 7 Cerith Wyn Evans utilizes inventive illumination, refracting light in his art EVANS is akin to entering a winter wonderland. continued from page 5 The lights suspended overhead seem sounds of “The Slide Rule Man,” a almost like a ghostly holiday display. At scientist in the 1960s who traveled from night, they are even visible from the road university to university inscribing stu- outside. dents’ names on their slide rulers. In what is typical Cerith Wyn Evans, The effect is somewhat disconcerting, there is a pattern to the chandeliers’ a startling entrance that shocks visitors beauty. Each construction blinks in a set into leaving their preconceived notions pattern, flashing out an inspirational at the door. They will soon discover that message of the author’s choosing in the work of Wyn Evans is far from the Morse Code. usual; even though all of it utilizes com- With that knowledge in hand, the monplace items, like mirrors and light chandeliers that look like they come bulbs, very little of it is mundane enough from a ballroom dance floor and coded to meet prior expectations. messages that seem more fitting in some The largest piece in the MIT collection late-90s war movie (or perhaps divine consists of an enormous neon sign that inspiration), oppose each other in the reiterates the exhibition’s name. viewer’s mind, creating a dichotomy of “Thoughts unsaid, now forgotten” (2004) questionable themes. shines outwardly over an open court- Wyn Evans’ art is unique because he yard, stealing the eye away from the himself physically created none of it. The other pieces in the room, including a Welshman is a design artist; though he chandelier that was designed by Wyn comes up with the plans for his artwork, Evans. the projects themselves are commissioned Born in Wales in 1958, Wyn Evans and left for other glassblowers to create. studied at St. Martin’s School of Art in Cerith Wyn Evans has never before London, where he first began to use had his art comprehensively displayed in unorthodox materials in his artwork. the United States, although he has been Wyn Evans began his career as a film- featured in shows at the Scuola di San maker — it wasn’t until the 1990s that he Pascale in Venice and the British School turned his attention to installation art- in Rome. In a 2001 installation created work as well. Looking at his creation, his by the artist for the Tate Museum of background in the visual becomes Modern Art in London, a computer extremely obvious. Much as a director translated the poetry of William Blake uses light and darkness in his movies to into Morse Code and flashed it off a create a desired emotional response, the revolving disco ball. Welshman plays with refracting mirrors There is no other artist quite like and flashing lights to guide his audi- Cerith Wyn Evans, and when viewing his ence’s reaction to his work. artwork no other feeling becomes clear- At the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, er. His creations make viewers question “Cerith Wyn Evans,” the self-titled exhibit, their preconceived notions about art- is much more understated than its coun- work and perception. terpart. There are no scratchy recordings But whether they’re looking upon here; the centerpiece is a room filled with bright neon lighting or translated ver- enormous chandeliers, each of the seven sions of philosophical questions, Wyn blinking at its own pace. Evans’ audience will be left with a sense With the recent first snow of the year, that art, truly, is whatever one wants it to stepping into Wyn Evans’ room of lights be. ‘Rebel Billionaire’ Branson offers extreme challenges and good advice BILLIONAIRE continued from page 5 started as a record store and then morphed into a record label, representing huge stars like The Rolling Stones and Janet Jackson. Thorn EMI bought the equity of Virgin Music Group in a billion-dollar deal in 1992, but Branson’s territory has expanded beyond the realm of song; he also runs Virgin Atlantic Airways and owns two renovated British rail networks, as well as heading up clubs, travel agencies, hotels, cinemas, book and software pub- lishing companies and various other serv- ices through Virgin Group. So what does a billionaire mogul do for kicks? Crazy stunts like the ones he expects FOX the contestants to perform on his show. In Richard Branson, media mogul and daredev- 1991 he flew 6,700 miles from Japan to il, is the anti-Trump of “Rebel Billionaire.” Arctic Canada in a hot air balloon at a record 245 miles an hour. fears, like Sara, the 33-year-old founder and CEO of Spanx, Inc., a women’s apparel company that offers footless pantyhose. “Billionaire” possibly works so Sara is horrifically afraid of heights and watching her climb 150 feet up a ladder well because Branson is the anti- hanging on the side of a hot air balloon is truly inspiring. Thirty-year-old Candida of Trump — he’s going to get down Orange County, Calif. is also one to watch: her outgoing, abrasive personality has the and dirty in the challenges and makings of the next Omarosa. “Billionaire” possibly works so well will not miss out on any of the fun because Branson is the anti-Trump — he’s going to get down and dirty in the chal- by standing stiffly on the sideline. lenges and will not miss out on any of the fun by standing stiffly on the sideline. He actually does the stunts along with the con- The stunts that Branson has planned for testants, and his challenges are meaning- the “Billionaire” contestants are so dramat- ful, getting the team to bond and learn how ic that one of the women dropped out even to act under true pressure. Most impor- before attempting one. Jennifer, a 24-year- tantly, he gives them good advice when old radio account executive, gave up her they fail instead of ripping them to shreds spot on the show because she “would not in order to satisfy his own ego. put [her] life in jeopardy.” Then again, she Tonight, the contestants are traveling to and the other contestants do not know Africa to compete in some more daring what they are competing for; Branson has challenges, one of which involves going yet to reveal that they are fighting it out not over Victoria Falls (which is three times only for a million dollars, but also his bil- higher than Niagara Falls) in a barrel. lion-dollar title. Branson will be joining them, of course, as The most fun contestants to watch are they tumble over the edge — and he’ll sure- the ones who are willing to overcome their ly be having a blast the whole way down. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Tuesday, November 16, 2004

THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL JONATHAN A. GRAHAM Editor-in-Chief Moderate Powell will be missed

EDITORIAL Secretary of State Colin Powell’s resig- he was forced out by the Bush cabinet’s servative, he approached war with a cau- Mark Evitt Managing Editor nation is an expected, yet distressing, loss well-documented obstinance to oppos- tious eye due to his experiences as a sol- to the Bush administration. Powell was a ing views. His practical approach to for- dier in Vietnam. He approached military Sarah Dalglish Associate Editors voice of cautious moderation in a govern- eign affairs caused disagreements with action with what the Washington Post ment viewed abroad as shockingly neo- other advisors and made him unpopular. calls his “Pottery Barn” theory — if you Denise Ho conservative and unilateral, especially If the Bush administration did make break it, you own it. He was against oust- Jordana Timerman with the advent of the “War on Terror” Powell uncomfortable to the point where ing Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf Benjamin Rubinstein Editorial Page Editors and the offensive in Iraq. Powell’s depar- he felt the need to leave, it is a shame. A War because of the potential cost of an Verónica Aguilar ture, along with six other cabinet resigna- statesman with widespread foreign American occupation in Iraq. tions, could signal a shift further right for respect should not be discarded so easily. Powell should be remembered as a Keith Barry News Editors Patrick Gordon the Bush administration. Over the next few weeks, the cabinet Secretary of State who handled a particu- Jillian Harrison It is no secret that Powell collided on makeup for Bush’s second term will come larly difficult point in American history. Daniela Perdomo issues with more unilateral members of into focus. Bush should fill the open slots He navigated the response to terrorist Kathrine Schmidt the Bush cabinet, like Secretary of with advisers who have a wide range of attacks on U.S. soil, seemingly endless Katharine Clark Assistant News Editors Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice backgrounds and views within the confrontations in Afghanistan and Iraq Daniel Lutz President Dick Cheney. National Security Republican Party. This diversity of ideas and an increasingly hostile international Zofia Sztykowski Advisor Condoleezza Rice is viewed as the will help prevent policies from becoming theatre. He was a U.S. diplomat admired most likely to take on the Secretary of too ideologically based, help to find the by otherwise critical European nations Julia Lifschultz Features Editors Patrice Taddonio State post, and her views are more in line best policy solutions and prevent poorly- and had widespread support across the with the stauncher neo-conservatives. thought out quagmires like Iraq. United State and the world. His presence Stephanie Christofides Assistant Features Editor This is a loss, because a variety of view- Powell was a figure in the cabinet that in the cabinet will be missed and hopeful- Alissa Green Arts Editors points are necessary in the group of advi- most Americans could rally behind. His ly his cautious method of foreign policy Jess Keiser sors who determine U.S. policy. moderate stance and distinguished career will be heeded by future secretaries of Sara Ludovise Powell insists that he intended to only gave him appeal to liberals who otherwise state as the correct and mature method of Blair Rainsford serve one term, but one must wonder if disliked the Bush cabinet. A staunch con- statecraft. Maura Allaire Assistant Arts Editors Dave Cavell Seth Keim STEVE SACK

