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Few Showers Read It First 55/49 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXI, NUMBER 54 Monday, April 25, 2011 TUFTSDAILY.COM Candidates prepare for tomorrow’s election Garcia: Better communication, Jumbo Richards: Reprioritize Senate interests, pride can unite student body and Senate goals in response to student body’s input b y Ra c h e l Ra m p i n o b y Je n n y Wh i t e Daily Editorial Board Daily Editorial Board

With an eye to fostering an improved Fashioning himself as an outsider to the sense of unity across the campus, Tufts Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, TCU Community Union (TCU) Senate presi- presidential candidate Ben Richards, a junior, dential candidate Tomas Garcia, a junior, has put forth a platform focused on rejuve- is campaigning on a platform of enhanc- nating the body by increasing idea exchange ing communication between the Senate between student government and the under- and the student body. graduates it represents. “Next year is a time of change,” Garcia “There’s a disconnect between Senate and said. “We can take advantage of that the student body. There’s a silent majority, opportunity to redefine the undergradu- a large group of people who are not being ate student body and its top priorities in heard,” Richards said. “Senate right now is the administration’s eyes to make sure that working for a few small, select interests. It’s our needs are met.” time Senate works for the student body.” Garcia has a three-pronged platform Richards believes he would bring the out- based on what he calls the ideals of new side perspective that can steer the body to leadership, a new Tufts and new pride. new approaches for getting things done. These goals involve opening avenues of “I’d like to bring a fresh way of doing things communication between senators and the and bring back Senate to the hands of the students they represent, investing in better student body,” he said. facilities on campus and working to unite Richards outlined a host of priorities for students as a genuine student body. Justin McCallum/Tufts Daily his presidency. If successful in tomorrow’s Ashley Seenauth/Tufts Daily He specifically hopes to facilitate bet- Junior Tomas Garcia election, he hopes to transform the Senate’s Junior Ben Richards ter communication with students by outreach methods, improve campus facili- holding presidential office hours in con- mon rooms of campus dorms. ties, expand the reach of JumboCash and out,” Richards said. venient locations on campus, such as With respect to campus life, Garcia said provide greater support for club athletics. Richards envisions an online discus- student dorms. he envisions a number of initiatives to Richards plans to improve communica- sion forum accessible to students who are In regard to the long-term improve- improve school spirit and unite the stu- tion by launching a weekly Senate news- unable to make the meetings or who are ment of facilities, Garcia hopes to encour- dent body. letter and town hall meetings where the studying abroad. He said that the Senate’s age the university to install new facilities An optional electronic weekly newsletter TCU president could discuss issues with weekly Sunday night assembly does not on campus to better serve its students. would serve this purpose, he said, and one fellow Jumbos. encourage students otherwise uninvolved “We go to a first-rate institution with sporting and one cultural event should be “Senate has been far too complacent with TCU to attend. third-rate facilities,” Garcia said, citing about letting people come to them. It’s time specifically a need to renovate the com- see GARCIA, page 2 for the Senate to be more active and reach see RICHARDS, page 2

Interview | Bob Woodward Snyder speaker Woodward discusses presidential doctrines b y Am e l i e He c h t a n d his career and the state of journal- effective ways of getting influen- blends the two; the two are room- Ma r t ha Sha n aha n ism today. Amelie Hecht (AH): You said tial people to talk to you? mates in his mind, and so you see Daily Editorial Board there is too much secrecy in the he compromises, comes down Martha Shanahan (MS): What is world of politics. What do you BW: You have to take them as seri- the middle. [In] the Afghan war Journalist and author Bob the role for investigative reporting think of WikiLeaks? Do you think ously as they take themselves. You when the request was for forty Woodward will give this semes- in an age when it seems every- it is helpful or harmful to investi- both know Washington — people thousand troops, Vice President ter’s Richard E. Snyder’s thing is already “out there” on a gative journalism? take themselves very seriously, Biden’s alternative was for twenty Presidential Lecture today in blog or website? sometimes too seriously, so when thousand and what did Obama Cohen Auditorium. Woodward BW: The important question is you go in to interview somebody pick? Thirty thousand, right in the began his career as a journalist for Bob Woodward (BW): It’s what’s whether it is helpful or harmful or if you ask to interview some- middle. Not [29,500], not [31,500], The Washington Post in the early not already out there that we’re to the people who read these body, you have to know their back- thirty thousand. 1970s, where he gained acclaim missing. In other words, sometimes cables, and I think by and large ground. If they’ve written some- for his coverage, alongside fellow the best information, unfortunate- it informs. Releasing them thing for Foreign Affairs magazine In Libya you see the crusading, journalist Carl Bernstein, of the ly, is secret, is hidden, and the job without vetting them makes no 30 years ago, you should read it, moralistic strain or approach: Watergate scandal. of the investigative reporter, or the sense. Vetting them to see if it ask about it. The key is to spend “We’re going to prevent a human- Woodward’s relationship with in-depth reporter — I frankly prefer would name somebody who is lots of time, come back, show an itarian disaster.” And then on the Richard E. Snyder dates back to that term — is to dig in and discov- a secret source who might be interest, not be impatient. Make other side you see the “Let’s limit the Watergate days. Snyder was er what is not out there. I guess kind killed — you shouldn’t do that. it clear you want to reflect their the war, let’s not send ground the head of publishing house of my summation is that there’s But the WikiLeaks cables are point of view and experience … troops … let’s not us the military Simon and Schuster in 1972, way too much secrecy, unneces- mid-level classification secrets, to overthrow [Qaddafi].” And so when Simon and Schuster pur- sary secrecy in government and and they rarely get to the White MS: There is a lot of discussion it’s limited. … Part of what some- chased the rights to the book that particularly in government. The House or have standing in the going on right now about whether body who’s interested in focusing became “All the President’s Men” government works for the voters, White House. Some people have or not there is an Obama doctrine. in business at home would do, (1974), the seminal account of the and the voters should know what’s claimed that these documents Given your unique perspective but at the same time there is this Watergate break-in and ensuing going on. And with the business tell us how the most impor- on the Obama administration, in crusading moralistic side of, “Oh, cover-up scandal. problems newspapers and news tant, biggest decisions were your view, is there a clear Obama we have to do something because “He was the gutsy publisher organizations are having, we have made, and that’s not so. They doctrine? lots of people might be killed in when it looked like people didn’t less in-depth reporting, and that are revealing, but the White Benghazi.” believe — lots of people didn’t may be a serious problem and may House has higher-level classi- BW: There are features of an believe — what we were writ- be a tragedy. fications on intelligence data Obama approach to foreign poli- AH: Obama has been resistant to ing about Watergate,” Woodward that provide more … authorita- cy. By and large there are two stra- having his approach be consid- told the Daily. “But he bought the MS: Do investigative reporting tive information. tegic cultures in American foreign ered similar to the Bush Doctrine. book and believed in it, believed techniques need to change? policy: the crusading, moralistic Do you see elements of the Bush in us, and was always a magnifi- MS: While writing your book, approach … [and] the other is Doctrine in the Obama Doctrine? cent publisher.” BW: Techniques, no. I don’t think “Obama’s Wars” [2010], you were a more realistic, kind of a semi- it’s a technique problem. I just granted unrivaled access to peo- isolationist point of view, if you BW: Well, there are three Bush The Daily’s Amelie Hecht and think it’s just a matter of com- ple within the Obama adminis- know what I mean — let’s stick to Doctrines, and you don’t want to Martha Shanahan spoke with mitment and money in the news tration. What, over the course of business at home, let’s focus on Woodward last week to discuss organizations. your career, have you found to be what’s going on at home. And he see WOODWARD, page 2

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In the vein of a popu- “African Cats” is beau- News 1 Op-Ed 9 lar blog, “Stuff Tufts tifully shot but tries too People Like” chronicles hard to humanize lions Features 3 Comics 10 Jumbo culture. and cheetahs. Arts | Living 5Classifieds 13 Editorial | Letters 8 Sports Back

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Woodward discusses Obama pres- Visiting the Hill this Week MONDAY idency, foreign interventions “Richard E. Snyder President’s Lecture” “Kathryn Sutton, Director & Founder of Details: Author and journalist Bob NGO in Tanzania” WOODWARD Woodward, in a speech titled “From Nixon Details: Founder and Director of the organi- continued from page 1 BW: Well I don’t want to give it away, to Obama,” will speak about his career and zation Participate Now Kathryn Sutton will hear them all. The main one is that we but it’s about … the investigating, experience covering U.S. presidents from speak about the process of starting a non- will act early; we will pre-empt somebody writing about all the presidents since Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. governmental organization. who seems to be a threat. Obama does Nixon … who they were. … When I When and Where: 4:30 to 6 p.m.; Cohen When and Where: 6 to 7:30 p.m.; Paige not take that approach, as best I can tell. write a book about Obama, or George Auditorium Hall, Terrace Room But Obama is not doctrinaire — very W. Bush, it’s the question you were Sponsor: Richard E. Synder President’s Sponsor: The International Relations practical. What he did in Libya is down addressing, you know, what happened Lecture Series Program the middle. Now, it may work, it may not in a certain area, what was the action, work, it might blow up, it might turn out but you’re driving at the question “Who “The Power of Political Voice: Women’s “Light on the Hill Award Ceremony” to be very effective. The same with the is Barack Obama, “Who is George W. Political Representation and Crime in India” Details: Former Dean of the Tufts’ School of decisions he made in Afghanistan. Bush,” “Who was Richard Nixon.” So Details: Associate Professor of Business Engineering and current Director and President what I’m going to do is tell some war Administration at the Harvard Business School of the Museum of Science in Boston Ioannis AH: Your talk at Tufts later this month stories about covering and trying to Lakshmi Iyer will speak on her research of the Miaoulis (EG ‘83) will receive the annual Light will be called “Nixon to Obama” — can understand those presidents, and give relationship between female representation on the Hill Award. you give us a more specific idea of what an account of some things that worked in local politics and the level of documented When and Where: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Alumnae kinds of topics you’ll be discussing? out and some mistakes I made also. … crimes against women in India. Hall Obama — I’ve lived my last eighteen When and Where: 12:30 to 1:50 p.m.; Sponsors: Tufts University Alumni Association months, two years, trying to figure him Braker 001 and the Tufts Community Union Senate out. So I’m going to describe some Sponsors: The Department of Economics and of that. And I’m not going to talk too The Fletcher School WEDNESDAY long, spend more time trying to answer “Gregory Botsaris Lecture” questions. TUESDAY Details: Assistant Director of the National “Opportunities and Challenges for South Science Foundation for the Engineering MS: For someone who may have the same Sudan” Directorate Dr. Thomas W. Peterson will worries as you do and who may want to Details: A panel of speakers including speak about innovation in an academic go into journalism today, what advice Harvard Arabic Professor Mohamed Khalifa, setting. would you give someone who wants to Sudanese human rights activist Nada Ali and When and Where: Noon to 1:20 p.m.; get into the field? Fletcher student Ahmed Idris will discuss the Anderson Hall, Nelson Auditorium future of South Sudan after a referendum to Sponsors: The Department of Chemical and BW: In a real practical sense, get a job secede was passed in January. Biological Engineering reporting, editing at your school news- When and Where: Noon to 1 p.m.; Braker paper, get a job and work twenty to thir- Hall 001 THURSDAY ty percent harder than everybody else. Sponsor: Tufts Collaborative on Africa “Chaplain’s Table” Twenty percent additional time commit- Details: Rev. Rob Mark from the First ment, you can double the quality and “A Bold New Lens on Poverty: The Presbyterian Church of Waltham will speak quantity of your work. You will in the end Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)” about the relationship between religion and do twice as well. Details: Director of the Oxford Poverty and food. Human Development Initiative Dr. Sabina When and Where: 5 to 7 p.m.; Dewick- AH: What are you working on now? Alkire will speak about the multidimensional MacPhie Dining Hall measure of poverty she helped to develop. Sponsor: Office of the University Chaplain MCT BW: Probably another Obama book. I’m When and Where: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; Journalist and author Bob Woodward will not sure where the center of gravity is, Cabot Intercultural Center give this semester’s Richard E. Snyder’s so I’m working on figuring out what I’m Sponsor: The Fletcher School of Law and —compiled by Rachel Rampino and Presidential Lecture . going to work on. Diplomacy Minyoung Song Garcia cites extensive experience, out- Richards hopes to refresh Senate with side involvement as key to success more accessibility, student outreach

