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Sunny Read It First 59/45 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXIV, NUMBER 23 Thursday, October 11, 2012 TUFTSDAILY.COM Social activist Mel King visits the Hill

b y Jo s h We i n e r “There’s a saying, ‘If they Daily Editorial Board can name you, they can claim you,’” he said. “So I told myself, Mel King, senior lecturer ‘don’t let anybody name me.’ emeritus at the Massachusetts No change can come to any Institute of Technology and movement or group until they former candidate for Boston can assert that they are deserv- mayor, last night present- ing and have a right.” ed a lecture in the Alumnae King acknowledged the Lounge, documenting the progress that has been made observations he has made against segregation and dis- during his lengthy career as a crimination in his lifetime but social activist in the area. believes that society is plagued King, a lifelong resident of by the fact that certain groups Boston’s South End, spoke on are denied the privileges and the many instances in his life opportunities that are so read- in which he has had to com- ily available to others in the bat racism and discrimina- same environment. tion. One of the earliest cases “Lurking still in our cul- of segregation that he expe- ture is the fact that we value rienced occurred within the some groups less than oth- Kyra Sturgill / The Tufts Daily Church of All Nations, where ers,” he said. “Romney called In celebration of National Coming Out Day, the Tufts Queer Straight Alliance hosted a rally in the Mayer Campus he worshipped as a child from this group the 47 percent, the Center yesterday. the 1930s onwards. Occupiers called it the 99 per- “Something was wrong cent. But isn’t dividing groups with this picture,” King said. like that denying folks the crit- Crowd gathers for annual Coming “It was divided into black ical privilege of being able to and white. In later years, we say for themselves what’s in participated in bringing this their own interests?” Out Day rally church back together.” As a longtime educator, King b y Co r i n n e Se g a l environment for all students. are,” Bourdon said. King described numerous pointed to the school system Senior Staff Writer Tufts launched the Office of All 50 states did not observe cases of this nature that gave in Boston, in which people Intercultural and Social Identities the holiday until 1990, according rise to his support of the early of different races and social Members of the Tufts com- Programs (ISIP) last semester as a to group facilitator of QSA Sophia African-American Civil Rights standings often lose out dis- munity yesterday filled Hotung way to engage the Tufts commu- Laster. Tufts had its first Coming Movement. proportionately to others. Cafe in the Mayer Campus nity in dialogues about diversity. Out Day rally in 1991, which 18 “I admire the self-definition He suggested combating this Center for the 24th annual “A National Coming Out Day students attended, she added. of Rosa Parks,” he said. “She disparity by making the record National Coming Out Day. is not only symbolic, but it is “As political and social aware- said to herself, ‘If I give up my of achievement of each class- Organized by the Tufts Queer [also] important for the history ness of LGBT issues on campus seat on this bus, it’s because room available to the public, Straight Alliance (QSA), the and direction of our country and has grown, so has the span of this I’m less than who I know I am.’ so that parents can know that rally allowed students, faculty our university,” Barker said. event,” Laster, a junior, said. It was a big, big moment as they are sending their children and staff to share their stories Director of the LGBT Center Laster stressed the need for a to how I would define myself to a school where they will and discuss what it means to Tom Bourdon noted that it is change in the national attitude from there on.” receive a valuable education. identify as a member of the important for all members of toward the LGBT community. King stressed the absolute “On you, on all of us, is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and the gay community to celebrate “Why do our sexualities, the need for activist organizations the importance of taking Transgender (LGBT) commu- their identities. people we love, the people we to build their own identity and developing approaches nity or as an ally. “Today I hope you remember sleep with, mean so much to oth- for themselves rather than let which show and create a new Dean of Undergraduate and to let people know how you feel, ers in this country?” Laster asked. those from the outside do it Graduate Students John Barker to have a good time, to not let “Why do those in power favor for them. see KING, page 2 discussed the importance of people hold you down and to creating a safe educational have no regret for being who you see LGBT, page 2

