THE TUFTS Where You Read It First VOLUME L, NUMBER 55 DAILY WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 30, 2005 Oh, the places they will go: ROTC seniors get placements BY BRIAN MCPARTLAND Officer Qualifying Test, similar to the SAT Senior Staff Writer but with added sections for pilot and navi- gator topics. The test includes questions on As some seniors go to career fairs for spatial reasoning and asks students to draw finance and others go to fairs for communi- maps. cations, one group of students is headed Dixon took the test in February of her someplace else entirely after graduation: the sophomore year and applied for the pilot U.S. Armed Forces. and navigator programs. Her score qualified In the past couple of weeks, students in her to become a navigator, an eight-year the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) commitment. program have begun to receive their post- She applied for a position in personnel, graduation assignments. though, and received her first choice last Senior Caroline Kennedy will be going April. She was also assigned her third choice into military intelligence in the Army — her location, RAF Mildenhall which is 70 miles first choice. ROTC participants send their outside of London. “I specified that I wanted choices and applications to ROTC head- to be assigned to a base overseas,” she said. quarters for their branch of the military: Dixon applied for a postponement of her Army, Navy or Air Force. Marine Corps stu- active duty to attend graduate school in dents go through the Navy ROTC. community health, and she said she will Kennedy will spend 18 weeks in Ft. decide within two weeks whether to accept Huachuca, Ariz. before her permanent her assignment. assignment begins. Most ROTC scholarship Navy students choose between service recipients are required to serve four years on warfare, aviation, special operations and active duty. submarines. It is also possible to sign up for Students’ applications include their aircraft carriers — ships that run on nuclear superiors’ rankings, their performance on power — but this is a highly selective pro- physical fitness tests, the ROTC courses they gram, senior Peter Downes said. took and the positions they held. Downes was assigned to service warfare. All Tufts ROTC students take their classes Before Spring Break, the Navy ROTC stu- and participate in the program through the dents in each field are ranked and allowed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. pick the ship on which they serve. The Kennedy is the student Battalion largest naval bases are located at Norfolk, Commander for the Army ROTC Paul Va., San Diego, Pearl Harbor and Japan, Revere Battalion at MIT. The ROTC program Downes said, so he will most likely be sent at Tufts ended after student protests during to one of these places. the Vietnam War. “Basically, when you pick your ship, it is Senior Frances Dixon, a member of the like picking your home port,” he said. Air Force ROTC program, said superior offi- According to junior Nicholas Schroback, cers rank the students based on leadership a member of the Marine Corps ROTC pro- skills, the positions they held and the results gram, Marines students do not receive their of peer evaluations — a process she called assignments until after graduation. JEFF CHEN/TUFTS DAILY “racked and stacked.” Students are ranked after a six-month train- A student prepares for competition at October’s Army ROTC Ranger Challenge in Ft. Air Force students also take the Air Force ing program and then given assignments. Devens, Mass. Tufts students get preview He’s no Brownie, but the former FEMA of film on peace activists chief had a ‘heck of a job’ uniting agency BY JEFF LINDSAY non-violence is the only way to Daily Staff Writer resolve the conflict over control Wallace Stickney details history of emergency relief groups from of the West Bank. When his The 20 students who attended friend disagreed, Ali cited the days of Second World War through the Carter Administration Tuesday night’s screening of Gandhi’s success and said that BY JENNA NISSAN started during World War II. “All activity, the first people that are excerpts of the unfinished docu- violence destroys Palestinians’ Daily Editorial Board of this legislation was occa- going to show up are the local mentary “Encounter Point” got a international support. sioned by disaster,” Stickney fire department,” he said. glimpse into the world of Israeli “Today you must convince the The man in charge of disaster said. “Washington won’t come until and Palestinian grassroots world that you are not [terror- relief under President George The Office went through over much later.” peacemakers. ists],” Ali said in the film. H.W. Bush spoke to students a dozen name changes before it The Somerville Fire Nahanni Rous, manager of Other screened scenes told Tuesday on the U.S. became FEMA in 1979, when Department responds to about educational outreach for Just the story of a pair of Israeli and Government’s experience in the President Jimmy Carter com- 12,000 emergencies per year, he Vision, the non-profit behind the Palestinian fathers, Tzvika and field. bined the national agencies. said, and local relief systems work, told the students the film is George. Both of their daughters Wallace Stickney, Bush Sr.’s During his tenure at FEMA, only ask for help if the situation intended to serve as “a conduit were murdered, the first’s by a director of the Federal Stickney said, the agency was is beyond their control. “If the between people on the ground suicide bomber and the second’s Emergency Management only beginning to act as a single event overcomes the resources doing work and those who want by an Israeli soldier. Agency (FEMA), led an informal agency. “One of challenges with of a state, that is the point a gov- to support them.” The Israeli daughter, a 12- discussion of about 20 students, dealing with any sort of public ernor asks the President to The violent elements of the year-old, was shot when riding mostly engineers or members of policy is you have to deal with declare a natural disaster,” he Israel-Palestine conflict have with her father because their car the Human Factors and the ineffective parts as well as said. received extensive press cover- was mistaken for that of a want- Ergonomics Society, the group the effective parts,” he said. He said dealing with the age, Rous said. She said she ed Palestinian. A crowd of that brought Stickney to cam- The first year he served in media was also important in hopes “Encounter Point” will Palestinians marched at the pus. government, emergency disaster relief work. “If you can help convince people that daughter’s funeral, chanting, During his tenure at FEMA, response functioned in a two- make people believe that you’re Israeli-Palestinian relations are “The voice of Christina is saying, Stickney signed the first inte- pronged system. The first dealt doing well, then you’re doing “not just what’s going on in the ‘Don’t forget my friends in the grated federal emergency with natural disaster, and the well,” he said. “Once they think media, but that there’s a grass- name of the Bible and Koran.’” response plan and directed other dealt with response to you’re not doing well, it’s hard to roots peace movement.” One year after the deaths, the response and recovery activities national emergencies. The sec- convince them otherwise.” The first film excerpt showed a two fathers joined the Bereaved for multiple disasters. ond part made up 80 percent of Stickney answered questions young Palestinian man, Ali, try- “The goal here this evening is the relief and was totally secret, from students on the assess- ing to persuade his friends that see FILM, page 2 to talk about emergency efforts he said. ment of damage after a disaster. and how we got to where we According to Stickney, there After Hurricane Katrina, he said, are,” he said in the ASEAN were six locations around the emergency relief officials failed Auditorium. country with highly-equipped in many respects. Hospitals in INSIDE INDEX Stickney detailed the history communication capabilities. If Louisiana knew a large scale The Daily thinks Fiona Apple is golden News | Features 1 of disaster management in the the United States was in extreme emergency was likely but did delicious Arts | Living 5, United States. Some local pro- danger, each region would take not prepare their facilities well see ARTS, page 5 Editorial | Letters 8 grams began in the 1930s. directors, go into a cave and run enough, he said. Balance 11 Federal programs then began to the government from there. “Mother Nature is not a ter- National 15 Getting comfortable emerge, including the Federal Every state has its own emer- rorist, by any means, but the International 17 with Rakoff’s latest Insurance Administration, the gency relief plan in addition to power of Mother Nature, as we Comics 20 Fire Protection and Control the federal emergency relief have seen over the past year, is Classifieds 21 Administration and the Federal see ARTS, page 5 plan, and states are most impor- stupendous,” he said. “So how Sports Back page Weather Service. tant in organizing relief. “If there do we deal with it? We make tuftsdaily.com The Office of Civilian Defense is a natural disaster or terrorist plans.” 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Wednesday, November 30, 2005

OFF THE HILL | BOSTON UNIVERSITY When you can’t hibernate, To infinity, and the city of On! some tips for keeping warm BY KAYLEIGH KARUTIS layers are one of the key points. AND RYAN MCLAUGHLIN The more layers you wear, the The Daily Free Press warmer you’ll be. It also allows you to remove outer layers if you Wrapped in multiple scarves get too hot. and somewhat resembling “Something that would be plump marshmallows, students waterproof and breathable, like a quickly scamper across a brutal- Gore-Tex shell, would certainly ly cold, snow-covered campus. help protect against the ele- This is a scene returning Boston ments-wind in particular,” he University students can easily said. envision. That cold is swiftly People lose a lot of heat through approaching again and the offi- their head, Benedum said. He cial beginning of winter is less suggested students wear some- than a month away. thing to cover their heads. During the colder months in “Wear a hat,” he said. “A wind- Boston, ask most people on the proof fleece is always going to be street and they’ll tell you there nice because it keeps wind off as aren’t many places with winter well as keeping you insulated.” weather quite as bitter or Appropriate footwear is also unpleasant as Boston’s. And with something students should con- the telltale sniffles of another flu sider, Buckley said, adding that season beginning its chorus in “water resistant or waterproof NHAT MEYER/KRT lectures across campus, it is footwear” is a definite must for The “Obelisk” at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium in San Jose, California.This rose-red important to be well informed Boston winters. Benedum said obelisk, capped with copper, is a three quarter size replica of the original, which stood before the House about how to stave off winter- choosing footwear based upon of the Sun at Heliopolis — the Biblical city of “On” — in 2300 BC. related sicknesses and, of course, popular styles will not keep stu- how to get rid of them if you hap- dents warm. He suggested wear- pen to fall ill. ing warm socks for added com- fort. Non-profit previews film on grassroots peace Appropriate Apparel “With students in particular FILM interviews by their commonali- a film festival. One of the most important the UGGs are always popular,” continued from page 1 ties and provides a timeline of the The event was hosted by the things to consider when gearing he said. “But really with Families Forum, an organization Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The New Initiative for Middle East up for the cold winter weather is footwear, any type of shoe will of 500 Israeli and Palestinian organization encourages teach- Peace (NIMEP), a project of the clothing choices, said Denise suffice as long as you have warm families. Rous said the Forum, ers to use the Web site as a Institute for Global Leadership Buckley, director of nursing at socks. Nonetheless, [UGGs] which has about equal numbers resource. that aims to foster productive Student Health Services. She said wouldn’t have been my first of Israeli and Palestinian partici- In the question and answer dialogue about Middle East layering is essential to keeping choice.” pants, makes presentations on session that followed the screen- issues. Chorev helped found the warm and dry and, in turn, Layering clothing and having and around the West Bank in ing, first-year Fletcher School group while he was an under- healthy. waterproof shoes is an overall order to foster communication student Matan Chorev (LA ‘05) graduate. “Layered clothing is best and good decision in New England and understanding between the asked Rous how non-profits like The screening was co-spon- wear water resistant if you’re weather, but there are still lots of two groups. Just Vision hope to appeal to the sored by the Arab Student outside in the rain or snow,” she students walking down “If we who have lost what is moderates in Israeli society. Association, Friends of Israel, the said. Commonwealth Avenue with most precious to us can meet to “The more people that sign on Political Science Department, Dave Benedum, an assistant flip-flops on, said Raphael Arar, a resolve the conflict, then every- [to the grassroots peace move- and the International Relations, manager at Eastern Mountain freshman in the School of one else can too,” the Israeli ment], the less fringe it will seem Middle Eastern Studies, and Sports, agreed with Buckley, say- Management. “The whole father said. to people,” Rous said. Just Vision Peace and Justice Studies pro- ing dressing in layers is impor- flip-flop thing [is] not too smart To find the stories that filled “exists to bring attention to these grams. tant but also suggested using when it’s 40 [degrees] and the screen, Just Vision conducted other [fringe] groups,” she said. NIMEP Co-Chairman Alex concealable long underwear. below,” he said. hundreds of interviews and shot Rous could only show a few Zerden, a junior, said the docu- “In the city, really there’s not Despite the rare sandal-wear- over 200 hours of footage. excerpts of “Encounter Point,” mentary was “a very innovative much else that you need to know ing student, Arar said, “I think Interviews that are not in the she said, because Just Vision is and unique way of exploring con- then just wearing long under- movie are available on the group’s planning to screen the entire flict resolution” between Israelis wear,” he said. “But generally, see WINTER, page 4 Web site, which categorizes the documentary in a few months at and Palestinians.

FROM THE DAILY ARCHIVES | OFF THE HILL | SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER 30, 1987 As rules grow lax, California congressman pleads guilty, cries, resigns drunks hit a max BY SAM HODGSON Cunningham openly admitted to these knows great shame. Associate Dean of Students The Daily Aztec charges yesterday, as he fought off tears “I learned in Vietnam that the true Bruce Reitman acknowledged an in front of San Diego’s federal court- measure of a man is how he responds to increase in reports of public intoxi- The verdict is in, even though the case house. The congressman read a prepared adversity,” Cunningham said. “I cannot cation on campus. A possibility of never began. statement, officially announcing his res- undo what I have done. the increase may have been due to Representative Randy “Duke” ignation. “But I can atone. I am now almost 65 Reitman’s recent decision to end Cunningham, R-CA, pled guilty Monday years old and, as I enter the twilight of my disciplinary action against such to conspiring “to commit a crime against life, I intend to use the remaining time incidents. He said he did this the United States,” and resigned from his Cunningham waived his right that God grants me to make amends.” because he did not want to scare official duties. House Democratic Leader Nancy students from not reporting friends Cunningham waived his right to a trial to a trial and pled guilty to Pelosi took a shot at the embattled con- who may be dangerously ill from and pled guilty to one count of conspira- gressman late yesterday in a written high amounts of alcohol consump- cy and another count of tax evasion. The one count of conspiracy and statement. tion. Thus the rise in reports may congressman admitted to taking $2.4 “This offense is just the latest example be associated with more students million in bribes and evading federal another count of tax evasion. of the culture of corruption that pervades calling in for help. Reitman and income taxes. the Republican-controlled congress, University president Jean Mayer The republican representative for “The truth is — I broke the law, con- which ignores the needs of the American expressed interest in hiring a full- California’s 50th district — an area cealed my conduct and disgraced my people to serve wealthy special interests time Drug and Alcohol stretching through much of North high office,” Cunningham said. “I know and their cronies,” Pelosi stated. “The Coordinator for campus, but budg- County, with its southern most point cov- that I will forfeit my freedom, my reputa- Republican Congress has the wrong pri- et restrictions were making it not ering part of Pacific Beach — has been tion, my worldly possessions and, most orities; it is time to restore a high ethical feasible at the moment. Mayer entangled in legal battles since The San importantly, the trust of my friends and standard to the Congress.” also stated that he was considering Diego Union-Tribune broke a story con- family.” Newsday reported that sentencing is declaring Tufts a dry campus. cerning corruption allegations earlier Cunningham said that, in his life, he had schedule for Feb. 27, 2006, and the con- this year. known great joy and sorrow and now gressman faces up to ten years in prison.

MARKETS WEATHER FORECAST Tomorrow Friday Saturday QUOTE OF THE DAY Yesterday’s close Today DOW JONES Men with fliers T Wednesday, November 30 2.56 10,888.16 Partly cloudy Rain/Snow Partly cloudy jump out at you like aliens 48/35 44/28 38/31 Rain/Wind “in an arcade shooting High 59 Low 38 Sunday Monday Tuesday game in order to offer sex NASDAQ T Showers with a chance of thunder- and drugs. 6.66 2,232.71 storms. Some thunderstorms may Dave Pomerantz” produce gusty winds. Locally heavy Pom in Prague rainfall possible in the morning. Highs Partly cloudy Rain/Snow Snow around 60. South winds 10 to 15 mph. 46/29 41/28 35/28 see page 3 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES 3

DAVE POMERANTZ | POM IN PRAGUE ONWARD AND UPWARD Got an idea for the next big blockbuster? Using wiki technology, alum creates a collaborative scriptwriting Web site Saint Wenceslas and the BY ARIELLE CHAVKIN Senior Staff Writer

“Can’t Say No” game Aaron Wright (LA ‘02) was a star stu- dent at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School enceslas Square has a split- of Law in New York. He was editor-in- personality problem. During chief of the Cardozo Law Review and graduated with the Dean’s Merit the day, this Prague landmark W Scholarship. But after he was finished, is a bustling, 750-meter-long boulevard the New Jersey native went in a different direction. that stretches from the National Museum About two months ago, Wright decid- to Old Town. Upscale clothing stores and ed to “do something creative.” “I was reading about Wikipedia — the four-star hotels line the sides of the street ‘wiki’ technology — and I found it fasci- as tourists gawk and locals jet around the nating, the idea that people could collab- orate” he said. “That led me and a buddy commercial center of the city. of mine, Andrew Gibbs — also a Tufts graduate — to think about creative The inner portion of the street is dotted endeavors. We started with movie-script with statues and sculptures, culminating writing.” in the big dog himself: Saint Wenceslas on Wright founded WikiScripts, a Web site horseback, raising a flag and looking over Tufts alum Aaron Wright founded Wikiscripts, where aspiring filmmakers can post scripts, that allows users to post their scripts Prague with a steely glare. after graduating from law school. online in a collaborative setting. Users The square is remembered as the birth- visit www.wikiscripts.org and click on a place of contemporary Czech democracy. genre, within which they can post their rently been sold, Wright hypothesized a path or to just keep it as his pet project. Over one million people gathered there in own script or edit another. possible scenario for splitting the prof- “Right now, it’s a project, because I have November 1989 to protest the Communist “Moving up to the city last year, a lot of its: The site would get a share, and then to pay back my law school loan,” he said, regime and herald in a new era. This is the people were talking about writing a the rest of the money would be divided chuckling. side of Wenceslas Square you’ll read about script, but it takes so much time,” Wright among everyone who edited the script, He’s currently exploring a new project, in the guidebooks. This is Dr. Jekyll. said. “It’s a 100-plus page document, and based on how many times they edited. WikiMusic. “Say somebody adds a drum At night, Mr. Hyde comes out to play. people are scared because there are all of “Say, if ‘John’ made 100 edits out of track, and then somebody in Idaho adds And by Mr. Hyde, I mean that guy who these limitations — like the fear of rejec- 1,000, he gets that percentage of the another music track and then somebody sneaks up behind you and offers you a tion.” money,” Wright said. “We’re debating somewhere else puts something else on,” hooker, off of whose breasts you may elect The Web site’s mantra is that there is giving the person who thought of the he said. “There are a lot of different con- to snort cocaine — which he is conve- no risk attached to the process. People original idea a bonus. It makes sense.” cepts.” niently selling as well. can edit scripts without time constraints, Though WikiScripts is Wright’s current Wright was president of Concert Board All of a sudden, you no longer see all the logging on during work breaks or while in passion, he was uninvolved in script- from Sept. 2001 to May 2002. One of his pretty sculptures and shops. Instead, the bed. writing during his collegiate years. “I did- most memorable moments of college was street corners are lit up by neon casinos There are a few problems. Theater n’t do any film stuff at Tufts, but it’s the during his junior year, when the Concert and strip clubs. Instead of mannequins people are notoriously dramatic, and whole idea of community,” he said. “I Board brought Guster to campus. modeling luxurious clothes, you see actu- script writers are infamously protective think that just carried over.” “I had to wake them up in the morn- al live girls sitting in the windows, wearing of their ideas. “Ego is a huge part of the Wright did quite a bit of Web site ing, and the lead singer asks me to drive bikinis and fighting off boredom. creative process,” Wright said. “There design. “I did the Bio 14 Web site, the him to his sister’s house to meet his Men with fliers jump out at you like the comes a point where if you can’t put it child development Web sites, and I nephew for the first time,” Wright said. aliens in an arcade shooting game, offer- aside, you need to know that you can’t worked out the Experimental College “He introduced me to his nephew the ing sex and drugs. As my friend Jesse said come to a site like this.” Web sites,” he said. first time I met him, which was the first when he visited from Florence, “Evil lurks A bigger problem is copyright: Placing While at Tufts, Wright studied eco- time he met him!” everywhere.” creative works online can lead to stolen nomics, something he said was also WikiScripts devotees can thank Tufts In a city rife with contradictions, ideas. Wright said that one has to be important in devising WikiScripts. for steering Wright away from medicine. Wenceslas Square is my personal favorite. aware of that possibility prior to posting “You’re going in and providing your serv- “My least favorite class was definitely It offers you all the best and worst of scripts. “By going on the site, you’re ices,” he said. “A lot of people are going in Chem 2,” he said. “It destroyed my Prague, and to see either, you simply have admitting your ideas to the community,” and hammering at one idea — it’s the dreams of being a doctor.” to wait for the sun to rise or set. Since most he said. “Any given script can have about whole point: A crowd is smarter than an For now, Wright wants WikiScripts will guidebooks can tell you about some of the a thousand edits. Who owns it at that individual, because everybody has their continue to its expansion. “I’m hoping attractions Wenceslas offers during the point?” own background.” that it [Wiki Scripts] will become more as daytime, here are some things to try if you Though none of the scripts that have Wright has not yet decided whether to people start to put more onto it — as it ever find yourself there after sunset. Or been fine-tuned on the site have cur- pursue WikiScripts as a potential career becomes more collaborative,” he said. rather, here are some things not to try — it all depends on your list of priorities, and whether the well-being of your bank account and body are at the top of that list. The following list goes in order from Small-scale technology has large impact cheapest to most expensive, and from least-to most-likely to result in your own BY JESSICA MCCONNELL other industry experts, will be the tiny development of massive 747 airplanes by death, on a scale of one to 10. One means Senior Staff Writer factor driving a large and impending rev- enabling engineers to create detailed you’ll be fine; 10 means you should write olution in new technology. simulation and analysis of each compo- out your will. Mom, stop reading...wait on From the planes Tufts students take CAD technology — a wide range of nent — as Civil and Environmental it...now. into Boston, to the cell phones perma- computer-based tools used to assist engi- Engineering Senior Lecturer Lee Minardi 1. Mess with the guys trying to convince nently attached to their ears, to the timers neers, architects and other professionals knows firsthand. you to hire a hooker/buy drugs/go to their in the microwaves they use to heat up in their design activities — operates “I worked on creating a CAD model of a strip club. This is incredibly fun. My their dinners, Computer-Aided Design behind the scenes. Rather than being fea- T-38 fighter jet,” said Minardi, who fell in friends and I have developed a little game. (CAD) technology plays a behind-the- tured in flashy new designs, it helps to love with CAD technology while a gradu- Stand in the middle of the sidewalk and scenes role in students’ lives. create those new designs. ate student at Tufts (he graduated in scream, “All I want to do is see a nice pair Outside of its ubiquitous presence in For example, CAD tools play a role in 1969). “Every aircraft has a signature on of breasts! And I want to do it while I’m computer science classrooms, CAD tech- the development of intricate integrated radar. To find out what that signature is, high!” You’ll cause a veritable stampede. nology, according to Associate Professor circuits in laptops, phones, cars and so they can tell what plane they’re looking Another popular choice is to engage in of Computer Science Soha Hassoun and stereos. CAD technology also aids in the at on radar, they can build a physical logical dialogue with these salesmen. For model and put it in a anechoic [sound- instance, a guy says, “Come to this bar and proof] chamber and bombard it with I’ll give you five free beers for just 300 radio waves.” crowns.” You say, “Right. But they’re not Minardi, however, was involved in actually free. I mean, I’m paying 300 building a CAD model that rendered the crowns. How are they free beers?” Guy physical one unnecessary. “I was involved gives you puzzled look. creating a simulation so that they could Cost: Free. do this on the computer,” said the lectur- Danger to your health: One. er, who worked in the CAD industry for 18 2. Eat a fried cheese sandwich. They’re years before coming to Tufts to teach in sold at about a dozen little red Coca-Cola 1990. stands throughout the square. Gooey Minardi has also used CAD technology mozzarella cheese is deep-fried and put to effectively communicate environmen- on a bun. This is the greatest culinary feat tal concerns: He created a CAD represen- in the history of food, and its scrumpteles- tation of a seven-mile stretch of the PCB- centness is only magnified when you’re contaminated Housatonic River in drunk. Western Massachusetts, complete with Cost: approximately $1.40. signposts indicating the levels of contam- Danger to your health: Three. That ination in different areas of the river. “It was a question of how to convey the see POMERANTZ, page 4 extent of PCB contamination — the way the PCB moves, how it travels — to