GARCIA Yet this experience may prove as a RICHARDS how government works.” continued from page 1 hindrance, according to junior Michael continued from page 1 Richards has been involved with Tufts sponsored each week to increase student Bendetson, Ben Richards’ campaign man- “If two people come to a Senate meeting Model U.N. since his freshman year and turnout at Tufts events. ager. Richards, a junior, is the only other and a hundred are not coming, then we need has served as the organization’s president “At football games, the stands should candidate in tomorrow’s election. to reach out and find out what these ideas since January, according to Model U.N. Vice be packed; when the Bubs are on ‘Glee,’ “It’s not that I don’t think he would be are, what we can do for the greater popula- President and Treasurer Chris Walczyszyn, we should be watching them together a good president — because he would,” tion,” Richards said. “We need to put priority a junior. from the [Mayer] Campus Center — it’s Bendetson said of Garcia. “I just think Ben in getting resolutions and discussions about Richards offered Model U.N. as an example about coming together and supporting could be better. I feel that in order to bring what most students want.” of his experience taking charge of an organi- one another,” Garcia said. in a new perspective, you need an indi- Such town hall meetings would be part zation and leading it toward positive change. His ideas also include lowering the price vidual outside Senate, who has served in of Richards’ vision of a more proactive stu- When he joined as a freshman, Model U.N. of food in the campus center, continuing these different groups.” dent government. had about five members; now, 2 1/2 years the process of finding a replacement tra- Garcia has experience as the Tufts “The student body only starts talking later, there are between 20 and 30, according dition for the Naked Quad Run and sup- Mock Trial team’s co-president and as about issues after the fact. Discussions need to Richards. porting the development of Residential an active member of the team since to start before problems arise,” Richards “I know how to reinvigorate an institution Advisors who act as mentors rather than his freshman year, according to sopho- said. “We need to be a less reactionary stu- … and turn it into something that’s acces- disciplinary figures, Garcia said. more TCU Senator Meredith Goldberg, dent body.” sible to students,” he said. He added that he plans to work with the Garcia’s campaign manager. As president, Richards said that he would Walczyszyn credited Richards for this administration to amend the university’s “He knows how to build something up, initiate discussions with the administration resurgence. approach to its policies on marijuana and to change it and transform it to make it about the state of campus facilities, particu- “He rallied for our budget, went out there alcohol use. more successful,” Goldberg said. “He has larly dorms, and encourage improvements to try and get us more money because the “The administration attempts to solve the skill to transform and really run an over the long-term. club has been growing,” he said. these issues by throwing money at them,” institution.” Tufts, he said, should follow other Bendetson also sees Richards’ involve- Garcia said. “Alcohol is a taboo on cam- Garcia added that his time serving Boston-area universities’ examples by ment in Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and his pus and the drinking culture has evolved as treasurer of the mock trial team has expanding the Merchant Off-campus past service on the Inter-Greek Council as behind closed doors in silence, creating given him another perspective of the Partners program — which allows students a valuable connection to underrepresented dangerous drinking. Once a conversation Senate’s process of allocating funds to to use JumboCash to pay for goods and portions of the student population is brought into the light we can make student groups. services — to other businesses besides res- Rather than a drawback, Richards said steps towards responsible safe drinking.” “I’ve seen the budgeting process from taurants, such as taxi services. the small amount of time he has spent on Garcia advocates a university poli- both sides of the fence and can empa- Richards’ final main platform interest lies the Senate gives him an advantage over his cy on marijuana that reflects the 2009 thize with [students],” he said. in the university’s support for athletics, espe- opponent, junior Tomas Garcia, who has Massachusetts law decriminalizing the per- TCU Senator Yulia Korovikov, a soph- cially club and intramural sports teams. He served on the body for close to two years. sonal use of small amounts of the drug. omore who is involved with Garcia’s believes that stronger club and intramural “It’s an inherent problem with Senate that Garcia plans to achieve these goals campaign, said that Garcia would serve athletics programs would boost school spirit [seats are] passed down,” Richards said. “I by providing strong leadership, guidance as a spokesperson to a changing Tufts’ and alumni donations to the university. bring an outside perspective.” and membership to the Senate, he said, administration. Richards served as a TCU senator from Yet TCU senator Meredith Goldberg, adding that each member of the body “He’s a really strong leader and he February to April last year, after winning a Garcia’s campaign manager, believes that her needs to be operating at full capacity to would be a great representative of Tufts special election following the resignation of candidate’s service on the Senate gives him a appear unified in the eyes of the admin- to [University President-elect Anthony] a member of the body. He remained a sena- leg up over Richards. istration in order to facilitate work getting Monaco and the administration in gen- tor until the end of the semester, leaving the “Tomas has the experience, but Ben done, he said. eral. He’s not only a representative of Senate in the fall to study abroad. Richards doesn’t,” Goldberg, a sophomore, said. “In navigating this institution, being Senate but of the entire student body,” this month walked on to next year’s Senate in Bendetson, however, affirmed that able to relate well with administrators and Korovikov said. an uncontested election. Richards’ experience as both an insider and bringing a sense of professionalism to the Korovikov added that she is confident Junior Michael Bendetson, Richards’ cam- outsider on the body was advantageous. table, I will always make sure the student that Garcia’s plans for the Senate would paign manager, believed Richards’ time on “Senate can’t send the same people voice is heard. I will never back down,” have an impact on the mindset of the Tufts the Senate allows him knowledge of the inner back and expect different results. [But] Garcia said. community. workings of the body while maintaining an experience definitely has its place, and Garcia began serving on the Senate in his “I think Tomas will be incredibly good at outsider’s perspective. His experience intern- Ben possesses both worlds,” Bendetson sophomore year. He has since then served unifying student body,” she said. ing for Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) and U.S. said. “Ben knows how it works. He can hit on the Student Outreach Committee and “He has a lot of really great ideas so that Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) also gave him the ground running.” as Senate historian. These experiences Tufts students will leave saying ‘I’m a Tufts a nuanced look into governing, he said. have given him knowledge and connec- student at my core’ not just ‘I graduated “Ben has experience with different levels Matt Repka contributed reporting to this tions with the administration, he said. from Tufts.’” of government,” Bendetson said. “He knows article. 3

