NEMC, NEBH Will Build Joint Suburban Facility

Today: Scattered T-Storms THE TUFTS High 74 Low 58 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Partly Cloudy Since 1980 High 78 Low 50 VOLUME LII, NUMBER 18 DAILY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2006 NEMC, NEBH will build joint suburban facility No break for Bacow BY JENNA NISSAN Daily Editorial Board Attendees at this weekend’s Tufts-New England Medical Center Homecoming might have noticed that (Tufts-NEMC) and New England Baptist University President Lawrence Bacow Hospital (NEBH) are joining up to build a attended the festivities with his left new hospital in the Boston suburbs. arm in a sling. Brooke Tyson-Hynes, a spokesperson But have no fear, Jumbos. The representing both hospitals, said the idea president didn’t take a tumble, but was the result of a partnership between underwent some shoulder surgery. Chief Executive of Tufts-NEMC Ellen “I had a bone spur removed from Zane and Chief Executive of NEBH Joseph my shoulder on Friday late after- Dionisio. noon,” Bacow told the Daily in an e- “[They] have a great working relation- mail message. “The spur was imping- ship, and with both Tufts-NEMC and ing on my rotator cuff and giving me NEBH being Tufts teaching hospitals, they a fair amount of pain.” realized that they wanted to have a part- Dr. John Richmond, Tufts’ mara- nership together and look into a hospital thon team doctor, performed the in the suburbs,” Tyson-Hynes said. surgery, he said. Both Zane and Dionisio realized that The procedure won’t be tripping many patients travel from the suburbs into up his chances for the 2007 Boston downtown Boston for illness or emergen- Marathon, however. cies. According to Tyson-Hynes, as many as “I should be able to resume run- 160,000 patients in eastern Massachusetts ning in about two weeks,” Bacow drive into the city for care at academic DAILY FILE PHOTO wrote. “It should not affect my mara- medical centers. Tufts New England Medical Center (center) is situated at the edge of Boston’s Chinatown thon training.” “There’s a maldistribution of hospital neighborhood. Since the hospital announced plans to open a second facility in the suburbs, —James Bologna some have criticized the hospital for its level of commitment to the city of Boston and its see HOSPITAL, page 2 current neighbors. Brewing up some tunes Somerville woman caught in Cousens Gym with narcotics BY SARAH BUTRYMOWICZ woman as a white female with Daily Editorial Board bleached blond hair in a pony tail wearing white sneakers, blue Police responded to a call jeans, and a red shirt. from Cousens Gym at 6:40 a.m. She was estimated to be about on Sept. 23. 5 feet, 4 inches tall and about 22 “A student reported a female years old, according to TUPD suspect was going through her Captain Mark Keith. gym bag,” said Sergeant Douglas Officer Morales and Sergeant Mazzola of the Tufts University McCarthy arrived at the scene Police Department (TUPD). and “spotted an individual that The student confronted the matched the suspect in the suspect and “was able to pull [Cousens Gym] parking lot,” away her keys and clothes,” Mazzola said. Mazzola said. The student came to the scene The suspect, a Somerville res- and identified her positively. ident, then fled the scene. The student described the see ARREST, page 2

UTOPIA cruise a dystopia? Friday night’s UTOPIA boat boarded the boat and given cruise culminated premature- bracelets if they could prove ly due to excessive underage that they were over 21. Once REBEKAH SOKOL/TUFTS DAILY drinking, Chinese Student on the boat, only the stu- Adrien, an acoustic guitarrist from Nashville, Tenn., plays Brown and Brew last night. Association (CSA) Vice dents with bracelets could buy President Diana Chang said. drinks. There were over 500 stu- However, if students with dents on the boat, includ- bracelets were caught giving ing students from Tufts, MIT, drinks to students without Davis’ BigBellies are gobbling trash, sunlight Harvard, Wellesley and BC, bracelets, security guards cut CSA President Lien Duong off their bracelets. BY JOHN MEYERS According to the Boston facture, and sell innovative, ener- said. The guards saw too many Contributing Writer Business Journal, “each unit... gy-efficient products.” According to Chang, the drinks in the hands of stu- uses in one day the amount of But not everyone approves. boat departed at 9:30 and dents without bracelets, which Davis Square has gone “green.” energy that a hair dryer consumes Senior Aditya Nochur, a mem- returned “between 11:00 and prompted them to turn the The Somerville city govern- in twelve seconds.” ber of Tufts’ Environmental 11:15,” or about an hour ear- boat around to protect the ment has replaced Davis Square’s Installed on Aug. 20, the Consciousness Organization lier than its scheduled return Bay State Cruise Company’s trash cans with six new solar- Somerville city government is cur- (ECO), thought that while the time. liquor license, Chang said. powered trash compactors. rently leasing the six units from project has good intentions, the The contract between Bay “As far as we know, [the Each new trash can, called the the manufacturer, Delaware- plan is misguided. State Cruise Company, which students who caused the prob- BigBelly, has a capacity of 150 based Seahorse Power. While the “They are neat technology, but operated the boat, and the lems] weren’t Tufts students gallons, almost four times the vol- lease costs are not available, each they are very expensive and might UTOPIA planners was clear on and they weren’t associated ume of an average city trash can. individual unit costs approxi- not be the best way [to go green]” the fact that any illegal activity with the Tufts CSA,” Duong Photovoltaic cells on top of mately $4,700 to purchase. he said. would force the boat to return said. each BigBelly generate the energy Seahorse Power developed the Nochur suggested that to the harbor. She also added, “As far as I needed to compact trash. They BigBelly and according to its Web Somerville take a different route According to Chang, stu- know, people had fun.” are energy self-sufficient and can site, “applies proprietary energy dents were frisked before they — Pranai Cheroo be placed almost anywhere. management to develop, manu- see BIGBELLY, page 2

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POLICE BLOTTER Boston officials concerned about possible job losses Sept. 26 12:22 a.m. A larceny was reported from the HOSPITAL the community’s needs. We have a lot of President was worried about was a loss of gym. A student left his or her wallet in a continued from page 1 interested parties,” she said. jobs or services in Boston,” said Andrew locker that was unlocked. When the student beds, with a surplus in the city, and an Tyson-Hynes said that once a site is Kenneally, a spokesperson for the Council returned, someone had stolen his or her ID, insufficient capacity in the suburbs,” she chosen, Tufts-NEMC and NEBH can make President. “Ellen Zane assured him that credit card, and $60 cash. said. “The hospitals want to take acute the decisions about the services the hos- nothing would be lost, and he under- care out to the people who need it so that pital will provide, choices that will likely stands the need to survive and live in this Sept. 28 they don’t have to drive in and they can depend on the town’s building regula- new healthcare world.” 11:09 p.m. Police found a student urinat- get care conveniently.” tions. “All towns have an approval process Vice Dean of Tufts University School ing on the sidewalk in front of 127 Powder In addition to addressing demand, for any type of new development, and we of Medicine Jeffrey Glassroth said a joint House Blvd. The student was identified, and Tyson-Hynes said, a suburban hospital will certainly go through all those require- facility in the suburbs of Boston raises the report was sent to the Dean of Student presents a great opportunity for both ments when a site is selected,” she said. many exciting possibilities for the medi- Affairs Office. Tufts-NEMC and NEBH. According to Tyson-Hynes, NEBH spe- cal school. “[The organizations] can offer patients cializes in orthopedics, so the new hos- “Since both institutions would con- Sept. 29 a chance to get acute care close to home, pital will have an in-patient orthopedic tinue to operate their existing facilities, a 1:30-2 a.m. A student reported that her car which not only fits the mission of both unit, but officials have yet to decide what new, state-of-the-art hospital would likely was vandalized on Whitfield Ave. The driver’s hospitals of meeting patient need, but other services will be available. draw new patients who are not presently side mirror was ripped off, and the passenger’s also allows both hospitals to grow,” she Also still undetermined are the hos- seen at either of the current hospital loca- side window was broken. said. pital’s completion date, number of staff tions,” he said. Tyson-Hynes said that NEBH needed and patients, and total cost, Tyson-Hynes Tufts students could learn from more 2:32 a.m. A student at 37 Sawyer Ave was to grow but was limited by the significant said. She added that the hospitals antici- patients, Glassroth said, with the possi- hanging from the light in the lobby. The light physical constraints of its current cam- pate adding jobs with the growth. bility of accelerating some of the clinical and part of the ceiling came down. The stu- pus. And both partner hospitals have sig- research Tufts faculty engages in, which dent was not injured. “When we looked at our future plans of nificant resources at their disposal. “Both requires patient participants. where both organizations wanted to grow, hospitals have significant capital aspects Glassroth is also enthusiastic about the 10:25 a.m. A female student came in to the there was an opportunity to bring services that can be utilized for the new hospital,” opportunity for state-of-the art educa- police station and reported that she was driv- to people in the suburbs closer to their she said. tional facilities and new clinical research ing on Powderhouse Blvd. towards the rotary home, which is more convenient, and in According to an article in the Sept. 8 facilities in the new hospital. behind three white males, all around the age addition, will increase market share for issue of The Boston Globe, Boston Mayor “These would complement existing of 30, wearing business suits. The males made both organizations,” she said. Thomas Menino abruptly cancelled a facilities on the Boston campus which will lewd gestures to her in the back window. Right Still, there are few definitive plans for meeting on Sept. 7 with Zane and Dionisio continue to be used in much the same before they got to the rotary, they came to a the hospital yet, Tyson-Hynes said. “We’re regarding the new hospital. way they currently are,” he said. complete stop. The student stopped behind still in the planning stages on the initia- “We are providing information to City Glassroth said that Michael Rosenblatt, them, and two of the men got out of the car, tive, so we’re looking for a site, and we’ll Hall and to all involved elected officials Dean of Tufts University School of one with a baseball bat. The two men then be able to make more decisions about the and we will continue to communicate Medicine, shared his views on the new got back in the car and drove away. Tufts services the hospital will offer when the with these groups as a strategic plan hospital. University Police Department (TUPD) officers site is decided on,” she said. develops,” Tyson-Hynes said. Despite the project’s nascent stages, and Somerville Police Department (SPD) offi- Tyson-Hynes said that Tufts-NEMC and Mayor Menino was unavailable for optimism is running high. “Although this cers searched the area but didn’t find anyone. NEBH sent out a request for proposals to comment by press time. project is at a very early stage of planning, real estate developers in the area to see City Council President Michael Flaherty we at the medical school share the excite- 7:09 p.m. TUPD went to Tilton Hall after receiv- what properties are available. “We’re open has his concerns, but is nevertheless sup- ment of the hospitals’ leaders and are ing a report of a beer pong tournament. They right now to the right community where portive of the new initiative. looking forward to working with them as found several open and empty beer cans upon it fits for the hospital’s needs, as well as “The main thing that the Council things move forward,” Glassroth said. arrival. Five students were identified, and the report was handed over to the Dean’s office. Sept. 30 BigBellies reducing dependency on city waste staff 9:35 a.m. TUPD received a report of a loud party at Wilson House. Upon arriving at the BIGBELLY scene, they found seven males drinking. The continued from page 1 males had three Budweiser beer balls (balls of beer tapped like kegs). The beer balls were by more efficiently using its resources confiscated and disposed of, and a report was and deploying public recycling bins. submitted to the Dean’s office. According to Tom Champion of the Somerville Environmental Department, 4:02 p.m. TUPD arrived at Dewick-MacPhie early tests of the BigBelly were conduct- Dining Hall after receiving a report of a food ed at a Vail, Colo., ski resort. The systems fight there. They identified one person as have also been tested in Boston, New being involved. That individual was given a York, and Orlando. mop and a broom to clean up. The Boston Globe reported that the city has placed 50 of the machines in 9:10 p.m. Police were called to the courtyard neighborhoods. They were deemed suc- behind Lewis Hall where they found students cesses after initial tests. smoking marijuana. They also found a small Champion explained that the BigBelly’s bag containing some marijuana within 25 feet large storage capacity helps reduce the of the group. One of the students claimed number of staff hours required to collect ownership of the bag, which was confiscated. trash. The case is being turned over to the Dean’s “Crews might respond to the BigBelly office. only once a day,” he told the Somerville Journal. Since its lid closes, wind can’t Oct. 1 blow trash out. 2:04 a.m. After officers saw students leaving Seahorse Power claims the units “save 123 Packard Ave. with cups of alcohol, they time, fuel, and truck costs, demonstrate entered the building and shut down the party. a commitment to communities and the environment to incorporate clean, solar CONOR HALLORAN/TUFTS DAILY 2:11 a.m. A student and his friend were spot- energy into operations, and align with New solar powered trash-compactors, termed BigBellies because of their 150-gallon capacity, ted by police on Curtis Ave. carrying a 30-pack green goals and anti-litter campaigns.” were recently placed in Davis Square. of beer. They tried to hide the beer in the bushes. There were about four or five cans missing. The beer was confiscated and a report sent to the Dean’s office. Police found woman had eschewed her court date 4:10 a.m. A Domino’s Pizza delivery man ARREST Keith said. She was placed under arrest scription medications that did not reported that while he was waiting on the cor- continued from page 1 and taken into custody based on the belong to her, Keith said. ner of Latin Way and Packard Ave., someone warrant. Based on the trespassing, the posses- came up and kicked the car, leaving a dent. When the officers did a background Mazzola said that the woman also was sion of class E drugs, and the default The individual then ran towards the academic check, they found that there was a default found in possession of Class E drugs, warrant, the suspect was sent to the quad. The police searched the area but did not warrant on the woman, said Mazzola. which include lighter dose prescriptions Medford Police Department. find the person. The default warrant signified that “she and narcotics. The police do not know how the indi- —Sarah Butrymowicz had a court date and didn’t show up,” In this case, she probably had pre- vidual entered the gym.

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Health Services agrees: routine HIV testing a good idea TIANYAO KELLY | THE TAO OF SEX

