Today: Sunny THE TUFTS High 61 Low 39 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Mostly Sunny Since 1980 High 59 Low 43 Vo l u m e LV, Nu m b e r 56 DAILY We d n e s d ay , Ap r i l 16, 2008 UIT seeking to expand Dining Dollars, Points Plus wireless Internet access b y Ni n a Fo r d reach for UIT. merge to form JumboCash Daily Editorial Board After improving connection strength in the library, which b y Gi o va n n i Ru s s o n e l lo The University Information already has wireless access Daily Editorial Board Technology (UIT) department but has experienced a number is working to expand wireless of outages recently, UIT will Dining Services announced Internet access across campus decide which additional loca- yesterday that it will combine in the near future, and plans to tions to address. the university’s often perplex- install wireless access points “Based on cost, the schools ing Points Plus and Dining in Tisch Library before spring will determine which areas Dollars systems into one multi- reading period begins on are addressed first,” Irish said purpose account next semester, April 29. in an e-mail, adding that UIT a move that Tufts Community UIT has also conducted site has completed preliminary Union (TCU) Senator C.J. surveys in several dormito- examinations of Wren, Haskell, Mourning said could pave the ries and will use the results Sophia Gordon and West Halls. way for more restaurants to to frame its goals, said Dawn join the Merchants on Points Irish, associate director of out- see WIRELESS, page 2 (MOPS) system. Dining Services also announced that meal plans will no longer include points, so stu- dents may choose the number of dining hall meals they purchase

independently of the amount of Rebekah Sokol/Tufts Daily cash they store on their identifi- Starting next semester, student ID cards will have increased spending power. cation cards. With the newly introduced Dollars, which many students can use their ID cards to access JumboCash system, students historically purchase at the money from both accounts, will be able to use their ID cards beginning of each semester as which are often referred to col- to buy meals at on-campus eat- part of their meal plans, can be lectively as “points.” eries and area restaurants and used to buy food from selected Director of Dining Services also to pay for such on-campus on-campus eateries and from Patti Klos said students’ confu- expenses as bookstore purchas- six sponsored restaurants near sion about the two accounts es and laundry cycles. campus. Points Plus can be used motivated the merger. “In the Students have consistent- at campus food vendors and students’ minds it wasn’t the ly expressed confusion over to make other miscellaneous most convenient way to make what they can buy with Dining payments such as bookstore purchases,” she said. “We call Annie Wermiel/tufts daily Dollars and what falls in the purchases and overdue-book Tisch Library may soon see an increase in its wireless Internet capacity. domain of Points Plus. Dining fees at Tisch Library. Students see POINTS, page 2

Next year’s Programming Board LGBT activist breaks silence with talk reps elected b y Ma r y s a Lin Daily Editorial Board Students selected next Class Council presidency, year’s Programming Board Adam Fischer was elected Staceyann Chin broke the representatives in an election vice president of social pro- silence with a bang yesterday. yesterday that was delayed gramming, Brooke Rothstein The Jamaican activist, poet by a technological hitch. won the vice presidency of and playwright showcased her The student council respon- academic programming, fiery and candid oratory while sible for Winter Bash, Fall Danny Wittels was elected speaking on issues of sexual- Ball and last month’s Winter treasurer and Kate Carpenito ity and identity in the capping Carnival held elections for won the secretary position. event of the LGBT Center’s Day contested seats in the Classes In the Class of 2010, of Silence. of 2010 and 2011, while all Jay Romano and Anita Wu An acclaimed agitator for candidates in the rising senior will split time as president, women’s rights, Chin spoke class went unopposed. with Romano serving in the frankly about a variety of issues Yesterday’s voting got fall before going abroad in and performed several poems. off to a rocky start, as a the spring. Wu will be “I believe ‘whore’ is a word we technological problem pre- abroad in the fall and will came up with for women who vented Programming Board take over in the spring. like f—king as much as men,” she officials from putting ballots Brittany Cahoon was elected said. “I believe there will always for the contested elections treasurer, and Clara Chan be something to fight for.” Meredith Klein/Tufts Daily online until very late in the won the vice presidency of Chin spent the session pro- Activist Staceyann Chin spoke at a closing event for the Day of Silence. morning. academic programming. viding biographical insights The Board was using an The class’s secretary posi- into her life, including her exo- “You guys must not have any eration of young people with outdated listserv, or collec- tion and vice presidency of dus from her home country of fun during sex,” she added. strong convictions is “the first tion of e-mail addresses, to social programming are Jamaica, where homosexuality “I f—k with you, with all of generation that really can do send out the ballots to mem- still open. is illegal. She read portions of this, because I do believe that a anything” and that there are bers of the Classes of 2010 Saskia Chanoine will her memoir, performed poetic conversation between those of “very few boundaries [it] can’t and 2011. become the rising senior pieces and sought to challenge us who are a couple generations cross.” Once Lauren Kari and Erica class council president after the boundaries of what many ahead of you may engender you But Chin said she worries Shipow, the board’s co-chairs, her position, like the rest of people consider sensitive, taboo talking to people younger than about what young people will realized the mistake, they had those in the Class of 2009, or shameful topics. you are,” Chin said, describing choose to do with their power. to individually remake all the went uncontested yesterday. “I like to push the buttons the importance of encounter- She also discussed racism in ballots because the listserv London Moore will serve about race and sexuality and all ing many different perspectives America. “Someone doesn’t need had already been finalized. as vice president of social of that,” Chin said. In response from people in varied points in to spit in your face and call you a The rising sophomores’ programming, Pooja Chokshi to the quiet crowd in Cabot their lives. n——r” for it to be racism, Chin ballots were not available will be vice president of aca- Auditorium, she joked that stu- The talk concluded the LGBT said. She said that both sexism until 11:40 a.m., and the ris- demic programming, Neil dents today have become so seri- Center’s Day of Silence, in which and racism are deeply pervasive ing juniors’ ballots went up DiBiase will be treasurer ous that they have lost “nuance participants — usually students in American society. at 11:15 a.m., said Kari, who and Eran Filiba will become and irony and sarcasm and all — refuse to speak for a full day in “People talk about black peo- is currently a senior. the secretary. those wonderful things that allow order to highlight the feeling of ple who are poor, black men who In the Class of 2011, you to say so much with your isolation that gays feel. Lindsey Rosenbluth won the —by Giovanni Russonello body, with your voice. Chin said that today’s gen- see CHIN, page 2 Inside this issue tuftsdaily.com Today’s Sections Air Force ROTC mem- The women’s tennis bers incorporate mili- team improved to 9-1 News 1 Op-Ed 9 tary training into their on the year with a deci- Features 3 Comics 10 Tufts undergraduate sive win over Conn. Arts | Living 5Classifieds 11 education. College yesterday. Best of Tufts 7Sports Back Editorial | Letters 8 see FEATURES, page 3 see SPORTS, back page 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Switch to JumboCash may lead to expansion of Merchants on Points system POINTS Services sells, the office will have to recon- aware that students have expressed a cards to add to their JumboCash over the continued from page 1 figure how it relies on reaping money desire to have more off-campus options Internet, and to allow students to check [JumboCash] ‘points simplified’ ... We from students’ purchases at non dining- and that’s something that we’ll continue to their account balances online. hope that this [system] will be a no-brain- hall eateries on campus, according to look at with student representatives’ help Adding JumboCash will carry new finan- er, easy to understand and just make life Mourning. This will help Dining Services in the new school year,” she said. cial incentives for students, Mourning simpler for everyone.” adapt to incorporating more restaurants Klos said that more complicated said. They will save 10 percent if they Mourning, the TCU’s outgoing Services into the MOPS system, she said. obstacles lie ahead before Tufts can purchase JumboCash by a certain date in Committee chair, spearheaded an effort “Because the Dining Dollars ... money incorporate additional off-campus res- the summer. “If I want to buy 1,000 points this school year to streamline the points goes toward Dining Services ... and because taurants into the MOPS program. “The next year I only have to pay $900,” so long system. She said the initiative stemmed it’s attached to meal plans, it’s money that more critical factor ... would be to be as the buyer makes the purchase by a cer- from a broader goal of expanding the they’re counting on every year to receive,” able to have electronic settlements [with tain date, she said. MOPS program, which allows students to she said. With the new JumboCash system, restaurants], which is something I’m TCU President Neil DiBiase said order food from local restaurants using this will change, Mourning said. looking into as well,” she said. that the changes announced yester- their Dining Dollars. She said combining Dining Dollars In the current payment system, restau- day marked a major step for the Senate Mourning said that since Dining with Points Plus and eliminating points rants must save loads of paper receipts and Dining Services. Combining Dining Services counts on receiving most of from meal plans grew out of the Services and submit them to Dining Services twice Dollars with Points Plus is “something the revenue from Dining Dollars, the Committee’s original goal of adding more a month. University employees then sift that the Senate has been working on department has not historically been restaurants to the MOPS program. “Last through the receipts individually and tally since I was elected ... three years ago,” able to afford to let students spend a year when I was first assigned the project them up before settling with the eateries. he said. “This is something that is really great deal of the money in that account of getting more restaurants on points we Both Dining Services and affiliated restau- going to impact the student experience on off-campus restaurants. saw that in order to get more restaurants rateurs find this method cumbersome. at Tufts for the better.” “In terms of getting more restaurants on points there are [two] preliminary steps Klos said that Dining Services aims DiBiase doled out credit to Mourning on points, [creating JumboCash is] a step that have to be taken,” Mourning said, cit- to make students’ JumboCash accounts and Klos. “It’s something that C.J.’s been that has to be taken,” Mourning said. ing yesterday’s innovations as these two available online by the end of the sum- working really hard on, [and] Dining “It’s a matter of where the money goes initial measures. mer, which will be a step toward alleviat- [Services] has been more than receptive in the university, because Dining Dollars But Klos said that Dining Services made ing this problem. ... to this idea of looking for a new system are for Dining Services and Points [Plus] these changes for independent reasons, The move to online will also give stu- of points. I think Patti Klos is dedicated to are separate.” and that the steps would not necessarily dents more direct access to and oversight improving the student experience. She’s Now that Dining Dollars will no longer affect the MOPS system. of their accounts. Dining Services hopes to been one of the most accessible adminis- be a part of the meal plans that Dining “I don’t think it’s directly related. I’m make it possible for students to use credit trators for the Senate,” he said.