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Stephen Miller | Counterpoint So this is b y Al e x a Sasa n o w Daily Editorial Board college? Inspired by popular satirical blog, student creates Tufts version ‘StuffDubstep. Dave’s FreshTufts Pasta. Googling People Like’ catalogs Hill culture Anthony Monaco. These things are not just the goings-on of a fun weekend, but s I dozed Friday morning, dream- the basis for a new blog by sophomore ing about the epic all-day Spring Ruth Tam called Stuff Tufts People Like. Fling party we’re throwing at Last spring, Tam and a few friends were 7-9 Fairmount this Saturday, I talking about Stuff White People Like, a Awas rudely awoken by my roommate, site created in 2008 by writer Christian Sancho, slamming on my door and jab- Lander. The site spoofs the “unique” tastes bering away about April something or of mostly young, urban, left-leaning white other. As I gathered my wits, I became professionals, noting that white people aware of two distinctly different things: like things that range from rapper Mos A) I was butt-naked all by myself, and Def to picking their own fruit. Since the B) it was April Open House. I almost site became widly popular, Lander has jumped out of bed with joy, birthday published two books full of his satirical suit and all. probing into white cultural tastes, and April Open House is one of my favor- many other writers have followed suit ite days here. A bunch of high school with sites devoted to Stuff White People seniors trek up to Boston to follow mom Don’t Like, Stuff Black People Like, Stuff STUFFTUFTSPEOPLELIKE.COM and dad around the dining halls and Gay Guys Like, etc. It was encountering Inspired by the blog ‘Stuff White People Like,’ sophomore Ruth Tam has created her own libraries, all the while being pushed these sites that encouraged Tam to start online anthology, in this case of things uniquely liked by Tufts students. to answer the question, “Is Tufts the her own at Tufts. ‘right place’ for me?” And our response? “It’s supposed to be a parody of Stuff between his column and the blog, other said of Tufts students, which Tam address- We set up shop on the quad acting as White People Like,” Tam said. “It’s self- than in name. While Tam’s subjects are es in some of her posts. friendly and collegiate as we possibly deprecating, it’s irreverent, it’s supposed things like the Internet, Wilderness and “Some of the posts, like the ones about can. Basically, the whole day is a com- to make fun of the stuff we see around Goodwill, Ehrenfeld was more interested double majoring or studying abroad, are plete charade, and it’s hilarious. campus. When people talk about things, I in getting a reaction from his fellow stu- like, ‘Look at you overachievers,’” Tam Think back to when you were looking log them in the back of my mind, like how dents than observing them. said, “but some are like, ‘Oh, there’s been at schools. You probably hustle-bustled people have a crush on the Asian pizza “A few friends sent me the link to this a trend lately,’ like dubstep.” off to a whole mess of places that some lady in Dewick.” blog, which I’ve looked at two or three This was also partially Ehrenfeld’s college adviser or overpriced book said However novel Tam’s idea was, she dis- times now,” Ehrenfeld told the Daily in motivation, especially in the writing of would be a good fit with your grades. covered during the planning stages that an email. “I’m not really that interested what became his most controversial col- You took a dozen campus tours and someone else had had the idea first. Will to be honest because, from my cursory umn, “Stuff Tufts People Like: Alleging heard a dozen college spiels that were Ehrenfeld (LA ’10) wrote a column for the look, this iteration has little of what I Bias,” which came in the wake of the 2009 exactly the same. And somehow, for Daily by the same name during the spring think was valuable about my column incident where violence and racial slurs better or worse, we all ended up here. 2009 semester. — pushing people’s buttons, pushing were lobbed between a white male stu- As a senior in high school, I had no “I had no idea he wrote that column, the envelope a bit. It looks like this blog dent and students in the Korean Students idea what I wanted to do or where I because it was [printed] a year before I is a more straightforward accounting Association (KSA). Ehrenfeld wrote in his wanted to be for the next four years. got here,” Tam said. “I was worried people of things that people like at Tufts, and column that he questioned the decision I still don’t, for that matter. The idea would think I stole the idea, but I read that’s boring to me.” of the administration and student body that a bunch of kids can get a feel for a it, and his had a slightly political edge. I While much of the appreciation for to label what had happened as a bias inci- school by visiting the campus for a day waited until he graduated to actually start Stuff White People Like comes from the dent and that it was rather a problematic in mid-April is absurd. Want to know posting stuff on the site.” fact that its subjects take themselves too what Tufts is actually like? Come trudge Ehrenfeld also sees little connection seriously, the same can be, and is often, see STUFF, page 4 from Dunkin’ Donuts to Aidekman in two feet of snow in the middle of win- ter. Not even just winter, you can do the same thing in late March. But, back on point, this rant isn’t about our mis- erable weather. It’s about the absurdity of college selection. We try to hoodwink these poor kids into believing that at Tufts all their b y Sa r a h St r a n d dreams will come true. Really want Daily Editorial Board to get them hooked on the school? Tufts scientists have made great strides in needleless vaccines Invite them all up for Spring Fling (and NewJust six years vaccines ago, Tufts scientists set may diminish ‘Vaccine War’ the official Spring Fling after party out to achieve a lofty goal: creating a happening at 7-9 Fairmount Saturday needleless vaccine that would not need night). It’d be great. You have a 100 per- to be refrigerated. After numerous tri- cent acceptance rate and 100 percent als and tribulations, the team, partially more TEMS calls. funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates So why, with all this pent-up anti-col- Foundation, has achieved just that. lege rage, do I love April Open House so The group of scientists, doctors much? Because who doesn’t like being and researchers was led by Abraham in on a practical joke? Plus, there’s usu- Sonenshein, professor and Interim Chair ally free food. And on top of that, it’s of molecular biology and microbiology hilarious watching these little children at the School of Medicine, and Saul following their parents to every info Tzipori, professor of microbiology and session while they really just want them infectious diseases at the Cummings to peace out so they can go to one School of Veterinary Medicine. of those raging keggers they’ve seen Most vaccines must be refrigerated on ABC Family’s “GRΣΣK” (2007-11). and carefully transported before use, Maybe even that raging kegger happen- making it difficult to immunize poor, ing at 7-9 Fairmount Saturday night. rural areas without proper medical facili- But trying to sum up Tufts in an info ties or electricity. By engineering a vac- Courtesy abraham sonenshein session, a campus tour or even a party cine that does not need to be cooled, the Professors Abraham Sonenshein and Saul Tzipori, pictured above, led the Tufts research team. is absurd. The school is far too big and team is opening doors for better health in amorphous to package into a one-day remote parts of the world. Creating this devising a needleless delivery system. “Putting drugs under the tongue is a event. It’s classes, sports, Boston, Davis substance, however, was no easy task. “The second aim of the Bill and Melinda very useful way to get things absorbed Square, New England winters, the Daily, Scientists at Tufts’ Sackler School of Gates Foundation was to develop a vac- into the body very rapidly,” Tzipori The Primary Source (not really), Larry Graduate Biomedical Sciences had to cine that does not need to be injected into said. “It worked just as beautifully as Bacow, NQR, The Rez, Tisch, Knives For enclose parts of the bacteria that cause the body,” Tzipori said. “Kids hate getting intranasal.” Sale on Thursday nights at the Burren, tetanus in a heat-resistant bacterial spore pricked by needles, and it’s expensive to Experiments were then conducted TDC, Wilderness, Major:Undecided, of another type. The spore acts as a pro- get syringes sterilized.” with pigs, which also proved fruitful. If LCS, Pizza Days, Bluezones and so tective container, allowing the vaccine to After failing initially at creating an that was not enough, the scientists were much more. Most of all, it’s about the still be viable after extreme conditions. oral vaccine, the scientists decided to try also able to create a rotavirus vaccine in friends you make, many of whom you “This spore is very resistant,” Tzipori making nasal drops. These drops were an almost identical manner. Both were will see at the post-Spring Fling party said. “You can sit it on a bench and leave given to mice in three doses, just as the found to be successful when adminis- at 7-9 Fairmount Saturday night. it in extreme heat.” tetanus shot is administered in humans. tered as drops under the tongue to mice To test the vaccine’s resistance to tem- The experiment was a success, as the and pigs. Throughout the process, the P.S. We’re throwing a party. perature, researchers submerged the mice were found to be protected when team was dedicated to creating some- substance in an 80 F water bath for 17 immunized with the new construct. thing that could be realistically used months, Tzipori said. At the end of the Next, the team tried a delivery system and marked an improvement from what experiment, the vaccine was found to that is arguably even easier — drops that existed already. Stephen Miller is a senior majoring in still be viable. are put under the tongue. Once again, English. He can be reached at Stephen. Yet the team had another objective: the scientists were met with success. see VACCINE, page 4 [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Monday, April 25, 2011 Opinions vary widely over Tufts Current research could impact version of ‘Stuff White People Like’ vaccination practices worldwide

