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Partly Cloudy Read It First 38/22 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 53 Thursday, November 20, 2008 TUFTSDAILY.COM Schools challenge the RIAA’s tactics

Harvard left largely untouched by the RIAA BU student, Harvard professor counter RIAA following opposition from professors suit by challenging campaign’s constitutionality

b y Da v i d St e r n tions are possible. b y Be n Gi t t l e s o n Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Contributing Writer The extent to which schools relinquish Daily Editorial Board argues that the RIAA has been intimi- information about their students depends dating Internet users by threatening As the Recording Industry Association on their individual policies. In a statement A professor and students from Harvard them with unfair legal challenges. It has of America (RIAA) continues to send let- released on July 9, 2007 in the newsletter Law School have taken issue with the been doing this, he says, by abusing a ters to universities whose students are of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet Recording Industry Association of federal copyright law, the Digital Theft accused of illegal file sharing, the absence and Society, Harvard Law Professors America’s (RIAA) campaign against illegal Deterrence and Copyright Damages of a certain school from its mailing list has Charles Nesson and John Palfrey argued file sharing and filed a counterclaim on Improvement Act of 1999. raised some eyebrows. against cooperating with the RIAA. behalf of a Boston University student. He said that the RIAA and the music Harvard University professors offered “The university has no legal obligation The RIAA is suing Joel Tenenbaum, a groups it represents use the courts to public criticism of the RIAA’s tactics last to deliver the RIAA’s messages. It should graduate student at BU, for illegally down- coerce people into settling for thousands year, and since then the industry has not do so only if it believes that’s consonant loading and sharing music. The damages of dollars to avoid a lengthy and poten- sent notices to the school. Many wonder if with the university’s mission. We believe it in the case could amount to over $1 mil- tially costly legal process. “They turn the the organization is staying away from the is not,” the professors wrote. lion. Harvard Professor Charles Nesson United States civil courts into their own university in order to avoid a legal battle The RIAA, which had sent pre-litiga- and a group of students have fired back collection agency [and] threaten anyone over its aggressive tactics. tion letters to Harvard before the profes- on Tenenbaum’s behalf, disputing the with a million dollars,” Nesson told the The RIAA sends pre-litigation letters to sors released their statement, has since constitutionality of a federal law that has Daily. schools when it identifies Internet pro- mailed batches of letters to most major permitted the RIAA to target thousands The RIAA has charged Tenenbaum, tocol (IP) addresses that have illegally Boston-area universities, but has left of music sharers over the past five years. a 24-year-old who is pursuing a Ph.D. shared copyrighted material. Typically, a Harvard alone. If successful, the counterclaim could in physics, with illegally downloading college that receives such a notice can tie Nesson is currently serving as the put a dent in the industry’s aggressive seven songs and making hundreds more each implicated IP address to a particular defense attorney for a Boston University campaign, which is responsible for multi- available to other users on the Kazaa student user, and administrators usually student being sued by the RIAA. thousand-dollar settlements with approx- peer-to-peer file-sharing network in forward each letter to the person they sus- On the Hill, in response to a subpoena imately 30,000 people accused of illegally 2004. Tenenbaum’s counterclaim, filed in pect of illegal file sharing. Tufts follows sharing copyright-protected music. this procedure when definitive identifica- see DOWNLOADING, page 2 Nesson, the founder of Harvard’s see RIAA, page 2 State referendum on marijuana yields little change on the Hill

b y Al e x a n d r a Bo g u s ishment and will also be required local elections before formalizing the council. Reitman said that the university Daily Editorial Board to either undergo a drug awareness the change. Until then, current state law, will probably not change its disci- program or pay a steeper fine. “The unofficial results revealed which deems possession of any plinary policies regarding students Tufts police and administration Tufts and local police officers that Question 2 prevailed,” Brian amount of marijuana a criminal caught with marijuana. officials do not foresee significant are awaiting guidelines from the McNiff, a spokesperson for offense, will remain unchanged. “I don’t think that Tufts’ poli- changes to the university’s mari- state attorney general’s office on Massachusetts Secretary of State Under TUPD’s current proce- cies are affected very much by the juana policy, in spite of the passage how to implement the new law. William Francis Galvin, told the dure, officers usually do not arrest vote that was taken in the elec- of a ballot question decriminal- “Right now, I’m not anticipat- Daily. But he said the question’s students simply for use or pos- tion,” Reitman said. “The reason izing small amounts of marijuana ing a big change on how we deal provisions will not become law session of small amounts of mari- for that is that what was changed in Massachusetts. with it,” Tufts University Police until 30 days after the Governor’s juana, although they have that … was whether or not possession Question 2, which voters Department (TUPD) Captain Council certifies the results. option. is a criminal offense. The univer- approved on Nov. 4, is set to change Mark Keith said. “[We are] waiting The state continued to receive “Typically, [TUPD officers] will sity isn’t in a position to look if it’s a state law so that individuals found on some direction on how the state overseas absentee ballots until take and destroy the marijuana criminal offense because we can’t with an ounce or less of marijua- is looking to enact policy proce- Nov. 13. Cities and towns were that’s found,” Keith said. After take criminal action,” he said. na can be asked to forfeit it and dure.” not required to report their official this, the officers will write a report Tufts will normally arrest stu- receive a $100 fine, but cannot be Question 2 passed with 65 per- results to the secretary of state’s to Dean of Student Affairs Bruce dents caught with marijuana only charged with a felony. Offenders cent of the vote, but the state is office until this week, and the tal- Reitman and the Office of Judicial under 18 will face the same pun- still awaiting official results from lies will now be audited and sent to Affairs. see MARIJUANA, page 2

b y Be n Gi t t l e s o n end, with two terminus sites along Boston Daily Editorial Board Avenue under consideration. The first pos- sibility is located along the commuter rail Somerville, Medford to confirm locations of Green Transportation Line extension officials analyzed terminus, key tracks by support Tufts’ Curtis Hall, facility the building features of the T’s Green Line extension that houses Brown and Brew, and the sec- project during a public meeting last week, ond at the intersection of the Mystic Valley but a recommendation on the line’s termi- Parkway (Route 16) and Boston Avenue. nus likely won’t come until January. The EOT hopes to provide an analysis of At a Green Line Extension Project the two sites at an advisory group meeting Advisory Group meeting last Wednesday, in January. Massachusetts Executive Office of “We’re still working that through, both Transportation (EOT) planning officials internally and with various stakeholders said that they had selected a possible loca- on the project,” Kate Fichter, the deputy tion for an equipment-support facility and director of the project at the EOT, told the two possible configurations of an exten- Daily. After that announcement, the EOT sion section that would run near Union will hold a series of public meetings to Square in Somerville. They also presented gather community feedback. a new analysis of the extension’s projected The Massachusetts Bay Transportation ridership. Authority (MBTA), which runs the T sub- The questions of whether to build a way service, in May announced plans to new track near Union Square and where add seven new Green Line stations in in Somerville to locate the support facility Medford and Somerville. remain two of the biggest debates current- The Green Line extension is over 15 Meredith Klein/Tufts Daily ly facing state transportation planners. years in the making. Officials original- The T’s Green Line will be nearer to Tufts after the extension project is completed in the In Medford, transportation officials are coming years. still focusing on where the Green Line will see EXTENSION, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s Sections InsideOut gives SMFA The women’s basket- students the opportuni- ball team gets ready to News 1 Op-Ed 11 ty to sell their work and kick off its winter sea- Features 3 Comics 15 break into the art world. son this weekend. Weekender 5 Classifieds 16 Editorial | Letters 10 Sports Back

see WEEKENDER, page 5 see SPORTS, back page 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News Thursday, November 20, 2008 Community organizations get involved in Green Line debate on behalf of uninvolved

EXTENSION ity can coexist with the artist Daily boarding at the Boston ing in Somerville,” according ning the extension. continued from page 1 community in the Brickbottom Avenue station near Brown and to Aviva Asher, an employee at In Medford, a similar move- ly promised it in order to off- area, Krause said. Brew will run at around 2,100 if Groundwork Somerville, an ment has emerged, and Tufts set potential pollution increases “We sympathize with the con- the stop does not become the environmentally focused com- community members have from Boston’s Big Dig. cerns of Somerville residents, line’s terminus and around 2,420 munity organizing group. The become engaged in the process. Over the last couple of particularly the Brickbottom if it does, the analysis said. demographics she was referring Deciding where to place the months, project consultants [artists],” Krause told the Daily. Meanwhile, four Somerville to include non-English speak- terminus is “sort of the major have studied numerous loca- “Right now, [the EOT’s] recom- groups are organizing commu- ers and people without Internet unresolved issue on the project,” tions for a support facility for mendation is that this facility be nity members to ensure that access. Krause said. “We want to keep the extension and have settled built behind right where their all segments of the population “We’re trying to reach out to that on the forefront, and we on a property in the Brickbottom [studio] building is. It was clear can contribute to the exten- a really diverse group of people want to make sure we can get as area of Somerville. that their recommendation is sion’s planning. to … let them know what’s com- much effective input [as we can] Ken Krause, a member not satisfactory to the people in Groundwork Somerville, ing and what to expect, and also in the affected areas [to] share of the Medford Green Line Somerville.” the Somerville Transportation to get their feedback and also with [the] EOT.” The MGNA and Neighborhood Alliance (MGNA), The EOT’s ridership analysis Equity Partnership (STEP), the to voice their opinions on what STEP both endorse an end sta- a local citizens’ group, said that projected that the extension each Somerville Community Health they’d like to happen,” Asher told tion at Boston Avenue and the the EOT believes this location is day would help reduce automo- Agenda and the Somerville the Daily. Mystic Valley Parkway. the most cost-effective and prac- bile usage by more than 25,000 Community Corporation initi- Groundwork Somerville and The two groups will co-spon- tical option. The facility would miles and bring in over 30,000 ated the Community Corridor other organizations taking a role sor an informational meeting hold unused subway cars and additional Green Line riders. Planning Project two years ago. in the process aim to ensure on campus on Monday evening, provide space for repair work. Between 7,500 and 9,000 of those The organizations shared the that considerations of affordable focusing on the potential termi- Many Somerville residents riders would give up non-public- goal of giving a voice to local housing, healthy living options nus location. The meeting will have voiced concern over transportation modes of travel, residents “who are not tapped and environmental impacts are begin at 7 p.m. in the Sophia whether the maintenance facil- according to the EOT. into what is already happen- taken into account when plan- Gordon Multipurpose Room.

University of Maine: We are not the Student claims status quo unfairly service arm for the RIAA’s pre-litigation favors industry over individuals downloading hand over information. RIAA so that student[s] can have the opportu- continued from page 1 Because of this potential obligation, continued from page 1 nity to settle at a substantially discounted the RIAA filed on July 7 against 11 Tufts Reitman said, Tufts chooses to forward Boston’s U.S. district court, is scheduled rate, outside of court, before a formal students, the university refused to hand pre-litigation letters and give accused to go to trial on Dec. 1. lawsuit is filed against them.” over the identities of two of the students students the most time to decide how Federal law permits the industry to Tenenbaum originally received a letter because administrators claimed they to respond. seek damages of between $750 and from the RIAA in 2005 requesting sev- could not definitively determine which Almost all students who receive letters $150,000 for each file shared, depending eral thousand dollars for a pre-litigation students had used the IP addresses. from the RIAA accept the discounted set- on whether the infringement is deter- settlement. Contending that financial “If [an address] that [has] been iden- tlements. The BU student whom Nesson is mined to be willful. Tenenbaum stands problems prevented him from paying tified by the RIAA as hosting copyright- now defending faces a lawsuit worth over accused of knowingly sharing the songs, the sum, he spent a period of time com- ed material looks unusual in that it does $1 million. and faces the prospect of having to pay municating with the music industry and not look like it came from a specific The RIAA has received criticism from $1,050,000 overall. trying to lower the designated amount. student, we do not hand over the infor- a number of sources over its legal tactics, Tenenbaum said the RIAA wants to Eventually, the back-and-forth came to mation,” Dean of Student Affairs Bruce which are seen as encouraging accused make an example out of him. “They a head, Tenenbaum said, and the RIAA Reitman said. file sharers to avoid taking cases to court. want to make me an urban legend, you pressed forth with its suit against him. A spokesperson for the Electronic “The settlement letters are an attempt know, that kid who had to pay tons and “They say, ‘Oh, the longer this goes Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital to short-circuit the legal process, and it tons of money, to kind of frighten peo- on, the bigger we’re going to make this,’” rights advocacy group, said forwarding may force students to settle even when ple away from this stuff,” Tenenbaum he said. “A lot of people end up settling the letters can actually benefit students. they haven’t done anything,” Jeschke said. told the Daily. based upon that threat in addition to the If students do not settle with the RIAA In a rebuke of the RIAA’s tactics, the Of the tens of thousands of com- gross invasion of privacy [and] all of the after receiving pre-litigation letters, an University of Maine has refused to forward plaints the RIAA has filed in the past, things you have to deal with if you take it option that usually costs a few thousand pre-litigation notices to its students. only one has gone to trial. In that case, to court and don’t just pay.” dollars, they can face lawsuits worth “Our position is that the University a Minnesota woman was originally The RIAA has defended the consti- hundreds of thousands. of Maine system does not believe it is fined $220,000 for downloading 24 tutionality of its actions under existing “Some universities have refused to for- appropriate to serve as the service arm of songs but was later granted a new trial, copyright law. It has said in court docu- ward [pre-litigation letters], and they have the RIAA,” university spokesperson John according to the Boston Globe. The ments that its tactics are protected under no obligation. But it does put people in a Diamond told the Daily. RIAA has particularly focused on col- the First Amendment right to petition spot because a pre-litigation letter could The RIAA has also earned scorn for lege students in sending pre-litigation the federal government for a redress of save a student time and money,” Rebecca how it gathers information on the people settlement letters, a number of which grievances. The group has also cited legal Jeschke, media relations coordinator for it accuses of illegal sharing. MediaSentry, have reached Tufts students. These let- precedent that it claims supports the the EFF, told the Daily. the company the RIAA employs to investi- ters offer the prospect of settling out of manner in which it has proceeded with But the RIAA has simply left Harvard gate downloading, does not have a private court in order to avoid trial. Tenenbaum’s case. Kennedy declined to students alone since the professors there investigation license in Massachusetts. RIAA spokeswoman Liz Kennedy told comment on the case. disputed the industry’s conduct. In London-Sire v. Doe 1, the RIAA’s case the Daily that the industry’s approach Both Tenenbaum and his counsel Reitman said that as long as the RIAA against a BU student, the defense has serves as a response to a legitimate threat maintain that the focus of their challenge continues to send letters to Tufts, the mentioned that the Commonwealth of to the music industry that has cost the remains on the alleged unconstitutional- administration will pass them along to Massachusetts has ordered MediaSentry U.S. economy billions of dollars and ity of a law that they say permits an abuse students. to cease and desist its operations, but the thousands of jobs. She said college stu- of the civil and criminal legal processes. “Whether the university thinks that recording industry still uses the contractor dents illegally share music at dispropor- “I’m not arguing that artists shouldn’t the practices of the RIAA are effective to investigate students’ habits. tionately high levels. get some sort of remuneration for their or not in mitigating downloading is a When Tufts refused to identify the “[W]e make every effort possible to efforts,” Tenenbaum said. “But this law- moot point because we have no choice users of two IP addresses this summer, it be evenhanded in each of our down- suit isn’t so much about that, but about but to comply with a court-issued sub- said there were 23 possible users for one load cases,” she said in an e-mail. “Pre- the inherently corrupt process that’s poena,” Reitman said, referring to the address and 17 for the other. The indus- litigation letter[s] are sent to a university been handed to us by the way laws have fact that if a file-sharing case goes to try has since dropped its inquiry into the — with the request that the school for- passed Congress and the way the record court, the university can be forced to two addresses. ward it on to the appropriate student — companies have taken advantage of it.”