Nutrition Debate coverage Third Senate debate highlights education, women’s rights Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass) and Harvard “I went to a commuter college and I ended up online learning Law Professor Elizabeth Warren met for their a professor ... I’m proud to have made it where I third debate in Springfield, Mass. last night to made it in my profession,” she said. “But I paid programLi z z Gr a i noffers g e r talk unemployment, education costs and other $50 a semester because America was investing in Daily Editorial Board national and local issues in the race for the U.S. colleges and universities at the time.” Senate Massachusetts seat. Brown extolled his experience in the Senate The Friedman School of The candidates dug deep into each other’s since his unexpected victory in the January 2010 Nutrition Science and Policy histories, drawing on ideological differences special election. announced last month that its on issues including jobs, health care costs, “[I’m] truly working very hard in a bipartisan Master of Nutrition in Science high college tuition, the federal budget and manner,” he said. and Policy (MNSP) degree pro- women’s rights. When asked to defend his record on wom- gram will enroll its first class of Brown (LA ’81) and Warren answered ques- MCT en’s issues, Brown noted his pro-choice stance students at the school’s Boston tions posed by Massachusetts residents before the The third Senate debate between on abortion and his support of women in the campus next fall. debate, which was moderated by WGBY-TV host Massachusetts candidates Scott Brown and armed forces. The four-semester “blended Jim Madigan. Elizabeth Warren took place in Springfield On the same question, Warren pointed back learning” program is the only Warren and Brown sparred over the Symphony Hall last night. to several “no” votes that Brown has taken in the master’s degree in nutrition in Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, Senate that she called “bad votes for women,” the country that offers a com- the Democratic candidate emphasizing that including those for equal pay for equal work, bination of online courses with the bill would benefit research and savings in an undergraduate — as supporting his experi- birth control and a pro-choice woman on the campus residencies and face- Massachusetts. ence with the issue. He claimed that Warren’s Supreme Court. to-face teaching, according to “This is going to be a big driver for the $350,000 salary for teaching at Harvard is part of Recent polls show Warren and Brown in a close Lynne Ausman, professor at the economy here in Massachusetts and ultimately the problem of “out of sight” education costs. race that is being watched across the country as Friedman School and director of for saving health care around the country,” “I’ve been working very hard to find ways to the Democrats vie to keep control of the Senate. the MNSP program. Warren said. provide a good value for our dollar and to stretch A final debate between Brown and Warren will “[The residencies] last In a spirited exchange over the high cost those dollars,” he said. be held on Oct. 30 in Boston. between one [and] one-and-a- of education, Brown cited his time attending Warren bemoaned the lack of investment in school in Massachusetts — including at Tufts as education compared to when she was a student. —by Martha Shanahan see FRIEDMAN, page 2

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PBS’s Frontline docu- News 1 Op-Ed 11 mentary, “The Change HONK! Festival livens 2012,” delves into the up Davis Square with Features 3 Comics 12 presidential candi- music and dancing. Weekender 5Classifieds 13 dates’ personal lives. Captured 8 Sports Back Editorial | Op-Ed 10 see WEEKENDER, page 5 see CAPTURED, page 8 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News Thursday, October 11, 2012 Friedman School master’s program comes to Boston campus FRIEDMAN work part-time and take the mas- continued from page 1 ter’s degree.” half weeks for every semester, Krumm said studies have so for every class a student is shown that blended learning pro- taking, they get two to three duces equivalent and sometimes full days of lecturing and stu- better outcomes than the full res- dent interaction in that class,” idential classroom experience. Ausman said. “By the time the “You can actually come to student leaves here, they’ve met Tufts, sit in the classroom, be all the faculty, they know the face-to-face with the faculty and resources of the school and they your fellow students and then kind of know each other. So have that supplemented by hav- everyone is really jazzed.” ing