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Partly Cloudy Read It First 36/21 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXV, NUMBER 19 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 TUFTSDAILY.COM Friends of Israel raises $1K for children’s charity

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Tufts Friends of Israel (FOI) last week held its annual Valentine’s Day-themed fund- raiser to raise money for Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), an Israeli nonprofit that supports children with heart disease. FOI members were sta- tioned at tables in the Carmichael and Dewick- MacPhie Dining Centers and the Mayer Campus Center over the course of the week and collected over $1,000, FOI Co-President Aliza Shapiro said. The money raised is an improvement over the $700 to $800 raised during last year’s tabling, she said. FOI’s effort was a part of

SACH’s Valentine’s Day cam- Courtesy Glyn Lowe Photoworks via Flickr Creative Commons paign across college cam- Over 35,000 people, including 30 Tufts students, gathered this past weekend in Washington D.C.’s National Mall to protest the installation of the puses nationwide to come up Keystone XL Pipeline. with $100,000 to fund 10 kids’ surgeries. “[SACH is] an Israeli-based organization that does won- Tufts environmental groups participate in derful things in terms of heart surgery and bringing treatment to medical clin- Keystone XL Pipeline protest ics in their home countries,” Shapiro, a sophomore, said. b y Da n i e l Go t t f r i e d the White House, according to Tufts fosters a global climate movement, encourage his vote against the pipe- “Hopefully our increased con- Daily Editorial Board Divest for Our Future Co-Founder which led the effort to supply char- line,” Eco-Rep Evan Bell said. tribution will help them reach Anna Lello-Smith, a junior. ter buses from the Boston area to “Recently President Obama has their overall goal.” Thirty Tufts students participated If approved, the Keystone Pipeline Washington, D.C., Powell said. talked more about having an envi- Students who donated in the Forward on Climate Rally pro- will carry oil from Canada to Texas Powell, a junior, was one of two ronmental plan and addressing it, could enter a raffle to win test this weekend in Washington, to be refined, which could be envi- students who participated in a sit-in and we were trying to give him some prizes including gift cer- D.C. against the installation of the ronmentally damaging, Students for demonstration against the pipeline direction,” Bell, a sophomore, said. tificates to the Rez Café, Keystone XL Pipeline. a Just and Stable Future organizer last month in Westborough, Mass. “This Keystone Pipeline is one of the Dave’s Fresh Pasta, J.P. Licks, Tufts students joined over 35,000 Devyn Powell said. “Students said they tried to get biggest immediate threats to climate people at the demonstration on the Tufts protestors worked with the President Barack Obama to con- see SACH, page 2 National Mall as well as a march to organization 350.org, a website that sider his climate change legacy to see PROTEST, page 2 Poet Tracy K. Smith reads, discusses latest works Student , faculty research made

b y Sa r a h Zh e n g ing on the same problems, but because of Daily Editorial Board the nature of the work, they’re publishing in different areas and going to different The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science conferences,” University Records Manager Institute (CTSI) and Tufts University officially Eliot Wilczek said. “One of the purposes of launchedeasier Profiles, a withcollaborative online Profiles data- Profiles is todatabase bring those relationships to the base for scientists and researchers, to mem- surface that might not be so obvious.” bers of the Tufts community last Thursday. The information for profiles created by the Tufts CTSI Profiles is targeted primar- database comes from Tufts’ Office of Faculty ily to students and researchers interested Affairs records and the PubMed database, in clinical and translational research and West said. The information is updated auto- their collective collaboration, Manager of matically at least once a week from changes Communications and Media at Tufts CTSI made at the Hirsch Health Sciences Library, Amy West said. according to the Tufts CTSI website. Profiles contains a library of electron- West said that Profiles displays several ic curriculum vitae, information about passive networks, such as research con- research at Tufts, publications and contact cepts, co-authors, people conducting simi- information, according to West. lar research and people who work in the “The reason why [Profiles is] such an same department or building. exceptional tool is because it provides a great “Then there are active networks, where platform for researchers to find collaborators a person who has a profile can log in and in their particular areas of interest,” Executive can select a person in the database through Nick Pfosi / The Tufts Daily Director of Tufts CTSI Randi Triant said. keyword or department searches,” she said. Tracy K. Smith, the 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who has published “Life on Profiles allows students to locate experts “If you were looking to do a project on kid- Mars” (2011) and many other works, read several of her pieces to the Tufts commu- in particular fields and find the latest pub- ney disease, you could find out who’s doing nity in the Ballou Hall Coolidge Room yesterday afternoon. Afterwards, she signed lications by experts who have conducted similar research and connect with them.” copies of her books and answered questions from the audience. research in those areas, according to Triant. “There are many researchers work- see PROFILES, page 2

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see ARTS, page 5 see SPORTS, back 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Students address - mental changes Obama’sPROTEST environ continued from page 1 change as far as human infrastructure, so we wanted to make sure President Obama knew our opinion.” Students enjoyed participating in a protest of this size, Tufts Divest member Kit Collins said. “Other than the political significance of the rally, it felt amazing to be part of such a huge movement,” Collins, a sophomore, said. While on the National Mall, students heard from speakers including 350.org Founder Bill McKibben, Junior Senator from Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse and environmentalist billionaire Tom Steyer, Lello-Smith said. “Thousands and thousands and thousands of people were packed together around a big stage, listening to speakers talk about issues we were passionate about,” Lello-Smith said. “It was incredible.” During the rally, pop music played as stu- dents danced around the National Mall and continued to do so on their march towards the White House, Powell said. “At one point we joined a Congo line led by [former Green Party candidate for president of the United States] Jill Stein,” Powell said. Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily While marching, students chanted slogans The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) on Feb. 14 introduced Profiles, an online database to help foster collaboration including, “Hey Obama, we don’t want no between scientists and researchers, to the Tufts community. climate drama,” and “Sasha and Malia deserve something cleaner,” Bell said. Collins was inspired by the protest to con- tinue to work towards solving climate issues. PROFILES Translational Science Center and then using Profiles,” Wilczek said. “Obviously just a rally isn’t going to accom- continued from page 1 modified for use at Tufts with the help of He added that Profiles will help to plish anything, but it was a really amazing “Profiles will also serve as a tool to Tufts Office of Information Technology encourage bench-to-bedside medical symbolic moment that thousands and thou- helpProfiles students, researchers software and the pub -aims(OIT) at tothe Tuftshelp University facilitate School of research research and speed up the transition sands of people around the country had con- lic find out about research currently Medicine, West explained. of laboratory discoveries into medical verged in Washington, and I realized that we going on at Tufts,” Triant said. Tufts CTSI, which was created in treatments. were the climate movement,” she said. “We “Being able to make faculty research 2008, began conversations with the “This is just the first stage,” Triant are so huge and so strong, and it felt as if there and teaching collaborations is an Tufts School of Medicine in 2009, said. “We currently have about 1,400 was no way we couldn’t win right now.” important part of this tool,” Wilczek according to Triant. A steering com- profiles and we represent 42 other insti- Environmental groups at Tufts were said. He added that since interdisciplin- mittee was then created to discuss the tutions. Researchers may have their pri- encouraged by the protest, Tufts Divest mem- ary research and teaching have such a implementation of Profiles with OIT mary appointment at the [Tufts] School ber Natalie Kobsa-Mark said. big emphasis at Tufts, Profiles will serve representatives. of Medicine but might work at other “It was clear to me that the environmental as a way to develop an infrastructure to The initiative was supported by a institutions.” movement is becoming mainstream,” Kobsa- continue supporting such research. grant through the National Center for Profiles will continue to expand and Mark, a freshman, said. “I think the challenge The open-source software for Profiles Advancing Translational Sciences at the improve with the addition of more at this point is to make sure that these types was originally created by Harvard National Institutes of Health, West said. profiles and further enhancements, of issues stay on people’s radars, and that this Catalyst: The Harvard Clinical and “All the CTSIs in Massachusetts are according to Triant. movement stays mainstream.”