Dave Pomerantz is a junior majoring in history. COURTESY CAD LAB laypeople,” Minardi said. He can be reached via e-mail at Tufts’ Civil and Environmental Engineering department has its own CAD lab in Anderson see CAD, page 4 [email protected] Hall. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Wednesday, November 30, 2005 Pom: In this square, please leave What computers were 30 years ago, your dignity at the brothel door CAD might be right this moment POM not turn down anything anybody offers CAD evolve along with that equipment. continued from page 3 you. Someone offers you crack? Accept continued from page 3 Currently, the basic units being used in cir- rating may seem high, but I’m pretty sure it. A shot of red bull and absinthe spiked CAD technology itself is not new: “I’ve cuits are stretched to the limits: As cell each of these puppies brings you one with roofies and ecstasy? Accept. Sex been working with CAD for 30 years,” phones shrink nearly to the size of fun-size year closer to a heart attack. with a male, female or animal(s)? Accept Minardi said. But because of what it candy bars, a traditional transistor’s 3. Visit a strip club, brothel or casino. it with a smile. The goal is to survive to enables engineers to do, CAD plays a large dimensions cannot be scaled down any The strip clubs are actually a good deal. sunrise. role in the development of new products further. For a $15 cover, you get five drinks and I’ve heard a range of possible conse- and technologies. This predicament spells dramatic can watch Czech and Slovak girls gyrat- quences. Depending on the story, you “You can capture 3-D geometry and 4-D change for future technological develop- ing all night. I can’t speak to the brothels, could end up in a bathtub of ice without animation and make changes to it much ment: The International Technology as I haven’t been inside one yet (I swear). your kidneys, or lying on the street more easily than you could with a series of Roadmap for Semiconductors, an assess- As for the casinos, I loathe them. You naked, wallet-less and covered in 2-D drawings,” Minardi said, adding that ment given by a consortium of interna- think you’re not doing so bad playing $4 ketchup. CAD representations can be useful for “a tional semiconductor industry associa- hands at the blackjack table, and before I have heard of only one person who wide range of applications.” tions, has predicted that small modifica- you know it, you’ve lost $200 and are ever successfully tried the “Can’t Say No” Hassoun recently chaired the tions of traditional transistors will serve offering the money changer your left game, and the source is dubious. International Conference on Computer- the world until 2015, after which new tech- kidney as collateral. Supposedly, a friend of a friend of a Aided Design (ICCAD), which highlighted nologies or hybrid technologies will be Cost: $15 to get in the strip club, $40 friend made it to morning. He ended up advances in CAD tools for both traditional necessary. for a lap dance, $100 if you pay for a half- leaping through the closed, glass win- and futuristic technologies. In view of this impending crossroads, hour of sex, and an untold amount at the dow of his hospital room and later As Hassoun pointed out, the use of CAD the ICCAD conference highlighted several casino. Plus your dignity. shooting up heroin under the Charles in integrated circuits has existed for over new technologies, aiming to inspire a new Danger to your health: Seven. Think Bridge with a bunch of bums. three decades, though it is still being fine- wave of CAD technologies and methodolo- about syphilis. Cost: Forget it. Your bank account’s tuned. “The task of placing millions of gies to serve designers in 2015. 4. The “Can’t Say No” game. This has the last of your worries. building blocks — the transistors — and The technologies trumpeted at the con- not been attempted by anyone I know. Danger to your health: Eleventy-bil- connecting them on a small area is daunt- ference included the molecular single- The idea is that for one night, you may lion google. Godspeed. ing,” she said. “Ideally, a designer should electron transistor, which looks to shrink specify the desired functionality and per- even further the size of electronic hard- formance specification, and, presto, out ware. They also included DNA self-assem- comes a detailed integrated circuit design bly, which would allow faster construction Experts suggest ways to avoid sickness ready for manufacturing.” of the technology at lower cost, as well as WINTER are probably not from a cold weather cli- Hassoun added, however, that “that is other futuristic devices like biofluidic continued from page 2 mate,” Martowe said. not the case.” microchips, which include lab-on-a-chip that students dress accordingly ... to Instead, the typical design flow is more mechanisms to allow for on-the-spot bio- both weather and style.” Combat catching a cold complex. First, engineers must specify a chemical analyses. He added that his personal style takes The winter months seem to usher in a design using high-level language that can In the end, many of the new CAD tech- a back seat when it’s cold out and that slew of illnesses the second the tempera- then be translated to a logical circuit that nologies will be working to design equip- being comfortable and warm is more tures start to drop. But it is not the cold can process zeroes and ones. The logical ment that could fit onto a human thumb- important to him than looking stylish. weather that directly causes sickness, circuit is then synthesized into transistors nail. According to Hassoun, the impact College of Arts and Sciences junior Buckley said. and wires. may be larger than one can fathom. Kristin Martowe echoed Arar’s opinions “Illnesses are not due to getting cold Finally, a physical design phase places “We underestimated the impact of com- and said comfort and warmth are the or wet ... [they’re] caused by viruses and the transistors in the specified chip area puters in our lives 30 years ago,” she said. most important things she considers bacteria,” she said. and connects them. This last phase can “And we may be underestimating the when getting dressed for the cold weath- The immune system acts as a person’s require several iterations before the setup effects of the new technology fueled by er. As for her fellow students, she said defense shield against germs and illness- meets its design requirements, and then CAD in 10 years.” that they dress “generally more towards es. When someone doesn’t protect them- the design must be tested to ensure that the weather, since the weather’s so selves by dressing appropriately during the circuit is bug-free. CAD technology is Part two of this series — which focuses on severe.” the winter months it can leave his or her used to facilitate this process. Tufts’ own CAD lab and the students who As for wearing flip-flops during the immune system weak and therefore less As the physical size of current electronic use it — will appear in tomorrow’s Daily. winter? able to fight off the flu or a similar illness, equipment rapidly shrinks, the CAD tech- Patrice Taddonio contributed to this “I’d say [people that wear flip flops] Buckley said. nology used to design those devices must article. Arts|Living 5 THE TUFTS DAILY WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 30, 2005

BOOK REVIEW MOVIE REVIEW Put your feet up but Marc Levin refuses the ‘Protocols’ ‘Don’t get too comfortable’ Director explores BY BLAIR RAINSFORD to digest in one sitting. anti-Semitic reactions Daily Editorial Board Luckily for even the most extreme instant gratification- to Sept. 11 attacks In today’s ADD-addled socie- seekers, David Rakoff has just BY HARRISON LEVY ty, readers often find it excruci- released his second book, Contributing Writer ating to have to sit through an “Don’t Get Too Comfortable,” a rather slim volume of engaging Modern history is full of con- Don’t Get Too Comfortable and quick-moving essays. spiracy theories: Who killed JFK? David Rakoff (Literature purists, don’t fret: Did we really land on the moon? the fast food size and format of the book are no reflection on Protocols of Zion Doubleday Books the nutritional value of its con- tent.) entire novel. Most people want It’s tempting to compare the Directed by Marc Levin their books to be like their TV author to another famous con- news: quick sound bites of temporary David who writes Could Pearl Harbor have been bright images and funny catch- humorous collections of essays, avoided? phrases that aren’t too difficult but Rakoff is no Sedaris. While In the documentary Rakoff’s autobiographical first “Protocols of Zion,” director book, “Fraud,” skirted the terri- Marc Levin sets out to discuss a tory of his NPR colleague, slightly lesser known conspiracy “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” is theory regarding the rise in anti- more interested in slices of life Semitism after Sept. 11 and the (albeit a somewhat uncommon subsequent rumor that no Jews life: how many people actually died during the terrorist attacks fly Hooters Air?) and American because they were, in fact, the society at large. One thing the perpetrators. two writers do share is their The title, as well as the content sense of humor, which is, in of the movie, deals with “The both cases, smart, subversive Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” a and usually surprising. document distributed since the Rakoff’s humor often comes late 19th century that claims to not from the actual situation he be the minutes of a secret meet- is describing, but from his own ing in which the Jews set forth absurdity. Though each piece is their plan to take over the world. ostensibly about a different Levin discusses how, despite its specific event or idea, Rakoff having been proved a forgery by allows himself lots of digres- “The London Times” in 1921, the DON DENTON/DOUBLEDAY BOOKS sions. document continued to be dis- David Rakoff is balding graceful- seminated by newspapers, white THINKFILM PRODUCTIONS ly into a mohawk. see RAKOFF, page 6 see PROTOCOLS, page 7 A rejected and impractical proposal for the Freedom Tower.

JULIE SCHINDALL | ALBUM REVIEW MAKING THE CONNECTIONS Apple release is a lean, ‘Extraordinary Machine’ BY KATE DRIZOS came from an Internet leak of an early and last tracks, both of which are Daily Editorial Board version of the album. holdovers from round one. After releasing the widely praised These two songs are among the most There are only a few albums in your and commercially successful “Tidal” in memorable on the CD. The title track mom’s music collection that you can 1996 and the widely praised though opens the album with a bouncy, show actually imagine her sitting and listen- not-so-commercially successful “When tune-esque song, proving that Apple Swiss cuisine: the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks didn’t emerge from her time away wish- Extraordinary Machine Like a King...” (1999), Apple retreated ing to sound exactly as she did before. Fiona Apple on a six-year music hiatus. “Extraordinary Machine” ends on an It’s in the cows equally positive note with the opti- mistic “Waltz (Better Than Fine).” y parents are arriving in Epic/Clean Slate Records “Extraordinary Machine” is Staying true to its title, the three-quar- Geneva this afternoon, and ter time breezy tune manages to impart ing to. They are the oldies she has a the type of album on which a simple, hopeful message while Mtomorrow I am responsible story about when they come on the Apple’s well-wishing comes across as for providing them with an American radio, the albums that she was excited each track will be a favorite at genuinely sincere. to get on CD when they were re- On the rest of the album as well, Thanksgiving dinner, Swiss style. Even for released. some point. Individual expe- Apple provides a diverse and well-exe- a dedicated foodie like myself, this is They are the Joni Mitchells and the cuted collection of tracks that hold Carole Kings that you just know she riences may vary, but Apple their own next to previous favorites like something of a tall order. How to recon- flipped endlessly from side A to B and “Criminal” and “Shadowboxer.” With cile the various gastronomic traditions back again, listening as her high school has provided enough range in some songs infectiously upbeat and sweethearts held her hand or broke her others beautifully woeful, all boast the into one coherent meal? Roughly thirty- heart. And for the combined reason both style and tone to suit all six hours before game time, I still can’t that they’re a window into your mom’s see APPLE, page 7 soul and they’re just plain good, you of the emotional needs of her quite figure out how to provide turkey like them too. and cranberries to my health-conscious With “Extraordinary Machine,” her audience. most recent addition to a cache of parents in a country that subsists off of already impressive and critically cheese and chocolate. acclaimed albums, Fiona Apple She eventually broke her silence by becomes your Joni. recording tracks with producer John Let me just say right off that I lost fif- Some day a listen to her music will Brion but then decided to shelve the teen pounds in my first four weeks in evoke nostalgia — not in the embar- album. These songs, not intended for Geneva. Yes, I have discovered the ulti- rassing way that “Barbie Girl” makes release, were leaked as the nasty rumor mate Swiss diet, and I will tell you my you think of the choreographed dance spread that Apple’s label, Sony, was secret free of charge. There are two parts: you made up in middle school, but a withholding the record because it felt a) food in the French-speaking part of different brand that reminds you of real the songs weren’t appealing enough. Switzerland (including Geneva) tastes sentiment. Apple, insisting she was the cause of terrible; and b) food in Switzerland is pro- Like Apple herself, “Extraordinary the album’s shelf status, tried again hibitively expensive, so expensive that I Machine” has a sordid past. No, it didn’t with producer Mike Elizondo, known come out with a precocious and power- for his past work with Dr. Dre, Eminem, ful debut at the tender age of 18, film a and 50 Cent. The unlikely pair worked see SCHINDALL, page 7 borderline soft-core music video and on a simpler take on Apple’s songs — famously proclaim that “this world is one that takes care to showcase the Julie Schindall is a junior majoring in music. She bullshit” in an acceptance speech at artist’s vocals and piano stylings. FIONA APPLE can be reached at [email protected]. the VMAs. Instead, its bit of scandal Brion’s touch can still be felt on the first Eve immediately regrets her decision 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING Wednesday, November 30, 2005 Nothing says Thanksgiving like yogurt Hooters Air and Jean-Paul Gaultier SCHINDALL Now, other Swiss dairy products are continued from page 5 quite delightful as well. Think about it, get equal treatment in Rakoff book Switzerland has an entire cheese named simply stopped consuming it. RAKOFF Rakoff embarking on quirky mini-adven- after it. The two most iconic Swiss Switzerland perhaps does not have the continued from page 5 tures, a few are political and even national dishes, fondue and raclette, con- reputation for fine cuisine like France or In an essay about crafting (“Martha, poignant. “Love It or Leave It,” for exam- sist of pots of bubbling hot cheese. Milk, Italy, but it is at the crossroads of all of My Dear”), he takes a break to offer an ple, has the newly-naturalized Rakoff eggs, and, of course, chocolate (I have Europe, which would ostensibly make exultant parenthetical apostrophe to his telling the story of his and his friends’ seen mecca, yes I have, and it’s called the this the prime spot to experience the best own beloved crafting supplies: “Glorious, anxiousness on November 2, 2004 as they Lindt chocolate factory) are also quite of all European cuisines. Furthermore, glorious polyurethane! To your gorgeous frantically phoned each other, preparing fine. the Swiss are known for their exacting fumes, a woozy hymn with half the words themselves for a Kerry victory. But I digress. The food of the Suisse nature and their dedication to natural missing!” Naturally, liberals will find his recount Romandes is still vile, and terribly over- products. The manual for my study For the most part, Rakoff’s pieces are of the night especially bittersweet, but priced. It is universally agreed upon in abroad program advised at the top of the as light and effervescent as a spray of any reader can get a nonpartisan thrill Geneva that it is impossible to get a good “clothing” section: “Do not bring tight polyurethane: the topics covered in out of the elegance of Rakoff’s prose: “We loaf of bread. Eating out will cost you a clothing. You will gain weight in “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” include are contacting one another the way my fortune and the majority of places offer Switzerland.” gourmet food trends, a soft-core video immediate family obsessively did in the pizza or kebab. Yet when I made my first foray into the shoot, Parisian fashion shows, plastic final days of my sister’s first pregnancy On my weekly angst-filled forays to the MM Migros in Petit Lancy (a large super- surgery, and the “Today” show. Each leading up to the birth of my oldest supermarket, I often ponder the food cul- market chain in a suburb of Geneva), I essay mixes varying degrees of mockery nephew. We are trying to bear witness for ture of this diverse town. After three was confronted with tasteless croissants (often directed at Rakoff himself) with a one another in these last few moments of months of staring despondently at the for about $2 and two chicken breasts sort of humanitarian optimism, a formu- the never-to-be-returned-to time of Migros fruit bin, I believe I worked out a going for around $15. The bananas were la that keeps the stories from being either Before.” theoretical understanding of how people brown, the tomatoes were green, and too mean or too frivolous. The sophistication of Rakoff’s writing eat in Geneva. In Geneva, we have three potatoes were black. My mother had “What Is the Sound of One Hand works best when he contrasts his high main dietary groups. Group A: bankers. raised me to carefully inspect and ingest Shopping?,” for example, lambastes the style with more lowbrow elements. Members of Group A eat at the city’s fine my vegetables and here I was surrounded posturing of the bourgeoisie who spend “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” is filled to restaurants, putting the 200 Swiss franc by a cornucopia of offerings flown in money on rare sea salt or order special- the brim with pop culture references; on bill on their UBS account. Group B: inter- from international locations — all about delivery ice cubes made from the water a random two-page spread, Rakoff men- national organization/non-governmen- two weeks too late. of a Scottish river, but it does so with a tions the films “Close Encounters of the tal organization workers. Since this group Attempting to stave off a panic attack certain degree of self-implication. Third Kind” and “Reds,” the comedian is pretty much entirely of British origin, in the produce aisle, I turned to the left The theme of guilty indulgence con- Lenny Bruce, and the novel “Catcher in they survive happily on pasta and curry. and encountered a different kind of tinues in the next essay, “Sesión Privada,” the Rye.” Finally, Group C: students. For their shock: The dairy section, which account- in which Rakoff expresses his self-disgust Even Rakoff can’t keep up with his own dietary habits, I have one word: kebab. ed for about half of the entire store. You as he allows himself to be waited on hand cleverness; after one particularly Thus for all those columns devoted to know all those cows with bells I keep talk- and foot: “I am suffused with well-being exhausting stint in a fashion show audi- globalization in Geneva, in terms of food ing about? They’re not just for decora- and just as quickly sickened with myself. ence, he loses all his capacity for aesthet- this city is stuck in a terrible time warp. tion. Those cows get milked, and they Mine are the tears of the Walrus, ic criticism: “All my fancy education and While Switzerland has one of Europe’s bless us here in Switzerland with fabu- bemoaning the wholesale carnage of his artfully crafted cant can’t help me now. I highest percentages of asylum seekers, lous, fattening dairy products. little oyster friends as he scoops another am feeling linear and literal and must not and holds in its banks’ coffers much of Simply put, Swiss yogurt is one of the bivalve into his voracious, sucking maw.” be mentally taxed with anything more the world’s money, here in Geneva you top ten reasons I love Switzerland. I’ve The only time Rakoff actually attacks difficult than the sledgehammer subtle can’t separate the cheese from the cow — tried them all, from the sweet simplicity any specific person is in retaliation. “I symbolism of, say, a butterfly landing on or find a ripe tomato. of vanilla with chocolate flakes to the Can’t Get It For You Wholesale” has Rakoff a coffin. Where was I? Oh, that’s right: I Tomorrow, then, for Thanksgiving, I’ve custardy joys of my all-time favorite, brutally slaying fashion designer Karl like pretty things.” decided to ditch the attempt to integrate apricot Quark. From prune muësli (Heidi Lagerfield, who had asked him, “What Fortunately for the reader, there is no all groups and simply go with what the brand only, I don’t mess around) to my can you write that hasn’t been written such feeling of artistic oppression after Swiss do best. What to offer my health- daily lunch of the Slimline fat-free apri- already?” In Rakoff’s defense, Lagerfield finishing “Don’t Get Too Comfortable,” food conscious parents in a country of cot yogurt drink, my gastronomic pleas- should have realized by now that insult- thanks to Rakoff’s effortless blending of such varied gastronomic experiences? ures are simple and pure. Full-fat to non- ing the writer taking notes about you and sophisticated style and accessible subject The solution stands clear: yogurt, all the fat, flavored to plain, I can confidently your show is as bad an idea as insulting matter. Its essays, while intellectually way, baby. I’m milking those cows for all assert that my bones are stronger thanks your waiter. engaging, never overwhelm the reader they’re worth. to Swiss yogurt. Although most of the pieces are about who is just looking for a quick diversion.