all of your lectures in an The blended learning online environment,” he said. approach was first established Unlike all other programs at at the Friedman School in 2009 Friedman, MNSP focuses on both after the government of Ras Al science and policy, Ausman said. Khaimah, one of the United “This is a little bit more gen- Arab Emirates, reached out to eral for students who are trying to the school to develop a program update themselves or get a feeling to promote careers in health, for a new area and for somebody wellness and nutrition, accord- who doesn’t even know the area ing to Ausman. they’re interested in,” she said. Ausman said that the pro- Although no nutrition experi- gram caters to a broad range ence is necessary to enroll, she kyra sturgill / the tufts daily of students and is especially explained that students must Members and allies of the LGBT community gathered in Hotung yesterday for National Coming Out Day. helpful to people currently in have a strong background in sci- the workforce looking for an ence to meet prerequisites. opportunity to pursue a mas- “In this program, everyone has Tufts community discusses LGBT issues ter’s degree. to have a science background LGBT to be ourselves,” Atherton said. sexual identity. “There are some people with because half of the material they continued from page 1 Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, the “I don’t need a label any- bachelor’s degrees who des- learn is science, but the other prejudice and homophobia over executive director of Tufts Hillel, more,” she said. “This day is perately want to get a master’s half is policy, and there’s no other human rights?” said that religious institutions supposed to celebrate being degree and go forward in their program like that in the school,” David Arond, assistant pro- should promote equality. you and coming out as what- profession and workforce, but she said. fessor of public health and fam- “Religion should bring more ever you want.” just can’t quit their job,” she said. The MNSP program in Ras Al ily medicine at the School of unity and more love into the Tufts Community Union “I just think it’s capacity-building Khaimah consists of only one- Medicine and faculty advisor to world,” he said. (TCU) Judiciary Chair Adam and will provide something that’s third U.S. citizens, according to the Buddhist Sangha at Tufts, Tufts University Police Sax, a senior, said that it was desperately needed.” Ausman. She said she expects emphasized the importance of Department (TUPD) Sgt. moving to hear everyone’s indi- The school will be able to the program to become more realizing that all human beings Christopher McGee explained vidual stories. boost its teaching capacity popular for U.S. citizens over the are connected, regardless of that TUPD provides support for “We don’t all have the same through the program, Director of next few years due to the ability sexual orientation or gender. all students, including members experience, and that’s what Communications at the Friedman to complete a residency on the “One of the fundamental of the LGBT community. makes this community diverse School Mark Krumm said. Boston campus. aspects of Buddhism and mind- TUPD officers undergo diver- and wonderful,” he said. “It gives people who couldn’t “We aren’t looking to fill up a fulness is that we ‘inter-are,’” he sity training every year, McGee TCU Senator Logan Cotton, otherwise come to Boston for class of 100 students in the first said. “We’re all connected ... It’s said, adding that this year the a senior, explained the signifi- two years and earn a master’s at year,” Krumm said. “It would all about love.” officers will receive additional cance of overcoming frustra- the Friedman School the oppor- be great if we had 20 students Assistant Professor of Physics training from Bourdon. tion and working towards posi- tunity to do that,” he said. “It may or so in the first year and the and Astronomy Timothy “The campus police is a very tive change. be people freshly out of under- first cohort of the program. Atherton said that coming out strong ally to the community,” “Our goal, as a community, is graduate [school] who don’t want When you look at the size of helps connect people in the Bourdon said. to bring people off the sidewalk to take on a whole lot more debt the school, roughly 10 percent LGBT community. Carly Knitzer, a freshman, and into the march,” he said. by moving to Boston for the resi- growth would be pretty sub- “By all of us being out, we can said that her personal expe- “There is progress happening all dential program ... They could stantial for the program.” create a community which gives riences have taught her that around you, and your contribu- all of us strength and the ability no one needs to label their tion matters.”