Friends of Israel raises money for children’s heart care SACH continued from page 1 Redbones Barbecue and Boston Burger Company, five Tufts Student Resources Fitness classes, a lunch with University President Anthony Monaco and a free night at Tufts’ Loj. The tables also sold shot glasses that purchasers could decorate for $3, as well as baked goods, Cultural Chair of FOI Shoshana Oppenheim said. FOI sold con- dom roses in last year’s campaign. FOI aims to raise $1,600 through various fundraisers this year, $600 more than last year’s goal, Oppenheim, a sophomore, said. The campaign is still a few hundred dollars short, a void FOI hopes to fill through a ticketed party hosted by Zeta Psi. Zeta Psi Philanthropy Chair Michael Weinberg said that due to schedule changes following the Feb. 8 blizzard, any plans for such a party are tentative. “If the open party date doesn’t work out, we’re really hoping that we’re going to work with [FOI] to have some other event that we can raise the money for, because we’re so committed to help- ing them reach their fundraising goal,” Weinberg, a sophomore, said. Beyond the aid it provides children, Oppenheim said FOI contributes to SACH because of the organization’s medical sustainability objective. “It’s about all of these countries and all these communities,” she said. “SACH pro- vides those steps for countries to achieve Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily their own medical standards.” Tufts Friends of Israel (FOI) sold raffle tickets, shot glasses and baked goods in various on-campus locations last week as part of its annual For the campaign, FOI partnered Valentine’s Day-themed fundraiser to raise money for the nonprofit organization Save a Child’s Heart (SACH). with Tufts Hillel, Challah for Hunger, the Leonard Carmichael Society and Zeta Psi. Zeta Psi, which has partnered successful because it involves several dif- fundraising for it. Hopefully we’ll con- to relate certain prayers and songs to the with FOI for the past three years for ferent on-campus communities, increas- tinue to draw presence.” fundraiser. the campaign, initiated the partnership, ing the student population that can be To conclude the Valentine’s week cam- After the ceremony, there was a dinner Oppenheim said. reached with the charity. paign, Tufts Hillel hosted a Shabbat din- that members from all partner organiza- “It’s a nice thing to have every sin- “I’m glad to get the word out on cam- ner last Friday, Oppenheim said. There tions attended. gle year, the continuity,” Weinberg said. pus,” Shapiro said. “I’m glad it’s starting was a discussion before the service to “[It was] a nice culmination, seeing “They’re always great to partner with.” to create a memory on campus in terms relate SACH to Jewish values. During the how far we had come since the beginning Weinberg believes the partnership is of us celebrating this organization and service the leader paused intermittently of the week,” Oppenheim said. 3

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Alexa Petersen | Jeminist: A Jumbo Feminist Feyoncé: A Beyoncé Feminist few hours after the Super Bowl, my mom called me and said she wanted to talk about ... the Super Bowl. This was quite odd A— we’re not a sports family. My dad used to change the channel to football when my friends walked by the living room, only to switch it right back to a History Channel special on the Founding Fathers as soon as my friends were out of sight. That was his version of being a cool dad. Anyway, rather than talking about the game itself, my mother only wanted to talk about Beyoncé. Queen Beyoncé. My mother said she can only describe Beyoncé’s performance in one word: “fierce.” This is funny if you know her because she’s not really a cool mom who says fierce, she’s more like a kind and smiley mom who loves poems, L.L. Bean and astronomy. My mother is no fool — she knows fierce when she sees it. And Beyoncé is the fiercest around. Beyoncé is also a little awkward for feminists. She’s awkward for us because we’re pretty sure we like her — businesswoman, empowering public figure, advocate