Senators and UIT to work together to increase wireless Internet access on campus WIRELESS like Tufts and what kind of wire- is a lack of group study space wireless in certain dorms, the adding access points would continued from page 1 less access they have, and what around campus.” administration may decide to solve the problem. “The sur- “The surveys were con- that revealed was that Tufts Wallis hopes that improved implement a broader program vey revealed that the build- ducted to provide a budgetary was kind of lagging behind the access will encourage students of universal wireless, he said. ing needed additional access estimate ... of how much it other schools,” Wallis said. to “use dorms as those study A survey pointed out that points to ensure more com- would cost to provide wireless The Senate report examined spaces.” the lack of campus-wide wire- plete wireless coverage with coverage in the buildings,” she the wireless access at schools less access is a major concern sufficient capacity to accom- said. “This information will be that are socially and academi- among the student body. The modate the increasing usage used in conjunction with other cally similar to Tufts. “The vast “We’re not asking at Fall 2007 senate survey asked of wireless in the building,” data to help determine a fea- majority of [those] schools this moment for ... students how much they felt Irish said. sible plan to expand wireless have wireless in dorm spaces inconvenienced by the lack “As a result, UIT has rec- coverage on the campus.” or at least in common spaces universal wireless. We of universal wireless Internet ommended that new access According to Irish, adding in dorms,” Wallis said. are asking to start out access on campus. About points be added. Eight of these access points across campus The Senate gave its results 46 percent of respondents additional access points are will require a significant invest- to Leah McIntosh, executive in the dorms. We’ve said they felt “very inconve- scheduled to be installed in the ment from the university due administrative dean of Arts and nienced,” and 47 percent felt library before reading period,” to the age, design and scat- Sciences, who expressed inter- really focused on “somewhat inconvenienced.” she added. tered locations of its dormito- est in addressing the senators’ dorms because an issue Library Director Jo-Ann ries and classroom buildings. concerns. She commissioned Wireless woes in Tisch Michalak added that the library She added that installing and Mely Tynan, vice president and that we found in the The Senate has received experiences the highest volume maintaining outdoor access chief information officer for Senate survey is a lack direct complaints from stu- of wireless activity of any cam- points will also be a challenge UIT, to research cost-effective dents about recent wireless pus location. “What [UIT has] because they are more expen- methods to implement greater of group study space outages in Tisch. “That was told us is that Tisch is the most sive to keep up due to their wireless access. something we immediately heavily used area for wireless exposure to the elements. around campus.” talked to the library about and on campus,” she said. “What I Last semester, UIT began A common cause to UIT about,” Wallis said. would continue to encourage looking into expanding wire- The Senate has focused Sam Wallis According to Irish, an initial them to do is to do an inven- less after a Tufts Community on increasing wireless in freshman TCU senator router problem and a subse- tory of how busy the wireless is Union (TCU) Senate report dormitory common rooms quent software bug caused the at each access point.” spearheaded by freshman before tackling entire build- problems. UIT has not experi- Wireless Internet access was Senators Sam Wallis and Chas ings. “We’re not asking at Wallis emphasized that enced any further issues since introduced on the university’s Morrison highlighted that this moment for ... univer- while senators are concerting the problem was fixed in late campus in 2001. The library Tufts had fallen behind its sal wireless. We are asking to their efforts on wireless access March, she said. was the first location to have peer institutions in wireless start out in the dorms,” Wallis in dormitories, the long-term In response, UIT recently wireless access. “Since then, advancement. said. “We’ve really focused on goal is universal wireless conducted an intensive sur- the university has been adding “We had researched and put dorms because an issue that access. After studying the costs vey of wireless coverage in the additional buildings and areas down approximately 30 schools we found in the Senate survey and the effects of increasing library, and determined that each year,” Irish said.

On Day of Silence, Chin says America must not paint poverty as a racial problem Chin Statue of Liberty scoops her up, lifts Chin also spoke about her own “diver- described an experience with menstrua- continued from page 1 her up, dries her under the sun. [Then sity,” citing it as one reason she believes tion during puberty. are being incarcerated ... but no one is she is given] a book deal so we can talk she has been successful. She listed “the She also touched on sensitive, emotion- talking about poor white people in this about how good America is to its immi- kind of exoticization of Jamaican cul- ally charged words like n——r, d—k and country,” Chin continued. “We are pitted grant arrivals.” ture, the kind of counter culture I pres- f——t, saying, “We live in a kind of P.C. against each other” when issues like pov- Chin said jokingly, “I have this book. ent,” and her identifications as black, world where nobody says anything” and erty are characterized as minority issues Buy it so other Negro girls can be pub- Asian, gay and female as “one-stop explaining that she uses these words to and not as widespread social problems lished. White men should buy two shopping” for diversity. spark conversation and works to eliminate that affect everyone. copies.” “There are so many ways to be famous, their negative connotations. Chin described her own life’s journey. When asked by a student whether she being famous is like s—t,” Chin said. “We spend so much time arguing about “A Negro girl from the Caribbean has to be extra cautious in her home She said that she is most proud of being semantics that we don’t move forward on comes to America, succeeds,” she said. country, Jamaica, because of her homo- “unfailingly honest in what I do.” the actual issues,” Chin said. “I work for “She’s biracial, abandoned by both par- sexuality, Chin answered “absolutely.” She Chin also addressed masturbation, sex- everybody to have the right to call them- ents. She swims the Atlantic Ocean. She said she received threats after appearing ism in the medical sector and puberty. She selves what they want and to be what they arrives panting to the U.S. The f——g on the “Oprah Winfrey Show.” recited passages from her memoir that want. The rest of it is just gravy.”

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Michael Sherry | Political Animal

Perfecting the art of damage control ’ve already mentioned the difficulties

Barack Obama will face as this election I goes forward. Irritatingly, Obama waited until just after I wrote last week’s column to provide me with another example: Bittergate. Bittergate, for those of you not paying atten- tion to the current slugfest in Pennsylvania, is the flare-up that ensued after Obama made the following comment: “You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration and each suc- cessive administration has said that somehow these communities are going to regenerate, and they have not. So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade senti-