Reitman: Marijuana use on campus treated roughly equivalent to underage drinking marijuana municipalities. more money, and society is going a $100 fine would deter increased and Prevention Programs Pam continued from page 1 Under the current legal code, to be paying for it.” usage among students and could McCracken. if they are also involved in other, the police rarely carry out punitive While Keith did not speculate potentially lead to harsher police “We kind of give them a double more serious criminal activity. measures for small-time marijua- on the effect the change would regulation. whammy if they’re a student,” she Tufts’ policy treats marijuana na offenders, Covino said. have on marijuana use at Tufts, “Now that it’s decriminalized … told the Daily. “I wouldn’t say we possession as roughly equivalent “Currently, most people over Reitman said that it should have the cops might be more inclined to ease up on anything.” to the underage use of alcohol, the age and under the age are little impact because students who be [stricter] about it, which would At the University of Colorado, Reitman said. given a break on the street if choose to experiment with mari- lead to less use,” he said. Boulder, campus police can issue Police officials in Somerville and they’re just in possession of a juana are not weighing the legal Various forms of decriminaliza- a fine to students or go through Medford are also refraining from small amount,” he said. consequences. tion of marijuana exist in close to a the school’s judicial affairs proce- implementing new marijuana pol- But Covino said that Question “I don’t think people decide dozen states today, including New dures. icies until they hear from the state. 2 was poorly worded because it whether or not to do some things York, Alaska and Colorado. “Typically, they’ll get one or the “There are guidelines that need failed to account for the fact that in their lifestyle, including the use Administrators at several other or both,” Public Information to be set up that aren’t in place most people who are carrying an of a substance, because of what Colorado universities said that the Officer Brad Wiesley told the Daily. right now,” Lt. Paul Covino of entire ounce of marijuana intend they think might be the police decriminalization law, which has “They’re not going to get noth- the Medford Police Department to sell it. reaction,” Reitman said. been in place for decades, in no ing.” told the Daily. “If the legislature Additionally, Covino believes One Tufts student, who way changed how they deal with Covino, of Medford, said that is smart, they should step in and that increased marijuana availabil- requested anonymity because of student drug possession. it is important to recognize that make it easy to cite people.” ity will drive up use and could lead marijuana’s illegality, said that his At Colorado State University, the possession of marijuana is still Covino added that comprehen- people to experiment with drugs of personal use of the drug, which most students guilty of marijuana- considered an illegal act, even if sive enforcement of Question 2’s a “higher capacity.” he smokes “very occasionally,” related infractions pass through the punishment is now lighter. “A policies could potentially bolster “If you make it easier, then more would not change as a result of the university’s judicial pro- lot of people [are] under the per- the town’s coffers, since revenue people are going to smoke it,” he Question 2. cess and can face legal charges, ception that they can walk around from marijuana fines will go to said. “Drug dealers will be making Still, he said that the threat of according to Director of Outreach openly with it now,” he said. 3

Featurestuftsdaily.com In studying abroad with non-Tufts programs, Michael Sherry | Political Animal Jumbos weigh reputations, expected workload Baracabinet b y Ka t h a r i n e Se i m only program where I could go to a Spanish- tion for demanding a similar course load to Contributing Writer speaking country and take classes in English, their counterparts in the States, others, like since I don’t have any Spanish experience,” IES, according to Taylor, make their students While a French dormitory sprinkled with Heintz said. “There’s really no way to go on clock fewer hours in the library. t long last, the election hubbub has familiar faces and Tufts Nalgenes may sound a Tufts program unless you have around six “The course load was definitely less rig- settled down. Every pundit worth his inviting to some, the majority of Jumbos who semesters of Spanish, so IES was really my orous than a normal workload at Tufts. I salt has completed his obligatory post- opt to study in another country enlist the only option.” definitely had midterms, finals and group mortem of the ’08 election. Winners assistance of external programs to test the Feedback from returning abroad students projects, but the overall workload was drasti- Ain congressional races are jockeying for the waters abroad. has also proven to aim the spotlight at a cally different from Tufts,” Taylor said. “But best office space in the Rayburn, Longworth According to Sally O’Leary, the foreign handful of external programs, and some stu- that’s really important when you’re abroad. and Cannon House Office Buildings. Losers study advisor for non-Tufts programs, dents have come to rely on friends’ recom- It’s important to go out and see things and are sadly packing their bags and seeing if they approximately 45 percent of juniors study mendations. travel through the city and not be overly can squeeze their name onto a U.S. post office abroad for at least one semester. Of them, Junior Rosa Spaeth plans to study in stressed about work.” in their district before January. Campaign staff- only around one-third choose to go through Melbourne, Australia this spring through Senior Elyse Weissman, who studied last ers seem to finally be running out of stories to Tufts programs. Butler University’s Institute for Study spring in London through IES, said that the whisper to reporters about Sarah Palin. Since Tufts does not sponsor any options Abroad. class variety made up for the lighter expecta- Yes, it’s time for the ostensible reason for all in Ecuador, junior Emily Wier decided on the “I didn’t actually look at very many tions. the campaigning: governing. President-elect School for International Training’s “Ecuador: programs other than the University of “It was much less demanding. However, I Barack Obama will not take office until January, Comparative Ecology and Conservation” Melbourne program. I had a friend who had took really interesting classes, so despite the but everyone is focused on his Cabinet picks, program in order to meld her fondness of gone through Butler and really liked it, so I fact that my teachers weren’t asking as much which are our best clue yet as to how he plans the country with her interest in ecology. was just pumped about it and just applied to as a Tufts professor probably would, I still felt to govern. Here’s a sampling of what we know, “I looked into other programs, but realized this one,” Spaeth said. inclined to try just as hard as I would at Tufts. what we don’t know and what that tells us: that I could do the most with this program,” While in pursuit of a good match, many Partying was far from a priority,” Weissman Chief of Staff: Rahm Emanuel. “Chief of Wier said. “I [will] spend the last month of students find that certain options have a said. Staff” is a pretty low-key title for a very high- the program doing my own research project, reputation for being “party programs,” a ste- Still, Taylor argued that study-abroad pro- level position. In the White House, the CoS is, in whatever I want to do, which is awesome. reotype that program heads try to battle. grams may commonly attract those in pur- most cases, second only to the president him- Hopefully, I can do something that will build The rigor of the application process, or lack suit of late nights and frequent inebriation. self in terms of power and access. The ultimate on research that I’ve already done or research thereof, can aid in fostering such assump- “There were a few kids there who just insider, it’s the chief of staff’s job to manage the that I will do in the future.” tions. wanted to go out to Barcelona and party egos of hundreds of high-level staffers, zeal- Other students face limitations stemming Senior Lauren Taylor, who traveled to every night, but that’s going to happen with ously guard access to the president (his role is from foreign-language requirements. Junior Barcelona through IES last spring, admitted every program. I don’t think that reflects on often compared to a gatekeeper) and translate Brenna Heintz, who was accepted to study that the application process was fairly easy. the IES program in general,” Taylor said. the president’s thoughts and desires into actu- in Paris through Tufts, had a last-minute “It was pretty straightforward. As long as “Students choose IES abroad programs al, concrete policy. Obama’s choice of fellow change of heart and applied to the Institute you had a GPA of 3.0 or higher, you didn’t because they see a high value in them in Illinoisan Emanuel, a combative Chicago-area for the International Education of Students’ need to have any teacher recommendations both the short- and long-term and because congressman, reveals an appreciation for the (IES) Buenos Aires program. or write out answers to short questions,” our member institutions have carefully vet- man’s hard-nosed, aggressive style and finely “I was sick of French and I wanted to learn Taylor said. tuned political instincts. Emanuel, who once Spanish. IES in Buenos Aires was really the While some programs carry the reputa- see ABROAD, page 4 mailed a dead fish to a pollster who aggravated him (and who once rattled off a list of political enemies while shouting, “Dead!”and plunging a knife into a table), commands respect among Democrats and fear among Republicans. His background in the House of Representatives signals that Obama wants someone who he knows can push his agenda through Congress. Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton. It’s a sce- nario nobody would have dreamed of two years ago, but it looks as though January will bring a President Obama and a Secretary of State Clinton. Clinton has yet to accept anything, and an Obama offer would be contingent on his team making sure President Bill Clinton’s foreign business dealings don’t turn up any- thing that could be a conflict of interest for the SecState, but most observers expect things to proceed as planned. Obama’s surprising prefer- ence of Clinton for his chief representative on foreign policy is partially the result of his fasci- nation with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals,” an outstanding political biog- raphy of Abraham Lincoln that explores how the newly elected Lincoln went about appoint- ing his former rivals for the presidency to his Cabinet and harnessing their ingenuity and Annie WerMiel/tufts Daily talents for the betterment of his administration. A great read and an interesting window into Google moves one step closer to world domination with voice and video one of Obama’s political influences. Secretary of Defense: Robert Gates? chats: Will Skype become obsolete? Unconfirmed leaks are hinting at what has long been rumored — that Obama might ask Students who logged into their Gmail accounts last week program, Casey believes that his current e-mail habits will President Bush’s SecDefense appointee, Robert were in for a bit of a surprise after Google introduced free lead him to make use of it. Gates, to stay on for a year or two as the head of voice and video chats. “I check my e-mail manically enough that it makes more the department. Obama’s willingness to consid- Now, users can download a small plugin for the Gmail sense to use something that’s already integrated into the er Gates is a testament to Gates’ uncanny ability chat service that gives them the capability to communicate same program as opposed to taking up additional comput- to please both Democrats and Republicans (a via a microphone or webcam right inside their browsers. This ing power with something like Skype,” he said. skill the previous secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, is just one in a string of developments that are making Gmail Senior Adam White said that the design of Gmail’s voice lacked). It’s also a demonstration of Obama’s increasingly capable of being a one-stop shop for users’ and video chat makes more sense than Skype’s. commitment to a more bipartisan cabinet. communicative and organizational needs. “Technically, I think Gmail integrates better [than Skype], Attorney General: Eric Holder. Holder, if The brains at Google, for example, recently introduced as I sometimes lose track of talking and typing windows in confirmed, will be the first black attorney gen- experimental features via Google labs, that allow users to Skype,” he said. eral, and a welcome change for Democrats tired display their calendars and document lists right next to their Because it ties video chatting, which for many people is a of the Bush administration’s John Ashcroft/ inboxes. These additions came in the wake of the prescient rare occurrence, to communication technology as common Alberto Gonzales one-two punch of incom- Mail Goggles, which aim to prevent people from sending as e-mail, White believes that Gmail’s initiative will see suc- petence and partisanship. A deputy AG in the e-mails while drunk. cess. Clinton White House, he has a much more Like Mail Goggles, voice and video chats seem especially He added that Gmail’s service may soon overtake Skype as mainstream view of presidential power, favors relevant to college students, who use the Internet to com- the video chatting service of choice. shutting down Guantanamo Bay, opposes tor- municate with faraway family, as well as with friends at other “I don’t think Google offers all of the same functionality ture and has an excellent reputation in legal cir- colleges or abroad. Though the new chatting features are [as Skype does] yet, but the expanded and more consistent cles. The only sticking point at his confirmation only a week old, some Tufts students already view them as user base gives it much more potential,” he said. hearings will be the question of how heavily he an alternative to — or possible replacement for — Skype. What’s next for Gmail? was involved in President Clinton’s last-minute “Like most study-abroad students, I am an ardent fan of “Integrative text messaging,” White said, explaining that pardon of tax-evader and Clinton donor Marc Skype,” junior Dan Casey, who is studying abroad in Kyoto, a few weeks ago, Gmail introduced a Google labs experi- Rich. Japan, said in an e-mail. mental feature that would allow people to use Gchat to Still, he is intrigued by Gmail’s new technology. “It communicate with cell phones via SMS messaging, but took seemed like an unexpected yet overdue feature,” he said. it down to make further improvements. Michael Sherry is a senior majoring in politi- Although he has encountered technical difficulties with the — by Jessica Bidgood cal science. He can be reached at Michael. [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Thursday, November 20, 2008 Non-Tufts programs abroad