STUFF Tam said. “Some things are broad and VACCINE The newly developed vaccines may continued from page 3 some are really specific: like whining about continued from page 3 convince more individuals to immu- confrontation that had less to do with race Ivy League schools they didn’t get into “Whatever we were going to make, we nize themselves and their children. than people had been saying. is about freshmen who don’t know how wanted to make sure it would be as good Those afraid of needles would no lon- “[My column] was always sort of tongue- lucky they are to be here yet. I could have as what is used today,” Tzipori said. ger have to worry about getting a round in-cheek, meant as humor and incitement picked a specific sector of Tufts. I could The team is currently looking to work of routine shots. More importantly, cer- in equal measure,” Ehrenfeld said. “At a have picked international relations majors, with commercial companies or govern- tain chemicals or preservatives found certain point, unsurprisingly, certain ele- which would have been a whole other blog, ment agencies for more funding and to in vaccines administered by needle are ments of the Tufts community took issue but I wanted to touch on all different kinds actually create doses of the vaccines for not present in the Tufts-created vac- with what I presented in the column. After of people here, which means there’s more human use, according to Tzipori. If the cine. Since some believe that these the infamous KSA-frat boy bias incident, to draw from.” vaccines are eventually implemented, chemicals are linked to autism, the things got sort of serious. I started get- Sophomore Lincoln Giesel expressed it could mean significant change in the needleless vaccine may better per- ting emails and Facebook messages from mixed feelings about Tam’s approach. way communities are immunized — suade supporters of the “Vaccine War” strangers, friends of friends, all sorts of “I agree with a lot of the stuff on the although it’s hard to pinpoint exactly to immunize their children. people, asking me to explain myself. blog,” he said. “It’s stuff that a lot of people what will happen. “I think it would take a lot of stigma Usually the feedback I received personally do like, including myself, like people argue “It’s hard to predict what effect it will away from going to the doctor and make was positive, but the public response was about Dewick versus Carmichael daily. I ultimately have, because there are so it something people could better grasp mixed, often vitriolic.” just think the idea of attempting to make many competing interests among phar- and understand,” Hornthal said. While Ehrenfeld has since graduated, one generalization about all Tufts students maceutical companies,” Tzipori said. Yet, much of the opposition to vac- this particular post and the controversy it is a waste of time. There are so many differ- Not only could third-world coun- cines is traced to a desire to explain spawned didn’t necessarily leave with him. ent types of folks at Tufts.” tries be immunized more easily and at what is currently unexplainable, like “I remember that [his column] was a lot Sophomore Maxine Builder said that a lower cost, it is possible the new vac- childhood autism. like Stuff White People Like, which I had while she found the blog amusing, she also cine could affect the “Vaccine War,” “There’s a real yearning to have an read and enjoyed,” senior Matt Erle said. saw it as an attempt to draw a connection named for serious opposition against explanation, to blame it on someone,” “But I remember there was one contro- between Internet trends and life at Tufts routine childhood vaccination, largely Amy Wallace, a freelance writer who versial posting related to the KSA incident that may not actually exist. in the United States and Great Britain. wrote a cover story on the topic for that a lot of people, including me, found “I just think it’s always funny whenever Some believe that certain aspects of Wired Magazine, said. “And I think that to be questionable and not in the spirit of there’s something that tries to go viral for vaccines cause disorders in young feeling is pretty strong, so the delivery the Stuff White People Like blog. The dif- Tufts, like Tufts Texts From Last Night and children, specifically autism. But given method doesn’t really matter.” ference is, in my opinion, that Stuff White stuff like that — they can be funny,” Builder the lack of supporting evidence for Although lack of chemicals or preser- People Like was sort of joking specifically said. “I’d say it’s similar in tone to Stuff these theories, this sort of reasoning is vatives could ease the concern in some about yuppies, mostly. I think bias inci- White People Like, but it’s still trying to frequently dubbed as pseudoscience. people, the “Vaccine War” exists for a dents happen for people at Tufts who aren’t piggyback on the trend, but who doesn’t One of the largest problems with the number of complex reasons. usually white people, and [his column] was want to have a cool website with thou- opposition to vaccines is that as fewer “The lack of preservatives would at least not fair at all. A lot of people are concerned sands of hits? But Stuff Tufts People Like is people are immunized, the chance of help counter the people who worry about about bias at Tufts and I think white people well-made, well-done — it’s well-written, disease outbreak is higher. Many of preservatives,” Wallace said. “However, I are probably the least concerned.” too. I remember thinking that it actually those who are opposed to vaccines think that the opposition to vaccines, the Erle said that he couldn’t comment on looks professional. Even though some of it exhibit the “herd mentality,” believing people who fear them, actually fear the similarities to Tam’s blog, as he hadn’t is funny, some of it does seem kind of stale, that as long as most of the popula- actual injection of disease.” heard much about it. While the blog is like people like bikes and spandex, like tion is immunized they will remain Regardless of its effects in America, of generally different content and tone, LOL, we get it.” safe from disease. While this is true to the vaccines created by Tufts scientists some students are still concerned about For some Tufts students, however, Tam’s some extent, if too many people adopt — if they are developed — will mean any attempt to define campus culture in blog strikes a chord with their experience, this thinking, disease outbreak could huge strides for community health in a dominant way. Tam stated that this was and so the effort is appreciated. become a real threat. humans and animals all over the world. not her goal, but it may be an inadver- “I think they cover the issue of the day in “Some people have this idea that ‘If Only time will tell exactly how and tent result. a mildly entertaining matter,” sophomore everyone else is immune I don’t need to where the new discoveries will be used. “I don’t write about stuff that I like, or Dan Kass said. “I think life is bleak and get the vaccine,’” senior Becca Hornthal, “It’s cheap and easy,” Tzipori said. stuff that I do, but stuff I think people will short and any time spent laughing at our- who is studying child development and “Really, there are a lot of applications re-post and talk to their friends about,” selves is important.” community health, said. of it.” ExCollege Student-Faculty TRIVIA CHALLENGE featuring Quizmaster Bob of PJ Ryans Monday, May 2 Teams of no more than 6 Last day Prizes for top  nishers 8PM of classes! 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TV Review Eugene Kim | Alleged but Not Convicted No happy ending in sight for ABC’s latest We scream New sitcom has its perks despite stale premise, lack of reality because b y Mo l l y Wa l l a c e Daily Staff Writer we care s the most interesting man in the Wednesday night’s newest sitcom world would say: “I don’t always begins with a runaway bride disrupting watch scary movies. But when I the impossibly close friendship of six do, I prefer well-written, charac- Ater-driven stories.” You probably haven’t Happy Endings seen it, but the best scary movie released in the past few years is a Sam Raimi joint called “Drag Me to Hell” (2009). You might know Raimi from his other blockbusters Starring Zachary Knighton, Elisha like the “Spider-Man” trilogy (2002, 2004, Cuthbert, Damon Wayans Jr. 2007) and the lesser-known, but more Airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on ABC loved, “Evil Dead” movies (1981, 1987, 1992). He’s got a knack for storytelling yuppies who all own absurdly awesome with a quirky premise (but please excuse apartments. No, I’m not talking about “Spider-Man 3.” It’s like my other little “Friends” (1994-2004), but rather a sim- brother, the one we keep locked in the tool ilarly premised show on ABC named shed — we don’t talk about him and feed “Happy Endings.” him irregularly). In reality, though, to write off “Drag Me to Hell” stars a youthful and “Endings” as a “Friends” imitation would innocent Alison Lohman as Christine be as ridiculous as calling “House” a Brown, who works for a corporate mid-sized duplication of “General Hospital” — bank as a loan officer in your normal sub- the setting might be the same, but the urbia. She’s struggling to meet the profes- writing and production values could sional expectations that she sets for herself, not be more different. First of all, two of as well as for her boyfriend Clay’s (Justin the characters in “Happy Endings” are Long) family. They come from money and already married, one character is black want their son to have a girlfriend who can and another is gay. And before you say, help him socially and professionally … and “Oh, so it’s just progressive ‘Friends,’” Christine grew up on a farm. also note that there is no cheesy stu- She might be up for a promotion, but dio laughter and that it takes place in Stu (Reggie Lee), her douche of a co-work- Chicago. See? Totally different. er, is both competing for the position and The show centers on a couple that has sabotaging her efforts. Basically speaking, just broken up: Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) she’s a nice girl who is trying to awkwardly has left her boyfriend of 10 years, Dave find her place in the world — we meet her (Zachary Knighton), at the altar. Their while she is reviewing diction tapes to get friends then scramble to pick sides and rid of her Midwestern twang. She’s got an mend the hole in their tight little clique. Courtesy Karen Neal/ABC earnest nature about her, and you find ‘Happy Endings’ is one of the freshest of a string of sitcoms centering around yuppies and yourself cheering for her to sucker punch see HAPPY, page 6 their relationships. that grundlebag Stu. And then the movie really begins. Movie Review Album Review See, the problem with most horror mov- ies these days is that it’s basically a com- Vanbot releases petition to see who can make the grossest ‘African Cats’ tells tidy tale of deaths, the tensest scenes or the most disturbing premise. See “The Human lackluster debut Centipede (First Sequence)” (2009), “The Hills Have Eyes” (2006) or “Paranormal lions and cheetahs in savanna album Activity” (2007). Once the short exposi- b y Me l i s s a Ma c Ew e n Mara National Reserve in Kenya, where b y Ka t e Gr i f f i t h s tion starts, the character development Senior Staff Writer a large river divides the savanna in two. Daily Staff Writer essentially stops — sure, the protagonist On one side of the river lives Fang, the is doing braver stuff than he or she usually What would it be like to grow up leader of the southern river pride, and Swedish native Vanbot, aka Ester would, but if that weren’t the case then as a cheetah or a lion? “African Cats,” his relatives. Another lion, Kali, and his Ideskog, dropped her debut, self- the movie would stop. I guess it’s sort of released by Disney’s sub-branch four sons live on the other side of the titled album “Vanbot” last Friday to like a porno: They set up the scene, make river and present the greatest threat to an effort at acting, then they get right into African Cats Fang’s territory. Over the course of the Vanbot the action and 90 minutes later you forget film, the two prides come into contact their names and get bored once you fin- on two occasions, one of which results Vanbot ish screaming. Audiences are left with the in Kali usurping Fang and gaining con- juicy bits, but nothing else. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson trol of both sides of the river. If you’ve noticed, I haven’t said a damn Directed by Alastair Fothergill Meanwhile, the film also tells the Lisch Recordings thing about why “Drag Me to Hell” is a and Keith Scholey story of Sita, a lone cheetah mother scary movie. It’s because the scenes are who lives near the lions. With both sto- mixed interest. Her Swedish heri- tightly directed, the script feels real and it Disneynature this past Earth Day, rylines, the focus is on the relation- tage, along with her prolific use of will always have you howling in fear and attempts to answer this question by ships between mothers and their young; synthesizers and sweet vocals, invite laughter at the same time. Christine, while telling the stories of two families of Mara, the daughter of lions Fang and comparisons to acts such as Robyn reviewing loans, crosses a Gypsy woman African cats living on the savanna. and newer Danish singer Oh Land. (who still makes that mistake these days, The entire film is set in the Masai see CATS, page 6 While these likenesses are definite- anyway?) who places a curse on her. The ly founded in aesthetic similarities, rest of the movie is Christine’s attempt to Vanbot will probably not live up to rid herself of that curse. There’s an amaz- their reputations. ing blend of humor and fear that makes The music scene seems to be filled this movie incredibly fun to watch, and with female singer-songwriter acts at the fear works because you care about the moment, all of whom are keen Christine as a person. Watch the scene fans of either piano accompaniment where she has dinner with her boyfriend’s or the synthesizer. Vanbot is definitely family and tell me you don’t feel her pain an enthusiast of the latter. Her songs of desperately trying to get some sem- are catchy and, for anyone who is blance of approval. already a devotee of the indie pop I have been saying this since my column revolution, her album will be worth a began — movies can transcend the barrier listen and perhaps even a download. from something to simply throw on the Unfortunately, most people will prob- TV to true entertainment and drama if ably use it for background music at a we care about the characters and their boring party. plights. “Jaws” (1975) was a fantastic film “Numb,” the second track, is a because it spent a lot of deliberate time particularly nondescript, mediocre developing Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) pop song, and the lyrics are extreme- and the people around him. Thrillers and ly apt: “As you roll/ You make me horror movies are no exception to this feel numb/ You make me go back.” rule. Let’s just hope the adult film industry Vanbot is correct in this; the listener catches on, too. would most likely rather skip back to disney.go.com the previous song than get through ‘African Cats’ uses striking cinematography in its portrayal of several prides of cats on Eugene Kim is a senior majoring in biology. the African savanna. see VANBOT, page 7 He can be reached at [email protected]. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living Monday, April 25, 2011 Film has excellent cinematography but narrates too much, educates too little

CATS she will get her next meal. continued from page 5 That’s not to say that “African Cats” Layla, is arguably the protagonist of the isn’t technically masterful. Shot entirely story. Mara and Sita’s five offspring grow on location, the film contains truly incred- and learn over the course of the film, ible footage that will be best suited to providing plenty of cuteness and a clear the enormous screens of a movie theater. timeline to the overlapping stories. From the vastness of the savanna to the Though “African Cats” does its best rippling muscles of its feline stars, the daz- to provide some scientific informa- zling visuals are a highlight of the movie. tion about the animals it showcases, The clever cinematography is par- the narration of the film is its great- ticularly noticeable during the hunting est weakness. While many nature films scenes, when the camera slinks, jumps manage to successfully mix storytelling and races right alongside lioness Layla and documentation to engage and edu- and cheetah Sita. It is mind-boggling cate their viewers, “African Cats” never to consider how much effort must have seems to step much past being a dra- gone into shooting some of the film’s matic real-life “The Lion King” (1994), scenes, which do successfully capture or a dumbed-down version of Animal the body language of the family mem- Planet’s “Meerkat Manor” (2005-08). The bers’ nuanced relationships. animals of the film are too anthropo- Overall, the main struggle in “African morphized and too dramatized for them Cats” is that of balancing the restric- to be taken seriously as wildlife subjects. tions of a documentary with the task Furthermore, the “plot” of the movie is of appealing to a younger audience. so tidy and has such a happy, stereotypi- Disney doesn’t seem to believe that cally Disney ending that it detracts from younger viewers would be interested in some of the wild allure of the animals’ learning much about the lives of savan- lives. na animals, so it glosses over much of Though Samuel L. Jackson has a voice the scientific information that would that lends itself well to narration, he have made the film more appealing to wasn’t given a script that had very much older audiences and prevented “African variety or depth. Overgeneralizations Cats” from seeming like just another and humanizations abound, such as Disney movie. when Jackson says that “there is nothing This is a good movie for young chil- closer than the bond between a mother dren, and it will seem right at home cheetah and her young” or that “to Mara, sandwiched between “The Lion King” [Fang] is the best father in the world.” and “Ratatouille” (2007) on a video shelf Not to be a wet blanket, but it is doubtful — just don’t expect the film to be any- that young Mara actually compares her thing more than what you immediately father to any other lion on the savanna, think it would be. It is, first and fore- disney.go.com or does much thinking beyond where most, a story. ‘African Cats’ isn’t exactly a movie for grown-ups, but you can’t deny that the cubs are pretty cute. ‘Happy Endings’ a funnier entry in the swath of current relationship comedies