3-4 p.m. Wednesday, November 30, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 7 Mel Gibson isn’t the only accomplice to this conspiracy theory of Zion PROTOCOLS 11 or the Jews’ involvement. He later continued from page 5 moves from a discussion with prisoners supremacists, and even Henry Ford, who about anti-Semitism and “The Protocols” provided a copy with the purchase of a car. to a debate about who killed Christ and the Levin also engages in conversation with controversy surrounding Mel Gibson’s a variety of people to provide several dif- 2004 film, “The Passion of the Christ,” with ferent views of how rampant and danger- no clear segue device. ous anti-Semitism has become. He raises In the same way, Levin does fulfill his the issue of anti-Israel sentiments as mere mission to explain the mentality behind covers for anti-Semitism when he sits with the Sept. 11 conspiracy by explaining how the publisher of an Arab-American news- widespread and accepted anti-Semitism paper and attends a memorial service for is, but he struggles to make the connection Hamas spiritual leader Ahmed Yassin. between this anti-Semitism and its rela- What separates Levin’s film from other tion to the recent terrorist attacks and the documentaries is that he does not try to myth of Jewish involvement. impose his views on his subjects. Instead, Given that he’s addressing an issue so Levin relies on those he interviews to raise clearly controversial, Levin does an excel- the controversial, important and ridicu- lent job of keeping his cool while dealing lous aspects of anti-Semitism rather than with a wide variety of strong-headed peo- forcing ideas into the viewer’s head. ple. In one instance, he finds himself For instance, when one New York City encircled by a group of young Arab- resident, claiming New York to be “Jew Americans shouting “God is great!” in York,” explains that the city is run by Jews Arabic while he attempts to continue his like Bloomberg and “Jewliani” (former debate with one of the youngsters. Levin Mayor Rudolph Giuliani), Levin simply lis- also manages to listen attentively and tens and laughs at the statement. While respond calmly while sitting in on a neo- debating with the leader of the National Nazi radio talk show. Alliance, a white supremacy group, as to But perhaps the best example of his whether Adolf Hitler was Jewish and level-headedness is that Levin himself is EPIC/CLEAN SLATE RECORDS sought to destroy the Jews and himself out Jewish but chooses not to respond to a Fiona Apple’s new CD includes helpful gardening tips in the liner notes. of disgust for “The Protocols,” the NA caller who quotes Hitler’s promise to exter- leader states: “I don’t see him as suicidal in minate all of the Jews. Levin’s poise and the slightest.” In response, Levin merely restraint provides him with a credibility This ‘Extraordinary Machine’ points out that Hitler had actually com- often nullified by filmmakers who attack mitted suicide. and antagonize those they interview. needs no tune-ups or spare parts However, from a filmmaking perspec- If it is not already evident, Levin does a fantastic job of documenting the opin- APPLE were universal until she put them into ions of fascinating people who relate to continued from page 5 words. She manages to make a circular But perhaps the best example anti-Semitism in a variety of ways. Most type of timeless composition that sep- argument sound lovely (“Last night’s significant is his choice to interview a arates the “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”s from phrases / Sick with lack of basis / Are of his level-headedness is that local Jewish cantor who also works for a the “Big Yellow Taxi”s. still writhing on my floor”) and the medical examiner’s office identifying “Extraordinary Machine” is the type routine sound lyrical (“Home is where Levin himself is Jewish but bodies. After recounting the DNA confir- of album on which each track will be a my habits have a habitat”). mation of the death of an assistant can- favorite at some point. Individual While the idea of a singer and her chooses not to respond to a tor of his temple on Sept. 11, the examin- experiences may vary, but Apple has trusty piano is by no stretch a new one, er states that only people with “complete, provided enough range in both style Apple holds her own in the genre and caller who quotes Hitler’s blind hatred” could claim that Sept. 11 and tone to suit all of the emotional confirms her unique style among her was a Jewish conspiracy or that no Jews needs of her audience. contemporaries, some of whom promise to exterminate all of died in the attack. weren’t around last time she was But Levin also works hard to show both adjusting her mic. With more street the Jews. sides of this story. In a particularly Like Apple herself, cred than Norah Jones and Vanessa poignant juxtaposition, he talks with peo- Carlton, and with a shade less femi- ple directly affected by the nation of Israel “Extraordinary Machine” nism than Tori Amos, Apple gets it tive, Levin doesn’t do such a terrific job of whose hatred for Judaism is a product of right, as per her usual, on this new maintaining continuity. He does quote a Israeli oppression at the same time that he has a sordid past. album. different “Protocol” at the start of each shows a clip of Kofi Annan denouncing “Extraordinary Machine” exists as a new section to signal an introduction to a anti-Semitism. wholly enjoyable and thoughtful different topic, but he fails to use smooth Levin succeeds in showing that this record from first track to last, plus all transitions. anti-Semitism still exists today, and, Apple’s strength undoubtedly lies in the new ones in between. It can pro- At one point, he jumps from a section despite all the evidence to the contrary, her lyrics, which she manages to craft vide background music or solace and dealing with five Israelis falsely accused of people still believe that Jews were respon- poetically without sounding over- its lyrics can, as is Apple’s strength, celebrating after the attacks on Sept. 11 to sible for the Sept. 11 attacks. Levin promis- wrought, and in her thoughtful distil- take on a chameleonic role to fit with an interview with a self-proclaimed skin- es that as long as there is hatred, there will lations of emotions you hadn’t realized the listener’s own emotion. head, a section that does not address Sept. always be anti-Semitism.

Daily’s Next Top Model: Editors’ Picks Lesson learned this week: Bre is crazy! Last week's confrontation in the limo proved to Insults were hurled in both directions (Nicole: "She's like this spawn of the devil or some- be small potatoes compared to her outbursts over a missing breakfast bar. When Bre, thing" versus Bre: "If I have to hear one more thing about that Red Bull, she's wearing it") whose patience was already worn thin by Nicole's whining, found her granola bar gone, as Bre took on the diva/lesbian duo of Nicole and Kim. When word of the "kufufle" (Jay she made the strangely specious assumption that the culprit was the curly-haired complain- Manuel, everybody) seeped into the judge's room, it seemed almost certain that a tearful er. Bre exacted revenge the only way student-cum-model competitors know how--by pour- and newly apologetic Bre would be buying her next breakfast bar back in New York. When ing out cans from Nicole's personal stash of Red Bull. (Lesson 1A: Nicole drinks Red Bull?) dismissal came down to Bre and Kim, Miss Banks sent Kim home, leaving a surprised and Though Nicole claimed not to be the thief, Bre refused to apologize for her misguided retri- alone Nicole to fend for herself next week. bution. — Kate Drizos ASHLEY BRE CASSANDRA CORYN DIANE EBONY JAYLA

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THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL ALLISON B. ROESER Editor-in-Chief Another look at withdrawal

“Cowards cut and run; Marines never American foreign policy should not be drawn between withdrawal and a decline EDITORIAL do.” These were the words of U.S. about accountability and moral recti- in security assumes that withdrawal Representative Jean Schmidt (R-OH) in tude. American foreign policy should be would lead to civil war, and that a desta- Managing Editors Jon Schubin response to a call by Representative John about promoting American security. The bilized Iraq would become a haven for Sam Verrill Murtha (D-PA) for a withdrawal of military should not be used to ease our terrorists. These assumptions are faulty. Mark Phillips Editorial Page Editors American troops from Iraq. Though national guilt, or to fulfill our collective The American presence in Iraq is Steven Ward Schmidt’s comments were withdrawn humanitarian streak. arguably doing as much to foment civil from the House record and were repudi- The second and most legitimate war in Iraq as our absence would. Forty- Brian Loeb Associate News Editor ated by her Republican colleagues, they strand of the argument against with- five percent of Iraqi citizens believe that Bruce Hamilton News Editors are the most concise articulation to date drawal is that leaving Iraq now would American troops are a legitimate target Anthony McGovern of the position the Bush administration harm American security interests. There for insurgents, and a group of Iraq’s polit- Marc Raifman and its Republican allies have taken on are two popular causal links between ical leaders recently proclaimed that Kelly McAnerney Assistant News Editors American strategy in Iraq. In an effort to withdrawal and decreased security cited attacks on American troops are not to be Lula Lakeou continue the debate that the Bush by proponents of the argument. First, considered terrorist action. The sight of Bryan Prior administration is determined to forestall American withdrawal will be an admis- American soldiers in Iraq serves as a rad- Kristen Sawicki Judith Wexler or silence, the logic behind the argument sion of defeat and be seen as a victory for icalizing force, encouraging violence. against “cutting and running” must be radical Islam. But the significance of The assumption that an Iraqi civil war Patrice Taddonio Associate Features Editor seriously reviewed and judged on its such a perception is exaggerated. Just as would result in a Taliban-like state merits. perceived American defeat in Vietnam ignores the very different ethnic and Stephanie Christofides Features Editors Rebecca Dince There are two serious strands of the did not embolden Communists around social makeup and histories of the two Alexandra Dretler argument against withdrawal. The first is the world and lead to American defeat in countries. An Iraqi civil war would more Sydne Summer popularly known as the “pottery barn” the Cold War, it is difficult to see how the likely result in either three distinct states, rule. Before the war began, then perception of American defeat in Iraq or a Sunni-dominated autocracy which Arianne Baker Assistant Features Editors Andrea Bradford Secretary of State Colin Powell reported- would have any substantial effect on the would, like the Baathist regime that fell ly told President Bush that, with regard to global war on terror. Arguments that vic- with Saddam Hussein, eschew radical David Cavell Associate Arts Editor Iraq, “you break it, you buy it.” The tory would increase the ranks of terrorist Islam. United States has a responsibility to the organizations ignore the fact that the Unfortunately, no supporter of with- Jacqueline Houton Arts Editors Blair Rainsford Iraqi people to rebuild Iraq, since the American military presence in the drawal will be given the time to rational- Kelly Rizzetta United States invaded and destroyed Middle East since the first Gulf War has ly present the case for ending America’s much of Iraq’s political, social, and mate- been the most effective recruitment tool military commitment to Iraq. Gregory Connor Assistant Arts Editors Katherine Drizos rial infrastructure. This argument radical Islamic groups have at their dis- Accusations of cowardice and patrioti- Margarita Reznikova appeals to Americans’ sense of accounta- posal. cally meaningless verbal ejaculation will bility and moral rectitude. However, The second, more tangible causal link inevitably drown out the voice of reason. Lisa Granshaw Viewpoints Editors Marlo Kronberg Jenna Nissan Leah Roffman ALEX SHERMAN Alexander Bloom Sports Editors Kristen Cunningham Nathan Grubman Aman Gupta Benjamin Hoffman Elizabeth Hoffman Andrew Silver Thomas Spera

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[email protected] Viewpoints 9 THE TUFTS DAILY WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 30, 2005 Shaping solidarity BY IVY CHENG rather than support. “Thank you, come again” is not the media today are those of ing our identities — our real Why do such people, despite something I regularly say. I am geeky kids, Bruce Lee’s, complex, three-dimensional AND ADRIENNE POON having an obvious claim to this not a karate expert, computer- Charlie’s Angels’, or Chinese personalities. Most of us have identity feel excluded from it? savvy, or nerdy. Or well, I’d like food delivery boys? Is this who dual Asian and American iden- As Asian American Month Why are Asian Americans to think I’m not nerdy anyway. we are and all there is to us? Is tities and are the products of comes to a close, we hope that forced into these limited per- Few of my Asian American this what defines us as Asian both worlds. We would not be the Tufts community has ceptions of what an “Asian friends fit these descriptions American? who we are if both these gained greater awareness of American” is? I am not good at either. Why is it then that all the Perpetuation of images like aspects had not, combined issues facing the Asian math either, nor am I pre-med. Asian American faces we see in these prevents us from assert- together, influenced our values, American community. The our habits and our perspec- issue of unity within the com- tives. We are truly the rich and munity is a topic we, as co- flavorful blend of Asian presidents of Asian Community American. Forced to separate at Tufts (ACT), would like to these, we rarely choose the con- address. structed “Asian” identity but Upon inviting a friend to the reject it in disgust, having been Asian American Month rally given nothing but negative and held in mid-November, I limiting stereotypes to grow up received the response, with. If we are to claim and “Dammit, stop trying to get me empower the identity of “Asian to come to all these Asian American” for ourselves today, events!” Previously pressed on we must embrace it, not run her reluctance to participate, away from it. she had continuously offered Running away from fighting the same line of reasoning — “I stereotypes has even more never asked to be Asian. I don’t harmful effects. Allowing our- feel Asian. And I don’t identify selves to be caricatured and de- as Asian.” When again asked humanized into two-dimen- why, she said, “I don’t want to sional characters empowers be a doctor. I don’t play the vio- others to treat us as such. From lin. I’m not good at math. You the brutal murder of a Chinese- know, I don’t even like Asian American beaten to death while food.” being called “Jap,” to the police Ironically, the very purpose shooting of a Korean American of the rally was to raise aware- alleged to be doing some sort of ness of the ability to assert one’s exotic and dangerous martial identity apart from these arts because he was holding a stereotypes. Fear of association rake, to the acts of hate and fear with these stereotypes instead directed toward the Muslim resulted in adamant refusals and South Asian Communities since Sept. 11, 2001 to the stab- Ivy Cheng is a junior majoring bing of a 16-year-old in political science and Vietnamese American from Adrienne Poon is a senior majoring in biochemistry. CORBIS see ASIAN AMERICAN, page 10

KEITH BARRY | BLIGHT ON THE HILL OFF THE HILL VIEWPOINT | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Yet another stolen election BY LUCAS KETURI African-American neighborhoods John Conyers (D-MI) about voter disen- Washington Square News threatening people with arrest at voting franchisement in Ohio. stations if they had outstanding speed- The session rapidly descended into a Remember waking up on the morning ing tickets or had not paid child support. lengthy Republican diatribe against the of Nov. 3 last year with the hazy recollec- Those who weren’t scared away from accusations, most of which did not even tion of Bush being re-elected the night voting altogether were forced to wait in address the substance of the report The tangled web before? If that wasn’t bad enough, it line for hours to vote at outdated and directly. One Republican congressman seemed to be legit this time. I was just as often defective voting machines, while after another repeated the same attacks, we weave surprised as everyone else; as lifeless as thousands of new machines sat unused almost word-for-word, against the “radi- Kerry’s campaign may have been, I didn’t in warehouses. cals” in the “Michael Moore wing of the honestly expect a majority of voters to The term “conspiracy theory” is Democratic party.” They dismissed the know I can come across pretty angry in actually prefer Bush. bandied about in a somewhat dismissive report as having “no basis of fact,” as if print, but I assure you that I’m a lov- Well, according to a recent book by way, but much of it does sound rather sufficient repetition would make it true. NYU professor Mark Crispin Miller, they conspiratorial. Some of the parties Apparently, it worked. Iable guy who just has a few easily rec- didn’t. “Fooled Again: How the Right involved, if not Republican officials, The fact that improprieties occurred tifiable gripes. For example, I can’t stand Stole the 2004 Election & Why They’ll were being directly subsidized by the last Election Day is unquestionable. Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop party. Whether or not it accounted for the dif- those shirts that every single team and Them)” details a litany of allegations, One company, Sproul & Associates, ference of three million votes between group fund-raiser makes. including discarded votes, intimidation sent representatives around the country Bush and Kerry is another matter. It’s a of voters and impossible statistical irreg- posing as non-partisan pollsters or vot- given that politicians are going to lie and Not only does the idea of group T-shirts ularities, all of which make a forceful ing registration officials. They allegedly steal. It seems that the bigger scandal is kind of scare me as somewhat cultish, and argument for a stolen election. used the opportunity to register not the fraud, but the lack of attention not only do I think they’re a waste of Much of the evidence is admittedly Democrats as Republicans without their the Democratic Party has given it. Why, money that could be put toward the actual circumstantial, not proving on its own knowledge, or to destroy Democrats’ in the face of confirmed voting problems fundraiser, but very often the shirt-writers that Bush stole the election. All the registration forms. It turned out that and an election four years prior that was try to be clever and suggestive and end up same, it certainly raises eyebrows and Sproul & Associates received $4.5 mil- known for a fact to have been stolen, is failing miserably. I’m sure you’ve seen should at least prompt further investiga- lion from the Republican National Kerry not crying foul? some girl walking around campus with tion. Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Committee. Kerry, like Gore, evidently decided not some slogan like, “Tufts Intramural Blackwell, who was in charge of Ohio’s Almost as shocking as the fraud was to make it an issue in order to appease Croquet — We love BALLS and STICKS!” vote count, just happened to be co-chair the reaction of the press. It was mostly the Republicans and maintain the emblazoned across her chest. Real classy. of the state’s Bush-Cheney campaign, as ignored altogether, and the coverage Democrats’ credibility in Washington. It may have been clever in 5th grade. In in Florida in 2000. that did exist ranged from pithy dis- Think about what that means for a sec- fact, it may have moved you to the head Blackwell took several measures to missals to vituperative attacks on any- ond. Credibility in politics now relies on folding chair at the lunch table. But now, I restrict voting by provisional ballot and one who raised the subject. Here, Miller consciously overlooking federal crimes bet the people who come up with those suppress the registration of new voters. makes a compelling case not for a con- (which deliberate vote suppression most slogans still find Adam Sandler funny. He barred international observers from spiracy, but for a dogmatic knee-jerk certainly is). Speaking of things that were cool in 5th polling places without explanation. If reaction throughout the Republican It’s shameful but not that shocking. In grade, I remember when my science Hugo Chavez pulled a stunt like that, establishment and right-wing media to 2000, the Democratic leadership found teacher, Mrs. Correa, bought our school’s Bush would probably be calling for his downplay and distort any evidence that it easier to scapegoat Ralph Nader for first Internet-connected computer into head. may implicate Bush in wrongdoing. garnering 3 percent of the vote than class. In glorious 14.4k dial up, we waited In another revealing replay of Florida, The fanatical defense of unambiguous investigate the illegal removal of 30,000 for an image of a volcano to appear on the minority communities throughout the crimes culminates in one of the more black voters from the voting rolls in Packard Bell monitor. At an age where the country likely to vote Democrat were disturbing scenes of the book, recount- Florida. If they could justify that, then targeted in particular. In Milwaukee, ing a session of Congress set aside to the Democrats deserved to lose, legally see BARRY, page 10 leaflets were circulated throughout debate the report composed by Rep. or otherwise.