ABROAD to another country where I don’t continued from page 3 speak the language, and that’s going ted the quality of our programs and to be taxing enough for me,” Heintz offerparticipated in alternative the academic gov- said. opportunities“I really wanted to go to South ernance to assure that the credit America and try something new, bestowed is representative of their something very different. I’m really Tufts Dance Program own high standards,” Nancy Volino excited about that. So I feel that you Dept. of Dramapresents and Dance Castagnet, director of media rela- can make the most of any abroad tions and internal communications experience just through the culture at IES, said in an e-mail to the Daily. aspect.” Those tempted by the prospect Weissman agreed that the more of a semester-long party session, lenient structure of the learning beware: The university takes steps to environment allowed for a different ensure that students will not spend use of time. 25th Anniversary their study-abroad experiences “We went on many field trips — Concert irresponsibly, even if they choose a even when you’re not in class, you’re non-Tufts program. learning. The time that wasn’t spent Featuring According to O’Leary, the doing lots of work was still spent Subcommittee on Foreign Programs, learning,” she said. comprised of faculty members, “The program was less about meets at the end of every year to doing tons of reading and studying directed by discuss whether certain programs for quizzes, and more about class Tufts Dance Ensemble should be added or deleted from the discussion and hands-on experi- list that Tufts approves for credit. ence,” Taylor said. Daniel McCusker “There are programs that are less Additionally, students choosing selective than others, but they are not to travel through Tufts programs with contributions by on this list for a reason,” she said. cite the desire to meet new people O’Leary also visits sites, either as a driving force. by herself or as part of a board, in “I didn’t want to be around Tufts David Locke, Mila Thigpen, Alice Trexler and order to evaluate whether a par- people, straight up. I applied to Tufts Beth Appleton Furman (’87) ticular program is suitable for Tufts in Paris and was going to go, and students. then I was like, ‘Wait, I don’t want “I go to stay updated on program my abroad experience to be just like and immersion opportunities and Tufts, except in another country ... to evaluate the caliber of academics literally Tufts in Paris,” Heintz said. November 21-22 at 8pm and the appropriateness for Tufts “I just want to be completely away students,” O’Leary said. from Tufts. I love it, but I think it’s Jackson Dance Lab Still, some students are drawn to important to go off and take risks, the fact that a less-strenuous cur- and I want to do that — experience 25th Anniversary Exhibit on Display in Jackson riculum will provide them with the something completely new.” 617.627.2556 time to explore foreign countries on Spaeth feels similarly. “Talking Free tickets and more info: their own. with people who are in Tufts pro- “I kind of knew that IES had the grams now, it really is just about [email protected] reputation of being a party pro- hanging around with the same 20 gram. I was told that I would prob- people, especially when you are in ably be the smartest person there, a country where you don’t speak and it might not challenge me as the language well; it’s just comfort- much academically as other pro- able. It tends to be cliquey, and I grams. But I looked at it as that I definitely wanted to do something am taking a risk in that I’m going different,” she said. 5

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Weekender Feature ‘Inside’ the SMFA: student work goes up for sale b y Je s s i c a Ba l may come in larger collections. the piece most accurately when she said, “I chased for just a few hundred dollars. Daily Editorial Board Another challenge Soltan faces in curating didn’t even realize it wasn’t a photograph until Prices on the works can be as low as $5, the sale is the immense diversity of media Soo Jin Kim won an award for painting!” but most are upwards of $100. The proceeds Just next to the Museum of Fine Arts, and styles. “Sometimes it’s not just an issue BFA candidate Brandon Andrew brings go toward SMFA student scholarships and Boston (MFA) is a humble, brick building of the temptation to simply rotate so that a different skill to the show. His installation financial aid, hoping to further to cultivation which houses the studios of the School of the all the pieces will be shown at all times,” she made of balloons and lights, a piece which of upcoming artists’ work. Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA). It’s a structure explained, “also [sometimes] the piece doesn’t represents the ephemeral quality of several almost overshadowed by the monumental like the location it’s in … I can say this piece is events in a life, showcases his ability to come Sale mission moves forward with a backward MFA, but it still serves an important role, really happy where it is, or no, it isn’t.” up with daringly different concepts. Soltan step in the calendar pumping fresh blood into the established The disposition of a piece, according to praised Andrews’ innovation. “This is a really The SMFA sale has formerly been called the art world. Beside the location of Van Goghs, Soltan, depends on the other works around talented artist with an incredibly broad range “December Sale,” emphasizing the opportu- Warhols and ancient treasures, SMFA stu- it. Bright, contemporary prints must mix with of ideas,” she said. “Every idea of his is differ- nity for holiday shopping, but was moved to dents roll up their sleeves to create the next flower photography and elegantly balanced ent from the other, bold and often site-specific November and renamed in order to bring the generations’ masterpieces. pottery in a way that appears coherent, but as well.” event back to its original purpose. “While we Celebrating this spirit of creation is still retains the originality and impact of each Each year, Soltan and her colleagues hold a certainly embrace people coming in to shop InsideOut: The Museum School Art Sale, individual work. preliminary meeting for the InsideOut show in for the holidays and buy gifts,” Witkowski said, which began yesterday evening and lasts until order to discuss who should submit work for “we’re just trying to bring it back to a year- Nov. 23. Boasting some 4,000 works and media Professionals and students share space the sale, and they never fail to be impressed round collecting. There’s always work hap- ranging from ceramics to video installations, Over 800 artists pulled from a variety of by the results. “When students do bring work pening here, as opposed to a kind of holiday- the event can safely call itself the largest public age groups and experience levels are rep- it’s really when they’re ready, when their work time sale.” art sale in New England, having sold over $1.1 resented in the sale. SMFA faculty, students is really strong,” she said. It is no wonder, then, After serving nine years as a curator, Soltan million worth of artwork in 2007 alone. and internationally-praised alumni mingle that the works of SMFA students in the show believes that it is the discovery of fabulous across the walls and floor space of the first this year are incredibly sophisticated and of works by those who surround her in the lit- Artworks swap as visitors shop floor. Established SMFA alumni such as Jim professional quality. tle brick building that makes InsideOut so Squeezing more than 4,000 works under Dine, Mike and Doug Starn and Ellsworth rewarding. As she stood in front of an intrigu- one roof is a massive undertaking; the space Kelly have contributed several works. Passing The collectors and the prices ing student photograph and beside the con- only allows for between 400 and 500 pieces one of Kelly’s minimalist black-and-white InsideOut not only displays student work of struction of Andrews’ balloon installation, to be shown at any given time. The solution: paintings, with a simple form which almost gallery quality, it also offers an opportunity for Soltan said, “I think I always really look most a body of artwork which rotates paintings, bends the space of the canvas, one reaches SMFA artists to make important connections forward to the adventure of new work by stu- photography and sculptures as they are pur- a room full of famous artists affiliated with with collectors, which may be their gateway dents. What changes is that some years one chased. The process of orchestrating a suc- the SMFA. Kiki Smith’s print on yellow silk into the gallery arena. medium is stronger than another, but always cessful switching of pieces throughout the sale charmeuse called “Sitting with a Snake,” Soltan spoke of SMFA alumni whose admir- repeatedly that is the exciting part.” falls on the shoulders of SMFA curator Joanna commands attention and has already sold ers now regret not buying their works from The InsideOut Sale is open today from 12-8 Soltan. “It’s like curating every 10 minutes,” one of its five copies. the beginning. Now-renowned alumna Lalla p.m. and continues Friday through Sunday she said. Soltan aims to have only one piece It is undeniable that the works submitted Essaydi, for example, graces one wall with from 12-6 p.m. at the School of the Museum by any particular artist on display at one time by the SMFA students are polished and profes- her magnificent print of a Moroccan woman of Fine Arts, 230 The Fenway in Boston. in order to represent as many contributors as sional. Stand-out pieces include the masterful covered in cloth and Arabic script, part of her Admission is free. possible. Two-dimensional media generally oil painting by Soo Jin Kim entitled “Arranged exploration of the objectification of women. allow for only two framed submissions from Oreos,” a piece which depicts exactly what The piece has a hefty price tag of over $18,000, any given artist and a few in shrink wrap, while its name suggests. SMFA Press Coordinator but during her undergraduate years at the smaller works such as jewelry and pottery Brooke Witkowski expressed her delight with SMFA, Essaydi’s work could have been pur- 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender Thursday, November 20, 2008

Weekender Interview | Jaffar Mahmood Tufts alum layers identity and romance in ‘Shades of Ray’

b y Mi k e Ad am s when you were here? Daily Editorial Board JM: I was always the kid in high school who … Filmmaker Jaffar Mahmood (LA ’00) will on a Friday night I’d go to the movie theater be returning to Tufts tonight for a screen- first to see the opening movie and then I’d ing of his new film, “Shades of Ray,” a story go to the party. I’ve always had a love for film, about love, family and identity in the lives of but [growing up] I’d never ever considered it two multi-ethnic people. The screening will as an actual career path. The first week I was take place at 7:00 p.m. in Braker 001 and will at Tufts I was pre-med, and one week in, that be followed by a question-and-answer ses- didn’t happen anymore. I dropped Bio 13; I sion with Mahmood. The up-and-coming could tell I wasn’t cut out for it, and I studied writer/director caught up with The Daily economics and had a great time. It wasn’t over the phone to talk about his Tufts experi- until my junior year — I spent my junior year ence, his latest project and what he’s learned abroad on the Tufts in London program -- that along the way. I was really having fun and taking more elec- tives. I was taking a history course [and], one Mike Adams: You mentioned that [“Shades week of the course, we did film and studied of Ray”] reflects your own life. How did you Alfred Hitchcock and “The Birds” [1963]. I come up with the idea for the love story? wrote a midterm paper on “The Birds” and it hit me there … I was normally the kind of Jaffar Mahmood: I was an economics major student where I was going to do the work I at Tufts and I went to USC to pursue my need to do and move onto the next thing, and masters in film producing, and while I was the paper was done and all these books were there, I got really bit by writing and direct- [on my desk] and I just wanted to learn more. ing, and one thing I learned at USC … was I went back to the computer lab in my dorm to try and tell a story as traversely as you can Courtesy Jaffar Mahmood and typed in the two film schools that I knew because that’s your best chance to actually This is the face of a Bio 13 dropout. of — NYU and USC — and searched for their make your money back in a very competi- and that, from a production company or ingly slow, especially when you’re dealing grad programs. I came across this one pro- tive industry. So I was trying at first to write studio standpoint, is not a character they with a film that’s very personal, something gram at USC, called the Peter Stark Producing really commercial stories that weren’t really [want] to portray positively. Today, if you see you’re trying to put together by yourself. Program, and it was my savior, because [to true to myself, and I finally started to step a Pakistani or a Muslim in a movie, they’re the And then, persistence [is important] as well, get into] every other film program, you had to back and realize that the only way I’ll have terrorist. [Producers] don’t want to necessar- because in this business nobody wants to have been not just a lover of film, you had to a chance to actually direct something is if ily humanize them or show them in a posi- stick their neck out for you, because if they have made films, you had to be a little eight- I had a personal story, something that only tive light. More importantly, they looked at do and you fail, they will lose their job. So year-old kid with your super-eight camera I can tell … I grew up in New Jersey, and it it as saying, “Tell us a movie that’s done well, then you have to make it on your own, and in your back yard, or writing plays, or being was a predominantly white suburb of New that’s a box office hits that stars a Pakistani- then once you make it, everyone wants to a photographer, and I’d done none of those York, and I had no real access to others like American,” and the sad truth is there really be in business with you. But it’s really easy things; I just watched movies. But this [was a] myself until I went to Tufts, and that’s where isn’t any. So they’re like, “If we’re gonna make to want to be in business with someone producing program that was half the business I realized, wow, there are other people like money off this thing, it’s gotta be with an who’s already successful … If you want to side of film and the other half was creative. So I me out there, so that was part of the story — ethnicity that has proven box-office success, be successful with a film, from a production came back for my senior year and I took every I didn’t want to tell a preachy story that was like Latinos and African Americans…” I stuck standpoint, you have to be able to work very film class Tufts had to offer. just about me. to my guns and decided basically not to take well with people. It’s the most collaborative ...If you really want to be a director, work- more money and to go on my own. industry you’ll ever work in: I’ll have 120 ing today, especially in the beginning, you MA: Aside from this screening, how is the people working on a movie with me while have to be a writer first, because no one movie being released? MA: This is the first [feature] film you’ve we’re in production … I’d never trade any- hands you that first script. You could prob- both written and directed. What do you think thing for my first film experience; we fin- ably make a short film like I did based off JM: I wrote the script while I was in gradu- you’ve learned from this experience, at least ished on-time and on-budget and now we something I did write, but that first feature ate school, and I was unable to get financ- on the production side, for the first time? just need to find a distributor to take notice — unless you’re a really prolific commercial ing from a company or a studio. A lot of and buy the film. director — to come up and direct your first people responded to the script, but, at the JM: You have to be patient. Things do not feature, you’ve got to write and write and end of the day, I was essentially telling a story happen patiently in Hollywood; they go at MA: You graduated [from Tufts] in 2000. Did write. That is the gateway. So I’ve been writ- about a protagonist that was half-Pakistani, their own pace, and they can be excruciat- you study film or do anything related to film ing non-stop ever since grad school.