Daily File Photo ment as a way to explain their frustrations.” Members of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) prepare for military service after graduation. Now the first half of the comment isn’t so bad. It plays into the themes of Obama’s cam- paign — that he’s a different kind of politician, ROTC students encounter administrative hurdles that our current politics are broken and that leaders from both parties are stringing along the average Joe by telling them what they want to hear, but they never actually follow through. in seeking Tufts credit for their military courses But the second half is a disaster. b y Je s s i c a Bi d g o o d week, while sophomores must take a “As an Air Force cadet, you’re doing The “cling to guns or religion” bit, especially, Daily Editorial Board similar class each week about the his- four full classes, but you can basically will be problematic for Obama all the way tory of the Air Force. Juniors attend two count [ROTC coursework] as two full through November. It plays into the image Over the past several years, Tufts and a half hours of class every week credits of time,” he said. “You get a lot that the Republicans are carefully construct- has taken clear and definitive steps to on military leadership, while seniors of academic achievement out of it, and ing — that of a liberal elitist who looks down connect its traditional nature as a lib- attend class for the same amount of yet it does not count as a course. For his nose at those rubes in the sticks who hunt eral arts college to the unconventional time to obtain a practical understand- someone so busy with all of that com- and pray instead of attending wine-tasting and quickly growing theme of active ing of post-graduation military life. mitment, still having to take five credits parties after a night at the opera. citizenship. ROTC members also attend addi- but it being equivalent to taking seven That section’s the part that’s getting repeat- Among undergraduate researchers, tional meetings and commitments. credits really strains the experience and ed the most in news accounts of the incident, Tisch scholars and volunteers, there is “Everybody goes to a leadership lab- makes ROTC a harder commitment to and it’s plenty damaging. But in a way, Obama another group of students on campus oratory,” Henry said. “It’s a chance for do. It’s not rewarded with any compen- should be thankful that in the dust-up over that extends the idea of active citizen- freshmen and sophomores to learn more sation from Tufts academically.” “guns and religion,” nobody’s paying much ship far beyond the degree of most hands-on type skills and for juniors Although Warren does not believe attention to the “antipathy to people who Tufts students. and seniors to practice teaching those that the lack of credit discourages peo- aren’t like them or anti-immigrant or anti- These are the members of the Reserve skills.” The classes take place at the ple from entering the program, he said trade sentiment.” Officers Training Corps (ROTC), a group Massachusetts Institute of Technology that it may play a role in an ROTC stu- Therein lies an even bigger danger for of students who incorporate military (MIT), which services cadets from MIT, dent’s eventual decision to withdraw Obama. In the first place, implying small- training into their undergraduate edu- Harvard, Wellesley, Gordon, Salem State from the program. town voters are gun nuts or Jesus freaks is one cations to prepare for a certain level of College and Tufts. “There’s a sizable dropout rate, and it thing, but suggesting they’re hostile to “people commitment to the U.S. military upon Henry said that in addition to the may contribute to that,” Warren said. not like them” is getting perilously close to graduation. Despite the rigorous nature time she spends at MIT taking cours- When freshman Tufts Community a line of argument Obama has admirably of these students’ academic lifestyles, es, she also listens to another ROTC Union Senator Chas Morrison realized refused to entertain: that flyover country is however, Tufts does not grant course course via video chat one morning per that ROTC students were not receiving still a place full of racists and xenophobes. credit for much of the work they do as week. Tufts ROTC members must also credit for some of their coursework, And that by extension, lack of support for part of their military preparation. submit proof that they have completed he went to Dean of Undergraduate the Obama campaign is a product of racism Junior Nancy Henry*, a member of at least two physical training sessions Education James Glaser in the hopes of instead of policy disagreement. the Air Force ROTC, explained that the per week. encouraging a change in this policy. I don’t think Obama means this, but it looks ROTC program requires a great deal of Senior Ed Warren*, also an Air Force “[Glaser] said it was unlikely to hap- bad. The Obama campaign has admitted he time and commitment from its mem- ROTC member, said that he would have pen,” Morrison said. spoke poorly, and Obama regrets the phrasing bers. Freshmen must attend an hour- appreciated the ability to get credit for he used. He’s applying some smart damage long class on joining the Air Force each the courses he has taken at MIT. see ROTC, page 4 control: first admitting error, then turning the tables on his chief tormentor, Hillary. Hillary, in the wake of Obama’s com- ments, began to wax poetic about her dad Tufts course requirement for SMFA combined-degree students taking her out behind the shed to shoot rifles. Rightly sensing political pandering of leads to friction as arts and liberal arts intersect on the Hill the most obvious sort, Obama said the fol- lowing at a rally in Pennsylvania about the b y Me r e d i t h Ha s s e tt give or withhold credit. or writing, one in the humanities, one new gun-friendly Hillary (who has basically Daily Editorial Board According to many art school stu- in the social sciences, one in culture the same positions on gun control as he dents, the relief from the normal col- and language, one in science or tech- does): “She is running around talking about This article is the second in a two- lege routine is what is attractive about nology, five art history courses and how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she part series examining the relationship the museum school as opposed to a tra- three electives. values the Second Amendment. She’s talk- between Tufts and the SMFA and NEC. ditional college. But along with an art “We feel that [the academic cours- ing like she’s Annie Oakley. Hillary Clinton is The first installment took a look at the school education at the SMFA comes es] enrich the experience and add a out there like she’s on the duck blind every experience of juggling courses at mul- a requirement to complete academic basic liberal arts component to the Sunday. She’s packing a six-shooter. Come tiple schools; this second part discusses courses at Tufts, an obligation that dis- program, which is in keeping with on, she knows better. That’s some politics the experience of SMFA students who mays many museum school students. the requirements of the BFA degree,” being played by Hillary Clinton.” venture to Tufts for classes. “I had no desire to go to a typical said Susan Lush, associate dean of I’ll say this for Obama. He might be adept As finals approach, the dream of college,” said Amanda Leaman, a third- academic affairs for undergraduate at getting himself into trouble, but he’s pretty taking classes with no exams and no year SMFA student. “I wasn’t interested programs at the SMFA. damned good at getting himself out, too. grades can sound pretty nice. For stu- in taking that many academics.” To complete these requirements, That “Annie Oakley” bit has probably been dents pursuing the Bachelor of Fine To be awarded a BFA from the most SMFA students take studio class- more widely seen and heard than his original Arts (BFA) degree at the School of the SMFA, students are required to travel es full-time at the museum school for screw-up. Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Boston, to Tufts to complete academic courses years one, two and four, while taking this dream is a reality. Rather than giv- in addition to their studio art classes. courses full-time at Tufts during their ing grades for artwork, the SMFA holds SMFA students must complete 14 aca- third year. Another option some SMFA Michael Sherry is a junior majoring in a review board in which professors demic courses that fulfill distribution political science. He can be reached at critique students’ work and decide to requirements: two courses in English see SMFA, page 4 [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Wednesday, April 16, 2008 ROTC a large part of the Tufts campus during WWII ROTC versity when high demand for administration, but also by the continued from page 3 men to fight in World War II faculty. We had a ceremony Glaser explained that this had decreased the size of the on Memorial Day, and Dean policy has been in effect for student population. Glaser attended, and they sup- quite some time. “ROTC cours- “So while the military was ported us with that.” es do not receive course credit beneficial for the survival of Still, Henry said there is from Tufts because of a fac- Tufts through World War II and room for slight improvement. ulty vote taken several decades had as many as 70 percent of “The only thing I could think ago,” he said in an e-mail to its male student population of would be if Tufts could the Daily. enrolled in ROTC during the somehow provide transport Tufts does, however, make Korean War era, the military [to MIT], but that would be other allowances for ROTC, was banned from active cam- really difficult because every- according to Glaser. pus presence when it became body goes at different times,” “There is a leadership course politically inexpedient in the Henry said. taught at [Boston University 1960s,” Nakano told the Daily Regardless of what form it (BU)] that ROTC accepts and we in an e-mail. can take, cadets like Warren and accept (through cross registra- While Nakano does not external supporters of ROTC tion),” Glaser said. “Moreover, necessarily believe that ROTC like Nakano and Morrison the new leadership program should be allowed back on believe that it is imperative will accept ROTC participation campus the way it was during that Tufts support an aware- as a leadership experience that World War II, he does believe ness of the military and the applies to the minor. (It’s not a that Tufts is reflecting a nation- kind of soldiers that the ROTC credit-bearing experience).” al schism between civilians program forms. “[ROTC] is Glaser said that ROTC stu- and members of the military. actually making the army less dents will not be able to receive ROTC members had mixed conservative,” Morrison said. credit for the courses they take feelings regarding their place “The military academies have at MIT in the near future. at Tufts. While Warren does not a very set way of thinking that “We don’t have cross-regis- feel unwelcome on campus as emphasizes how to get the job tration with MIT,” he said. “We an ROTC cadet, he feels a cer- done. Liberal arts questions do have cross-registration with tain level of ambivalence on how you get the answer and BU. The cross-registration issue the part of the administration focuses on intellectual stimula- involves much more than the and his fellow students, citing tion. Having people of different ROTC relationship and the situa- the history of the ROTC pro- backgrounds in the military is a tion is very unlikely to change.” gram at Tufts in comparison to very healthy thing to have.” Aalok Kanani/Tufts Daily According to Gregg Nakano, the current lack of accredita- Warren said he believes Some students choose paintbrushes over pencils in obtaining a college degree. an INSPIRE fellow at the tion of his courses. that Tufts’ potential to pro- Institute for Global Leadership Warren, however, believes vide more support to soldiers Despite friction, SMFA students and an advisor to ALLIES, the this may be changing. would be extremely valuable to student-led group on campus “I think most people on cam- the military. that seeks to create pathways pus hold pretty liberal views “Tufts is a prestigious uni- in Tufts classes can be a positive for understanding between and, in theory, don’t support versity, and right now there’s SMFA students have an aura about civil and military leaders, the military, and I feel that in a lack in the military of the continued from page 3 them,” Trotter said. ROTC has a rich and important personal interaction,” he said. elite, of the brightest people. students choose is to fulfill Tufts sophomore Farah history at Tufts. “But on the whole, I’ve noticed There is a need for that,” he their requirements through Behbehani explained that this In 1941, Tufts became a trend of more curiosity and said. “People in the field need summer school, Leaman stereotype of the Tufts pop- one of eight schools award- openness to what we’re doing. to make decisions, understand explained. ulation by SMFA students is ed a Naval ROTC unit after It’s not a simple issue, and it’s context, and being from a lib- Because SMFA students unjustified. University President Leonard great that Tufts students are eral arts university makes you often wait to fulfill the aca- “I don’t believe you can Carmichael solicited a num- willing to look past the initial a better officer.” demic requirements of their label based on appearance,” ber of Washington, D.C. offi- biases that they have.” *The views of both Henry and degrees, though, some SMFA Behbehani said. “Everyone has cials in pursuit of a program. Henry has found the admin- Warren reflect their positions students find it difficult to their own activity. Maybe some Carmichael praised the NROTC istration to be supportive of as members of the Tufts student navigate Tufts courses. show it through their clothes, program because it helped ROTC. “I definitely feel real- body and are not reflective of “SMFA students are required but I believe other people can increase enrollment to the uni- ly supported, not just by the the ROTC. to be a lot more active,” show it in different ways.” Leaman said. “As Tufts fresh- men, you probably have info sessions with people interest- “They [SMFA students] ed in helping you out, but as an SMFA student, you don’t get tend to view us as that.” preppy or stiff, which I In addition to the different course schedules and course don’t think is fair.” registering systems, Tufts offers students a completely Bobby Westfall separate group of activities. sophomore “The campuses are com- pletely different,” Leaman said. “There are so many more Sophomore Bobby Westfall, extracurriculars, plays, shows who took an upper-level and all these advocacy groups anthropology course with many [at Tufts].” SMFA students, agreed that Most SMFA students, how- the stereotype is both preva- ever, do not get involved with lent among SMFA students and Tufts activities. According to inaccurate. Leaman, despite the benefits “They tend to view us as of living on campus, many preppy or stiff, which I don’t SMFA students do not look think is fair,” Westfall said. forward to taking classes full- Despite this divide in the time at Tufts. student body, Behbehani said SMFA students often choose she thinks that SMFA students to attend art school because can add a unique dynamic to they want to avoid taking the Tufts classroom. classes in a traditional aca- “In an economics class, demic setting, so the transition everyone could be an econom- to life on the Hill can be a dif- ics major and then they all ficult one, students said. will think in similar ways, but “In going to art school, when there are people who see they’ve rejected the typical things in a different way even university-style education,” if it’s not necessarily right or Leaman said. wrong, I believe that’s the way A COURSE FOR EVERYONE Another common complaint you learn. It is through peo- SUMMER08 about Tufts voiced by SMFA ple contradicting each other students concerns the student and bringing up new ideas,” body in Medford. Behbehani said. Summer is nearly here. “There’s a complete preju- Leaman agreed. “In my dice, and it’s really sad,” classes with other SMFA stu- Register now. Leaman said. “[SMFA stu- dents, they added alternative dents] feel that Tufts students views to discussions because TUFTS SUMMER SESSION 2008 are extremely preppy and are art school students approach not individuals. They see them classes in such a different way,” First Session May 21–June 27, 2008 as more mainstream and not she said. creative.” Whether or not the presence Second Session July 1–August 8, 2008 According to sophomore of SMFA students can benefit Kendall Trotter, one reason for Tufts students, it is clear that Twelve-Week Session May 21–August 8, 2008 the persistence of this stereo- Tufts courses can help SMFA type is the sharp difference students with their work back in appearance between SMFA on their home campus. http://ase.tufts.edu/summer and Tufts students. “My learning here is really “The SMFA kids definitely fueling my work at the muse- stand out just because art um school,” Leaman said. 5

Arts|LivingTh e Tu f t s Da i l y Wednesday, April 16, 2008

WINSTON Berkman and Dance department hosts concert in Jackson CHARLOTTE Bourdillon | tWO foR tEA b y Ca t h e r i n e Sc o tt Daily Editorial Board