Keith Barry is a senior majoring in VIEWPOINTS POLICY The Viewpoints section of The Tufts Daily, an open forum for campus editorial commentary, is printed Monday through Thursday. Viewpoints community health and psychology. He can welcomes submissions from all members of the Tufts community. Opinion articles on campus, national, and international issues can be roughly 700 to 1000 words in be reached via e-mail at length. Editorial cartoons are also welcome. All material is subject to editorial discretion, and is not guaranteed to appear in The Tufts Daily. All material should be [email protected]. submitted by no later than 1 p.m. on the day prior to the desired day of publication. Material may be submitted via e-mail ([email protected]) or in hard-copy form at The Tufts Daily in the basement of Curtis Hall. Questions and concerns should be directed to the Viewpoints editor. 10 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Wednesday, November 30, 2005 Tufts in dire need of user-friendly Leaders urge Asian Americans to Web page with many helpful links assert their idenities over bias BARRY pecker. I gave up and Googled “Tufts AND ASIAN AMERICAN on the entire community. Your true continued from page 9 degree sheet.” I found it on the first try. continued from page 9 ethnicity or national origin may be whole world of “science” could still fit Turns out that I was going to the wrong Medford last year in a racial brawl... immaterial to the person throwing out inside a single 45 minute class, I was WebCenter. I had typed in the litany of hate crimes committed the racist comment. This is why we all amazed. http://www.tufts.webcenter.emerald.sis.o against Asian Americans stretches on need to pull together as Asian nline.partypoker.com and entered in my and on. If you don’t believe it still hap- Americans and Asians in America. If student ID number, when I was supposed pens today, I could slap you with a list we don’t stand up for ourselves, who Why on earth isn’t there a to have gone to http://ase.tufts.aseon- of incidents within the Boston area in will? Our history within this country is line.webcenter.keithdance.com and the past decade. over 150 years old, and we are as much simple link on the tufts.edu entered in my mother’s maiden name. a part of the United States as any other Why on earth isn’t there a simple link on ethnicity. Our voices must be heard. homepage called something the http://www.tufts.edu homepage called Why are Asian Americans Our diverse community includes East, something like, “Stuff that every student Pacific Islander, South and Southeast like, “Stuff that every student needs to use but can never find because it’s forced into these limited per- Asian Americans. Putting our similari- on any one or a combination of three sites, ties ahead of our differences would needs to use but can never find hidden away on a separate server with no ceptions of what an “Asian allow us to become a stronger force links to it ANYWHERE?” The resulting page and power. We need to demand our because it’s on any one or a would be simple: links to SIS, Blackboard, American” is? I am not good place within the United States and and WebCenter. No menus from Kee Kar assert an identity of Asian American, combination of three sites, Lau, no directions to the Vet School, no fun at math either, nor am I pre- or else be continuously treated like facts about Jean Mayer’s shoe size — just a foreigners. How often have you been hidden away on a separate plain, user-friendly Web page with the med. “Thank you, come asked: “Where are you from? What is three things we need most. your nationality?” Well, I’m from New server with no links to it ANY- Blackboard is another issue. Either again” is not something I reg- Jersey and I am American, and I refuse make it mandatory, or scrap it entirely. It’s to answer anything else. WHERE?” of no use to me when three of my classes ularly say. I am not a karate The power of each of your voices don’t have a single course document makes a difference. In strengthening online, while another has every Power expert, computer-savvy, or the bonds of our own community, we After about eight more years of Internet Point ever shown in class, a lively online can begin to reach out to other com- use, I was sure that when I got to college I’d discussion forum and pictures of my pro- nerdy. munities as well. Asian Community at be able to do everything online. My moth- fessor’s kids. If not every professor buys in Tufts and the Pan African Alliance, for er was already ordering groceries from to it, then the entire idea suffers. I don’t example, have taken such a step Peapod, and my father had already noticed know if there needs to be a faculty meet- Even at Tufts there may be students recently to bridge the gap of non- suspicious charges from Thailand on his ing about it or what, but I’d love to be able who think, “But I am Asian. Not Asian interaction between our communities. credit card statement, so surely a college to see all my grades and all my syllabi on American,” or “Maybe I do want to be a We have acknowledged that we can Web site would allow me to look up my syl- one site. doctor. Maybe I do like Asian food. How support each other through our com- labus and my housing lottery number at At least we’re getting DARS, and I don’t does this apply to me?” To this we say, it monalities and that by standing one convenient portal. Then I got to Tufts. think Health Services needs to vaccinate us doesn’t matter. Put these differences together, we can collectively be Now, I’m not an engineer, but I am still against it. Automated degree audits online aside. Even if you see them, there is a stronger and counter issues such as flabbergasted that there are certain sites will be a real asset to future freshmen, who world out there that doesn’t. And we racism and stereotypes that affect all that students must visit that are wholly won’t end up cursing themselves four years must all stand together, unified, if we are communities of color. inaccessible from any other place on the later for not realizing they missed the to raise our voice. Because let me tell Without a voice, we are powerless to http://www.tufts.edu site. chance to take a really enriching elective you something. The chance of having defend ourselves, powerless to defend For example, when I had to complete my that wouldn’t have hurt their GPA if they “Konnichiwa, baby! Me love you long our community, and powerless even to degree sheet, I searched and searched for got a bad grade. time” yelled down the street at you or of shape our own identities in the face of the elusive “WebCenter” on the Tufts site. I Perhaps the Tufts computing folks just having a random stranger call you society. We have the potential to be an got to something that claimed to be need a little bit of motivation. I propose “chink” or “dothead” and assault you, Asian American community with a WebCenter, but it had to have been an they all get T-shirts made up. Across the are just as likely whether you call your- strong and powerful voice. And so we impostor, as a link to a degree sheet was chest, they’ll all say “Tufts.edu makes my self Asian or American. challenge you: take a stand, and be a more elusive than an ivory-billed wood- disk hard!” Now that’s classy. An attack on one person is an attack voice...together. Balance 11 THE TUFTS DAILY WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 30, 2005 SPECIAL FEATURE Are you getting the right information?

Steps to evaluating your nutrition

BY MARY NICOLE HENDERSON Contributing Writer

You’ve just picked up a recent issue of a popular celebrity gossip magazine. As you’re tion and health information reading about the latest make-ups and sought out? break-ups, you come across an article on The ADA’s “Nutrition and how to look like your favorite celebrities. The You: Trends 2000” survey article offers a complete nutrition and fit- revealed that the top three sources of nutri- ness regimen, guaranteed to work in just tion and health information utilized by students, two weeks! You step back for a moment and adults included television (48 percent), Hodgson said think to yourself, “Hmmm...” magazines (47 percent), and newspapers there are a few (18 percent). Approximately half of the indi- that are better Fact versus Fiction:What is nutrition misin- viduals polled for this survey replied that the than others, including SELF Magazine, distorted body image support,” she said. formation? primary source of nutrition and health Health Magazine, Cooking Light and Men’s Both Engel and Hodgson suggest that the According to the American Dietetic information was gathered through the writ- Health. easiest way to determine the validity of the Association (ADA), scientifically sound ten word — particularly magazines. magazine’s health and nutrition informa- nutrition information results from applica- But, is the information offered in these Other Sources? tion is to look inside the front cover of the tion of the scientific method that can also magazines realistic? Do these sources pro- What about other magazines, not neces- magazine for publishing information. Is withstand peer review. Nutrition misinfor- vide sound information that promotes a sarily specific to health and nutrition — for there a food, nutrition, health or fitness edi- mation, however, consists of invalid infor- healthier lifestyle? According to Patricia example, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, Marie tor? Does he or she have an RD, MD or mation and usually misinterpreted food and Engel, a registered dietitian at Tufts, it Claire, Elle and VOGUE? How do these other reputable credential? Who is on the nutrition science. The ADA’s position paper depends on the article and how it was writ- magazines compare? Hodgson, for one, advisory board? Are they well respected in on handling nutrition misinformation sug- ten. “It is hard to take anything you read as does not recommend that students gather their field? If you are able to find solid gests, “This misinformation may be harmful truth,” Engel said. “Since you do not have to nutrition or health related information answers to these few questions, then the to the health of individuals, or [can] be used have credentials to give information or offer from fashion magazines. “In my experience magazine can be considered a reasonably to fuel food faddism, quackery, or health advice.” they tend to sensationalize topics and take sound source. fraud.” Nutrition misinformation should be nutrition information out of context,” she recognized as a potentially serious issue, Where do students fit in? said. Mary Nicole Henderson is graduate stu- especially when addressing certain popula- So, what is a student to do? Constantly Engel agreed. “These magazines tend to dent at the Friedman School of Nutrition tions, such as college students. bombarded with an overload of health and be more fad-like and do not play a good role Science and Policy and a dietetic intern at nutrition information, how do you differen- in promoting good health and nutrition. the Frances Stern Nutrition Center at Tufts- The Popularity Factor: Where is most nutri- tiate the good from the bad? For starters, Often these magazines promote bad [or] New England Medical Center. students need to learn how to recognize sci- ence-based advice. It is important to care- ADA-recommended fully examine the information and try to Magazine synopses from Kimberley Hodgson, MS determine fact from speculation. “Red flags of junk First, you should always question the source of the information. Ask yourself who SELF Magazine — Most of the time, SELF does its fact-checking before publishing arti- science” wrote the article and what references were cles. But I do see the occasional article with errors or instances where research studies used. Did the writer or the sources refer- have been taken out of context. Overall, I think it’s a decent magazine for the female stu- 1. Recommendations that promise a enced have medical experience, credentials, dent population. It addresses many of the issues and concerns of the average female col- quick fix etc.? Second, try to research the topic a bit lege student. In addition, SELF has a solid food and nutrition advisory board. 2. Dire warnings of danger from a sin- more on your own. The ADA Web site gle product or regimen (http://www.eatright.org) is one resource to Health Magazine — [This] is a fairly good magazine, but the average college-aged 3. Claims that sound too good to be search for validation of nutrition informa- female student is not the targeted audience. Health is meant more for women between true tion. the ages of 25 and 50. It has a great advisory board, articles [are] well researched and 4. Simplistic conclusions drawn from a “Unfortunately, there are not many written by professionals and good quick recipes. complex study dependable nutrition and health sources 5. Recommendations based on a sin- intended for the student population,” said Cooking Light — For those interested in cooking and health, this is an excellent maga- gle study Kimberley Hodgson, a public health nutri- zine. It has sound nutrition information, well researched and well written articles — usu- 6. Dramatic statements that are refut- tionist. Among the more trustworthy ally by nutrition or health professionals. The articles do not usually take information out ed by reputable scientific organizations sources that Hodgson recommends — of context. The magazine is well rounded and has great — and tasty — recipes. 7. Lists of “good” and “bad” foods though not often first on students’ reading 8. Recommendations made to help sell lists: Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter, Men’s Health — [This] is very similar to SELF. The magazine does its fact-checking before a product Nutrition Action Newsletter, University of publishing articles, but there is the occasional article with errors or instances where 9. Recommendations based on studies California at Berkeley’s Wellness Letter, research studies have been taken out of context. Overall, I think it’s a decent magazine without peer review Mayo Clinic, American Cancer Society for the male college student population. They have a solid food and nutrition advisory 10. Recommendations from studies newsletter and the American Heart board as well. that ignore differences among individ- Association newsletter. In terms of more uals or groups mainstream publications popular among 12 THE TUFTS DAILY BALANCE Wednesday, November 30, 2005 Easy instants versus the high maintenance classics The nutrition war begins on four fronts BY WILLOW JAROSH,RD sticky than instant brown rice. Contributing Writer Nutritionally, the two are almost identical - except when it comes Instant foods are convenient, to fiber. A half-cup serving of especially for busy students with- instant brown rice provides about out access to a full kitchen. Many the same calories, fat and protein instant foods make it easy to pre- as the classic version, but just half pare just one or two servings, so the fiber. you don’t wind up with tons of The Verdict: Traditional long- leftovers (or end up eating WAY grain brown rice. It’s hard to more than you really wanted!). argue with more fiber and better But is oatmeal that comes in a texture. But even the classic long- packet and cooks in one minute grain brown rice doesn’t have tons as nutritious as the stuff you stir of fiber, so add veggies to give it a on the stovetop? Is the nutritional boost. value of the food you eat propor- tional to the time it takes to pre- 2. Microwave popcorn (3-4 min- pare it? utes) vs. stovetop popcorn (6-8 Instant foods in general have minutes) many additives, such as sugar and Who knows if it’s the crunch, sodium. But instant foods are the flavor or the smell, but pop- sometimes actually better nutri- corn is definitely necessary for CORBIS tional choices than the classic those late night study sessions Microwave popcorn is tasty and convenient. versions. Take a look at these five and movie nights. Making pop- examples and see for yourself. corn the traditional way, on the popcorn. All major brands offer oatmeal is that they contain about instant kinds. Add fruit and skim stovetop, requires oil — and lots varieties with the flavor of the 1/3 as much oatmeal as a serving milk for a hearty breakfast that 1. Instant brown rice (10 min- of it. If you like to add butter and buttery stovetop stuff but with of regular slow-cooked oats, yet will keep you going all morning. If utes) vs. long-grain brown rice salt to your crunchy treat, this much less fat and calories. Orville they have the same number of you absolutely cannot spare the (50 minutes) snack can easily pack more calo- Redenbacher’s even offers mini calories and less fiber. This is time for slow-cooked oats, go for Traditional brown rice may not ries, fat and sodium than an entire bags of their Smart Pop popcorn, because flavored instant oatmeal the plain variety. Nutritionally, it’s be the best thing to make when meal! Microwave popcorn can with exactly enough for one per- has lots of added sugar. pretty close to the slow-cooked you’re really hungry, since you’ve contain gobs of fat, sodium and son. The Verdict: Slow-cooked oats — stuff. got to wait almost an hour for it to calories, too. Fortunately there are the ones in the big cardboard finish cooking. On the other tons of great tasting, low-fat vari- 3. Instant oatmeal (1.5 minutes) cylinder. The traditional version 4. Canned fruit vs. fresh fruit hand, rice connoisseurs will tell eties out there (even Kettle Corn) vs. slow-cooked oats (5 minutes) of this breakfast classic has more It’s easy to see and feel the you that traditionally prepared to help ease those study cravings. The strange thing about those fiber and protein — and less sodi- brown rice is fluffier and less The Verdict: Low-fat microwave little packets of flavored instant um and sugar — than the flavored see QUICK, page 14

ASK SARA WILSON, RD SARAH WALLY | FINDING BALANCE

Red meat and almonds and chocolate, oh my! Glorious My friend just started eating red meat healthy lifestyle change. Since she chose to idant that some researchers have found to again after being a vegetarian for years. add meat back into her diet, she likely had be important for heart health), zinc and gluttony She claims she has more energy and just reason to believe that eating meat would magnesium, almonds provide important feels “better.” Is this just psychological, or is bring her some kind of benefit — and, nutrients for good health. In addition, there really something about eating meat even if any of the above physiological stuff almonds can contribute to your daily pro- that gives you more energy? is true for her, is also feeling “better” tein goal. You are right, though, that they It is possible that your friend is more because she believed that she would if she are calorie-dense — that is, because they t’s about quarter past nine on energetic after adding meat back into her added meat to her diet. have a lot of fat in a relatively small Thanksgiving evening. I’m circling diet. It’s also possible that what she’s expe- amount of food, they also have a lot of riencing is more psychological than bio- calories. But the good news is that the fat the dining room table, a dessert in logical. Meat is a good source of protein, in almonds is a “good” fat. Almonds are I each hand. In my left, a plate overflowing iron, zinc and vitamin B12 — important Dark chocolate contains a type of high in unsaturated fat, which is consid- for rebuilding muscle, healthy blood, ered to be more healthful than saturated with a sizeable helping of Heath Bar tri- immunity and nerve transmission, respec- antioxidant called flavonoids. fat. (And, even though they are calorie- fle. In my right, a white chocolate rasp- tively. A lack of these nutrients can lead to These antioxidants help to scav- dense, almonds are also considered “nutri- a run-down feeling, tiredness and a weak- ent-dense” — that is, they are rich in nutri- berry bar and the remnants of a maple ened immune system. (It is important to ents for a small amount.) When adding note that well planned vegetarian diets enge free radicals (harmful oxy- almonds to a healthy diet, just be sure to sugar cookie. Mind you, at this point in can provide all of these nutrients, as well do so in moderation. A one-ounce (about the day, I’m not even hungry. I’m actual- — except possibly for B12 if a person does- gen molecules), and may protect 18-20 nuts) serving contains about 170 n’t eat dairy foods.) If, for example, your calories and 15 grams of total fat. ly feeling uncomfortably full — nearly friend was anemic (as a result of an iron against heart disease and cancer. deficiency) when she was on a vegetarian I can’t believe my luck! Chocolate is good nauseous. Yet, here I am, going back for diet, she may be feeling more energetic for you? Is this really true? I mean, can I eat my second, third and fourth helping of now that she is eating meat — a rich I keep seeing these ads for almonds that say a couple of Hershey’s Kisses after every source of iron and zinc. A vitamin B12 defi- they’re a “nutritional feast” and really meal? dessert. ciency may also cause a type of anemia, healthy. But I thought nuts were high in fat. I wish this were the case! But, as you and eating meat may help to correct this Are almonds really some kind of “super- may have guessed, there is no magic food It’s the same scenario that plays out imbalance as well. As I said, however, it is food”? — and there is almost always a caveat every holiday — and I’m sure I’m not the also possible that your friend is simply Almonds are something of a nutritional when considering whether certain foods, only perpetrator. Each time my con- embracing this new way of eating as a powerhouse. High in vitamin E (an antiox- such as chocolate, are “good for you.” science tries to remind me that I have Unfortunately, eating Hershey’s Kisses isn’t already eaten far more than my share of going to offer you any nutritional benefit pumpkin pie, that relentless holiday other than adding to your caloric intake. mantra fills my head: “But it’s But, if you like dark chocolate, you may be Thanksgiving (Christmas, New Years, in better luck. Dark chocolate contains a Valentine’s Day)!” Before I know it, I’m type of antioxidant called flavonoids. filling my plate. These antioxidants help to scavenge free What drives me to go on day-long food radicals (harmful oxygen molecules), and binges during the holidays? Why can’t I may protect against heart disease and can- stop myself — as I do the rest of the year cer. (Milk chocolate, unfortunately, does — from gluttonous overeating? Is my not seem to have the same benefits.) willpower simply defenseless against the Despite dark chocolate’s potential health sweet temptation of Aunt Helen’s lemon benefits, this isn’t a license to eat pounds squares? With the holiday-eating season of chocolate. Chocolate contains primarily just beginning, I think it’s time I find out. fat — more than half of the calories in Food, as we all know, is so much more chocolate come from fat, and it has about than mere nourishment. It keeps us alive 150 calories in one ounce (roughly the size — but it also keeps us happy. Where do of a Hershey’s miniature). If you’re going to you think the term “comfort-food” incorporate dark chocolate into a well-bal- comes from? And food is particularly anced diet, do so in moderation, keeping important during the holidays. Every in line with your overall calorie goals. family has their own traditional staples. Whether it’s Grandma Ruth’s pecan pie Sara Wilson is a registered dietitian and or Cousin Pat’s green bean casserole, the a graduate student in nutrition communi- holidays just wouldn’t be the same with- cation at the Friedman School of Nutrition out them. Science and Policy. She has a BS in nutri- Think back to that first holiday you tion from Syracuse University, and worked see WALLY, page 14 as a clinical dietitian in prior to coming to CORBIS Tufts.Wilson is also co-editor of Balance. Wally is one of the co-editors of Balance Almonds are a nutrition powerhouse. this semester. Wednesday, November 30, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY BALANCE 13