BY GALEN TAN Contributing Writer

The Center for Disease Control estimates that over 250,000 HIV-positive Americans are unaware of their HIV The status quo: to keep status. Forty-four percent of those aware of their HIV status only discov- or not to keep ered it after they developed symptoms. New infections could be reduced by 30 percent if all HIV-positive people y older peers have all knew of their status and changed their behaviors accordingly. given me the same Drawing from research conducted over the past decade, on Sept. 22 the advice. “Going into col- CDC published new HIV testing rec- M ommendations for health care provid- lege with a boyfriend or girlfriend is the ers, which aim to increase early HIV diagnosis. worst mistake you can make.” Under the new guidelines, healthcare providers are recommended to For some reason, being attached to a screen all patients between the ages member of the opposite sex in college is of 13 and 64, regardless of their risk. almost as taboo as getting smashed on The previous guidelines limited the your first night as a freshman. There’s group to high-risk individuals and all this concern that if you have a sig- patients in settings with a high preva- VANESSA WHITE/TUFTS DAILY nificant other who does not attend your lence of HIV. school, then you’ll miss out on a social Medical Director of Tufts Health Higham said that she would like to see often time-consuming affairs. life, or never make close friends. Services Dr. Margaret Higham routine testing at Tufts. “HIV does not The new recommendations also Even worse, if word gets out that approves of the CDC’s recommenda- occur with high prevalence in our set- seek to speed up the testing process you’re exclusively seeing someone, then tions. “I fully support the new HIV ting, but as the guidelines make clear, by getting rid of the required pre- no guy or girl will want to talk to you testing guidelines,” she said. “The old the maximum benefits will occur if testing counseling and separate writ- or give you an ounce of attention at a guidelines made sense at the time, but everyone has HIV testing,” she said. ten consent for the test. Instead, they party. now the country needs to make HIV “I would love to provide HIV testing advocate incorporating consent for It is true that some people do stay testing a routine part of health care.” more rapidly and easily.” HIV testing into consent for general wrapped up in their boyfriend or girl- Although the CDC report recom- The new guidelines aim to address medical care. friend and end up cutting themselves mends testing for all patients, it how rapidly and easily HIV testing Tufts Health Services currently fol- off from the rest of their community. emphasizes that routine testing is can be done. Performing risk assess- lows the previous CDC guidelines. This If you’re leaving every other weekend voluntary, and that patients can “opt ments to decide who needs testing to see your boo, there will be an obvi- out.” and determining HIV prevalence are see HIV, page 4 ous gap in your weekend social life at school. In a school of thousands, in some cases tens of thousands, no one’s going IN OUR MIDST to be putting up “missing person” signs for you. During the rest of the week when you’re forced to actually stay at Dancing Shakira — in Uganda — around a cow pie stove school because of classes, you can’t validate that your exclusive other half BY JESSICA BIDGOOD for a change. “I felt really lost and I the colors are just brighter,” she said. is being completely exclusive. While Contributing Writer didn’t have a major in mind,” she said, Nearly all of the people she encoun- you’re trying your best to avoid all con- adding that she even thought about tered reflected the land’s beauty. tact with the other sex, your partner Sophomore Lyle Friedman is curled taking a whole year off. Friedman “The people are amazingly friendly,” could be banging every other thing that up in a chair in the Tower Café with a then got involved with CollegeCorps, Friedman added. walks, and you would never know. big box full of packing peanuts, some an organization that gives grants And so Friedman plunged into a So why put yourself through all the papers, and of course, chocolate-chip and scholarships to students looking world very different from her own. trouble? Why should you even bother to oatmeal cookies. “Here, would you to intern in remote corners of the “Women do all of the cooking and miss someone who is four hours away like one?” she says. “My mom just world. they work in the fields — it’s such a while there are literally hundreds of sent them to me, and they’re deli- Originally planning to work with sexist society,” she said. suitable sexy singles just waiting to be cious!” African AIDS victims, Friedman ended Friedman worked with 30 of these swept off their feet? It soon becomes apparent that such up working in Uganda, which she women, first teaching them a simple No other time in your life will you be generosity is the norm for Friedman, called a “fairly stable dictatorship.” savings plan. “My first day was terri- in such close contact with so many peo- who has a warm, eclectic style. Her Friedman stayed with a family fying”, she said. “I was walking down ple of the opposite sex. It’s like looking eyes light up as she begins to discuss in a town without any police force. this dirt road, thinking, ‘I am in the through the course catalog and trying this past summer. “Villagers would take justice into middle of Sub-Saharan Africa and no to find that one class that’ll teach you Last summer, her first after col- their own hands,” she said, which one knows where I am.’” everything you want to know. With the help of diagrams, panto- So why not look around? Sign up for mime and a translator, she helped the people that interest you. If after a the women organize a group savings week or two you realized they’re not plan, set up a small mushroom har- what you’re looking for, you can simply vesting business, and worked with drop them. It won’t even leave a mark them to build fuel-efficient stoves, on your record. using materials like mud and cow Truth is, relationships aren’t as sim- manure. ple as adding and dropping classes. Friedman said the stoves saved When you’ve spent two years of your the women much time and energy. high school years with someone, feel- “It’s amazing what a little not-even- ings get complicated and attachment is advanced technology can do for these inevitable. While you are only in Intro to ladies,” she said. Psych for a few months, being with your The idea of any sort of technol- significant other doesn’t have an expira- ogy, not to mention organized money tion date. management, was completely alien to When to drop the relationship is the women Friedman met. Words like your call. For many freshmen, as I’ve “savings,” “organization,” and “meet- noticed, coming to a completely new ing” simply were not a part of daily environment where you can literally language. know absolutely no one can be one of Traversing language and cultural the hardest adjustments you have to barriers built strong personal bonds make. between Friedman and the Ugandan Having that special someone you women. know you can depend on in your back “At first, they treated me as a for- pocket can be just as comforting as the COURTESY LYLE FRIEDMAN eigner, but we soon began to joke thinning baby blanket or your tattered Sophomore Lyle Friedman spent her summer in Uganda together,” she said. teddy bear, Mr. Matsuda, you snuck Friedman’s friends called her “shi- into your suitcase the night before you lege, Friedman packed up her things led to the caning of her host brother kiri,” which means sweetly stubborn left home. and flew to Uganda, where she spent for being drunk and the live burning and silly in the local language. One Whether you came to college keeping two and a half months teaching local of a person in the next village over. evening, after a particularly strenuous women about savings accounts, Friedman discussed these episodes day of work, Friedman remembered see SEX, page 4 microfinance and small-scale entre- quickly, noting that they were the only how they all ate dinner on grass mats preneurship. times she ever felt unsafe. She prefers together, listening to the radio. Tianyao Kelly is a freshman who has not At the end of her freshman year, to discuss the country’s beauty. yet declared a major. She can be reached at Friedman had found herself looking “The minute you step off the plane, see UGANDA, page 4 [email protected]. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Insurance makes testing quite complicated Travels are Soulmates HIV pressure from the oversee- without health insurance continued from page 3 ing health organizations,” he could not afford treatment. a learning are found at said. Balbach fears that these means that students must “The discrimination that factors might lead to a widen- experience request to set up an appoint- is imposed upon those indi- ing health disparity between college, too ment for an HIV test. Health viduals already infected those who have health cover- SEX Services provides extensive could increase or perpetuate age and those who do not. “I UGANDA continued from page 3 pre-test counseling, and time as primary health care pro- would have liked to know how continued from page 3 is also spent discussing risks viders become aware of the the plan could have addressed It turned out that this sum- your high school sweetheart for other sexually transmitted HIV-status of their patients,” this issue,” she said, though mer, the United States and or have found your counter- diseases. Rosenbaum added. an improvement over the pre- Uganda shared an affinity for part at college, staying with “Often it is time well spent. Despite his concerns, vious guidelines. Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie.” your other half just because But still, it would be nice to Rosenbaum acknowledged Tufts students agreed, cit- “When it came on, we all it makes you feel more streamline this somehow,” the recommendations’ sig- ing the fact that routing test- decided to randomly have a secure is unfair to both of Higham said. nificance. “I think that sug- ing will likely help curb the dance party,” Friedman said, you. You both deserve to be Higham said students gesting screening for all the spread of HIV. laughing. with people that you truly would still have to pay for population that is perceived “Routine testing will be a Despite the tough spots, want to be with. There is HIV testing under the new as sexually active is an impor- good idea...more people will Friedman has no regrets. “At really no need to depend on guidelines, but that the asso- tant perspective change in know they have the disease the end of the day, I’d just your relationship status for ciated cost of $20 is low and is HIV-testing,” he said. and hopefully take appro- think ‘Yes, I’m glad I’m doing social-confidence. covered by some health insur- Balbach highlighted the priate measures to protect this,’” she said. Being in college, it’s inevi- ance providers. benefits of people knowing their partners,” senior Apurvi By the beginning of August, table that you’ll meet tons Tufts’ Community Health their HIV status. “People who Mehta said. after two and a half months in of new people who could Program Director Dr. Edith know they’re positive will Sophomore Sarah Davis Uganda, Friedman was ready well be more suited for Balbach agreed that the new take steps to protect them- also felt that routine testing to go back to the States. “It you. There’s no point keep- recommendations are a wel- selves and others, and early would be beneficial. “I think was like the ending of a good ing tabs on who has more come change. She pointed treatment for their condition it is important for everyone book,” she said. friends of the opposite sex, out that the previous guide- when their T-cell count is still who is sexually active to real- Leaving Africa was an oppor- and Facebook.com friend- lines were written in the early high will keep them healthier ize that they are at risk for tunity for Friedman to discov- ing all the girls that have left 1990s when HIV was widely for longer periods of time,” HIV,” Davis said. er the purpose of her summer. messages on your beau’s wall perceived as a “death sen- she said. Davis added that not every- “I’ve been able to figure out is just stalkerish and creepy. tence.” However, Balbach voiced one realizes their risk: “I think what development means to In the end, if you’re meant Now, at least in the United her concerns about the guide- we all still have a tendency to me,” she said. to be together you will be. If States, “HIV is considered lines. “I feel that the net that’s think that only certain acts Friedman is now consider- not, you will know. increasingly as a long term, been set up has a few holes in are dangerous, like anal sex ing a major in Environmental Whether you are keeping manageable condition,” it,” she said. for gay men,” she said. “But Studies and hungers for a new or had kept your pre-college Balbach said. Balbach explained that other acts can transmit HIV: adventure. partner because it makes you “CDC is trying to reduce Americans without health anytime anyone has a cut in Yet she said the trip also feel “safe,” or you truly think the stigma associated with insurance (46.6 million, their mouth, in small cuts in taught her about living on her you two are soulmates and HIV testing by making screen- according to the 2005 U.S. the vagina or anus, those all own. “There were days where have already named your ing normal and routine,” she Census Bureau report) gen- increase risk factors and can I felt incredibly homesick, five children, just because said. erally do not go for regular make even supposedly safe scared and out of place. If you the status quo says you’re According to junior Ari health check ups, and hence acts risky.” can survive that on your own, not going to make it, doesn’t Rosenbaum, however, patients may not be picked up by the Davis said testing should be you realize that nothing’s quite mean it’s true. can experience increased “net.” viewed as a social obligation. that bad,” she said. Your fate ultimately stigma as a result of routine She also noted the correla- “Even if an individual feels And the experience was still depends on you. But if and testing. tion of poverty to both the they are not personally high a watershed for her. “I haven’t when you do end up parting “One of the things that inability to afford health cov- risk, it is really important to quite figured everything out ways with your Mr. or Mrs. gets lost in this process is erage and to the occurrence stay up to date on testing for about it, but it’s changed me, Right, remember that your the right of the individual to of HIV. all STDs, out of a responsibil- and anyone who goes will have trusty side-kick Mr. Matsuda have agency over their own Even if they knew their HIV ity to a community, queer or the same type of revelation,” will still be there to tuck you health care, free of stigma or status, Balbach said, many not, and to lovers,” she said. she said. in.

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GALLERY REVIEW ALBUM REVIEW ‘Crane Wife’ ﬁ rst major label try for Decembrists BY DANIEL FERRY time listeners, with enough classic Contributing Writer Decemberists to keep long-time fans happy. Even before listening to it, “The From the first lyric, the vocals Crane Wife” by The Decemberists is are immediately striking. Always an interesting release. Not only is it more a songwriter than a singer, frontman Colin Meloy used to be The Crane Wife distinct for the uniqueness of his The Decemberists voice, not its quality. However, fresh from a national solo tour, he’s con- fident, and that’s all the better to Capitol hear the stories The Decemberists have constructed on this album. the much-anticipated follow-up to Grandiose lyrics have always been 2004’s critically and commercially the band’s strongest point, so this revered “Picaresque,” it is also the clearer, stronger voice makes for a eccentric Portland quintet’s first formidable addition to the album. release on a major label (Capitol The Decemberists’ approach Records). to music is literary (Meloy want- Whenever an indie mainstay ed to be a fiction writer before his makes such a move, fans and crit- sister Maile beat him to it). “The ics tend to wait with bated breath. Crane Wife” speaks primarily of COURTESY OF MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON Certainly there will be those who loss, particularly the loss of love. Manaku of Guler’s “Asking Her to Leave her Noisy Blankets Behind and Go”(1730) is part of the “Gita will dismiss this album merely The title track, split into three parts Govinda” series. because of its corporate, “The- across one track, is a retelling of the Decemberists-sold-out” issue, but Japanese folk-tale in which a peas- MFA displays the ‘Domain’ and there can be no satisfying those ant, through his own vain curiosity, who believe that anything other loses his enchanted wife. than indie is trash. This sense of loss is reiterated For the open-minded, however, throughout: in “O Valencia!,” an wide range of Indian works of art “The Crane Wife” delivers strong, see DECEMBERISTS, page 7 BY SARAH COWAN India and South Asia, spanning wall among others of different quirky material to entice first- Daily Editorial Board the 14th through 19th centu- subjects, time periods and ori- ries. On view until Nov. 26 in gins may seem antithetical to Right now at the Museum of the Torf Gallery, the paintings their initial purpose. Yet there Fine Arts, no guard will stop demonstrate the far-reach- is still something intimate you from stepping too close ing influence of Persian artis- about looking at these exqui- tic traditions and the extent site paintings, as their small Domains of Wonder: to which religion and fables size and overwhelming detail Masterworks of Indian fit into artistic endeavors and makes their closeness a part of governmental interest in art. their existence no matter what Painting Looking at these pieces now, the setting. It is easy to ignore At the Torf Gallery, through we can’t help but use the per- the people shuffling around Nov. 26 spective of modern art, finding you. Museum of Fine Arts, parallels between Eastern and Each caption gives a descrip- Western traditions. tion, though it barely scratches Boston The curators of this exhibit the surface of the intricate reli- 465 Huntington Avenue realized that not every Boston gion, the different art move- 617-267-9300 museum-goer has an in-depth ments and concepts, or the understanding of the rich region’s history. However, they Indian culture, of the mythol- offer enough of a background to the artwork. In fact, it’s ogy and religious narratives so that we understand some of better to bring a magnifying that most of the pieces reflect. the trends in values and sub- glass, to stand so close you are At the very front of the show, ject matter by the end of the cross-eyed, dizzied from the there is a long explanation of exhibit. By dividing the show intricate detail of “Domains how these works were most up into region and time period, of Wonder: Masterworks of often a part of books, made the sections are given titles like Indian Painting.” to provoke a spiritual under- “Terse Assertions,” “Rooted in From Edwin Binney III, who standing or to illustrate some the Earth,” “Devotion, Passion, owned one of the most exten- religious text. Heroism,” and “Engaging sive Indian painting collec- These viewings were done with the Visual World,” which tions in the world, this exhibit on an intimate level, and to CAPITOL RECORDS offers a broad view of art from have them hanging on a public see WONDER, page 7 Quirky indie band and mega-recording label are an (awkward) match made in heaven.

TV REVIEW Title a misnomer: ‘Ugly Betty’ displays a good personality and charm, really

BY RACHEL CHARATAN character, Betty Suarez (played by America Contributing Writer Ferrera), is a fresh graduate of Queens College who has high hopes of launching her own magazine. As a part of this goal, she decides ABC’s Thursday night dramedy “Ugly Betty” to interview at publishing companies but, of is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. The show course, is initially turned away by a highbrow is filled with flaws and clichés, slapstick company, Meade Magazines. Soon thereafter, however, Betty receives Ugly Betty a phone call saying she has been hired as assistant to Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius), the new editor-in-chief of “Mode,” the television Starring America Ferrera, Vanessa show’s version of “Vogue.” While Betty, who on the first day wears Williams, Eric Mabius a poncho with “Guadalajara” scrawled on Airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC it, tries to keep up with the fast-paced work of a world of fashion, she fails to fit in with humor and foul, immature language, and the other more attractive and well dressed yet, somehow, through all of the problems employees. Other problems arise with family shines a sympathetic young girl and her member Hilda (Ana Ortiz) as Betty’s career dreams of making it to the top. overtakes time previously dedicated to her This is the stuff that good bad TV is made father. of. And if it’s good bad TV, well, that almost In now-standard ABC fashion, “Ugly makes it bad good TV. Betty” is fueled by mysterious subplots. ABC “Ugly Betty” is based on the Colombian The office fashionista, Wilhelmina (Vanessa Woven wool ponchos with “Guadalajara” written on them are going to be so in next season telenovela, “Yo Soy Betty La Fea,” but the Williams), has ties to a dark ex-editor who ... trust us. Anglo version feels similar to this year’s film, “The Devil Wears Prada.” The eponymou see BETTY, page 7 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Class of 2007 SMILE!