Lizzy Robinson / The Tufts Daily for pro-women causes, etc. But then Last year’s Occupy Boston encampment in Dewey Square has been replaced in practice and spirit by different activist campaigns. she does things and we’re like “OH NO don’t make us put you in the Britney category” (I know, she’s Britney and we love her, but lets face it, she’s no Gloria Steinem). There were a couple really awkward songs, like “Naughty Girl” (2003) and Destiny’s Child’s “Cater b y Am e l i a Qu i n n 2 U” (2005). Sometimes she doesn’t Daily Editorial Board he said. “At the start there were a lot has really spread across other, smaller wear a lot of clothes and sometimes of liberals and at the end a lot of anti- movements.” she does dance moves that appear as As Occupy movementauthoritarians and anarchists quiets, were left itRamanathan finds said he new sees the move - if she’s having sexual intercourse with A movement to define a generation, ... so we created our own group." ment’s culture sparking similarly-mind- the stage. There’s definitely a sexual some called it. Yet after all the media Matthews remains involved in ed activist movements on the Hill. “I objectification concern there, whether buzzchannels about Occupy Wall Street at and Tufts, its that group, nationwide called the Tufts Anti- also think that we’ll see more and more intended or not, whether precedent- fight for social and economic justice Authoritarian Collective. He said that coalition building, and more and more following or not. And then there’s the last fall, the movement has a substan- former Occupiers are now involved a louder single voice for progressive most recent anti-feminist accusation: tially lower profile now. This is also in activist groups such as the Tufts activism on [Tufts] campus,” he said. Beyoncé named her new world tour true in the Boston area, with the clo- Labor Coalition, Tufts Consent Culture The passion and energy that fueled the “Mrs. Carter Show.” There’s noth- sure of Occupy Boston encampments Network which works to prevent sex- the Occupy camps have not died, ing wrong with changing your name, to and the crackdown on Occupy Harvard ual assault, and the Coalition Against according to Dale Bryan, the assis- each his or her own. But it’s definitely last winter. Religious Exclusion (CARE). tant director of the Peace and Justice concerning that the tour for one of the Professor of Physics & Astronomy “We want to support all of these Studies Department. Rather they are most successful female entertainers of Gary Goldstein became involved in the campaigns, but we decided as a group being repurposed for new projects. the decade is named for her new name: Occupy Boston camps last year and that there wasn’t much [for us] to do ... “I think of it more as dormant,” her husband’s name. served on a panel at the camps dis- the activists are doing these kinds of Bryan said. “It’s less visible — you As I said, though, she’s got some cussing the importance of the move- campaigns now,” Matthews said. don’t know who is meeting, but surely good feminist stuff going on too. Her ment. Goldstein named several rea- Sophomore Kumar Ramanathan, they are. They are probably working on empowering female anthems have sons for Occupy’s slowing momentum. who is an active member of the latter many more things than we know,” he grown too many to count: “Survivor” “As far as I’m concerned, there was two groups, credits the Occupy move- added. “They’re going to come up with (2001), “Independent Women Part I” a major effort in this country to stop ment with shaping his own activist something, something innovative . . . (2000), “Irreplaceable” (2006), “Single the Occupy movement ... sometimes trajectory. I think it might still be about political Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008), “Ego” people were pretty violently attacked “The movement is sometimes seen as and economic inequality.” (2009), “Diva” (2009) and the unmatch- with clubs and spray,” he said. “Then sort of very out there or radical — and Some of the projects born out of able “Run the World (Girls)” (2011). Her the winter came. Between the winter certainly some parts of the movement Occupy Wall Street have included documentary on HBO, which aired last and the hostility that was growing from were — but I think they did a very good Occupy Sandy—an organized relief week, was filled to the brim with quotes city administrations and police, it got job of showing people like me how we effort to help the victims of Hurricane of female empowerment. I liked this dampened during that winter.” could be involved, how we could be Sandy stemming in large part from a one, from “Run the World”: “Men have According to sophomore Nate active, how we could bring our own base of former Occupy protestors—and been given the chance to rule the world. Matthews, who was active in Occupy political ideas and thoughts into our Rolling Jubilee, another Occupy-fueled But ladies, our revolution has begun.” protests, the closure of almost all political involvements,” he said. project that buys debt for pennies on But then she goes up and says this and encampments last winter has forced Goldstein, who has become largely the dollar in order to then wholly abol- I got really sad: “I’m like most women the movement to decentralize into uninvolved in Occupy, maintained that the ish the nation’s debt. As of press time, — very generous, and I’ll compromise.” separate causes. movement brought many salient issues to Rolling Jubilee has raised $560,505 to Cue funeral music. So sad. We really “While Occupy was centered around the forefront of political dialogue, both at abolish $11,214,933 of debt. don’t like that. I know it maybe sounds the camps, it was about people getting Tufts and on a national level. The idea of collective and mutual good, but it perpetuates the stereotype together and practicing consensus- “There are many important issues action for the common good, origi- that we’re passive and always agreeable. based decision making and trying to that we should all we aware of, and nally raised by Occupy, perpetuates So now I’m really confused. Feminist run a community the way they want- the Occupy movement brought some within the political sphere according or not feminist? Anti-feminist? Mostly- ed to see the world,” Matthews said. of those issues to the attention of to Goldstein. feminist? Avatar? “Without the camps it was hard to do many people,” he said. “I think that “I think the spirit of it all is still Academically, am I the most pleased that, and so what they’ve transformed they started to energize people politi- quite alive, and it has infused the with everything that she says and the into is all of these campaigns that have cally for many different issues, which common mainstream political discus- implications of the paradigms she splintered off. All of these similar- has been a good thing that I hope con- sion. Where it goes next, I don’t know,” sometimes conforms to? No. But, hon- minded people met each other ... once tinues.” Goldstein said. estly, who cares what I think? I’m Alexa the camps ended, they went off and Ramanathan said that many aspects Bryan agreed that the spirit of the and she’s Beyoncé. And if millions of did a lot of things [together].” of Occupy, both in terms of ideology movement, if not its physical incarna- people love her, and she’s saying at According to Matthews, a similar and structure, have already begun to tions, is long lasting. least mostly positive things about wom- splintering effect occurred last year influence activism. “If anything, I think it was seizing the en’s empowerment and being a mostly within the Tufts Occupiers group as it “I don’t know if the main Occupy energy of a generation of young people excellent female role model, I’m mostly became clear that Occupy in its origi- movement will make a resurgence, but who were being mobilized for fairness, okay with that. nal form was in demise. I think its effects are already being for justice,” he said. “Many of them will “By the end of last year, Tufts seen and will continue,” he said. “For be motivated for years to come. They Occupiers decided that since the example, the horizontal leadership, won’t always do direct action but many Alexa Petersen is a senior majoring in politi- Occupy camps were gone, there was the hand signals that were used in of them will feel concerns of political cal science and peace and justice studies. She no point in us being a group anymore,” meetings — the form of the movement and economic inequality.” can be reached at [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Advertisement Wednesday, February 20, 2013 5