BALANCE QUIZ GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNING... How much do Don’t take a winter break from fitness BY MARY KENNEDY per hour, depending on intensity). The Daily Staff Writer only downside to this option is cost; resorts you really know are often pricey. So if money is an issue, Finally! It has taken a few months, but consider sledding. All you need is a snowy you have finally figured out how to fit exer- hill and a $5 plastic sled. Though you won’t about calories? cise into your busy schedule and now it is a expend many calories zooming down the part of your daily routine. Winter break, hill, the walk back to the top will certainly BY FARRA WILSON however, is fast approaching. Without count. Contributing Writer Cousens Gym in your backyard, are you going to ditch your workout routine for a Dust off those old workout videos Are you calorie conscious? Take this cozy spot on your family’s sofa? Don’t even You know the ones I am talking about: Jane quiz to test your knowledge. think about it. With a little planning and Fonda and friends decked out in leotards 1. Which of the following Starbucks coffee creativity, you will be able to keep up your with bad ‘80s music playing in the back- drinks is the most calorie-dense? workout routine over break. ground. These videos have been sitting on CORBIS A. Caramel Macchiato your family’s shelf collecting dust for as Richard Simmons can help you stay in B. Mocha Frappuccino Don’t abandon your good habits long as you can remember. Try them out! shape over break. C. Caffe Latte Undergraduate life does not come with These tapes offer a cheap and effective D. Caramel Apple Cider see if short-term (day or week) passes are many luxuries. While on campus, walking workout and all you need is a television available for the remainder of your break. becomes a necessary evil for many. Just (leotards are optional!). The hair may have 2. Which study-time snack is the lowest- After all, you really only need a gym two because you are headed somewhere for changed, but the principles of exercise cal option? days per week. The rest of the week, rough break where you will have unlimited have not. A. Sour Patch Kids (2 oz. bag) it. Cardiovascular activities can be done access to a car does not mean you have to almost anywhere. B. M&M’s (1.69 oz. bag) use it. Believe it or not, walking is still an C. Orville Redenbacher’s Smart Pop (mini option! Think of running an errand for Winter activities offer a great While winter break provides a much need- bag) your parents as a chance to fit in a workout. D. Frito corn chips (1 oz. bag) ed vacation from classes and homework — Walk or jog to the post office or grocery way to combine exercise with you don’t need to take time off from physi- store. Bring a friend, a parent, or the fami- cal activity! Use some of your newfound 3. Choose the leanest breakfast item. ly pet along to make it more fun. Every loads of fun! A. Dunkin’ Donuts glazed donut free time to explore new interests and step counts toward your accumulation of expand upon old ones. Who knows, you B. Breugger’s blueberry bagel daily activity. C. Au Bon Pain’s cinnamon scone may return to Tufts more fit than when you D. McDonald’s Fruit n’ Yogurt Parfait left. Get out and enjoy the season Check out your local fitness center Winter activities offer a great way to com- While it may not be as familiar as Tufts’ 4. How many calories are in 1 cup of bub- bine exercise with loads of fun! Look up facilities, your hometown is likely Mary Kennedy is a graduate student in ble tea (with milk and pearls)? your local ice skating rink or ski resort and equipped with some type of fitness center. Nutrition Communication at the Friedman A. 100 explore their options — skating, skiing And although it might be too expensive to School of Nutrition Science and Policy. She B. 170 (downhill and cross country), snowboard- sign up for the whole month, almost every has a BS in Clinical Exercise Physiology C. 260 ing, and snowshoeing. Not only will you facility will offer some type of promotional from Boston University and is certified as a D. 340 have a great time, but you’ll also burn a pass to potential customers. Take advan- Health and Fitness Instructor through the surprising amount of calories (downhill tage of these free trial passes while you’re American College of Sports Medicine. Turn to the next page for the answers. skiing expends roughly 350-450 calories home! After the trial period has expired,

HOW TO... Organic overhaul: the greening of Tufts’ palate BY MELISSA BAILEY Contributing Writer FOOD is a student initiative at the Friedman School of McDonald’s is offering Fair Nutrition dedicated to pro- Trade coffee... huh? Are we talk- moting dialogue and ing about the same McDonald’s action on cultural, political, criticized in the film “Supersize economic and environmen- Me: and the popular book, “Fast tal aspects of food. Food Nation?” If you can believe it — yes. Over the last decade, offering environmentally-friendly and to bring more local produce to socially-responsible foods have campus in support of our local become commonplace in both environment, farmers and econ- retail and food service. A prime omy. In addition, Tufts offers a example is the announcement Fair Trade coffee option in many last month that McDonald’s will campus eateries, offers organic offer Fair Trade organic coffee in options in the dining hall (cereal 650 of their New England restau- bar, yogurts, and vegetarian sta- rants. And it’s not just the golden tions), and has an organic gro- arches. Other big food industry cery section at the campus con- players such as Kraft, General venience store, Jumbo Express. Mills and Wal-Mart are following The University has even sup- suit with their own investments ported humanely-raised animal in the organic market. The trend products by offering free range also extends beyond corporate eggs produced at the Cummings industry to the food service School of Veterinary Medicine. operations at colleges and uni- But there is more work to do. versities across the country — To truly eliminate the use of syn- including Tufts. thetic pesticides, we must ... De-stress yourself before finals begin Thanks to the efforts of stu- decrease the distance traveled by dents, staff, faculty and Tufts’ our food and ensure farmers a BY AMBERLY VAN ARNUM The truth is that a certain one subject at a time and before Dining Services, Tufts has come fair price for their harvest. This is Contributing Writer amount of stress is actually you know it, finals will be over a long way as an environmental best accomplished by “voting” good for you. Stress produces and your only stress will be steward through offering sus- with your food dollars. In other As the semester comes to a the fight-or-flight response, deciding how to spend your tainable agriculture products — words, purchasing and support- close, you can almost envision which can work to your benefit Winter Break. those that are organic, locally ing the existing sustainable food that light at the end of the tun- if the anxiety helps to get you grown and/or Fair Trade (Fair choices that Tufts currently nel commonly known as moving and working in a more 7 Ways to De-Stress Trade is distinguished by an offers. Also, offer your feedback! “Winter Break.” But before you productive manner. On the flip 1. Exercise. You might want to international co-op of farmers The managers at each dining pack up your skis and head out side, too much stress can be try yoga, which incorporates who are guaranteed a fair market hall and campus eatery respond on vacation, you must over- debilitating and ultimately hin- many relaxation techniques price for their crop). These sus- to the student comment board, come the ultimate challenge: der your productivity. into one class — or perhaps tainable goods bring either eco- so let them know that you appre- finals. The key is to make stress walking or jogging is more your logical or socially pleasing bene- ciate and want more organic, This time in the semester is work for you rather than against style. Do anything that gets fits that fit the mission of Tufts’ local and Fair Trade options. stressful for everyone, whether you. Allowing yourself to take your blood flowing. Environmental Policy: to be Lastly, get involved with a stu- your finals take the form of mini breaks is the best way to 2. Meditate or practice deep “responsible stewards of [our] dent group like the Fair Trade papers or exams. But what is it achieve this balance. When you breathing. physical environment.” committee of PANGEA (a global about finals that causes you to feel yourself becoming over- 3. Take an hour break to go As one example of progress, awareness and relief organiza- anticipate the worst-case sce- whelmed, it is important to step check out an event around Tufts has been a part of a nation- tion formed by Tufts students), narios? What if your computer back from the situation and town. (See the Balance calen- wide Farm-To-College initiative Tufts Food Awareness Project dies and you forget to save your allow yourself to focus on some- dar.) (TFAP), or the Friedman School’s work? What if you don’t know thing un-related to school for a 4. Instead of ordering pizza FOOD initiative. any of the answers to the ques- short period of time. delivery, take a study break and Did you know that Tufts’ tions on the exam? Or what if The following de-stress tech- cook yourself dinner. convenience store, Jumbo Melissa Bailey is a doctoral you oversleep and show up to niques will help give your mind 5. Call an old friend. Express, has an organic student in the Agriculture, Food the test one hour too late, still a short break. When you return 6. Watch a performance at the grocery section with cere- and Environment (AFE) program wearing your pajamas? to your work, you will feel rest- Somerville Theater. als, pasta and drinks? Stop at the Friedman School. She is Wish you could snap your ed and relaxed and you will be 7. Listen to music. Jazz and by and check it out! also a staff member at the fingers and make all your wor- able to focus on the material classical are especially sooth- Fletcher School. ries just disappear? Not so fast. you are studying. Just take it ing. 14 THE TUFTS DAILY BALANCE Wednesday, November 30, 2005