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BUSINESS Courtney Skay Executive Business Director Leslie Prives Business Managers Thomas Singer OFF THE HILL EDITORIAL | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Colleen Hall Office Manager Sari David Advertising Managers ABC affiliates should not back down to FCC Shasta Jean-Mary James Gronek Receivables Manager MICHIGAN DAILY U2 singer Bono’s use of an expletive at Spielberg himself received much direc- Christy Ren Marketing Managers Michaelann Millrood the 2003 Golden Globe Awards, that con- tion from World War II veterans about the (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After tent on prime time televisions is not ade- supposedly superfluous use of expletives a week of advertising for a Veterans Day quately censored. One ABC affiliate, in war. 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STEPHAN VITVITSKY | BY BRADLEY J. KRAMER GLOBAL FORUM Tufts student body needs to If Tufts students continue to view poli- cy debate through thick political lenses, they risk joining the ranks of the lifelong Speaking remove political blinders political partisans that have divided this country. Through the EPIIC program, of moral Fletcher School and, most impressively, through the Fares Lecture, Tufts students have a very unique opportunity to hear values ... and question policy makers from around the world. elieve it or not, the crazy As a frequent participant in these pro- liberals of Massachusetts grams, I am always impressed with the level to which the speakers stay on topic Bhave the lowest divorce and refrain from political rhetoric; how- rate in the country, even though ever, I often find myself disappointed when the floor is opened to student ques- they tend to care more about sec- tions that attempt to reframe the debate ular issues such as the economy through American partisan politics. The most notable instance occurred at the and healthcare than about Hillary Clinton lecture on Wednesday. “moral values” when voting in a presidential election. Partisan politics leads to poor poli- Moral values clearly played a cy debate, as we just witnessed in decisive role in President Bush’s reelection, especially in the Bible the presidential election. Belt of the South. Due to the fact that amendments to ban gay marriage were placed on several As an American after a bitter election, I state ballots, thousands of peo- was very relieved to hear one of the ple turned out to vote to preserve minority leaders strongly affirming the the eternal bond of marriage tenets of President Bush’s policy towards between a man and a woman. the Middle East. But promotion of plural- Because many Southerners care istic democracy as the long-term solution so much about preserving mar- to terrorism, support for Israel’s right to riage, you would think that the exist as a Jewish state alongside an inde- residents of this region would pendent viable Palestinian state and sup- have some of the lowest divorce port for Turkey’s accession into the E.U. rates in the country. After all, isn’t drew little reaction from the crowd. It was marriage between a man and a woman an everlasting union? see BUSH, page 10 Well, it turns out that the states of the Bible Belt actually have Bradley J. Kramer is a junior majoring in some of the highest divorce rates CORBIS mechanical engineering. in the country, while the states of the Northeast have the lowest. The George Barna Research Group, led by born-again Christian George Barna, as well as government statistics, confirm these allegations. According to Blame Tufts, not the fraternities an Associated Press report using data from the U.S. Census BY JONATHAN ALPERT the residential neighborhoods where they might create distur- Bureau, in 2003 the conservative bances for community residents. Second, students on campus states of the Bible Belt had The Somerville residents who live around the Tufts campus are under the jurisdiction of the Tufts University Police divorce rates nearly 50 percent dread the weekend. Noisy college students and parties have Department, not the Somerville Police Department. The impor- higher than the national average become a considerable nuisance for residents seeking peaceful tance of this is evident: Somerville taxes were not being allocat- of 3.8 per 1,000 people. and quiet weekend evenings. For the most part, they blame Tufts ed as much towards the control of noisy students as they are now. It is absolutely shocking that students and fraternities for all of the noise problems. Yet, to So, why has there been an increase in nighttime disturbances the people who seem to care blame Tufts students and fraternities for their problems is not caused by the weekend revelry of Tufts students? Contrary to the most about preserving marriage entirely just. It is towards the Tufts administration that University’s “official stance,” the Tufts administration, led by and the family are the ones who Somerville should direct its opposition efforts. University President Lawrence Bacow, acts in a manner that is break the eternal bond and sever This past summer, I had a job at which I worked with one of discouraging towards Tufts’ fraternities hosting social events. their vows more than anyone else the Somerville residents who lives near Tufts. This resident University administration policy towards regulation of fraternity in the country. Even more dis- explained to me that over the most recent involvement in campus social life is con- turbing is that born-again academic years, noise and disturbances ceived as over-zealous and often too Christians, the backbone of created by Tufts students in the residential As students inevitably seek out par- harsh. The last few academic years have Bush’s conservative support, neighborhoods have increased and creat- brought many students to attribute a have one of the highest divorces ed considerable uproar and resentment. ties, fraternity social events keep “witch-hunt” mentality to administrative rates among religious groups. This resident was completely justified attacks on fraternal social life liberties. President Bush often referred when he explained that it was not right for them on campus, away from the Rather than managing fraternity difficul- to Senator John Kerry as a students to disturb families and residents ties simply as they arise, the University “Massachusetts liberal” who is every weekend as they wander about the residential neighborhoods where administration aggressively seeks out even out of touch with the values of streets of Somerville. Moreover, this resi- the most minor fraternal organization the American people. Even dent was justified when he said that he they might create disturbances for breach of University policy and punishes though Kerry himself has had a hated thinking about the possibility of it, in the opinion of many students, “with divorce, his constituents are the allocating more tax funding to the community residents. wrath.” citizens of this country who best Somerville Police Department’s activity in The punishments imposed by the exemplify true family values the Tufts area to control the situation. Yet, University are not constructively designed through their low divorce rates. have you, as a student, Somerville resident to educate and eventually assist the frater- In fact, a U.S. Census report or Tufts administrator, ever wondered why nal organizations in taking a more produc- showed that the divorce rate for it is that noise disturbances have been on the rise recently? The tive and helpful role at Tufts and in the community. Rather than Massachusetts in 2001 was 2.4 reality is that Somerville must not place full blame for this on the asking fraternities to do community service or imposing a sanc- per 1,000 people, versus 4.1 in students and the fraternities. Why? tion which might otherwise benefit the community and, ulti- Texas. The fraternities at Tufts have long offered a social forum for mately, the organization itself, the University generally imposes Clearly, divorce is essential for Tufts students. The fraternities at Tufts would host parties for the monetary fines (adding more “nickels and dimes” to the many couples who simply need Tufts community on weekend nights, keeping reveling students University’s coffers) and revokes the fraternity’s ability to host to separate, especially in cases of on campus. This collective offering to the campus by the frater- social events for the Tufts community. This is purely punitive spousal abuse. So getting a nities at their own financial expense present the Somerville com- sanctioning. divorce is by no means a bad munity with two benefits. First, as students inevitably seek out For the most part, Tufts imposes such sanctions regardless of thing in certain circumstances. parties, fraternity social events keep them on campus, away from the seriousness or negligibility of the infraction being addressed. But nevertheless, it is very dis- The result of this aggression is the perpetual inability of a large Jonathan A. Alpert is a junior majoring in international relations. see FRATERNITY, page 10 see VITVITSKY, page 10

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Time to take off the political lenses, The geography of “moral values” VITVITSKY simply make no sense. The residents of have a real debate on policy issues continued from page 9 the states who care most about morality BUSH turbing that the “moral value” voters of and religion in politics should have the continued from page 9 editorial pages of northeastern papers, the South, who had arguably the biggest lowest rates of divorce, not the opposite. including The Tufts Daily. This image of influence in Bush’s reelection, have the State-by-state divorce rate is only one only when criticisms were mounted that the ignorant religious man voting for highest rates of breaking the eternal factor out of many that can measure the crowd reacted with cheers and Bush because God told him that Bush bond of marriage in the country. which states or regions are best at pre- applause. was against gay marriage, and who suc- Southerners tend to be less educated, serving marriage and the family. Out-of- Then the floor was open for political- cumb to the “jihad on America run by have lower average household incomes wedlock and teen-pregnancy birth rates ly-loaded and off-topic questions. It was W.” as stated by Maureen Dowd of the and get married at younger ages than are other variables that can be used to at this point when, against the eloquent New York Times, may provide some peo- the residents of the Northeast, which are argue which states best exemplify the advice of Senator Clinton herself, the ple here with comfort, but it is absolute- probably reasons why the divorce rates preservation of family values. crowd showed a complete lack of ly false. in that region are higher. So there are Yet the bottom line is that when a respect for persons with differing views, I am from the Midwest, and while I am logical, secular reasons of why divorce region has an especially high divorce as it turned a policy lecture by a major not an Evangelical, I know plenty of peo- rates differ between these regions. Also, rate, it is inevitable that there will be U.S. political figure into a political rally. ple who are, and none fit this stereotype. more Roman Catholics, a denomination more broken families and more children Partisan politics leads to poor policy I cannot express strongly enough how that does not recognize divorce, live in left behind. So there is clearly a bit of debate, as we just witnessed in the pres- deeply offensive this stereotype is, espe- the Northeast, another factor why irony, and even hypocrisy in the Bush- idential election. Many in the crowd cially when I have someone’s uncle from divorce rates are lower near Kerry’s voters of the South claiming that “moral groaned as they attributed the low level Scotland invoking this image of why I home. values” was their top priority in deter- of debate mentioned by Senator Clinton voted for Bush in Thursday’s Daily. But from a strictly moral perspective, mining who to vote for in the presiden- to the Republican Party, but politicians Our generation has been charged these state-by-state divorce rate figures tial election. are a reflection of the electorate. So as with a promising but extremely complex long as the electorate refuses to elevate challenge. The irreversible move the discussion beyond rhetoric, the towards a global society will be shaped political debate will not change in this by us. This is not a time for depression country. or pessimism. It is not a time for con- This closed-minded approach does cern about winning and losing. It strange things to otherwise rational and requires vision and complex thought. intelligent people, as seen in the narrow Tufts has created an environment for all portrayal of the Bush voter (and more of us to move the world forward. We specifically, the Evangelical voter) by the need to take advantage of it.

Lack of frats leads to more parties off-campus, bad community relations

FRATERNITY University regulations. Such would be continued from page 9 unfair and untrue. Yet, not all fraternal block of the fraternities to host social infractions merit sanctions as severe as events at any given time. For the those imposed for dangerous disregard University Administration, conceived by of University policy. So, next time you many to be ardently intent upon subdu- believe that Tufts students or fraterni- ing the Greek system in order to lower ties are the cause of neighborhood dis- its risk of financial liability, the opportu- turbance and noise, try to reflect about nity to impose such restrictions on the what could very well be at the root of the fraternities must seem like a divine problem — unconstructive university blessing. handling of fraternity matters. While to the average Somerville resi- Somerville residents want a neighbor- dent these points may seem trivial, by hood free from the disturbances of revoking a fraternity’s ability to host weekend revelry. As a fraternity officer, social events on the weekends, the my goal is the preservation and prosper- University administration essentially ity of fraternal organizations at Tufts. forces its students to find entertainment Unfortunately, it seems that the Tufts elsewhere. Unfortunately for our administration is impeding both goals. Somerville neighbors, “elsewhere” Though different, these goals share a means off campus and in Somerville’s common hindrance to their residential areas. achievement. Though I cannot prove that recent Currently, Somerville residents and increases in weekend disturbances in legislators seem to charge Tufts students Somerville’s residential areas are direct- and fraternities with responsiblity for ly the result of fraternal organizations’ the increase in weekend residential dis- inability to host social events, unless turbances, focusing some of one is able to prove that college stu- Somerville’s public funds and resources dents are inherently rowdier in 2004 towards opposing these two groups. than they were in 2003, it certainly Perhaps it would better serve fraterni- seems to be a most logical explanation. ties, students and Somerville residents Now, I am not suggesting that the fra- to band together in order to more fully ternities at Tufts do not infringe on examine the root of the problem. National 11 THE TUFTS DAILY TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 16, 2004 Cassini photos don’t back previous ideas about Saturn’s moon BY ALEXANDRA WITZE Pasadena, Calif. gave rise to life on the early Earth. “These are still early returns, and we Knight Ridder Newspapers Chances are rising that Cassini’s Some researchers thought as recently may still find liquid accumulations,” Huygens probe, which is due to land on as last year that an ocean of methane said Dr. Nelson. “But we can say with LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When the $3 bil- Titan in January, will not parachute into and ethane could cover three-quarters confidence that three-quarters of Titan lion Cassini spacecraft sailed past Titan an ocean of methane but rather land of Titan’s surface, just as a water ocean is not covered by liquid.” three weeks ago, it was supposed to clear with a thunk on solid rock. covers three-quarters of Earth. But Scientists are already scrambling for up many of the mysteries about Saturn’s Until recently, Titan was one of the Cassini’s new photos show that can’t be other ways to explain the apparent largest moon. Instead, it has left scien- most inscrutable objects in the solar sys- true, said Robert Nelson, a planetary sci- absence of liquid. One idea is that the tists more befuddled. tem, hiding its surface details beneath a entist at the Pasadena lab. liquid is mixed with the topmost layers For years, researchers thought that smoggy haze. Like Earth’s atmosphere, “The paradigm may have failed of rock and dirt. liquid chemicals flowed across Titan’s Titan’s is made mostly of nitrogen, but it entirely,” he said in Louisville during a “This whole thing could be like a big surface, forming otherworldly rivers and also contains carbon-rich gases such as meeting of the American Astronomical Slurpee,” said Ralph Lorenz, a planetary lakes. But so far, Cassini hasn’t seen any methane and ethane. Society’s Division of Planetary Sciences. scientist at the University of Arizona. evidence — not even a glimmer of sun- Decades ago, scientists had suggested Of course, Cassini only arrived at New images from Cassini’s radar sys- light reflecting off a small patch of that these gases might condense and Saturn in June and is just starting to tem seem to support this notion. By liquid. rain out onto the surface, creating pools study Titan. The spacecraft is scheduled bouncing radar waves off Titan during “That nasty Titan,” said Dennis of liquid chemicals. The pools might to fly past Titan 44 more times over the the Oct. 26 flyby, Dr. Lorenz built up a Matson, Cassini project scientist at even have hosted extreme chemistry, next four years, each time adding to its map of bright and dark areas — includ- NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in with reactions occurring like those that storehouse of information. ing some strange new features. Powell, Paige headline day of Cabinet resignations