Top Ten | People we think are vampires since the long-awaited vampire romance- devouring everyone, but, unfortunately, the thriller “Twilight” comes out this Friday, we rest of our 8 to 12-year-old cohorts weren’t thought it proper to search pop culture ready for that yet. for other seemingly normal people who were hiding a thirst for human blood. After 5. Count Chocula: This vampire somehow 3Ps’ Tufts-specificb y Al i s o n Li s n o w adaptationmember pick of one ‘Characters,’ of their own actual throwing away all the all-too-obvious ones managed to sneak into the mainstream Daily Editorial Board characteristics to exaggerate in the stage (Gary Busey, Martha Stewart, Lindsay Lohan) -— using the adorable tagline, “I vant to version of themselves. we found some startling results. eat your cereal!” as a cover to get to young, double One part Tufts cast acting rehearsaloffer and onesomething “I’m disorganized,” for said everyone sophomore Royi unsuspecting children. We’ve always been part 20th-century theatricality at its best, Gavrielov, who is the last actor to show up 10. Jared Leto: This 30 Seconds to Mars warned not to eat too much sugary cereal “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” to practice in the show. “During rehearsal I frontman and all-around strung-out-looking because it’s bad for your teeth, but don’t written by Luigi Pirandello, is the perfect kind of get sidetracked and goofy.” actor (2000’s “Requiem for a Dream,” any- you find it strange that it also makes you blend of Jumbo humor and dramatic inten- Gavrielov and sophomore Bradley Starr one?) will only need a pair of fangs to add develop fangs? sity. Directed by senior Josh Altman, the 3Ps provide wonderful comic relief to the other to the eyeliner, pale skin and black hair for major fall performance is accessible to both cast: the cast of characters. The pair is the transformation to be complete. Teen- 4. Rob Silverblatt: What else can you say thespians and non-theater-goers alike. extremely theatrical and sticks feverishly to aged girls might swoon over him now, but about someone who spends his days either “Six Characters” tells the fantastical story the script. While the actors complain about wait until he tries to suck the blood of his sleeping or locked in a dark, windowless of a group of actors who are intruded upon the stir-fry line at Carmichael, the charac- fan-base ... it might be the end of his career basement? Try misplacing a comma: He will by characters or the non-human creations ters intrude upon the rehearsal with tales of as he knows it. come after you. of an author’s imagination. incest, betrayal and death. Departing from The audience is never quite sure when the light-hearted improvised lines spoken 9. Tim Curry: While Curry and friends have 3. The Count: As the odd ghoul with a the play begins; rather, it feels like more by the actors, each character had one pro- since regretted playing their parts in “The German accent in the Sesame Street series, of a rehearsal than a performance. The found emotion (such as remorse, sorrow, Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975), there this one might not come as a surprise. As “rehearsal” is in session once sophomore revenge and contempt) to play throughout is no denying that Dr. Frank, and many of one of our first introductions to the world Eliana Sigel-Epstein walks down the stair- the show. Curry’s other characters, would make perfect of blood-sucking and garlic-abhorring, the case of the Balch Arena Theater, talking “We kept going back to [the] original vampires. Frank could have a coffin sur- most frightening aspect of this friendly on her cell phone. She plays the control- script to see what Pirandello gave us,” rounded by Boas, and Nigel Thornberry could Muppet is his inability to stop counting. Since freak director of a production of “Hamlet.” said senior Natalie Buzzeo, who plays catch the animals he is documenting and use he’s made of harmless felt and stuffing, we’ll Sigel-Epstien and the actors of her show all the stepdaughter in the cast of charac- them for ritual sacrifices. Great Scott! assume he’s not counting victims… use their real names, playing exaggerated ters. “We had to develop these multi- versions of themselves and cracking jokes dimensional characters in the narrow 8. Amy Winehouse: She only goes out 2. Will Smith in “I Am Legend” (2007): about the Tufts theater community and life frame of our one emotion.” at night, she’s deathly thin, and she almost You see, since Smith was the only survivor of on the Hill in general. The two casts did rehearse together, but certainly cannot be killed by conventional the human race, he was forced to hide away “It’s meant for everybody, but the closer spent a lot of time apart. methods — she’s tried that with far too in his “castle,” coming out in the daylight to you are [to the theater program], the fun- “My roommate was in the [actor] com- many substances already. Our guess is she’s prey on the vampires, who were trying to go nier it is,” Altman said. pany,” said sophomore and character cast sucking Blake dry before she moves on to about their everyday lives. Who do you think In his sixth show at Tufts, Altman really member Harrison Stamell. “We would lay the next guy. is the bigger threat to society? Yeah, that went off the page with this project. He awake at night and talk about our rehearsal. just blew your mind. wanted the actors to be realistic and the It basically sounded like we were in two dif- 7. Hillary Clinton: As if the paleness and show to be as relatable as possible, so he ferent shows.” lack of human emotion weren’t enough to 1. Jumbo: What do you think those giant had the actors create their own lines. Altman worked hard to create a clashing give it away, she picked a poor choice of tusks are for? We all know the fictional “Robert Brustein from the [American of these two different companies. “We cre- covers by pretending to be married to Bill. story of our mascot’s heroic adventures, but Repertory Theatre] did an adaptation for ated meta-theatricality by juxtaposing [one It finally makes sense why Bill ventured to all those lies are covering up the truth: He’s his company, so we kind of used the spirit world] with a world from another time and other sources for a different kind of suck- a bloodsucking, nocturnal monster, and of that adaptation.” Altman said. “Through other place,” he said. In these two worlds, ing... Barnum Hall actually burned down from the improv, we created the opening and end. It each audience member will find someone angry mob of (Somer)villagers who torched ultimately became scripted from improv. I to whom he or she can relate, while enjoy- 6. Bunnicula: If you haven’t read the time- the building in an attempt to save future don’t normally like to adapt, but to do this ing the beauty of these two separate reali- less childhood tale of the cute little bunny generations from his wrath. Who ever said play best, it needed to be adapted.” ties. that sucks the juice out of carrots, you we had a lame mascot? “Six Characters” is divided into two “Six Characters in Search of an Author” haven’t truly lived. We always secretly hoped separate casts that act together with- will be performed Nov. 20-22 in the Balch the rabbit would go rogue and just start — compiled by the Daily Arts Department in the production. The first is the cast Arena Theater. Tickets can be purchased of actors; Altman had each actor cast for $7. Thursday, November 20, 2008 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender 7

Dance Preview Mikey Goralnik | Paint The Town Brown Tufts Dance celebrates its 25th, 11.18.2008, features Tufts Dance Ensemble M83 ome bands, like The Egg (whom b y Ch a r i s s a Ng I wrote about last month), suc- Daily Staff Writer ceed despite their boring, off- putting or generally lame names. Unlike other dance shows on campus TheS band’s music transcends its failure that tend to draw large crowds at the Cohen at this most basic of marketing/brand- Auditorium, the Tufts Dance Program’s 25th ing ploys, enabling the listener to see Anniversary Concert features more inti- that, behind this image lies a band that mate, relaxed modern dance pieces by the is worth supporting, dumb name not- Tufts Dance Ensemble in the Jackson Dance withstanding. Lab. “Our program produces more intimate The problem with M83, however, is performances of artistic and cultural dance that its name is so cool that it threat- for smaller audiences,” said Alice Trexler, ens to overshadow its music. Visually, associate professor and director of the Tufts Courtesy The Tufts Dance Program I think those characters fit well in that dance program. “It’s what we like to do and Senior Ashley Kantor will take center stage in this weekend’s performances. arrangement — the “M” and the “3” it’s how we like to relate to audiences.” kind of tease your brain into thinking The Tufts Dance Ensemble is a class students, McCusker cleverly took instruc- between a series of photographs, and incor- the name is symmetrical. You have to offered at Tufts where students of all years tions on how to do the tango, removed all porating the ideas of stationary versus trav- wonder what “M83” means, but not in get the opportunity to explore and interpret references to the steps’ gender and rhythm eling materials. the confounding way that you have to dance through a variety of media, whether and boiled the instructions down to basic In addition to the ensemble’s perfor- wonder about a name like “Death Cab it be poetry, written instruction or a series directions of mirroring and movement. mances, there are two other dances being for Cutie.” of photographs. Daniel McCusker, director McCusker remarked, “The students are get- performed in the anniversary concert. I don’t care what Death Cab for Cutie of the ensemble, explained: “The class focus ting the written instructions out of context McCusker and Associate Professor of Music means because that’s a stupid name, a is really to get more technically experienced and being made to interpret them. So they David Locke, who teaches a class on West nonsensical name; M83, on the other dancers to use their skills in ways that they all have the same set of instructions, but African dance, collaborate on an intercul- hand, is both intriguing and stylish, wouldn’t normally use them.” they’re all doing very different things with tural, conversational piece that combines and I actually would like to know what Although McCusker provides the stu- them.” modern and West African dance, while it refers to. Is it some kind of erudite, dents in the ensemble with guidance in “Sextet” features three pairs of danc- Trexler works with a Tufts student, faculty boho French thing that my Midwestern terms of the structure and sequence of their ers that appear to be doing three sepa- member Mila Thigpen and Tufts alum Beth psyche could never understand? Is it pieces, it is essentially the dancers who work rate pieces about the stage, but the fluid- Appleton Furman (LA ’87) on a dance that actually related to fireworks? I don’t together to choreograph the show. “It’s really ity and juxtaposition of their dances create portrays the different stages in a women’s know! collaboration,” McCusker said, “not only an effortless continuity between their steps life. In honor of the Tufts Dance Program’s I’ve also had this long-standing con- with me, but between each other, because that ties them all together. Jazz guitarist Bill 25th anniversary, the Jackson Dance Lab cern that my fandom for M83, whose we teach one another and generate a unison Frisell’s “Wildwood Flower” also adds to the also features a historical display and time- entire catalog I own and to which I phrase. [There is] a lot of compromise and dance’s relaxed feel, exemplifying the danc- line outside of its performance studio for have committed many listening hours, joint-decision making involved.” ers’ graceful, organic movements. those interested in the development and derives more from loving the name than McCusker often pairs students together Senior Amy Rabinowitz, a dancer who progression of the program over the years. loving the music. I probably put more for warm-up projects to inspire their danc- has been part of the ensemble for the past Although the ensemble has always stock in band names than most people, es, ranging from having one dancer try to fit four years, enjoys seeing the various bits and worked hard to put on a good show, both but for me, having a smart, visually into all of the negative space around another pieces come together. “We re-use move- the dancers and McCusker seem to agree appealing name can overshadow aver- person’s body to asking the students to find ment in different places and in different that this year’s anniversary concert will have age music. This has certainly been the ways to move over, under or around one ways so there’s a lot of repetition of particu- even stronger performances. “I feel like the case for me with !!!, Deerhunter and another. While everyone is given the same lar phrases,” she said. “I think it lends well to big piece (“Five Open Spaces”) feels more Junior Boys. I like these musicians fine, prompt, these exercises foster creativity in creating a coherent piece.” coherent and clear [than previous years’],” but I like the bands more than their interpretation by allowing the dancers to let The ensemble’s second dance, “Five McCusker said. “There are longer stretches music because of their sweet names. their movement take them to very different Open Spaces,” is not only a larger piece of dancing where there are just four to six Has this been the case with M83 as well? places. “One of the ideas is that I’m trying to that features 17 dancers, but it is also people, and in the past sometimes this was Am I lying to myself? get them to generate material that is outside much longer, running for an impressive very episodic. I feel like this dance has big After seeing M83 perform, the answer of their normal experiences, beyond their 34 minutes. Performed to Philip Glass’s chunks, but it’s not so fragmented.” is emphatically, in all caps and bold- comfort zone,” McCusker said. “Metamorphosis,” students created the The Dance Program’s 25th Anniversary faced, blood-red font, NO. The band The concept behind the ensemble’s first material for this piece through a combina- Concert will be performed on Nov. 21 and put on an absolutely phenomenal show, piece, “Sextet,” came from one of McCusker’s tion of responding to poetry by Eammon 22 at 8 p.m. in the Jackson Dance Lab. Free adding to and reworking old material less conventional projects, which fused Grennan, finding ways to utilize negative tickets can be reserved by calling the Dance and transforming its endearingly cheesy dance with words. Without telling any of his space, sequencing and creating transitions Program office at 617-627-2556. songs into a coherent, moving musical experience. You have to love a show in which the band plays every song you wanted to hear. By that rubric, M83 gets an A++: FROM THE OFFICE OF THE TUFTS DAILY Except for omitting the song “Asterick,” Dear Mickey Mouse, Anthony Gonzalez and friends per- formed the set list I would have written. We can’t believe you’re already 80 years old. Performing old and brand-new songs It seems like just yesterday you were bounc- with equal panache, M83 really drew ing around with Uncle Remus and all of your attention to how consistently good it has been over a seven-year career. mildly racist friends, gallivanting in the That said, the show’s standout songs delightfully colorless world of the 1920s. In were all recorded within the last three today’s thoroughly PC world, it’s probably best years. Whatever the dictionary says is that we ignore Remus for a while... wrong; with its sweeping vocal chorus and echoing drums, “Moon Child” is the Actually, come to think of it, we can’t really definition of “epic.” The atmospheric, name any particular thing that you’re famous electro-tinged “We Own the Sky” was for — other than simply being the token Disney both delicate and banging, alternate- ly inciting supplicant arm-raising and anthropomorphized animal character. Donald rager-bro fist-pumping. And though a Duck had his hilarious speech impediment, handful of the subtle shifts and layers Roger Rabbit had his hot tranny alter-ego, but of “Teen Angst,” to my mind still the band’s best song, got lost underneath you’re just a mouse. And now you’re an octoge- the incredibly loud musical ether, that narian with a shady past. song still managed to tug heavily on the Then again, there’s always the off-chance heart strings. that since you’ve already made it this far with- How M83 made these cheesy, melo- dramatic songs moving at all, much out visibly aging, you’re some sort of immor- less beautiful, was probably its biggest tal. We don’t doubt that you and Walt Disney’s achievement. The no-one-asked-me- cryogenically frozen body made some sort of to-the-prom, “Sixteen Candles” (1984) easyart.com motif of “Kim and Jessie” and “Graveyard pact to meet up in 2025 and systematically rid Girl,” while goofy and ironic on record, the world of everyone but yourselves, extending copyrights left and right as you impose your skewed sense of is actually quite moving live. I’m a little morals on everyone. embarrassed to say that I found songs with lyrics like “Death is her boyfriend/ It’s a well-known fact that Walt was an anti-Semite, and you have some unpleasant connections yourself She spits on summers and smiles to the ... no one has seen Remus for years now, and the obviously-Jamaican Sebastian from “The Little Mermaid” night/ I can’t help my love for graveyard (1989) has been leading protests in his homeland. I must congratulate you though; you’ve done a good job of girl” genuinely pathological. But given keeping the press from reporting the beheading of Flounder. how well M83 played — more than good enough to live up to the promise of its Then again, it’s hard to stay mad at you. Over these 80 years, you’ve changed shape, gained color and sweet name — I’m only a little embar- gradually renounced violence, all the while never getting droopy around your perfectly-rounded edges. rassed. Or maybe that’s just the moralizing brainwashing talking. Either way, happy 80th birthday, and have a pleasant senility. Michael Goralnik is a senior majoring in Sincerely, The Daily Arts Department American studies. He can be reached at [email protected] 8 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender Thursday, November 20, 2008