Amid the sea of extracurricular dance opportunities and performances on campus at the end of the semester, the Drama and Dance Department will put We’re not unpatriotic; we on its student-faculty spring concert. With a runtime approaching one hour, don’t like American cheese shorter than the average student dance n episode of “Seinfeld” for- performance, the concert promises to be, as coordinator and faculty member ever gave ‘yada yada yada’ a Alice Trexler put it, “an opportunity and an avenue for students to learn about whole new meaning. modern dance.” A The dance features five faculty- The “Seinfeld” clan would have gotten choreographed dances and two senior a kick out of the South Boston bakery and projects from dance minors Maggie café, Yada Yada, and the Albanian family Brunner and Stephanie Sirabian. The that runs it in full throttle Mom and Pop three faculty members involved in the mode. We couldn’t help but wonder if the concert are Trexler, Daniel McCusker owners have caught drift of the alternate and new faculty member Mila Thigpen. “Seinfeld” usage yet... The dance genre falls under the gen- It’s located amidst a venerable concrete eral umbrella of modern dance. The jungle of office buildings (just behind the department works predominantly with Children’s Museum) with a very business- choreographed dance, although there ase.tufts.edu oriented patronage who tend to take their are some elements of improvisation in a Tufts dancers may not be competing for $100,000, but they will still ‘step up’ in Thursday goods to go, an action reflected by the cafe’s few of the dances featured in the show. night’s performance. wasteful, but really quite hilarious, replace- Within the dances lies a multiplicity ment of silverware with plastic utensils, even of themes ranging from baseball to The faculty decided to challenge them- some movement ideas without knowing for those eating in. total abstraction. Most of the partici- selves for this concert by agreeing to have how [the dancers] could move or their While sitting at one of the eclectic tables pating dancers were invited to dance very few rehearsals. Thigpen’s dance has particular physical interests,” she said. alongside a window (with a great view of South by the corresponding choreographers, had only four or five rehearsals before the Because of this added challenge, Boston architecture), we had the chance to but there were some students selected show, and she did not meet her dancers look over the breakfast menu. It all looked directly from Tufts dance classes. before the first rehearsal. “I came in with see DANCE, page 6 good, but we both agreed that it seemed to be pretty standard fair. A glance over at the open kitchen confirmed our suspicions: It Movie Review TV Review seems like an amped-up version of any home kitchen. Still, what could be better than a well- Patricia Riggen’s film cooked breakfast from a family kitchen? ‘Step It Up and Dance’ offers less One of the more unique items offered at breakfast is the ‘serve yourself oatmeal.’ On lends a human face the counter next to the pastry display case, than previous Bravo reality shows there was a steady supply of plain oatmeal. to immigration issue Housed in classic crock-pot style (white with b y Em e i Wi l l i s b y Di a n a La n d e s pastel nursery-room style floral decorations), Contributing Writer Senior Staff Writer a small bowl is only $1.50, and $2 will get you a large. There’s brown sugar, raisons and nuts, Illegal immigrants aren’t here to steal Competitive talent shows have so season away to taste and enjoy. our jobs; they are here to tug at our become television fixtures thanks to This was one nice Albanian family. Mom, heartstrings. If you’re in the mood for a programs like Bravo’s “Project Runway” Dad and the two sons were all working behind the counter. Once things quieted down, Under the Same Moon Step It Up & Dance though, the boys gave their parents a break and ran things on their own. These guys were so nice, in fact, that they came and took our order Starring Adrian Alonso, Kate del Starring Elizabeth Berkley, at the table, rather than having us come to the Castillo, Enrique Derbez Vincent Paterson, Nancy register to order like they usually would. We’re Directed by Patricia Riggen O’Meara thinking that they saw how long we spent Airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on Bravo looking at the menu and took pity on us. sob-fest inspired by a political debate, From the variety of egg choices, we decided Patricia Riggen’s feature debut “Under and “Top Chef.” Iterations of these to split two: a sausage, egg and cheese on a the Same Moon” (La Misma Luna) suc- shows have popped up on networks plain bagel (possibly the definition of oldie- cessfully combines a message of hope of all kinds with varying levels of suc- but-goodie) and a bacon, peppers and cheese and love in the context of the widely cess. FOX’s competitive cooking series, omelet. This last one wasn’t actually on the criticized and heated topic of illegal “Hell’s Kitchen,” for example, fared menu, but we asked, they made and everyone immigration. better than Tommy Hilfiger’s fashion was happy. We were THIS CLOSE to getting The film walks the fine line between design competition “The Cut” on CBS. a scone or breakfast muffin to split as well, heartwarming narrative and social dis- Now it appears to be Bravo’s turn to bor- but it’s a good thing we held off, because our course on the hot-button subject of the row ideas a bit. meals ended up being pretty big. border dilemma. By putting a human With “Step It Up and Dance,” Bravo bravotv.com Let’s talk American cheese. It’s probably Professional dancers and exotic dancers face on the issue of immigration, espe- delves into the world of, well, dance our fault for not having specified, but both have some, if not many, important differ- cially a face as adorable as Adrian — a world already braved by shows our breakfasts came with orange, melted, ences. One gets paid more, for example. Alonso’s, Riggen is sure to upset a great like “So You Think You Can Dance” and American. Have you ever had this in your many people in this country who would “Dancing with the Stars.” “Step It Up Gunn, whose furrow-browed concern, omelet? We really don’t feel like it is food rather not see a political issue washed and Dance” is a bit different in format catchphrases and general anxious snobbery to have been surprised with the through the prism of the film industry. than these shows, more closely resem- affect are endearing to “Runway” view- choice of cheese. Alonso plays nine-year-old Carlitos, who bling Bravo’s other reality elimination ers and contestants alike. Acting as a Don’t get us wrong, the food was still good. It waits every Sunday morning for a phone programs. less lovable mentor to the dancers on just would have been better with, say, provolo- call from his mother Rosario (played Each week one aspiring dancer is “Step It Up” is Broadway director and ne on the sandwich and, maybe, ANYTHING by Kate del Castillo) in Los Angeles. He eliminated from the competition by choreographer Jerry Mitchell. He may but American in our bacon and pepper omelet. hasn’t seen her in four years, but never- a panel of judges. Elizabeth Berkley just need time to hone his den-mother On a positive note, the omelet came with a theless, as the corny title suggests, they (Jessie from “Saved By the Bell” or the behavior, but in early episodes of “Step good side of toast and home fries. are both still under the same moon. girl from “Showgirls” (1995), depending It Up,” Jerry’s consoling comes off as Yada Yada also has a soft spot for the indeci- After his grandmother’s death leaves on your pop culture perspective) hosts empty and his role on the show a bit sive types as well, taking pity on us by offering a Carlitos alone, he makes the northward the show and acts as judge. Joining her unnecessary. half-soup/half-sandwich special. Their soups journey to reconnect with his mother. in deciding the fates of these hopeful It all feels a bit too formulaic. Berkley change daily and their sandwiches range from Carlitos relies on the kindness of strang- dancers are director and choreographer even has her own parting line to coun- the Chilean Chacarera (chicken, avocado, ers, as well as the fact that he is just so Vincent Paterson and dancer and cho- ter Heidi Klum’s “You’re out … Auf cheese, lettuce and tomato) to the Yada (fresh adorable, to help him along on his quest. reographer Nancy O’Meara. Wiedersehen.” When a disheartened mozzarella, basil, tomato and lettuce). American students, a junkie, a child- But Elizabeth, Vincent and Nancy do dancer is voted off the show Berkley Really though, it’s a pretty endearing joint, sex trafficker, border patrolmen and not pack the same punch as Heidi, stonily says, “The show is over. It’s time and it would have taken a lot for us to hold Immigration and Naturalization Service Michael and Nina of “Project Runway” for your last dance.” Okay, that’s actu- petty things like cheese against its equally agents, an interesting cross-section of or even Padma, Tom and Gail of “Top ally pretty good. endearing owners. Americans, make up the assortment Chef.” While the “Step It Up” judges Other parts of “Step It Up” are pretty of people Carlitos encounters in his analyze each contestant’s work in much good too. Seeing the different ways in attempts to reach his mother. Generous the same way the “Runway” judges do, which each group of dancers interprets Winston Berkman is a sophomore majoring in hearts win out over the harsh reality in they lack their hilarious, outspoken atti- an assignment is interesting. Viewers of international relations; Charlotte Bourdillon the world of “Under the Same Moon.” tudes that account for at least half of the the show see the skill and strength that is a sophomore who has not declared a major. His actual border jump is surpris- “Project Runway” appeal. is required of a professional dancer as They can be reached at Winston.Berkman@ Perhaps accounting for the other tufts.edu and [email protected], see MOON, page 6 half of the “Runway” appeal is Tim see STEP UP, page 6 respectively. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts | Living Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Dancers will display hard work in spring show DANCE week in Sarabande’s spring have done extensive musical continued from page 5 concert. Sirabian worked her research, exploring new and Thigpen gave her dancers a dance around providing danc- different types of music before suggested sequence and ers with restrictions, such as settling on one for their piece. allowed them to come up with being blindfolded or not hav- Trexler says the hardest dance phrases on their own, ing music, and seeing how part about putting this show which she then tweaked and effectively they managed to together was “working with sometimes completely altered communicate their dancing to students’ academic and extra- to her liking. McCusker has the audience. curricular schedules.” Because two dances in the show, one While many student groups Tufts only offers a dance minor, of which is an interlude piece rely heavily on interesting this show is not a large arena with solely male dancers, each and innovative music for their show, but more of an exhibi- having a surprise prop, while shows, this concert focuses tion for faculty and students. the other is a solo piece cho- mainly on the dancing. The She hopes that Tufts students reographed by Trexler. dances begin with movement will come to this show not only The senior projects did not vocabulary and materials first, to support the Tufts arts scene, follow this challenging mold of and music is then added in but also to “become exposed imdb.com very few rehearsals, but each later. The music differs from to this type of modern dance Adrian Alonso as Carlitos is both adorable and an immigrant. And did we has its own signature idea. other groups in that it’s not … enjoy it and return” to see mention he’s adorable? Brunner’s project is actually mainly pop or mainstream future performances. two dances integrated into one music, but rather classical or The Dance Department’s ‘Under the Same Moon’ presents for the show; one of her dances jazz. Trexler choreographed her spring concert will be held was shown in last week’s Spirit dance to chamber music, but tomorrow at 7 p.m. and then of Color production, and the with unusual instruments, and again at 9 in the Jackson Dance immigration with a human touch second part will be shown next many of these choreographers Lab. Admission is free. MOON that makes this film worthwhile. continued from page 5 The young Alonso expresses this ingly easy. Carlitos then drifts tearful and dangerous trek across around the United States the border with great emotional ‘Step It Up and Dance’ is another formulaic show in search of an address from range. Rosario, however, is a shell a letter his mother had sent. of a character that does little more STEP UP whittled down, more person- Carlitos becomes the face of than erupt in frequent fits of tears. continued from page 5 alities will emerge. illegal immigrants already in Interestingly, there is very little well as the ingenuity that goes Whereas “Project Runway” this country: cleaning dishes, moral grey area in “Under the Same into the choreography. The contestants produce physical picking tomatoes and always Moon,” despite the complicated contestants are indeed talent- work each week that they’re trying to stay a step ahead of issues it addresses. The characters ed, and watching them dance judged on, “Step It Up” contes- the authorities. Along the way, are either good and well-meaning in different styles is entertain- tants can only offer themselves. he picks up a mentor in the or bad and trying to take advantage ing and illuminating. Hearing Their elimination rests on just form of another migrant work- of immigrants. The one-dimen- them speak is an entirely dif- one performance, so it is dif- er, Enrique (Eugenio Derbez). sional characters certainly make ferent story. ficult to judge which contestant Their verbal spar and antics may the underlying issue of illegal immi- In interviews, the contes- deserves to leave the show. test the patience of some in the gration step up to the forefront. tants are given a forum to What’s at stake for the con- audience, but it is similar to the The film is filled with the stereo- explain aspects of the com- testants is $100,000 and little relationship seen in “Cinema typical stories and obvious clichés petition and voice concerns else. There is no opportunity Paradiso” (1988), as Enrique that audiences are familiar with about other contestants. to start a clothing line or a becomes a surrogate father of from newspapers and from Lou Miguel is particularly annoy- restaurant; the winner of this sorts to young Carlitos. Dobbs’ preaching on CNN, but ing as he seems to do nothing show gets some cash and the The narrative of Carlitos’ jour- that is what also makes the film so but complain about the others chance to go to more audi- ney across the border is seamlessly real and so important. It is a timely and praise himself. In early tions. If anything, perhaps woven with Rosario’s struggles in film because of its viewpoint on episodes of the show one con- what “Step It Up” offers view- tv.popcrunch.com California and her desire to one illegal immigration and putting a testant does not readily jump ers is a sense of how difficult ‘Step It Up’ host Elizabeth Berkley day be reunited with her son. It human face on an issue that many out as a fan favorite, but as the it is to define success in a field proves that even a lifeless manne- is really the character of Carlitos Americans tend to ignore. weeks go on and the group is like professional dance. quin can host a reality TV show.