BY RON HUTCHESON Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Colin Powell and three other Cabinet secretaries announced their resignations yesterday, accelerating a sec- ond-term shuffle in President Bush’s administration. Powell, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, Education Secretary Rod Paige and Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman joined Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans in deciding to leave the Bush team. Mass resignations are common in a president’s second term, and the departures aren’t GEORGE BRIDGES/KRT expected to lead to any major U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks with reporters outside the policy shifts. State Department yesterday, after a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Powell repeatedly found him- Silvan Shalom. Powell announced that he is resigning his Cabinet post self on the losing side of foreign and will leave when his successor has been confirmed. policy disputes with his more hawkish rivals, Defense bers have resigned so far, and dential term before their bene- Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld more are expected to follow suit. factor in the White House loses and Vice President Dick Cheney. Homeland Security Secretary clout. He was the strongest voice in Tom Ridge, Transportation Powell, who turned to diplo- the administration favoring Secretary Norm Mineta, and macy after a distinguished mili- diplomacy over military force Health and Human Services tary career, said he never and international cooperation Secretary Tommy Thompson intended to stay at the State over unilateral action. top the list of other officials con- Department beyond Bush’s first Abraham, Paige and Veneman sidered likely to step down. term. The president didn’t press were all considered faithful Top government officials him to change his mind. Bush loyalists, with varying seeking more lucrative, less Administration officials said degrees of effectiveness. demanding jobs often bow out Six of the 15 Cabinet mem- at the start of a second presi- see CABINET, page 12 Man sets himself on fire at White House Moderate Republicans bemoan BY CHARLES HOMANS interviewing officers at the scene. Knight Ridder Newspapers They offered no motive for the incident. their party’s hard right turn After Park Police and Secret Service officers put BY COLLEEN MCCAIN NELSON Democrats,” said Jan LaRue, chief WASHINGTON — A man set himself on fire yes- out the fire and subdued the man, he was taken to Knight Ridder Newspapers counsel for the conservative group terday afternoon in front of the White House after a Washington Hospital Center for treatment. Concerned Women for America. failed attempt to deliver a letter to President Bush. DALLAS — A win doesn’t mean In the aftermath of President The 52-year-old man, whom law enforcement that all is well in the Republican Bush’s re-election, evangelicals officials described as being of Middle Eastern I wouldn’t say he was alert, but Party. were quickly branded the “it” descent, was hospitalized with second- and third- Though their candidate came political group. They have taken a degree burns over 30 percent of his body. Law he was conscious. Medics were trying to out ahead on Nov. 2, some moder- two-week victory lap, appearing enforcement officials didn’t immediately release his ate Republicans are as despon- around-the-clock on cable news name. talk“ to him and he pretty much couldn’t dent as Democrats. While networks while touting a conser- U.S. Park Police Lt. Patrick O’Brien said the man, Christian conservatives have been vative social agenda. who was carrying a raincoat and an attache case, really respond. credited with turning out like- Out of the spotlight and largely approached Secret Service officers around 2 p.m. at minded voters in crucial swing overlooked, some moderates said the northwest gate of the White House on Alan ”Etter states, many moderates say they they feel like politicians without a Pennsylvania Avenue and told them he wanted to Spokesman, D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services have been marginalized. party. deliver a letter to the president. “There is no future for moder- Issues such as gay marriage After he was turned away, he pulled out a lighter ate and progressive Republicans and abortion have exposed fis- and set fire to his jacket, which appeared to be Alan Etter, a spokesman for the District of in the Republican Party,” said Jim sures in the majority party, as doused with some sort of flammable substance, Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Scarantino, president of the cen- conservatives push for what they O’Brien said. described the man as conscious but incoherent trist GOP group Mainstream 2004. call “pro-family” policies and “He was screaming when he was on fire,” accord- after the incident. “The far right wing and the fanat- moderates urge renewed focus ing to O’Brien, who said the man was burned on his “I wouldn’t say he was alert, but he was con- ics have seized control.” on fiscal conservatism. neck, hands, head and face. Medical personnel scious,” Etter said. “Medics were trying to talk to him Scarantino isn’t sure where his Evangelicals have been quick described the injuries as not life-threatening. and he pretty much couldn’t really respond.” brand of Republican politics fits to seize on their moment in the Initial reports indicated that the man shouted Secret Service and Park Police are investigating into the GOP. Some Christian con- spotlight, launching efforts to “Allah, Allah” as he was wrestled to the ground, but the incident, which was the first criminal event servatives say it doesn’t. expand their influence and criti- authorities were unable to corroborate that, even since Nov. 9, when the pedestrian walkway in front “If they can’t agree and support cizing Republicans who don’t toe after reviewing a videotape of the incident and of the White House reopened to the public. the president and the platform, the conservative line on social then they ought to go over to the issues. 12 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Abraham advocated abolishing his agency before he had accepted post CABINET Paige, 71, had the job of carrying out continued from page 11 the No Child Left Behind Act, Bush’s plan Bush is likely to select national security to put more accountability in the adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace nation’s education system. He sent his Powell. Rice, one of Bush’s closest confi- resignation letter to Bush on Nov. 5, say- dants, is much less likely than Powell to ing he wanted to return to Texas to focus challenge Rumsfeld and Cheney in their on a “personal project” — a house aggressive approach to foreign trouble- remodeling. makers such as Iran, North Korea and Paige, who attended segregated Syria, or their disdain for alliances and schools in Mississippi as a child, won international organizations. good reviews for his previous work as Abraham, 52 and the father of three superintendent of schools in Houston, elementary-school-age children, told but his blunt talk didn’t always serve him Bush in his resignation letter that his role well in Washington. as energy secretary “posed significant His strained relationship with the challenges to our family in many ways.” politically powerful National Education Abraham didn’t have much impact at Association, a teachers union with 2.7 the Energy Department, an agency he’d million members, was severed after he advocated abolishing before he was referred to the group as a “terrorist tapped to head it. The former Michigan organization.” He later said that the senator took a back seat to Cheney in comment was “an inappropriate choice drafting Bush’s proposed energy policy, of words to describe the obstructionist and was then unable to steer it through scare tactics” of the NEA. Congress. Margaret Spellings, a domestic policy Abraham was also unable to do much adviser who came with Bush from Texas, about skyrocketing prices for gasoline, jet is the leading candidate to replace him. fuel and home heating oil. He was virtual- Veneman’s resignation surprised some ly absent from public view during the lawmakers, especially after her doctors 2003 Northeast electricity blackout. said that she seemed to have beaten “He left few footprints,” said Jerry breast cancer. She was diagnosed with Taylor, who directs energy and environ- an early form of the disease in 2002 and ment policy for the libertarian-leaning went through a lumpectomy and radia- Cato Institute. tion therapy. Three names quickly surfaced as possi- Veneman, 55, didn’t offer a reason for ble replacements: Thomas R. Kuhn, presi- her resignation, saying only that “now is dent of the Edison Electric Institute, the an appropriate time for me to move on lobbying arm for the electric power indus- to new opportunities.” Possible replace- try; Deputy Energy Secretary Kyle ments include Allen Johnson, chief agri- McSlarrow; and Ambassador Tony Garza, cultural negotiator at the U.S. Trade the U.S. representative in Mexico and a Representative, and Jan Lyons, president former member of the Texas Railroad of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Commission, which regulates the state’s Association. oil and gas industry. Powell, Veneman and Abraham said Other possible candidates include ener- they would stay until their replacements gy economist William F. Martin, retiring took over. Paige said he wanted to leave Sen. John Breaux, D-La., and Mayor Bob before Bush takes the oath of office for a Young of Augusta, Ga. second term on Jan. 20. 10 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Abraham advocated abolishing his agency before he had accepted post CABINET Paige, 71, had the job of carrying out continued from page 11 the No Child Left Behind Act, Bush’s plan Bush is likely to select national security to put more accountability in the adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace nation’s education system. He sent his Powell. Rice, one of Bush’s closest confi- resignation letter to Bush on Nov. 5, say- dants, is much less likely than Powell to ing he wanted to return to Texas to focus challenge Rumsfeld and Cheney in their on a “personal project” — a house aggressive approach to foreign trouble- remodeling. makers such as Iran, North Korea and Paige, who attended segregated Syria, or their disdain for alliances and schools in Mississippi as a child, won international organizations. good reviews for his previous work as Abraham, 52 and the father of three superintendent of schools in Houston, elementary-school-age children, told but his blunt talk didn’t always serve him Bush in his resignation letter that his role well in Washington. as energy secretary “posed significant His strained relationship with the challenges to our family in many ways.” politically powerful National Education Abraham didn’t have much impact at Association, a teachers union with 2.7 the Energy Department, an agency he’d million members, was severed after he advocated abolishing before he was referred to the group as a “terrorist tapped to head it. The former Michigan organization.” He later said that the senator took a back seat to Cheney in comment was “an inappropriate choice drafting Bush’s proposed energy policy, of words to describe the obstructionist and was then unable to steer it through scare tactics” of the NEA. Congress. Margaret Spellings, a domestic policy Abraham was also unable to do much adviser who came with Bush from Texas, about skyrocketing prices for gasoline, jet is the leading candidate to replace him. fuel and home heating oil. He was virtual- Veneman’s resignation surprised some ly absent from public view during the lawmakers, especially after her doctors 2003 Northeast electricity blackout. said that she seemed to have beaten “He left few footprints,” said Jerry breast cancer. She was diagnosed with Taylor, who directs energy and environ- an early form of the disease in 2002 and ment policy for the libertarian-leaning went through a lumpectomy and radia- Cato Institute. tion therapy. Three names quickly surfaced as possi- Veneman, 55, didn’t offer a reason for ble replacements: Thomas R. Kuhn, presi- her resignation, saying only that “now is dent of the Edison Electric Institute, the an appropriate time for me to move on lobbying arm for the electric power indus- to new opportunities.” Possible replace- try; Deputy Energy Secretary Kyle ments include Allen Johnson, chief agri- McSlarrow; and Ambassador Tony Garza, cultural negotiator at the U.S. Trade the U.S. representative in Mexico and a Representative, and Jan Lyons, president former member of the Texas Railroad of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Commission, which regulates the state’s Association. oil and gas industry. Powell, Veneman and Abraham said Other possible candidates include ener- they would stay until their replacements gy economist William F. Martin, retiring took over. Paige said he wanted to leave Sen. John Breaux, D-La., and Mayor Bob before Bush takes the oath of office for a Young of Augusta, Ga. second term on Jan. 20. International 13 THE TUFTS DAILY TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 16, 2004 Alleged crime boss held on drug charges N.Korea returns KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS The cannabis was hidden among 290 cas- threatened them, ordering, “Do as I say,” abductee Yokota’s sette tapes packed in cardboard boxes. and would slash their hands and ears with TOKYO — The alleged Iranian boss of a In 2000, Kadkhodaei’s name surfaced a large knife, sources said. large drug smuggling group has been as a key person in the drug trade. Several At the height of his involvement in the remains to Japan arrested on suspicion of selling illegal Iranians identified him as controlling drug business from 2000 to 2002, he con- KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS drugs in Japan, sources said yesterday. drug trafficking after they were arrested trolled more than 1,000 dealers in Tokyo He reportedly employed about 1,000 by the MPD on suspicion of selling stimu- and Kanagawa, Chiba and Tochigi prefec- TOKYO — A Japanese delegation that Iranians as dealers and earned more than lants and MDMA (esctacy), in Roppongi, tures and Nagoya, using at least six mobile spent a week in Pyongyang on a fact- 30 million yen a month until about two Minato Ward, and in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. phones and earning more than 30 million finding mission investigating the abduc- years ago. Kadkhodaei wrestled for Iran in the yen a month, sources said. tion of 10 Japanese has brought back Mahmoud Kadkhodaei, 40, allegedly 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. But upon their return to Iran, the deal- remains believed to be those of abductee used Iranians who had overstayed their According to sources, he repeatedly ers who had been treated harshly by him Megumi Yokota, a senior member of the visas as drug dealers and terrorized them traveled between Japan and Iran on contacted local police and brought Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) told into submission. If they did not obey his forged passports since visiting Japan for charges against him for drug trafficking reporters yesterday. orders, he allegedly would slash them the first time in 1990. During his stay in and their treatment at his hands in Japan. The lawmaker, Keiji Furuya, said a with a large knife, and was known by the Japan, he smuggled in drugs from foreign He was arrested on suspicion of extortion, DNA test would be conducted. dealers as the “King of Fear.” countries, including Colombia, sources robbery and injurious assault on his Pyongyang has told the government The Metropolitan Police Department said. return to Iran in autumn 2002. that Yokota was abducted from Niigata (MPD) arrested him on Oct. 4 at an He also sold cellular phones that con- According to local newspapers, 60 Prefecture at the age of 13 in 1977, and Iranian restaurant in Tokyo for violating tained information, including the contact Iranians who sold drugs for him in Japan was hospitalized until October 1993 the Cannabis Control Law. Kadkhodaei addresses of Japanese drug addicts, for appeared at his trials. One testified that before dying at a later date. allegedly had gone to the restaurant to more than 10 million yen to Iranians liv- his brothers had been abducted by The delegation returned to Tokyo yes- pick up two kilograms of cannabis resin ing in Japan illegally, while forcing others terday, also bringing what are believed to sent by international mail from Nepal. into the drug business. If they refused, he see DRUGS, page 15 be new documents and belongings of the abductees Pyongyang has said died or never entered North Korea. Exploring the compound We’d like to examine the documents closely. We feel that North“ Korea could have done more than it has in the past two rounds of bilateral talks. Nobutaka Machimura” Japanese Foreign Minister