SPOTLIGHT ON... Sweet potato hits the plate—and how sweet it is BY NICKI HEVERLING Eating these delicious tubers Ingredients: salt and pepper to taste Daily Staff Writer can help ward off disease. High in 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 (28 ounce) can Italian-style both vitamin C and beta- 1/2 teaspoon paprika diced tomatoes Did you know that the sweet carotene, sweet potatoes are a 2-3 sweet potatoes, sliced length- 5 cups vegetable broth potato is not even a member of concentrated source of antioxi- wise into matchsticks 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and the potato family? It’s actually a dants. The sweet potato also con- diced tuberous root vegetable belong- tains carotenoids, which act to Cooking Directions: 2 large carrots, sliced thin ing to the morning glory family. regulate blood sugar and decrease Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. 6 ounces green beans, cut into 1 There are two major varieties of insulin resistance. They also have Spray a baking sheet with non- inch pieces sweet potatoes: a yellow, drier anti-inflammatory properties. stick spray. 5 cloves garlic, minced kind with light beige skins, and an Affordable and easy to prepare, In a large bowl, mix oil and papri- orange, sweeter one with reddish sweet potatoes can be cooked ka. Add potato sticks, and stir by Cooking Directions: skins. The latter are usually called many ways. Pureeing, steaming, hand to coat. Place on baking Heat oil in a soup pot over medi- yams. baking and boiling are some of sheet and bake 20-30 minutes or um-high heat. Sauté onion, cel- Sweet potatoes are a good the most commonly used meth- until golden and crisp. ery, Italian seasoning, salt and source of potassium, riboflavin, ods. So why save such a nutri- ______pepper until tender — about 5 magnesium and vitamins C and tious — and delicious — food for minutes. Stir in tomatoes (with B6. One small baked sweet potato Thanksgiving? Here are some Sweet Potato Minestrone the juice), broth, sweet potatoes, provides about twice the recom- easy recipes to make so that you Ingredients: carrots, green beans and garlic. mended daily allowance of vita- can enjoy sweet potatoes year 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low CORBIS min A, with only 141 calories. round. 1 large onion, chopped and simmer, stirring occasionally, Sweet potato can be made into Sweet potato skins are also a good 2 large stalks of celery, chopped until vegetables are tender — many different dishes, including source of fiber. Baked Sweet Potato Fries 2 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning about 30 minutes. puree. Answers to the calorie quiz It’s best to go with slow-cooking — sometimes 1. Answer: B are, in fact, some newer QUICK While the Mocha Frappuccino healthy options worth check- continued from page 11 weighs in as the most energy- ing out. For a refresher course textural differences between fresh dense (420 calories and 16 on fast-food the healthy way, and canned fruit — but there also grams of fat for a 16 oz. check out the nutrition facts are nutritional differences. Fruit grande with whole milk), the on their Web site that is canned in “heavy syrup” is others are not too far behind. (http://www.mcdonalds.com) much higher in calories and sugar Make sure your coffee break . And the rest? Dunkin’ than fresh fruit. Canned fruit in doesn’t turn into a meal by Donuts glazed donut — 180 its own juice is a better choice choosing your caffeine jolt calories, Breugger’s blueberry than the stuff in sugary syrup, but carefully. Ask for non-fat ver- bagel — 330 calories and Au it still falls short of fresh fruit in sions of your favorites, skip Bon Pain’s cinnamon scone — the fiber department. the whipped cream and go 480 calories. The Verdict: Fresh fruit. It’s lower online (http://www.star- in calories, has more fiber and bucks.com) to scope out the 4. Answer: D can easily be toted to class for a low-cal options available. Just one average cup of bub- snack. ble tea (with milk and pearls) 2. Answer: C has 340 calories. The typical 5. Frozen whole-grain waffles (2 Low-fat popcorn is a great serving at most vendors is 20 minutes) vs. homemade whole- snacking choice. One mini ounces — or 2.5 cups — so grain waffles (20-30+ minutes) bag makes about 6 cups of you may be drinking up to 850 Making homemade waffles can popcorn and has only 90 calo- calories at a time! The calorie- be quite a process, and you have ries. That’s a lot of food for rich culprit is probably the to own a waffle maker, too. In fewer calories than the other tapioca pearls. Just seven order to make waffles that turn three options. Just how do the pearls have 100 calories — out golden and fluffy — and don’t others stack up? Sour Patch that adds up considering one stick to the waffle maker — a con- Kids (one package.) — 200 20 oz. serving usually has siderable amount of butter or oil calories, M&M’s (one pack- about 30 pearls! Next time you needs to go into the batter. If you age) — 240 calories and Frito treat yourself to bubble tea, want to make your waffles using corn chips (1 oz, or roughly 30 ask for skim milk and cut whole-wheat flour, they can turn chips) — 160 calories. down on the tapioca pearls. out a bit on the dense side. (OK, sometimes they’re like hockey 3. Answer: D Note: Calories are important pucks.) Many frozen whole-grain You can never go wrong with for weight loss and mainte- versions, like Kellogg’s, Kashi or RODGER MALLISON/KRT Frozen waffles are quick and easy, but they don’t come in these fun shapes. fruit and low-fat yogurt for nance, but they are not the Van’s, have only 70 to 100 calories breakfast. And even though only part of a nutritious diet. per waffle, are low in fat, and high The Verdict: Frozen whole-grain got a hearty, healthy and easy McDonald’s is renowned for Balancing calories is just one in fiber. And there’s nothing waffles. Top a toasted waffle breakfast in less than five min- its calorie-dense menu, there part of a healthy lifestyle. puck-like about them! with yogurt and fruit and you’ve utes. Balance Calendar | Nov. 30 — Dec. 21 Holiday eating a delicious but slippery slope WALLY trouble. I can’t resist the tried- unhealthy, and that in 20 min- November 30 — Make plans for ice skating at Frog Pond on continued from page 12 and-true family classics and utes I’m going to severely regret Boston Common. The rink is now open and skating season lasts spent away from home. Maybe yet, I’m also drawn to the new that extra piece of pie. But year into March! The cost is $3, plus $5 to 7 for skate rental. you were visiting a friend’s fam- offerings that are inevitably after year, I continue my wild ily or staying here at Tufts. You flaunted before me. So I have a holiday food spree. December 1 — Have a car? Get in the giving spirit early and missed Uncle Gene’s off-color little of each. And then, I have a Perhaps it’s just semantics. volunteer your time to Meals on Wheels, delivering meals to humor that never fails to make lot of each. Suddenly, I’m right After all, “But it’s Tuesday!” seniors in the Somerville/Cambridge area. Call 617-628-2601 for everyone at the dinner table back where I started. never garners the same reckless more information. slightly uncomfortable, but eating cues. But somehow my what you really missed was the holiday free-eating-pass man- December 3 — Option one: Head to the Pru to view the light- food. Even if the food you ate Each year our holiday ages to extend far beyond the ing of one of the city’s largest Christmas trees (an annual gift away from home was ten times actual day of celebration. from the people of Halifax, Nova Scotia). While you’re there, you better than what your own fam- table is transformed Christmas stretches from one can work on your holiday shopping. ily serves, a piece of you — how- day to a few days, and eventual- ever small — silently yearned into a showcase of the ly I find myself binging for the Another choice: Volunteer your time for the annual Special for Mom’s tasteless, lumpy entire month of December. Olympics Jolly Jaunt Fun Run. 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Boston gravy. decadent pies, cakes and And so, short of a brain trans- Common. (http://www.specialolympicsma.org) I actually have the opposite plant to change my gluttonous problem in my family. The food tarts that fill the pages habits (I am, after all, still the December 6 — Take a break from class and attend “Tea 101,” is too good. My relatives are same kid who ate all of her where you’ll learn all you ever wanted to know about tea! exceptionally good cooks and of Bon Appétit. Halloween candy on the very Come thirsty as samples are included. $25 at Tealuxe on are particularly adventurous first night), maybe I’ll start with Newbury Street. (http://www.tealuxe.com/goto/t_acad.html) when it comes to trying new (Just so we’re clear, I’m not some slight modifications. I’m recipes — especially desserts. exaggerating. I easily ate five going to allow myself one day of December 9 — Last day of classes! Each year our holiday table is servings of dessert on gluttony — not 28. Perhaps I transformed into a showcase of Thanksgiving. Each time I heard could try limiting myself to one Reading period, December 12 and 13 — Readers of the the decadent pies, cakes and a cousin or an aunt “ooh and of the family classics, rather Boston Phoenix voted Diesel Café as having one of the best cups tarts that fill the pages of Bon aah” over so-and-so’s cookies, I than eating all of them, and a of Joe around. Move your study session to Davis Square and Appétit. From the caramel ate one — or two or three. This sampling of the new recipes. decide if you agree. 257 Elm Street. pumpkin cheesecake with cin- has to stop!) After nearly three decades, I’m namon-pecan crust to the I — like many of you — sub- fairly sure I know what those December 21 — Last day of final exams! flourless chocolate tort with scribe to the mentality that tried-and-true desserts taste Kahlua-infused whipped once I’ve already gone over- like. cream, it’s every foodie’s dream board eating a handful of cook- Will it work? I’m not sure. It’ll — compiled by Allison Stevens come true. ies, I might as well make it two be a slippery slope, but at least Now here’s where I get into handfuls. I know that it’s wrong, it’ll be a delicious one. National 15 THE TUFTS DAILY WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 30, 2005 Advocate for reform of immigration laws has complex story BY OSCAR AVILA received a temporary visa until That day in 2002, immigration Knight Ridder Tribune August to stay with her son while agents came to her door as part he is treated for attention deficit of Operation Tarmac, a nation- From the start, Elvira Arellano hyperactivity disorder. wide sweep of illegal immigrants knew she had to stay quiet. That has made her a lightning working at airports. Arellano After illegally crossing the bor- rod for critics, who feel she faced the prospect of jail time der from Mexico, she kept her embodies much of what is wrong because she entered the country head down. Even her bosses did- with immigration in the United after being deported. n’t know who she really was. States, from lax law enforcement Quiet as she was, Arellano was Arellano sometimes thought to a sense of entitlement among one of the few workers willing to she heard footsteps at night and illegal immigrants. speak at a news conference after awoke with thoughts of la migra, But supporters believe the the arrests, making the case that the immigration authorities. complexity of her tale — a those arrested were not terror- Then, one day in December woman who is a caring mother, a ists. 2002, they did knock on contributing member of society She quickly became the go-to Arellano’s door and arrested her. and a lawbreaker — illustrates source for media and activists. She was working as a cleaning that immigration reform isn’t Even her allies say she was in lady at O’Hare International black-and-white. over her head. She cried on the Airport at a time when U.S. “I want to show them that just way to public events. At rallies, authorities worried that terror- because we don’t have papers she sat nervously and quietly ists were trying to infiltrate the doesn’t mean we aren’t human with her son on her lap. After a aviation system. They moved to beings,” Arellano said. radio interview, she was so star- deport her, raising the prospect Arellano’s journey began when struck that she shyly asked the that she would have to take her the economy collapsed in her disc jockeys for their autographs. child — a U.S. citizen — away home state, Michoacan, after the At one point, she thought of from medical treatment here. 1994 peso crash. Like many giving up and returning to Ever since, Arellano has tried a women, Arellano went to work in Mexico. A friend told her she new approach: Be as loud as pos- a maquiladora, a factory on the would never forgive herself. sible. U.S. border, making only $5.60 a Arellano came to agree, say- Arellano, a 30-year-old single week. ing, “If they are going to send me mother from Pilsen, has become That wasn’t enough. She to jail, let them send me. But I am one of the nation’s most visible crossed the border, was caught not going to go away quietly.” advocates for undocumented and deported, and then tried Instead she became a citywide immigrants. She now leads an again. Arellano said she slipped cause, especially in the Hispanic organization of families who through the turnstile of a border press, as supporters held rallies could be separated by deporta- crossing near Mexicali, Calif., in before her impending deporta- tion. 1997 and headed for Washington tion. Immigrant advocates real- Arellano is a problematic state. ized that Arellano’s story was, in champion. She knowingly broke She worked as a baby-sitter some ways, typical. Her son, MILBERT O. BROWN/KRT the law, twice coming into the and had a son, Saul. She and the Saul, is one of an estimated 3 Elvira Arellano, president of United Latino Family, is an undocumented United States illegally. At a time boy’s father split up and she million U.S. citizen children who immigrant with a short-term visa to stay in the United States. The United when many Americans can’t moved to Chicago in 2000, where have at least one parent living Latino Family will aid people with help with immigration issues. afford health care, Arellano she took the job at O’Hare. here illegally. New treatment for chronic pain focuses on blocking nerve signals BY ROBERT S. BOYD Morocco. Inserted into the sheath sur- Knight Ridder Tribune rounding the spine, RTX kills certain spe- cialized clusters of neurons — nerve cells Scientists are developing new ways to — that help transmit painful sensations to relieve chronic pain, the long-lasting suf- the brain. fering that afflicts millions of people “RTX deletes only the sensory neurons,” worldwide. said Michael Iadarola, a pain expert at the They’re learning how to block the nerve institute. Other nerves, such as those that signals that carry pain messages to the control touch, motion and balance, are brain without interfering with normal unaffected. body functions, as earlier treatments often Iadarola has used RTX successfully to did. relieve pain in dogs that have severe bone Unlike acute pain — say from a cut, cancer and is seeking approval to test the burn or broken bone — which comes and technique in humans next year. goes quickly, chronic pain can drag on for “We hope the response will be as nice as months, years, even a lifetime. we saw in dogs,” he said. The problem affects “vast populations The other technique uses a toxic mole- BRYAN OLLER/KRT of people,” said Dr. Andrew Mannes, an cule called SP-PE35 to selectively remove A stuffed Golden Eagle on display at the National Eagle Repository in Commerce City, Colo. anesthesiologist at the National Institute the outer, pain-sensing layer of the spinal of Dental and Craniofacial Research in cord while leaving intact the nerves that Bethesda, Md. “People are not able to get control muscles, breathing and other Federal program will collect protected out of bed and get to work. Billions of dol- organs. lars are involved.” “We shave neurons off the top of the eagles for American Indian ceremonies Migraine headaches, for example, make spinal cord,” Iadarola said. “Some have BY YLE ENLEY The repository collects eagles found 28 million Americans miserable. “It’s the referred to the technique as using a molec- K H Knight Ridder Tribune dead in the wild from as far away as number one reason for people being ular scalpel.” Alaska, cleans them up and distributes absent from work,” Mannes said. Researchers plan to test the new process them to American Indians throughout the Short-term, acute pain can be useful, in dogs and eventually in humans. It Every religion has its icon. nation. researchers said. It’s an alarm system that already has been shown to work in labora- Islam has the crescent moon, and “The primary parts are the wings and tells you to pull your hand away from a hot tory rats, who feel no pain when their tails Christians have the cross. They are well- the tails,” said Bernadette Atencio, who stove or avoid walking on a broken ankle are pinched. known symbols that are easy to reproduce heads the repository. “They are the parts until it heals. In contrast, chronic pain — Currently, doctors have no way of selec- and distribute. that are used the most in regalia and cre- from cancer, arthritis or lower back prob- tively eliminating nerve cells that are The eagle is the most sacred religious ating religious artifacts. The head and lems — serves no beneficial purpose and involved in chronic pain. Standard treat- icon for many American Indians. claws would be next.” resists standard treatments. ments, such as morphine or codeine, don’t The awesome predatory birds are The repository is a small operation with “Even if we do everything right, there provide universal relief and may cause believed to have a special connection with five employees in a warehouse on the for- are still people who have unrelieved pain,” serious side effects. God. They represent truth, honesty, mer Rocky Mountain Arsenal, which is Mannes said. “That’s why we’re trying to Other scientists are working on the majesty, courage and wisdom. now a wildlife sanctuary. come up with new treatments for those genetics of pain. Clifford Woolf, an anes- The feathers, heads and talons of bald U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents find dead cases that just don’t respond.” thesiologist at Harvard Medical School in and golden eagles are prized among birds in the wild, put them on ice and ship To meet the challenge of severe chronic Boston, has identified 137 genes that play almost all North American tribes and used them to the center. The repository keeps pain, two novel therapies are being devel- a role in pain. in a variety of religious ceremonies. the birds in freezers and essentially sal- oped at the dental and craniofacial insti- “Each of them is a potential drug tar- But, unlike crosses or images of the vages all usable parts. tute, a branch of the National Institutes of get,” said Jeffrey Mogil, a neuroscientist at Virgin Mary, genuine eagle parts are not “Every tribe is different,” Atencio said. Health. Both involve breaking the circuit McGill University in Montreal. “There may easy to come by. The big birds are federal- “They all have different uses for different that connects pain nerves to the brain be thousands of genes involved in pain.” ly protected; they can’t be legally hunted. parts, and we cater to all of them.” through the spine. One experimental drug, Mogil said, The only way American Indians can American Indians apply for the eagle One method uses a poisonous sub- works only in red-haired women, not in legally obtain eagles is through the parts — the service is provided at no cost stance called RTX (short for resiniferatox- blondes, brunettes or men. No one knows National Eagle Repository, a federally run in) derived from a cactuslike plant in why it’s so choosy. program in the Denver area. see EAGLES, page 16 16 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Wednesday, November 30, 2005 Agents’ uniforms raise concern BY DAVE MONTGOMERY members could steal a batch of uniforms Knight Ridder Tribune and penetrate the already porous 1,951- mile-long border between Mexico and T.J. Bonner isn’t quite comfortable in his four states in the Southwest. olive-green Border Patrol uniform, but his “If we’re manufacturing uniforms in misgivings have nothing to do with the fit Mexico, what’s to stop someone from or appearance. He’s mad about the label: walking across the border in a Border “Made in Mexico.” Patrol uniform?” Carter, a Republican, said “It’s embarrassing to be protecting the in a telephone interview last week from his U.S.-Mexico border and be wearing a uni- district office. “How do you know who are form made in Mexico,” says Bonner, a San our guys and who are their guys?” Diego-based agent and president of the The uniforms are supplied through VF 6,500-member agents union, the National Solutions of Nashville, Tenn., under a con- Border Patrol Council. tract that allows the apparel company to For more than a year, the men and subcontract its work to plants in the women responsible for combating illegal United States, Mexico, Canada and the immigration have been wearing uniforms Dominican Republic. The contract author- manufactured south of the border. In izes the company to provide shirts and addition to the symbolism, they say, the pants for agents and inspectors with U.S. outsourcing to Mexico poses national Customs and Border Protection, a branch security risks if some of the uniforms fall of the Homeland Security Department. into the hands of criminals or potential “The principle of it seems almost like an terrorists. oxymoron,” said James Stack of Consequently, some members of Alamogordo, N.M., the National Border JANET SCHWARTZ/KRT Congress insist that it’s time to change Patrol Council’s vice president for a region Mexican police and military officers look over the damage on Mexicali Street in Nuevo labels. that includes Texas and New Mexico. Laredo, Mexico, this past July, after warring gangs staged a gun battle on the street. With House members preparing to con- “Most agents don’t like it.” Protection’s Washington headquarters. from Mexico. sider tough new immigration and border Company officials did not return phone “Based on this review, a report will be An estimated 11 million illegal immi- security measures after the Thanksgiving calls last week to discuss the contract. But submitted to the CBP commissioner for grants are living in the United States, congressional break, Rep. Rick Renzi, R- customs officials have said they maintain determination on the made-in-Mexico including 1.4 million in Texas, according to Ariz., says he plans to push for a measure rigid security procedures, including on- issue, and no decisions have been made at the Pew Hispanic Center. requiring that the uniforms be made in the site inspections at the Mexican plant, and this point,” the statement said. While most of the immigrants are job- United States. “Made in America, baby,” have detected no security breaches or mis- Security concerns raised by the foreign- seekers looking for much higher incomes Renzi adds for emphasis. use of uniforms. made uniforms will likely amplify an in the U.S. economy, experts say the illegal Rep. John Carter of Texas, who plans to U.S. officials conducted a “security and already heated debate as President Bush flow also includes gang members and fugi- join Renzi in pushing for the restriction, quality assurance review” at the plant in and Congress work toward toughening tives from Mexican justice who might wel- said he shares the Arizona lawmaker’s con- August, according to a statement last week border security and seek ways to reverse come a chance to get their hands on a cerns that smugglers or Mexican gang from the U.S. Customs and Border the flow of illegal immigrants, primarily Border Patrol uniform. Federal program collects protected eagles for American Indian ceremonies EAGLES Marjorie Waheneka of Pendleton, was going to use it.” they can use when they are dancing at continued from page 15 Ore., applied for an eagle in 1993. She She put her eagle in the freezer and celebrations.” received her eagle — a young bald eagle plans to use it for several purposes. Not everyone waits as long at to the tribes — and the repository work- — earlier this month. “Sometimes we need feathers when Waheneka for an eagle. In fact, the wait ers ship out 25 to 35 orders each week. Waheneka, with roots in the Palouse there is a death or when there is a mar- can be a few short months for those that But it is a process that can take years. and Umatilla tribes, says it was worth riage,” she said. “They are to be given for just need feathers. The repository receives more than the unusual 12-year wait. education accomplishments or for serv- “We have lots of options for other 3,000 requests for eagles each year but “I was floored, really,” she said. “The ices. parts if we don’t get a whole bird,” only takes in about 1,600 eagles. The feathers are so pretty, and they match so “Also, I have two granddaughters, and Atencio said. “There are a lot of people wait for an eagle is usually three years. evenly. I just started imagining how I I am happy to have plumes and feathers waiting.” International 17 THE TUFTS DAILY WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 30, 2005 Saddam lashes out against ‘occupiers’ BY LIZ SLY tion, said on state-run Al-Iraqiya Knight Ridder Tribune TV after the new delay was announced. “Maybe he’s been Saddam Hussein returned to threatened, or he feels afraid that the dock Monday with a fresh terrorists might come after him, or tirade against his treatment at the maybe he’s not professional hands of “occupiers” as the crucial enough to run such an important trial of the still unbowed former trial.” dictator resumed after a 40-day The slaying by unidentified recess, and was then adjourned gunmen of two of the defense again for a week. team’s attorneys hung over the After a little less than four hours proceedings. Only six of the origi- mostly taken up by legal wran- nal 13 lawyers were present, with gling, the chief judge, Rizgar five of the survivors, including one Mohammed Amin, granted the who was injured in an assassina- defense’s request for another tion attempt, having fled the delay, this time to allow it to country in fear. replace lawyers who have been Their places were taken by killed or have fled the country three court-appointed attorneys, since the trial opened Oct. 19. but Saddam’s co-defendants This second brief session of the refused to accept them. There trial of Saddam and seven co- were also three new international defendants on charges connected legal advisers, including former GARY MARX/KRT to a 1982 crackdown against the U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Medical staff stand near new Chinese bus that shuttles in patients in Cuba from Latin America and the Shiite village of Dujail under- Clark who flew into Baghdad over Caribbean to the Ramon Pando Ferrer Eye Hosptial in Havana. scored the challenges confronting the weekend to join the defense Iraq’s judicial system as it seeks to team. bring justice for the crimes of the Much of the first hour was taken former regime in a climate of up by efforts to establish Clark’s Chavez is seeing to Cuba’s revival unfolding sectarian violence and credentials. The defense team pro- BY GARY MARX eye surgery. waterfront resorts for their deepening political mistrust. duced documents to prove that Knight Ridder Tribune Called Mision Milagro, or operations, a godsend to peo- The previous session also lasted Clark, who served as America’s top Miracle Mission, the campaign ple who otherwise could not only a few hours, and with Iraq’s justice official in the 1960s, is a For the first time in nearly a has provided more than afford eye surgery. elections for a new, permanent qualified lawyer, but they were in generation, Cuba’s moribund 122,000 cataract and other eye “Guatemala is a poor coun- government barely two weeks English and the translator said he economy is showing signs of operations this year to patients try, and these operations are away, frustrations are mounting in was unable to read one document life because of a new program from Venezuela to Jamaica to very expensive,” said Consuelo government circles at the painful- because the writing was too small. financed by Venezuelan Bolivia. Ruano, a 44-year-old ly slow pace of the proceedings. Clark sat expressionless through- President Hugo Chavez to pro- The patients are flown to the Guatemalan recuperating from “The judge is very weak,” Ali al- out the proceedings, listening to vide residents across Latin island on Cuban airliners and Adeeb of the Dawa Party, a leading an English translation on head- America and the Caribbean free housed in hotels, schools and see CUBA, page 19 partner in the ruling Shiite coali- phones. Paralyzed man tries controversial Daily Sun eclipses competitors BY LAURIE GOERING Plessis looks down the hall at a lifelike fetus cell procedure in China Knight Ridder Tribune mannequin of his target reader, dressed in blue overalls and black work boots and sit- Beijing with Schmieder and Schmieder’s BY TIM JOHNSON AND ALAN BAVLEY ting in a chair outside the editor’s office, Knight Ridder Tribune mother, Christine Casto. Landewee is Manuel Morwasehla had never read a perusing a copy of the Daily Sun. filming Schmieder’s story for a documen- newspaper until the Daily Sun came “I sit and think, ‘Would he read it?’” the David Landewee saw something in tary he expects to appear on a U.S. cable along. publisher said. The aim is to “dedicate the Christopher Schmieder. network. But the tabloid’s low price — just 20 thing to him, take his side, appeal to his Like Landewee, the 18-year-old “He said he wanted to walk again and cents — and its combination of screaming interests.” Schmieder had been paralyzed from the was adamant about it,” Landewee said. “... crime headlines, sports and entertain- That’s a first in the South African chest down by an accident that injured his I think he’s got the drive and he would put ment news, consumer advice and partici- newspaper market, which has long spinal cord. And like Landewee, the work into it.” patory games means he rarely misses an focused heavily on the country’s small Schmieder was driven by the desire to In August 2004, Schmieder was 35 feet issue. and predominantly white elite. A few walk again. off the ground, painting his father’s house, “It’s my daily bread, my style,” said the papers — Drum, the Sowetan — have So Landewee, of Missouri, contacted when his rented bucket lift tipped and 27-year-old auto body repairman, who tried to reach the township market but his doctor in China. He used his influence catapulted him 45 feet. His twin brother, peruses the paper each morning on his have had limited success, largely to move Schmieder, of Kansas, to the top Garrett, found him 30 minutes later. 45-minute van ride to work. “I like the because they were either too expensive of a two-year waiting list for a controver- Schmieder spent two months at Craig Daily Sun too much.” or too political. sial high-tech procedure performed at a Hospital, a specialty hospital in In the United States, daily newspaper The Daily Sun reflects a new dilapidated, half-century-old hospital on Englewood, Colo., where he learned to sales are falling as would-be readers turn postapartheid South Africa where politics the western outskirts of Beijing. use a wheelchair. Doctors offered little to other sources of information or ignore Doctors there inject specific cells from the news altogether. But in South Africa, no longer is dominant. The tabloid’s lead aborted fetuses into the spine with the see FETUS CELL, page 19 the Daily Sun — the first newspaper to tar- stories often focus on scandalous crime — hope these cells will stimulate regenera- get the country’s burgeoning black work- love triangle murders and vigilante killings tion of damaged spinal cords. Although ing class — has become an unprecedent- — or scams, drugs, courtroom drama or many scientists remain skeptical, hun- ed success. the supernatural. dreds of people from around the world Since its launch in 2002, the Sun’s “Evil Pap Uproar!” shrieked one front- have come to Beijing for treatment of sales have rocketed to nearly half a mil- page headline this year, over a story about spinal cord injuries. Patients with ALS and lion copies a day, three times the sales how a housewife’s breakfast of white corn other conditions also have flocked to the of the country’s next three biggest porridge had mysteriously turned brown hospital to receive the injections in their newspapers combined. With the print- as it cooked. The woman and her pastor brains to hopefully halt progression of ing presses out of capacity for expan- called the transformation the work of the their illnesses. sion, the company is now rushing to devil — the woman noted even her dog Schmieder had the surgery on install new ones, predicting sales could wouldn’t eat the stuff. But the story also Thanksgiving Day. By Saturday afternoon, rise above 600,000 a day. quoted the head of South Africa’s grain he was in fine spirits, announcing new “There’s no real end in sight yet,” said millers saying such color changes are pos- sensations in his legs. Deon du Plessis, the Sun’s white sible if a miller fails to remove the fat-rich “I’m sweating in my legs, which is a big Afrikaner publisher and the brains center of a grain of corn. deal. It means the (nerve) cells are work- behind the paper. The secret to the Quietly, and often buried well below ing,” Schmieder said. “In my legs, I feel Sun’s success, he said, is its very specif- the screaming headlines, the tabloid more deep muscles. If you squeeze, I feel ic focus on its target market: the skilled, does a fair amount of such education. it.” blue-collar residents of South Africa’s Alongside the pieces on witch doctor It’s the same operation Landewee, 42, black townships. malfeasance and gory highway crashes underwent in March. He credits it with “He’s the real beneficiary of 1994” and are articles exploring the safety of allowing him to walk with braces and a the end of apartheid rule, du Plessis said. township drinking water, links between walker and with restoring sensations to “He’s newly empowered financially. He fake driver’s licenses and road carnage owns his own house now. What worries and problems such as police brutality, his body that he hasn’t felt since his auto JILL TOYOSHIBA/KRT wreck 10 years ago. him is his children, the schools not doing violence against women, corruption David Landewee does his routine of morn- well, crime, the hospitals being a dis- among local officials, building contrac- “I’m hopeful he’ll do well. I think he ing exercises and works on balance on the will,” Landewee said before traveling to grace.” tor fraud and poor conditions in public walker at his Liberty, Mo., earlier this month. In putting the day’s paper together, du schools and hospitals. Wednesday, November 30, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 19 Chavez is bankrolling Cuba’s revival Paralyzed American man goes over CUBA fall after the Soviet Union’s collapse ended continued from page 17 several billion dollars in annual subsidies. seas for controversial fetus procedure surgery on her left eye. “Thank God, and “I thought they learned never to put thank you, Fidel Castro.” their eggs in one basket, and now they are FETUS CELL around the hospital, posing for pictures, But the effort bankrolled by Chavez doing it again,” said one diplomat in continued from page 17 showing off the bandages on his back also represents one of the most signifi- Havana. “They are relying completely on hope he would ever walk again. where the medical team would inject the cant new economic enterprises in Cuba Chavez.”Even with the Venezuelan assis- “I pretty much wanted to get home to fetal cells and discussing his chat with since the 1989 collapse of the Soviet tance and an economy that Cuban a normal life,” Schmieder said. “I was Huang the night before, his first real Union, then Cuba’s main benefactor. authorities say is growing 9 percent this hoping my body would fix itself. It’s got- meeting with the neurosurgeon. It is part of a major shift in the Cuban year, few Cubans say their lives have ten better, but not anything huge.” “He said I’ll probably have some real economy away from traditional foreign improved. Blackouts, shortages of con- Schmieder’s mother was desperate to quick recovery and then it kind of slows investment and mainstream tourism to a sumer goods and other problems persist. find help for her son. When she saw a down at a steady pace for a couple of web of favorable agreements with Some Cubans express resentment at newspaper story about Landewee in years,” Schmieder said. He added quick- Venezuela, an oil-rich nation that now is the resources being poured into Mision April, she contacted him immediately. ly, “He said it’s possible to be walking in a Cuba’s closest ally. Milagro, complaining that foreigners get “I met him the next day,” Casto said. year.” Though neither country has released better medical treatment than they do. “That was the first time we saw him Signs of hope and happiness generat- official numbers, economists and diplo- Other Cubans seethe as they watch for- walk. He could take just a few steps then, ed by Huang’s work literally hang from mats believe Cuba could be earning $1 eign patients driven to and from hospitals with a lot of assistance.” the hospital walls in the form of framed billion a year from eye operations and in new Chinese luxury buses while they Casto said Landewee intervened with photo collages of patients from all over other medical treatment provided to for- wait for hours for scarce public trans- Huang Hongyun, the American-trained the world. eigners under Venezuelan-financed pro- portation. neurosurgeon who does the procedures, Huang says he has operated on more grams such as Mision Milagro. “I was standing in the blazing sun, and to take Christopher ahead of his October than 300 patients from 50 countries The revenue is used to cover the cost of three of these Chinese buses with patients 2007 place on the waiting list. Landewee, using the technique of implanting olfac- receiving 98,000 barrels of discounted passed with an ambulance behind it,” a vocal advocate of spinal cord injury tory ensheathing glial cells that are Venezuelan oil daily, essentially canceling said one Havana resident. “I thought research, has remained in close touch involved in the sense of smell. what traditionally has been Cuba’s largest these buses were for us.” with Huang’s scientific supporters in the The olfactory nerve, which sends sen- import bill and its greatest drain on hard Despite the complaints, Castro United States. sations of smell to the brain, continually currency resources. announced that Cuba is equipping and Schmieder’s surgery and travel costs regenerates throughout a person’s life. “This is an excellent business for staffing hospitals throughout the island to total about $25,000 and aren’t covered by The cells Huang uses support this regen- Cuba,” said Pedro Monreal, an economist sharply increase the number of eye oper- insurance. He is paying his way with eration by wrapping around nerve fibers at the University of Havana. “This is like ations. money received from a settlement relat- and promoting their growth. striking gold.” “In the first trimester of next year, in ed to his accident. Although he made his name by bring- In addition to providing discounted oil three months, we will have the capacity to On Nov. 14, he, his mother and ing about modest motor improvement and financing Cuba’s burgeoning health operate on 1.5 million people each year,” Landewee left from Kansas City in those with spinal cord injuries, Huang tourism industry, Venezuela has pledged he told a national television audience last International Airport. When Schmieder is branching out to treat other illnesses. to invest more than $2 billion in Cuba month. and his mother first saw Xishan Hospital, In rapid-fire but heavily accented while providing trade credits and other The ties between Cuba and Venezuela they were taken aback by its decrepit English gained during study in the assistance. have grown ever stronger in recent years, appearance. United States, Huang explained that The Cuban government also is earning the result of Chavez and Castro’s mutual “Coming into the hospital was a barely half his patients now are spinal millions of dollars annually in fees from antipathy toward United States policy. shock. It was like, `Whoa!’” Schmieder cord-injured. contracting the services of more than But the two leaders also are drawn to said. “I’m used to going to hospitals “Right now, besides ALS and spinal 20,000 Cuban physicians, sports trainers each other by need. Venezuela provides where it’s all high-tech and new.” injury, we do brain damage, MS. Also, we and other professionals in Venezuela, vital cash and oil to Cuba while Cuban The hospital, tucked along the flanks treated another patient whose genetic experts say. doctors and other professionals provide of the outlying Western Hills of Beijing, disease caused vision damage. He lost While Monreal argues that the services to impoverished Venezuelans, has seen better days. It was set up in his vision. Not totally. He only can see Venezuelan assistance gives Cuba its first boosting Chavez’s popularity at home. 1954 as a sanitarium for the newly mint- very, very little. After several weeks, he opportunity in years to develop economi- At La Pradera, a former Havana-area ed Communist republic’s model work- got some, not very much, but got better,” cally, others say hitching Cuba’s econom- hotel turned into medical rehabilitative ers. Its name was changed to Xishan (or Huang said. ic wagon to Venezuela risks repeating the center, Venezuelans suffering from Western Hills) Hospital in 2004. Huang said he has fine-tuned his mistake Castro made by aligning himself strokes, back injuries and other aliments As days passed, both Schmieder and technique in the past year on spinal cord with the Soviet bloc after he took power in receive free medical treatment under a his mother appeared more at ease in the patients, using less invasive surgery and 1959. bilateral agreement signed by Chavez and hospital. Wednesday afternoon, the day matching the fetal cells with the The Cuban economy went into a free Castro in 2000. before the surgery, Schmieder wheeled patients. 18 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Wednesday, November 30, 2005 20 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Wednesday, November 30, 2005 CROSSWORD DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU

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ATHLETE FEATURE Senior tri-captains close soccer careers with Final Four BY AMAN GUPTA comed right away.” Daily Editorial Board The team’s season could have just as easily gone the other way after its open- When senior tri-captain Sarah ing day loss to Colby, but Garmirian, Callaghan got up in front of her team- Callaghan, and Samuelson kept the team mates and the three other Final Four grounded and reassured them that things opponents at the NCAA banquet last would turn around. Thursday night, she couldn’t help but “After Colby we could have freaked out, repeatedly emphasize the importance of but we just realized what we had to work team unity that was stressed all season on and that we still had potential to be a long. great team,” Garmirian said. Callaghan, along with fellow tri-cap- In a team-oriented sport such as soc- tains Ariel Samuelson and Lindsay cer, Tufts had a huge advantage over Garmirian, candidly admitted that this most of its opponents because its three season’s squad was the most special captains have been the closest of friends group they’ve ever played with. since the first day of freshman year. “Everyone accepted whatever role they Callaghan and Garmirian share a wall in had completely happily and contributed the adjacent rooms of their 79 Ossipee all they had for the entire season, no mat- Rd. apartment, while Samuelson was at ter what their role was,” Samuelson said. times a virtual fifth housemate over the “Not until I came here did I find a team past two years. that I actually liked every single person “Because we’re such good friends, on,” Callaghan added. we’re always happy, and that reflects on It was the leadership of the trio, with the field,” Samuelson said. “Being a cohe- the help of fellow seniors Lydia Claudio sive unit starts at the top with the seniors and Cate Meeker, that fostered the sense and has reflected down.” of cohesion that was a key factor in the “When you have so much fun together, team’s remarkable success this season. you want to spend the most amount of “We’re really going to miss them,” time together,” Callaghan added. “And sophomore midfielder Martha Furtek when you’re having fun, you naturally said of the departing veterans. “They want to play better.” were amazing soccer players, but more The three complimented each other importantly, they were great role models on the field, where Callaghan and and friends.” Samuelson started at forward and It all started at tryouts, when, after los- Garmirian at left midfield. Callaghan led ing seven players from last year’s squad, the team and the league with eight assists coach Martha Whiting took on many new to go with her two goals, giving her 12 faces adding five freshman and two points on the season. Her two favorite sophomore transfers to her roster. targets, Samuelson and Garmirian, had Whiting looked to the leadership of her by far the best seasons of their careers three captains to acclimate the new play- statistically. ers to Tufts’ brand of soccer and to colle- Samuelson led the team and the con- giate life in Medford. ference with 14 goals and 32 points and “It was difficult for probably a week,” was named NESCAC Player of the Year for recounted sophomore Jessie Wagner, her breakout senior season. Garmirian, COURTESY OF GAIL SAMUELSON who transferred to Tufts from Bates. “Just also a valuable contributor defensively Senior tri-captain Ariel Samuelson won NESCAC Player of the Year, in part because time and because I had to meet everyone, but the time again fellow classmate and tri-captain Sarah Callaghan sent her perfect through balls [three captains] really made me feel wel- see FEATURE, page 21 for scoring opportunities.

SAILING INSIDE THE NESCAC Kirkland finishes seventh flying solo NESCAC teams place BY YI LI Contributing Writer well in Division III polls The weekend before the Conference teams off to strong start Thanksgiving break, the sailing this week at No. 8 despite a 2- team had its last competition of BY ANDREW SILVER 1 loss to No. 5 Manhattanville the 2005 year. Senior sailor Daily Editorial Board on Saturday. Zander Kirkland headed down to Off the ice and onto the the Single Handed Nationals at With the winter sports sea- court, the NESCAC has gar- the University of Hawaii Sailing sons now underway, the nered attention in the rank- Center. After 16 tough races NESCAC has earned the ings as well. Bowdoin’s domi- against 16 of the top sailors from respect of coaches and the nance of the NESCAC has around the country, Kirkland fin- media in the national presea- been well-publicized, as the ished in seventh place. Kirkland son and early-season rank- Polar Bears have earned the originally qualified for the ings. No. 3 preseason ranking from national competition early in The conference garnered D3hoops.com. Wesleyan is October when he finished second the most respect in the latest also representing the confer- in the Single Handed New Div. III men’s hockey poll, as ence at No. 17. The Polar Bears England Championships in four NESCAC teams find (3-0) headed into Vermont. themselves listed among the Thanksgiving with a win over “I was stoked out after the first top 15 teams in the nation. DAILY FILE PHOTO New England College last race because I won it by half a Middlebury (4-0) solidified Senior Zander Kirkland finished seventh out of 16 sailors at the Single Tuesday, while Wesleyan has leg,” Kirkland said. “But things itself as the No. 1 team in the Handed Nations, and also enjoyed the Hawaii weather and beaches. had a slow start to the season just didn’t work out in later races.” nation with wins over No. 10 at 1-2. Kirkland explained that the “Tufts didn’t provide funding for turned out,” Kirkland said. “It was SUNY-Plattsburgh and No. 15 Perennial powerhouse winds were a little strong for his us to go to nationals. We had to good sailing even though I didn’t Norwich over the weekend to Amherst, after a week of inac- weight and that he wasn’t able to fundraise but the coach couldn’t do so well. The weather was win the PrimeLink Great tivity during the Thanksgiving control the wind shifts well. come with me. All the other warm and I got to go to Hawaii.” Northern Shootout. Trinity, holiday, is ranked fourth in “The regatta didn’t go so hot sailors had coaches and it would The sailing team has had a very which defeated Conn. College the nation in men’s basketball, but at least I got to surf on the have helped a lot.” productive fall season. Both the in conference action on behind only Illinois Wesleyan, North Shore and do battle with The University started cutting co-ed and the women’s teams Sunday to move to 3-1, comes Wooster and Wittenberg. some humongous waves,” the sailing team’s budget a few have qualified for the big regattas in at No. 9. No. 11 Bowdoin While the NESCAC men’s Kirkland said. years ago when Tufts was a coming in the spring. Next and No. 15 Colby, which and women’s ice hockey The Single Handed Nationals national sailing powerhouse. semester, some of the toughest picked up weekend wins schedules have already featured 16 of the top sailors from Fortunately, the family of sopho- competition will come in the fleet against Salve Regina and begun, conference teams do districts all over the country. The more Katie Greenlee, a member racing regattas. The Jumbos are Nichols in the Bowdoin-Colby not meet in basketball until sailors sailed in lasers in the two- of the team, provided Kirkland looking for a strong finish in New Face-off Classic, moved to 3-1 the Dec. 9. Until then, the day event in a very tight and com- with a place to stay during his trip England’s for fleet racing, which and 4-0, respectively. polls are the best way to meas- petitive regatta. to the Pacific. would qualify them for Nationals. The Panther women’s hock- ure how teams might fare According to Kirkland, he was Kirkland expressed disappoint- For now, though, the fall season ey team, also 4-0, remained against one another, and the at a disadvantage because coach ment with the results of this race has come to a close with strong the unanimous No. 1 team in concentration of league teams Ken Legler was unable to accom- but said he was still extremely results, tremendous improve- the nation with a weekend among the nation’s best pany him to the race. satisfied with the season as a ment among freshmen, and an two-game sweep of Hamilton. means there will be heated “It would have been nice to whole. increased national ranking as the Bowdoin (2-1) is also in the competition ahead. have a coach come,” he said. “I am happy with how things squad looks towards the spring. national top ten, coming in 22 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Wednesday, November 30, 2005

INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL Notre Dame escapes Stanford to become BCS-eligible BY ELI BLACKMAN since the 2000 season, when they were Senior Staff Writer shellacked by Oregon State 41-9 in the Fiesta Bowl. Last Week’s Game of the Week: In a game More Week 12: No. 2 Texas moved one it had to win in order to qualify for a BCS step closer to its quest to play for the birth, No. 8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish national title with a 40-29 victory over came from behind late to edge Stanford 38- Texas A&M at College Station. The game 31 in Palo Alto, Calif. was back-and-forth, and despite the fact The Cardinal, a heavy underdog, put up that the Aggies were missing their starting quite a fight and even took the lead 31-30 quarterback, they held a 22-21 lead early in with about a minute and a half to play in the third quarter. the fourth quarter. Stanford backup quar- The Longhorns proved their No. 2 rank- terback T.C. Ostrander found receiver Mark ing, however, quickly retaliating with a Bradford for a 76-yard completion to set up touchdown on the ensuing possession and Matt Traverso’s go-ahead score. then blocking a punt and returning it for a But Notre Dame was not finished. The score. Irish got the ball back on their own 20-yard line, and quarterback Brady Quinn hit Jeff Notre Dame will more than likely Samardzija on the first play for a hefty 30- yard completion. Notre Dame proceeded receive an at-large bid because of to march down the field as the Stanford defense hardly put up a fight. Tailback its popularity, despite its two loss- Darius Walker waltzed into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown with just es and only three victories over under a minute to play. The Cardinal got the ball back with 41 teams with winning records. seconds to play but were unable to mount any sort of rally, and Notre Dame escaped The game was an opportunity for Texas JOHN LEE/KRT with the victory. quarterback Vince Young to strengthen his Brady Quinn and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish survived a scare against Stanford on Saturday Quinn finished the day 25-for-38 for 432 status as a Heisman Trophy frontrunner, night. With the regular season over, Quinn and his teammates wait in South Bend for word yards, three touchdowns and two intercep- but the junior could not find much of a on whether or not they are destined for a BCS bowl. tions. The junior, despite the gaudy yardage rhythm against the A&M defense. He fin- Mountaineers will likely play in the Sugar that game will also receive a bid to a BCS numbers, seemed to be a little bit off his ished with only 162 yards passing and two Bowl. game. game, as he was repeatedly rushed and turnovers that led to Aggie touchdowns. No. 4 LSU received a scare from There will be a deserving team left out of made some poor decisions. It is a good In the Big East, No. 11 West Virginia Arkansas on Saturday, but came away with the BCS bowl games this year. Notre Dame thing he had two 6’5” receivers to rely on, defeated disappointing Pittsburgh at home a close 19-17 victory. The Razorbacks had a will more than likely receive an at-large bid as Samardzija and Maurice Stovall came 45-13. The Mountaineers threw the ball chance to tie it when they scored a touch- because of its popularity, despite its two down with jump balls all night. Samardzija only ten times all game, but this was more down in the fourth quarter, but failed to losses and only three victories over teams finished with nine catches for 216 yards than enough, as Pat White, Steve Slaton and complete the two point conversion and with winning records. No. 6 Ohio State will and two touchdowns, and Stovall had Owen Schmitt combined for 451 yards and LSU escaped safely. probably receive the other spot with a 9-2 seven catches for 136 yards and a score as four touchdowns on the ground. The Tigers head into the SEC record. This leaves No. 7 Oregon, 10-1 on well. The victory, coupled with South Championship this Saturday against No. 13 the season with its only loss coming to No. Finishing with a 9-2 record, the Irish Florida’s loss at Connecticut, clinched a Georgia, a winner over No. 24 Georgia Tech qualified for a BCS bowl for the first time BCS birth for the West Virginia, as the 14-7 in a hard-fought game. The winner of see COLLEGE FOOTBALL, page 21

Jailed player seeks new sentence SCHEDULE | Nov. 28 - Dec. 4 MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT BY MICHAEL SHAW It was filed Nov. 18 in court at SUN Knight Ridder Tribune East St. Louis, Ill. No hearing Men’s WNEC UMass- Brandeis has been set. The U.S. 8:00 p.m. Dartmouth 2:00 p.m. Basketball Mike Danton, the former St. Attorney’s Office in Fairview 7:00 p.m. Louis Blues hockey player now Heights, Ill., which prosecuted Women’s Babson @Wheaton serving a seven-year sentence Danton, declined comment 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. for plotting to kill his agent, Tuesday. Basketball wants out of prison on a claim Danton, 25, who played one that authorities unfairly delayed season with the Blues, pleaded Salve Regina @NE College @St. Anslem Hockey 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. a transfer to his native Canada. guilty in July 2004 of orchestrat- Danton asks in a lawsuit that ing a conspiracy to commit a federal judge order a new sen- interstate murder. A judge sen- Men’s Dartmouth @Hobart 10:30 a.m. tencing and set him free in the tenced Danton to 90 months Squash @Harvard meantime. He is held in a low- behind bars. 6:30 p.m. security prison in Fort Dix, N.J. The intended victim was Women’s @Dartmouth @Wesleyan The suit states that, “Justice David Frost, Danton’s agent and Round Robin Department forces unknown to longtime mentor. Frost had Squash 6:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. (Danton) have withheld any threatened to tell Blues man- Men’s @Babson @Bowdoin decision in his case long after agement about Danton’s self- 7:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. subsequent, similarly situated destructive behaviors. Frost, Swimming applicants have been approved then staying in Danton’s apart- for removal to their home ment here, was not harmed. FBI Women’s @Wellesley @Bowdoin 7:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. nations, which include agents acted on a tip and Swimming Canada.” quickly diffused the plot.