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Theater Review Melissa MacEwen | The Roaming Fork Escapism shines poignantly throughout The root ‘The Glass Menagerie’ of the b y Gr a c e Ho y t Contributing Writer matter It’s no secret that Tennessee Williams is one of the most talented playwrights ou really should know what taro of all time, and “The Glass Menagerie” is, if you don’t already. Taro is essentially an improved version The Glass Menagerie of the potato — it’s starchy, easy to cookY and easy to grow. For some reason, though, it has only just begun to expand beyond Africa and Asia and into North Written by Tennessee Williams American grocery stores. From Indian Directed by John Tiffany curries, to Hawaiian poi, to African fufu, At the Loeb Drama Center through March 17 taro seriously gets around. Considering its Tickets $25 to $75 high content of vitamins A and C and the fact that it has three times as much fiber (1944) is among his best works. But is as potatoes, it shouldn’t really be surpris- among his best works. But to take a mas- ing. Because taro is just so darn versatile, I terpiece and give it new life takes great decided to cook it two different ways: in a innovation and talent ­— and that’s just savory dish, and in a sweet dish. what director John Tiffany did this past The savory dish was so easy to make Wednesday in the American Repertory that it should probably be considered Theater’s showing at the Loeb Drama cheating, but bear with me. While I was Center in Cambridge. perusing the vast selection of Ranch 99 “The Glass Menagerie” is the story (noticing a trend?), I picked up a sort of of a mother, brother and sister strug- taro cake made of taro and rice flour. It gling to make ends meet after being was a greyish-pink color and really didn’t abandoned by their father, a telephone look particularly appetizing, but it was operator who “fell in love with long dis- cheap and sounded easy to make, so I tance.” Son and narrator Tom (Zachary went for it. I cut it into slices that I pre- Quinto), takes after his father’s dreams pared two different ways — frying and of escape and resents the pressure steaming — and offered it to my family. I of supporting his mother and sister. was the only one who wasn’t completely Mother Amanda (Cherry Jones) is put off by the gelatinous mush of the obsessed with finding a “gentleman steamed taro cake, but everyone loved caller” for her daughter, Laura (Celia the fried taro cake. The taro turned a Keenan-Bolger), who suffers from a lovely golden brown color when I cooked limp and has immense social anxiety. it in sesame oil, and it didn’t even need to The majority of the play builds up to be seasoned. I kid you not — just about the final scene, where the Gentleman Courtesy Michael J. Lutch / American Repertory Theater anything tastes better fried. Former "Heroes" star Zachary Quinto fails to live up to the hype as Tom in American I started at ground zero for the sweet see GLASS, page 6 Repertory Theater’s "Glass Menagerie." taro dish that I prepared a few weeks later, which made things considerably more exciting. I (stupidly) took it upon myself Concert Review TV Review to buy the largest taro root in Ranch 99, mostly because it looked like a hilariously ‘Once Upon a Time’ engorged ginger root. Of course, I found Boston Symphony Hall the giant root somewhat intimidating by the time I brought it home, so it hung out brings new twist to on my kitchen counter for a couple weeks showcases Mozart rendition before I could come up with something old tales to do with it. During this time, the seven- b y a n h a r i t h hh u m P C a concerto this well was Yo-Yo Ma’s b y Wa n g Ji n g Le e pound root showed exactly zero signs of Daily Staff Writer performance of the Dvorak Cello Contributing Writer aging and simply sat there, taunting me Concerto under the baton of Spanish until I decided on a recipe for coconut Goosebump-inducing is a succinct conductor Juanjo Mena. Warning: Do not watch ‘Once Upon a milk-based taro tapioca pudding. way to describe Saturday night’s per- The Mozart Piano Concerto is mod- Time’ with kids. Kids believe that Snow Due to its high concentration of cal- formance at Symphony Hall with soloist estly scored for one flute, two clarinets, White has short hair and that Belle is in cium oxalate — a crystalline toxin that Radu Lupu and conductor Christoph two bassoons, two horns and strings. can cause organ damage and even death von Dohnányi. On the program Even without the usual firepower of Once Upon A Time — taro should never be consumed raw. was Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 trumpets and timpani, Mozart man- Maybe this knowledge made me expect in A, K.488 and Bruckner’s Symphony aged to craft a piece of incredible the worst, but the taro seemed poisonous No. 4 in E-flat, “Romantic.” charm and harmonic breadth. In no Starring Ginnifer Goodwin, from the moment I started slicing it for the In addition to numerous other way is this a technical challenge for Jennifer Morrison, Lana pudding. It smelled simultaneously sweet achievements, Lupu has taken the performers as the brilliance of the Parrilla, Josh Dallas and acrid — a strange, pungent combina- first place in both the Van Cliburn Mozart Piano Concerto is found in its tion that was hardly appealing. I became International Piano Competition and finesse rather than in its virtuosity. Airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on ABC increasingly fearful that I would inadver- the Leeds International Pianoforte The first movement is a typical tently poison myself, and began to con- Competition. Indeed, his esteem sonata-form movement. Here, Lupu love with the beast. Red Riding Hood was template what a horribly embarrassing is well deserved. One of the last supposed to be an innocent child. This cause of death undercooked taro would times the Boston Symphony played see SYMPHONY, page 6 show is going to tell them otherwise. be. Nevertheless, once I started to cook it ‘Once Upon A Time’ is merely another in the coconut milk, the taro’s fragrance attempt to add interesting twists to stories quickly mellowed out to a floral starchi- that most people have been exposed to ness. Once both the tapioca pearls and since childhood. In an episode that recaps taro had finished cooking, the pudding everything that took place in the first sea- was essentially done. I was unimpressed. son, the evil queen casts a spell across the The pudding was a purplish, putty brown land, causing every fairytale character to color, and though the tapioca pearls forget who they were. These characters looked nice enough, the chunks of taro all live in the “real world”, or Storybrooke. seemed like a hasty last-minute addition. When the spell is eventually broken, Prince They settled dully on the bottom the glass Charming takes the lead and attempts to pudding bowl, blobby and misshapen. defeat the evil queen. What else would one Still, the pudding was pretty tasty. It was expect a Prince to do? minimally sweet and just rich enough to Despite the number of times charac- be comforting, and it did thicken up over ters are made to act in the name of love, the next day or so — though it remained this show is in fact a dark fantasy. The evil decidedly bland. queen, Regina, pulls out the heart of her Taro was just as easy to make as I lover with her bare hands as he begs her expected, and I would make it again with- to free him from his misery. Both Aurora out hesitation, though I’d like to adjust the and Snow White’s grandson, Henry, get pudding recipe a little bit. Join me next physically burnt as they meet in a dream- week for crickets! like room engulfed in flames. This show puts familiar characters in unfamiliar situ- Courtesy Stu Rosner / Boston Symphony Orchestra ations, which is perhaps why it is so much Melissa MacEwen is a junior majoring in Christoph von Dohnányi and Radu Lupu displayed masterful cohesion at the Boston biology and English. She can be reached at Symphony Orchestra. see ONCE, page 6 [email protected]. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Despite small weaknesses, symphony remains dynamic, introspective SYMPHONY continued from page 5 demonstrated a clear understanding of all aspects of the piece. In flawless time, he awaited cues from the flute, clari- nets, and bassoons. It is all too com- mon to hear the giant Steinway drown out the flute. On Saturday night, how- ever, this was not the case. Lupu’s masterful control allowed for well-bal- anced counterpoint and dialogue. This concord contributed to a first move- ment that was colorful and filled with character. The most spine-chilling move- ment was the lyrical and introspec- tive second movement. Program writ- er for the Boston Symphony Michael Steinberg likens the pianist in the unusually dark second movement to an opera singer. Lupu opened with a soft and isolated passage before the orchestra came in in sonorous tutti. The wonderful dis- sonances in this movement were just as poignant as they were beautiful. The lack of dialogue between pianist and orchestra in this movement put Lupu under the spotlight to carry the weight of the piece. The lack of written dynamics in this movement, dragged it on for quite a long time. Nevertheless, Lupu gave a nuanced but captivating interpretation using penetrating texture. If the second movement gave the illusion of time standing still, the third revived the audience with life and cheer once more. In convention- al rondo form, the third movement brought back the liveliness of the first as well as the freedom of the second. The addictive and leaping main theme delighted the audience repeatedly, as its return was wholly welcome. Emphasized by the absence of tim- Courtesy Stu Rosner / Boston Symphony Orchestra pani and trumpets, Saturday’s perfor- Under the direction of Christoph von Dohnányi, Radu Lupu performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto to perfection. mance of Mozart Piano Concerto show- cased the unity of a chamber perfor- one of the more bombastic and heavy monotonous themes that reappeared tra. He was able to summon the full mance with the strength of an orches- pieces. Contrary to what Bruckner may throughout the entire piece offered Boston Symphony dynamism for the tra. Though Lupu was certainly the have been thinking, simply playing little contrast. Bruckner. Unfortunately, it just was star of the night, Dohnányi deserves loudly and softly is not cohesive to That said, the Boston Symphony not a good piece to showcase much a great deal of credit as well. His clear composing. Usually when compos- played a dull and repetitive piece to other than that. style of conducting and handling of ers reintroduce themes in later move- the best that it could have been played. Regardless, Saturday night was worth tempo kept the piece crisp and refresh- ments, it gives a sense of cohesiveness It was here that Dohnányi was able to braving the snow just for the Mozart. ing. Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 was throughout the work. In this case, the showcase his control over the orches- Lupu’s skill can hardly be overstated.