Takeo Hiranuma, a senior LDP law- maker who heads a lawmakers’ support group for abductees and their families, told reporters yesterday the documents included detailed medical records, pho- tos and books. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said at an LDP executive meeting yesterday, “What I heard about the result of the bilateral talks was not necessarily good.” A government-chartered plane left Pyongyang before 9 a.m. and landed at Haneda Airport after 11 a.m., carrying seven cargo containers that held the documents and remains. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said at a press conference yester- day after the plane arrived, “The Foreign Ministry informed us that various evi- dence of the 10 Japanese had been pro- vided by North Korea, and it was impor- ABD RABBO-MOUSSE/KRT tant to preserve it and bring it back to RAMALLAH, WEST BANK — Palestinians discover the ‘Muqata’ compound, where Yasser Arafat spent the last two years; the Israeli army was not allowing him to leave and was regularly shelling and destroying its buildings. see ABDUCTEES, page 14 Devastation found everywhere along main supply route through Fallujah BY JAMES JANEGA with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Buildings with holes left by Knight Ridder Newspapers Cavalry Regiment of the 1st American explosive rounds lined Cavalry Division spent Sunday the street. Rubble was every- FALLUJAH, Iraq — Sgt. Marc defending Route Henry, the main where, and electrical cords dan- Veen, a 24-year-old Chicagoan, north-south supply route gled like jungle vines. worked his way across the roof of through the city of Fallujah. Veen’s group, Cougar a house on Route Henry and The street’s name, Henry, is Company, was on the southern located an insurgent sniper who part of the U.S. military’s system: end, where the remaining resist- had set up his own rooftop van- all north-south streets are given ance was toughest. The north- tage point a third of a mile away. male names, and all east-west ernmost group, Apache Adjusting for the distance and streets have female names. Company, exhausted from three a light south wind, Veen held his On Sunday, it was the 2-7’s job days of fierce fighting, crawled breath, tightened his right index to help keep Route Henry open overnight into a home on the qui- finger on the trigger of an M-14 for Marines who were attacking eter end of the 2-7’s territory. rifle named Lucille, and hit the holdout fighters in the southern Soldiers found colorful mat- crouching Iraqi with a shot to the end of Fallujah and were using tresses leaning on a wall and stomach. Two more rounds and the road as a lifeline. spread them on a stone floor. the insurgent stopped moving. The battalion held three hous- Bulletproof vests leaned against Veen put the first bullet’s brass es along a mile-and-a-half walls as young men with far-off casing into the webbing of his stretch of Route Henry. The dev- stares looked at nothing or slept vest. It was a kill, his fourth since astation up and down the stretch hard. KHAMPHA BOUAPHANH/KRT the fighting in Najaf in August. was numbing. Holes dug for One of the few awake was Sgt. Capt. Sean Sims, center, and others lead Iraqi National Guard soldiers on “He would have gotten one of roadside bombs littered the Charles Thornton, 23, a team a search for weapons at a farmhouse during a joint raid in Dali Abbas, my buddies,” Veen said. median of the divided roadway, Iraq. The Army captain of the 1st Infantry Division’s Task Force 2-2 was Veen and other Army troops and craters pocked the street. see FALLUJAH, page 15 killed Saturday by rebels in Fallujah, Iraq. 14 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Empty houses across Fallujah bear witness to Iraqis’ lives BY JAMES JANEGA stairway to the rooftop patio lie discard- Knight Ridder Newspapers ed cassette tapes with English titles: “Heart to Heart” and “Romantic Mood.” FALLUJAH, Iraq — It is still too early There is a silk prayer rug in the living for the people of Fallujah to come for- room. Among the furniture leaned ward and tell their own tales, so their against the front window is a low cabi- homes bear silent witness to disrupted net full of dainty teacups. lives. But the photograph on the floor tells In one house, an abandoned meal of the most about this family. Sometime Arabic flatbread floats in a pool of long ago, judging by the photo’s edges cleaning fluid, the bottle broken by the and fading colors, a father who had explosion that shattered the front win- black hair and a thick mustache taught dows. In another, soldiers’ boots have his son to swim in the ocean. left tracks across aging photographs of a In the picture, the boy’s smile is wider smiling father teaching his son to swim. than the father’s. Sometime during last week’s fero- Across town, a similar house was cious airstrikes and tank assaults, the abandoned and now is occupied. In this children’s beds and toys in a third house one, a formal family photograph, were pulled into the parents’ bedroom, framed and lying on the bed in the mas- then abandoned. ter bedroom, shows a man with graying hair and moustache beside his wife, who wears a hijab and is holding a boy, Tired and angry, members of the perhaps 18 months old. The parents appear to be in their 40s. unit occupide the home of the In front of them, three young boys sit uncomfortably. No one is smiling. family of six over the weekend. It Beside it, in another frame, the man is pictured sitting cross-legged in fine may have been them who used clothes before a white curtain, reading from an ornate Koran. the wife’s lipstick to deface the On the floor beside the big bed are two much smaller mattresses in bright walls. colors. A toy red pickup truck is within close reach of one. The bureaus look ransacked and are half-empty. Atop one is a can of men’s “You find a lot of interesting things in black hair color. It reads “Happy Days here,” Army Sgt. Austin Ferguson said. Again” in English. Resting up from fighting elsewhere, the It was in another house like this that a 30-year-old from Milwaukee stood on a soldier was killed and four were wound- chair and rifled through books and ed, a whole squad taken out in a single paperwork on a bookshelf, in the bed- moment. An insurgent hiding in a dark- room of a man he likely will never meet. ened room rolled a grenade as the He thumbed through a few pads of troops opened the door. paper from the U.S. Agency for Tired and angry, members of the unit International Development, numbered occupied the home of the family of six in Arabic, and found another treasure: over the weekend. It may have been “Hey, `The New English Course for them who used the wife’s lipstick to Iraq’!” he called out. deface the walls. As fighting winds down in Fallujah, U.S. troops are staying in homes along main supply routes and at critical posi- Sandbags line some windows, tions elsewhere in the city. Furniture piled against windows protects soldiers and U.S. soldiers didn’t put them sleeping on hallway couches and in children’s beds. Bathrooms barely ade- there. During the weeklong quate for a small family serve whole pla- toons. assault, Iraqis popped out of “The damage was from the enemy,” Army Lt. Col. James Rainey said outside many of these homes firing rock- one house with a cracked facade pocked by bullet holes. “The furniture piled by et-propelled grenades ... the windows? Probably my guys.” Many of the homes are blasted by American gunfire, because at some “This is my house!!” was scrawled in point it was thought insurgents were fluorescent pink on the wall of a pantry fighting from inside them. Often, they upstairs. Beside it was a crude American were. flag, the letters “USA” and the T-shirt Sandbags line some windows, and mantra “Mess with the best, Die like the U.S. soldiers didn’t put them there. rest.” During the weeklong assault, Iraqis When he found out later, Rainey took popped out of many of these homes fir- an officer aside and ordered the walls in ing rocket-propelled grenades and the pantry to be repainted. Kalashnikov rifles. “That’s unfortunate. We try not to do Claim cards are left behind by the that,” he said, then added, “They’ve American troops so that when families been through a lot.” return, they can seek compensation When he visited the next day, the from the United States. graffiti was gone. On the dusty floor of one home is a On that visit, Rainey had just come pocket Koran, so worn that pages are from another house in Fallujah — one slipping out. Beside the front door, occupied by Iraqi Army soldiers. there is a small pair of men’s brown In the cleaned-up kitchen, an Iraqi shoes with beige socks balled inside soldier whistled and cooked dinner. them. The house was again a home, though The television is broken, but on the not for its owners. Abductee’s remains returned to Japan ABDUCTEES Koizumi, the liaison council for families continued from page 13 of the abductees and the Association of Japan.” the Families of Victims Kidnapped by Hosoda said the government intended North Korea. to have experts analyze the documents to Machimura told reporters at the determine whether they truly related to Foreign Ministry yesterday afternoon: the abductees. “We’d like to examine the documents Hosoda said at the press conference closely. We feel that North Korea could that he had heard no Japanese would have done more than it has in the past return to Japan with the delegation. two rounds of bilateral talks.” At noon yesterday, the delegation The main question on the officials’ reported to Foreign Minister Nobutaka minds is whether the materials will do no Machimura on the results of the talks more than prove North Korea’s official and research activities. In the afternoon, explanation on the fate or whereabouts they elaborated on their activities to of the 10 abductees. Tuesday, November 16, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 15 New U.S. ambassador follows advice Key man in Iranian drug ring and reaches out to rural Vietnamese arrested in Japan during bust BY BEN STOCKING missing American serviceman, an issue that has DRUGS authorities put him on a wanted Knight Ridder Newspapers remained a top priority for the U.S. government continued from page 13 list through Interpol. since relations were normalized. Kadkhodaei from a disco in Tokyo In December 2002, while still at VINH, Vietnam — As he introduces himself to Vietnamese officials in Ha Tinh province had and had all his savings stolen. large, he entered Japan posing as Vietnamese officials, the new U.S. ambassador placed the remains — a collection of what Another said that his earlobe had an Italian and resumed working keeps hearing the same message: If you want to appeared to be about 10 human bone fragments been cut off by Kadkhodaei after in the drug business. understand this country, get out of Hanoi. — in a small wooden box along with pieces of an handing over the proceeds from He has already been indicted Earlier this month, Michael W. Marine took old, decaying parachute coated with dirt. drugs sales. but is maintaining silence on the that advice to heart. He flew to a remote corner Wrapped in red cloth, the container sat atop a But Kadkhodaei failed to matter, sources said. The MPD of the country to watch Americans and table adorned with burning incense, candles appear at his trial for medical rea- expects Kadkhodaei’s arrest and Vietnamese engaged in the continuing effort to and fresh yellow flowers. sons and then fled Iran after documents seized during the find the remains of U.S. soldiers who died during “This is a very important humanitarian mis- being released on bail of about 67 arrest will yield information on the Vietnam War. sion we are involved in, and we know we would million yen. The court sentenced other pending cases involving Marine also met with local officials in central not be successful without the cooperation of the him in absentia to 10 years in drug smuggling organizations Vietnam, raising issues that promise to be the people of Vietnam,” Marine said during a brief prison and 74 lashes. The Iranian run by foreigners. focus of his tenure here: helping fight HIV/AIDS, ceremony. “I want to express our deep apprecia- promoting bilateral trade and an open business tion.” environment, and defending religious freedom The remains will be sent to a Defense and human rights. Department forensic laboratory in Honolulu for Main supply route through Marine, 57, is the third U.S. ambassador to analysis. With luck, investigators will be able to serve in Hanoi since the United States and identify them soon so they can be returned to Vietnam normalized relations in 1995. Marine, the serviceman’s family in the United States for Fallujah filled with devastation who replaces Raymond Burghardt, began his burial. FALLUJAH On the walls facing the street new job two months ago, after serving as the No. In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, the U.S. continued from page 13 in front of their position, a story 2 envoy at the U.S. embassies in China and government decided to undertake a continuous leader from Norristown, Pa. He of Fallujah’s fight was told in Kenya. effort to recover the remains of service members had been fighting since Thursday paragraphs of Arabic graffiti. A career Foreign Service officer who graduat- missing from World War II, the Korean War, the night. A good friend in another “Jihad ... Jihad ... Jihad. God is ed from the University of California-Santa Vietnam War and later the Persian Gulf War. platoon was killed storming a greatest, and Islam is going to Barbara, Marine has served nearly 30 years in the About 1,800 are missing in Southeast Asia. house on Saturday. win,” declared a wall on the east State Department and prides himself on keeping The enterprise costs about $100million a year. “It hurts,” Thornton said. “I side of the street. Iraqi Army sol- his political opinions to himself. So far, 734 sets of remains have been repatriated can’t really think about it because diers had spraypainted through He doesn’t want to fall into an easy trap — from the region. Marine, who served in the U.S. I have to look out for my guys.” the words “Jihad.” spending too much time in Hanoi, Vietnam’s Marine Corps in Japan during the Vietnam War, Grief he pushed off. Rage he On the west side of the street, booming capital, a world apart from the much believes the effort is worth every cent. kept. troops of the Iraqi 4th Battalion, poorer rural provinces where most of the “We owe those who go to war a tremendous As his team slept, he used a attached to the 2-7 to help guard nation’s 80 million residents live. debt of gratitude,” he said. “Fulfilling our obliga- marker to write “This is 4 my Route Henry, expanded on their Marine’s recent foray to the provinces wasn’t tion to them in this way is something that per- buddy” on a 40 mm grenade for message: glamorous. Nghe An province doesn’t boast any haps no other country would do. But that does- his M203 launcher. “Jihad means fixing your coun- five-star hotels, and aside from a massive new n’t mean we shouldn’t do it.” “His wife lives right across the try. The Iraqi Army are heroes, so monument to the revolutionary leader Ho Chi In Nghe An province, Marine visited a remote street from my wife,” he said soft- stop fighting,” the new graffiti Minh, whose childhood home is nearby, it doesn’t site where U.S. servicemen and local Vietnamese ly. “I’m all about fighting.” read, along with profanity direct- offer much in the way of tourist attractions. are searching for the remains of a Navy pilot At Comanche Company, ed at the insurgents. But the unassuming Marine didn’t seem to tire whose F-8E disappeared in December 1966. halfway down 2-7’s stretch of Down south, Cougar Company of the nuts-and-bolts work of diplomacy: meet- Villagers rocked wire mesh trays hanging from road, palm fronds snapped by was guarded by Veen and other ing with local officials, talking up common inter- bamboo poles, sifting through clumps of dirt bullets hung from the tree in the snipers on the roof. Its troops ests and posing for lots of photographs. taken from a small crater for bone fragments, front yard. Soldiers lounged with hugged rifles and dozed in flak The central purpose of his trip was to witness teeth, parachute pieces or any other evidence of pulp fiction inside or napped in jackets. They contended with the return of remains believed to belong to a the crash. darkened rooms. sniper fire throughout the day. 16 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Tuesday, November 16, 2004 CROSSWORD DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU

FOX TROT BY BILL AMEND

DILBERT BY SCOTT ADAMS

NON SEQUITUR BY WILEY

HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (Nov. 16) — The more you study, the more you find you don’t know, and that can get discouraging. That condition is temporary, however. You end up with much greater wisdom.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — You’ll have Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — A person with to juggle to take care of everyone who needs your whom you have been putting up with is danger- attention. Luckily, you’re good at this. Don’t over- ously on your nerves. However, it would be quite look family. foolish to complain. Continue to be gracious. It’s driving her nuts. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — New skills you’ve acquired will come in handy, but you may Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.21) — Today is an 8 — Sometimes, also discover some you don’t have yet that would before you can advance, it’s a good idea to review be useful. Take notes, and perhaps, take a class. what you’ve already done so far. Make lists of what worked and what didn’t. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Invest in an item that will make your workday a little easier. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Some of The more quickly you can get all those chores the things in your closets or attic are quite valu- done, the more time you’ll have to play. able. Don’t pitch them out; recycle or sell them, and refill your empty pockets. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Another challenges your conclusions. Don’t react emotion- Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Continue ally. Be practical. Pointing out the money you’ve to give advice to a person who’s decisionally saved increases your credibility. challenged. You’re becoming indispensable, and that’s good job security. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — The only way to get past some obstacles is to slog right through Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — You may be them. Unfortunately, that may be the case now. able to play a card that you’ve been keeping hid- You’ll be so proud when it’s all done. den. Call in a favor that somebody important owes you, for starters. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Make sure you acknowledge the people who are helping Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — There’s a you achieve your goals. They don’t do it for the conflict brewing between your public and pri- paycheck, not entirely, anyway. There’s never vate lives. Caring for others is important, true, been enough money to make up for a lack of but first, take care of your own. appreciation.