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SENIORS Photographed AT THIS SESSION ONLY will have the opportunity to win $50 Gift Certificates towards a portrait package or FREE Yearbooks ! Tuesday, October 3, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 7 Despite pitfalls, ‘Crane Wife’ is faithful to Decemberists’ engaging style DECEMBERISTS The lyrics do such a poor job of explaining continued from page 5 themselves that the story is unintelligible; energetic, first single-material track which one is more likely to construe it as protesting tells of star-crossed lovers; in “Summersong,” the Iraq War than to discern the obscure tale the ballad of a love extinguished with the of a group of Russian botanists pledging to fading of summer; and in “Yankee Bayonet (I protect the cuttings and seeds entrusted to Will Be Home Then),” a ghostly song of devo- their care during the Siege of Leningrad. tion. With their usual mixture of beauty and The lucky seventh track, “Shankill creepiness, The Decemberists’ exploration of Butchers,” succeeds in being utterly creepy, loss is enthralling. and certainly merits a listen, but doesn’t have Also lost, unfortunately, is Jenny Conlee’s the staying power of, for example, “Yankee accordion. “Summersong” is the only tune Bayonet.” This leaves three underwhelming that prominently features the instrument, songs in a row — quite a gap in a 10-song and this sad situation is indicative of a general album. trend. “The Crane Wife” shirks the cellos, vio- Our heroes rally for their finale, howev- las, upright basses and brass sections we have er. As is The Decemberists’ custom, after an come to expect from The Decemberists. For album of violence, death, rape and general those accustomed to a fuller sound, it is truly unhappiness, the audience is left with some a disappointment to see the instrumental encouragement. landscape so sparse. The final song, “Sons and Daughters,” This shortage is not the album’s only disap- arguably the best of the album, is an uplift- pointment. The album opens and closes with ing address that exudes optimism. The song’s two 12-minute tracks, bound to be described enthused vocals and folksy, determined beat as “epic,” but perhaps a bit self-indulgent. close the album by letting us know that trou- To compensate, the best songs of the album bles are far behind us. are bunched around these over-sized tracks, “The Crane Wife” does suffer from certain leaving a distinct weakness in the middle of weak choices in music and arrangement, but the record. The Decemberists are still experi- these shortcomings are nowhere near suf- menting with sound, but some experiments ficient to mask the talent and engaging style are failures. “The Perfect Crime #2,” an elec- of this group. tric, almost funky track, is not a bad song, but The move to a major label means nothing certainly out of place on “The Crane Wife.” if the band is still calling all the shots, and “When the War Came” will receive no such “The Crane Wife” is strong evidence that they kindness. It not only fails to match the rest of are. The Decemberists, in all their whimsical ALICIA J. ROSE the album, it is jarring and mostly unpleasant. glory, are still crafting the music they love to The Decemberists are hard at work in their big-budget studio. Come ‘Wonder’ at the details at the MFA WONDER continued from page 5 delineate different themes in the works. Something particularly striking, as it is a peculiarity in a museum setting, is that only a handful of works in a show of 123 paintings have been attributed to an artist. In these tiny masterpieces, the artist is profoundly important, demon- strating a mastery and genius that is not only admirable, but awe-inspiring. The imagination that went into these compositions tran- scends that of their Western contemporaries, following no specific rules of space, and ABC heralds to the decorative, sur- All it takes to make someone beautiful look “Ugly” is a pair of glasses real, abstract and expressionist and a stupid stance. movements in modern art. ‘Betty’ is fun, not simply ugly

Golden paint, orna- BETTY makes “Ugly Betty” so hilarious is mental beetle shells, continued from page 5 unintentionally bad writing. Any may or may not have died in a car show that uses the crude and, not and thin, particular crash. Daniel’s father enters the to mention, non-existent words lines come together to plot because, as head of the entire “douche-y” and “fugly” in its pilot Meade company, Bradford Meade probably needs some work on its form extensive land- (Alan Dale) has very specific inter- scripts. Even more disappoint- ests regarding her death. ing are the banalities that cripple scapes, consisting of The casting of “Ugly Betty” the script, like “I’m sorry I let you every leaf and every is wonderful for what the writ- down.” ing tries to depict, namely overly The script is incongruous, as it branch, every minute stereotypical caricatures. Mabius tries to stay part satire, part drama, bird’s foot and piece and Williams are fabulous when and part after school special. To be their characters are at their worst, fair, “Ugly Betty” doesn’t bill itself of hair. though Mabius has trouble exhib- as kindling for great intellectual iting the softer side of Daniel. debate or enlightenment; it is sup-

COURTESY OF MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON Here, the show is boring for the posed to be fun, and this show has “Lovers by a Tree” (c. 1725) demonstrates a freedom in arrangement first time. fun in spades. Of course, there is a defined that characterizes the pieces in “Domain of Wonder.” Williams’ Wilhemina is always One of the most fun aspects style to each of the regions and good for a laugh as her Botox of “Ugly Betty” is the music. The time periods in Indian min- represent poetry and music perspective is almost perfect- injections and goofy relationship songs from the first episode — iature painting, but the con- and are meant to induce cer- ly precise, and it reveals the with her equally evil assistant take Donna Summer’s “She Works Hard ventions themselves are cre- tain emotions and moods. In observational skills honed by up most of her onscreen time. for the Money” and KT Tunstall’s ative and based on freedom “The Musical Mode Shuddha these artists. There is an accu- Ferrera, who also appeared in “Suddenly I See” (also, interest- in arrangement. In most, the Malhara,” painted in 1660, the racy of space and proportions “The Sisterhood of the Traveling ingly enough, part of “The Devil tops of trees or figures’ limbs skies billow with undulating that stemmed from their sen- Pants” (2005), is impressive in Wears Prada” soundtrack) — are (which are generally anatomi- clouds, swirling and curling sitivity to detail and may have the title role. Even through the upbeat and empowering. Other cally sound) extend beyond the expressionistically, reflecting had something to do with the poorly directed slapstick in which background salsa-style music ornate borders, redefining the the movement of the women attraction to the Realism move- Betty runs into doors and falls on throughout the pilot provides symbolism of the space, incor- dancing in the rain below. The ment in Europe, an influence the street, the young Honduran- some extra Latin flavor to Betty’s porating words from religious colors are rich and vibrant, that shows in some of the last American actress maintains a life. texts in inventive designs. making up scenes of action- works in the exhibit. sense of dignity. “Ugly Betty” is a delightful In terms of abstraction, filled hunts, unadulterated love, The sense of movement, flat By the end, the viewer, prob- romp once a week. It won’t win most of these are narrative sensual delights, fabled beasts colors, and incredible detail ably very abashedly, feels for “Ugly any awards and doesn’t aspire to pieces, having some specific and fights between spouses. in these paintings offers an Betty” and the difficulties she faces profundity, but after a tough week, story behind them with figures Golden paint, ornamental unusual alternative to Western as an outsider in a cutthroat busi- who needs it? Dance to a little depicting it, but there is a dis- beetle shells, and thin, particu- art. “Domains of Wonder” is a ness. She is the only truly good music and laugh at a bit of ridic- tinct quality of the portrayal of lar lines come together to form fitting title, and in an exhibit so character on the show, and for ulous programming; when you thought and emotion in form extensive landscapes, con- extensive, there doesn’t seem that, the audience can easily relate squint just right, to block out the that is especially moving. sisting of every leaf and every to be enough time in just one to her, although they might laugh problems and predictability, “Ugly In the Ragamala style, imag- branch, every minute bird’s museum visit to do each piece when she trips on things. Betty” is pretty cute after all. es known as “musical modes” foot and piece of hair. Their justice. But ultimately, much of what 8 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Tuesday, October 3, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY OFF THE HILL | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

KATHRINE J. SCHMIDT Editor-in-Chief Free press demands confidentiality EDITORIAL Part of a reporter’s job is to investigate obtained the information. This is a man who peddled steroids to Kelly Rizzetta Managing Editors issues and stories, and to inform the pub- A federal judge ordered them to jail professional athletes and only got three Andrew Silver lic about the issues. To get some of these until they will agree to testify. If jailed, months in jail. Now he’s back in jail for stories, reporters sometimes need to pro- they could remain there until the current protecting his friend. Lena Andrews Editorial Page Editors tect the identity of their sources. grand jury term expires, as late as October The two people who exposed how Samantha Goldman Jacob Maccoby Possibly the most well-known confiden- 2007. widespread steroid use really is? The two Pedro Rodriguez-Paramo tial source is “Deep Throat,” or W. Mark Prosecutors are investigating possible people whose reporting led to a number Mark Pesavento Felt, of Watergate fame. If Bob Woodward perjury and obstruction of justice by of public service announcements warn- hadn’t agreed to protect Felt’s identity, government officials, defendants in the ing children of the dangers of steroids? Zofia Sztykowski Executive News Editor it’s quite possible that the story wouldn’t BALCO case and their attorneys. No one Who forced a sport to rid itself of an illegal James Bologna News Editors have been written and that one of the big- has stepped forward as the Chronicle substance? David Pomerantz gest cover-ups in history wouldn’t have reporters’ source. They’re facing up to 12 months in pris- Marc Raifman Robert Silverblatt been uncovered. If Fainaru-Wada and Williams revealed on, pending an appeal. But someone always wants the report- their source, it would destroy their cred- Fainaru-Wada and Williams are getting Sarah Butrymowicz Assistant News Editors ers to reveal their confidential sources. ibility and make potential sources wary of jail time for doing their job, and for doing Pranai Cheroo What happens to those reporters who revealing sensitive information. And now, the government’s job. If the reporters Jenna Nissan Lilly Riber don’t? if they don’t reveal the source, they could didn’t promise confidentiality to a source, Jeremy White They get jailed. be jailed for a year. they may not have gotten the informa- Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Their situation is different from Barry tion. If they didn’t get the information, the Williams, the reporters for the San Bonds’ friend and personal trainer, Greg rest of the breakthroughs in the BALCO Anne Fricker Executive Features Editor Francisco Chronicle who helped uncover Anderson, who is currently being held in investigation would not have happened. Arianne Baker Features Editor the steroid scandal involving Major League contempt for refusing to testify in Bonds’ And they’re getting penalized for it. Baseball and the Bay Area Laboratory Co- case. Reporters need to be able to protect Matt Skibinski Assistant Features Editors Operative, could be sent to prison for 12 Anderson was convicted in the BALCO their sources. It is the only way to have a months for refusing to reveal how they scandal and spent three months in jail. free press.

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OLIVIA TEYTELBAUM | PHOBIAPHILES

A universal fear: Insects

n my search to find individuals open

enough to discuss their phobias, I have Icome across an interesting demo- graphical issue: nearly every student at Tufts

is afraid of insects.

When I say everyone, I don’t really mean everyone, just a rather hefty cross-section of the general public here. Why? I sought to discover a bit of the reasoning behind this widespread phobia. At first, it seems pretty reasonable. Insects are obnoxious, have multiple legs, many eyes, love to crawl and feed on human flesh. What’s there not to be afraid of? I mean, when we all die from nuclear radiation during Armageddon (which, by the way, definitely won’t be caused by anything natural), are we going to be jealous of the fact that CORBIS cockroaches will still be scampering about Tufts junior Scott Weiner points out that the land itself is sometimes most overlooked aspect of Middle Eastern land wars. our ravaged planet? Probably not. My general opinion is that most aver- sions we have, however minute, stem from Lines in the sand some kind of primal instinct. For example, even not liking a particular restaurant stems few weeks of being here in Israel, we all Emerson. from our instinct to protect ourselves from BY SCOTT WEINER realize that sharing this experience will Suddenly a different bright light appears food that may be imprudent to consume. change our group forever. in the sky. It shoots across the heavens at Entomophobia seems completely unfound- It is a beautiful, starlit night. A full We stop for a spell to listen to the words high speed. More follow behind it. As ed; surely a small insect is too insignificant moon’s luminescence flits across the sur- of our madricha , Noa. Youthful and ener- the object comes closer, the green and to pose any kind of threat to a human being face of the desert like the searchlight of getic, idealistic and fiery, with a sense red wing lights of an Israeli fighter jet are over five feet tall. Why do we hate them? a submarine, bathing the sand in a cool, of humor as dry as the August desert in visible. Noa continues talking, but the Maybe it’s because they are so different weak light. A soothing calm is in the air, which she is speaking, Noa tells us of the roar of the jet engines sours the land- from us; maybe that’s the survival instinct and even the dust which powders the Naboteans and their civilization. scape like toxic waste being poured into a coming into play. Most large animals that sandals and backpacks of the group has a Her breathless monologue whips river. Propellers are next, spattering onto walked the earth were either large enough soft, inviting quality to it, like fake snow in around our imaginations like her light this macabre canvas an acidic, droning, to be consumed by humans or a combina- a mall Christmas display. blonde hair which flails and bounces vibrating sludge. It is a stark, crude distur- tion of peaceful and inedible which made The group continues down the trail, not gently in its loose clip. Hardly any of us bance on the perfect reality in which we them completely non-threatening. Bugs are more than one week into our study abroad realized that the small group of candle- had found ourselves just a few minutes a different story altogether: Too small to be here in the Middle East. While we have holding Israelis in the wadi below us were before. consumed for any real dietary value, insects done quite a bit together in Israel, nothing actually occupying a well built to hold But fighter pilots don’t look at the scen- actually attack us as though expecting us to quite compares to this. The desert silence water over 2,000 years ago. Things like that ery; the Hezbollah Katyushas don’t take fight back! Perhaps it is from this confusion is irrigated by the low hum of excitement happen in Israel; nothing is more than 60 pictures and buy postcards. that the fear has sprung. and even spiritual completion. or so years old, then all of a sudden, every- Of course, it all was just a disturbance. As I recline in my oversized suede God- Perhaps it is the voice of the shechina, thing is thousands of years old. Had the group been in Lebanon, reaction sent chair, hands diligently typing away, I the ever-present spirit, itself — or just The group gasps as a shooting star to our civilian helplessness against the hear off in the far distance an alien noise, a someone’s cell phone vibrating in their streaks across the sky like an angel on horrific roar of Middle East hegemony buzzing of sorts. The sound becomes stron- bag. In any case, everyone knows that this fire. The stars watch emotionlessly as the would have been more pronounced than ger, then fades, like some deranged 1950s night of bonding is special. After only a group hums with excitement at viewing the distracted turning of a few heads. But fall-out alarm. I try to focus, but the sound this astrological event. Noa continues her things have been like this for a few weeks is so mystifying, so terrifying in its unknown Scott Weiner is a junior studying musings in this temple of nature, this now. that I can’t help but look up. I see before abroad at Ben Gurion University of palace of transcendentalism whose invit- Only in Israel would the sound of a false me, teetering helplessly, a large bee, fruit- the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel. He is ingness speaks to existence of the over- lessly tapping its nervous, incomplete torso majoring in international relations. soul more than any writing by Thoreau or see DESERT, page 10 against the window screen. I panic. Running as though the fire alarm had just been pulled (for real, this time), I dash down the hall to a compatriot’s room which I have A true representative of the black community? noticed houses an arsenal of insect-abol- ishing paraphernalia. Raid? Too stinky. Hot black achievement in these areas, but come to Tufts, such as Ann Coulter, Shot? Messy. Flyswatter? PERFECT. BY KIM MITCHELL this does not mean that black people and have spoken in a debate setting I take hold of the lethal instrument, run- are incompetent in other areas, as Dr. where the audience could hear two ning with conviction back to the scene of On Tuesday, Sept. 26, Dr. Shelby Steele implied. competing points of view. In an envi- the defamation. Ah…the familiar buzzing Steele was the speaker for the annual His comments assumed that blacks ronment like Tufts where some stu- sound is still looming! The beast must be Snyder Presidential Lecture. Dr. Steele, exist as a monolith, being relatively dents have known very few black peo- near. a senior fellow at Stanford University’s homogeneous and equivalent to noth- ple in their lives, Dr. Steele’s argument I spot it on a far wall, nervously inspect- Hoover Institution, focused on issues ing more than our negative stereo- caused some students to walk away ing Orlando Bloom’s forehead. I approach pertaining to race relations. types. He did not clearly define the from the lecture taking his arguments with the cool, calm and professionalism Generalizations filled his speech, ways in which he considered black as “Gospel truth.” of a General Zaroff, poised to kill. I cock which I found to be both hurtful Americans “underdeveloped,” but his Dr. Steele’s speech sought largely to the swatter back, keeping the abomination and unjust as an analysis of African- argument de-legitimizes all the efforts promote his new book. It was strange in sight. Then, in one fell swoop, I take a American people. Though himself a of black professionals. to hear this older black man speak tremendous swat at Orlando, managing to black scholar, he listed black people as I have a few concerns about Dr. at a predominantly white university leave a flyswatter-sized indentation on his an underdeveloped group without any Steele’s presentation, including the about “white guilt,” incongruently jok- distinguished countenance. I am complete- great achievements except in the areas setting of his speech, his biases and ing that white Americans should not ly still as I listen for any sign of the monster. of sports, music and entertainment. the power of his influence. The speech feel guilty about what has happened Wait … there it is … buzzing against the Very often, the media does highlight took place at Balch Arena, where Dr. to blacks because blacks do not feel window again, this time, barely (and luck- Steele spoke for an hour, and was fol- guilty about what has happened to ily) making it through the tiny crack. ‘Til we Kimberly Mitchell is a senior at Tufts lowed by a question and answer ses- Native Americans. meet again, little man. ‘Til we meet again… majoring in history. You can contact sion. Aaron Lee, lying on the floor in front of his her at [email protected] Other controversial speakers have see STEELE, page 10 see TEYTELBAUM, page 10