The Biology Department Presents The 2008 Kenneth Roeder Memorial Lecture

Dr. Kenneth Lohmann University of North Carolina

“Beyond the Five Senses: The Maps, Compasses, and Sensory Biology of Sea Turtle Navigation”

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Best of TUFTS2008 On the Hill Hey Jumbos! Spring has arrived, which means it’s time for the Daily’s annual “Best of Tufts” survey. We’ll be Off the Hill printing the survey in our paper for the next few weeks, and we’ll publish the very unscientific results in the Daily’s last issue of the semester on April 28. Deliver your answers to our office in the basement of Curtis Hall by Friday, April 25! To take the survey online, visit www.tuftsdaily.com/bestoftufts

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Best movie shown at film series: Best bathroom: Best liquor store: Best anything of your choice: 8 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Editorial | Letters Wednesday, April 16, 2008 THe tufts Daily EDITORIAL Ma t t h e w J. Sk i b i n s k i Editor-in-Chief JumboCash program is a positive step Editorial It’s about time. flexibility when choosing a meal plan: As it stands, students can only use Ross Marrinson Managing Editors Tufts University Dining Services Rather than having a set amount of their ID cards to buy food at six off-cam- Evans Clinchy announced today that Dining Dollars and debit linked to each respective plan, pus establishments; this is well below Raven Anderson Editorial Page Editors Points Plus have been combined to create students can now choose how much the number of options available to stu- Anne Fricker Jacob Maccoby a new program called JumboCash, which JumboCash they want to put on their dents at Tufts’ peer institutions. Boston Marc Raifman will be accepted at Tufts Dining locations, student ID cards. College students, for example, can use Kelly Rizzetta student-run eateries like The Rez and The change is the result of a year’s their ID cards to purchase food from Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor Oxfam Café, the campus bookstore and all worth of collaboration between the Tufts 12 off-campus locations, while Harvard residence hall laundry machines. They can Community Union (TCU) Senate Services gives its students access to 28. Alex Bloom News Editors also be transferred to the Tufts ID vending committee and Dining Services. Both Tufts’ location will probably prevent Madeline Garber stripe for copying and printing in campus organizations should be applauded for it from giving students access to quite Bennett Kuhn Christy McCuaig libraries and computer labs and will be simplifying students’ lives. that many options, and there are still accepted at the six off-campus restaurants With the Points Plus versus Dining technological and feasibility issues that Nina Ford Assistant News Editors that previously accepted Points Plus. Dollars circus finally resolved, Dining need to be resolved. Still, the fact that Ben Gittleson Gillian Javetski We congratulate Dining Services for Services and the Senate should now turn other institutions have implemented Marysa Lin implementing this useful, long over- their attention toward making it pos- similar policies should convince Tufts Dan Pasternack due change. sible for students to use JumboCash at to get its act together in order to keep Carrie Battan Executive Features Editor The previous system was unnecessar- more off-campus restaurants. its services comparable to those at its ily complicated and students were often Many local restaurants are not on the peer institutions. Luke Burns Features Editors confused about which types of payments system due to financial and technological This, however, is a problem to be Jessica Bidgood Marissa Carberry were accepted at the different places issues with the old Merchants on Points solved in the (hopefully near) future. Robin Carol around campus. The new system will sim- system (MOPS). With JumboCash in place, For now, Dining Services and the TCU plify things, and the use of a single debit Dining Services and local businesses should Senate Services Committee should be Meredith Hassett Assistant Features Editors currency is much more convenient. consider expanding the options available commended for taking a step in the Kerianne Okie Charlotte Steinway The change also gives students more to students who wish to eat off campus. right direction. Mike Adams Executive Arts Editor Naomi Bryant Arts Editors WAYNE STAYSKAL Grant Beighley Jessica Bal Assistant Arts Editors Kyle Chayka Catherine Scott Courtney Chua Executive Op-Ed Editor Adam Winograd Op-Ed Editor Sapna Bansil Executive Sports Editor Thomas Eager Sports Editors Liz Hoffman Tim Judson Ethan Landy Philip Dear Assistant Sports Editors David Heck Noah Schumer Rebekah Sokol Executive Photo Editor

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Dave Adams | Cynicism Personified

Keeping the faith find that many faithful people

accuse me of being a hypocrite, Iand I’m not sure why. Personally, I believe my views on religion are fairly

straightforward.

I think organized religion prohibits personal thinking, eliminates diversity in spirituality, inspires conflict and creates unnecessary division, despite the fact that many world religions preach the same tenets: kindness, compassion, fraternity, charity and the like. However — and this is the big point — that does not mean that I think people of faith should not be allowed to practice. I fear many of those who choose to be unfaithful are clumped into this category of people trying to rid the world of religion. Just as a Catholic should be allowed to practice Catholicism, so should an atheist be permitted to not practice any religion. And, just as a Catholic, Jew or Muslim should be allowed to tell another person that he or she is wrong, so should an athe- ist be able to tell another that he or she is wrong. It is all about reciprocity. Moderate atheists, as well as moderate faithful wor- shippers, do not want to eliminate other beliefs — they just feel strongly about their own. Though there is a fundamental miscom- munication between the religious and the nonreligious, I believe the key issue is how one relates religion to atheism. I believe that both religious people and atheists view the other as blind — those of a particular religion see atheists as blind to the truth, and atheists view religious people as equal- ly blind to the truth. The thing is, there is a fundamental similarity between religion and atheism: They are both based on faith in what they perceive to be the truth. The concept of God is inherently uncon- firmed. But at the same time, one cannot disprove the existence of God either. Both atheism and religion take the leap of faith MCT to conclude that there is — or is not — a God, based on evidence they see in the Let Bear Stearns suffer the consequences world. This, however, is not proof per se. Part of the reason why the concept of b y Ti m o t h y St r at f o r d when the mantras of natural selection tion must be allowed. Competing with God can’t be confirmed is because God and survival of the fittest creep into leverage-based derivatives calculated in is poorly defined. After all, nobody can Call it what you will. Present it in their own backyard. Bear Stearns’ cli- scientific financial laboratories will only truly agree on what God really is. Across new-wave, financial terms. Whether it ents and customers would have easily shine for a short while in a true capital- cultures, individuals and even time, the be subprime loans, auction credit swaps been picked up by the circling vultures istic environment. Eventually, the gim- concept and definition of God changes or some other fancy derivative con- in lower Manhattan. As one hedge fund mick derivatives implode and economic dramatically. So, if this is the case, how can ceived, Wall Street has again played by manager so keenly commented, “Wall chaos ensues. one know that God does or does not exist? its own rules. Street does not allow economic cycles” Allowing a bailout for Bear Stearns How can one prove or disprove something No matter how you slice the Federal to occur. Economic cycles are the nec- (and other public financial firms with when one doesn’t know what it is? Reserve’s intervention into keeping essary evils of a free market system. transactions that took place off their It is for this reason that I am a theo- financial giant Bear Stearns afloat, it is The only losers in the fallout are Bear balance sheet, thus unbeknownst to logical non-Cognitivist. I believe that the a bailout. Competing against the core Stearns’ employees, customers and regulators and the public) is like bailing existence of God is impossible to prove foundations of a capitalist system, shareholders. These days, the folks at out McDonald’s — not for a severe short- because God itself is indefinable. Human this recent financial travesty sheds Enron do not feel so lonely. The victors age of hamburger sales, but because the beings as a whole tend to believe that we light on some troubling concerns that are the investing public and the free- top executives were misusing corporate can know everything that there is to know, Wall Street adheres to a different set of market system. A collapsed Bear Stearns funds to make $1 million bets in Las but this is not always the case. That is part standards. would make headlines for a few short Vegas on every March Madness tourna- of the reason God changes. God often rep- Let Bear Stearns fail in the market days and the resurrection would begin ment game. Allowing McDonald’s to fail resents that which we do not understand system, just like all the other venture as soon as Bear’s clients, customers and could very well upend the lifestyles of — but if we grow in our understanding, capital busts, the local restaurants and employees could be contacted by their many more Americans than a failed and God must change. any other company or corporation that Wall Street rivals. fractured Bear Stearns. I believe that both atheism and religion may go belly-up. But why not salvage The unwillingness of the Federal Not allowing failures to occur in a take a blind step to stake out a claim, our airline industry — or, better yet, Reserve Bank (as well as its flagship capitalist system creates a double-stan- based entirely on faith, as to what God some startup biotech firms that are on bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New dard game that does extreme damage is. Both atheism and religion are based the fringes of eliminating some once- York), to allow the capitalist system to to the long-term psyche of a distrusting on faith, not fact. While I do believe thought-to-be-incurable diseases. function as properly designed shows public. This is far more dangerous than that organized religion is unhealthy, I The recent pleas and justifications a complete lack of institutional and a month of readjustment and resurrec- believe that firm atheism can be just to Congress by all the parties involved professional confidence. Not allowing tion on the streets of Manhattan. as unhealthy. Spirituality should be an that Bear Stearns’ bailout (my term, failures to occur in a capitalist sys- Bear Stearns and other investment individual process, not a designed and not theirs) was to avert a severe finan- tem illuminates a rigged game in which banks exposed themselves in a gigantic manufactured practice. cial domino effect to the world’s mar- short-sighted alarmists and uncon- game of leverage and greed. This time — I believe we should all think twice before kets is full of speculation, panic, weak trolled derivative creators run rampant. unlike the massive bailouts of the Long- we proclaim the existence, or inexistence, and non-specific conjecture — an anti- Wall Street has once again immersed Term Capital hedge fund disaster of the of God. We must look inside ourselves and capitalist attempt to protect their own itself into a shadowy atmosphere where 1990s and the savings and loan debacle question our very definition of God. Call poor leadership. If our capitalist society massive leverage bets are made, failed of the 1980s — capitalism should some- me crazy, but it seems like saying “I don’t wishes to prevail and be the trusted and covered. how come out a victor, not a loser. know” is the most rational, and least pre- and vaunted symbol of the economic The Fed is afraid to allow the eco- Let them, not us, suffer the conse- sumptuous, outlook of all. free world, financial institutions must nomic cycles — which it so proudly quences of their behavior. be allowed to fail just like all other dissects and evaluates at great lengths businesses. — to actually take place. In our inter- Dave Adams is a freshman majoring in When Wall Street comes to represent connected global economy, transpar- Timothy Stratford is a lecturer in the political science and economics. He can be the titans of capitalism, it all dissolves ency and simple capitalistic competi- Experimental College. reached at [email protected].