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Disorderly conduct Fire Department, which used an 1-2-3 punch The Tufts University Police electric grinder to break the lock. A student on Oct. 7 at 12:34 a.m. Department (TUPD) on Sept. 29 The alumnus wore a fireman’s reported to a TUPD officer that at 1:10 a.m. responded to a call jacket and hood to protect him he had been assaulted behind from Lawrence Memorial Hospital from the sparks. the Theta Delta Chi fraternity that a Tufts student being treated house at 123 Packard Ave. The there was verbally abusive and Guests behaving student had received a call from combative towards hospital staff badly another student asking him to members. TUPD officers con- TUPD on Sept. 30 at 1 a.m. meet him at the house, and when firmed the identity of the patient responded to a false fire alarm he arrived, the caller and two as a Tufts student. The student in Haskell Hall. Third floor resi- or three other students began continued to insult and yell at the dents described the people who assaulting him. The victim got staff until she fell asleep. had pulled the alarm to TUPD, away with minor injuries. TUPD is and officers later found people conducting an ongoing investiga- Out of the box matching the descriptions near tion of the report. TUPD officers on Sept. 29 at 10 South Hall. They denied pulling p.m. noticed a student carrying a the alarm and said they were Pre-frosh slosh box with the label of a brand of not Tufts students but had been TUPD responded to a report of sparkling wine. Police asked the let into Haskell as guests. TUPD an intoxicated person in South student what was in the box, and did not have enough evidence Hall on Oct. 7 at 1:57 a.m. The Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily he responded that it contained to charge them with pulling the person, a high school student Mel King delivered a lecture in the Alumnae Lounge last night, sharing his alcohol. When asked if he was alarm, but they were given tres- who said she was on a recruiting experiences as a social activist in Boston for the past six decades. of legal drinking age, the student pass warnings and told not to weekend, reported that she had responded that he was not. TUPD come back on campus. been drinking wine at a fraternity. found a 30-pack of light beer A Tufts student had found her King discusses social justice, in the box that the student said on Professors Row and brought had been purchased legally by Too close for com- her back to South Hall. The high someone else. fort school student was transported education system A student reported to TUPD on to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Oct. 1 at 10 p.m. that she had KING said. “It definitely made it a lot Just his lock been walking to her house on continued from page 1 more personable.” A Tufts alumnus came into the Upland Road when a man in a and informed unity,” he said. “Seeing Mel King is like see- TUPD station on Sept. 29 at 11:10 white Honda Accord pulled up “We have to believe that we ing living history,” senior lectur- p.m. with a Kryptonite bike lock beside her and asked for her can change.” er of education Steven Cohen, around his neck. The alumnus name. The student walked to Several members of the audi- who brought a number of his said he had put the lock around Carmichael Hall to call TUPD, ence said that King’s speech students to the event, said. “If his neck rather than hold it as he who reported the incident to the resonated with them. you’ve been living in Boston rode his bike, but the key broke Medford and Somerville police “I like that he left a lot of long enough, you’ll know that when he tried to remove the lock. departments. The driver has not room for questions and incor- the history of this city, particu- TUPD officers called the Medford been identified. porated a lot of his personal larly in the second half of the —compiled by Audrey experience and anecdotes in his 20th century, really cannot be speech,” junior Billy Rutherford written without Mel King.” 3

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ctober is my favorite month because of its famous last day. You can bet that I have Halloween on my mind once the foliage changes Ocolor and the air grows cold. I daydream about the thousands of costume ideas floating in my head, search frantically for Nicktoon Halloween specials on YouTube and eat way more candy than I should. In short, I use this month to reclaim my childhood. Since coming to college, it’s been easier to seek out everything that’s spooky and fun. Massachusetts, after all, is quite conducive to this fall-time fan- fare, since it is chock full of creepy, creaky houses and piles of crunchy leaves. Therefore, I decided that I would use my love of this haunted season to seek out somewhere that embodied it nearby. Yes, I may find Ginn Library to be as scary as the next Tufts undergraduate, but it doesn’t quite fit the bill. On the other hand, Salem Street Burying Ground is exactly what Dr. Frankenstein ordered. Courtesy Joanie Tobin / Tufts University The cemetery’s name is a bit mislead- The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) works to gain insights into civic awareness ing. You won’t find any witches here — to and education. get that, you’ll have to make the roughly 30-minute commuter rail ride to the infa- mous seaport town. Instead it’s named for one of the two streets