HAPPY In fact, the show’s penchant for the miered this year. After watching the ance so often seen in primetime (a la continued from page 5 bizarre that sets it apart from “Friends” midseason debuts of “Better With You,” Chris Colfer in “Glee” or Eric Stonestreet Hilarity does not ensue. is entirely reminiscent of another “Traffic Light” and “Perfect Couples,” I in “Modern Family”). Fortunately for “Happy Endings,” the popular sitcom — “Scrubs” (2001-10). was pretty prepared to tick off “Endings” I would go so far to claim that Pally writers soon forget this stupid, unfunny Completely borrowed are the quick cut- as another kitschy flop. But honestly, it’s gives the most realistic portrayal of a gay premise after the pilot and instead assert aways, throwback references, cutesy way better — I’d rather watch a show character on television, an impressive that Alex and Dave will be perfectly good indie music (Indigo Girls? Really?) and modeled after “Scrubs” than “The Big accomplishment considering the unrealis- friends who barely remember dating for even the magnificent Eliza Coupe, who Bang Theory” any day. tic nature of “Happy Endings” as a whole. an entire decade. This is where the fun plays Alex’s bossy married sister. The Even if “Scrubs” isn’t your cup of tea, Either way, he does have the greatest rea- begins, as each plot gets more and more writing and acting may be decent, but there is still one great reason to try son I have ever heard for not coming out ridiculous and the characters become this blatant recycling of “Scrubs’” fan- “Happy Endings” out: Adam Pally as of the closet: “Coming out is so gay,” he increasingly less realistic. In episode tastic humor is what renders “Happy the hilarious Max. Pally steals the show tells Jane. “Why should I? My parents only three, Penny (Casey Wilson) realizes her Endings” unoriginal. with his nonstereotypical depiction of visit like once every two years.” new boyfriend’s last name is “Hitler,” On the flip side, it does separate a gay character. Max is Dave’s bro-ish “Happy Endings” airs Wednesdays at Dave finds out a man is living in his ceil- “Happy Endings” from the billions of and sloppy best friend, an incredibly 10 p.m., and you should probably check ing and Alex gets a Bo Derek hairstyle. other couple-centric shows that pre- refreshing departure from the flamboy- it out if you have nothing better to do. With unmemorable songs, ‘Vanbot’ adds nothing new to Swedish electronic scene VANBOT album. While it is another power continued from page 5 pop song, the pace of the syn- the entire track. thesizers and drums is faster “Vanbot” as a whole is quite and Ideskog’s crisp vocals are upbeat, which makes “Well actually refreshing. It’s the sort Done Girl” stand out, albeit in of song that would be remixed a negative way. It is a short, beyond recognition and then minor-key, piano-based inter- played at indie clubs. lude that just manages to be Since all Ideskog does is sing confusing in the midst of the over synthesizers, “Vanbot” does rest of the album. not appear to have any depth to This isn’t to say there aren’t it. Granted, the lyrics may have highlights on the album, though. some meaning to Ideskog herself Certain songs stand out from — she stated on her website that amid the bland meld of synthe- she thought of the lyrics while sizers and icy vocals. The open- bike-riding around Stockholm. ing track, “Ringing,” is a good But the music is such that each example of the pop-style beat song sounds too similar to war- and themes of past love that rant much attention to the lyrics. permeate the album’s sound. The pop singers being mass- Although these stylistic choices produced in Scandinavia all start feeling stale after such rep- seem to have the same fresh etition, on “Ringing” they’re still outlook and, by proxy, the same fresh and effective. sound. Robyn may only be so The next standout song is successful due to her trail-blaz- “Maybe”, which can be found ing efforts in this trend. Other halfway through the album. bands or singers, such as Le Kid, It appears Ideskog put more Tove Styrke and the aforemen- thought into this slower song, tioned Oh Land, all employ this as it has a more careful melody similar method. It sort of makes and a unique (to this album, you wish that the current musical anyway) sound to it. As Ideskog exports from Scandinavia would sings, “No one else will make revert back to when bands such these changes/ No one else will as The Knife were starting their set the price/ I’m doing good musical careers. now,” it appears she is taking Vanbot certainly blends into her own advice. The song is a the current pack and, along with step up from the previous ones, producer Sebastian Forslund, bolstered by the backing har- does little to distinguish her- monization and not even from self as a new artist. Her music Ideskog’s own vocals. isn’t bad, per se — some of it is vanbotmusic.com “Make Me, Break Me” is prob- even good — but it is far from The cover to ‘Vanbot’ is way more interesting than the music. ably the catchiest song on the memorable. Monday, April 25, 2011 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y advertisement 7