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MCT Washington’s John Lannan, pictured here in a meeting on the mound on April 6, is part of a trio of pitchers who have combined for 7.78 ERA at the back end of the Nationals’ starting rotation. After starting off 3-0, Washington has won just one of its last 10 games. Arizona the early team to beat in National League NL old adage that “pitching wins young stud, Justin Upton, continued from page 14 championships,” one should have acted as the catalysts for Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily keep in mind that this Arizona the Diamondbacks’ offense Freshman Edwina Stewart returns a shot during the women’s tennis team’s Big Unit seemingly cannot team is more well rounded thus far, combining to hit .334 8-1 pounding of NESCAC rival Conn. College yesterday afternoon. Stewart wait to silence his doubters — and he’s currently sitting than it may appear. It can’t with 10 home runs and 27 RBI teamed with classmate Julia Browne to claim an 8-1 victory at third doubles. on 284 career wins and has hurt the Diamondbacks, how- through their first 13 games. surpassed Roger Clemens for ever, to lead the league as a Every day Upton looks more Jumbos adjusting to outdoor play second place on the all-time team in runs, home runs, RBI and more like a confident strikeouts list. and batting average. veteran than the 20-year-old on Voute Courts in spring season While it’s easy to rely on the Reynolds and another rookie that he is. WOMEN’S TENNIS able, finally escaping the con- continued from page 16 fines of the Gantcher Center a win in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. where all their indoor home “We’re trying to work on matches had taken place ear- mental toughness,” Cenko said. lier in the season. “Mari definitely demonstrated “I love it outside,” Browne it today.” said. “The courts are slower, The lone loss for Tufts came and there’s a wind factor. You at sixth singles, where Camel can’t hit as many winners Want to advertise in the Daily’s freshman Caroline Barone because the wind moves the downed Stewart 6-1, 7-6(2). ball around. There are longer The Jumbos found them- points, so you have to earn it. selves playing their first out- At Gantcher there are short- Commencement issue? door match at home of the er points, and it just takes a spring season on the Voute couple hits before the point Courts and seemed comfort- is over.” Weekend will pit Jumbos against Advertising space is now available in our May New England crew powerhouses WOMEN’S CREW College and William Smith. 18 issue. For more information on placing continued from page 16 Douglass believes that this This upcoming weekend past weekend proved to be a quarter-page, half-page or full-page ad, will feature the Jumbos’ first beneficial since the tough meet away from home waters competition showed them please call 617-627-3090 or e-mail as they trek to Worcester’s Lake exactly what they need to work Quinsigamond and face off on and where they need to [email protected]. against some of New England’s improve in order to do well in strongest competition. On Worcester this weekend. Last Saturday they will race against season, the team had finished Ithaca, Holy Cross, Colby and in the middle of the pack of Conn. College while Sunday will the competition and hopes to feature WPI, RIT, Washington improve upon that showing. 12 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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Goals scored by the men’s NCAA hockey titles won by Boston lacrosse team in the first period College, the most recent of which of its 19-4 throttling of Bowdoin came Saturday night as the Eagles Saturday on Bello Field. Not downed Notre Dame 4-1 in Den- only did the Jumbos score more ver to take the championship for AmeriCorps Position at Tisch College than half of its goals during this the first time since 2001. BC had stretch, but they also denied made trips to the Frozen Four title the Polar Bears any shot on goal game the last two years but fell to during the offensive burst. Tufts Wisconsin in 2006 and Michigan ended up outshooting Bowdoin State last season. The Eagles’ first Career Opportunity 23-2 in the first period overall. title dates back to 1949.

13 .605/.463 Connect Tufts to our host communities and support civic engagement initiatives. Unearned runs scored by the base- The win percentages of the ball team during a doubleheader Denver Nuggets and the Atlanta sweep of Bowdoin Saturday. The Hawks, respectively, as of Monday. first game saw Tufts ride seven un- The Nuggets are 15 games over Now searching for candidates for a 12-month earned to take the early 7-0 lead .500 while the Hawks are six before the Polar Bears battled back games under, yet both teams will position as the Massachusetts Campus Compact to eventually force extra innings, play as eighth seeds in the play- AmeriCorps*VISTA at the Lincoln Filene Center for though the Jumbos eventually offs, with Denver in the Western won 13-12. The squad rattled off Conference and Atlanta in the Community Partnerships at Tisch College. five unearned in the first inning of East, a testament to the disparity the second game to claim an early between the quality of the teams lead in similar fashion to the first in the two NBA conferences this before winning 9-2 season. For more information and application process contact Amy Carraux at [email protected] or call 617.627.2811. 7 1

Victories for the women’s la- Curses avoided by the New York crosse team this season, tying last Yankees after they excavated a year’s overall total. The Jumbos Red Sox jersey buried in the visi- have won four straight games, tors’ clubhouse at the new Yankee including an 11-7 win over the Stadium. After reports emerged Polar Bears Saturday, to advance last week of a construction worker, their record to 7-3 on the year also a member of Red Sox Nation, and 3-3 in the NESCAC with having placed a David Ortiz jersey four games, all in-conference, in the cement of the new stadium, remaining before the NESAC the Yankee organization took Tournament. Tufts finished 7-7, action by digging it up to prevent 3-6 NESCAC last season, missing any curses from taking hold in the out on a post-season berth. new ballpark.

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WELLINGTON CIRCLE – ROUTES 16 & 28 Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 13 Veterans Rogers and Sabathia off Jumbos head to notably different course at Lake to slow starts for AL Central clubs Quinsigamond for upcoming weekend regatta AL is extremely stingy with the MEN’S CREW well, especially now that we are in Mass. The team will face off continued from page 15 long-ball. continued from page 15 the heart of the season,” Etedali against the quartet of Ithaca, OBP could hover around .300 In 2008, he has seen these together,” Etedali said. “That said. “Practices are getting more Holy Cross and NESCAC and his slugging percentage patterns continue, as Wang is a good sign and the fact focused towards that goal of the schools Colby and Conn. is unlikely to eclipse .400. has struck out 11, walked that we are doing really well in championship season, which is College on Saturday. Luckily for Twins’ fans, four and given up one homer the fours so far this season is New Englands and ECACs.” Sunday competition will the former New York Met’s in 22 innings. He may not be good because that is what we pit Tufts against WPI, RIT and age and minor league track exciting to watch, but Wang are really focusing on in New Washington College. The races record suggest that his OBP should be a reliable force at Englands. The fact we can stay “I thought our per- will be important for the team should rise with experience, the top of the Yankees rota- with and come out on top of all formance was a little because Quinsigamond is and there remains a small, tion all season long. the competition we are seeing the site of the New England but not insignificant, chance P Kenny Rogers | Detroit is a boost and provides us with rough this weekend. Championships on May 3 and that Gomez could develop Tigers: The veteran was sup- a lot of confidence.” 4, so Tufts will have an oppor- enough power to be an elite posed to be an integral part With the season just barely I don’t think we did tunity to prep in advance on player. Even if Gomez fails of Motown’s otherwise-frag- under way, it is still too early quite as well as we the championship course. to develop much power, if he ile rotation. But Rogers has to read much into the first two “I think this week in practice can get his OBP to the .360- pitched very poorly this year, performances of the spring. were hoping to. There we will be pretty motivated to .380 range he should be an walking as many batters as While the team had a suc- is definitely some room be practicing hard and real- above-average player. he’s struck out and posting cessful fall and trained hard ly hone in on some things we P Zack Greinke | Kansas a 6.75 ERA through three throughout the winter, the for improvement going didn’t do well this weekend,” City Royals: Touted by many starts. spring brings championship Bayless said. “The races at Lake as someone who could have To be fair, two of these season and Tufts hopes it will on into the future. Quinsigamond are different a breakout season, the fifth- starts were very tough assign- be in top form by then. because you go six boats across year vet currently sports a ments: one was in Fenway The race schedule is only a Robbie Bayless as opposed to here where you 0.75 ERA for Trey Hillman’s against the Boston Red Sox, month long with just two week- junior do two boats, and out there it club. His peripherals, how- the other in US Cellular Field ends remaining before New is a completely straight course ever, do not suggest domi- against the Chicago White Englands, so Tufts does not whereas the Malden course has nation: Greinke has walked Sox. Rogers’ middling strike- have a lot of time to fine tune its The racing preparation for several turns. five and struck out nine hit- out rate, however, may finally mistakes before then. Still, the Tufts will take it away from “So it is a little bit differ- ters. Greinke does have a lot have caught up with him, as crew has seen improvements in the Malden River and its ent style — a little different of breakout potential, but he he neither induces enough practices and races that suggest turning course next weekend for the coxswains — and I’m needs to up the strikeouts in ground balls nor walks few it will be fine come May. when the Jumbos head to Lake really looking forward to it,” he order to live up to the hype. enough batters to survive “I think things are going really Quinsigamond in Worcester, continued. P Dana Eveland | Oakland without raising his Ks. While Athletics: The lefty was his ERA should improve from an unheralded part of the its current mark, Rogers like- SCHEDULE | April 16 - April 22 December trade that sent ly will not be very successful Dan Haren to the Arizona this year. WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE Diamondbacks, but he has P C.C. Sabathia | Cleveland Baseball vs. Albertus vs. Trinity vs. Trinity (2) made a big impact in his first Indians: The reigning AL Magnus 3 p.m. 12 p.m. two starts. Eveland boasts Cy Young winner currently 3 p.m. an impressive minor league sports a horrific 11.57 ERA vs. Trinity vs. Trinity (2) at Endicott track record and above-aver- through three starts. Many Softball age stuff. people were concerned 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. His problem has been con- about the workload Sabathia ditioning, since he is a rather endured last season, when he Men's at Bates vs. Amherst large fellow, and control. He threw 264 innings between 1 p.m. Lacrosse 7 p.m. appears to have the former in the regular season and play- check, and he’s shown the abil- offs for the Tribe. ity to harness the latter as well. That said, Sabathia was Women’s vs. Babson 4 p.m. vs. Bates at Amherst Eveland will likely have so efficient that he actually Lacrosse 12 p.m. 7 p.m. some days when he simply only threw 13 more pitch- cannot throw strikes; in the es during the regular sea- vs. at Amherst meantime, the combination son than Baltimore Orioles Men's at Williams Tennis Springfield 12 p.m. 4 p.m. of his high-strikeout rate, a hurler Daniel Cabrera, even 3:30 p.m. solid defense behind him and though Cabrera threw only half of his starts coming in a 204 innings last year. This Women's at Wellesley vs. Trinity pitcher’s park suggests that year, Sabathia has uncharac- Tennis 2:30 p.m. 11 a.m. Eveland could be very suc- teristically walked nine bat- cessful this season. ters after he walked 37 all of P Chien-Ming Wang | New last year. Track and MIT Invite/ Field Larry Ellis Invite York Yankees: The Taiwan- But Sabathia has also (Men only) bred ace of the Bronx struck out 13 in his 14 innings Bombers seems to have of work, and his velocity at Lake at Lake moved from the label of over- appears to be fine. While it’s Women's Quinsigamond Quinsigamond rated after his initial success possible Sabathia is suffering Crew Worcester Worcester in the majors to underrated a hangover from last season, this season. Sure, Wang does it’s more likely that he’s sim- at Lake at Lake not strike out many batters, ply off to a slow start and will Men’s Crew Quinsigamond Quinsigamond Worcester Worcester but he also walks few and recover soon.