STATISTICS | STANDINGS Women’s Soccer Men’s Basketball Ice Hockey Women’s Cross Country Coed Sailing Rankings NESCAC Standings Team Record: 2-1 NESCAC Standings NCAA Championship Individual Statistics as of Nov. 15, 2005 CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE GOALS Results Player PPG RPG Ass. Rank, Team (Previous Rank) Team W L T Pct W L T Jake Weitzen 15.3 5.3 5 Team W L Pct GF GA Rank, Team, Points 1. Hawaii (2) Tufts 6 2 1 .722 15 3 1 Dan Martin 15.0 6.0 4 Colby 2 0 1.000 8 2 1. SUNY-Geneseo (88) 2. Brown (12) Amherst 6 2 1 .722 8 3 3 Brian Kumpf 11.0 3.0 2 Middlebury 2 0 1.000 11 2 2. Williams (107) 3. Georgetown (6) Bowdoin 6 3 0 .667 10 5 1 Ryan O’Keefe 10.3 1.7 5 Trinity 2 0 1.000 9 5 3. Washington Univ. (132) 4. USC (4) Williams 5 3 1 .611 9 5 1 Jeremy Black 7.9 3.3 16 WIlliams 2 0 1.000 13 9 4. Wisconsin La Crosse (167) 5. Boston College (1) 2.0 8 Bates 5 3 1 .611 14 4 1 Dave Shepherd 6.0 Amherst 1 1 .500 4 3 5. Colby (169) 6. Harvard (5) Brian Fitzgerald 4.3 5.0 4 Middlebury 4 3 2 .556 7 6 2 Bowdoin 1 1 .500 10 5 6. Dickinson (190) 7. UC/Irvine (3) Jason Grauer 2.7 2.3 1 Colby 3 2 4 .556 7 3 5 .500 8 10 7. Amherst (213) Pat Sullivan 1.7 1.0 1 Hamilton 1 1 8. Stanford (16) 2 7 .222 Conn.College 0 5 8 1 Az Adhanom 0.5 0.5 1 Conn College 0 2 0.00 7 14 8. Ithaca (269) 9. Tufts (14) Wesleyan 1 6 2 .22 3 8 2 Carl Onubogu 0.0 4.0 1 Tufts 0 2 0.00 4 10 9. College of New Jersey (303) 10. South Florida (15) Trinity 1 8 0 .111 3 10 1 Team 73.7 39.3 50 Wesleyan 0 2 0.00 4 7 22. Tufts (481) 11. Hobart/William Smith (9) 14. Dartmouth (11) Individual Statistics Women’s Basketball Individual Statistics Men’s Cross Country Scoring Team Record: 2-0 Player G A Pts Individual Statistics NCAA Championship NFL ESPN Power Rankings Player G A Pts Matt McCarthy 1 3 4 Results as of Nov. 22, 2005 Ariel Samuelson 14 4 32 Player PPG RPG Ass. Greg McCarthy 1 3 4 Lydia Claudio 5 3 13 Jess Powers 14.0 5.5 3 Greg O’Connell 0 3 3 Rank, Team, Points Rank, Team (Previous) Sarah Calaghan 2 6 10 Laura Jasinski 8.0 4.5 3 Ken Cleary 2 0 2 1. Colts (1) 1. Wisconsin-LaCrosse (94) Martha Furtek 3 4 10 Marilyn Duffy-Cabana 8.0 3.5 4 Ross Gimbel 2 0 2 2. Broncos (2) Joe Milo 1 0 2. Calvin (117) Lindsay Garmirian 4 0 8 Valerie Krah 7.5 6.0 6 1 3. Seahawks (5) Lauren Fedore 4 0 8 Jenna Gomez 7.0 3.5 2 Andrew Delorey 0 1 1 3. Haverford (118) 0 0 4. Cowboys (7) Joelle Emery 1 1 3 Kim Moynihan 6.0 4.0 5 Quinn Kelley 0 4. Nebraska Wesleyan (132) Jack Thompson 0 0 0 5. Chargers (8) Jen Fratto 1 1 3 Khalilah Ummah 5.5 4.5 0 5. Tufts (216) Pat Walsh 0 0 0 6. Steelers (3) Kim Harrington 1 1 3 Libby Park 4.0 2.0 2 6. Wartburg College (247) Matt Dalton 0 0 0 7. Bengals (6) Maya Shoham 1 0 2 Katherine Miller 1.0 2.5 4 7. Hamline (254) Team 7 10 17 8. Panthers (4) Jessie Wagner 0 2 2 Alla Epshteyn 0.0 0.0 0 8. Carnegie Mellon (303) Abby Werner 0 1 1 9. Giants (10) Anna Weber 0.0 0.0 0 Goalkeeping GA Svs. Sv % 9. University of Chicago (304) Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% 10. Bears (13) James Kalec 11 125 .919 10. College of New Jersey (311) Annie Ross 15 89 .840 Team 61.0 41.0 29 11. Jaguars (11) Wednesday, November 30, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 23

INSIDE THE NBA BEN SWASEY | FROM WAY DOWN TOWN Loss after loss, Raptors good at being bad NATE GRUBMAN Daily Editorial Board

With 15 games under their belt and only one win to show for it, the Toronto Raptors could still contend for a title: worst team in NBA history. It’s not how you start, it’s On pace for just five and a half wins, the Raptors are well on their way to how you finish challenging the 1972-1973 Philadelphia 76ers’ dubious record. The 76ers won taring at the television screen late nine games in that season, a record that Monday night while watching the has stood for over 30 years. Despite its struggles, Toronto almost SIndianapolis Colts rack up another knocked off the Dallas Mavericks, one win, a familiar but unwanted affliction of the best teams in the league, on Monday night. With 1:42 left in the came over me. It is a common illness game, the Raptors led 89-83. that has no known cure and always occurs Yet, as they have done all season, the Raptors found a way to lose, dropping to toward the tail end of a semester. 1-14 on the season. With 1:42 left, Dallas Symptoms include fatigue, the inability to star Dirk Nowitzki drilled the first of two three-pointers to bring the Mavs even open a book, and a general loathing of all with the Raptors. Then, after Toronto’s things academic. I know I have contracted Matt Bonner hit a shot to tie the game with two seconds left, Dallas inbounded this plague because it’s been 14 minutes the ball to Jason Terry who streaked into since my last sentence. the lane and hit a runner over Toronto’s Chris Bosh to win the game and save The final weeks of a semester are tough; Dallas some embarrassment. the work is the most important and it Instead, it was the Raptors who went seems much harder to get done. This peri- home embarrassed. The Raptors od determines the winners and the losers dropped their first nine contests of the — in terms of GPA, at least. season before ending the drought with a In this manner, sports are the same. The surprising 107-94 win over the Miami end is the most important part of a game Heat. and often decides who wins and who loses. Raptors fans had to expect a rough In addition, winners are usually able to season when the team dropped a home raise the level of their play at the end to pull exhibition game to Maccabi Tel Aviv, the out a positive result. For the purposes of first win for Tel Aviv against an NBA this column, we’ll call this the ability to fin- team in 27 years. The embarrassment ish a game. continued when the Raptors dropped By finishing a game, I mean that a team their third game of the season to the HARRY E. WALKER/KNIGHT RIDDER TRIBUNE or player is mentally tough, can focus and Detroit Pistons by 33 points. Without Chris Bosh, the Toronto Raptors would likely be worse than many major college rise to the occasion, do the little things nec- The Raptors have had 10 different basketball teams. Even with the star center, the Raptors are off to a sluggish 1-14 start to essary to win, get a big play when required, players appear in the starting lineup as the 2005-06 season. and be clutch. This quality is evident when they search for an answer. Aside from a basketball or football team hunkers Bosh, the team’s star, and Mike James, averaging 10.1 rebounds. Bosh is anoth- Celtics. Two days later, they somehow down, increases intensity and gets a big no Raptor has started every game. Jalen er star in a draft class that included managed to beat the Indiana Pacers on defensive stop. It is also evident individual- Rose had started in the team’s first 14, LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Carmelo the road. The Hawks followed up their ly when a relief pitcher fires strike after but Coach Sam Mitchell benched him Anthony and Kirk Hinrich. mini hot streak with a two-point loss to strike or when a tennis player comes up for the Mavericks game because of his His play has kept the Raptors from the Portland Trail Blazers. with a massive ace in a set tiebreaker. poor play of late. being blown out night after night. The With a lineup that features Al Every day and every week, the ability to Rose, who the team hoped would Raptors have actually been within eight Harrington and Joe Johnson, the Hawks finish a game, or lack thereof, is on display. help Bosh fill the scoring void left by the points of winning in nine of their 14 are proving that, while they certainly For example, this past Sunday, the New departure of Vince Carter last season, losses, but as bad teams do, they have won’t make the playoffs, they have a York Giants’ place-kicker Jay Feely missed has struggled all year. The veteran is found a way to lose each time. chance to be respectable. Johnson and three potentially game-winning field goals shooting just 34.3 percent from the floor If the Raptors keep losing at this Harrington are joined by a talented in the fourth quarter and overtime. Despite and scoring 11.6 points per game. prodigious pace, 73 losses could be well young cast featuring Salim Stoudamire, committing one less turnover and gaining The only thing saving the Raptors in reach. Marvin Williams, Josh Smith and Josh nearly 150 more total yards, the Giants lost from a demotion to the NBDL has been Another team who appeared destined Childress. a big game to an NFC foe when the Seattle the play of Bosh and James. James has earlier in the season to follow the fate of While the Hawks don’t appear to be a Seahawks’ Josh Brown was able to make his manned the point guard spot all year the 1972-1973 76ers is the Atlanta version of the 2004-2005 Chicago own field goal with less than three minutes and provided some offense for the Hawks. Bulls, a team that went from 0-9 to the left in overtime. Toronto, pitching in 16.9 points per The Hawks lost their first nine of the third best record in the Eastern game. season before inexplicably pulling off a Conference, they might be able to This quality is evident when a Bosh, however, is the team’s go-to- two-game win streak. On Nov. 23, they achieve respectability, especially if the guy. In his third season, he is blossom- pulled off their first victory of the sea- highly-touted Williams starts to devel- basketball or football team ing, scoring 21.2 points a game and son, a 120-117 triumph over the Boston op. hunkers down, increases A’s outbid cross-bay rivals and sign right-hander Loiza intensity and gets a big defen- BY RICK HURD ings open Monday in Dallas. and Giants. sive stop. It is also evident Knight Ridder Tribune “In our position, we’re always going to John Boggs, one of Loaiza’s two agents, listen, and we always will be open” to trade said the Giants made an offer “just after individually when a relief No, it wasn’t a secret that a Bay Area team offers, Beane said, before adding that “with Thanksgiving” and eventually offered him would be trying to spend some of its pre- Barry in our rotation and Esteban in our a three-year deal with numbers similar to pitcher fires strike after strike cious dollars on a starting pitcher. Nor was rotation, we have a chance for one of the the offer made by the A’s. (Boggs said an it any mystery that it would be unafraid to deepest rotations in the league.” unidentified third team also was in the or when a tennis player comes bid aggressively in its pursuit. Loaiza, 33, was 12-10 with a 3.77 ERA in mix.) The A’s may have prevailed because That said team was the A’s? In the words 34 starts for the Washington Nationals last they also included a team option for 2009. up with a massive ace in a set of their late broadcaster, Bill King, perhaps season, and his 217 innings ties Dan Haren Giants general manager Brian Sabean nothing in the world is real anymore. for second among the A’s current starters could not be reached for comment. tiebreaker. The signing of right-hander Esteban (Joe Blanton, Rich Harden and Kirk “When I got back to Billy” after the Loaiza to a three-year, $21.375 million con- Saarloos are the others). That latter stat was Giants offer, “he worked very hard and very Another NFL example came from the St. tract on Monday not only tweaked the A’s particularly important, Beane said, diligently to get something done,” Boggs Louis Rams-Houston Texans game. cross-bay rivals in San Francisco, but it also because the A’s are wary about the toll the said. “... He kept on matching (offers) blow Despite being down 24-3 at halftime, the may have signaled that the A’s no longer 2005 season took on Haren and Blanton for blow. ... It eventually came down to us Rams rallied to win 33-27 in overtime after seem content to watch quietly as the free- (201 1/3 innings as a rookie). telling Esteban, you have to choose the outscoring the Texans 30-3 in the second agent bidding takes place. That the addition also gives the A’s added place you’re more comfortable with.” half and overtime. The Rams may not be a “Those of you who follow us know that flexibility to move a starter not named Zito Said Beane, referring to the impact new good team this year, with a record now of 5- we usually are adding and subtracting at added to the attraction. It’s likely that owner Lew Wolff had on the process: 6, but they are certainly better than the the same time,” general manager Billy Beane will be hit up for offers involving “Normally, we wouldn’t have been able to one-win-Texans, and Houston’s inability to Beane said during a news conference at Blanton and Saarloos (10-9, 4.17 as last sea- react that fast. It definitely helped, no ques- finish off their solid first-half performance McAfee Coliseum. “Now, we’re not in a son’s fifth starter) over the next few weeks. tion. In the past, it probably would not have is an indication of its woeful season. position where we have to do (something). Of course, trade winds have been navi- been something we’d have been able to As a Boston sports fan, I am very aware of I wouldn’t read into this as a precursor to gated routinely by Beane. The turbulence do.” this ability to finish games. On the one anything else.” involved in signing free agents not so Loaiza added a cut fastball to his reper- hand I have the New England Patriots, with The latter part of that statement no much. Loaiza becomes the first Type A free toire at the end of 2002 and is 43-26 with a Tom Brady’s undefeated postseason record doubt was in reference to A’s lefty Barry agent signed by the A’s since Mike 4.02 ERA and 7.14 strikeouts per nine and his career number of game-winning Zito, whose immediate future with the A’s Magnante was acquired before the 2000 innings since the start of `03. He had a 21- now figures to become the subject of even season. The A’s hadn’t signed a starting win campaign in 2003 with the Chicago see SWASEY, page 21 more intense speculation. Zito is entering pitcher through free agency since giving White Sox that earned him second place in the final season of his contract in 2006, and Tom Candiotti a two-year deal before 1998. the American League Cy Young balloting. Ben Swasey is a sophomore who has not yet it’s likely he will become a regular on the Loaiza’s signing came to fruition after a He has pitched six previous seasons in the declared a major. He can be reached via e-mail rumor mill when baseball’s winter meet- heated race for his services between the A’s AL. at [email protected] Wednesday, November 30, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS | CLASSIFIEDS 21

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For Samuelson, life on the soccer field a team that practices every day ever Callaghan finishes her career with a wasn’t always easy. again,” Garmirian said. balanced 13 goals and 14 assists for 40 “I was really bad at soccer all through Just because they’re not on the team points, with Samuelson tallying 18 goals elementary school up until around mid- anymore, however, doesn’t mean the and four assists for 40 points as well. dle school,” she admitted. three won’t be an active part of the Tufts Garmirian chipped in with eight goals Come sixth grade, however, Samuelson soccer scene in the future. and three assists for 19 points. made a choice that, looking back, drasti- “We’re going to Disney world next year Samuelson would have had far more cally changed the course of her life. if they make the Final Four,” Samuelson goals and points had she not spent the “In sixth grade, I had to choose said with a smile. “I’m serious.” first two years of her college career play- between horse gymnastics, where you The three also agree that soccer will be ing right fullback. The Newton, Mass. ride around and do gymnastics on a a huge part of their lives in years to come. native admits that she enjoys the forward horse, and soccer,” she said. “Luckily I “We’ll keep playing and coaching, and position much more but was willing to chose soccer, but I cried a lot. I was sad; it I’m sure it’ll be a part of all of our lives, play defense because that was the spot was a very tough decision in life.” but it’ll never be the same,” Garmirian available for her at the time. She played soccer, lacrosse, and bas- said. “I played defense because Martha ketball at Newton North High School and “I’ll probably be playing until forever made me — just kidding, Martha,” tried out for the lacrosse team at Tufts in some stupid league later on,” Samuelson said. “Junior year, Trombo but didn’t make it. Samuelson joked. [Jess Trombly] graduated and Sarah “That was certainly a blessing in dis- Academically, all three captains have [Callaghan] got injured, which allowed guise because I could focus more on soc- been on the NESCAC All-Academic Team me to move to forward. It took me a year cer,” she said. both semesters since they became eligi- to adjust, but overall I feel more comfort- Garmirian, like Samuelson, also strug- ble last year. Samuelson will graduate able and happy there.” gled on the soccer field early in life, but with a degree in Biology and Biomedical All three have been playing soccer stuck with it through high school at Engineering and is currently applying to since they were in kindergarten and com- Amherst Regional High School in medical school, while Callaghan, a peted against each other on various club Amherst, Mass. Psychology major, and Garmirian, also teams throughout high school. “I, too, was really bad at soccer in ele- doubling in Biology and Biomedical Callaghan, a native of Northboro, Mass., mentary school, and I almost quit soccer Engineering, are undecided about their played soccer and lacrosse at Algonquin but my friend Whitney’s dad made me future plans. Regional High School but chose to play stay on the team in third grade,” “We’re going to miss all of the seniors, only soccer upon arriving at Tufts. Garmirian said. not just for their roles on the field, but COURTESY OF GAIL SAMUELSON “Soccer has been the only constant in The three uniformly agree that life at what they brought to the team off the Senior tri-captain Lindsay Garmirian gar- my life for the past 17 years aside from Tufts just won’t be the same next semes- field,” Furtek said. “In fact, I don’t want nered a career high five goals this season. my family,” Callaghan said. “We did real- ter knowing that their Tufts soccer anyone else to join the team next year She starred in the Jumbos’ shootout victory ly well my freshman year, and I didn’t careers are now over. because our captains and seniors are over Oneonta St. in the NCAA Division III think anything could compare to this “The saddest part of all is to lose the irreplaceable.” Tournament Quarterfinals. Last weekend of regular We remember athletes for the way they finish SWASEY with less than a second remain- required for great athletes. David continued from page 23 ing. Of course, however, the Ortiz was considered for this season has big implications drives already over twenty, and of Celtics let Richard Hamilton, one year’s AL MVP because of his sta- COLLEGE FOOTBALL Upcoming Game of the Week: course, Adam Vinatieri’s clutch of the league’s best shooters, go tistics with runners on base in late continued from page 22 No. 12 UCLA at USC. This game field goals. through a double screen and bury inning situations. Quarterbacks 1 USC, likely left out of the equa- will be full of firepower. The On the other hand, however, I an open jumper at the buzzer. In Joe Montana and John Elway were tion, which is an absolute trav- Trojans feature last year’s have the excruciatingly frustrat- the second game, the Celtics had defined by Super Bowl two- esty. Heisman winner Matt Leinart at ing Boston Celtics. The Celtics a lead going into the fourth quar- minute drills. Tiger Woods seems Going into the final weekend quarterback, the upcoming can hang with any team in the ter, but were completely schooled to make every shot and putt when of the regular season, the stage Heisman winner at tailback, NBA for three quarters, but often in the end, getting outscored 38- he needs to. Michael Jordan’s is set for four very important Reggie Bush, and the Pac-10 fold in the end. Their offense 19 in the final quarter as they lost career, minus that whole Wizards games, including the SEC title leader in rushing touchdowns, becomes stagnant against the by 15. comeback that didn’t happen, game. In the Big 12 LenDale White. The Bruins fea- increased pressure defense of Even Monday’s loss against the was bookmarked by clutch shots Championship, Colorado will ture a powerful tandem: the their opponent and they lack the Magic showed the Celtics’ late- at UNC and in the pros. look to ruin the Longhorns’ per- Pac-10 leader in passing touch- toughness to make big stops on game ineptitude; as Mark Blount’s In the end, I hope this column fect season with an upset, and in downs in quarterback Drew the other end. feeble shot attempt with 12 sec- inspires you to be the Tom Brady the inaugural ACC Olson and running back To prove my point, simply look onds left was summarily stuffed of your biology class and empow- Championship, No. 5 Virginia Maurice Drew. Look for USC to at the Celtics’ two losses to the by Dwight Howard. Hey Blount ers you to raise your academic Tech should be able to defeat a be too much for the Bruin Detroit Pistons, maybe the NBA’s (hilariously pronounced “Blunt” game as we reach the end of this Florida State team that is in a defense, as the Trojans set their best team thus far. In the first con- now), pack your bags, bud. fall semester. Now if you’ll excuse complete tailspin. The last game sights on the national champi- test, the Celtics played great and Across all sports and through- me, I’ve done way too much writ- with sizeable implications is... onship. actually took a one point lead out history, late performance is ing today; I need a nap.