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The pick up the slack and win the Antowain Smith at running Patriots started off the 2001 should be able to recover, once division, but if they don’t start back for the New England back, and a collection of hobos season 0-2 with Bledsoe and it gets Randy Moss back and playing with some urgency they Patriots. Eight quarterbacks and lucky fans catching the had finished 2000 with a record earn a wild card spot. The Vikes could miss the playoffs alto- will make more money than ball. David Givens? Bethel of 5-11. Clearly, their defense still can’t play defense, and have gether, in what was supposed to him this season, including Joey Johnson? David Patten? Not wasn’t good enough to win little chance of winning a play- be the team’s big Super Bowl Harrington. He’s on pace to exactly star receivers. without him. off game, but with Moss healthy run. Whichever team comes in throw 30 touchdown passes Although the mid-90’s Ask a Yankee fan who the they can shoot it out with any- second should have a good shot and throw for about 3,800 Yankees won with unheralded most important piece of the one. at the last wild card spot with a yards. Both would be career players like Scott Brosius, Yankees’ championship run As for the West, there’s no 9-7 record. highs. O’Neill, and Tino Martinez, all was, and the answer you’ll telling what will happen. The In the end, it doesn’t matter. The fact that there’s a salary those players were better than most likely get is Mariano St. Louis Rams continue to win None of them will be able to cap in football is not an excuse, anyone on offense for the Pats Rivera. And why not? He was games, especially in the divi- play with whoever comes out of either. This off-season, Peyton the last few years, with the the best player on those teams. sion, despite the fact that Mike the AFC, whether that is Manning was rewarded with a exception of Troy Brown. Ask any Patriots fan, and Tom Martz seems to coach based on Pittsburgh, who is playing near contract almost identical to Wouldn’t you rather have Paul Brady is the only answer. I hate coin flips. As much as his judg- flawless football, or the Pats, Jeter’s. Whether Brady will O’Neill than, say, Kevin Faulk? to sound like Tim McCarver, ment has been questionable, he who just seem destined to win receive a similar contract in Despite the popular rumor, but the guy is amazing. He is did get his team stoked this another. As for “Inside the 2006 remains to be seen, but is those early Yankee teams the Wilt Chamberlain of the week by calling for a live scrim- NFL”’s futile pick for the NFC: highly unlikely. weren’t without their stars; Pats. mage in practice on Wednesday. The Falcons will beat the Eagles In addition, Brady in his first from Mariano Rivera to Andy Without Tom Brady, the The Rams responded by making in Philly as the NFC three seasons as the Pats start- Pettitte, Bernie Williams and Patriots would be a mediocre a strong statement against the Championship curse continues ing QB, has already received Wade Boggs, Jeter always had team. With Billy Crystal at short- Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. for the poor city of brotherly more Super Bowl MVP awards plenty of help that Brady could stop, the Yankees would have Seattle’s just a mystery. love. Well, at least the Flyers will (two) than Jeter has World only dream of. won at least two World Series The Seahawks have incredi- have a shot at the Cup ... sorry, Series MVP awards in his entire Sure, the Patriots had a fan- titles. Tom Brady isn’t Derek Jeter. ble talent but just don’t seem to sore subject. nine-year career (one). tastic defense backing up He’s better than Derek Jeter. Connolly, Jasinski to fill scoring roles and Co-captains lead the charge OVERVIEW both provided sparks off the freshman expected to have large presence continued from page 20 bench and will look to con- tribute more in the backcourt confident that Jasinski will play expected to provide some scor- SCORERS Verplank was third on the team this season. The 5’11” Vardaro’s a big role this year. ing punch off the bench at the continued from page 20 last season in scoring, averag- role will likely increase during “Laura’s a great presence in point guard position. ing 9.0 PPG, while leading the this campaign due to the loss of the post and she’s also a very Berube is confident incoming Love and Powers led the team team defensively with 2.5 steals Buckley and Gluckman, two of good rebounder,” Berube said. freshmen will add a new in scoring, averaging about 12.8 per game. Miller-Stevens, the Tufts’ biggest inside threats last “She’s a very smart player.” dynamic to the team. points apiece last season. more natural point guard, season. Verplank was third with nine Another player who could proved extremely valuable in per game. While these three step up this year for the Jumbos fighting the full court press, should continue to put points is sophomore Valerie Krah. Laura’s a great while adding three points, two Krah sat out part of last season Leading the charge for on the board, the Jumbos will presence in the post and assists and a steal—all while need their role players to step with injuries, but she is expect- averaging just 15 minutes per Tufts will be junior guard up. ed to be a big contributor this game. season. Last year, Krah played she’s“ also a very good Wellesley sophomore trans- Senior co-captain Erin in 15 games and averaged 4.4 Jessica Powers and senior fer Laura Jasinski could lend rebounder. She’s a very Connolly, junior Kat Miller and some of this much-needed points per game. sophomores Valerie Krah, co-captain forward scoring support. Jasinski aver- Finally, senior co-captain Marilyn Duffy-Cabana and aged 5.4 points and 5.5 Erin Connolly is also expected smart player. Danielle Vardaro round up the rebounds per game last year for to make an impact. Last season, Allison Love. Carla Berube” returning players to this year’s the Blue and is expected to see Connolly averaged about four team. Connolly and Krah are points per game. Coach, Women’s Basketball time at the power forward and the two most productive three - The returnees will lead the “Erin’s a really good leader,” center positions to help replace point threats currently on the way for the team’s new fresh- Powers said. “She’ll help us Buckley. roster. Connolly shot 37.8 per- men and sophomore transfer increase our scoring.” “We’ve got some athletic “Laura’s a good post player,” cent from behind the arc in 37 Laura Jasinski. The Jumbos’ “Erin can shoot the ball and freshmen,” Berube said. “It’s Verplank said. “We think she attempts last season, while success this season will come we’re looking for her to step it hard to predict with freshmen can help us a lot.” Krah barely edged her out, down to two things: the contri- up as well,” Berube added. because you don’t always know “She’s really strong,” Powers shooting 40 percent in 35 butions of its role players and Sophomore Taryn Miller- what you have till you start the added. “We’re going to look attempts. Berube’s ability to find players to Stevens averaged three points games, but I’m optimistic. inside for her often.” Duffy-Cabana and Miller saw step into the shoes vacated by per game last year and is also They’re working hard.” Coach Carla Berube is also limited action last winter, but last season’s departed women. 18 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Tuesday, November 16, 2004 N.Y. boxing panel puts resisting Holyfield on medical suspension KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPER home in Atlanta, said he does- absorbed enough punishment n’t agree with the suspension throughout his great career. It’s NEW YORK — Evander and plans to continue boxing. time the bleeding stopped.” Holyfield doesn’t play for a He said he and his representa- Holyfield (38-8-2, 25 KOs) is team, but the former heavy- tive will fight the ban. He said 2-5-2 in his last nine bouts. One weight champion has been the NYSAC was perpetuating a of his two victories was a tech- benched by the New York State “conspiracy” to get him out of nical decision against Hasim Athletic Commission following boxing. “Why do they want to Rahman after an accidental his terrible performance usher me out? What have I head butt raised a grotesque against Larry Donald at done to this game that they swelling on Rahman’s head and Madison Square Garden don’t want me in it anymore?” the bout had to be stopped in Saturday night. Holyfield said. “Do you really the eighth round. Holyfield was Ron Stevens, NYSAC chair- care about a person so much ahead on the scorecards at the man, said Holyfield has been that you want to protect him time of the stoppage. placed on an indefinite medical from himself? Ain’t that much Before his bout Saturday suspension based on his poor love in the world to go against a night, Holyfield was stopped on performance. That means the person’s will.” a ninth-round TKO by James BOB LARSON/KRT 42-year-old Holyfield will have Holyfield lost a unanimous Toney. Don Turner, his trainer to be cleared by Dr. Barry 12-round decision to Donald in at the time, threw in the towel Jordan of the New York com- a match where he won just one to keep Toney from badly hurt- Under cloud of scandal, mission before he can get into round on two of the judges’ ing Holyfield. Holyfield fired the ring anywhere else in the scorecards and two on the Turner and distanced himself U.S. All the other state commis- other’s. According to from his longtime adviser and Bonds wins 7th MVP sions will honor New York’s sus- CompuBox punch statistics, lawyer, Jim Thomas. pension. Holyfield landed just 78 punch- Holyfield has fought every BY CHRISTIAN RED Fainaru-Wada. Stevens also suspended es, an average of 6.5 punches heavyweight of note of his era Knight Ridder Newspapers “Who are they?” Bonds said. Norman Stone, John Ruiz’s Schulman stammered for a sec- per round, over the course of in his 20-year career, including manager, for 60 days and fined the match. He blamed his bad George Foreman, Mike Tyson, NEW YORK — While putting up ond, and then only got out him $1,000 for verbally abusing incredible numbers — .362 aver- “Lance” before Bonds interjected, performance on back spasms Lennox Lewis and Riddick referee Randy Neumann during that hit him in the first round. Bowe. He won the undisputed age, 45 HRs, 232 BB and 101 RBI — saying. “If they are from your com- the bout between Ruiz and that would earn him a record sev- pany and you don’t have names, “I’m not looking to end his heavyweight championship, Andrew Golota Saturday night. career if it’s not warranted, but then won and lost various titles enth National League MVP award, how are you supposed to believe Stone was ejected from the cor- Barry Bonds was dogged all sea- what you wrote?” Schulman was the health and safety of the three other times. ner after the eighth round. boxer is the main concern of “He’s a personal hero to me son by the BALCO steroid scandal. silent for several moments before Stevens said Stone had apolo- Yesterday was no different. On a Bonds sarcastically asked, the state commission,” Stevens and it has been painful for me gized to Neumann and the said. “To my practiced mind, to watch him the last two or conference call with baseball writ- “Anything else? I’ll be happy to commission for his behavior ers to discuss the MVP award, please you. I don’t owe you a Holyfield shouldn’t be fighting three fights,” said WBC champ and said he will not appeal the anymore. It’s the responsibility Vitali Klitschko, who was work- announced earlier in the day, response. I don’t owe anyone a suspension and will pay the Bonds soon found himself on the response to anything.” of the state athletic commis- ing out at the Copacabana fine. sion to save a boxer from him- Monday. “I don’t understand defense. Again. Bonds also clarified how he Holyfield, reached at his After only the second question feels about Yankee right fielder self. Evander Holyfield has why he doesn’t stop.” — was this season more satisfying Gary Sheffield, who is also tied to in light of the adversity Bonds the BALCO scandal and who stat- faced? — the first signs of surliness ed publicly in the middle of this SCHEDULE | Nov. 15 — Nov. 21 emerged. season that he no longer wanted “I’ve been dealing with adversi- to be friends with Bonds. MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ty my whole life, so I don’t get con- “I love Gary Sheffield. I have a NCAA Champs @ cerned about what you guys Men’s Cross lot of respect for him,” Bonds said. Country write,” Bonds said from Beverly “I never say anything negative Wisconsin-Eau Claire Hills. about another ballplayer. You And the Giants’ slugger became need to just write some other Women’s NCAA Champs @ more exasperated with each sub- story.” Cross Country Wisconsin-Eau Claire sequent BALCO reference, even- Bonds, who said he plans to tually ripping the San Francisco honor the remaining two years of Men’s Lopata St. Louis, Chronicle’s Henry Schulman. The his contract, finished with 24 first- Basketball Classic @ MO Giants’ beat writer asked Bonds to place BBWAA votes, well ahead of respond to an Oct. 16 Chronicle the second-place finisher, Los Women’s Tufts Tufts article about Greg Anderson, Angeles’ Adrian Beltre (six first- Basketball Invitational Invitational Bonds’ trainer. Anderson was place votes). St. Louis teammates quoted as saying Bonds used Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen were @ Norwick @ St Michael’s “undetectable” performance- tied for third. At 40, Bonds is the Hockey enhancing drugs during the 2003 oldest player to win the award and 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. season. also the first to win four years “Henry, you know me,” said straight. Squash @ @ @ Harvard Bonds. “I don’t react to anything So what’s left? Dartmouth Dartmouth you write.” Bonds then exploded, “I need to win a World Series,” demanding names of the said Bonds. “I want that champi- reporters who wrote the Oct. 16 onship to go on top of everything JUMBOCAST story, Lance Williams and Mark I’ve accomplished.” STATISTICS | STANDINGS Field Hockey Football Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Coed Sailing Rankings Final NESCAC Standings Final NESCAC Standings Final NESCAC Standings Final NESCAC Standings as of Nov 2 2004 CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE POINTS CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL Rank, Team (Previous Rank) Team W L Pct W L Team W L Pct PF PA Team W L T Pct W L T Team W L T Pct W L T 1. USC (1) Middlebury 9 0 1.000 15 1 Trinity 8 0 1.000 310 52 Williams 7 1 1 .833 12 2 2 Middlebury 7 0 2 .889 13 0 3 2. St. Mary’s (6) Bowdoin 6 3 .667 10 5 Amherst 6 2 ..750 192 125 Middlebury 6 1 2 .778 12 3 2 Amherst 6 0 3 .833 9 2 4 3. Yale (2) Williams 6 3 .667 14 3 Colby 6 2 .750 158 65 Bowdoin 6 3 0 .667 10 6 0 Tufts 5 1 3 .722 7 4 3 4. Brown (11) Wesleyan 6 3 .667 11 4 Williams 6 2 .750 183 111 Wesleyan 5 3 1 .611 9 6 1 Bates 4 3 2 .556 9 4 2 5. Georgetown (9) Tufts 5 4 .556 10 6 Middlebury 4 4 .500 167 169 Bates 5 3 1 .611 10 4 1 Bowdoin 4 4 1 .500 9 6 1 6. Dartmouth (7) Trinity 4 5 .444 8 7 Wesleyan 3 5 .375 131 222 Amherst 5 4 0 .556 10 5 0 Williams 3 5 1 .389 9 5 3 7. Hobart/William Smith (5) Colby 3 6 .333 9 7 Bates 2 6 .250 138 204 Tufts 4 5 0 .444 8 6 1 Conn College 3 6 0 .333 9 7 0 8. Boston College (4) Amherst 3 6 .333 5 8 Bowdoin 2 6 .250 149 217 Trinity 2 7 0 .222 3 9 2 Colby 2 5 2 .333 7 5 2 9. Harvard (10) Conn College 2 7 .222 5 9 Tufts 2 6 .250 75 139 Colby 1 7 1 .167 5 7 2 Trinity 3 6 0 .333 7 6 1 10. Kings Point (3) Bates 1 8 .111 3 11 Hamilton 1 7 .125 132 331 Conn College 1 8 0 .111 3 11 0 Wesleyan 1 8 0 .111 3 11 0 11. Tufts (8) 12. Stanford (12) Final Individual Statistics Final Individual Statistics Final Individual Statistics Final Individual Statistics Scoring Player Scoring Scoring Men’s Cross Country Player G A Pts Rushing Att Yds TD Player G A Pts Player G A Pts Rankings as of Nov. 2 2004 Dana Panzer 12 9 33 Steve Cincotta 111 424 1 Todd Gilbert 5 7 17 Ariel Samuelson 4 0 8 Rank, Team (Region) Jason Casey 60 157 1 Mattia Chason Sarah Callaghan 3 2 8 Lea Napolitano 6 5 17 4 1 9 1. Calvin College (GL) 3 2 8 Brendan Georges 49 176 0 Ben Castellot 4 1 9 Martha Furtek 3 2 8 Jeanne Grabowski 2. North Central College (MW) Jennie Sachs 2 1 5 Brian Cammuso 51 175 1 Mike Guigli 4 0 8 Jen Baldwin 3 1 7 3. Wisconsin-La Crosse (MW) Illeana Katz 2 0 4 Casey D’Annolfo 33 -11 1 Bob Kastoff 1 3 5 Becky Greenstein 1 4 6 Kathleen Martin 1 2 4 Totals 315 924 4 Dan Jozwiak 2 1 5 Lauren Fedore 2 1 5 4. Haverford College (ME) No. Yds TD Stacey Watkins 1 1 3 Receiving Greg O’Connell 1 0 2 Sarah Gelb 2 0 4 5. Tufts University (NE) 57 592 1 1 1 3 Kevin Holland Alex Bedig 1 0 2 Lindsay Garmirian 1 1 3 6. Willamette University (W) Jayme Heller 11 209 3 Tracy Rittenour 1 1 3 Steve Menty Matt Maloney 1 0 2 Catherine Benedict 1 0 2 7. College of New Jersey (A) Chris Roy 8 107 0 MeghanBecque 1 0 2 Mike Lingenfelter 0 2 2 Annie Benedict 0 1 1 Brian VonAncken 7 80 1 8. DePauw (GL) 1 0 2 Ben Kallechey 0 1 1 Cate Meeker 0 1 1 Lizzy Oxler Totals 103 1108 5 9. Wisconsin-Stevens Point (MW) Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD 10. WIlliams College (NE) Matt Sullivan (8-5-0) Meg McCourt (6-3-2) 14 47 .770 Angela Rappoli (3-3) 9 37 .804 Jason Casey 103-56-8 577 2 20 75 .789 Annie Ross (0-0-1) 3 10 .769 Duffy-Cabana (7-3) 11 44 .800 Casey D’Annolfo 78-72-3 531 3 Scott Conroy (0-1-1) 5 19 .792 Totals 181-128-11 1108 5 Tuesday, November 16, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 19