The New American Majority: Los Angeles and the Rise of Multiethnic Community Scott Kurashige Associate Professor, University of Michigan AY08-09 Fellow, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:30 p.m. Anderson Hall 211

What type of change does the 2008 election cycle signal? With the United States projected to become majority people of color by 2042, Scott Kurashige argues that the history of Los Angeles provides a critical window into the shifting grounds of race, politics, and community. Using the transformation of Los Angeles from a “white city” into a “world city” as a case study, this talk will focus on the new ways we must think and act in order to move from outdated notions of “ethnic minority studies” toward a new construction of majority politics and culture in America.

Scott Kurashige is an associate professor of history, American culture, and Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan and author of The Shifting Grounds of Race: Black and Japanese Americans in the Making of Multiethnic Los Angeles (Princeton, 2008). Currently a fellow at Harvard University’s Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, he is editing and co-authoring a book by Detroit-based philosopher/activist Grace Lee Boggs on “the next American revolution” and working to complete a manuscript titled Neighbors in the ‘Hood: Asian Americans and the Reconstruction of Community in America, which situates Asian American history and social movements within the multiracial politics of urban space in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Detroit. He also blogs about race, culture, and politics on The Huffington Post. He received an M.A. in Asian American Studies (1996) and Ph.D. in History from UCLA (2000).

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EDITORIAL THE TUFTS DAILY Marijuana is still illegal Ro b e r t S. Si l v e r b l a t t Editor-in-Chief On the night of Nov. 4, in the midst ishments. If Joe Potsmoker is caught someone for a felony. While police Editorial of the various festivities at Tufts com- with up to one ounce of Mary Jane, officers may have, in the past, looked Rachel Dolin Managing Editors memorating the election of Barack he will receive a $100 civil citation as the other way and given just a warning Kristin Gorman Obama, some students found some- long as he is at least 18. If he is under to someone caught with marijuana, Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors thing else to celebrate. Instead of — or that age, however, in addition to the now they may be much more likely to Jason Richards maybe just before — heading to one fine, he will also have to go through dole out that citation. Harrison Jacobs Vittoria Elliott of the impromptu Obama rallies, they a drug awareness program (or pay a Now we come to Tufts’ own poli- lit up their joints and smoked away in steeper fine). cies regarding marijuana, which Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor honor of the passage of Question 2. But the laws set forth by Question will remain largely the same. Tufts Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors These students smoked with a 2 have yet to take effect; no change University Police Department Officers Pranai Cheroo noticeable lack of discretion, believ- will be made until 30 days after the have always shied away from arrest- Nina Ford ing they no longer had to fear the big, Governor’s Council certifies the elec- ing students for marijuana possession Ben Gittleson Gillian Javetski bad Five-O. While this sort of conduct tion results. As a result, for the time and are not particularly relevant in the Jeremy White might not jam offenders up with a being, marijuana possession still car- realm of criminal charges. Basically, felony anymore, that does not equate ries the same criminal consequences possession of marijuana will continue Alexandra Bogus Assistant News Editors Michael Del Moro to a free pass. as before Election Day (a $500 fine to be treated roughly the same as ille- Question 2 was an initiated state and/or up to six months in jail). gal possession of alcohol. Carrie Battan Executive Features Editor statute that, with its successful pas- The other issue to look at is what Marijuana is still illegal. To not treat Jessica Bidgood Features Editors sage, decriminalized in Massachusetts Question 2 means for police officers. it as such could leave students with Robin Carol the possession of up to an ounce of While specific guidelines regarding more problems than they expected. Kerianne Okie marijuana. What does that mean, any- citations have yet to be sent down They would be wise to think twice the Charlotte Steinway way? No, marijuana is not now legal. It to local officers, the expectation is next time before deciding to light up a Sarah Bliss Assistant Features Editors is decriminalized, which means that that they will be similar to traffic joint on the sidewalk next to a TUPD Meghan Pesch possession no longer carries criminal violations. This means that they will car. While it might not earn them a Mike Adams Executive Arts Editor penalties. Instead, marijuana posses- likely provide much less paperwork pair of handcuffs, there’s still plenty sion now comes complete civil pun- for police officers than, say, arresting left to jam them up. Jessica Bal Arts Editors Grant Beighley Sarah Cowan Catherine Scott don wright

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I am glad that last Friday’s edition of the Daily cov- ered the proposals for what we should do with the recovered funds. But since so few students attended the last town hall meeting and many haven’t heard the full extent of the financial crisis, I do believe the argu- ment bears repeating here. The economic crisis has hit the world hard. Job cuts have begun across the board, hitting blue-collar and white-collar industries alike. Many of us fear that we are heading into a depression, but our stu- dent community has so far remained unaffected by this turmoil. We continue to go to class and party on the weekends. But I’m afraid the financial crisis poses a clear threat to our community, of which most of us are still unaware. There has been much talk about maintaining need-blind admissions, but the extent of the problem is much deeper. It will hit every student whose family contributes financially to his or her education. Several dozen families have already approached the Office of Financial Aid requesting help. So far, they have been accommodated through emergency funds. But come this spring, many among us will fill out their FAFSAs and discover that their Expected Family Contributions have significantly decreased because one or both of our parents have lost their jobs, or because savings accounts have lost their value. At this critical moment, when student need is set to increase dramatically across the board, the entity we look to for help is in a crisis of its own. Tufts University has, along with every other univer- sity, suffered massive losses to its endowment. Unlike other universities, which rely to a much greater extent on endowment income for their operating budgets, mct Tufts has at least managed to remain on stable foot- Tufts students and alumni cannot stand idly by. We Jumbos. The administration, in turn, will do every- ing. Our leadership has made sound decisions, but the must act as one — the student body, alumni and the thing in its power to cut unnecessary costs. This is a losses due to the collapse of the financial markets are administration — to look out for our fellow Jumbos team effort that requires everyone’s involvement. still significant. whose futures are at stake. Luckily for us, there is plenty Some have argued that material improvements to Director of Financial Aid Patricia Reilly recently told we can do. The once-in-a-lifetime economic crisis has the campus are more important to Tufts as a whole. me that in order to simply retain our current freshmen, coincided with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the I disagree. Tufts’ strength is its community, not its sophomores and juniors, our annual financial aid bud- form of the recovered funds. We have approximately buildings and amenities. Without each other, we are get must increase by $3 million. That’s not $3 million $690,000 at our disposal to help those in need. This not the same. Some have suggested we put the money in endowment money, but $3 million in cash. The rea- amount obviously does not cover the full sum. But toward lowering prices on campus. I agree that this is son for this need is straightforward: As resources have just because we can’t help everyone doesn’t mean we a valid matter to address. But cheaper food and con- dwindled, demand has risen. If we cannot find ways to shouldn’t help anyone. It is a start, and alumni are cert tickets will be of no use to those among us who make up this shortfall, we face the prospect of saying already throwing their weight behind this effort. can no longer afford to attend in the first place. good-bye to our friends and classmates who can no Any allocation of the recovered funds will have to Tufts needs your help. If you are a student, please longer afford to finish their degrees. be distributed between cash for now and endowments let the Senate know that the fate of your fellow The need rises to $4 million if you take the incoming for later, because this crisis is expected to last. An Jumbos is the most important thing on your mind. An freshmen into account. In fact, we must also consider anonymous donor has already generously agreed to affirmative vote on allocating the recovered funds to those graduate and professional students among us match any gift over $250,000 from the TCU Senate for financial aid is still not certain. Time is critical. The who have gone into six-figure debt and whose fund- financial aid — dollar for dollar! If we work together, Senate must not only act, but act fast to save as many ing sources have dried up. They will never be able to we will inch closer and closer to meeting the full need. Jumbos as possible. And whether you are a student, pay off the massive debts they have incurred unless Our efforts have barely begun. an alumnus or alumna or a friend of this university, I they complete their degrees and begin the careers that Freshmen Cody Valdes and Jimmy Zuniga, a TCU ask you to consider giving money to meet the shortfall make it possible to pay off the debts. The need seems senator, have started a campaign to raise funds from in financial aid. This is about the despair that all of endless. But that doesn’t mean we should despair or within the Tufts community. Most of us still have some us feel at a point in our lives, a point where we look give up on the cause altogether. We may not be able to money to spare. Instead of going out for drinks, now to the larger community for help. Tufts graduates can help everyone, but we can certainly try. we can put money toward ensuring that our friends help this country recover from this crisis. They can The university will have to walk a tightrope, balanc- will still be there to go out for drinks with us next even work to ensure that we never have to face such a ing liquidation of its endowments to meet immediate September. Similar to the money we gave to candi- crisis again. But we’ll never know if they don’t receive needs with the long-term size of its budget. We cannot dates during the presidential campaign, every little the chance to graduate. Whether they get that chance get into a situation where we sacrifice Tufts’ future for contribution will add up over time and enable us to do now depends on us, the Tufts community. the present. We’ve seen where this leads with Social something magnificent. Security and pension funds. Tufts will be shuffling In tandem, we must reach out further to alumni money around to meet needs, but the university quite and friends of the university to make them aware of Toby Bonthrone is a senior majoring in International simply needs more money. this crisis that will affect the futures of hundreds of Relations. He is also a TCU senator.

Re: Why we must not target the Mormon Church

b y Ni c k Pe r r i c o n e If one is willing to believe in the points are to be made in response to that we don’t speak out against a verity of the Church of Jesus Christ of this: First, I do not care. Freedom is church that — in violation of its tax- It was only a matter of time, I knew, Latter-day Saints — that is, to believe the freedom to tell people what they exempt status, it seems to me — goes before we would begin to hear about that the Garden of Eden was actually don’t want to hear, George Orwell well out of its way to prevent two the impropriety of criticizing the in Missouri, that God chose to reveal once said, and it is much more impor- people in love with each other from Mormon Church for its staunch oppo- some hidden golden plates in a secret tant than anyone’s feelings. Second, getting married? sition to the equality of marriage. As language to only Joseph Smith, who I myself could just as well claim to I submit the following rhetorical the author of an op-ed in the Nov. 10 then translated them, in 19th-century have been offended by their recent question: Would you defend a secu- issue of the Daily, “A modest response America into 16th-century English, display of small-mindedness. But reli- lar institution that donated $20 mil- to Proposition 8,” which did indeed and so forth — then live and let live, gious believers who voted for Prop lion to prevent you from getting mar- briefly target The Church of Jesus Christ I wholeheartedly say. There are plenty 8 and I are not at all in similar posi- ried? Think about this carefully, for of Latter-day Saints, I feel rather com- of decent and kind people who are tions: Nobody fighting for marriage the answer, I think, is telling. Religions pelled to issue a response to Monday’s members of the church, some of whom equality goes beyond the use of mere of all kinds overwhelmingly consti- piece by Gregory Kastelman, “Why we I call friends. I do not, however, pay words and expression, or would claim tute the reactionary cause against mar- must not target the Mormon Church.” attention to any demand that I must for a second the right to interfere with riage equality, so in a way I wouldn’t I don’t think Gregory would disagree respect the aforementioned belief. what Mormons practice. Mormons do even now deny that Gregory’s title is if I were to claim that his article had And I especially won’t respect that not, however, have the right Gregory altogether false. The Mormons are not essentially the following premise: If belief or any faith — be it Mormon or grants them to be immune from our alone in the religious obstruction of our side (as we certainly are both on whatever — if it actively promotes the backlash to their actual infliction on homosexual marriage; they merely led the same side of the marriage-equality notion that homosexual love is differ- homosexuals. the most recent affront. This still means movement) demands respect for homo- ent and is to be kept separate from So Gregory should indeed feel “very we must not demur at criticizing intol- sexuals’ right to marry, we likewise heterosexual love. It is backward and wronged,” as he states he is at the erance wherever it is encountered. ought to demonstrate the same respect arrogant and wholly unworthy of our opening of his article. But why then toward religious institutions such as the deference. respect the institution that invested Mormon Church. An ostensibly appeal- But I offend Mormons and other an incredible $20 million for the sole Nick Perricone is a freshman who has not ing argument, but one that I reject. believers, you may now say. Two purpose of wronging him? Why insist yet declared a major.