that it rests between, the other being Riverside Avenue, the main CIRCLE leads in innovative research thoroughfare of Medford Square. Salem Street Burial Ground’s proxim- Tisch College research center analyzes civic engagement, electoral trends ity to this underrated square is how I ini- tially found it after making one of my fre- b y Da h i a n a Du a r t e The media frequently cites CIRCLE’s Levine outlined other research proj- quent trips there since discovering Ebisuya Contributing Writer research because it offers insight into ects that CIRCLE will be conducting Japanese Market. Indeed, right across the what makes civic education and mobi- related to November’s election that street from a CVS Pharmacy, you will find Though the Jonathan M. Tisch College lization efforts effective. In the past, could ultimately shape ideas about civic an absolutely fascinating graveyard. of Citizenship and Public Service con- CIRCLE’s research has illustrated that engagement and education, he said. Yes, I know it sounds morbid. But any- tinues to perpetuate a spirit of global it is cost-effective for political cam- “In the spring of 2013, we will be one who is an American history buff needs awareness, one particular program paigns to focus on reaching young vot- working on analyzing our own survey to check this place out. While it may not catching fire this election season limits ers. While campaigns had, in essence, data from the 2012 election and trying have the name recognition or fame of the its focus to a national level. dropped young voters from their can- to learn what caused young people to King’s Chapel Burying Ground in downtown The Center for Information and vassing lists in the 1980s and 1990s, vote,” he said. Boston, it is definitely a sight worth visiting. Research on Civic Learning and CIRCLE’s research led to increased CIRCLE’s research seems to hold true The first burial on the site, according to Engagement (CIRCLE) concentrates efforts on the part of campaigns to cap- for many politically active Tufts stu- the corresponding stone marker, occurred on dissecting civic engagement and ture these young individuals, and voter dents. For sophomore Caroline Kimball- in 1683. It continued to be used as a cem- education within the U.S. political data showed a huge surge in youth Katz, personal discussions with family etery until 1881. According to records, it was process. CIRCLE is an entity that is turnout at the polls for the 2004 and and friends have played a huge role in acquired by the Town of Medford in 1717 and entirely to Tufts, though it was 2008 elections. her decision to be politically active. officially has around 450 people buried within initially launched at the University of CIRCLE has conducted many stud- “People in my life have certainly it. That said, historians now believe over 600 Maryland in 2001 before moving to the ies aimed at analyzing the differences influenced my decision to get involved are buried there, including countless slaves. Hill in 2008. between the 2008 presidential election in politics, my mom more than anyone The cemetery is a part of the National “Tufts’ strong commitment to active and the current race between former else,” Kimball-Katz said. “She put the Register of Historic Places, so you’ll surely find citizenship for its students made it a Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney idea into my head of volunteering on a some fascinating details when you visit. Most good for us,” Director of CIRCLE and President Barack Obama. campaign, but I was the one who chose of those buried on the site were among the Peter Levine said. According to Sullivan, the Romney to pursue the Obama campaign.” richest people who lived in Medford. However, Levine, an analyst prominent in the campaign has done a better job of In her experience as campus leader you’ll also find a memorial for soldiers from political world, often provides com- reaching out to young voters than for Obama for America and a summer New Hampshire who died during the Battle of mentary on citizenship and engage- Senator John McCain’s campaign had organizing fellow for the campaign, she Bunker Hill in the Revolutionary War. ment for popular media outlets based in 2008. The issues at the forefront of has also found that the personal con- The graveyard also provides a remarkable on research that CIRCLE has done, an young voters minds this time around nections CIRCLE distinguishes as criti- picture of social customs during the time example being his article “Taking The are the economy and student debt. cal components of engagement can also period. For instance, many women are not President Seriously About Citizenship,” Particularly relevant to all voters this be fostered by campaigns, thus making referred to by first name and instead their which was published last month on The year are the changes made to voting a sizable difference when it comes to tombs only feature their husbands’ names. Huffington Post. laws and the resulting implications. successfully engaging other citizens. Additionally, the birthdates of many are not CIRCLE’s research has also been cited “One of the big differences is that “The campaign taught me right from listed — simply their age at death. You will by major news sources like the New many states have changed their vot- the beginning that using my voice was also find some details that are indicative of York