‘Once Upon A Time’ entertains Celia Keenan-Bolger delivers powerful despite poor acting character as Laura in ‘Glass Menagerie’

ONCE tory. Both of them have sets that could wow GLASS unicorn, Laura’s favorite piece, lit by continued from page 5 worldwide audiences easily. Knowing that this continued from page 5 a narrow beam of light. The three more intriguing than most fantasy shows. This thought lingers at the back of all fantasy fans’ Caller, played by Brian J. Smith, comes rooms hung suspended above a pool careful balance of old and new allows viewers minds, “Once Upon A Time” should have done over for dinner. of water, and throughout the produc- to feel engaged while they keep in mind that a much better job with its sets and shooting The fundamental theme of the tion characters would look into the these are still fairytale characters. locations. The “Lord of the Rings” filmmakers piece is escapism. Amanda escapes water at their reflections. The set suc- Surprisingly, it is not the acting of the main made New Zealand proud by using the coun- through telling stories of the glory cessfully made an emotional use of characters that leaves viewers with the deep- try as a memorable backdrop. Unfortunately, days of her youth before her husband height by alluding to the dark water’s est impression. Ginnifer Goodwin , who plays “Once Upon a Time” pales in comparison. swept her off her feet. Tom escapes depths and the rather heavenly desti- Snow White, Jennifer Morrison, who plays the The show is intense and quite entertaining through drinking and watching mov- nation of the fire escape. lead, Emma Swan, and finally Lana Parrilla, — it grasps viewers in a way that will probably ies and Laura escapes through day- There were consistent references who plays the evil sorceress queen Regina, are make them binge-watch the entire first sea- dreams and obsessively maintaining to a missing father throughout the average at best. Josh Dallas (Prince Charming) son. Watch it for Robert Carlyle’s amazing per- her glass figurine collection. Amanda piece, implying that his loss was a and Jared Gilmore (Henry) fail to impress, formance as the gruesome Rumpelstiltskin, if believes that her daughter will finally driving cause for action. Physically, though it is certainly difficult to criticize a like- nothing else. be happy once she finds a husband, the characters would gesture to the able young actor such as Gilmore. Especially and she works effortlessly to achieve place where his portrait hung, and since Prince Charming as a character is bare- this goal in ways that make the audi- emotionally, they looked for another ly explored in the original storybooks, the ence both laugh and cringe. Jones man, the Gentleman Caller, to fill his responsibility of making the character stand plays her overbearing, multifaceted void. Simple props like a couch, table out lies on Dallas’ shoulders. Perhaps due to character carefully by portraying her and chairs echoed the loneliness of the the nature of the character, however, he is as a wickedly delusional yet hope- family with a missing father and suc- generally unable to wow his viewers. lessly loving parent. cessfully made the characters appear Truly stunning, however, is Sebastian Stan’s Surprisingly, the weakest perfor- stuck in their situation. portrayal of the Mad Hatter. His intense eyes, mance was by the most recognizable Keenan-Bolger demonstrated strong which transition rapidly through states of member of the cast, Quinto as Tom. character development as Laura, with anger, frustration and determination, make Identifiable by his roles on “Heroes” her shy and endearing portrayal of a his key scenes quite memorable. Another out- and “24,” Quinto seems more suit- girl in love with her glass collection and standing actor, Robert Carlyle, handles the ed for television where his ability to playing music records. One of the most role of Rumpelstiltskin with impeccable taste show vocal and facial emotion is clear. powerful moments of the play occurs and class. Portraying a character who is cold Unfortunately, he didn’t have the same when Smith tries to help her gain con- and manipulative, yet affectionate toward the success on stage, and was ineffective in fidence and kisses her. This action, one girl he loves, Carlyle does not overdo any using his entire body to show emotion. despite its good intentions, shatters of these emotions and successfully gains view- The stage, with its dream-like set, Laura’s innocence, an event echoed by ers’ resentment and pity at the appropriate was the most intriguing aspect of the the breaking of her favorite glass uni- times. Jorge Garcia’s short appearance as the play. The stage was set as the family’s corn while the two are dancing. friendly giant living on the top of a beanstalk apartment, with the floor made up of The play’s ending leaves the audi- gave his fans a reason to smile. It is always nice three hexagonal wooden slabs to rep- ence with uncertainty about the future. to see a familiar face in television, especially resent different rooms. An area to the This production’s strongest elements when that person is known for comic relief far right of the stage was the fire escape were the creative set, Jones’ ability as Hugo “Hurley” Reyes in the hit series “Lost and exit to the home where characters to portray a distraught mother’s con- (2004-2010).” went out by descending into the floor. flicting personality traits and Keenan- It is difficult not to compare this show with Courtesy Genevieve via Flickr Creative Commons Upstage, the fire escape continued Bolger’s dynamic performance as the “Harry Potter” (1997-2007) and “Lord of Robert Carlyle’s Rumpelstiltskin brings upward, made of segments growing Laura. As a whole, the play is moving the Rings” (1954-1955) series, as they are two "Once Upon a Time" to a new level as its smaller with height. 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Off the Hill | Iowa State University Walt Laws-MacDonald | Show Me The Money! Dude, you’re getting an LBO ersonal computer maker Dell announced a few weeks ago that founder and CEO, Michael Dell, would take the company private in a leveraged buyout.P Though any deal of this nature usually catches the market by surprise, this one is a sign of the times. The PC industry is dying. Ten years ago, Windows computers ruled the market, and nearly every home had a PC. I remember my family fighting to use a machine that was painstakingly slow by today’s standards. You know the one — the big tower PC with the 13-inch monitor that weighed more than a third grader. You needed that computer to play the Sims, or check your MySpace, or go on AIM — remember AIM? Why am I bringing up so much nostalgia? Personal computing has changed, and with it so has the computer market. When was the last time you played the Sims? When was the last time you signed into instant messenger? COURTESY SHELBY CARPENTER Gaming has shifted to dedicated gaming con- soles with the popularity of PlayStations and Xboxes. The majority of Americans now check Grades should be based on quality of work, not their email and social networks and com- municate using their smartphones or tablets, leaving little room for home computers. attendance Even for people who still use personal com- puters frequently, Apple’s market share has b y Io w a St a t e Da i l y The Iowa State Daily style monitoring of our activities would do pretty much anything. At the very least, drastically increased. MacBooks are now just pass into the sunset of adolescence. If col- they can take out thousands of dollars in as, if not more, common as ThinkPads among lege should be a time of discovery before loans — for which they are responsible — students, and in some settings iPads have It would be hard to state our favorite movie we head out into the “real world,” we to pay tuition, since they are consumers of completely replaced computers. of the 1980s. A leading contender on any list, should also have to discover responsibility the product that America’s universities sell. Many PC manufacturers have folded in however, surely is “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in addition to new cultures, world views, Occasionally, an attendance grade gets recent years. IBM’s hardware division, which (1986). That classic of American comedy lays ideas, languages and all the other horizon- rolled in with participation, or in-class made the ubiquitous ThinkPad — you know, out the adventures of the eponymous hero, broadening aspects of university life that quizzes, or a select number of test ques- the one with the red dot in the keyboard — Ferris, and two of his friends as they skip one get sold to high school juniors and seniors tions that the professor will draw from was spun off and sold, while other giants like of their last days of high school. Now, as col- in the postcards and prospectuses sent out material that only appeared in lecture. HP — which bought Compaq in 2001 — have lege students, we can all fondly look back on by admissions and recruitment offices. Given that grading must account for seen lower profits, unable to adapt to a busi- such days of our own. When attendance-based grading occurs, attendance somehow, those options -- as ness that emphasizes the “wow” factor over The movie even engages in a kind of the distinction between high school and opposed to grading based outright on brute computing power. juxtaposition, setting the hand-holding of college — a distinction that ought to be as whether your derriere is in your seat -- are PCs maintain a foothold in business com- high school, with an activist principal who visible as it is large — vanishes. Since there preferable. puting, but that cannot support the entire will break into our homes to make sure ought to be a clear difference between high Indeed, attendance should affect stu- industry of manufacturers. Dell has struggled we’re actually on our death beds and not school and college, that is unfortunate. dents’ grades. But it should only do so in past years, missing earnings-per-share esti- faking, alongside the promises of an adult Both institutions have the goal of preparing indirectly. If students are to be penalized mates in the last quarter and failing to intro- life filled with liberation and responsibility their students for adulthood, with one dif- or rewarded for showing up at class, that duce any new products in recent memory. together. One thing we looked forward to ference that has far-reaching implications. penalty or reward should be apparent in Enter the leveraged buyout, or LBO. Firms leaving in high school, as surely as Ferris College students are at least 18 years the quality of work the student turns in. use LBOs to take over weak companies, in and his pals did, was the low resonation old, or will be for most of the time it takes Perhaps our final thought should take the hopes that they will be able to turn the of “Bueller ... Bueller ... Bueller ...?” as our to earn their degrees. In the eyes of the the shape of a question: Is an attendance business around without the shareholders; by teachers take attendance. law, they are adults. Without their parents’ component of a grade an opportunity for financing part of the deal with existing or new And yet, instances of attendance count- permission (although of course, we cannot students to gain points through focused, debt, the firm is able to “leverage” that capi- ing for 5 or 10 percent of a class grade are say anything about their parents’ approv- deliberate work, or is it an opportunity to tal and reduce the out-of-pocked cost of the not unheard of. We would have thought al) they can vote, get married, rent apart- lose them through carelessness that in the deal. Essentially, the firm uses the company’s that since the vast, overwhelming majority ments, buy cars, have abortions, file for end has no bearing on the quality of the existing assets as collateral to secure the debt, of college students are adults, such parent- bankruptcy, enlist in the armed forces and essays, quizzes and tests we turn in? allowing it to pay the full price of the deal now and pay back the lenders after it has turned a profit. Michael Dell has tendered an offer for Off the Hill | University of Oklahoma the company at a price of $13.65 a share, a 25 percent premium to where the stock had been trading. As CEO, Dell — the man — can U.S. Government must not continue to overlook more easily buy Dell — the company — than an outside investor. He already owns more than 15 percent of the stock, and can use human rights abuses by Saudi Arabia, other allies some — or all — of Dell’s existing cash to finance the deal. b y Ok l a h o m a Da i l y Editorial Bo a r d After the strong reaction, the govern- undermines our efforts in other Arab Microsoft, maker of the Windows soft- The Oklahoma Daily ment released the women and children countries because we are seen as play- ware platform, has also agreed to finance up but did not comment on the condition ing favorites with our allies. to $2 billion in additional debt. Taking part Policemen encircled a group of burka- of their loved ones. The relationship between the United in the deal is a smart move for Microsoft. clad women and their children peace- These protests are especially impor- States and Saudi Arabia has been strained Letting Dell collapse would mean losing fully protesting the unjust detention of tant given that Saudi Arabia’s guardian- by oil concerns and human rights viola- another chunk of an already shrinking mar- relatives in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia last ship laws legally define women as chil- tions. President Barack Obama took sig- ket for Windows computers. Rather than month. The women then were carted off dren under the care of their husbands nificant steps in advocating for greater simply investing, financing the debt allows to jail simply for asking for the release of or fathers. human rights in the region during the Microsoft to help without “playing favorites” their loved ones jailed without trials or Women, who are not allowed to trav- Arab Spring. among PC makers. hearings. el without a male companion, risked In early 2011, Obama publicly called Though I think PCs will never develop the The United States is a strategic and torture and imprisonment to ask for for the resignation of Egypt’s leader single software-hardware fusion that Apple economic ally of Saudi Arabia and has simple information regarding detained Hosni Mubarak and recently recognized has, there is certainly consolidation in the failed to speak out against human rights relatives. Syria’s revolutionary government. industry. The PC is not dead, but, just like your abuses in the country In October 2010, local journalist Fahd But Obama is in a dilemma over Saudi old Sims family, it doesn’t receive nearly as In a country that has outlawed pro- al-Jukhaidib was arrested and lashed Arabia. As the kingdom is one of our trad- much attention as it used to. tests, citizens’ reaction to the arrests was merely for reporting on a protest. Many ing partners, the United States has been shocking. In the incredibly conservative others have been detained for years for wary of criticizing the Saudi regime and city of Buraidah, where the women were participating in peaceful protests. calling for increases in human rights. arrested, men took to the streets to pro- The United States has not taken direct We cannot afford to be passive any Walt Laws-MacDonald is a sophomore test their arrest and detention. diplomatic action to support the pro- longer. When the people of a repressed majoring in quantitative economics. He The protest by a small group of women tests, despite being active in recent nation call out for the most basic access can be reached at Walt.Laws_MacDonald@ sparked a rare expression of political human rights efforts in Egypt and Syria. to political and judicial liberties, it is our tufts.edu. dissent. Ignoring violations in Saudi Arabia duty to join the call.