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[email protected]. 10 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Student reflects on Middle East conflict Lecturer doesn’t speak for all blacks DESERT Palestinian speak of building a corridor STEELE solutions that do not affect the roots continued from page 9 between the West Bank and Gaza through continued from page 9 of such social issues, he appeared fire alarm sounding mindlessly in a uni- the land on which we were walking this He argued that black “underdevelop- to argue that present-day racism and versity hallway provoke questions about night. The plan would have, of course, split ment” is the sole cause for inequalities inequality exists nowhere else except a sfira, a siren which warns of incoming Israel in two, meaning that Israel was most between black and white Americans. in the African-American mind. rockets, from the students in a classroom. certainly opposed to it. Because he believes that inequalities Dr. Steele failed to speak about One morning, workers were dropping fur- The Israeli-Arab conflict is a land fight. in America since the 1960s have no the disparities in public school edu- niture from an apartment to the ground Of course, ideology and religion, politics longer been based on racial injustice, cation or the serious flaws in the below with loud, pronounced thuds, and and history all weave together like the intri- he argued that “white guilt” mistak- American criminal justice system that one girl thought to herself, “The rockets cate pattern on a yarmulke or hijab . But at enly creates programs like Affirmative trap many black males. His failure to are this far south already?” Things have not its simplest, crudest state, this is a fight over Action to dissociate white America acknowledge more of the issues black been the same. land. from the stigma of being called rac- Americans face and his complete lack And as we head back to Be’er Sheva in ist. of faith in our academic, economic our air-conditioned bus, the speckles of and self-governing potential makes The Israeli-Arab conflict is a light across the empty desert are settle- him a questionable authority to speak land fight. Of course, ideol- ments conceived by the early Zionists to It is easy to believe that for and about black people. prove habitation of land. For some audience members, the ogy and religion, politics and But there are no lines in the sand, no because Dr. Steele is black, fact that he is African-American has a Area A’s, green lines or semi-autonomous he speaks as a representa- powerful influence and adds merit to history all weave together regions — just desert. his arguments. It is easy to believe that like the intricate pattern on a The conflict has moved from lines on tive for many black people. because Dr. Steele is black, he speaks Ottoman maps to lines on British and as a representative for many black yarmulke, or hijab. But at its French maps to lines on Arab and Jewish But he does not speak for people. But he does not speak for me, simplest, crudest state, this is maps. But before the next bus is blown apart me, nor for several other nor for several other black students or the next tourist stabbed, those who have and professors I have spoken to. a fight over land. dedicated their lives — or deaths — to the black students and profes- How can his message be a construc- conflict should take a look at the land over sors I have spoken to. tive critique if he acknowledges so little which they are fighting to appreciate it, about the complexities of the African- But as the group stands up and contin- admire it and maybe learn from it. Everyone American experience? I implore those ues along the sands of the Negev, trod on fights over the land, but when did the land of you who heard and remember his by humans not so unlike us for thousands start to be valued less than the fight? What was hurtful as a black audi- speech to also remember my words: of years, perhaps the sameness, the recur- It is a beautiful, starlit night. A full moon’s ence member was Dr. Steele’s treat- This argument has a million sides, rence, of conflict has been all too “the luminescence flits across the surface of the ment of the present-day situation of many of which offer fewer misrep- same.” desert like the search light of a submarine, black people. While he believes that resented outlooks on both the black Months back, I had listened to a bathing the sand in a cool, weak light. programs like welfare are temporary community and race relations.

Bugs beneficial, but still scary to many TEYTELBAUM continued from page 9 dorm room, is awake enough at 2:30 a.m. to immediately respond to me asking him what he is most afraid of: “Spiders, no duh.” In the average person’s lifetime, have spiders given enough trouble to give rise to this intense loathing? Probably not. “They’re just so … gross … and they’ve got legs -- lots of them.” So what? Octopi have eight tentacles with suckers on them and no one seems to denounce octopi as the scariest creatures around. Maybe it’s because spiders can actually sting to kill. Of the 40,000 species of spiders, less than 200 are known to cause any kind of harm to humans and only a handful of the 200 are deadly. That means that less than one percent of the known spider population is deadly. Even of those, only two live in the con- tinental United States, the others residing mainly in Africa, Australia and Brazil. That narrows our odds down to a .005 percent chance of being bit. Honestly, guys, my chance of getting into Harvard, Yale, Brown and Princeton simul- taneously, is higher. But even I, typically the person in the classroom to get up and squash the spider that has just stopped the world from spinning, was frightened to scroll through Wikipedia for fear of what I might … see. The only reason I’ve been mentioning the spider is because it is the insect that gives humans the most probable cause for dislik- ing it. Our fears of insects such as flies, bees, dragonflies and cockroaches are even more asinine. “The feeling of them crawling on my skin is just so nasty,” says Lee. “I don’t even know what I’d do if one crawled on my face.” For guys like him, there’s just no hope that their greatest fear will be eradicated. Despite the fact that insects do a great deal of good for us on the planet, that never really seems to be involved in our reasoning for finding anything mildly appealing about them. Our best bet is probably to continue carrying around repellant and swatting. It hasn’t let us down yet. National 11 THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Former migrant workers have relocated to the Midwest BY GREG BURNS growth,” said Kenneth Johnson, McClatchy Tribune rural demographer at Chicago’s Loyola University. Mexican migrant workers have Still, no one’s marching down picked the crops around this the streets of Cobden for immi- farming community in the south- gration rights or holing up in its ern tip of Illinois for decades, and churches seeking asylum. In fact, Jerry Jimenez, true to his roots, the Mexican population blends in was stooping over a long row of more seamlessly than its swelling pepper plants. numbers might suggest. But contrary to the stereotypes, Unlike flashpoints such as Jimenez owns his tidy farm here Beardstown, Ill., where Mexican and hasn’t picked vegetables for workers pouring in for factory a living in decades. As he sipped jobs faced open hostility in the coffee on the porch of his com- 1990s, the problems in Cobden fortable farmhouse, the 63-year- tend to be as small as the town. old entrepreneur outlined an “The gradual growth may make ambitious plan for expanding his it easier for the local commu- hot pepper-jelly business over the nity to accept the newcomers,” Internet. Johnson said. “We want to see how far we can That’s how it went for Jacob take it,” he said. Clutts, now a senior at Southern Times have changed in Cobden. Illinois University in Carbondale, Its population of 1,102 includes 15 miles to the north, who recalled dozens of former migrants who feeling uncomfortable around the have settled here permanently, Mexican kids at his Cobden school boosting an otherwise dwin- years ago. dling community and launching New arrivals scraping together a some of the only new businesses living through seasonal farm work ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/MCT around. were viewed harshly as “trying to Mariano Carmona, left, his wife Emerenciana, right, and daughters Asuncion Morales and Ameliz Amezquiata Across the Corn Belt, as the milk off us,” he said, and their talk with Father Federico Huguera in Cobden, Ill. on Aug. 31. children of longstanding residents conversations in Spanish made have moved out of rural hamlets him feel they were talking behind as he visited Mexico, got to know the customers started bringing all ethnic backgrounds line up for in search of better job opportuni- his back. his new neighbors and developed along their children to translate, lunch at the downtown taqueria. ties, Mexican workers and their There was no hiding those dif- friendships. He learned enough he said. Basler says he always appreciat- families have moved in. ferences at a school where the Spanish to recognize no one was The 70-year-old Basler retired ed that by providing labor for the The Hispanic population mascot remains a freckle-faced talking about him, either, he said. four years ago, but he still opens region’s apple and peach orchards, of Illinois shot up 19.4 percent white guy in overalls known as Mike Basler also recalls feeling his empty feed store every morn- Mexican workers “saved” the between 2000 and 2005, accord- an “Appleknocker,” and folks still “nervous” when Spanish-speaking to shoot the breeze with his community’s farm economy. Now ing to U.S. Census data. Even as speak reverently about the all- ing customers first started shop- buddies, reminiscing about the Hispanic businesses help keep the overall population declined white basketball team that made ping at the feed store his fam- days when Cobden had a movie the downtown alive too, though here in rural Union County, the the state championships in 1964. ily ran for generations along the house, a couple of small hotels and the migrant population is coming number of Hispanic residents Now a part-time youth minister at town’s main drag, Appleknocker as many as five grocery stores. under pressure. expanded. a Cobden church, the 21-year-old Drive. The tension faded as his Today, Cobden has two grocer- “Hispanics have fueled all the Clutts says his feelings changed wife picked up some phrases, and ies, both Mexican, and locals of see MIGRANTS, page 12

Shippers: We’re getting railroaded Study finds beauty can work both ways BY ANDREW MARTIN Complainants range from grain farmers BY JENNIFER CHAMBERLAIN A separate group of students eval- McClatchy Tribune and chemical companies to paper manu- McClatchy Tribune uated the pictures for a number of facturers and utilities. Shippers said they traits, including attractiveness. The Surface Transportation Board for- understand that railroads need to charge People are more likely to trust a The researchers found that, on mally resolves its disputes in the Linda higher prices to pick up freight in out-of- pretty face, but when that trust is average, the students deemed attrac- Morgan Room, a sleek space of blond- the-way locales. But while the law man- betrayed, the backlash can be ugly, tive received more money and also wood walls with television monitors hang- dates reasonable rates for captive shippers, according to a study published tended to reciprocate more gener- ing from the ceiling and a smiling portrait critics say railroads are essentially uncon- recently by Rice University. ously. of Morgan, the federal agency’s first direc- strained in what they charge because the Numerous studies have shown However, initial recipients also tor, at the entrance. Surface Transportation Board is so weak. that attractive people generally make expected more cash from the attrac- This is the place where freight railroads “We put this little tissue paper in front more money, get higher reviews from tive students, and when they received and their customers battle over rates and of the railroads, and the railroads just eat their supervisors and are viewed as less, punished them more harshly by service. these people up,” said Robert Szabo, execu- being more intelligent and trustwor- skimping on the returned money. And where is Linda Morgan? She’s now tive director of Consumers United for Rail thy. What surprised researchers in “Human beings make decisions a lobbyist for Union Pacific, one of only Equity, another group that is pushing for this study was that subjects deemed based on stereotypes, it’s like a short- four major freight rail companies left in the tougher regulation of railroads. attractive also were penalized more hand way of making judgments, and country. In many instances, the additional freight harshly for failing to live up to expec- when we do that, we make mistakes,” Railroad companies have found that costs are simply passed along to consum- tations. Eckel said. Morgan’s room is a friendly place where, in ers. “There’s a lot of work in experi- And those mistakes can have broad recent years, they rarely lose. In Lafayette, La., for instance, the city mental economics and in other social and economic consequences. “How would you like to try a case there?” gets about 60 percent of its electricity from a aspects of economics like labor eco- “For example, suppose that when asked Michael Grisso, executive director of power plant that receives regular shipments nomics where they find that attrac- you have an opportunity to have an the Alliance for Rail Competition, an advo- of coal by rail from Wyoming. Though there tive people have a beauty premium,” interaction with somebody, you’re cacy group. are competitive tracks along 1,500 miles of said Catherine Eckel, a professor of more likely to pick someone who is Deregulation of railroads has led to the the route, the last 19 miles are controlled by economics at the University of Texas of one type rather than another. Then sharp reduction in rail carriers and severely Union Pacific, which will only offer the city at Dallas who co-authored the study as you begin to aggregate that to the limited options of some shippers. Large a rate based on the entire 1,519-mile route. with Rice professor Rick Wilson. whole economy, what you might see swaths of the country, notably the Great “Thus, by this simple strategy, we are “It’s kind of a pervasive thing, but is that people of that other type don’t Plains, are served by only one railroad and not able to gain access to the competitive the twist that we have in our paper get as many opportunities to interact often are referred to as “captive shippers.” transportation alternative that is otherwise that you don’t see in the others is this as people of the first type,” Eckel The Surface Transportation Board is sup- available to us for (1,500) miles of our move- `beauty penalty,’” she said. “What we explained. posed to make sure railroads don’t unfairly ment,” the utility said. “We estimate that we see in our data is that people have This, in turn, can reduce economic overcharge those areas where there is so are paying $6 million too much annually very high expectations of attractive opportunities and become a mecha- little competition. — which flows through to the ratepayers in people, and when they’re disappoint- nism for discrimination, she said. Shippers, including farmers, say they are our city.” ed, they react.” John Challenger, chief execu- routinely gouged — an allegation recently Finnish paper company UPM says it In the study called “Judging a Book tive of Chicago outplacement firm supported by a preliminary report by the costs about the same to ship paper from by Its Cover: Beauty and Expectations Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Government Accountability Office — and Finland to a customer in central Indiana in the Trust Game,” 206 university said there’s no doubt perceptions that the board has done little to stop it. — a 5,000-mile trip by ship to the East students were asked to participate in of attractiveness are among many Shippers lose most of their cases of late Coast and along competitive freight rails a series of “trust games.” factors in workplace relationships. before the board, and they also are discour- to Indiana — as it does to ship it 900 miles Each student was given 10 “lab “That then impacts promotions and aged from filing complaints in the first along a captive rail line from its plant in dollars.” Then they were told they terminations and scapegoating and place. The filing fee is $140,600 and the Minnesota. could send any amount of the money other kinds of behaviors that take cost of litigating a case averages about $3 “We could be shipping more there if it to other students, making their place every day,” he said. million — and those cases typically drag on wasn’t for the logistics,” said Joe Maher, gen- choices based on photographs. The The good news is that workers for more than three years, according to the eral manager of UPM’s Minnesota plant. study moderators then tripled the who recognize those factors and GAO and the board’s records. Farmers in the Great Plains don’t have amount sent to the recipients, who raise what Challenger refers to as Though the board put out guidelines in such choices. In Beach, N.D., a tiny town were allowed to decide how much to EQ, or emotional intelligence, can 1997 to simplify the process for small ship- refund to the sender, also based only pers, only one such case has been filed. see RAILROADED, page 12 on photographs. see BEAUTY, page 12 12 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Hispanic population in Midwest rising Deregulation of railroads reduces MIGRANTS leagues to serve migrants with disabilities continued from page 11 in out-of-the-way places like this. the number of options for shippers The Bartolo family launched the town’s Jimenez knew firsthand that help was RAILROADED five years, however, railroads have won six taqueria two years ago after decades spent needed, having grown up with agricultur- continued from page 11 of nine cases. working seasonally in the orchards around al labor. Born in Taft, Texas, near Corpus on the Montana border, farmers said The board conceded that former board Cobden. Business is slow during the week, Christi, Jimenez worked in the fields with there aren’t enough trucks to haul all members and staff attorneys had gone to but busier on the weekends, says Fidel his parents and the eight other children in their wheat, so they are dependent on the work for the railroads, but it noted that Bartolo, a 57-year-old former farm worker his family picking cucumbers, carrots and one rail line that runs through town, the a former board member from its prede- who also helps manage the migrant hous- cotton. Burlington Northern Santa Fe. cessor agency, the Interstate Commerce ing camp on the outskirts of town. Even after he made it into college with As much as one-third of the money Commission, became head of a shipper The Bartolos bought their home here in the help of the Presbyterian Church, he a farmer receives for a bushel of wheat organization. And Hamberger noted that the early 1990s and plan to stay, he said. found summer work driving trucks and is paid to Burlington Northern to ship it his industry’s customers — including the “It’s a good place. Quiet. There’s a lot more shoveling peas for Green Giant. Once he by rail to either Minneapolis or the West agriculture, chemical and coal lobbies families settling down over here.” graduated, he said goodbye to farm work, Coast. To remain competitive with wheat — are just as powerful as the railroads in At St. Joseph Catholic Church just a block launching his career in Illinois state govern- from elsewhere, farmers simply absorb Washington, if not more so. from downtown, the Rev. Federico Higuera ment after a U.S. Army stint. those costs, they said. Morgan disputed the notion that the recalls that when he arrived in Cobden 20 When he and his wife, Carol, a foreign- “These guys have a monopoly, and railroads and the board are too close. years ago, conducting masses in Spanish language teacher, decided to retire, they they are sticking it to us,” said farmer While she was chairwoman, she said, she and English, Mexican workers were valued returned to the countryside, choosing a Gary Farstveet. “made decisions that the railroads didn’t for cheap labor but isolated from the com- 17-acre spread with a panoramic view that Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., has intro- like, believe me.” munity. hadn’t been farmed in recent memory. duced legislation that would make it eas- As for the name of the hearing room, As more migrants settled in the area per- Bored after less than a year, Jimenez ier for shippers to challenge cases before given her current position as a railroad manently, “We’re in a very interesting tran- used his rototiller to turn over 2 acres of the Surface Transportation Board. To lobbyist, Morgan said the room was sition,” he said. “Very much improved.” level ground, anxious to see if the land date, he said, the railroads have refused to named after her as a gesture of thanks Friction still arises over “silly” things, he would support some of the chili peppers he meet with him to discuss ways to address from employees. said, such as different standards for front- remembered from his childhood in South complaints of captive shippers. The railroads have historically exerted lawn neatness, or celebrations that attract Texas. After a few months, he had more “If we don’t get the STB into a position tremendous influence in Washington, attention. Higuera said drinking brings ten- chile de arbol, guajillo, habaneros, pequin where they can get tough, then we might and that remains a fact today. sions to the surface, and scuffles erupted and tepin than he could possibly sell. as well go back to reregulation,” Burns Consider the links in the White House at a Mexican Independence Day bash a The following year, he and his wife said. “We didn’t set this up to watch a alone: Vice President Dick Cheney is a couple of years back. got serious, introducing processed pep- monopoly.” former board member of Union Pacific; Some Mexican parents have rebelled per products such as jalapeno lemon jelly, In response, Edward Hamberger, former White House Chief of Staff Andrew against the freedom accorded American chipotle salsa and dried peppers of all vari- president of the Association of American Card now sits on the railroad’s board; and teens, and Higuera said one of his parishio- eties, prepared in the commercial kitch- Railroads, said captive shippers (he pre- Treasury Secretary John Snow was chief ners stormed back to Mexico after conclud- en and retail store they built behind their fers “single-served shippers”) are com- executive at CSX before President Bush ing he could never raise children in such a house. plaining about the laws of supply and appointed him. permissive environment. With profit margins far greater than fresh demand. The railroads are generous contribu- A centerpiece of downtown Cobden is a peppers, the processed products have real “The bottom line is that some people tors to congressional campaigns and rank well-equipped technology center, operated moneymaking potential. In their third year, pay more than others,” he said. “That’s among the top sponsors of congressio- by the Illinois Migrant Council. It’s open to the Jimenez family produced new labels, the way the whole economy works.” nal junkets to such destinations as Palm all comers, and non-Hispanics routinely new marketing and an updated Web site, The Surface Transportation Board Springs and Pebble Beach, Calif., and drop in to use the free computers alongside DarnHotPeppers.com. would respond only to questions in Jackson Hole, Wyo. their Hispanic neighbors. With $50,000 invested out-of-pocket, “It’s writing. In an eight-page response, the CSX, one of the major railroads, owns The town is “much more integrated than not a hobby,” Carol Jimenez said, emphati- board stated that railroads are allowed the luxurious Greenbrier Resort in West before,” noted Jeri Kinser, the center’s direc- cally. “We talk peppers every day.” to charge captive shippers more than Virginia, a favorite getaway for members tor. Asked if discrimination persists, Kinser This year, the company is part of an agri- shippers with transportation alternatives. of Congress. and fellow Council employee Brenda Pessin tourism circuit sponsored by the University Even so, board officials noted that overall The three members of the Surface exchanged a nervous smile before agree- of Illinois, which is trying to build a joint- rates have declined since deregulation in Transportation Board are appointed ing that relations have improved, although marketing program for vegetable and fruit 1980. by the White House and confirmed by slowly. growers. A similar campaign has helped the As for the process of adjudicating com- the Senate. They, too, have historically Jimenez wasn’t worried when he estab- area’s dozen or so wineries attract visitors to plaints, the board said it is reviewing its enjoyed a close relationship with the rail- lished his Rancho Bella Vista in May 2003, this sparsely populated part of the state. procedures for complaints filed by large roads. on a street just off Appleknocker Drive. He “We’ve got a big dream,” Jimenez said. “I and small shippers to reduce the cost and Just as Morgan left to become a rail- knew about Cobden from his career at the hope we can do something large that would complexity of those cases. road lobbyist, so did her successor. Roger Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services, help the southern Illinois community and The board noted that in the 11 years Nober, chairman of the board from 2002 where he oversaw the southern half of help Cobden. This is our community and since its creation, the record is nearly until 2006, is a Washington lobbyist for the state and pressed his government col- we want to see it grow.” even: Railroads, 7, Shippers, 6. In the last Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.