Times, , CNN, ing laws, typically adding new require- of utmost importance. We can’t rely on tombstones from the time period, accord- National Public Radio (NPR) and the ments or restrictions. We will conduct and to campaign for ing to research I did after visiting, such as Los Angeles Times. a poll immediately after Election Day us. They only hit the surface for a lot certain skull and willow tree motifs. According to Felicia Sullivan, a senior that will allow us to estimate the effects of people,” she said. “Real conversa- All of that being said, you will not need researcher at CIRCLE, the center’s stud- of these new laws,” Levine said, noting tions dig much deeper and force our to know much about history to appreciate ies tend to focus generally on the 18- that activists and legislators may use opinions out of our mouths and into the cemetery for what it is. Even the least through 29-year-old population, often the results of the study to change state the world. This is important because, informed among us can appreciate the fact incorporating an additional emphasis laws in time for the midterm elections ultimately, people need to make the that one of Massachusetts’ earliest governors, on traditionally marginalized groups. in 2014. decision for themselves.” John Brooks, is buried in Medford. For those “Projects are ... focused on youth and CIRCLE research also shows that Just as Tufts touts and tries to instill a who want to learn more, there is informa- looking at civic engagement broadly,” despite the Romney and Obama cam- focus on global citizenship and aware- tion about the graves at the Medford Public she said. “For example, our projects paigns’ increasing usage of social ness in all of its students, CIRCLE strives Library and Medford Historical Society. often look at engagement in terms media tools like Facebook, Tumblr and to provide a deeper understand of civic What I loved most about this graveyard of public discourse, how people are Twitter to engage youth voters, per- engagement, awareness and education was that it simply has that rare ambiance engaged within their communities and sonal discussions on political matters on a national level that the media, cam- — a mixture of creepy calmness and his- the culture around political activities.” are more likely to mobilize these young paigns and students can use to increase torical importance. That alone makes it a To further investigate the ways in Americans. Research suggests that they active citizenship nationwide. go-to destination near campus. So when which young citizens are politically are more likely to vote if a friend asks “I was originally concerned about you need a spine-tingling chill to get you active in their communities, CIRCLE them to, Sullivan said. the condition of democracy in the in the eerie October mood, just take a trip connects with youth directly. “It remains true that a young person U.S.,” Levine said. “I realized that to down to Medford Square. “We also do a lot of work on improv- is more likely to vote and get involved get democratic reform, we need more ing civic education in middle school if their friends or family talk to them active citizens, and to get more active and high school and have been part of about it in person than if they post citizens, we need to hook people when Jacob Passy is a senior majoring in inter- an effort to strengthen state civics poli- about the matter on their Facebook they are young, so I moved into youth national relations. He can be reached at cies across the country,” Levine said. walls,” she said. civic engagement.” [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y advertisement Thursday, October 11, 2012 5

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parents. With few strong role mod- an array of commentators and ana- els and a biracial background, Obama lysts. Much like the film’s format, the struggled to find his identity during his assortment of opinions and variety adolescent years. of views in “The Choice” also reflect Obama spent a few years at Occidental the documentarians’ desire to craft College in Los Angeles, but later trans- a balanced narrative. In a collection ferred to Columbia University in New of voices that spans Jesse Jackson’s to York. There, he began his process of Obama’s college roommate’s to The self-discovery. Living on the edge of Times’ David Brooks’, view- Wikimedia Commons Harlem, Obama was profoundly affect- ers hear from political experts, politi- Mitt Romney’s character and past are given an extensive examination in “The Choice 2012,” ed by the poverty that existed around cians’ friends and a balanced mix of PBS’ latest frontline special. him; he grew more focused and serious. Republicans and Democrats. His time in New York was the “key to his The 108-minute special also adds life,” as it set the stage for his entrance an archival element to the film. For By Al e x Ka u f m a n a n d Ca r o l i n e We l c h his father’s side during each of these into politics. the past three weeks, Frontline’s web Daily Editorial Board career successes, attentively absorbing After earning a degree from Harvard team has been publishing “Artifacts of each word and lesson. Law School, Obama became a state Character,” a collection of rarely seen Romney’s entrepreneurial mindset senator of Illinois, then a US senator papers, photographs and videos of the irected, written and produced and his successes at Harvard Business and, ultimately, the 44th President of candidates spanning from the politi- by award-winning producer School made him a catch for Bain the United States. cians’ college years to their early politi- Michael Kirk, “The Choice & Company, a prominent consulting The “Frontline” documentary shows cal careers. 