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JumboWOMEN’S SWIMMING divers AND DIVING help The nextteam day, senior lock co-cap -uplenging third meet with place some tough JumbosWOMEN’S SQUASH fall 6-3 tledin the final Fords throughout in nar a close, continued from back tain Christine Garvey was able competition. Junior Sami Bloom continued from back competitive match but faltered at ond-to-last event of the day, the to pull off a similar feat in a mas- was off from her best diving scores ning all 27 games. Co-captain the finish line and lost 6-3. 200at meterNESCACs butterfly, the Jumbos sive come from behind second and placed sixth on the 1-meter Jessicarow Rubine affair set the tone by Haverford took the first two had four swimmers make it to the place finish for the Jumbos in the board and seventh on the 3-meter. beating Rochester’s Alexandra matches, but Tufts roared back finals, and the combined points 200 meter butterfly. Her time of According to coach Brad Snodgrass Mackie 11-0 in the first game of to take the lead with three from the event were enough to give 2:04.74 earned her second place her finish was strong after being the match, and the senior allowed straight victories from seniors the Jumbos a 24-point lead over and an NCAA B-cut, and lost to abroad for half of the season. just five total points in her three Ushashi Basu, Risa Meyers and Middlebury. The Jumbos were able Amherst’s Sarah Conklin by just Senior Ali Maykranz competed games. Chaudhry. Basu took her oppo- to keep the Panthers at bay in the 1/100th of a second. in her first championship and got Tufts advanced on Saturdayto nent, Alexandra Love, down to final event of the weekend. In a “I could not believe how close better as she adjusted to the atmo- the finals with a 9-0 victory over the the wire before finally prevailing meet where scores went into the it was at the end,” Garvey said. sphere of the meet. University of California, Berkeley, in extra points, 15-13, in the fifth thousands, the 11-point difference “When I touched and saw that I “In this sport there is a big learn- the 36th seed overall. The Jumbos and final game, while Meyers and at the end of the meet could have was in second I was shocked.” ing curve being in championship,” nearly matched their dominance Chaudhry encountered less resis- swung easily in either direction. Garvey contributed 28 points Snodgrass said. “The atmosphere from the day before, losing just tance in dispatching opponents “It was such a close race between with her second place finish, but it got to her in first event, but she two out of the 29 games played. in three games apiece. us and Middlebury, anybody’s race was the depth of the squad during came back really strong in the Senior co-captain Hafsa Chaudhry The Fords recovered to take if they’d given up a second could the 200 fly that pulled Tufts into the three-meter and ended up tenth. allowed just nine points on the the final four matches and win have made the difference,” junior lead over Middlebury. Freshman It was a fantastic finish for her and day, winning all three of her games the division championship. Jenny Hu said. Maddie Golison earned 16 points the team.” by a score of 11-3. Four times the Jumbos were on Hu recorded Tufts’ only victory with her 11th place finish and senior Several individual swimmers, Tufts nearly stumbled at the the brink of victory after fight- of the weekend when she com- co-captain Lizz Grainger and fresh- including Garvey, Hu and sopho- end when junior Denise Amisial ing Haverford to do-or-die fifth pleted the 100 meter breaststroke man Sam Swinton rounded out the more Sam Sliwinski, and the 400- dropped the first game of the final games, only to lose three of them in 1:05.15. At last year’s NESCACs, event with a combined 13 points. and 800-free relay teams made match, but she rallied to win her at the very end. Their final match then-sophomore Jamie Hillas from According to coach Nancy NCAA B-cuts. The NCAA automati- next three games and seal the came down to just a couple of Middlebury edged Hu out for first Bigelow, it was the team effort from cally takes swimmers who make shutout. After picking up a pair breaks that went in Haverford’s place in two events. This year, Hu the Jumbos and not solely individ- the competitive A-cut time, and of lopsided victories, the Jumbos direction. came back to beat Hillas in the ual performances that allowed the invites the top B-cut swimmers to were brimming with confidence. “The match really could have 100 breast, despite being seeded squad to pull out a third place win. fill out 16 people per event. By next “We went into those matches gone either way,” Rubine said about seventh in the finals. Of the 24 swimmers who attended week, the Jumbos will know who knowing we were the better team,” the see-saw affair, “and it happened “I didn’t really think about win- the meet, every one of them con- will get an invitation to the NCAA said Rubine, “and we played like to go their way this time.” ning the heat, I just did the best I tributed points in either a relay or Championships. the better team.” With that, the Jumbos’ team could,” she said. individually. According to Bigelow, There, they will hope to keep Tufts squared off with Haverford season is over. Tufts will next And that was enough to propel only the top teams in the confer- their momentum rolling after a College, the second seed in the E compete at the CSA Individual her to the victory all the way from ence can say that. weekend that surpassed even their Division and 34th overall, in the Championships at Trinity from lane one. In the diving well, it was a chal- loftiest expectations. division finals. 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Jason Schneiderman | Stoppage Time Ronaldo MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD continuedJumbos from back finish Div. III New Englands with 4x800 The Jumbos had two runner-up or Messi? meterfinishes on the relay track as well. win, third overall Freshman Mitchell Black, con- tinuing his tremendous rookie cam- ho’s the best? paign, broke the school record in the For the past several sea- 600 with a time of 1:20.96, a record sons, the debate of who is the untouched since 2007. greatest soccer player in the Junior Graham Beutler, coming off Wworld invariably returns to these two giants: two weeks sidelined by a case of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. mononucleosis, finished second in Both are incredible goal scorers, both his second race back with a time of have won and scored in Champions 22.91 seconds. League finals and both have led their “Personally, I just wanted to go out clubs to domestic titles. Clearly they are and have fun with the 200-meter this both great, and clearly there is no other weekend,” Beutler said. “I went into that approaches their collective brilliance. the meet without expectations for But who’s the best? myself since it was only my second Cristiano Ronaldo’s speed, strength, skill, back competing. I was excited and a and iconic step-over have been striking fear little bit surprised with my results, in the hearts of professional defenders for and very happy to be contributing to over 10 years. He has the ideal build and the team.” combination of abilities for an attacking The Jumbos concluded the meet player. He can score from distance with his the same way they began: with a powerful right foot, and he can score with win. accuracy using his left. What’s more, he can The 4x800 relay team, comprised of use his 6 foot 1 inch frame and basketball Black, senior tri-captain Jeff Marvel, player’s vertical leap to score with his head. freshman Veer Bhalla, and sopho- He led La Liga in goals scored in the 2010- more Alex Schifter, came away victo- 11 season, tallying 40 for his club team, Real rious in a time of 7:53.27, less than a Madrid. The 2011-12 season brought 46 second ahead of second-place MIT. more goals in La Liga for Ronaldo, and he Championship season rolls on already has 24 goals in 23 appearances so next weekend, when Tufts travels to far this season. Oliver Porter / The Tufts Daily Boston University to compete in the The Jumbos took third this weekend at Div. III New Englands behind four individual event victories. Were Messi not in this generation of All-New England Championships on soccer players, Cristiano Ronaldo would Feb. 22 and 23. selves that we can definitely compete into championship season, I think easily wear the crown of best in the world. “The team put together a great with the best in Division III New that we can continue improving on Unfortunately for Cristiano, this is not meet on Saturday and showed our- England,” Beutler said. “Continuing our marks.” the case. Former and current players, coaches and commentators alike have bestowed seemingly every plaudit upon Lionel Messi. There is no one with a better combination of speed, agility, touch and balance, all of which allow him to dribble through groups of defenders, always keeping the ball at his feet under complete control. Additionally, his goal-scoring record is second to none. He just completed the most productive calendar year ever, scoring 91 times for club and country in 2012, breaking Gerd Mueller’s 40 year-old record. Messi’s club team, Barcelona, is consid- ered one of the greatest teams of all time, winning five La Liga and three Champions League titles since his first-team debut in 2004. This, coupled with Messi’s superior goal-scoring prowess, led many to see Messi as the clearly superior player. However, the answer is not so easy. Messi has played the entirety of his career with the two gems of Spain’s golden genera- tion of soccer, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta. These two all-time great attacking midfielders can be largely credited with Barcelona’s unparalleled success over the past 10 years. Their surgical delivery and mutual understanding have been at the source of many Messi goals over the years. So, here’s the question: Is Barcelona one of the greatest teams of all time because of Messi, or should its other core players be given more credit? Obviously the answer lies somewhere in between, but Messi’s international achieve- ments compared to Xavi’s and Iniesta’s help make a strong case for his great teammates. Don’t believe it? Messi has averaged 0.86 goals per game at Barcelona, while only averaging 0.40 goals per game playing for Argentina. He has scored just one goal in two World Cups, a meaningless sixth in a 6-0 victory against Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. Meanwhile, his Spanish teammates Sofia Adams / The Tufts Daily won the last three major world tourna- The Jumbos pulled out a narrow victory on the weekend as they took the Div. III New England Championships in dramatic fashion. ments (Euro 2008, World Cup 2010, and Euro 2012). By no means do these facts discredit Messi’s achievements at Barcelona, espe- cially since Ronaldo has a similarly disap- pointing goal record with Portugal. At the moment, Messi probably holds a WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD team on the track. Marilyn Allen placed with a time of 9:33.81 and earn eights slight edge over Ronaldo. But there are cer- continuedJumbos from back edge Engineerssecond in in thefinal 55-meter event hurdles of with the points day to seize to the take day from the MIT. tainly those who disagree and have plenty of came in the 600 meter run, where a time of 8.44 seconds, and Audrey With such an impressive perfor- arguments to back that viewpoint up. With titlesenior Samwith Bissonnette impressive placed sec- Gouldscores finished across fifth in the 5000,board cross- mance, the Jumbos will be looking to the World Cup one year away, a memorable ond in 1:37.49, and sophomore Lauren ing in 17:32.56. Gould’s time ranks in continue to put impressive performanc- performance from either would likely sway Gormer finished right behind her, the top 20 in the nation. es in the coming weeks, beginning with the title of greatest in the world in his favor. placing third with a time of 1:37.99. The final race was the decisive event the All-New England Championship at However as Cristiano once said, it’s like The Jumbos also had two scorers after a full weekend of competition. Boston University next weekend. trying to “compare a Ferrari with a Porsche.” in the 1000-meter run. Junior Laura With MIT leading the Jumbos by just “Winning [the Div. III Championship] Personally, I’d be happy with either. Peterson took second with a time one point, Tufts needed to finish ahead definitely will help bring us into the of 2:59.41, and freshman Hanako of the Engineers in the 4 x 800 meter end of indoor season and into the Shigenobu finished sixth, crossing the relay to take the championship. MIT outdoor season as a strong, united Jason Schneiderman is a sophomore who line in 3:02.56. took an early lead but was then dis- team, going after a NESCAC title” is majoring in quantitative economics and Two other promising freshmen also qualified on a baton pass, allowing the Allen said. computer science. He can be reached at made important contributions for the Jumbos to finish second in that race [email protected]. 16