Beauty only skin deep, but pretty face goes a long

BEAUTY continued from page 11 give them an advantage in resolving issues that might arise based on snap judgments. “In big, complex organizations, interpersonal skill and knowledge is a great benefit to those who possess it. So if you know that people are reacting to you in an inauthentic way because of your appearance, you can seek solutions to those issues. ... Sometimes that may mean avoiding those people, sometimes it may mean coming to terms with them. It takes more effort to break down those barriers or try different solutions,” he said. Challenger said he has seen a trend of companies working to address interpersonal relationships and build common ground among employees, through executive coaching and other programs. “So I think companies are recognizing that EQ is not just innate but also can be a learned behavior,” he said. Eckel said her research has also shown that the only way to change stereotypes is to be aware of them. And, as it turns out, our mothers may have been right when they told us that “pretty is as pretty does.” “The takeaway message here is that people have the wrong idea about attractiveness,” she said. “Attractive people, well, they’re not less trustworthy than other people, but they’re not more trustworthy either. So if we’re aware of our biases we can do a little better job of making decisions.” International 13 THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Mexico arrives upon 60 days of political uncertainty

BY ENRIQUE ANDRADE GONZALEZ government’s best allies. become a shadow-like peoples’ McClatchy Tribune Through these accords the government. PRI is winning back much of The grievances and discon- Vicente Fox has less than 60 what was lost on Election Day. tent, the objections and frustra- days left in his six year term Key congressional posts, sup- tions, are also attempts to mutate as president of Mexico, which port for its 17 governors, elec- into a distinct social movement ends Nov. 30, and the months of toral alliances, protection for with one foot in the streets and October and November will not party members, and govern- the other in Congress. A plan only be the last of his adminis- ment positions that will guaran- and a program, a government tration but too the most uncer- tee compliance with the agree- and its “president,” with an tain. As well, during this time ments. unwillingness to acknowledge the first signs of what to expect And all of this, yes calculated, the elected executive and leg- from the new National Action must be a provocative factor for islative bodies of government Party government will surface, Lopez Obrador’s Party of the emanating from the past elec- along with the strategy of the Democratic Revolution. tion, but forming part of the Manuel Andres Lopez Obrador It is obvious that neither the same. led opposition. federal government nor the A movement that will use So far it appears that the Calderon team have made pro- urban demonstrations and incoming government will have active responses to Mexico’s confrontations to impede the a two-pronged base: one being post-election conflict. Quite passage of bills and legislation, governance through security the opposite, they have never while at the same time using its institutions, while the second grasped the magnitude of the position in Congress to support would be based on politically defiance, and due to naivete or social proposals, and to change negotiated accords, mainly with error on more than one occa- the institutions of the state. A members of the Institutional sion they have thrown more fuel revolution from within with Revolutionary Party. In the on the fire. external social pressures. Mexican Congress, that took Thus it can be said that the Too, according to the left office Sept. 1, alliances between so-called National Democratic Lopez Obrador is a president- the PAN and the PRI are already Convention, which was held in elect ratified by an entity that proving fruitful as the two parties Mexico City on Sept. 16, was is no more questionable than are dividing the most important Lopez Obrador’s response to the the Federal Electoral Institute political and economic commit- political affronts, institutional and the Federal Electoral tees between themselves, with deficiencies, legal paralyses and Tribunal that gave the victory to the edge going to the PRI. popular discontent that resulted Calderon. Furthermore, the budding from the July 2 elections. Still, and in addition to law, legislative alliance is pointing to Of course the temporary lull in important factors marking the a possible deal in the make up demonstrations in Mexico City difference between the elected of the forthcoming Cabinet of does not mean that the game is future president of Mexico and President-elect Felipe Calderon, over, for the resistance now has the pretender must be remem- and it is looking more and more a well-defined reason for rejec- bered. Things like control as if at least three top posts tion. In the words of Ignacio of Mexico’s public safety and could go to people tied to PRI Marvan, one of Lopez Obrador’s police institutions, including power groups, governors and advisors, “our immediate objec- the army; the new alliance with congressional leaders. Which tive is to organize in order to the PRI, although it is still frag- would represent a rightist gov- peacefully resist the imminent ile; the discretional handling ernment supported by the tra- government of usurpation, and of the budget; and the support ditional groups within the PRI, to adopt a minimum program in of Mexico’s two television net- especially labor unions and order to fight it efficiently.” works. campesino organizations. And the post-election move- The next 60 days will be So, curiously, in this second ment, with the support of leg- important in order to determine stage of government by the PAN, islators from the new Broad if these influences are enough those who were enemies during Progressive Front (that includes for Felipe Calderon to come BOB PEPPING/MCT the six years of the Fox adminis- the PRD, Labor Party, and to power, and to exercise that Mexican president Vicente Fox addresses a joint session of the California tration now seem like the future Convergence Party), intends to power once he takes office. state legislature on May 25, in Sacramento, Calif. Scandals complicate Brazilian Iraqi police seen yielding grip president’s bid for re-election of the streets to Shiite militias BY JACK CHANG ers surprised experts by punishing McClatchy Tribune politicians accused of misconduct: BY NANCY YOUSSEF said the U.S. military official, who spoke on —Voters denied re-election to 61 McClatchy Tribune the condition of anonymity because of the The failure of Brazilian President of 67 legislators suspected of involve- sensitivity of the topic. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to win re- ment in a wide-ranging scheme in Efforts to halt sectarian violence in Iraq But more and more police officers are election outright Sunday may indi- which legislators allegedly accepted have been thwarted in part because Shiite being threatened by militia members to cate that Brazilians have finally grown bribes to buy overpriced ambulances Muslim militiamen and the politicians look the other way — and they do so rather weary of corruption scandals and with public money. who support them routinely intimidate than risk retaliation. that the former-trade-union-leader- —In the northeastern state of Bahia, members of Iraq’s nascent police force into “It’s this world where a guy sticks out turned-politician is weaker than many voters rejected the re-election of heav- allowing the militias to control the streets, at some base for performing absolutely to analysts had thought. ily favored Gov. Paulo Souto, whose according to a top U.S. military official, standard, and then he gets leaned on to That was the reading here one day mentor is a longtime political boss Iraqi politicians and Iraqi police officials. let someone through a checkpoint,” the after Lula missed winning re-elec- who’s been the target of numerous The intimidation of police officers and official said. Frequently, the police officer tion by more than a percentage point, ethics investigations. their commanders is as big a threat to the acquiesces. “It’s not worth it” to resist, the garnering 48.6 percent of the vote, —Voters in the state of Pernambuco police’s ability to stop murders and kidnap- official said. less than the majority he needed to shot down a bid by Severino Cavalcanti pings as the infiltration of the police force On Monday, Maliki announced a plan be declared the victor. Now analysts to regain a seat in Congress. Cavalcanti by Shiite militiamen, the U.S. military offi- with representatives of the largest politi- who’d been predicting a relatively resigned last year as president of cial said. Intimidation is a tougher problem cal blocs to address the militias, saying easy Lula victory are anticipating a the Chamber of Deputies after being because it can’t be addressed by plucking that only the police should be armed and tough battle before the runoff Oct. accused of bribing a restaurant con- infiltrators from the police department, the conceding that militias threaten the future 29 with opposition candidate Geraldo cessionaire. official said. of his government. But his plan offered no Alckmin, who won 41.6 percent of the Both presidential candidates made Militias, particularly the Mahdi Army specifics other than to outline committees votes. it clear Monday that allegations of of fiery Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, are that will further investigate the issues. At the root of Lula’s ballot shortfall corruption would be the centerpiece believed to be responsible for much of the In the meantime, police officers say the was a scandal that broke two weeks of the weeks leading up to the runoff. sectarian violence that’s swept Baghdad threat of intimidation is heightened by their before the election, in which members Lula said he didn’t fear what inves- since the February bombing of a Shiite reli- sense that the government can do little to of his Workers’ Party were accused of tigations into the most recent scandal gious shrine in Samarra. U.S. officials have protect them. paying almost $800,000 for damaging might turn up. He called the alleged warned that the militias pose a bigger threat In many Baghdad neighborhoods, Shiite information about Alckmin and Jose failed smear campaign “a shot in the to Iraq’s stability than Sunni insurgents, militiamen, especially members of the Serra, who became the governor-elect foot.” and they’ve pressured Prime Minister Nouri Mahdi Army, are the only security visible of Sao Paulo state Sunday. “This is a thing, for me, inexpli- al-Maliki’s government to root out militia on the streets. Police feel obligated to the “There was clearly a reaction to cable,” he said. “I think the federal members from the police force. militiamen for their protection as well as all the scandals,” said Beatriz Pardi, police have the authority to do a good, But U.S. officials say intimidation is a for the safety of their homes and families in a founder of the Workers’ Party. “We serious investigation and show the separate problem, one they don’t know how neighborhoods where the government can- paid a price for this.” Brazilian people what happened.” to fix. not muster enough forces to stop attacks by Voter anger at corruption wasn’t Alckmin, a former governor of Sao “If this were a case of all I do is go through Sunni Muslim insurgents. limited to the presidential race. Across and find the card-carrying (militia) mem- this 187 million-person country, vot- see SCANDAL, page 15 bers, yeah, that is pretty straightforward,” see POLICE, page 15 14 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Former Senator Edwards visits, calls for attention to Uganda

BY SHASHANK BENGALI els have abducted some 30,000 McClatchy Tribune boys and girls to serve as soldiers or sex slaves, and have Former Sen. John Edwards robbed thousands more of of North Carolina, the 2004 their parents. Democratic vice-presidential In recent weeks, negotia- nominee who’s widely expect- tions between the rebels and ed to make a run for the presi- the Ugandan government dency in 2008, completed his have brought the best hopes first visit to Uganda on Monday for peace since the war began. in what he called an effort to But Edwards said that the chal- draw attention to one of the lenges won’t end with a peace world’s most neglected refugee deal. crises. “People are worried about Edwards’ visit was spon- their needs once that transition sored by the New York- occurs,” Edwards said at his based International Rescue hotel in Kampala, the capital. Committee, whose officials “Are they going to have decent took him to IRC projects in water? How far away is it going the district of Kitgum, where to be? Are they going to be able nearly all the people live in to put their kids in school?” government camps, and out- “World attention has not side the town of Lira, where caught up to the problems of some people displaced by war- northern Uganda,” the Lira fare have begun returning to district chairman, Franco Ojur, their homes. told the IRC delegation on A two-person film crew that Sunday. Edwards brought with him For Edwards, who’s sched- from the United States shad- uled to travel to Beijing later owed him throughout his visit. this month, the trip might Edwards said the most help burnish his image should haunting moment of his visit he make a presidential run. was the desperate look he saw Edwards has been campaigning in the eyes of an 8-year-old hard on behalf of Democratic orphan girl he met under a candidates for Congress mango tree. Rebel fighters had throughout the United States. killed her parents, and she’d On Wednesday, two days been adopted by a local family. before leaving for Uganda, he Like nearly 2 million others, was in Virginia stumping for they fled their homes to escape Democratic Senate hopeful Jim the fighting and live in a camp Webb. where getting food, water and Edwards — whose 2004 other basic needs is a daily stump speech reminded every- struggle. one that he was “the son of a “It was painful to see a child mill worker” — has empha- that age — about the age of my sized poverty issues. He said daughter Emma Claire — and he found similarities between the difference in their eyes was poor communities in the like night and day,” Edwards United States and the wretch- said, hours before boarding a ed state of Uganda’s camps, plane to return to the United where the IRC estimates that States. 900 people each week die of A mysterious rebel group malaria and other preventable known as the Lord’s Resistance diseases. Army has engaged in a 20-year “The spirit of people having campaign of murder and muti- a very, very hard time is exactly lation across northern Uganda, what I’ve seen in people liv- a lush, rural country roughly ing in poverty in America,” he the size of Oregon. The reb- said. Tuesday, October 3, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 15 U.S. forces in Afghanistan ﬁ ghting back with new approach