DAVID CAVELL | DOUBLE DOWN INSIDE THE NFL Brady NFC won’t stand a chance in the Super Bowl Envy Falcons and Eagles predicted to be final two in NFC e sit here mired in the BY DAVE POMERANTZ mid-November slump. Daily Editorial Board The Red Sox are living up W With Week 10 in the books, things are their off-season, touring Japan, get- about to get a little silly in the NFL. Experts have a great time dividing the ting ankle surgery, getting booed on league into contenders, pretenders and Letterman. The Celtics are just getting all sorts of other categories as they begin to make their playoff picks, but anyone rolling, and it’s too early to assess who follows the league all year has come them. The only thing interesting about to the realization that the whole exercise is pretty futile. the rest of the Patriots’ regular season Nonetheless, it’s getting on that time is whether they’ll finish first or second when experts and fans alike are going to have to man up and take a stand, and in the AFC. At least there are always Inside the NFL is no different. There’s no the Bruins (Drum, drum, cymbal). point in even trying to predict the AFC, where there are just way too many good So I’ve decided to focus on an argu- teams to even bother. ment that is only beginning to receive But who will end up trying not to attention: Tom Brady is Derek Jeter. embarrass the NFC come February 6th? Twice in the last few months, some- Let’s just start out by saying that the NFC one has suggested to me that these stands about as much chance of winning two players are one and the same. the Super Bowl this year as George W. JOHN RAOUX/KRT Usually, this observation comes Bush does of coming out of the closet. Inside the NFL thinks that while the Eagles will emerge from the regular season with home after one of my expletive-laden taunts It ain’t happening. There are currently field advantage in the NFC, it will be T.J. Duckett and the Atlanta Falcons marching through of the Yankee captain. Although at first two legitimate playoff locks in the NFC. Philly to the Super Bowl. It’s a moot point, because it will be either the Pittsburgh Steelers or I paid no attention, the more you The Philadelphia Eagles would be more New England Patriots downing the Falcons in Jacksonville. think about it, the more comparisons impressive if their run defense wasn’t so much as he can disguise it with his defense and ... well, we’re all sick of the you can draw. Don’t believe me? poor (the main reason why they have lit- incredible athleticism, Vick still seems cliché, but try to find a Super Bowl win- Jeter won the World Series in his tle chance of even making it to the Super uncomfortable with Jim Mora’s West ner that can’t play defense. first year as a starter. Brady won the Bowl, no less winning it), but they are Coast offense. The only weapon he’s The NFC North is turning into its Super Bowl in his first year as a starter. still a playoff lock based on the fact that really been able to utilize is tight end annual mess. The Green Bay Packers During their first playoffs, both were the New York Giants look to have lost Alge Crumpler. and Minnesota Vikings are now tied at at the center of famously controversial their winning ways, along with their two The Falcons have looked great as of 5-4 after the Pack won a great one plays— Jeter and the Jeffrey Maier starting defensive ends to injury. The late and are a trendy Super Bowl pick against the Vikes this week. Even the “home run,” Brady with the Tuck Rule. Eagles can basically coast to an NFC East right now, but if Vick can’t bring some Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears are in Both of their teams failed to repeat as crown. They should clinch by Week 14. more consistency to the offense soon, the mix at 4-5. In a repeat of last year’s champions the next year. However, The Atlanta Falcons are the other NFC they’ll fall to a good defensive unit— events, Green Bay is hitting stride at the both of their teams won again in their team that benefits from playing in a joke that is, if one still exists in the NFC. If perfect time and Minny is falling to third seasons as starters. of a conference. It’s doubtful that any they do make it to the big game playing pieces. The Pack will continue to play After high school, Jeter almost other team in the South will finish over the kind of offense they’re playing right well as the weather gets colder and win attended the University of Michigan .500, and the Falcons are playing great now, they’ll get shut down by the the division, but this time Minnesota before being signed by the Yankees. defense to complement Michael Vick’s Pittsburgh Steelers or New England Brady and Jeter would have over- superhuman abilities. The problem is, as Patriots. Still, Atlanta’s playing great lapped there. see INSIDE THE NFL, page 16 Both are heralded more for intangi- bles than statistics or raw talent. Both are widely regarded as team leaders. SEVEN QUESTIONS | ERIN CONNOLLY 3. I hear you dig the Jeter dated insane pop star Mariah Yankees and Kerry. So Carey. Brady dated equally insane I gotta ask you: Are semi-star Tara Reid. Both are extreme- Full name: Erin Elizabeth Connolly (daughter of Big Neil and you OK right now? ly popular with the ladies. Little Liz) Like, seriously. National television announcers Nickname: Dawg, EConn, E, EHood, Pimp Momma, Dunnee I’ve been pretty upset, show an amazing ability to over-com- Birthdate: Dec. 28, 1982! It’s coming up! but Jeter called me up plement both, apparently required to Zodiac sign: Capricorn and said he’s running call each player “a genius” or “amaz- Hometown: Syosset, New York — where the Manishevitz flows on the Democratic ing” at least forty seven times per like water Presidential ticket in broadcast. This has led to a backlash Hobbies: Dropping three’s and spending G’s 2008, so life will be against both players. Favorite athlete: Carla Berube — Coach forced me to say that good and perfect In my life as a Red Sox fan, I have one soon. been filled with hatred at the sight of Favorite Tufts athlete:Well standing at 5”2’, my roommate Jessie six Yankees: Jorge Posada, Paul Vinik (a.k.a. Big Ticket), takes the cake. As an All-NESCAC tread- 4. Speaking in baller O’Neill, Roger Clemens, Karim Garcia, miller for the past three years, she has a great fan base that terms, who do you Jeff Nelson and Alex Rodriguez. Derek gawks at her every day in her cute workout outfit. Herman, most model your Jeter is not among them. Sure I love to Groden, Bucknam, Zuena and Baker are close runners-up. game after? boo the guy, but I can’t really find any- Favorite Tufts team: I would like to say my basketball team, but there is really a team at Tufts that no one can compete with. That I most model my thing hateable about him. And believe DAILY FILE PHOTO game after Casey me, I’ve tried. Thinking back, I used to team is TEAM NORTH FACE, starring my girls Dani and Rach. I D’Annolfo because, geez, if I can score more than him this sea- hate him because he was purported to am sure you heard about these sophomore hotties living in son, I’m sure to be the leading scorer in all of NESCAC be better than Nomar. Wilson House this year. I’m an honorary member, but I think I Basketball. By the way, compare their statistics might get left back two years so I can officially be on the team. from 1997 to 2000, before 5. You’re from Long Island. How come I haven’t seen you on Garciaparra’s wrist injury ruined his Ahhh, Erin Connolly. It just wouldn’t be Tufts without her, cor- Room Raiders? career and turned him into Drew rect? This political science majoring, three-ball raining, “if she’s Well, actually I was Tim. It was difficult for the cameras to get Bledsoe. Nomar had a higher batting not baking she’s shaking” senior can be found, well, everywhere through my security personnel, driver, chef, maid, trainer, mas- average, more home runs and more on campus. There is even speculation that she has a twin she sage therapist and nutritionist, but once they did they were very runs batted in. Nomar (was) better paid off to pose as her in boring classes, 123 parties, etc. I ran excited to see my room. The filming was going great until they (Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap). into Erin (or was it the twin?) while she was licking her Yankee brought the black light out and then, unfortunately, my episode Back to Brady vs. Jeter. Here’s induced wounds. Gross, right? Naturally, “Seven Questions” couldn’t be aired on television. maybe the biggest difference between ensued. the two for me: Derek Jeter is over- 6.You’re the host of Jumbo Love Match. So here I am in my best paid. This year, Jeter was paid 1. So Jumbo Jam was two Saturdays ago, but I didn’t see you Elliott Wiley voice saying, “Where’s the love?” $18,600,000 to play shortstop for the jamming. Are you saving your dunks for the season? Well, my love for girls is all over, between my b-ball biotches, Chi New York Yankees. Read that again. It No, I’m not saving my dunks for the season, Tim ... but at 4’8”, Ho’s, 215 College girls, Team North Face, the Talloires crew and was easily the most of any shortstop in will you be dunking this season? especially the HFC/HBS. For boys, my love is more consistent baseball now that Alex Rodriguez with the frat boys of Delta Upsilon. Now I’m single and ready to plays third base. 2. Touché. We could step outside, but I’ve got questions to ask mingle, so there is even more of my love to go around. I was This year he hit .292, with 23 home and you have some to answer. OK, now that I’ve composed thinking about expanding my horizons to AEPi, 123, DTD, Zeta runs, 78 RBIs and 111 runs scored. myself ... Do you think it is about time there was a Miss Tufts Psi, Sigma Nu, ATO, etc. but then I realized I just like DU meat- Granted, those are pretty good num- pageant? heads. bers for a shortstop. But are they Yes, there has to be a Miss Tufts Pageant ... there is nothing bet- worth almost $19 million? It’s hard to ter than caddy girls pulling hair and slapping each other about 7. Hey now! Well I guess it is my duty to ask a meathead ques- find someone who would say so. How who is the prettiest. tion then: TGIF or Saturday Morning Cartoons? good can Jeter be if he’s overpaid? Hmm ... that is a pretty weird question Tim. I heard it was Josh On the other hand, Tom Brady is 2a. Disregarding yourself of course, who would be your num- Harris’s question though, so I won’t blame you. Well I guess since making about $5,500,000 to quarter- ber one candidate for the prize? My number one candidate for the prize would be, hands down I’m usually at basketball practice on Friday night and Saturday see CAVELL, page 17 ,Matthew McCarthy. I think with his Zoolander-esque perfect morning, I’d have to say I’m an all-night Saturday-night girl who Aryan looks and love for every mirror that exists, he has to be the enjoys those wonderful infomercials at 5:30 a.m. “Just Set It And Dave Cavell is a junior majoring in English. winner. And how fitting is it for Matt to be Miss Tufts to the Mr. Forget It.” He can be reached at Tufts that is his roommate, Quinn Kelley. [email protected]. — Tim Whelan 20 INSIDE Seven Questions 19 Sports Inside NFL 19 THE TUFTS DAILY TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 16, 2004