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Macroeconomic and Looking at Mergers: A Solution to Financial Anlaysis Economic Struggles or Just Temporary Relief? Daniela Ramirez of America purchased Contributing Writer Merrill Lynch, Wells Far- The  nancial turmoil go bought Wachovia, and that has emerged in the JPMorgan Chase bought United States and world- Washington Mutual, wide has brought about just to name a few of the the failure of many  nan- best known institutions. cial institutions and the It is important to note expansion of many others. that this is now a common Stock market instability trend not only among  - has brought down market nancial institutions, but prices signi cantly below also in other sectors of the the book value of many economy. Wendy’s recently struggling companies. As merged with Arby’s, Delta banks and other  nancial Airlines acquired North-  rms  ght to survive the west Airlines, and many crisis and avoid bankrupt- other struggling companies Can you replace my Ralph Lauren for the time being? cy, some big names in the have either merged into industry have come to the bigger ones or are current- Luxury Spending Slumps rescue by assuming the ly in the process of look- risk, but also the potential ing for an interested party Consumers Change Attitudes in Face reward, of keeping strug- to make this transaction. gling companies a oat. Although the merger of Bank of America of cial- two companies may pro- of Poor Economic Outlook ly came to an agreement duce losses due to differing ever reached since Unity also the pocketbook. 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Insights on Layoffs and the Morgan Stanley: Current State of the Managing to Job Market be Cautiously Contributing Writer worker at Primatech with in northern China that Alec Schilling a stellar employee record, claimed bankruptcy in Pro table With the economy so he manages to negoti- August of 2007. Epoch Contributing Writer have often generated its bouncing up and down ate a comfortable sum of Times discussed the un- Amanda McDavid large pro ts of the past. like a yo-yo in the hands money– enough to tide fairness of the layoffs, a In these unarguably However, many would of some giant cosmic joke, him over until he  nds $51-a-month compensa- dif cult  nancial times, argue that that environ- many employees are view- another job. Elle, on the tion which ended Febru- there is no question that it ment of the past no longer ing their job security with other hand, is not as well ary 2008. The newspaper is impressive for Morgan exists on Wall Street. Con- trepidation. According to off: a new employee at interviewed a spokesper- Stanley to be pro table at sequently, it is safer that outplacement  rm Chal- Pinehearst, Inc. with a son for the workers, Mr. all, if only by approximate- Morgan Stanley can no lon- lenger, Gray, and Christ- few rookie mistakes on her Zhou, who described the ly $3.51 per share for the ger borrow as much money, mas, U.S. companies an- record, she receives only situation: “Many of us live year, less than originally especially since it received nounced that they were unemployment bene ts, in debt, rely on relatives, anticipated. As November $10 billion from the bail- planning 770,000 job cuts and no severance package. have no place to live, and 30, the end of the  scal out plan. The structural in just the  rst half of Every company is differ- dare not go to the hospi- fourth quarter, approaches change also allows Mor- the year. CEO John Chal- ent. Moving on to real life tal”. The employees were companies and investors gan Stanley to take depos- lenger told CFO Maga- now, take a look at Gold- shocked and disappoint- alike are taking stock of its, acquire less risk, and zine that this layoff rate man Sachs, global invest- ed at the sudden layoffs, whether the  nancial situ- be the recipient of greater is “the heaviest we’ve ment banking giant. Due and were left with almost ation has changed and if so, government oversight, all ever seen.” However, it to the recent downturn in nothing from the company. whether it has changed for of which are safer in the is important for college the stock market, Gold- With the economy in its the better or for the worse. current economic climate. students entering the job man Sachs cut back 5% of current state, many em- In Morgan Stanley’s Greater governmental market to realize that not their jobs, including exec- ployees are reevaluating case, there are many posi- presence in  nancial insti- every layoff is the same. utives. Don’t feel sorry for the strength of their jobs tives about their current tutions, like Morgan Stan- Here is a fairly simple them, though: according and the bene ts of the situation, though there ley, has brought criticism, explanation of how em- to The Boston Globe, the companies they work for. are of course some nega- such as their receiving ployee compensation after average salary paid was It is emphasized that each tives as all current  nan-  ack about how the direc- a layoff works. Say Noah $622,000 a year, which company is unique and de- cial institutions now  nd tors of its major competi- loses his job at Primatech makes for some pretty termines its own compen- themselves with. After all, tor, Goldman Sachs, have Paper Company because decent compensation. Le- sation; not all companies Morgan Stanley posted agreed to receive no bonus- the company is downsizing hman Brothers, which are equal, and thus not all better results in the 3rd es this  scal year. Morgan and doesn’t need as many made headlines when it are capable of providing quarter than their big- Stanley’s directors have employees. He’s entitled collapsed and declared the same luxurious pay- gest rival and competi- not yet decided to do so, to receive unemployment bankruptcy in September, offs as Goldman Sachs and tor Goldman Sachs. They despite receiving similar bene ts from Primatech garnered television cover- Lehman Brothers. Howev- will, perhaps, also manage funding from the bailout. based on his former sal- age on most major news er, it is the responsibility to have approximate earn- Morgan Stanley, howev- ary and any paid vaca- programs. The shots, in- of the employee to ensure ings of $0.27 a share for er, has been cutting costs. tion days or sick days he tended to garner sympathy that his or her company the current  scal fourth It plans to cut 10% of its has left. Some companies, for the laid-off employees, does not have a faulty com- quarter, despite this num- institutional securities but not all, offer a sever- showed men and women pensation system. With ber being smaller than the employees and 9% in asset ance package in addition standing on the streets of cutback rates skyrocket- $0.73 previous estimation. management in order to to the mandatory bene ts; Manhattan, carrying the ing, workers should  nd However, Morgan Stanley compensate for disrupted let’s say Primatech is one former contents of their out what they are entitled shares began the current capital markets and fall- of those companies. Gen- desks in boxes – many of to before signing any pa-  scal year at $53.11 and ing asset values. It also erally speaking, sever- them champagne boxes. pers – it is better to take a are currently at $12.81 has eliminated approxi- ance packages vary from On the other end of job that will not leave you due to sharp slowdowns mately 4,800 jobs since about two weeks’ worth of the spectrum is Huashan stranded than to take the in investment banking mid-2007, which follows pay to as much as a year. Metallurgy & Automo-  rst one that comes along. and principal trading the general trend for  - Now, Noah was a seasoned bile Corp., a company revenue market-wide. nance jobs, with more than Morgan Stanley and 100,000  nancial services Goldman Sachs chose jobs lost worldwide from to counteract this situa- mid-2007 to the present. tion by transforming into Yet, Morgan Stanley has bank holding companies not just been cutting costs in September, as investor and keeping to the bot- doubts continued to in- tom line. It has also been crease about standalone looking to fortify its future investment banks in the despite challenging times. face of the bankruptcy Though it plans to reshape and selling off of Leh- its operations in commer- man and Merrill Lynch. cial real estate origination, This structural change prime brokerage, proprie- fosters a greater sense of tary trading, and principal safety for investors dur- investments, it also plans ing tough times, but it to maintain or increase its also disenables Morgan operations in cash trading, Stanley from making capital raising, commodi- big investment bets that ties, equity derivations, FINANCIAL REVIEW 14 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y advertisement Thursday, November 20, 2008

Bailing Out Detroit’s Big Three Contiunation from Bailing Out... of the company were never be hemorrhaged. Prospects of Another Unprecedented Action properly addressed. In an Recently, in a Bloom- auto industry report re- berg Television interview, Contributing Writer According to Deutsche partment, the Government leased by Merrill Lynch on Treasury Secretary Hen- Alex Grzymala Bank analyst Rod Lache, has set up a $25 billion November 3rd, analysts ry Paulson has said that America has stood as a absent government assis- low-cost loan program that say that the bankruptcy of Congress should come up bastion of free market cap- tance, he believes GM’s these companies can tap one to two of the Big Three with aid for automakers italism since its inception, collapse is inevitable, and into, however there is a lot is needed before a bailout outside of the $700 billion however lately we have would precipitate sys- of red tape associated with could be successful. While already approved for the seen that very principle temic risk throughout the this money, and it will be a this would mean negative economic rescue. CEO’s in which this country was already weakened econ- few months before access press for politicians and Rick Wagoner of GM and built on get shaken to its omy. In a letter to the to these funds is granted. job losses in the short run, Alan Mulally of Ford are core. A main tenet of capi- Wall Street Journal, Ron Democrats in Congress analysts at Merrill believe expected to testify in the talism denounces govern- Gettel nger, president are pushing for immediate this would allow for the House next week on an au- ment interference in the of the largest auto labor intervention that could industry to successfully to-industry plan. It should affairs of the free markets, union in the country, UAW, include the freezing of ex- revamp the structure of be interesting to monitor yet this year alone we have has said without a bailout, ecutive salaries, and man- their businesses and save the decisions in Congress seen Washington step in “the U.S. economy will datory new management, more jobs in the long run. in the upcoming weeks, as to prevent the collapse of suffer for decades from but Republicans are hesi- Also, they note that giving capitalism as we know it major institutions. First the immeasurable harm tant to act. There are two money to these institu- could be in for another one came mortgage giants caused to millions of active main problems facing De- tions now would be futile, on the chin. Fannie Mae and Freddie and retired workers-and troit’s Big Three. The  rst as most of the taxpayer Mac, followed by insurer to thousands of small and is a liquidity crisis. Com- money apportioned would AIG. Now, there are talks medium-sized businesses panies like GM are eating on Capitol Hill of bailing that supply the auto mak- through cash on their bal- out key players in the au- ers.” ance sheets because they Contiunation from pg 2, Morgan tomotive industry. Many analysts and poli- can’t attain necessary Stanley Article The domestic auto indus- ticians alike share these funding to perform op- try is one of the largest grave notions, however erations due to tightened foreign exchange, and gan that, during another industries in the United Congress  nds itself in a credit. The second is the mergers and acquisitions. time of great economic States, accounting for precarious predicament. fundamental structure of Morgan Stanley also con- change and turbulence roughly 4% of the nation’s Although economic tur- these institutions, which tinues to looks towards the in the US, the Great De- GDP. It has also been one moil and serious job losses hasn’t changed in roughly future in terms of recruit- pression, split off. There of the hardest hit by the would result from the im- 50 years, and is inef cient- ing new leadership from is a chance that Morgan recent economic down- minent bankruptcy that ly sapping these companies Wachovia, which Wells Stanley could choose to turn. The three companies lies on the horizon for one of cash. Ideally, recapital- Fargo & Company recent- re-merge with JP Morgan who have felt the brunt of or more of Detroit’s Big ization and restructuring ly acquired. Cece Sutton, Chase, though if it did so, this slowdown are GM, Three, bailing out any of Ford, Chrysler, and GM former head of retail and would no longer be the Chrysler, and Ford. Due or all of these companies would provide a solution, small business banking independent company it to factors including high would further increase however given the current and the number 33 most once strived to be. It would oil prices, a contraction in Government’s role in the conditions, this may be too powerful woman in busi- however be following the consumer spending, and economy. This could open dif cult to achieve in the ness, is now Morgan Stan- general trend of  nancial tight credit conditions, to the  oodgates for carte time horizon necessary. ley’s President of its new merging that has occurred name a few, these three blanche lending to any and In 1980, the Government retail bank. In addition, to instill con dence and are struggling to come up all private institutions, bailed out Chrysler from Wachovia’s former head of insulated from the current with the funds needed to and would deal a further near bankruptcy. Many distribution Jonathan Wit- tough times. As the bail- perform day-to-day op- blow to free market capi- analysts believe that be- ter is now COO of Morgan out begins to take greater erations, with GM in the talism. cause of this, the much- Stanley’s Retail Banking. effect, it will be interest- worst position. Through the Energy De- needed structural changes One must not forget ing to see what steps Mor- Congress and the Nation face the task of deciding whether or not they will accept bailing out that Morgan Stanley itself gan Stanley takes next. industries that have failed to adapt their businesses to changing time, adding further woe to an already troubling economic situation is an offshoot of JP Mor- Tufts Financial Review Masthead Chris Giliberti Vice President