2012” depicts two men reach- firm. Each deal he made struck gold viewers the evolution of Obama as a These objects, all of which were Ding for the same sovereign title from time and time again, and Romney man and a politician. In 2008, he cam- acquired by the Frontline crew dur- two drastically different backgrounds. eventually became the CEO. paigned strongly on the platform of ing the making of “The Choice,” serve Of course, these two contenders aren’t He later formed Bain Capital, an bipartisanship. He felt he could bridge as personal, intimate glimpses into new to the political sparring arena: They investment shoot-off of Bain that has the gaps between red and blue and the lives of Obama and Romney. From are none other than President Barack acquired bad press recently for its transcend their differences in favor of a Obama’s early collegiate poetry to let- Obama and former Massachusetts investment failures. cohesive America. ters Romney wrote during his Mormon overnor Mitt Romney. Frontline draws several conclusions After wrestling with identity issues mission to France, these further From heavy-hitting investigations of for its viewers about Romney and how for the majority of his life, Obama final- humanize the candidates. the 2008 financial meltdown and the he envisions his role at president. His ly came to see himself as a unifier and “We’ve spent the better part of a year current conflict in Syria to specialized ideas for fixing the country draw from a leader. Unfortunately, however, his literally piecing together the pivotal reports on the marijuana market in his experience as a businessman. His hopes for bipartisanship were dashed moments in [the] lives of Mitt Romney California and American high school dedication to Mormonism has instilled during his first term. and Barack Obama,” director Michael football culture, PBS’s “Frontline” within him a desire to better those who Now, as a seasoned veteran, Obama Kirk said in a behind-the-scenes inter- delivers high-quality journalistic surround him. has muffled his idealism and has decid- view on PBS. “Maybe in the midst of reports that push boundaries and com- And as George Romney’s son, he has ed to emphasize the political difference all the white noise, of all the other pel audiences. grown up not only compelled to please between himself and his competitors. television networks and newspapers, “Frontline’s” reputation precedes it, his father, but also to overcome the The documentary’s desire to pres- the American voters should have an and it’s hard to imagine a televised expectations set for him. ent impartially on both candidates is opportunity to hear more about who news source better equipped to cover Unlike Romney, Obama never had reflected in its basic format. Switching these men are, where they came from, the upcoming presidential election. a strong father figure in his life. His between each candidate every eight- what were the pivotal moments that To say that these two presidential mother was an 18-year-old white to-10 minutes, “The Choice” divides made them as a way of a predicting frontrunners vary in their party align- woman and his father, a governmental time evenly and draw parallels between how they would be as President of the ment and views on public policy would economist from Kenya, was essential- the two men. The film guides viewers United States.” be like calling the ocean damp. ly absent for the entirety of Obama’s through Obama and Romney’s journeys Rather than rehashing other media childhood. After living with his mother simultaneously, placing their child- “The Choice 2012” aired on October outlets’ campaign coverage, “The and her second husband in Indonesia, hoods, college years, early careers and 10th at 9 p.m. on PBS. For those who Choice 2012” focuses on a facet of this 10-year-old “Barry” Obama was sent to entrance into politics side by side. missed it, the documentary is available election that, excluding the occasional Hawaii to live with his maternal grand- “The Choice” also incorporates to watch online at pbs.org. soundbite, have not previously been analyzed in depth. Namely, this Frontline piece endeav- ors to carefully and empathetically analyzes the candidates’ characters and personal backgrounds. “We knew the documentary was going to air at an [important] time dur- ing the election [season],” co-producer Mike Wiser said. “We wanted to be able to step back and look at who are the men who are running for president. Who are they? Where are they coming from? What do they believe?” In the documentary, Romney, the Republican candidate from Massachusetts, is portrayed as a son inspired to fill his father’s shoes who, in his zeal to do so, outgrew them. On the flip side, President Obama is depicted as a young man constantly searching for his identity and forced to forge his own path — a path that led to his politi- cal rise and personal self-discovery. Mitt grew up with a well-to-do fam- ily in an America where hard work, per- severance and determination paid off with a spot at the top of the economic ladder. He idolized his father, George Romney, who paved the way for the Mormon population to enter the politi- cal world as insiders. Romney’s father was the chairman and president of the American Motors Corporation, served as ’s gov- ernor and was selected as President Richard Nixon’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. According to US Embassy of Indonesia via Flickr Creative Commons the documentary, Romney was right at “The Choice 2012” gives an insightful look into the formative years of both presidential candidates. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender Thursday, October 11, 2012