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Editorial THE TUFTS DAILY Al e x a n d r a W. Bo g u s To put words into action, Garcia for TCU president Editor-in-Chief Next year’s Tufts Community Union the Senate. Not only would this give the One of Garcia’s most significant Editorial (TCU) Senate president will be the first body a more visible presence on cam- achievements during his tenure as a TCU to work with University President-elect pus, but it would also bolster the pres- Senator has been his initiative to intro- Mick Brinkman Krever Anthony Monaco. He will not only help ence of other on-campus groups. duce community service as an alternative Saumya Vaishampayan shape the agendas of both Monaco and While both proposals are equally to monetary fines for residents who are Managing Editors a new group of high-level administrators strong, Garcia has the advantage of a cited for noise violations. The adminis- Martha Shanahan Executive News Editor Michael Del Moro News Editors but will also set a crucial tone for the proven record of success when it comes tration plans to implement this proposal Nina Ford relationship between the Senate and an to increasing the visibility of the body. starting next year. Ben Gittleson incoming university administration. This As the chair of the Student Outreach Thanks to Garcia’s role on the Senate, Amelie Hecht Ellen Kan makes tomorrow’s election a particularly Committee, he writes weekly ads that he has also put into motion plans to Daphne Kolios important one; it is essential that the stu- appear in the Daily and has already change Tufts’ treatment of marijua- Kathryn Olson Matt Repka dent body take advantage of the oppor- begun work with members of the Senate na violations to be more in line with Corinne Segal tunity to make an impression on Tufts’ on the creation of a newsletter. Richards Massachusetts state law. Instead of tak- Jenny White Brent Yarnell new appointees. Tomas Garcia is the right outlines an impressive list of goals for ing probationary action against stu- Elizabeth McKay Assistant News Editors choice for such a task. including more students in the decisions dents caught with less than an ounce of Laina Piera The TCU presidential candidates, made by the Senate, but he lacks the marijuana, Garcia proposes assessing Rachel Rampino Minyoung Song juniors Tomas Garcia and Ben Richards, track record of successful student out- them with a $100 fine, as local authori- Derek Schlom Executive Features Editor each present compelling visions for mak- reach that Garcia boasts from his four ties do. The administration, he said Jon Cheng Features Editors ing the Senate more inclusive of the stu- semesters as a TCU senator. in his interview with the Daily, was Sarah Korones Emilia Luna dent body and investing in better facili- Likewise, both candidates place con- amenable to such a transition, demon- Romy Oltuski ties on campus. While both are appealing siderable emphasis on improving the strating his ability to effect constructive Alexa Sasanow candidates, we support Garcia because quality of facilities on campus. On his change in university policy. Falcon Reese Assistant Features Editors Angelina Rotman of the greater depth and specificity of his website, Richards aptly mentions that For his part, Richards’ shorter experi- Sarah Strand agenda, which includes a detailed plan of Tufts lacks an appropriate venue spa- ence on the Senate gives him a unique Amelia Quinn action for implementing the changes he cious enough to support large gatherings perspective to make the body more Ben Phelps Executive Arts Editor advocates. Additionally, he has worked and that many of dorms on campus are inclusive. Having only served one Emma Bushnell Arts Editors Mitchell Geller on the Senate for four semesters, com- in need of refurbishment. But he does semester as a senator, his “outsider” Rebecca Santiago pared with Richards’ one, during which not present specifics for how these short- standpoint puts him in a good position Matthew Welch Allison Dempsey Assistant Arts Editors time he has made tangible progress on comings could be addressed. to engage groups not usually involved Andrew Padgett several important objectives. Garcia, however, presents a detailed in student politics. This is an important Joseph Stile Almost every TCU presidential can- plan for improving the state of on-campus objective for any TCU president, as it Ashley Wood didate campaigns on the promise of facilities, which lays out steps to be taken would improve the transparency of an Rebekah Liebermann Executive Op-Ed Editor improving the accessibility of the Senate. in both the short- and long-term. In the organization whose business is to serve Bhushan Deshpande Op-Ed Editors Larissa Gibbs Few presidents, however, have succeeded short-term, Garcia proposes minor reno- the student body yet is often too opaque David Kellogg in meaningfully addressing the issue. The vations to current social spaces to improve and too hidden from its constituents to Rachel Oldfield Jeremy Ravinsky Senate routinely falls back into a familiar their atmosphere. Among his proposals, be fully effective. Daniel Stock pattern of failing to make itself relevant he told the Daily’s managing board in an Both Richards and Garcia boast strong, Devon Colmer Cartoonists to the student body. interview, is the display around campus and frankly very similar, platforms. Yet Erin Marshall Alex Miller Richards and Garcia both outline of more photos from Tufts’ archives; this while Richards may have the framework Louie Zong plans to make the TCU Senate a more would serve the dual purposes of beau- of a solid agenda, we believe that Garcia Craig Frucht Editorialists Kerianne Okie inclusive body, in part through an tification and instilling a sense of univer- has the tools to put it into action. His four Michael Restiano electronic newsletter. The two propos- sity history. Garcia also plans to meet with semesters of experience on the Senate Joshua Youner als would highlight athletic or cultural Monaco to discuss long-term investment and his proven record of implementing Ben Kochman Executive Sports Editor events each week, while also keeping in renovating and building new dormito- change on campus make him the right Philip Dear Sports Editors students informed of the business of ries and other facilities. choice to be the next TCU president. 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The editors reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, space and length. and rate card are available upon request. Monday, April 25, 2011 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Op-Ed 9 The unblessed who give rather than receive Ashish Malhotra | Follow the Leader b y Wa l k e r Br i s t o l philanthropic goals: Foundation Beyond ual and her potential to do good, and thus Saleh: Belief, for example, is a 501(c)(3) non- can act as the unbiased glue with which Atheism, more often than not, extends profit organization dedicated to benefit- to adjoin persons of differing backgrounds far beyond merely not believing in gods. A ing those in need without proselytizing or and beliefs to serve those in need. Stayin’ alive. common misconception exists that atheists discriminating based on conflicting val- Humanistic community service is not are merely intellectuals unconcerned with ues. Every few months, the foundation alien to the Boston area: On April 10, 2011, o, the political unrest in the Middle activism and community service. To the chooses a selection of organizations to the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard orga- East has not stopped. And yes, the contrary, many atheists count themselves support in various “cause areas,” including nized a successful community light bulb domino effect might just keep on among the Humanist movement, dedicated poverty, education and human rights, as exchange in the impoverished Area 4 of going. On Saturday, the president to empathy and compassion as well as rea- well as “Challenge the Gap” groups based Cambridge, Mass. This project included ofN Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, stated that son and evidence. Thus, a significant aspect in different worldviews. According to the people from a number of backgrounds, he would relinquish power to his deputy 30 of the life of a Humanist is a dedication to foundation’s website, “At the end of each many of them atheists and secular human- days after signing a hypothetical agreement charitable giving and enthusiastic service: quarter, 100 percent of the donations is ists, who worked cooperatively and without that would give him, his family and his polit- doing good for goodness’ sake rather than forwarded and a new slate of beneficiaries discrimination to help build a more envi- ical allies immunity from prosecution. supernatural appeasement. selected.” The foundation places compas- ronmentally friendly and financially stable This is just the latest “concession” from Humanism, as a philosophy, is dedi- sion at the forefront of its mission and thus community. The resources and structure an Arab leader in response to months of cated to the betterment of the global com- is able to bring about remarkable philan- provided by organized Humanist institu- protests against his undemocratic regime. munity as a whole and seeks to dispel dis- thropic change without losing resources in tions like Humanist chaplaincies allow for What Saleh may not have realized is the crimination and unfounded bias. Behind the interest of ideological promotion. these projects to be frequently and effi- “concessions” made by many of his coun- Humanist philanthropic efforts and com- That said, interfaith activism accom- ciently realized. terparts in other Arab countries did not munity service projects is a unique com- plishes many of the same goals for commu- Philanthropy and community service work. While leaders such as King Abdullah mitment to action untainted by goals of nity service and compassionate outreach as should be done in the interest of helping of Jordan and President Bashar al-Assad conversion or self-promotion. Humanist activism does. The congregation one’s fellow man, not as a strategy for self- of Syria have been able to appease the Religious organizations do ample impor- of people from potentially contradictory or promotion or conversion. Unfortunately, masses (at least to a certain extent) with tant and effective charitable work, yet this opposing belief systems in the interest of this is too often the case with religious chari- concessions short of their own resignation, genuine good is too often yoked with inju- community support is a truly remarkable ties and service fellowships. Humanism tran- others have not been so lucky. We saw it rious proselytizing that limits the potential sight and speaks to the Humanist belief in scends the desire for conversion by accessing in Tunisia on Jan. 14 when then-President for good works to be done. Every dollar individual benevolence and empathy. the innately human capacity for empathy, a Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali responded to pro- spent promoting religious ideals is a dol- The principles inherent in the Humanist capacity that binds us together as an interra- tests by dissolving his government and lar that could be spent buying more food worldview make it an ideal philosophical cial, interreligious and international human promising new legislative elections within for the homeless or supporting schools leader in interfaith service projects. While community. When empathy drives activism, six months. Ben Ali didn’t even last until 4 in impoverished areas. The Humanistic atheistic participation in interfaith work goodness naturally follows. Such is the core p.m. that day, when he had no other option approach to philanthropy is primarily cen- may seem contentious, community service principle of the Humanist worldview. but to resign. Ben Ali was chased out of his tered on caring for and supporting those should not suffer because of this contro- country, probably never to return. in need; philosophical promotion during versy: Qualms about the title “interfaith” We saw it the following month in community service, under the Humanist and similar semantic concerns can be pro- Walker Bristol is a freshman who has Egypt, where a defiant Hosni Mubarak model, is merely an afterthought. visionally tabled in the interest of accom- not yet declared a major. He is a member tried to appease protestors by announc- Several national charities use the plishing needed service for the community. of Tufts Freethought Society’s Humanist ing that he would not run for re-election Humanistic model to accomplish such Humanism espouses a belief in the individ- Chaplaincy Committee. in September and promising democrat- ic reforms. Mubarak fought longer then Ben Ali, announcing at a later date that he would not resign before the elections. But Mubarak did not last much longer, 4/20 crackdown highlights administrative hostility as the next day his vice president, Omar Suleiman, announced that Mubarak had b y St e v e n Co h e n issue for another op-ed, but I will say that the inevitable products of an environment resigned. Mubarak has been under deten- the university should want students to use in which both sides find it a matter of “Us” tion for the past week, and if not for a Last Wednesday marked the fourth year the TEMS resource, rather than place them against “Them.” Maybe the kid I saw taken reported heart attack, Mubarak would be in a row in which I have attended the infor- in the dangerous position in which they down by the TUPD officer at the rooftop in the Tora jail with his sons, Alaa and mal Tisch Library roof gathering on April must weigh the safety of a friend against the celebration on 4/20 did something I did not Gamal. The younger Mubaraks, especially 20, or “4/20” as it is affectionately called by disciplinary consequences that the friend notice to warrant such a response, but were Gamal, who was touted by many to be the those familiar with its distinguished status might face — and probably resent). The the officers not instructed to disperse the future president, have reportedly spent the as the international holiday of the marijua- Naked Quad Run (NQR) has been canceled, crowd and write up students, it is likely that last week in a state of disbelief. It remains na counterculture. Like each of the previous parties across campus are broken up with the incident would never have occurred. I to be seen what will happen to Libyan years, the minutes approaching 12 a.m. and greater enthusiasm and at earlier hours and agree with University President Lawrence leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, whose refusal 4:20 p.m. saw a massive influx of students roommates are now encouraged to tattle Bacow’s position that “no tradition is worth to buckle in the face of protests has led to a proudly displaying their knitted ponchos, on one another for sexual activity rather sacrificing a life to preserve,” and therefore devastating civil war and military interven- Bob Marley T-shirts and glossy red eyes. But than first exercising the maturity and social can understand his motivation for end- tion from foreign Western powers. unlike each of the previous years, also in skills necessary to have an honest conver- ing NQR (if, as I don’t think is the case, we Despite seeing how ungracefully his attendance this year were various admin- sation (which, I will add, are as important really have seen its end). But with regard to counterparts (as well as their families) have istrative deans and a large Tufts University to leading an independent life, if not more 4/20, what grave danger loomed over this fallen in Tunisia and Egypt, it is amazing Police Department (TUPD) contingency. so, as anything this school can teach us in tradition that compelled immediate action? how Saleh is continuing to fight for his IDs were taken, joints were stomped out a lecture or textbook). In my involvement Unless Tufts was accounting for the not-im- power, using many of the same tactics. and, in at least one instance, a student was in Greek life here, I have observed that the possible situations in which a student were His first “concession” was similar to that of tackled and forcibly restrained (for reasons, university does not stand by its fraternities, to die from either munchy-induced sugar Mubarak, announcing that he would not I may add, which entirely avoided me as I though it willfully acknowledges the signifi- overdose or an ill-advised attempt at flying, seek re-election in 2013. Just as Mubarak watched on in surprised disbelief). cant role they play in the campus social life. I can see no pressing problems presented by fired his entire cabinet as a concession, Before I continue, I don’t intend to come I am sure there are people who will read the event. many of Saleh’s party members resigned off as a pothead upset that he was thwarted this and think to themselves that I am just Even three years ago, when marijuana from their positions in the parliament after in his attempts to publicly engage in illegal another college kid advocating for sex, drugs was still criminal in Massachusetts, the uni- the government took violent action against activity — I personally had an exam early and rock ’n’ roll. But what I really want to versity took the more pragmatic stance of protestors. Last month, Saleh announced Wednesday morning and a class at 4:30 get at is that the Tufts administration has convenient ignorance. I value very highly a referendum that would constitutionally that evening, which barred me from par- shown to me repeatedly that it is funda- the education I have received at this school, separate the executive and legislative pow- ticipation. Rather, I see this, as the latest in a mentally out of touch with its students and and I don’t see 4/20 as being an integral part ers if approved. Despite all these changes, string of misguided decisions on the part of the practicalities of life on this college cam- of my time here at Tufts. I will say, though, it is inconceivable to this man, as it was to the Tufts administration that highlight the pus. When Spring Fling my freshman year that amid campaigning school politicians, Mubarak for so long, that he must go with- divide that exists between the student body manifested itself into the infamous “mass interest group bake sales and live drum out conditions. Indeed, it is the only “con- and the powers that be. I acknowledge that casualty incident” the brilliant and bold solu- performances, all of which were part of the cession” the people will accept. Still, he it is perfectly within the rights of Dean of tion devised by Tufts involved shortening the rooftop festivities, I have never observed pushes on, threatening in a Qaddafi-esque Student Affairs Bruce Reitman and others to performance list and making it a “dry” event such diverse impromptu gatherings of stu- manner that civil war will occur if there are enforce the rules that exist on this campus — as if the 21-year-olds bringing in six-packs dents at this campus. There are very few any attempts to overthrow him. in order to maintain order. I question, how- were the ones being hauled off in ambu- moments, if any, in which I have seen such a What Saleh’s latest concession will actu- ever, the logic in taking aggressive measures lances and not the freshman ripping shots clear example of the community experience ally mean in practice is unclear. Not only to create a climate in which the students in their dorms. Two performing acts instead that Tufts actively advertises on a campus was Saleh’s concession merely rhetorical, at at this school are placed at odds with an of three will not stop people from pregam- that is, to me, noticeably segregated (socially, this point no agreement has actually been antagonistic university administration. Is it ing; shutting down NQR will not change rather than racially) and more or less devoid signed, but it is also possible that Saleh’s sensible for the governing members of an the fact that binge drinking occurs and that of popular opportunities to build school announcement was merely an attempt to institution that indulges in its image as a there are many students at this school who spirit. I was proud looking over the turnout placate the masses. Even so, the announce- bastion of progressivism and liberal educa- don’t have enough experience with alcohol in years passed. I remember rethinking my ment itself will probably not please them tion to take these backward steps in how to understand their limits. And I can guar- cynicism as I happily joked with the police given the terms within it regarding immu- they deal with the very students who make antee that breaking up the 4/20 celebration officers who calmly observed the festivi- nity from prosecution. this campus what it is? on the library roof last week did not prevent ties at a distance. But to have watched our At this point, if Saleh is to leave the Since arriving at Tufts I have watched a single person so inclined from smoking to school regress over my time here rather presidency, he will do so under a cloud as the university has slowly found ways their lungs’ content in their dorm room or than move forward saddens me, and I am of embarrassment. What he should learn to put itself increasingly at odds with its at an off-campus apartment or in any other glad that I am not one of the incoming from his counterparts in Tunisia, Egypt and students. When I was a freshman, each stu- deserted nook in the area. freshmen who toured this campus this past even Libya is that the sooner he does so, the dent was afforded one alcohol-related Tufts These actions do, however, result in an weekend and will find it, in many ways, a less embarrassed he may be. Emergency Medical Service (TEMS) call at times hostile relationship between the less tolerant and more hostile place than I without any punitive measures. Coming administration and the students, in which have experienced. into my sophomore year, I learned that both sides view each other with animosity Ashish Malhotra is a senior majoring first-time offenses meant immediate place- and even contempt. Conflicts such as that of in international relations and politi- ment on the level-one disciplinary proba- this year’s NQR, in which officers have been Steven Cohen is a junior majoring in inter- cal science. He can be reached at Ashish. tion list, or pro-one (I suppose that is an widely accused of violent overreaction, are national letters and visual studies. [email protected].

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MEN’S LACROSSE continued from page 16 But senior quad-captain attackman JumbosRyan Molloy stepped edge up to Panthers,end Tufts’ earning home-field advantage for NESCAC tournament scoring drought, hammering in two goals before fellow senior quad-cap- tain Matt Witko, a midfielder, added one more to even the game up at three. All three scores came on feeds from Hessler. “After their run we didn’t change anything,” Rhoads said. “They’d gotten some lucky breaks. With the wet weath- er, I don’t think Patton was ready for the kinds of bounce shots that they threw at him. But we didn’t take any timeouts; we just kept playing our game.”

“… If we were patient instead of dodging right away, and … if we could take advantage of the [isolation], we could get great looks.”