BY JONATHAN LANDAY The problem, current and former The operation by 9,000 U.S. and McClatchy Tribune U.S., European and Afghan offi- Afghan troops is focused on five cials and officers agreed, is that the eastern provinces bordering Taliban Raz Mohammad, the newly United States failed to follow its own sanctuaries in Pakistan. installed police chief in this town strategy in Afghanistan after the While the soldiers continue to of adobe compounds, ramshackle overthrow of the Taliban in 2001. fight the insurgents, they’re also put- shops and rickety stalls, needed Instead, they said, the Bush ting greater emphasis on bolstering help, and he needed it quickly. administration, hostile to “nation- the shaky local governments and The Taliban had torched part of building,” relied too heavily on mili- police departments in Afghanistan’s his headquarters the previous week, tary firepower and concentrated on districts (the equivalent of counties) killed his civilian boss a day ear- hunting Osama bin Laden’s follow- or establishing them where they lier, and now they were gunning ers, not rebuilding one of the most don’t exist. for him. Fifteen of Mohammad’s 20 devastated countries on Earth. Task Force Warrior soldiers do officers had bolted. Then there was The failure to make good on what they call “a wave test” to deter- the fact that the local militia chief he pledges of massive reconstruc- mine whether a village is under was replacing commanded 30 well- tion has soured many Afghans on Taliban sway. armed fighters and probably was in President Hamid Karzai and his U.S. “The first time we came through cahoots with the Taliban. supporters. Among the Pashtuns, here, we did a wave test to see if “I can’t sleep at night. ... I’m afraid the country’s dominant ethnic children waved back,” explained he will stab me in the back,” said the group, sympathy has grown for the Sgt. Maj. Joe Montour, 43, of San lanky 25-year cop. “My immediate Taliban, who are mostly Pashtuns. Diego, Calif., as he drove through a needs are razor wire and sandbags So U.S. commanders retooled village called Nanga. “A kid waved so we can build defensive posi- their approach earlier this year back and an old man sitting next to tions. I don’t have communications without direction from Washington, him smacked him in the back of his equipment. I’m lacking ammuni- putting more emphasis on winning head. That’s a pretty good indica- tion and weapons. I have nothing in hearts and minds. tor.” my hands to resist enemy attacks.” “It’s not been an institutional Sturek took the machine gun out Nodding and sipping tea, Army solution. It’s been a bottom-up solu- of his Humvee’s turret as a gesture Lt. Col. Frank Sturek promised help. tion,” said Sturek’s boss, Col. John W. of goodwill. He attends Muslim He’d send razor wire and 1,000 Nicholson, the commander of U.S. prayers in remembrance of assas- sandbags right away. And a U.S. pla- forces in southeastern Afghanistan. sinated officials and has overseen toon to secure Moqor’s administra- “I’m encouraged by what I see. food aid distributions and medi- tive compound until Afghan forces There is a real dialogue going on.” cal missions that have treated hun- arrived. The local militia boss would But the challenge facing U.S. dreds of Afghans. He also asks tribal be removed as quickly as possible. commanders is monumental, leaders to choose police recruits and Sturek also would bring in an and it may be too late to prevent contractors. Interior Ministry team from Kabul Afghanistan from sinking into great- “If I can engage the tribal elders to recruit more police. He’d bring er violence and political chaos. and make them believe they can doctors to take care of sick residents Infrastructure is virtually nonex- be part of the government through and veterinarians for the livestock. istent in the countryside, where a the district leadership ... then the TOM PENNINGTON/MCT There’d be humanitarian aid and majority of Afghans live in abject Taliban have nobody to work with Cpt. Yuri Rivera, of Hollywood, Fla., from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, help to rebuild the irrigation sys- poverty. Many districts lack power, because the Taliban are going after 4th Infantry Regiment from the 4th Brigade of the 10th Mountain tem. running water, telephones and the same people,” he explained. Division, based in Fort Polk, La., provides medical care to an Afghan man. This is the other side of the war in roads. Some don’t even have build- “You have to do it where the enemy Afghanistan: As violence rages at its ings to house the local administra- is strongest.” worst level in five years, U.S. forces tors and police that the Americans Task Force Warrior moved into been extended until November, and began unrolling razor wire and fill- are fighting back, but not just with are trying to help install. Many a new base around the crumbling it’s been told to be ready to ship out ing sandbags. Nearby sat the rusting force. They’re also striving with new police officers are illiterate and have walls of a British colonial fort on a for Iraq next July. carcass of a Soviet-built tank. urgency to extend the Afghan gov- little or no training. desert plain just off the main nation- Some 1,300 girls — who under “The kids are the ones who are ernment’s authority to the hinter- Sturek, a 39-year-old West Point al highway in August. It’s about 150 Taliban rule were banned from going to make the changes,” said lands, where the rebels move freely, graduate from Aberdeen, Md., who’s miles south of Kabul. going to school — attend a new Sgt. Lawrence King, 35, of Great as well as deliver humanitarian aid, also served in Iraq, kicked off the Its area covers parts of southeast- Norwegian-built school inside Falls, Va., as he stood in the dusty enlist the cooperation of tribal elders new effort, Operation Mountain ern Ghazni and Paktika provinces, the district compound where schoolyard, cradling his rifle. “I and kick-start reconstruction. Thrust, in early September with Task which have been hit by surges in Mohammad’s office is located. thought the mission was to go out It’s bedrock U.S. counterinsur- Force Warrior, more than 700 troops Taliban attacks in recent weeks. The The lilt of young voices reciting and kill Taliban before they can kill gency doctrine aimed at denying from the 10th Mountain Division’s unit, on its first combat mission lessons wafted from the school as us. But it’s a lot more than that. We the Taliban guerrillas the popular 2-4 Infantry Regiment from Fort since World War II, was expected to Sturek’s soldiers took up positions have no choice but to do nation- base they need to survive. Polk, La. return home in July. But its tour has around the compound and Afghans building.” Sunday’s vote shows a divided Brazil Militias force Iraqi police to cooperate SCANDAL what she said were the president’s POLICE of their areas to the militias. And if they continued from page 13 broken promises to fight corruption continued from page 13 don’t comply, they might lose their jobs. Paulo state, said Lula had lost his and fund education. A police officer who lives in eastern McClatchy Newspapers couldn’t reach chance to build a moral government. “The only way to improve this situ- Baghdad said that while he doesn’t like the police commanders who met with “From the point of view of ethics, ation is to vote with my conscience,” kowtowing to militias, he feels he has no Alusi. he could have given an example for Fernandez said. “This was an act of choice but to do what militia members ask. There’s no way to measure how deep the Brazil. Unhappily, this wasn’t what we hope.” “Who will protect us if someone tries to intimidation goes. U.S. and Iraqi officials saw.” Lula’s problems started in June kill us?” he asked, also speaking on con- say one threat against one policeman or his Brazil has been in the thrall of a 2005, when a former legislative ally dition of anonymity. “Our government is family can affect dozens of others who hear series of political scandals for more exposed a bribes-for-votes scheme weak.” about it. than a year. It began when the involving the president’s adminis- Militia members, far from hiding their Intimidation is thought to be behind Workers’ Party was accused of pay- tration and party. Lula appeared to links to groups that ostensibly are illegal, some recent incidents in which militiamen ing opposition legislators for their have weathered that scandal, how- often brag about their status and reject any either traveled through a checkpoint to votes. Nearly a third of the Chamber ever, largely on the strength of Brazil’s notion that they’re doing anything other attack a neighborhood or set up their own of Deputies is under investigation for economy. than helping the police to secure otherwise illegal checkpoint to sweep up Sunnis. misdeeds ranging from fraud to slave But his fortunes dipped in the last conflictive neighborhoods. One of the most notable cases was in owning. Arrest warrants have been few days as news of the alleged smear “We support the Iraqi security forc- western Baghdad in June, when more than issued for six Workers’ Party members campaign hit. As late as Wednesday, es, and sometimes we work with them 30 people, mostly Sunnis, were killed while in connection with the alleged smear he was comfortably ahead in the polls. to help them achieve their aims,” said Ali trying to flee their neighborhood a day after attempt against Alckmin and Serra. But two days before Election Day, a Abu Hussein, 27, a Mahdi Army member a car bomb exploded there. The attack was Not all those accused of misconduct federal police officer leaked pictures who lives in the Baghdad neighborhood brutal by even today’s standards. lost re-election bids. Key allies of the of the huge pile of money allegedly of Zafaraniya. “They depend on us when As families in packed cars left the neigh- president celebrated victory, includ- used in the failed smear campaign, they try to implement any security duties in borhood, they were stopped at an illegal ing former Finance Minister Antonio causing more political damage. Zafaraniya because we know the area very checkpoint by men wearing police uni- Palocci and Joao Paulo Cunha, for- By Saturday night, final polls pre- well.” forms and were killed on the spot. mer president of the Chamber of dicted that Lula would be forced into Both Iraqi and U.S. officials said the U.S. troops recently have taken to moni- Deputies. a runoff by an outcome remarkably intimidation often begins with a threat to toring militia activities in an effort to pre- Former President Fernando Collor close to the vote’s final tally. kill a police officer’s family unless he allows vent intimidation. Last month, for exam- de Mello, who was impeached on cor- Sunday’s vote revealed a divided militiamen to travel through a checkpoint ple, members of the 1st Battalion, 23rd ruption charges in 2002, won a Senate Brazil, with Lula winning the backing unhindered or turn over police equipment Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry, based out seat in tiny Alagoas state. of Brazil’s poor north and northeast to the militia. of Fort Lewis, Wash., paid close attention But the mood of the country Monday and Alckmin leading in the country’s Pressure on the police to cooperate with to suspicious cars leaving a police station appeared decidedly anti-corruption, south and central-west. Alckmin’s the militias comes from all levels of the in the western Baghdad neighborhood of and Congressman Jutahy Magalhaes campaign was aided by a last-minute organizations, said Mithal Alusi, a secular Ghazaliyah. The American soldiers told Junior, of Alckmin’s Social Democracy surge in support from Brazil’s two Shiite member of parliament. He said Iraqi McClatchy Newspapers they were watch- Party, predicted that Sunday’s vote most populous states, Sao Paulo and politicians with militia links often call police ing for militiamen intimidating officers into would lead to the long-delayed pas- Minas Gerais. commanders directly to gain cooperation. handing over equipment. sage of anti-corruption reforms. Two minor candidates, Buarque Alusi said he met with nine top police Mohammed al-Daini, a Sunni member “The voters are more attentive now, and Heloisa Helena Lima de Moraes and army commanders last week who com- of parliament, said intimidation and infil- and the candidates are more careful,” Carvalho, took 9.5 percent of the vote plained that whenever their forces moved tration have made the militias almost indis- Magalhaes Junior said. together, but it was unclear whom against militia members, they received calls tinguishable from the police. Rio de Janeiro teacher Catia they’d support in the runoff. De from top Iraqi politicians telling them to “Being a part of the police now means Fernandez said she voted for presi- Moraes Carvalho said she’d back nei- allow the militias to operate. Alusi didn’t providing the militias with legal coverage,” dential candidate Cristovam Buarque, ther candidate. Buarque has spoken name the politicians. Daini said. “The government cannot dis- a former Workers’ Party leader who’d to both camps but hasn’t yet declared The top commanders feel trapped, Alusi band militias, as this will lead to the dis- defected from Lula’s camp, to protest whom he’ll support. said. If they comply, then they cede control banding of the Iraqi police.” 16 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Tuesday, October 3, 2006

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His win for the Jumbos. meters in the All-New England winter. a small committee of staff mem- came on the heels of a fourth-place For McDavitt, the Fobert Award Championships, beating out a field In an interview before the cer- bers chaired by Sports Information finish in the long jump at the NCAA was his second straight, and rec- of Div. I, II and III runners, she fin- emony, Jones praised all Tufts ath- Director Paul Sweeney. The com- Indoor Track & Field Championships ognized standout seasons in base- ished second in the event at the letes, not just those receiving awards mittee solicited nominations from in February. He took All-American ball and football. McDavitt pulled NCAA Outdoor Championships last Friday night. coaches and other athletics staff honors in both the indoor and double-duty as a defensive back May. Beck is also the reigning New “I think that student-athletes at members and considered the nom- outdoor seasons and dominated and punter on the football team England Div. III indoor mile cham- Tufts are a very special breed,” Jones inees over the summer. the Div. III New England Regional and first baseman on the baseball pion. said. “I think they really define what According to Sweeney, the num- Indoor Championships, picking up team. Last fall, he posted the sec- Bram won a team-best 15 singles a student-athlete is. You’ve got to be ber of qualified nominees under his third straight triple jump and ond-most tackles (56) and the most matches as captain last season while extremely dedicated, you’ve got to consideration every year makes the second straight long jump titles. interceptions (two) on the Jumbos’ displaying a level of team leadership be extremely focused, and you’ve selection process difficult. Samuelson was a soccer tri-cap- and batted .420 with four homers, and sportsmanship that earned her got to be extremely disciplined.” “It’s almost a shame that we can tain last year, leading the squad to 38 RBIs, and a perfect 1.000 fielding NESCAC Senior Sportswoman of Athletes were not the only ones only pick six, because there’s always the New England title and the NCAA percentage for the baseball team. the Year honors. Katz, a swim team honored Friday, as the Timothy J. kids that are also deserving,” he semifinals and earning a First-Team Beck was a major force behind captain, was an important senior Horgan Award for excellence as said. “And every year you’re hon- All-American nod. Leading the the cross country squad’s second- leader for the squad despite break- a sportswriter went to junior Liz oring kids that are very deserving. NESCAC in scoring, Samuelson ever team berth at Nationals, taking his wrist, which prevented him Hoffman, the executive sports edi- There’s never an exception.” This weekend’s All-New Englands will be first true test of young season CROSS COUNTRY Senior co-captain Josh Kennedy wasn’t sur- [the top varsity runners] having the weekend will be a true test in the character and ability continued from page 20 prised by Anyenda’s performance. off gave us all a really important rest.” of this year’s squad. we have more runners.” “He has been dealing with back problems,” With the pressure starting to mount, Barron “This weekend will be a good indicator of Despite the result, Barron pulled many Kennedy said. “But he’s the kind of runner that will be hoping that the combination of his where we are in our progression towards the positives out of Saturday’s race, including the gets better as the season progresses.” experienced runners mixed with the excite- end of the season,” Kennedy said. “We will see performance of Inyagwa, who led the Jumbos The Jumbos will now be able to go into next ment of his freshmen group will be able to if the younger guys have what it takes to run at for the first time since his performance at weekend’s All-New England Championships produce performances worthy of the NESCAC the highest level.” ECACs on Nov. 5, 2005, when he took 13th with their top group of runners both rested crown for a fourth consecutive year. With some freshmen pushing them from overall with a time of 26:18. and healthy, a combination that screams suc- “No man can make a team,” Barron said. behind, the tandem of Kennedy and Chung “Anyenda is very talented,” Barron said. cess for the deep and talented squad. “It is your second through seventh runners at the front, and the championship hardware “He, just like the rest of our second group, has As the championship season nears, the that help you win championships. The experi- pulling them forward, the Jumbos shouldn’t the ability to break into the top seven, and this value of races increases, and senior co-captain ence of Kennedy, [senior Justin] Chung, and have a problem running their best at the All- group of runners could probably be the top Nate Cleveland believes that the team can Cleveland will help a lot, but I believe that the New England Championships this weekend varsity runners at 90 percent of the schools in handle the pressure. freshmen have enough experience and have in Boston. NESCAC. That just proves to you the caliber of “We are definitely beginning to up the trained well enough all season that they won’t “We have all the parts necessary for suc- our program and how deep in personnel we intensity during practice,” Cleveland said. “We be fazed by the more important races.” cess,” Barron said. “Now all we have to do is are.” are running great in practice, and I think that Kennedy believes that the next few races put them together and win.” Rowers look to shape up in time for Charles Athletes’ go to head of class