StatISTICS | Standings Men's Lacrosse Women's Lacrosse Baseball Softball USILA Div. III Men (7-4, 4-2 NESCAC) (7-3, 3-3 NESCAC) (13-8, 4-2 NESCAC East) (19-6, 6-0 NESCAC East) as of Apr. 14, 2008 Ranking, team (first place votes) NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL DIVISION OVERALL DIVISION OVERALL 1. Salisbury (14) W L W L W L W L NESCAC East W L T W L T NESCAC East W L T W L T 2. Gettysburg Middlebury 6 1 9 1 Middlebury 7 0 7 2 Trinity 9 0 0 24 0 0 Tufts 6 0 0 19 6 0 3. Cortland Wesleyan 5 1 7 3 Amherst 5 1 9 1 Tufts 4 2 0 13 8 0 Trinity 7 2 0 13 8 0 4. Washington College Tufts 4 2 7 4 Trinity 4 2 6 4 Bowdoin 3 5 0 11 10 0 Bowdoin 3 5 0 17 7 0 5. Lynchburg Trinity 3 3 5 5 Colby 3 3 7 4 Bates 1 5 0 4 12 0 Bates 1 4 0 3 12 0 6. Haverford 7. Middlebury Conn. College 3 4 6 5 Tufts 3 3 7 3 Colby 0 5 0 10 9 0 Colby 0 6 0 6 10 0 8. Cabrini Bowdoin 2 3 6 4 Bowdoin 2 3 7 4 Individual Statistics 20. Tufts Amherst 2 4 7 5 Bates 2 4 5 5 Individual Statistics Bates 2 4 3 7 Wesleyan 2 4 5 6 AVG HR RBI IWLCA Div. III Women as of Apr. 15, 2008 Colby 2 4 6 4 Conn. College 1 5 5 6 Steve Ragonese .477 6 36 AVG HR RBI Ranking, team (first place votes) Williams 2 5 4 5 Williams 1 5 3 6 Nate Bankoff .406 0 2 Christy Tinker .429 6 22 1. Salisbury (20) Dave Katzman .396 0 9 Casey Sullivan .412 6 23 2. The College of New Jersey Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Chase Rose .389 1 16 Samantha Kuhles .392 0 16 3. Franklin & Marshall Ari David .371 0 11 Danielle Lopez .383 4 26 4. Gettysburg G A P G A P Ian Goldberg .344 2 21 Megan Cusick .333 1 16 5. Hamilton 6. Washinton & Lee D.J. Hessler 15 20 35 Sarah Williams 17 17 34 Kevin Casey .338 0 17 Laura Chapman .323 0 4 7. Middlebury Clem McNally 19 2 21 Amanda Roberts 25 8 33 Ben Walkley .333 0 0 Cara Hovhanessian .316 2 13 8. Union Ryan Molloy 13 2 15 Chrissie Attura 14 12 26 Corey Pontes .321 0 23 Roni Herbst .308 0 8 17. Tufts Connor Ginsberg 10 5 15 Courtney Thomas 22 3 25 Alex Perry .321 0 15 Heather Kleinberger .296 1 7 NFCA Div. III Softball Chase Bibby 6 3 9 Emily Johnson 19 5 24 Alex Grzymala .286 0 3 Maya Ripecky .279 2 15 as of Apr. 9, 2008 Jamie Atkins 7 1 8 Maya Shoham 16 6 22 Eric Catalanotti .284 0 10 Jenna Robey .257 0 0 Ranking, team (No. 1 votes) Mike Cortese 5 3 8 Alyssa Corbett 9 10 19 Dave Leresche .254 0 11 Alison Drobiarz .214 0 2 1. Texas-Tyler (8) Matt Caple 4 4 8 Jenna Abelli 12 4 16 Team .343 9 178 Team .348 22 153 2. Louisiana Patrick Devine 5 1 6 Michelle Crothers 3 3 6 3. DePauw Brett Holm 4 1 5 Alyssa Kopp 2 3 5 Pitching IP W L ERA SO Pitching IP W L ERA SO 4. Linfield Team 109 54 163 Team 140 72 212 Pat O’Donnell 35.1 4 0 1.02 18 Lauren Gelmetti 54.0 8 1 2.85 46 5. St. Thomas 6. Lynchburg Tom Hill 12.1 0 0 4.38 4 Stefanie Tong 37.0 5 0 2.27 22 7. Redlands Goaltending GA Sv S% Goaltending GA Sv S% Jack Dilday 9.2 0 1 4.66 9 Izzie Santone 36.1 4 2 3.08 26 8. Methodist Matt Harrigan 85 126 .597 Sara Bloom 90 95 .514 Jason Protano 34.0 3 1 4.76 30 Kim Miner 30.0 2 3 3.97 9 17. Tufts 14 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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THE VERDICT IS UNANIMOUS In a competitive job market, a BU credential sets you apart. Earn your CERTIFICATE IN MCT PARALEGAL STUDIES in only two weeks Randy Johnson takes the mound tonight against the San Francisco Giants as he looks to contribute to a stellar Arizona Diamondbacks starting rota- Classes start June 2 tion and continue his run to 300 career wins. • Enhance your credentials for law school • Gain exposure to the legal work environment D-Backs soar to the top; INFORMATION SESSION Thursday, May 1, 6 p.m. Register Today: Nats come back to earth 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 300 www.bu.edu/professional/2338 Charles River Campus, Boston 1-866-633-9370 x402 b y Da v i d Sp i t z e r looks extremely lost in 2008, Refer to Priority Code CPE2338 Contributing Writer registering an ERA of 9.53 thus far. Boston University Center for Professional Education Remember when the Additionally, the well-pub- Washington Nationals were in licized struggles of last year’s first place? should-be Rookie of the Year It was only two weeks ago Troy Tulowitzki have been that the team jumped out to nothing short of dramatic. PUB 3-0 start, but it seems like Although a slight sophomore Tufts University ages since the Nationals last slump may have been pre- appeared invincible. Over a dicted by some, a complete ב"ה RUN DATES Daily (M-F) 10-day stretch, the Nats seem- power outage to the tune of ingly attempted to set a new zero home runs, zero RBI and CelebratingSize Freedom record for futility by drop- a .159 batting average through 5.63 x 3.5” ping nine consecutive games, 11 games has shocked even the including losses to the medi- most outspoken skeptics. COLOR b/w ocre Florida Marlins and St. Prior to the season, many Louis Cardinals. prognosticators believed the After three games in which Rockies could repeat as National Washington became synony- League champs in 2008; how- mous with quality starting ever, there will be a new senior pitching, solid fundamentals circuit representative in the and clutch hitting, youth and World Series unless the Rockies inexperience are now crippling receive consistent starting the squad from the nation’s pitching and better production capital. The back-end of the from their shortstop. starting rotation features Meanwhile, moving from the Odalis Perez, John Lannan and league’s lowliest to its top dogs, Jason Bergmann, who have look no further than the team combined to post an ERA of with the best record in the NL: 7.78. the Arizona Diamondbacks. This ineptitude in the start- After destroying the compe- ing rotation might be overcome tition throughout the regular with a high-octane offense. season last year to the tune The Nationals, however, sit in of a league-best 90 wins, the dead last in the majors with youthful Diamondbacks rode a .232 team batting average the arm of Brandon Webb and and are close to last in the the bats of young prospects National League in runs, home Chris Young, Mark Reynolds runs and stolen bases, which and Conor Jackson all the clearly does not bode well for way to the National League the success of manager Manny Championship Series. Acta’s team. Arizona’s starting rotation Passover 2008 Not quite as uninspiring as has clearly set the tone in the the Nationals through the early early going thus far in 2008. going, the Colorado Rockies What was already an adequate at Chabad House are still similarly feeling the starting rotation has clearly heat. The National League’s become one of the league’s representatives in last year’s elite with the offseason acqui- Join us for the Seders in a warm and First Seder: Saturday Evening, April 19th Fall Classic have stumbled out sition of Dan Haren, the AL’s Second Seder: Sunday Evening, April 20th to an early 5-7 record, mostly All-Star starter last July. Haren, intimate family environment. No prior due to the awful 5.66 com- Webb and Micah Owings have experience or background necessary. bined ERA of Colorado’s start- anchored a rotation that ranks Introduction: 7:45  ing pitchers. first in the NL in wins, second Seder: 8:15  This has resulted spe- in ERA and second in batting Chabad will provide kosher dinners cifically from the inability of average against. throughout the week of Passover — visit At Chabad House - 21 Chetwynd Road Colorado’s young core of Jeff The rotation can only www.JewishJumbo.com/dining for more info. Francis, Ubaldo Jimenez and improve from here, as a newly Franklin Morales to progress healthy and motivated Randy For more info and to RSVP, visit on the mound after each pitch- Johnson continues to make his www.JewishJumbo.com/seder er’s promising 2007. Francis run at the 300-win club. The in particular enjoyed a stellar end to his season last year but see NL, page 11 Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 15

Men’s Crew Evans Clinchy | Dirty Water Eights struggle against tough competition while fours shine in races on home Malden River b y Et h a n La n d y Daily Editorial Board In only the second weekend of rac- An April on overload ing of the spring season, the men’s crew team witnessed mixed results in or some reason — besides the a round robin racing setting at Malden River over the weekend. fact that as I write these very The Jumbos hosted crews from Bates, New Hampshire, Wesleyan and Roger words, it is 33 degrees outside Williams on Saturday. Competition for- F mat had the teams racing in head-to- — it just doesn’t feel like April for me. head matches on the Malden course, with the winners of the first races This is supposed to be the month that advancing to compete against one baseball grabs my attention, holds on another while the losers of the first tight and doesn’t let go before November. races did the same. The teams raced I’m supposed to eat up every box score, two varsity eight boats, a second varsity every article, every post from every asi- four and a novice four. nine sports blogger I can find. Especially The Jumbo first varsity eight found now, with the Red Sox setting out to the least success on the day, as the defend their second World Series title in boat delivered disappointing efforts four years, I’m supposed to be obsessed. in both of its races. The crew fin- If that were actually the case, I’d probably ished well behind Wesleyan in their be stressing out right now. Curt Schilling is first race with a time of 6:27.99, and Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily out for at least four months, Jon Lester has though Tufts improved on that finish The men’s crew team heads to Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester this weekend to take on piled up 15 walks in 20.1 innings, Mike against Bates with a time of 6:06.11, it a slew of New England competition in its first race away from the Malden River of the Lowell began the year 6-for-30 before tak- was not enough to beat the Bobcats in season. ing the plunge to the DL, Mike Timlin the second race. looks more qualified for a nursing home “I thought our performance was a with a time of 6:34.16. The Jumbos sity four and novice four each picked than a major league bullpen and David little rough this weekend,” said junior improved by 10 seconds in their sec- up a win in their races. The second var- Ortiz is so far from the Mendoza Line he Robbie Bayless, who was a part of ond race but it was not enough to sity four faced off against Wesleyan and can’t even see it anymore. the first varsity eight. “I don’t think overtake UNH, who finished just destroyed its opponent by over 30 sec- Good thing I’m barely paying attention. we did quite as well as we were hop- under four seconds ahead. onds with a time of 7:08.89. The novice This is the best Celtics team I have wit- ing to. There is definitely some room “I was in the 2v8 this weekend, and four also won easily in its race against nessed in my lifetime. This, I would argue, for improvement going on into the our row was substantially better than Roger Williams with a time of 7:26.63. is the first time I’ve ever looked ahead to future.” our race last weekend,” junior co-cap- For the Jumbos, who have been focus- an NBA postseason with a legitimate rea- The other varsity eight, while also tain Nahv Etedali said. “Even though ing a lot on their performance in the son to anticipate the Larry O’Brien Trophy posting a mediocre showing in its first we lost we were substantially better fours for this season, the races were a landing in Boston in two months. This is race, did manage to show a marked and we made the changes we were welcome sight. new. This is refreshing. This is giving April improvement in its second perfor- working on all week in practice so it “Practices are starting to feel good an entirely new meaning for me. mance. The first head-to-head match- felt really good to have our races.” and guys are really applying pressure This past Saturday — when the Red up for the second varsity eight saw While the larger boats failed to pro- Sox won a beauty at Fenway, as Jonathan Tufts come up short behind Bates duce any great results, the second var- see MEN’S CREW, page 13 Papelbon waited through a two-hour rain delay for his chance to whiff Alex Rodriguez, silence a Yankee rally and Inside the AL preserve a 4-3 lead — the highlight of my day came not in Boston, but instead 1,000 miles south. On Saturday night in Atlanta, the Celtics beat the Hawks 99-89, polishing off win number 64 and sealing the third- best record in franchise history. After a third-quarter collapse from the starting five, the Celtics took the floor tied 74-74 to start the fourth, and Doc Rivers had benched all five starters. That’s when five Boston backups — Glen Davis, Tony Allen, P.J. Brown, James Posey and the enigmatic-to-say-the-least Sam Cassell — took over, dominating the final period to the tune of a 25-15 beating and on paper, an easy win. I watched it twice. Once at 7 p.m. when the game first aired, and then again at two in the morning when FSN reran it. I couldn’t get enough. It’s games like this that make you drool with play- off anticipation. Seeing Cassell, who normally makes my blood boil, shoot 6-for-9 in the quarter for 15 of his 20 points was a thrill. So was seeing Big Baby grab every rebound in sight, and so was the stalwart defense of Allen and Posey on the wings denying Joe Johnson the open looks time and again. Seeing the Celtics’ second unit take the floor and manhandle a good young Hawks team