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL “We have some very difficult games ahead continued from page 20 of us,” Berube said. “Eastern Conn. has been practice and/or in games.” a powerhouse for many, many years in New “We have 17 people on our team, and hon- England, and hopefully we’ll get a chance estly, I couldn’t imagine this team without any to play them on Sunday. Then we go right of them right now,” Moynihan said. “People into Endicott, who’s really good, to Brandeis, are going hard in practice and really pushing Salem State, Colby-Sawyer — so there’s no each other, and with 17 girls on the court, easy games ahead of us in November and there’s always going to be someone having a December. And that’s the way I always want good day who is going to make you play better it — I want us to be playing the best.” Domestic Politics and play harder.” While the challenges ahead are daunting,

The Jumbos will waste no time putting a confident Tufts squad is eager to meet them their new lineup to the test. Within the first head-on. two weeks of the season, Tufts will play at “I think we’re just really excited to play some Lunchtime Speakers least three teams that appeared in the NCAA games,” Filocco said. “It’s been a very long pre- Tournament last year: Brandeis (Nov. 30), season, and we’ve been practicing for a while,

Salem St. (Dec. 2) and Colby-Sawyer (Dec. 6). so now we’re just looking to gauge ourselves. Depending on how the results of the ECSU It’s one thing to play against the same people Seminar in American Politics: Decision Tip-Off Tournament shake out, a fourth squad every day in practice and a completely differ- 2008, Campaign for the Presidency could be joining that list as early as this week- ent thing to test yourself against another team. end, as the Jumbos could collide with the host It’ll be very exciting for us to play Mount Ida, a Mark Mellman and defending Little East Conference cham- team that we haven’t played before, and just pion Warriors on Sunday. show what we can do.” CEO of the Mellman Group, pollster for

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Women’s Basketball Preview by Zach Groen With the arrival of the month of November comes a few certainties: The sun sets earlier than most would prefer, stiff winds bring the leaves to the ground and NESCAC women’s basketball tips off another intriguing season. The NESCAC is one of the most competitive conferences in all of women’s Div. III basketball, and last season was no exception. The conference sent three teams — Amherst, Bowdoin and Tufts — to the NCAA Tournament last winter, and the Jumbos advanced as far as the Elite Eight. With plenty of returning talent, as well as a few new faces, the 2008-09 season promises to be just as exciting as the previous one. A look at where each of Tufts’ conference foes stands heading into this year:

Amherst Bates Bowdoin Colby Last season: 7-2, 1st place Last season: 5-4, 5th place Last season: 6-3, 4th place Last season: 2-7, 8th place

Coach G.P. Gromacki was success- The once-powerhouse Bobcats fell For the first time since the NESCAC Could this be the surprise team of 2009? ful in his first year leading the Lord on hard times last season. Despite Tournament’s inception, the Polar Bears The Mules season ended with a first- Jeffs, as he turned a 12-13 team into boasting a lineup with three one- will not enter the season as defend- round NESCAC Tournament loss to a NESCAC champion time All-NESCAC play- ing conference champi- Amherst last year, and that eventually made ers, Bates finished in ons. But after graduating it won’t help that they’ll a run to the Sweet 16. the middle of the pack just one senior, the Polar have to replace points But the Jeffs have and made its quickest Bears appear primed for and rebounds leader lost a lot of firepow- exit from the NESCAC a bounce-back season. Katie McCabe, who er after graduating Tour nament ever. One of the new faces is graduated. two First Team All-NESCAC picks: Things don’t figure to get any better Adrienne Schibles, who takes over the reigns But with no seniors on the ros- Shaina Pollack and Stefanie Reiff. But in Lewiston this season. The Bobcats from long-time coach Stefanie Pemper. ter this season, the young guns Gromacki is confident in his young graduated more than 30 points “I know that Coach Pemper’s departure will be given plenty of opportu- players’ ability to fill in the gaps. of production, as well as their top was a shock, but I have been impressed nities to shine. Coach and UNC “You can never fully replace them, so two rebounders, leaving senior co- with the way that they entered the aca- alum Lori Gear McBride has added you hope that a group of people will be captain Val Beckwith as one of the demic year with a positive outlook six freshmen to the roster to go able to pick up the slack,” Gromacki said. team’s few established scoring threats. and an intense focus.” Schibles said. along with seven sophomores.

Conn. College Middlebury Trinity Wesleyan Williams Last season: 2-7, 9th place Last season: 4-5, 7th place Last season: 1-8, 10th place Last season: 6-3, 3rd place Last season: 5-4, 6th place

The Camels are coming off One year after bowing out The Bantams finished 9-5 After reaching the confer- A young Williams squad a 12-12 season that represent- to Tufts in the first round of against non-NESCAC oppo- ence semifinals a year ago, showed considerable prom- ed their best finish since 1997. the NESCAC Tournament, the nents last season, yet were the Cardinals should receive ise last season as the only Conn. College went into the Panthers return four-fifths abysmal in conference play, a boost from fifth-year senior team to score regular sea- final weekend of their start- finishing in last co-captain Lucy son victories of regular sea- ing five. place with a Sprung, who over both son action with- If recent 1-8 regular sea- led the team in c o n f e r e n c e out any NESCAC history is any son record, with rebounds and finalists, Tufts wins on the measure, the their only con- was second in and Amherst. year, but stun- league knows ference victory points. Sprung But the Ephs ning victories over Williams what it can expect out of coming over Conn. College. had an extra year of eligibil- fizzled out by season’s end, and Middlebury kept the squad Middlebury this year; in Last season marked the first ity and returns to Wesleyan dropping a stunner to previ- out of the conference cellar. each of the last six seasons, time since the 2004-05 season as a graduate student. The ously winless Conn. College A unique blend of personnel — the squad has finished with- that the Bantams missed out Cardinals also return senior Ali the final weekend of the the team has eight guards and in four games of .500 and on the NESCAC Tournament, Fourney, who last year paced regular season and falling to no seniors — will attempt to hasn’t finished higher than and Trinity will be looking the NESCAC with a scoring Wesleyan in the first round of keep Conn. College afloat. sixth place in the NESCAC. to right the ship this year. average of 16.4 points per game. the conference tournament.

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Snore. Talk about a broken record – the 11-4s just kept on coming. Rachel “I’ll Get the Another easy week across the board, as underdogs bit the dust and favorites Ketchup” Dolin also put up 11 wins, keeping her just one game behind the Helfand/ cruised to victory. Well, except in Cincinnati. No one won there. (Right, Donovan?) Dear/Bansil triumvirate. Evans “Get Me a Coffee” Clinchy stood out above the crowd So with a fairly homogenous leaderboard and not a lot of upsets, there’s not much — which makes sense, given his height — and went 12-3, sneaking to within three to report, right? I mean, everyone won 11 or 12 games… well, except Carly. And games of the leaders and two of Dolin. Scott. Okay, read on … After that, it’s kind of a mess. Dave “Creamy Alfredo” Heck went 11-4, but he’s still As we all expected, Carly “Daily Savant” Helfand is finally slipping from her throne far off the lead. Tom “Query!” Eager matched Clinchy’s 12-3 mark and is now tied atop the Eds’ Challenge standings, as a 10-5 week was enough to drop her to a more with Heck. Noah “Racket Sports” Schumer sits five games behind those two; Scott humanly possible-looking 104-55 record and a three-way tie for first place. Phil “Rone-Dawg” Janes is, unbelievably, five more games back. At least he’s over .500. “Dear. Phil Dear” Dear joins her at the top, while Sapna “Lazybones” Bansil joins in For now. on the fun with a matching 11-4 week. She’s still mad at the alphabet, though. Katie “Tausi” Tausanovitch crashes the boards with this week’s guest picks.

Carly Phil Sapna Rachel Evans Dave Tom Noah Scott GUEST OVERALL RECORD 104-55 104-55 104-55 103-56 101-58 95-64 95-64 90-69 85-74 Katie LAST WEEK 10-5 11-4 11-4 11-4 12-3 11-4 12-3 11-4 10-5 Tausanovitch

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THE PAUL AND ELIZABETH MONTLE PRIZE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL ACHIEVEMENT

The awards process for the annual Paul and Elizabeth Montle Prize for entrepreneurial achievement is now underway. This is the twenty-sixth year that this entrepreneurial prize will be awarded at Tufts. Paul Montle, a 1969 Tufts alumnus, created the award to commend outstanding Tufts students who demonstrate entrepreneurial skills.

Eligibility for this award is limited to undergraduate students at Tufts University who have demonstrated entrepreneurial skills (either in profit-making or non-profit activities), and who accept along with the award, a moral obligation to return to Tufts later in life much more than they received in financial aid and educational benefits. The amount of the award, which is up to the cost of tuition in any given year, may be awarded to one recipient, or divided among two or three, at most.

The entrepreneurial skills on which applicants will be judged include:

1. Originality 4. Provision of service 2. Analysis of market 5. Planning ability 3. Marketing 6. Managerial skills

The award will be based primarily on entrepreneurial skills. Recipients will be announced at the Academic Awards Ceremony on April 24, 2009, in Cabot Auditorium. The Scholarship Selection Committee is chaired by the Dean of Undergraduate Education.

Applications can be found online at http://uss.tufts.edu/undergradEducation/opportunities. The deadline for submission is December 5th, 2008. Questions? Contact Laura Doane at [email protected]. Thursday, November 20, 2008 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 19