MEN’S CREW race] is going to make me pull on keeping the boat set,” senior GRADUATION RATES the student body in general, continued from page 20 them out of the boat,” added Britt, Mike Abare said. continued from page 19 according to the federal guide- together.” who was also quick to defend his The team now prepares to move graduated 100 percent of its ath- lines. Amherst and Williams tied Senior co-captain Tim Pineau rowers. on from this first race and learn letes. with a 96 percent rate to lead adamantly defended Damm, The second boat struggled as from it as best they can. The Jumbos “In my experience, our ath- the conference, while Bates has refusing to blame the sophomore well. Although they were the 13th hit the water again on Oct. 14 at the letes graduate,” Smith-King the lowest at 84 percent. The coxswain for the incident. boat to cross the finish line, they New Hampshire Championships said. “That’s not a topic we NESCAC average across all elev- “I’ve been rowing for a long time, also ran into a setback, a collision before gearing up for the Head of talk about [within the Athletics en schools is an 89.7 graduation and even the best coxswains make with a buoy that penalized them the Charles the following week- Department] because it’s not rate. mistakes,” Pineau said. “Danie’s down to a 19th-place finish. end. an issue. It correlates with our “Our rules are more restric- never done something like this While the weekend was a less- “Our row was good — not great, emphasis on high achievement. tive than other schools, but look before. I haven’t lost any faith in than-auspicious start to the sea- but good,” Pineau said. “It’s really I’ve been here 24 years, and it’s at our success,” Smith-King her as a coxswain. No one got hurt, son, the rowers do have a plan in promising, but we need to work on never been an issue.” said. “Our athletes are awe- and it’s not going to happen again. mind for getting the team back into being able to row these long races While the stigma of men’s bas- some; they absolutely epito- I think the other guys feel the same winning form. at a high stroke rating. I think that’s ketball players leaving early for mize wonderful examples of way.” “What we really need to do is something we’ll focus on during NBA contracts or Div. I-A foot- student-athletes, and they have “No one’s performance [in the keep our form together, and work the next few weeks.” ball players failing to complete to be exceptionally smart to graduation requirements may get into this place and balance fuel much of the debate, the evi- schoolwork. dence suggests that the gradua- “Those kids [in Div. I] on N.H. Championships lie ahead for women tion rates of student-athletes are scholarship, it’s like a job for similar to, if not higher than, that them; they are getting paid to WOMEN’S CREW around nine seconds, and this year pretty hard and figure out who of the student body in general. perform,” she continued. “Our continued from page 20 they beat us by only approximately goes where. We’ll give some people If this holds true, Tufts and the kids are not on scholarship, but Despite the confusion at the four seconds.” the opportunity to sit in different other NESCAC schools are likely they are just as committed and starting line, the results were com- The women will go back to the seats.” well above the national average, work just as hard.” paratively better than last year’s waters to prepare for the New The New Hampshire as calculated by either the NCAA Smith-King coached cross start to the fall season. Hampshire Championships, Championships will be another or the federal government. country, indoor track and out- “The results seem to indicate which will be held Oct. 14 in testing phase, as Caldwell tries “I think the fact that we have door track for 18 years at Tufts that we’re faster than we were last Pembroke, N.H. The competition different mixes and boat arrange- such a high standard of admis- and said she remembered only year, and with the work we’re put- will include Div. I powers Vermont, ments in search of the perfect sion for students is the driv- one student having trouble meet- ting in, we’re only going to get bet- Dartmouth, Bates, Colby, Franklin combination of speed, strength ing factor in why we also have ing graduation requirements. ter,” said Horwitz. Pierce, Southern New Hampshire, and chemistry that will lead the among the best graduation rates She attributed that to a change Caldwell pointed out the Holy Cross, and WPI. Jumbos into a successful spring in the country,” Biddiscombe of major late in her academic improvement in the team’s perfor- For now, though, Caldwell is season. said. “That’s where it all starts, career. mance over the same boats a year focusing not on the race itself, but “We have a long way to go when with the standards you set to “We’re proud of what we do, ago. rather on the team as a whole. it comes to being at peak perfor- admit students.” and it says a lot about Tufts and “Last year, UVM beat us by “It’s a little too early for the New mance for the spring,” Caldwell Based on data from students the NESCAC,” Smith-King said. approximately 39 seconds; this Hampshire Championships,” said. “But I see the effort being who matriculated in 1998 and “Ask any coaches and they’ll tell year the margin was 6.4,” Caldwell Caldwell said. “From Tuesday made on the water and in the 1999, Tufts boasted a 91 percent you the same thing: our kids said. “Last year, Colby beat us by through Friday, we’re going to work weight room every day.” six-year graduation rate among graduate.” 18 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Tuesday, October 3, 2006

INSIDE THE NFL Three teams stay perfect while the Raiders just want to get a win BY ANDREW BAULD pair of TDs and two interceptions, but it was Daily Editorial Board McNair who, for the second week in a row, rallied his team from behind with 42 seconds While seven teams battled for the rights left, tagging TE Todd Heap in the end zone for to remain perfect on Sunday, the Oakland the win. Raiders and the Cleveland Browns sought On the flip side, the Bears had no need to claim their first victory of the season. Up for comebacks in their dominant win over 21-3 at one point, it looked like new coach Art the Seahawks. Now looking like serious con- Shell would finally get his first notch in the tenders in the NFC, the team stunned Matt win column. But an inability to adjust when Hasselbeck, sacking him five times and pick- things turned in the Browns’ favor doomed ing him off twice. The defense was stalwart, the Raiders. but there was no slouching from the offense After throwing one interception, Browns either. Rex Grossman threw for 232 yards with quarterback Charlie Frye threw for three a duo of TD’s on 17-of-31 attempts. Without unanswered touchdowns to put his team on the running game of Shaun Alexander, the top 24-21. A second interception by Frye in Seahawks looked sluggish and one-dimen- the fourth almost led to déjã vu for the team, sional. which lost last week to the Baltimore Ravens If the Bears proved themselves to be con- following a Frye interception in the end zone tenders on Sunday, the Cincinnati Bengals which the Ravens returned for a field goal and showed themselves to be the Not-Ready-For- the win. Primetime-Players in their embarrassing 38- There would be no game-ending hero- 13 loss to the New England Patriots. Only a ics for the Raiders, however, and the team week after some were calling it the end for dropped to 0-3 for the season. The only bright the Patriots and others were shouting an early spot for the Raiders is the fact that their sleep- MVP cry for Carson Palmer, New England ing offense finally awoke after being outscored went in to Cincinnati and proved themselves 55-6 in their first two games of the season. far from over. Yet even that is a hazy moral victory, with the Tom Brady returned to his natural form, team being shut down after they went ahead spreading the ball well and taking his time 21-3 in the second quarter. in the pocket. He was 15-of-26 on the day, With the bottom of the barrel secured, three throwing for 188 yards and two TD’s with one top dogs continued their search for the perfect interception. The story of the day was rookie season on Sunday night. The Indianapolis sensation Laurence Maroney who rushed for Colts prevented an upset, holding off the New 125 yards and two TD’s. After an abysmal 18- York Jets, 31-28, to go 4-0 on the year. But the yard rushing performance last week against surprise 4-0 teams were the Baltimore Ravens, Denver, the young runner rebounded well who rallied to beat the San Diego Chargers, and looks to be another reliable weapon in 16-13, and the Chicago Bears, who are 4-0 for Brady’s arsenal. the first time since 1991 after their primetime Bengals’ QB Carson Palmer didn’t look GEORGE BRIDEGES/MCT dismantling of the Seattle Seahawks. awful, but with little protection, including four Carson Palmer had plenty to cringe about as his Bengals were unable to complete the road Brian Billick suddenly looks like a genius sacks, he was rushed all day long, leading to upset, falling to the New England Patriots, 38-13, on Sunday. again with his acquisition of Steve McNair. Air two drive-ending fumbles. Palmer threw for defense. for their fourth win of the season next week McNair didn’t look great on Sunday, throwing 245 yards but discovered that big numbers The Patriots have not lost back-to-back against a quickly sinking Miami Dolphins for 158 yards on 17-of-30 attempts, with a don’t often lead to success against the Patriots’ games since December 2002, and they’ll go team.

Sal Fasano deserves to win, SCHEDULE | October 3 - October 10 TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN MON vs. Gordon even if it’s with the Yankees Field Hockey @ Bowdoin 4 p.m. 12 p.m. BLOOM manager Larry Bowa (as third continued from page 19 base coach). Women’s @ Brandeis 4 p.m. @ Bowdoin decision. After all, the Twins are But back on July 26, the Soccer 12 p.m. that homegrown group that relies Phillies dealt their fan favorite on great pitching from guys like to the Yankees. Yep, Sal Fasano, @ Rhode @ Bowdoin Boof Bonser and Pat Neshek (in the portly backup catcher who Men's Soccer Island College 12 p.m. addition to Joe Nathan and Johan spends his offseason as an exca- 4 p.m. Santana) and timely hitting from vator with his brother’s construc- Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, tion company. He’s the blue-col- Football @ Bowdoin and Torii Hunter. Additionally, lar champion, even though he 1 p.m. there’s a solid Minnesota contin- has a body more befitting of a gent among my group of friends plumber than a professional vs. Emerson @ Amherst Volleyball @ Middlebury and I have family members in athlete. If you can’t cheer for this 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 2 p.m. Minnesota who are huge Twins guy, you have no heart. Yanks fans. It’s almost a shoo-in. fans know what I’m talking Men’s @ All-New Almost. about. Englands Cross Country Most casual fans would The Yankees may buy titles, 1 p.m. assume that I would be a Yankees but they also bought Sal Fasano, fan because the Bronx Bombers and that’s why I’m cheering for Women’s @ All-New Englands have former Phillies Bobby them—to get him a World Series Cross Country 12:30 p.m. Abreu, Cory Lidle and former ring.

STATISTICS | STANDINGS Women's Soccer Men's Soccer Volleyball NCAA Div. III Women's Cross Field Hockey Country Rankings (5-2, 3-1 NESCAC) (2-2-2, 1-2-2 NESCAC) (2-4-1, 1-3-1 NESCAC) (12-4, 1-1 NESCAC) (as of Sept. 26, 2006) CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL W L Pct W L W L T Pct W L T W L T Pct W L T Ranking, Team (Points) W L Williams 4 0 1.000 8 0 Williams 4 0 0 1.000 7 0 1 Wesleyan 4 0 0 1.000 7 0 0 Pct W L 1. SUNY Geneseo (280) Williams 4 0 1.000 12 2 Middlebury 4 1 .800 6 1 Amherst 3 0 1 .875 6 1 1 Williams 3 0 0 1.000 7 0 0 2. Amherst (270) Wesleyan 2 0 1.000 11 3 Bowdoin 3 1 .750 6 1 Middlebury 4 1 0 .800 5 1 0 Bowdoin 4 1 0 .800 6 1 0 Bowdoin 3 1 .750 9 3 3. Washington (MO) (266) 2 Tufts 3 1 .750 5 Colby 2 0 2 .750 5 0 2 Amherst 3 1 0 .750 7 1 0 Colby 2 1 .667 8 6 4. Wisconsin (255) Trinity 2 2 .500 5 2 Wesleyan 2 2 0 .500 4 3 0 Middlebury 3 2 0 .600 6 2 0 Amherst 1 1 .333 13 1 5. Tufts (247) Wesleyan 2 2 .500 3 3 Tufts 1 1 2 .500 2 2 2 Bates 2 3 0 .400 4 3 0 Conn. Coll. 1 1 .250 10 5 6. The College of New Jersey (237) Bates 1 2 .333 3 2 Bates 2 3 0 .400 5 3 0 Colby 1 2 1 .375 2 2 2 Tufts 1 1 .333 12 4 7. Colby (231) Conn. Coll. 1 3 .250 3 4 Bowdoin 1 3 1 .300 2 4 2 Tufts 1 3 1 .300 2 4 1 Middlebury 1 2 .250 8 5 8. Calvin (229) Amherst 0 4 .000 2 5 Conn. Coll. 0 4 0 .000 2 5 0 Conn. Coll. 0 4 0 .000 2 4 1 Bates 1 3 .200 8 10 9. Williams (213) 0 2 Colby 0 4 .000 1 4 Trinity 0 5 0 .000 1 7 0 Trinity 0 5 0 .000 0 7 0 Trinity .000 5 4 10. Carleton (207) Hamilton 0 4 .000 5 9

Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Sailing World Collegiate Rankings G A Pts G A Pts G A Pts Offensive Kills SA Ass. (as of Sept. 19, 2006) Ileana Casellas-Katz 2 3 7 Martha Furtek 3 1 7 Dan Jozwiak 3 0 6 Kelli Harrison 161 16 1 Michelle Kelly 3 0 6 Lauren Fedore 2 0 4 Mattia Chason 2 1 5 Stacy Filocco 140 15 4 Ranking, Team (Previous ranking) 1 0 2 Stacey Watkins 2 1 5 Fanna Gamal Bear Duker 2 1 5 Katie Wysham 138 19 1 1. Boston College (1) Rebecca Abbott 0 2 2 74 4 6 Marlee Kutcher 2 1 5 Ben Castellot 2 1 5 Cecilia Allende 2. Hobart William Smith (2) 1 2 4 Jessie Wagner 0 1 1 Jon Glass 2 0 4 Kate Denniston 40 3 10 Tess Jasinski 3. Harvard (3) 1 1 3 Abby Werner 0 1 1 Bob Kastoff 1 1 3 Kaitlyn O'Reilly 16 5 421 Kathleen Martin 4. Dartmouth (5) Brittany Holiday 1 0 2 Joelle Emery 0 0 0 Alex Botwinick 1 1 3 5. St. Mary's (4) Emma Kozumbo 0 1 1 Kim Harrington 0 0 0 Sam James 0 1 1 Defensive B Digs Meghan Becque 0 0 0 Jen Fratto 0 0 0 Joey Stampone 0 1 1 Katie Wysham 48 41 6. Georgetown (12) Margi Scholtes 0 0 0 Annie Benedict 0 0 0 Andrew Drucker 0 1 1 Cecilia Allende 31 14 7. Yale (6) Katie Pagos 0 0 0 Genevieve Citrin 0 0 0 Greg O'Connell 0 0 0 Stacy Filocco 15 150 8. Roger Williams Maya Ripecky 0 143 9. USC (9) GA S S% Sv% Goalkeeping GA S S% Goalkeeping Goalkeeping GA Svs Natalie Goldstein 0 214 14. Tufts (13) Marilyn Duffy-Cabana 9 46 .836 Annie Ross 5 33 .868 Pat Tonelli 13 33 .717 Kelli Harrison 15 136 Tuesday, October 3, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 19