D.J. Hessler senior attackman

Middlebury sophomore attackman Mike Giordano soon recaptured the lead for the Panthers and Tufts trailed 4-3 at the end of the first period, but the Jumbos came out of the gates strong in the second quarter. Hessler and junior midfielder Kevin McCormick each Virginia Bledsoe/Tufts Daily scored, giving Tufts its first lead of the Junior Nick Rhoads, shown here in a game on Apr. 16, won 14 of the 23 faceoffs on Saturday, helping the Jumbos to an 11-8 victory over Middlebury. game before Panthers junior attack- man Tim Cahill tied it at 5-5 going into trol, banking a shot past senior co-cap- Sophomore close defenseman Matt Panthers to an even 41 groundballs per halftime. tain goalkeeper Ryan Deane to give the Callahan recorded his first goal of the squad. Tufts’ improved midfield play and Middlebury took two quick leads early Jumbos their second lead with just over season, while Witko finished the day sense of urgency in loose-ball situations in the second half, with the Jumbos a minute remaining in the period. with an empty-net score in the closing proved a decisive factor in the matchup. equalizing each time. Then, with the The Jumbos never trailed again, scor- minute. “Middlebury did a great job on the game stalled at 7-7, Hessler took con- ing the last three goals of the contest. “We knew that they played very wings on faceoffs getting groundballs. aggressively so if we were patient They had one pole that was all over the instead of dodging right away, and … if place, but we kept scrapping and when we could take advantage of the [isola- those opportunities came we made it tion], we could get great looks,” Hessler our opportunity rather than just fifty- said. “They did a pretty good job of tak- fifty,” Hessler said. “We’re definitely ing away our transition game ... near still improving in that area but it’s the end of the game we got a few more heading in the right direction.” opportunities, and that’s what helped Tufts hosts Babson on Monday separate us.” before traveling to Bowdoin to con- In the last period, Watkins took sev- clude the regular season. The Jumbos eral shots off the helmet to keep Tufts are focused on these contests, but ahead, while Tufts’ close defenders feel accomplished after capturing also stepped up to deflect Middlebury’s home-field advantage for the NESCAC final attempts. Tournament. “The defense played incredibly,” “One of our goals on the team was Rhoads said. “There was one point at to host the NESCACs, but even until the end of the game where I think they then, we still have a lot of games left,” had the ball for about three minutes and Hessler said. “That’s not really some- we shut them down the whole time.” thing we’ve thought about too much, The Jumbos, who have recently but it’s definitely something that we’re struggled with possession, played the proud about.”

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CANTONE A left-hander with speed, continued from page 16 Cantone has the perfect build chose Tufts, a recruiting boon for an archetypical slap hitter. for an already stacked side. Early on, the idea was even “Lena was a very well-known suggested to her by a trav- player in her area of the world el ball coach. But the con- when we were recruiting her,” cept never quite added up for coach Cheryl Milligan said. Cantone. “The question was ‘Can we get “I always just figured if I her,’ because a lot of teams could get a hit hitting the ball were interested in her. Since then why not do that,” Cantone she got here, we’ve tried to said. Instead of trying to beat continue to build on the abil- out a throw in the infield, why ity she already had.” not try to put it in a gap.” In her first collegiate sea- Instead, her decision to son, she earned a spot in the avoid relying on her speed to starting lineup from day one get infield hits may be one of on a team that would go to the her biggest assets. Opposing College World Series that year. defenses that do not know By the time the team made its her well may expect the slap historic run, she had solidified and play her in, leaving gap- her place in the 7-hole, earned ing holes in the infield for her second-team NESCAC and All- line drives to find. Teams that American accolades, and was know her well will likely play second on the team in RBIs. her back, giving her the option She hit .375 for the year. to lay one down or chop into After a “down year” — at the infield dirt for a cheap hit. least by her standards — in When it comes to defending 2010 that still included anoth- Cantone, teams have to pick er second-team all-conference their poison. award but only a .325 aver- “If I see the corners back I age, Cantone hit the gym with will occasionally drop down added vigor this past summer. a bunt,” Cantone said. “It’s “I challenged myself a lot fun to mix up the corners. more to get a lot stronger in Sometimes early in the game the offseason than I have in the they will play in and I won’t last couple of years,” Cantone slap, so the next time I come said. “Not that I haven’t always up they would play back and challenged myself, but I think I’d lay down a bunt.” more than any other year I Cantone, and the rest of the came in to preseason stronger heart of the lineup for that than I was.” matter, also benefit from each The results have been unde- other’s presence in the line- niable. With some added up. Freshman catcher Jo Clair, virginia bledsoe/Tufts Daily power to her swing, she is sophomore second baseman Junior first baseman Lena Cantone, shown here at a home game on March 30, is on pace to break Tufts’ all-time finding outfield gaps left and Emily Beinecke and Cantone batting average record and currently leads the team with an impressive .482 batting average. right, leading the conference all hit over .400 and all have in doubles. She also seems to power in their swings. While three guarantees that each will a while because of the way she has instead consistently sup- have added speed, legging out teams were pitching around receive good pitches down the has been hitting home runs, ported and helped to improve balls that she may not have Clair earlier in the year, the stretch. and Lena is huge in keeping her younger teammates. On been able to in the past. continued production of all “Jo was being walked a lot for her protected,” Milligan said. a team that includes just two “I think they have been a real seniors, that ability may be as help to each other because you impressive as her swing. can’t just walk all of them.” “She has been a fantastic Perhaps the most important leader,” Milligan said. “She is factor to her lofty average is the one that is always point- her mental capacity for avoid- ing out that that’s how we do ing slumps. When batting things around here and I think around .500, a single two-or- she has really come into her three-game slump can cause own as a vocal leader. The an average to plummet. But team really respects her a ton, Cantone has avoided the pros- and she has the trust and faith pect of finding herself in situ- in all of them to say, ‘Hey, I ations like those with acute know you can do that better.’ focus and positive thinking. That is one of the best things “I treat every at-bat as we can ask for out of a leader, another chance to get a hit as and I think the younger play- opposed to looking at it like ers look up to her for it.” I’m afraid to get out,” Cantone Whether Cantone wants said. “No matter how good to acknowledge it or not, you are, even the best baseball she will go down in history players get into slumps. Even as one of Tufts’ great players. if I have an 0-for-3 game I Her average record could hold try to stay positive, because it up for many years; unless of happens to everyone.” course she breaks it again in While the numbers are her senior year. But her most enough of an accomplish- important contribution may ment by themselves, what be that winning seems to fol- makes Cantone’s year even low her, and as the Jumbos more impressive is the way enter this weekend’s series she has stepped up into a lead- against Trinity with a chance virginia bledsoe/Tufts Daily ership role this season as a to win the NESCAC East, they Cantone, shown here on March 30, has stepped into a leadership role for the Jumbos, serving as a co-captain co-captain. Never one to have could use some of that win- on a team with only two seniors. a star-player ego, Cantone ning touch.

SOFTBALL improved to 4-7 on the year. Meanwhile, jam in the second inning, senior co- a third game on Saturday, the contest continued from page 16 Polimeno suffered the loss for Colby, captain starter Izzie Santone settled was postponed due to rain. The make- girls looked in top form. Fortunately falling to 3-4. down, tossing five innings in which she up game has yet to be announced. Do-or-diefor the Jumbos, Polimeno series blinked withfirst, “It’sBantams nice to get the winlooms but I think this we struck weekend out six Mules andas allowedJumbos only seekThe Jumbos playoff will host Rhode berth Island surrendering four runs in the bottom know we can still play better,” DiBiase three hits. College on Tuesday before traveling of the fourth inning. The frame was said. “For me personally, my perfor- Freshman Lauren Giglio capped off to Trinity for a make-or-break sea- highlighted by a two-run double by mance looked good on the score card an impressive day for Tufts pitchers son-ending series. A Jumbos’ series freshman third baseman Kayla Holland but I was definitely bailed out by the with four strikeouts in her two innings loss, combined with a single win for that gave the Jumbos a 3-0 cushion. hitters a few times and I know there are of relief to secure the 4-0 victory. The Bowdoin over Bates would leave Tufts The Jumbos tacked on two more areas of my game I can still improve.” Jumbos’ pitching staff allowed just six out of the NESCAC playoffs for the insurance runs in the bottom of the Game two saw the Jumbos plate total hits during the afternoon’s two first time in program history. To avoid fifth to extend their advantage to 6-0. the only run they would need in the games, with only four Mules reaching disappointment, the Jumbos will need Pitching, however, was the story of the first inning. After three consecutive third base all day. to improve their road performance; the game. DiBiase tossed an impressive five Jumbos reached base, freshman catch- Tufts improved to 18-14 overall and team is only 4-5 away from Spicer Field innings, in which she allowed only two er Chrissie Massrey forced a walk, scor- 6-2 in the NESCAC with the pair of this season. hits and recorded five strikeouts, before ing Cantone from third base. wins. Meanwhile, the Mules slid fur- “Ideally we would like to have more sophomore Aly Moskowitz closed the The Jumbos tallied another run in ther down in the standings, dropping wiggle room,” DiBiase said. “But this is door on the Mules, giving up just one the second inning and then two more to 8-16 on the year, while remaining what you play for, these types of com- hit in her two innings of relief. in the fourth to widen the margin. After winless (0-8) in NESCAC East play. petitive games. It’s do or die now. This DiBiase, who took the victory, working out of a bases-loaded, no-out Though the teams were slated to play is what it’s all about.” Monday, April 25, 2011 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 15

Ethan Sturm | Rules of the Game Crew team dedicates boat to Adele Fleet Bacow Back to the (sports) future he semester is running out, and schoolwork is driving me crazy. So this week, I’m breaking the rules. I’m starting up the DeLorean, amping it Tup to 88 miles per hour and going for a joy ride through time. But rather than messing with my personal history, I’m going to be messing with sports history. First, a quick rule: Nothing can be changed that involves teams that you support. I can’t fix the Yankees 2004 ALCS collapse; Red Sox fans can’t fix Bill Buckner’s fielding inepti- tude. Outside of that, everything is fair game. Fasten your seatbelts. You’re in for a wild ride.