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b y Cl a i r e Sl e i g h The Lord Jeffs took the win with 1972.5 b y Sa m Go l d clearance of 14 feet 11 inches, and Daily Editorial Board points, followed by Williams with 1909.5. JumbosDaily Editorial take Board/ thirdsophomore at Brian Div. Williamson III took fifth Women’s swimmingTufts came in aand distant third with 1017.5 in the shot put with his heave of 48 It was a weekend of upsets at this year’s points, but just ahead of fourth place The Tufts men’s track and field team feet, 6 ¾ inches. women’s swimming and diving NESCAC Middlebury’s 1006.5 points. Newcame off two Englandmeets at home and took Championships In the weight throw, senior tri-captain divingChampionships, from upset a historic win at for NESCACs Throughout much of the three-day event third place in the Div. III New England Curtis Yancy notched a fifth-place finish Amherst to a last minute push from Tufts to Middlebury held a 30-point lead over Tufts, Championships held at the University with his throw of 56 feet one inch. Not snag third place. The Jumbos went into the but the Jumbos came back strong with an of Southern Maine. Matching their per- far behind was junior Andre Figueroa meet with hopes of placing in the middle impressive final push on Sunday. In the sec- formance from last year, the Jumbos who placed eighth with his throw of 51 of the 11-competitor pack but pulled off a amassed four individual victories feet two and a quarter inches. surprising third-place finish. see WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING, page 14 across various events and fell just The Jumbos fared quite well on the short of surpassing the host team Bates track as well, thanks in large part to a Bobcats for second place. surging distance squad, led by senior Senior Mike Blair spurred Tufts at Kyle Marks. the start with his record-breaking per- Marks, who has turned in numerous formance in the heptathlon. With vic- impressive times over the course of tories in the high jump and long jump, the season, dug deep on the last lap of Blair built on his own school record the 5,000 to kick past Bowdoin junior with a personal best total of 4,900 Sam Seekins for his first-ever collegiate points. His score set both a meet and victory in a track event in a time of facility record, and it earned him the 14:57.92. third spot in the nation in the event. “At the beginning of the race a cou- Senior Gbola Ajayi notched the only ple guys broke away from the pack and other win in the field events for the tried to build a big lead, and I stayed Jumbos, as his leap of 6.94 meters in in a group of guys trying to chase the long jump gave him another vic- them, [and] we gradually caught up to tory on the season. Seekins and I passed him with about “I’m happy with the way things went 150 meters left,” Marks said. “It was yesterday,” Ajayi said. “I was really feel- nice to be able to win the race because ing fast and explosive. I haven’t really it was my first time winning a track jumped all that much this year, so it event in college.” was great to be back on the runway, In the mile, junior Jamie Norton back fighting with my team.” ran a time of 4:15.69, good enough for And though the Jumbos did not have fourth place. The next Tufts runner to quite their best day on the field, a cross the line was senior Sam Haney, number of Tufts athletes still turned in who finished seven seconds behind strong performances. Norton to claim 11th place. In the pole vault, senior tri-captain Brad Nakanishi finished third with his see MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD, page 15