MCT made me truly realize how much there is to Twins center fielder Carlos Gomez, a speedster on the basepaths, will have to improve his batting average and OBP if he hopes to continue appreciate about this year’s Celtics. his development into an elite, well-rounded player. This team is much more than the Big Three. And it’s a good thing, too, because no one can win an NBA title with just three Separating flukes from talent: examining the good players, no matter who they are. When you add up the trinity of KG, Pierce and Allen, the much-improved Kendrick junior circuit’s early-season performances Perkins and Rajon Rondo, the aforemen- tioned second unit, and the not-to-be-for- b y Pe t e r Be n d i x Borowski always seemed to tread going to continue to be ineffective. gotten Eddie House and Leon Powe, this Senior Staff Writer on thin ice, but upon examination However, if he can regain a few miles team is legitimately 12-deep. No one else of his peripheral stats, Borowski is per hour on his “fastball,” Joe Blow in the NBA can say that and really mean Halfway through April, some play- a pitcher who was better than his might remain a useful pitcher in the it. And that, more than anything, is what ers have been performing unusually ERA indicated. The Rutgers product Tribe’s bullpen once he returns from excites me with the regular-season finale well, while others have faltered from struck out 58 batters in 65 innings last the DL, where he was placed yester- tipping off tonight and the postseason the stats they’ve put up in previous year and walked only 17. No one will day. three days away. All the ingredients are in seasons. A look at whether these ear- mistake him for Jonathan Papelbon — CF Carlos Gomez | Minnesota place for title number 17, and it’ll all begin ly-season numbers are flukes or actual Borowski did also give up nine homers Twins: As of Monday night, the speedy with a Hawks rematch this weekend. I trends: last year — but his peripherals sug- outfielder had five stolen bases in 52 can’t wait. P Joe Borowski | Cleveland Indians: gested that he could continue to be a at-bats. Gomez, however, was only I also hear Boston has a baseball team. The man dubbed “Joe Blow” by Indians useful pitcher. hitting .269/.296/.385. This is the type But this April, I’ve got my priorities straight. fans blew yet another save Monday This year, however, the veteran’s of player Gomez is at this point in night, this time against the Boston velocity has been down, as was seen his career; he could steal 60 bases if Red Sox. Last year he managed to rack during Monday’s game when he he ever received 600 at-bats, but his Evans Clinchy is a junior majoring in up 45 saves despite posting a 5.07 topped out at 83 miles per hour. If this English. He can be reached at Evans. ERA. trend continues, Borowski is indeed see AL, page 13 [email protected]. 16 INSIDE Men’s Crew 15 Inside the AL 15 Dirty Water 15 Th e Tu f tSportss Da i l y Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Women’s Tennis Tufts downs Conn. College in first matches on Voute Courts Dominating 8-1 win over Camels has Jumbos 5-2 in conference action so far in spring season b y Je r e m y Gr e e n h o u s e Browne said. “We had chemistry and Senior Staff Writer both played well.” Converting their solid doubles play to After losing its first NESCAC match singles, the Jumbos captured all but one at national No. 2 Amherst on April 8, match. At first singles, Browne held off the women’s tennis team rebounded a comeback from Conn. College fresh- man Becca Heupel. Browne took the WOMEN’S TENNIS first set 6-2 but lost a lead in the second, (9-4, 5-2 NESCAC) eventually dropping the set 4-6. at Voute Courts, Tuesday Heupel appeared to have the momen- tum going into a third-set super-tie- Conn. College 1 break. The Camel first-year won the Tufts 8 first two points and at one point led 5-3, but Browne rallied back to win yesterday, trouncing Conn. College 8-1 10-6, finishing off the match with a at Voute Courts. clean winner. The Jumbos advanced their record to “In the second set, [Heupel] played 7-3 this spring, 9-4 overall and 5-2 in better,” Browne said. “I give her credit, NESCAC play. Aside from the 7-2 loss but I finally figured how to win. I got to the Lord Jeffs last week, Tufts’ only down 5-3 [in the third], and I just took a other loss came at the hands of NESCAC few seconds to relax. I knew every point foe Williams during the fall. was going to be important, so I stayed The squad swept the doubles play to really focused and somehow ran down start the match and rolled from there, every ball.” giving up a combined eight doubles Meanwhile, McCooey continued her games to the Camels while tallying 24 success at No. 2, winning the first set wins of their own. The pair of senior 6-3 only to have her opponent default, co-captain Andrea Cenko and junior giving the sophomore the win. Mari Homma were in a jam in their first Miller cruised at the third spot with a doubles match, but they gutted out an 6-3, 6-1 win, while Cenko’s match also 8-5 win. went to a third-set super-tiebreak at “Doubles was great,” Cenko said. No. 4 singles. Like Browne, the senior “Mari was spectacular.” co-captain pulled out the victory — 5-7, “I thought they played really well,” 6-1, 10-7. freshman Julia Browne added. “Their “Coach [Kate Bayard] said we need to opponents were tough, but they figured solidify our wins more convincingly,” out how to pull it out. They stood out to McCooey said. “We’re capable of it — me.” we have the skill.” The sophomore team of Meghan “We all struggle a little bit with con- McCooey and Erica Miller took the court fidence, but this win should definitely as the No. 2 team and took the proset give us more,” Browne added. “As a 8-2 over their Conn. College opponents, team, we need to continue to do what their ninth consecutive win together we’re doing.” at the second doubles slot. No. 3 dou- The most convincing singles victo- bles saw Browne and classmate Edwina ry of the day came from junior Mari Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily Stewart make short work of their oppo- Homma at fifth singles who stormed to Sophomore Meghan McCooey goes for a volley while sophomore doubles partner Erica nents, winning 8-1. Miller looks on during the women’s tennis team’s 8-1 victory over Conn. College yesterday “Our doubles match was really good,” see WOMEN’S TENNIS, page 11 afternoon. The Jumbos have now won seven of their last eight matches.

Beck named NESCAC Performer of Women’s Crew the Week Jumbos fall out of stride against UNH Senior co-captain Cat Beck was named NESCAC Performer of the Week on and Wesleyan in weekend regattas Monday after her perfor- mance in the 800-meter b y Sa r i n a Ma t h a i race. Congruity is something team that they had expected race at the Solomon Husky Senior Staff Writer the team has been working on to defeat. The Cardinals edged Invitational at Northeastern all season and will continue to Tufts, 6:47.53 to 6:49.20. University on Saturday. In its first real test of the improve. “I think everyone had put Beck crossed the finish line spring season this past “I think everyone was pull- everything in our first race, first in her field of 33 with Saturday, the women’s crew ing really hard at the end of so it was hard to muster up a time of 2:11.52, just two team faced its stiffest competi- the race, but we had trouble the strength and energy to do hundredths of a second off tion to date and came up with coming together as a boat and well in the next one,” Douglass of the NCAA automatic qual- mixed results. creating a rhythm that would said. “We lacked the jump we ifying mark. Though she did The first varsity boat allow us to pull even harder needed when it came time to not get an automatic bid to caught its first glimpse of the and faster; it was more of a race again.” Nationals, the senior did fall University of New Hampshire, cohesion issue,” Douglass said. Wesleyan also had the advan- easily within the NCAA pro- one of the toughest crews in “What makes it frustrating is tage of having soundly defeat- visional time for the event. New England, who proved to that we felt that we could have ed Bates first, which allowed With the season three weeks be too much for the Jumbos to performed a lot better.” them to take it easy for most of old, Beck’s time is currently handle. “We basically just let them their first race. the fastest in the nation. The Wildcats and Jumbos ease away from us in the third- “Wesleyan rowed away from The time also set a new were neck-and-neck coming 500, and we’ve got to figure out Bates very early on so it was Tufts record, as no Jumbo out of the gate until the latter ways to stop that from hap- not pressed down the race had previously broken 2:12 in part of the course, when UNH pening,” coach Gary Caldwell course and they weren’t rowing the 800. Beck took the crown started to pull ahead. In their added. at a high rate,” Caldwell said. from Caitlin Murphy (LA ‘00), previous races this season, the The second race of the “They were much fresher for who ran a 2:12.66 800 in last-500 yards of the course day for the first varsity boat the second race than we were, 1999. Murphy’s accomplish- were where the Jumbos made didn’t provide for much of an but that’s one of the byprod- ments during her time at a triumphant comeback. But improvement, though Tufts ucts of the duel racing format. Tufts serve to further high- this race proved to be differ- was at a clear disadvantage But I’m not taking away credit Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily light just how stellar Beck’s ent. to its subsequent opponent, from Wesleyan — they won fair performance was, as Murphy pion 4x800-meter relay teams As both teams went into a Wesleyan. The Jumbos had and square.” was the two-time 800-meter in her freshman and sopho- full-sprint, Tufts just could not raced the Cardinals directly Both the second and third national champion. more years. With Beck’s stel- overcome UNH’s speed and following their run against varsity boats fared much bet- Beck has buoyed the Tufts lar performance in the 800, lost by a time of 6:52.16 to UNH and had to remain in the ter on Saturday as they won track team by taking part in there may be more confer- 6:54.27. water and then row without a each of their races. The 2V four NESCAC championships. ence titles to come when the Senior co-captain Sara break. boat defeated Bates, 6:53.97 to She won 1,500-meter confer- 2008 NESCAC Championship Douglass noted that it’s not It was clear that the first race 6:58.18, and UNH, 7:04.14 to ence titles in her sophomore meet is run on April 26. the strength of the team that had taken everything out of the 7:09.74. The 3V trounced Bates and junior years, while taking is in question but rather their Jumbos, as they rowed languid- 7:15.89 to 7:58.80. part in the conference-cham- —by Tim Judson ability to maintain a steady ly for most of the course and rhythm throughout an entire could not overtake a Wesleyan see WOMEN’S CREW, page 11