1. Eliminate Steroids (1990s) The Steroid Era will go down in history as much more than a decade with a home-run surplus. In a game so defined by its record books, the use of performance-enhancing drugs will forever leave fans questioning what was real and what was not. Is Maris still the true single-season home run king? Is Aaron still the career leader? Perhaps most disappointingly, it has turned sports fans — often the biggest pro- ponents of unbridled, unsupported opti- mism — into doubters. When Jose Bautista

Courtesy Gillian Hodes hit 54 home runs last year, we doubted. The members of the men’s and women’s crew teams gathered Saturday morning at the William A. Shoemaker boathouse at a ceremony When Brian Roberts went from a base steal- to officially name one of the team’s new boats in honor of Tufts’ first lady, Adele Fleet Bacow. The team purchased the boat last year, and er to a 20-home-run guy, we doubted. Even crew team coach Gary Caldwell and University President Lawrence Bacow conspired to name the boat after Adele and keep it a secret in other sports, when Lance Armstrong until the dedication. While the boat will be used by the women’s team, it benefits the entire squad, Caldwell said. made what could have been the most moti- vational run in sports history … you guessed it … we doubted. My first order of business would be going into the ’90s and removing Loss to Middlebury creates logjam in NESCAC standings all of the doubt. Women’s Lacrosse 2. Sink Hayward’s Desperation Heave (2010) continued from page 16 Okay, I’ll reason with you, I am indeed a ing the game-winner with 14 minutes fan of the underdog. But this isn’t a case of remaining, giving the Panthers a 10-9 me getting my Cinderella jollies. If Gordon lead. Hayward had hit his half-court three, it From there, both teams generated would have knocked off Duke and earned scoring chances but could not quite Butler the first mid-major NCAA basketball break down each other’s defenses. title since UNLV won in 1990, six months Not a single goal was scored after before I was born. the 14-minute mark, and Middlebury It’s not like I’d be changing much: Hayward emerged from rain-soaked Bello with missed by mere inches, just barely continu- the win. ing over the front rim. But think about the “I think we definitely had the poten- storylines: Basketball blue blood against little- tial to win, and maybe we should have known school from the heartland of college won, but the cards just didn’t fall our basketball, half-court shot from the team’s way,” Eaton said. “It was a matchup star that had quickly become a household between two really good teams, and it name, Butler coach Brad Stevens doing cart- just came down to one or two plays at wheels at center court. Screenwriters couldn’t the end of the game.” make this stuff up. So give me my Cinderella story, and let me go to sleep happy.

“We just want to contin- 3. Overturn Haywood v. NBA (1971) ue gaining our confidence Way back in the day, the NBA would not allow players to enter the league until they against these tough teams. were at least four years out of high school. ... We know the game is In 1971, Spencer Haywood attempted to enter after just three years, and when he was going to be really close denied, he took his case all the way to the Supreme Court, where he was eventually again, and we want to keep victorious. improving and stay strong While this decision ended up letting a handful of young players enter the league heading into the playoffs.” early in the ’70s, it more importantly set the precedent that caused many players to make Kerry Eaton the jump 20 years later, negatively affecting sophomore attackman both the NBA and the NCAA. First of all, college basketball fans lost out on some great dynasties. McGrady, Bryant The loss will certainly be consid- and Garnett would have all been facing off ered a setback for the Tufts team, with each other in what could have been especially considering that the squad some of the greatest games of all time. James was playing on the friendly confines of and Howard could have started a classic Bello against a team that was directly UNC-Duke rivalry that could have continued behind it in the conference standings. into the NBA, or they could have taken their Moreover, it was the team’s third one- talents to the same school and dominated for goal loss of the season to a NESCAC three years. We will never know. opponent, making the defeat sting But just as importantly, all of these play- even more. ers would have had four years in college to “We left it all out on the field, but improve and mature. Kevin Durant improved the weather definitely played a big vastly this year after a summer under Mike factor, and their mechanics were much Krzyzewski; if only he had four years with a cleaner than ours,” junior midfielder such a great college coach. And if James had Casey Egan said. “Their passing was had to come up under Roy Williams, maybe much better, and we played tough and “The Decision” would never have happened. tried to get back into it at the end, but William H. Butt V/Tufts Daily they held on.” Freshman attackman Gabby Horner, shown here in a game on April 14, scored two con- So there you have it, what I would do if I The NESCAC Tournament seeding secutive goals Saturday to get the Jumbos back in the game, though the team eventually could go back. What would you do if you had options for Tufts now run the gamut lost to Middlebury 10-9. the chance? Send me an email and maybe from third to sixth, depending on tie- you’ll see yourself in print next week. breaker scenarios and the outcome of teams sit between the records of 6-2 teams,” Eaton said of the matchup the final game of the season against and 4-4, bringing this year’s regular against Bowdoin. “We know the game Bowdoin on April 29. With Trinity season down to the wire. is going to be really close again, and Ethan Sturm is a sophomore majoring in locked in at No. 1 and Conn. College “We just want to continue gaining we want to keep improving and stay biopsychology. He can be reached at ethan. and Wesleyan already eliminated, five our confidence against these tough strong heading into the playoffs.” [email protected]. 16

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Softball Softball Feature Junior Cantone chases history with every swing

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In softball and baseball, statistics and record books are sacred. Many fans of the games will often focus on home runs, arguably the most glamorous stat of them all. But as Major League Baseball shows, home- run records are far from untouchable. In fact, the old single-season record of 61 set by Roger Maris in 1961 has been shattered six times in the past 13 years. Instead, it may be batting average records that are the most impressive. Unlike cumulative stats that allow room for slumps, one bad stretch of games can permanently ruin a batting average. That is perhaps the reason that no Major League hitter has hit over .400 since Ted Williams batted .406 in 1941. But there is one record that is undoubtedly more challenging than hitting .400: hitting .500. Virginia Bledsoe/Tufts Daily In 2011, junior first baseman Lena Sophomore pitcher Rebecca DiBiase, shown here in a game on April 3, tossed five shutout innings en route to her fourth win of the season Cantone is looking to do just that. in game one of Tufts’ doubleheader against Colby on Friday. Cantone, who after two games this weekend is hitting .482 (55-for- 114) with just five games to go in the Jumbos take weekend doubleheader from Jumbos’ regular season, currently sits just .005 above Tufts’ previous single- season mark, set just two years ago by Mules behind stellar pitching performances Maya Ripecky (LA ’09). While Cantone is quick to play down the significance b y Za c h e y Kl i g e r standings. In a season marked by it was a series the Jumbos knew they of the accomplishment, there is no Daily Staff Writer inconsistency, the Jumbos took a step needed to have. doubt that the numbers are represen- toward this goal at home on Friday, “It’s so competitive in the NESCAC tative of a special season. With the 2010-11 season winding when they swept a woeful Colby squad now that the season is winding down,” “It feels good to be hitting the ball, down, the softball team is trying to 6-0 and 4-0 on the strength of two fan- junior co-captain first baseman Lena and it feels good to be contributing to make a late push in the NESCAC East tastic pitching performances. Cantone, who is leading the team in my team,” Cantone said. “But I wouldn’t Both teams came into the weekend batting with a .485 average, said. “We say I’m up there with the great players SOFTBALL struggling. The Jumbos had lost five of just know that we have to record a ‘W’ at Tufts.” (18-4, 6-2 NESCAC East) their previous eight contests, includ- every game moving forward.” Cantone hails from Southington, Spicer Field, Friday ing two against Bowdoin, a conference Game one of Friday’s doublehead- Conn., where her smooth line-drive opponent. For Colby, the woes have er featured a matchup between Tufts swing brought her attention through- Colby 0 been persistent from the first game of sophomore starter Rebecca DiBiase out the region. Her skills earned her Tufts 6 the season. The Mules entered Friday’s and Colby starter Aimee Polimeno. a spot on the Connecticut All-State contest at 8-14 overall. Colby had For a while, the contest had all the teams for both 2007 and 2008, and the Colby 0 yet to win a game against a NESCAC makings of a pitcher’s duel, as both offers from schools poured in. Cantone Tufts 4 opponent, posting an abysmal 0-6 mark against those teams. Simply put, see SOFTBALL, page 14 see CANTONE, page 14

Men’s Lacrosse Women’s Lacrosse Finally, victory in Vermont Jumbos lose in heartbreaker, Win on the road clinches NESCAC No. 1 seed fall to fourth in NESCAC b y Ka t e Kl o t s “I changed up the grip on my stick Senior Staff Writer a little bit and had my hands a lit- b y Da v i d McIn t y r e But Tufts responded quickly with tle closer together, which helps a Daily Editorial Board a run of its own, as freshman attack- On Saturday afternoon, the No. whole bunch,” Rhoads said. “Also, man Gabby Horner grabbed two goals 4 men’s lacrosse team (11-1, 8-0 we switched up some of the wings Heading into their matchup with No. in little more than five minutes that NESCAC) conquered one of its oldest and put [sophomore midfielder] Ryan 11 Middlebury on Saturday, the mem- brought the Jumbos level at four. Jorgenson there, which made a big bers of the No. 13 women’s lacrosse “When we get down, we have this MEN’S LACROSSE difference.” spark in us, that makes us realize that (11-1, 8-0 NESCAC) Middlebury outshot Tufts 57 to WOMEN’S LACROSSE we need to score and we need to change at Middlebury, Vt., Saturday 39, but freshman goalkeeper Patton (10-4, 5-3 NESCAC) the momentum,” sophomore attack- Watkins posted 18 saves and Tufts’ Bello Field, Saturday man Kerry Eaton said. “And when we do Tufts 3 2 3 3 — 11 defense bounced back from a rocky score, we know we need to score again Midd. 4 1 2 1 — 8 first period to allow Middlebury only Midd. 5 5 — 10 quickly to keep that momentum up.” four goals in the final three quarters Tufts 4 5 — 9 Though each team scored in bunch- demons, upending No. 10 Middlebury of play. es early in the contest, the rest of the in an 11-8, come-from-behind vic- The Panthers jumped out to an team had every reason to feel confi- game was marked by strong defense tory, the Jumbos first win on the road early lead after sophomore midfielder dent. Tufts had won nine of its previous and trading goals, as neither squad against the Panthers in coach Mike Erich Pfeffer rebounded a Watkins 10 games and stood tied for second in took more than a one-goal lead at any Daly’s 13-year tenure. save and fired a shot past the fresh- the NESCAC with just two conference point after the six-minute mark of the With the win, the Jumbos clinched man for the 1-0 advantage. games remaining. first half. Middlebury took a slim 5-4 the No. 1 seed in the upcoming NESCAC Thirty seconds later, Middlebury But despite the good omens, the lead into the halftime break, but Eaton tournament and preserved a perfect senior midfielder Adam Connor Jumbos were unable to close out the scored just 31 seconds into the second 8-0 NESCAC record going into the final notched a goal of his own and fresh- Panthers on Bello Field, losing 10-9 to half, evening the match once again. conference game of the season. man midfielder George Curtis brought drop into a tie for fourth place in the Middlebury benefited from the Senior quad-captain attackman the lead to 3-0, scoring with 9 1/2 conference standings. remarkable second half performance D.J. Hessler, a nominee for the NCAA’s minutes to play. Just halfway into The Panthers opened the game on of senior co-captain attackman Sally prestigious Tewaaraton Award, led the the first quarter, it appeared that the a 3-0 run, thanks to goals from three Ryan. Ryan, who leads her team in Jumbos’ efforts with six points and Jumbos were headed for their second different attackmen — junior Elizabeth goals by 21, scored all three of her goals junior face-off specialist Nick Rhoads loss in as many weeks. Garry and freshmen Michaela Colbert in the game in the second half, includ- had a standout day at the X, as Tufts and Ellen Halle — and a Tufts foul that controlled 14 of 23 faceoffs. see MEN’S LACROSSE, page 13 gave the visitors a free position shot. see WOMEN’S LACROSSE, page 15