Women’s Squash

b y Ty l e r Ma h e r squash of the season. Contributing Writer Entering the tournament as the top seed Women’s squashin the Efalls Division and short 33rd seed overall, Gene Buonaccorsi / The Tufts Daily they began the round robin round on the With the season nearing its end, the The Jumbos narrowly edged out Middlebury for third place in this weekend’s NESCAC right foot by rolling over the University of women’s squash team traveled to Yale over Championships. atthe weekend Nationals to participate in the Women’s Rochester with a 9-0 shutout on Friday. College Squash Association National Team In an outstanding team effort, the Championships. Jumbos swept the Yellow Jackets by win- In their last team match of the year, Women’s Track and Field the Jumbos played some of their best see WOMEN’S SQUASH, page 14

b y Al e x Co n n o r s scoring a team-high 20 points in the Jumbos Daily Staff Writer capture two events.Div. Her throwIII of 45 feet one inch in the shot put was a personal The Tufts women’s track and field record. Newteam won the England New England Div. III crown “Saturday was great for me” Allen Indoor Championship on Saturday for said. “I went into the meet knowing the second time in its 24-year history, that I needed to score as many points and for the first time since 2008. as I could for the team, because every In the win, the Jumbos recorded point counts.” 116 points to best the field of 23 Senior Ronke Oyekunle placed sec- teams, edging second place MIT by a ond in the shot put with a throw of 44 mere seven points. feet 5 ¼ inches, earning eight points After a frustrating showing at last for the team, while Sophomore Grace year’s meet in which they finished Demyan placed seventh with a throw fourth, the Jumbos were out for some of 40 feet 8 ¾ inches for an additional redemption. They got it this year, in the two points. form of 12 top-5 finishes—an impres- “The performance by Kelly, Ronke sive performance across the board. and Grace in the shot put was stellar,” “We had been waiting for this Brutus said. moment for a long time,” thrower Brutus herself placed second in Sabienne Brutus, a senior, said. the weight throw with a throw of 54 The meet started with a bang on feet 8 ¾ inches, finishing only behind Friday night in the pentathlon. Allen’s throw of 55 feet 1 ½ inches for Junior Jana Hieber won the a total of 18 points for the Jumbos. event with 3,287 points, kickstart- “My performance this past weekend ing the weekend for the team before was a significant improvement from Saturday’s events began. past years’,” Brutus said. “I was happy As usual, Saturday was dominated to be able to contribute to our win.” by Tufts’ throwers. Tufts’ best showing on the track Daily File Photo Senior Kelly Allen took first-place The Jumbos finished second in the E Division at CSA Nationals on the weekend. in both shot put and weight throw, see WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD, page 15