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON PREVIEW Tufts shoots for NESCAC crown in ‘04-‘05 BY AMAN GUPTA came into Cousens Gym and sent the junior guard Jessica Powers and senior Daily Editorial Board Jumbos packing with a 73-52 drub- co-captain forward Allison Love. The bing. The loss was especially painful two tied for the scoring lead last sea- HOOPS STATS After several years of mediocrity, for Tufts because the team had son with 12.8 points per game. Powers the women’s basketball team has crushed the Ephs in Williamstown, 59- led the team with 3.6 assists a game, Š 35 wins in two seasons under coach Carla finally legitimized itself as one of the 37, just a week earlier. while chipping in 3.5 rebounds and Berube top teams in the NESCAC. Last year, in And so begins another season, 2.1 steals per game as well. Love led coach Carla Berube’s second season where the Jumbos look to echo last the Jumbos off the boards with 7.4 Š 55 blocks in 2003-04 by departed center Erin on the Hill, the squad put together year’s regular season success and rebounds a game, while also con- Buckley one of its most impressive seasons advance further into the playoffs. To tributing an assist and a steal every 40 inschool history, going 18-6 overall do so, Tufts will have to find replace- minutes. Š 10 blocks by junior Julia Verplank, the and 7-2 in the NESCAC. ments for the four key players lost Junior point guard Julia Verplank most of any returning player Tufts’ only conference losses came after last season: Maritsa and sophomore point guard Taryn at the hands of the national runner-up Christoudias, Erin Buckley and Kate Miller-Stevens will see increased roles Š 2nd Tufts' rank in team scoring in the Bowdoin Polar Bears (30-1) and the Gluckman, all of whom graduated last this season, possibly playing aside NESCAC (69.9 ppg) Bates Bobcats (19-8). The third-seed- spring, as well as sophomore shooting each other in the backcourt if Berube ed Jumbos’ season ended abruptly in guard Jenny Muller, who transferred goes to the three-guard lineup. Š 7 days between Tufts beating Williams by the first round of the conference play- to NESCAC rival Amherst. 22 on the road and losing to the Ephs by 21 at offs, as the sixth-seeded Williams Ephs home in the first round of the playoffs Leading the charge for Tufts will be see OVERVIEW, page 16 Offensive production vital to Jumbos’ season BY MIKE DEBARTOLO and averaged about five points Senior Staff Writer and five rebounds per game. Kate Gluckman, who aver- Key to the basketball team’s aged five points and 3.5 winning ways the past two sea- rebounds per game, also gradu- sons under coach Carla Berube ated. Erin Buckley, who aver- has been its ability to put a lot aged 5.5 points and five of points on the board. Last rebounds per game as well, was season, the Jumbos finished the third senior to leave the the regular season second in team for the real world. the NESCAC, dropping an aver- Sophomore Jenny Muller, who age of 70 points per night on transferred to Amherst College, their opponents. also chipped in five points a The Jumbos graduated a few game while shooting 39 percent players who provided scoring from behind the stripe. punch and were sparks on Despite these losses, the offense. Returning role players Jumbos still return last year’s and incoming freshmen will top three scorers in juniors Jess need to step up to fill the voids. Powers and Julia Verplank and Tufts will miss Maritsa senior co-captain Allison Love. Christoudias, who started all 24 JENNY DEBOER/TUFTS DAILY games for the Jumbos last year see SCORERS, page 16 Tufts’ role players will need to step up big to help replace the squad’s departed seniors from last season. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Returning players, non-conference opponents Freshmen look to make among Berube’s keys to NESCAC success BY LIZ HOFFMAN significant contributions Daily Staff Writer BY ELI BLACKMAN really needs.” As the women’s basketball team prepares for its Daily Staff Writer The addition of the freshmen season opener, here’s a look at the woman at the will make this Tufts team one of helm. Coach Carla Berube, now firmly established The women’s basketball team the most athletic that Berube has in her third season as the Jumbos’ head coach, welcomes four freshmen to the coached. talked yesterday about her past two years at Tufts team this winter as it looks to have “Come game time, we’ll see and what she expects in the 2004-05 season. a strong 2004-05 campaign. who can step it up,” she said. Tufts Daily: First, what’s your number one goal Forward Julie Mulinare, As far as having an impact goes, this season? forward/center Khalilah Ummah it is a question of when, not who. Carla Berube: To get better every day. In the long and guards Ali Landes and Jenna All the players’ strengths will show run, we definitely have our sights set on NESCAC Gomez will try to make an imme- as the season continues. and the NCAAs, but right now I just want us to do JENNY DEBOER/TUFTS DAILY diate impact on a Jumbo squad “They are really hard workers better than we did last year and to continually Tufts women’s basketball coach Carla Berube that went 18-6 (7-2 NESCAC) last that will add a lot to the team this improve. season. year,” senior captain Erin TD: With the loss of all three of last year’s cap- CB: We definitely have some tough non-confer- “We’ve had just two weeks of Connolly said. “The girls are com- tains, what do you see in this year’s captains and ence games this season, especially against practices so far, so it’s a little hard mitted, dedicated and bring a lot their ability to step up into leadership roles? Southern Maine, Brandeis and Emmanuel, all to tell what kind of contribution of energy on the court. They make CB: I’ve seen really good things from Erin high-ranked teams. It helps us prepare for the freshmen will make,” coach this team a very deep one.” [Connolly] and Allison [Love]. They’ve been great NESCAC games, which are always difficult and Carla Berube said. “However, we With the first game coming up so far and I’m really pleased with how preseason competitive. Competition is how we get better. have a great group of [returning this Friday, the team will get a has been run. They’ve been handling captains’ Why not play the best teams in the area? players], so there’s no pressure.” chance to see how it plays togeth- practices well and they’re really committed. TD: What are you most excited about this sea- Each freshman will look to find er. The players do not foresee any TD:What strengths have you seen during presea- son? her niche on the team as the sea- obstacles in the way of their effort son, and what areas does the team need to work CB: Our returning players are doing really well — son progresses. to become a tightly knit team. on? they’re sharp and focused and looking good. I’m “Julie is a forward who is also a “Though they are new, they are CB: We still have a lot to work on, all across the excited to see how the freshmen make the transi- good shooter and both Ali and already fitting in really well,” board. Being in NESCAC, it’s hard because you go tion and fit into our style of play. I think one thing Jenna are good rebounders from Powers said. “They are making a into the season with two and a half weeks less of we have this year that we haven’t seen as strongly the guard position,” said Berube. pretty smooth transition so far and practice time than non-league teams. We need to in the past is depth. We’re very deep down the “Khalilah is a good shot blocker we are excited to have them as a work on our defense, intensity, talking and com- bench and I’m excited to see everyone contribute and adds a different dimension to part of the team.” munication on the floor. We put in a new motion on the floor this year. the team.” The athleticism and depth of offense, so that needs some work. TD: Can the UConn women make it four in a Junior Jessica Powers empha- the team will be big keys this year TD: In recent years, you've really upped your row? sized the importance of this added to the Jumbos’ success, and the schedule strength and the level of non-league CB: I didn’t think they would pull it off last year, so size. freshmen will have a significant teams you play. How does the competition look I’d have to say ‘No’ to this year too. After [Diana] “Khalilah will make a big impact in both of these. If the for this season, and how does playing against Taurasi graduated, they’ll need some leaders to impact underneath the basket,” freshmen can help the team build better teams affect your style of play? step up big. she said. “She is tall and strong and on last year’s performance, similar adds a presence that our team results can be expected.