Inside the NFL Dave Heck | The Sauce Panthers rolling through league unnoticed Hot Stove help b y Al e x Pr e w i t t Senior Staff Writer ince the dawn of the Yankees’ dynas- ty in the 90s, the franchise’s offsea- Offense’sWith all the attention exclusive being doled outreliance in on the run may soon lead to team’s demise son moves have been relatively easy heaping holiday portions to the Tennessee to predict. Steinbrenner has reacted Titans and the New York Giants, the media Sto the team’s failure to win a ring the only and the rest of the country seem to have way he knows how: by breaking out the overlooked the Carolina Panthers, a team checkbook (not to mention making some with as much, if not more, spark than the questionable firings). undefeated Titans and the defending Super As Steinbrenner had slowly faded away Bowl champions. and Brian Cashman had taken the sole Owners of the NFL’s third-best record at reins of the team, the Yanks’ priorities had 8-2, the Panthers are in the midst of a four- shifted. No longer were they interested in game winning streak, fresh off a 31-22 short-term solutions; the team wanted to victory over the hapless Detroit Lions on establish a farm system, develop players Sunday. And despite posting one of the from within and build another dynasty. top records in the league, the Panthers But with the new Hank and Hal have flown under the radar for the major- Steinbrenner regime, it seems that the ity of the year. Yankees have gone back to the ways of Everything that has been said to be a old. They’ve reportedly offered CC Sabathia staple of the Titans and the Giants is pres- six years and $140 million, and there are ent in Carolina and sometimes in more rumors flying around about five years of bountiful numbers. For instance, the potent A.J. Burnett for $80 million. Obviously, both Tennessee running attack of Chris Johnson are good players, but these are far from and LenDale White is a prime reason the wise investments. team is undefeated. But Carolina’s own Sabathia is going on 29 and weighs 300 one-two punch of Jonathan Stewart and pounds. Sure, he had a stellar year last DeAngelo Williams has wreaked havoc on year, and he doesn’t have a history of inju- the rest of the NFL. ries, but so what? He’s 300 pounds! (Did Stewart and Williams have amassed I mention that?) He’s soon to be on the 1,390 all-purpose yards together to go wrong side of 30. He’s pitched 500 innings along with 14 trips to the end zone. More the past two years: great for the Indians notable, though, is the fact that Stewart and Brewers, but probably something my and Williams combined have turned the Yankees should be concerned about. This ball over just once. contract has Carl Pavano written all over it. Maybe the lack of publicity has some- As for Burnett, he’s even more worri- thing to do with the fact that they’ve some. As he routinely finds his way onto had an absurdly easy schedule thus far, my fantasy baseball teams (I’m a sucker and sometimes the Panthers remain for strikeouts), I’m quite familiar with his unimpressive against mediocre teams. inconsistency. Last year he had two months Nonetheless, Carolina manages to win, with an ERA below four and two above five. win and keep winning. His batting average against went as low as In the season opener against the San MCT .194 and as high as .308. Diego Chargers, quarterback Jake Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart, shown here in the third quarter of a So why are the Yanks interested? Because Delhomme hit Dante Rosario in the back of 31-22 victory over the Lions on Nov. 16, has been an integral part of Carolina’s success he got Hank’s attention; facing the Yankees the end zone for the game-winning touch- thus far this season. last year, he went 3-1 with a 1.64 ERA and 43 down as time expired. From that point on, passing game to counter opposing defenses given up the third-fewest points in the K in 38 innings. Obviously the stuff’s there, each game has been a close call for Carolina, when the running game goes stagnant. league and are in the top five in passing but he’s not consistent. If he couldn’t learn but they have managed to come out on top Titans quarterback Kerry Collins has more and scoring defense. the subtle art of pitching from Roy Halladay a large majority of the time. than held his own in Nashville, directing the The squeak-by persona that coach John in Toronto, he never will. He’s never going In Week 2, a late fourth-quarter touch- offense with short gains and a 59.0 comple- Fox’s team has earned through the first 11 to be anything more than Javier Vazquez, down run by Stewart proved to be the tion percentage. Collins has also thrown weeks will not cut it down the stretch. A Dec. and we don’t need five more years of that. difference-maker against the Chicago only four interceptions all season, a number 21 date with the Giants appears now to be a So who should the Yankees go after? Bears, while it took a 65-yard bomb from Delhomme matched in one game against showdown between the top two NFC teams, Well, along with signing Mark Prior and Delhomme to Steve Smith in the third quar- the Oakland Raiders. Against the Raiders, but let’s not forget who Carolina will face in Brad Penny to cheap, low-risk deals, ter to down the Arizona Cardinals. of all teams, the 25th-ranked defense in the the meantime. there’s one ace pitcher that I think the But things may soon begin to take a NFL, Delhomme led his squad to only 17 The Panthers host Tampa Bay on Monday Yankees should be more closely involved downturn for Carolina. The Panthers’ points for the team’s lowest-scoring victory. night in Week 14, a game which could decide with: Jake Peavy. only two losses have come on the road to Sunday’s game against the Lions was the the NFC South crown, and then turn right At 27 years old, he’s one of the most the Minnesota Vikings and division rival second game in a row in which Delhomme back around six days later against the Denver dominant pitchers in the majors. He boasts Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In both of those threw for under 100 yards against a medio- Broncos. Of their first 10 games, Carolina a career 3.25 ERA over six seasons, and contests, the leading rusher for Carolina had cre defense, and he has subsequently alien- played only three teams with winning records, since 2004, he’s posted the lowest WHIP just 27 yards. Like Tennessee, the success ated wide receiver Smith from the passing compared to four in the team’s final six. of any pitcher in the majors. He plays in a of Carolina solely depends on the estab- game. After gaining at least 70 yards in each So while the Panthers certainly deserve pitcher’s park, but that’s not the only rea- lishment of its running game early and of his first six games, Smith has a combined more recognition than they have been son he’s capable of posting good numbers. often. With a schedule back-loaded with 68 in his past two. receiving, dissenters are correct in pointing When he won the Cy Young award in 2007, solid defensive squads, the Panthers appear A big reason Carolina has slid by teams to the team’s mediocre recent play and soft his home and road ERAs were 2.51 and primed for a drop-off in the coming weeks. like Detroit and Oakland is that its stand- schedule as pathways to a December col- 2.57, respectively. In contrast to the league’s other early suc- out defense has done an admirable job lapse. In the meantime, Carolina is certainly And I haven’t even gotten to the best cess stories, Carolina sorely lacks a consistent bailing out the offense. The Panthers have enjoying its place among the league’s elite. part. He’s signed for the next four years for $52 million — a measly $13 million a year, compared to what would be over $23 million a year for Sabathia— and his con- tract includes a $22 million club option for 2013. Part of the reason the Yankees didn’t VOLLEYBALL go after Santana a year ago is because, in continued from page 20 addition to prospects, they would have had Thompson’sfrom-behind efforts, including successful one in its return to coaching keys Jumbos’ banner campaign to pay him so much money. But Peavy is a first match of the season, and by winning different case: He’s wholly affordable, even four consecutive five-set matches. for some of the lowliest teams in baseball “Any team that gives its heart and soul (like, oh, say, the Padres?). will get the most out of itself,” Thompson Plus, San Diego isn’t even asking a king’s said. “When the whole team is on the same ransom for him. The Braves have report- page, that helps, too.” edly been offering Yunel Escobar and Jo-Jo “She makes every player want to be a Reyes. Are you telling me a package of team player,” Goldstein added. Austin Jackson and Ian Kennedy wouldn’t In returning to the team this year, be competitive with that? Yes, they’d be Thompson faced the challenge of getting trading some young talent away, but that’s to know not one but two classes of new better than handcuffing themselves with players. In her absence, she never got a behemoth contracts for pitchers that likely chance to work with the players that she will decay significantly over the course of had recruited as freshmen the previous their deals. year, forcing her to familiarize herself It’s difficult to lose top prospects, but it with them and this year’s freshmen at the Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily can work out for both sides, like when the same time. Coach Cora Thompson gathers with the volleyball squad during a break in the NCAA Red Sox gave up Hanley Ramirez to get Josh “A big challenge was having eight players Tournament action last weekend. Beckett. Peavy could be the same thing for I hadn’t coached yet and didn’t know well,” New York. Even if the Yankees end up sign- Thompson said. “We were trying to improve double dose of me.” graduate the four seniors that led it during ing ol’ Chubbie Chubs Sabathia, I still think and I was trying to get to know the players at In 2001, the year before Thompson’s its successful 2008 campaign. they should pursue Peavy. He’s younger, the same time.” promotion to head coach, the team went “A huge part of our success is the depth of more proven and cheaper than anyone else Thompson, though, was not ready to 20-12 with a 7-3 NESCAC record and lost our bench,” Thompson said. “We are trying out there. take all the credit. to Bates in the first round of the NESCAC to add to that with recruiting, but we have “I give a lot of credit to [assistant coach] Tournament. Since then, the program has to replace four great seniors. But every team Courtney [Evans],” Thompson said. “For steadily improved, earning two NCAA bids is a new one. There will be new challenges Dave Heck is a junior majoring in phi- me to have an assistant who played for along the way. But next year will bring with next year in some way. Every season teaches losophy. He can be reached at David.Heck@ me three years ago makes it like having a it some new obstacles, as the team will you something new.” tufts.edu. 20 INSIDE Inside NFL 19 The Sauce 19 NESCAC Breakdown 17 Sportstuftsdaily.com

Women’s Basketball Preview

trip to the Elite Eight in last season’s NCAA b y Br i a n Co m e n i t z Daily Staff Writer Tournament, potential future Jumbos took b y Sa p n a Ba n s i l note. RankedDaily in Editorial Top Board 25 for first time in program New It appears recruits that the women’s reflect basketball Jumbos’ “I heard about rising how well program they were doing team’s historic 2007-08 campaign paid divi- and their season,” Figaro said. “I talked to Jumbos history,After spending Tufts last season will getting court faceacquaint host- of successnew challenges afterdends in recruiting. Elite Joining the mix this2008 sea- a lot of my friendsseason and family, and when ed with the national stage, the women’s bas- son are three freshmen — Kate Barnosky, they found out I was thinking about Tufts, ketball team has a new mission for its upcom- Rachel Figaro and Tiffany Kornegay — who they told me to really look into it. I went to ing 2008-09 campaign: exhibit some staying bring with them a wealth of experiences. a few games, and I enjoyed how everything power. “My high school team was motivated to was run. I liked the chemistry between the The Jumbos will begin the encore to their win,” Kornegay said. “A lot of the players that team and how the coach interacted with the greatest season in program history on Saturday I competed against in high school are also team.” when they travel to Willimantic, Conn. to playing college-level basketball in either Div. “They made it pretty far into the NCAA take on non-conference foe Mount Ida in I, II or III.” Tournament,” Kornegay said. “I just felt like the Eastern Conn. State University (ECSU) “All three have come from very good pro- I could contribute my basketball skills to the Tip-Off Tournament. After winning a school- grams, whether it be AAU or high school, team and help them do well this year.” record 26 games, reaching the NESCAC finals and that was something I looked at,” coach But the recent success the Jumbos have and advancing to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Carla Berube said. “That was a positive for enjoyed isn’t the only reason this year’s Tournament last year, Tufts faces a whole new them, that it wouldn’t be that much of a recruits chose to come to Tufts. set of challenges heading into this weekend’s change coming into our program.” opener. Chief among them will be dealing After the Jumbos made their first-ever see FRESHMEN, page 16 with all the pressures that accompany being a serious national contender. “We’re a completely different team,” coach Carla Berube said. “It’s taken us a little while to Volleyball and field hockey squads bring recognize that we’re going to have that ‘X’ on our back and that people are going to be out in postseason awards for us after having the success we did last year. This year’s team hasn’t accomplished any- One week after scoring several all-NESCAC nods, the volleyball and field hockey thing yet … I think there’s more confidence in teams continued adding to their trophy cases, picking up a slew of regional and All- us, but as a team, we definitely need to keep American honors. The highlight of the volleyball team’s haul came yesterday, when working. Nothing has been given to us, and the Jumbos picked up a program record three All-American selections. In addition, we need to fight for everything like we did last no squad had more players named to the field hockey New England West region First year.” Team than Tufts, which will play in the Final Four this weekend. A rundown of all of One look at the national polls suggests just the Tufts award-winners: Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily how much last season’s run raised the profile Sophomore Colleen Hart, the reigning NESCAC of Tufts’ program. For the first time in their his- Rookie of the Year, will once again anchor the tory, the Jumbos are ranked in the D3hoops. women’s basketball team’s backcourt. Volleyball com preseason Top 25, coming in at No. 16, just three spots behind defending national “It has been kind of a pain in our side that Coach Cora Thompson: champion Howard Payne and two behind we haven’t won a NESCAC championship,” NEWVA Coach of the Year runner-up Messiah at No. 16. But Tufts knows senior co-captain Stacy Filocco said. “For us, that the increased notoriety has put the team that really is important. As great as the NCAA Dena Feiger (Jr.): squarely in the crosshairs of its opponents, all victories are, to win the NESCAC champion- NEWVA All-New England First Team of whom will be eager to take down an emerg- ship really makes a statement.” AVCA All-New England ing national power. Hoping to put the Jumbos over the top will be AVCA Honorable Mention All-American “I think being ranked in the preseason poll a roster of 17 players, the largest squad Berube was a nice little nod to our program and the has fielded in her seven years at the helm. Natalie Goldstein (Sr.): success we had last year,” senior co-captain Among the 13 returners are three members of NEWVA All-New England Third Team Kim Moynihan said. “That being said, I think last year’s starting five: Moynihan, sophomore AVCA All-New England there needs to be an emphasis on our team point guard and reigning NESCAC Rookie of AVCA Honorable Mention All-American that it is just the preseason poll and that we the Year Colleen Hart and senior center Katie haven’t done anything yet. People are going to Tausanovitch. Two starting spots were opened Dawson Joyce-Mendive (So.): come out gunning for us, and we need to be by the graduations of Jenna Gomez (LA ’08) NEWVA All-New England Second Team ready for that.” and Khalilah Ummah (LA ’08), and Berube AVCA All-New England First and foremost on the Jumbos’ agenda says she has yet to determine exactly who will AVCA Honorable Mention All-American is a NESCAC championship, one of the few fill those voids. achievements that eluded them last season. At the very least, she’ll have a plethora of At the tail end of its 2007-08 campaign, Tufts choices. Tufts is bringing back all 10 mem- made its second consecutive appearance in bers of a bench that played a huge role in the the conference title game, where it squared off team’s postseason run last year and is adding LAURA SCHULTZ/TUFTS DAILY against top-seeded Amherst in what prom- four newcomers -— freshmen recruits Kate ised to be a tight contest between two evenly Barnosky, Rachel Figaro and Tiffany Kornegay Field Hockey matched teams. The game lived up to its bill- and sophomore walk-on Sarah Nolet — to the ing, but the Jumbos found themselves on the mix. Longstreth/NFHCA Div. III All- wrong end of a painful 59-53 setback. Having “We’ll decide by the end of the week who’s New England West Region First fallen one win shy of a NESCAC crown in each going to be starting on Saturday, and then Team: of the last two seasons, Tufts enters this year hopefully we’ll stay consistent with that, eager to reverse its fortunes. but you never know,” Berube said. “With 17 Tamara Brown - So. “Our first priority is a NESCAC champion- people, there’s room for a lot of people to Brittany Holiday - Sr. ship,” Berube said. “We’ve come up short in step in. All of the 17 could play a role on our Amanda Roberts - So. the last two years, so we better be fighting for team and could be important, whether in Margi Scholtes - Jr. that tooth and nail. We want to get back to that final game and make it a different ending.” see WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 16 LAURA SCHULTZ/TUFTS DAILY

Volleyball RECAP

b y Ev a n Co o p e r had on her squad is undeniable. bench into a Div. I head coaching garnered both the NESCAC and the office.” Daily Staff Writer Graduating from Jumbo volley- job at Holy Cross, Tufts finished NEWVA Coach of the Year awards. “She has love and dedication ball in 1999, Thompson rejoined 19-13 overall, its first season with “We just know how to win,” to Tufts volleyball,” Goldstein Crouching on the sideline, the program as an assistant under fewer than 20 wins since 2000. senior tri-captain Natalie Goldstein said. “Every player sees that and it hands tightly clenched and eyes then-coach Kris Herman. When But Jumbo volleyball returned said. “That mental game can defi- makes them want to love it just as concentratingThompson’s on the court, coach presenceshe was elevated to the head key job to ingredient form this year when Thompson in nitely record-breaking be attributed to our coach.” much as she does.”season Cora Thompson of the Tufts vol- in 2002, the team immediately resumed her head-coaching duties. According to Thompson, the One of the keys to the Jumbos’ leyball team is the picture of focus. responded, producing five consec- Tufts enjoyed one of its best sea- intensity and passion that she tries success this season was Thompson’s “It’s that big Jumbo intensity that utive winning seasons. sons in program history, going 29-4, to infuse into her players starts with emphasis on the team as a whole she always brings to the court that In 2007, when Thompson spent earning the top seed in the confer- her own love for the game and her rather than individual stars, a man- can’t be replicated,” senior Maya a year away from the team, her ence with a 10-0 record and hosting dedication to the program. tra that was preached throughout Ripecky said. “She’s fired up on the absence was noticeable. Despite both the NESCAC Tournament and “[Intensity] stems from passion the 2008 season. Tufts proved its bench, pointing things out and the admirable efforts of interim the NCAA Regional Tournament. for what you are doing,” Thompson unity through a number of come- always talking.” coach Marritt Cafarchia, who par- In a sign of her importance to said. “It isn’t a job or work to me — The effect that Thompson has layed her stint on the Jumbos’ the team’s success, Thompson it’s my life. I’m excited to come to see VOLLEYBALL, page 19