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AWARDS ALEX BLOOM | PHILLY PHODDER Seven Jumbos honored for 2005-06 contributions Picking the right horse Jumbo Club recognized for years of service with Distinguished Achievement Award hose of you who read last week’s BY THOMAS EAGER and very deserving.” which will close its operations this year after Daily Editorial Board Senior Fred Jones won the Clarence “Pop” 37 years of service and support of Tufts ath- column are probably going to Houston Award for best male athlete in rec- letics. Homecoming Weekend started long ognition of his tremendous year in track and The Distinguished Achievement Award enjoy these first few lines of this before the opening kickoff at Saturday’s foot- field. Ariel Samuelson (LA ‘06) of the women’s goes to a person, or in this case an orga- T ball game. Festivities for the weekend offi- soccer team took home the Hester L. Sargent nization, that has displayed success in the one. My Phillies once again managed to cially commenced on Friday night at the Award as the school’s best female athlete. sports world while having what Bharucha Athletic Department’s annual Distinguished The Rudolph J. Fobert Awards, which described as a “Jumbo connection.” Past play themselves out of a playoff spot for Achievement Awards Ceremony. honor athletes who excel in more than one winners include ex-Boston Celtics coach Red In front of a capacity audience in Cohen sport, went to senior Bryan McDavitt for his Auerbach, Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan, the 13th straight season, losing three of Auditorium that included all Tufts varsity feats in football and baseball and to junior and New England Patriots owner Robert teams as well as coaches, administrators and Catherine Beck for her efforts in cross coun- Kraft. four in the final week of the regular season friends of Tufts athletics, six athletes and a try and track. Gehling deferred to Bharucha when the campus sports journalist received 2005-2006 Becky Bram (LA ‘06) and Marc Katz (LA ‘06) time came to recognize the contributions of to finish two games behind the Dodgers Athletic Department Awards. were given the W. Murray Kenney Awards, the Jumbo Club. Bharucha outlined the club’s In the evening’s closing presentation, recognizing their positive attitudes, persis- history, from its creation in 1969 at a critical for the NL wild card spot. I spoke too soon the Jumbo Club received the Distinguished tence, and senior leadership on the women’s moment in the continued existence of Tufts Achievement Award for its nearly four tennis and swimming teams, respectively. athletics, to the support it has given over the last week by declaring my certainty that decades of dedication and service to Tufts Sweeney also praised these scholar-ath- past four decades. The club has donated sports. letes for excelling in sports while still attend- team uniforms, scoreboards (including the the team would make the playoffs. Director of Athletics Bill Gehling emceed ing a school with the academic rigor of Tufts. Jumbotron that hangs above the basketball the ceremony along with Assistant Director “It makes sense to me that a kid that court in Cousens Gym), and other necessary I was wrong. of Athletics Branwen Smith-King and is motivated and dedicated and intelligent equipment. My team stinks. University Provost Jamshed Bharucha. enough to get into Tufts would be very moti- “I can say that the Jumbo Club has meant I can admit it. “It’s always great,” Director of Sports vated and dedicated in their athletic pursuits more to the Athletics Department in 37 years I hope you’re happy, taking pleasure Information Paul Sweeney said of the cer- as well,” he said. “They’re just the cream of than anything else,” Bharucha said at the out of the perpetual pain and disappoint- emony. “Tufts has one of the best athletic the crop. Their success in athletics parallels ceremony. ment that goes along with being a fan of programs, not only in New England but in their success in academics.” Jones took home the triple jump champi- the Phillies, a team that has one title in the nation, really, and so when you pick out The 2006 Distinguished Achievement onship at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field 124 years. You sadist. six representatives of every year, you’re going Award for which the ceremony is named With that said, we’re now starting the to have kids that are very well-accomplished was given this year to the Tufts Jumbo Club, see AWARDS, page 17 best part of the baseball season (like I said last week). As in every year since 1993, I can’t support the Phillies in October. INSIDE COLLEGE SPORTS I hate people who jump on any band- wagon. But the playoffs are much more interesting when there’s a team to follow NCAA sees rise in graduation rate of Div. I athletes along the way. So I’m going to do the Tufts, other NESCAC schools likely well above national graduation averages unthinkable and pick a team to support. There are three teams I will imme- BY THOMAS EAGER eral government report. However, federal umbrella because they do not receive diately rule out: the Mets, Tigers, and Daily Editorial Board methodology does not include athletes financial aid based on athletic ability. In Cardinals. who transfer out of a school with a good line with its commitment to academics, The Mets are not only one of the five The news is in, and it’s good. academic record, or those who transfer the NESCAC does not give athletic schol- teams in baseball who will devote all More Div. I athletes are graduating in and subsequently graduate. arships, a fact that is largely linked to its of their money to buying a title (along than ever before, according to an NCAA The GSR accounts for both of these unparalleled academic reputation. with the Yankees, Red Sox, White Sox, and release last Wednesday. subsets and thus incorporates 35 percent “We have a lot of rules, and ours are Angels this season) — they are also in the The most recent Graduation Success more students into the calculation pro- more restrictive than the NCAA,” Smith- NL East. They are my mortal enemy, along Rate (GSR) for Div. I athletes stands at 77 cess that are omitted in the government’s King said. “They are there for a reason. with the Marlins, Braves, and Nationals. percent, up a point from last year’s figure calculation schema, yielding the 15 per- You can’t be a successful athlete if you’re My fellow columnist Will Herberich and one step closer to the goal of 80 percent disparity between the two bodies’ not successful in the classroom.” indulged you yesterday into what it’s like cent put forth by NCAA President Myles calculations. But this very commitment to athlet- to cheer for your enemy. It wasn’t pretty. Brand. And while the government’s 62 percent ics makes comparable GSR statistics The last time I cheered for a team from The GSR is the average percentage of figure is far below the GSR calculated by among NESCAC and similarly elite Div. the NL East was 1997, and the Phillies had student-athletes who graduated within the NCAA, and nowhere near that of elite III schools difficult. Because the desig- finished 68-94 (dead last) and traded two six years, and the data released last week Div. III schools like NESCAC members, nation of “student-athlete” is not linked players to the Marlins (Darren Daulton include Div. I athletes who matriculated it is slightly above that of the general to financial aid and can vary from year and Jim Eisenrich). I supported Florida between 1996 and 1999. A student must student body at Div. I schools, which the to year as athletes join and leave varsity only to see those guys get a title. receive an athletic scholarship to be con- federal government placed at 60 percent rosters, pinning down exactly who is a I can find absolutely no reason to sup- sidered as a student-athlete. in the same survey. student-athlete and who is not makes port either the Tigers or the Cardinals. Tufts Assistant Director of Athletics Wesleyan athletic director John finding concrete data difficult. The Tigers could almost vie for that lov- Branwen Smith-King credited the NCAA Biddiscombe sees action on the institu- Tufts Director of Athletics Bill Gehling able loser status if they had not been with stiffening regulations on athletes to tional level as the best medium to raising said he thought the rate at Tufts was so good in recent decades (12 winning encourage stronger performance in the graduation rates. “around 95 percent or higher,” and that records, two division titles and a World classroom. “I think that primarily what the NCAA graduation rate of student-athletes is Series title between 1978 and 1993), and “It means a lot more rules and regula- needs to do, or continue to do, is to work actually higher than theUniversity-wide the Cardinals have enough fans already. tions,” Smith-King said. “If you’re work- with presidents of [Div. I] schools and average. According to the 2002 NCAA As a Phillies fan, I also cannot cheer for ing in higher education, you have to have them set standards at their own Membership Report, Tufts had the sec- Scott Rolen. be committed to helping young people institution that are going to demand bet- ond-best overall scholar-athlete gradua- Then there are the Dodgers and the achieve their academic goals, no matter ter results in terms of the graduation tion rate within all of Div. III at 95 percent, Padres. Can you cheer for the teams that where they are.” rate,” he said. behind Regis College in Massachusetts kept your favorite team out of the play- The NCAA’s figure stands in sharp Athletes at Tufts and other Div. III (current enrollment 621) which offs? I think not. contrast to the 62 percent graduation institutions do not fall under the NCAA’s And what’s with all the former Red rate calculated in the most recent fed- and the government’s data collection see GRADUATION RATES, page 17 Sox players? There’s Grady Little, Nomar Garciaparra, Bill Mueller, Aaron Sele, and Derek Lowe on the Dodgers and Mark Bellhorn, Dave Roberts, Alan Embree, Top 10 | Upcoming Steroid AccusationAccusationss Scott Williamson, David Wells, Rudy Seanez, Todd Walker, Cla Meredith, and IfIf Jason Grimsley can throw around steroid accusations, so can the Daily Sports David Wells on the Padres. The Red Sox Department. Here’s our top ten list ooff people we think are on steroids. And like Grimsley’s missed the playoffs. I’m not cheering for list, thethey’rey’re in no particular order. them or their former players. Then there’s the trendy pick: the 10. Ed Hochuli: Watch ananyy primetime NFL ggameame with this gguyuy servinservingg as the head referee Athletics. How can you not cheer for a and it won’t take lonlongg before yyouou notice that his arms are bibiggergger than Brad Johnson’s, small market team that still is able to Mark Brunell’s, and Rex Grossman’s. It’s amazinamazingg he doesn’t lose his head the wawayy Jon contend with the behemoths every year? GruGrudenden ddoes.oes. They have a resurgent Frank Thomas and 9. TripleTriple H: Have you seen thethe MillerMiller Lite “Man Law” commercials?commercials? TripTriplele H is riridiculouslydiculously used him to win another AL West title. jacjackedked anandd snaps llikeike a sslimlim jim, to quote anotanotherher steroisteroid-abusingd-abusing wrestwrestler.ler. Billy Beane also swindled the large-mar- 8. Michael Clarke Duncan: Isn’t it kind of obvious? TheTheyy should have called it the “Green ket Cardinals, trading them Mark Mulder Monster” instead of “The Green Mile.” for Dan Haren and Kiko Calero, who are 7. Albert PuPujols:jols: His head is gginormous.inormous. He makes BarrBarryy Bonds look like a pipigmy.gmy. now two of the team’s top pitchers. Throw 6. BobbBobbyy Jenks: It takes work to ggetet that bibigg and still be a professional athlete at the peak in the fact that Nick Swisher is the cool- of the ggame.ame. You think that fastball came from poundinpoundingg beers? est player in baseball (read “Moneyball” 5. RaRayy Lewis: There’s no wayway he’s that crazycrazy bbyy himself. He has to be on steroids. We don’t if you don’t believe me), and you have a care what the District Court said—he killed a guy. great team. 4. Bobby Knight: Have you seen how ffarar he can throw a chair? IIff there was a shot put But everybody picks the A’s. And they Olympics for basketball coaches, he would totally beat that puny Coach K. do it every year. 3. Brian Billick: OkaOkay,y, we know he’s not ververyy stronstrong.g. But that eegogo doesn’t come out of MCT So that leaves the Twins and Yankees. nowhere. You’re wondering how this can be a tough 2. Latrell Sprewell: If yyouou don’t think he’s stronstrong,g, jjustust ask P.J. Carlesimo. He’s known for his intensitintensityy and we wouldn’t be surprised if he’s ggotot some needles helpinhelpingg him out. see BLOOM, page 18 1. GeorGeorgege Steinbrenner: How is this gguyuy still alive? Steroids. Just like evereveryy Yankee on the team (except for A-Rod, because he’s so bad) Steinbrenner is jjuicing.uicing. It’s the onlonlyy thinthingg still fflowinglowing through his veins. Alex Bloom is a junior double majoring in —by Alex Bloom, Evans Clinchy, and Liz HoffmanHoffman political science and english. You can reach him at [email protected]. 20 INSIDE Athletic Awards 19 Top 10 19 Sports Inside the NFL 18 THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, October 3, 2006

MEN’S CREW MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Rowers battle early setbacks at Textile River New faces lead Competing in tough conditions, first boat takes seventh, second eight drops to 19th Jumbos to third BY WILL HERBERICH Contributing Writer at Keene St. Invite Sometimes all that rowers have to do is pull BY WILL KARAS a good race. In other cases, they’re asked to do Senior Staff Writer much more.

MEN’S CREW at Lowell, Mass., Saturday With the season entering its final stages, the men’s cross country team ran its last Textile River Regatta preparation race on Saturday, finishing MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Novice 8 - 3rd out of 17 teams at Keene, N.H., Saturday Club 8 - 17th out of 21 teams Open 8 - 7th out of 13 teams Keene State Invitational 3rd out of 5 teams On Sunday, at the Textile River Regatta in Lowell, Mass., the members of the men’s crew third in a five-team pack at the annual team were dealt a dose of adversity that they Keene State Invitational in Keene, N.H. hadn’t expected. The score sheet simply shows Despite resting several of their top var- that the first varsity boat came in seventh, and sity runners, the Jumbos finished with 73 the second eight came in 19th place in the points, placing them behind the host Owls, weekend’s race. who won the event with 33 points, and the But the numbers are far from telling the University of Southern Maine Huskies, who whole story. finished second with 35. Wheaton (119) and “It was a tough day with the weather like Fitchburg State (125) trailed the Jumbos it was,” coach Jay Britt said. “With that kind and finished fourth and fifth, respectively. of rain, it was more of a matter of making the Coach Ethan Barron did not see the race best out of the worst. It’s really hard to row in as a disappointment and commended the rain like that.” performances of his second group of var- Because of the inclement weather, the sity runners. regatta was delayed from the start. Many of “I was very pleased,” Barron said. “It was the competing crews were forced to sit out in a strong step for everyone who raced, and the rain for up to 45 minutes as they waited for for some of the guys, it was their strongest their races to get underway. step.” The first varsity boat’s troubles began with The Jumbos’ second seven was led by an early collision, as sophomore coxswain junior Anyenda Inyagwa who finished 10th Danie Damm failed to see an obstacle block- overall in 27:46. He was followed closely ing the Tufts boat’s course in the water, a piece by senior Chad Uy, who finished his first of cement attached to two buoys. race of the season in 27:51 to finish 11th in The collision broke two riggers — the metal the field. Junior Jesse Dunklee (27:58) took hinges that attach oars to the boat — and 13th and senior Dan Sullivan (28:18) and forced the crew to row all the way back to freshman Ben Silver (28:39) rounded out its launch point, where the Jumbo rowers the Jumbos’ top five, finishing 18th and 21st attached new riggers as best they could. overall. They were then forced to row at race pace While the result might not have been all the way back to the starting line, where the high finish the Jumbos have become the race had already begun. Forced to play accustomed to, Barron was not concerned catch-up, and penalized ten seconds for the at all, citing the format of the race as an late start, the crew struggled to get back in the explanation. race. “We had the potential to win the race,” “Everyone panicked a bit at first,” senior co- Barron said. “But when you only have five captain Jeff Vanderkruik said. “But all things or six runners, that opens the door for hav- considered, I think we rowed a pretty good ing a few flaws that can affect your times. If race. We learned a lot about our team, and our COURTESY JOHN PAPP SR. one of them is injured, sick, or not having a coxswain, in the way that everyone pulled it The first varsity men’s eight boat races in the Head of the Charles last October, the biggest great day, it has a greater effect than when race of the fall season. After a rocky start to the 2006-2007 year on Sunday, the team will see MEN’S CREW, page 17 go back to the basics preparing for Oct. 14’s New Hampshire Championships. see CROSS COUNTRY, page 17

WOMEN’S CREW Jumbo rowers open season with ﬁ fth-place ﬁ nish at Lowell race Women’s squad spends Homecoming Sunday competing in the rain on the Textile River BY SARINA MATHAI fifth, sixth and 14th, respectively, in Senior Staff Writer a field of 16 in their competition. “I am encouraged by the perfor- On a dreary Sunday afternoon mance and I’m pleased by the four in Lowell, Mass., the women’s crew boats we had compete this Sunday,” team participated in its first com- coach Gary Caldwell said. “It was a very positive performance—noth- WOMEN’S CREW ing but positives. It’s nice to see that at Lowell, Mass., Saturday the preparation for next spring is Textile River Regatta paying intermediate dividends as far as our team performance.” Club 8 - 5th out of 16 teams He did acknowledge, however, Open 8 - 5th out of 10 teams that the team needs to work out a few technical kinks before they petitive race of the fall, in hopes of even think about the spring season, cheering up the friends and family when the races will be shorter and who showed up for Homecoming more competitive. Weekend. “We need greater flexibility and The winds were blowing, and the core strength, but it’s a time-con- rain was pouring, but that didn’t suming process,” he said. “Some stop the varsity boat from finishing of these changes we need to make fifth out of the 10 teams participat- will take time, since people aren’t ing in the 3.5-mile-long Textile River physically strong enough or flexible Regatta. The Jumbo rowers finished enough yet. I saw a significant dif- DAILY FILE PHOTO behind the Riverside Boat Club A ference from the way people were The third women’s varsity eight boat races at last year’s Head of the Charles. The women’s crew team, of which (16:41.955), University of Vermont rowing at the end of last season and depth through the top three varsity boats was a key strength last year, finished fifth in a field of 10 on Sunday Crew A (16:48.389), Riverside Boat they way they rowed this week. It at the Textile River Regatta. Club B (16:48.487), and Colby just shows that these things take ing, the rowers themselves felt that it against us,” senior Suzanne Horwitz and not letting the poor conditions Crew A (16:51.036) with a time of time.” played a part in their performance. said. “There was some confusion at distract us.” 16:55.213. While Caldwell brushes off the “We were soaked with rain, and the starting line, but we did a good The club-eight boats finished weather as a factor in Sunday’s out- there was a head wind blowing job of staying calm and focused see WOMEN’S CREW, page 17