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Looking to make your weekend artsy? Bo Burnham: Comedian Bo Burnham, provide access to clean water for people Daron Arik Hagen, Caroline Mallonée Check out these events! famed for his satirical YouTube music living in third-world countries. The event and John McDonald. Judith Wechsler’s videos, will be performing at this week- will also showcase the “Food, Water, film, “Gustave Courbet: Dreaming the Urban Homesteading Workshop: Learn end’s Fall Comedy Show. Saturday at 8 Life” art exhibit. Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Modern” (2009), will screen before the how to make non-toxic cleaning prod- p.m. in Cohen Auditorium. Tickets are Remis Sculpture Court, Aidekman Arts concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at 3 p.m. ucts at this workshop led by Lisa Gross, $10 at the Campus Center Info Booth Center. Admission is free. in Distler Performance Hall. Admission is founder of the Boston Tree Party and the and tuftstickets.com. free and no tickets are required. Urban Homesteaders League. Tonight at ANA and Tufts Composers 6 p.m. in Aidekman Arts Center Gallery. Thirst Project Benefit Concert: The Concert: Tufts Composers will present a Email [email protected] to reserve Beelzebubs will perform a benefit concert concert of premieres and commissions by your spot. Admission is free. for the Tufts Thirst Project, which works to the ANA Trio, with works by Rob Deemer, —compiled by the Daily Arts Department

TV Review ‘’ still in tune at fourth season’s start

b y Na t a l i e Gi r s h m a n Other highlights of the new season Contributing Writer include more laughably stupid quotes from Brittany (), promis- The fourth season of “Glee” is now ing character development, some good underway and there are big changes at production numbers, the judicious use McKinley High. Rachel () of old characters and some well-written, emotional storylines. Glee Blaine (Criss) is showing signs of emerging beyond his role as Kurt’s per- fect boyfriend. Hopefully, the writers Starring Leah Michele, , will choose to develop characters like , Tina (), Sugar () and Joe (). Airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on FOX Moreover, many of the musical numbers seem to have recaptured the spontane- ity of the first season while retaining the is in New York attending the New later seasons’ polish. York Academy of the Dramatic Arts The show’s creators and writers also (NYADA), Kurt (Chris Colfer) is intern- seem to have found a balance with their ing at Vogue.com, other old characters use of old characters, by meting out are scattered across the country and their appearances over the first few epi- the glee club is trying sodes and saving some for later, most to define its new identity. likely for upcoming holidays and Mr. This new season may have already had Schuester’s wedding. some ups — ’ rendition of Finally, the storylines involving the “It’s Time” — and downs — the plotless characters that viewers know and love second episode — but it remains worth are touching. For instance, Kurt’s air- watching for one simple reason: Glee port farewell with his dad Burt (Mike still makes its viewers care. We want to O’Malley) was touching and authentic. see Rachel triumph over her nasty new Overall, the new season of “Glee” may dance teacher, we want to see Kurt and not win any Emmys, but it continues to Blaine’s relationship survive the long dis- draw viewers in with compelling char- tance and we want New Directions to acters, snappy one-liners and skillfully win the national title once again. And executed production numbers. Ryan Mike Yarish / FOX even as the plot twists get increasingly Murphy won’t let us stop believing any Guest star is a fun and fashionable addition to “Glee’s” fourth season. ridiculous and writers smash together time soon. new sets of odd couples, longtime view- ers still feel compelled to watch. That said, it’s difficult to care about The Artsy Jumbo the new characters just yet. Many of them feel like carbon copies of older Junior Richmond brings stage designs to life characters. For instance, Kitty () is 2.0, rocking the When watching productions by stu- same ponytail and cheerleading uniform dents or the Department of Drama and with added nasty scheming and dimin- Dance in the Balch Arena Theater, it’s ished humanity. Another new character, sometimes hard to imagine the sheer Jake (), is ’s half-brother, amount of work required to create the filling the vacant “bad boy with a stage scenery. From the original sketch- of gold” slot. es all the way to the final product, Finally, there’s Marley (), junior Jeff Richmond is often an integral also known as the “New Rachel.” Like part of this lengthy process. her predecessor, Marley has the requi- Richmond is the technical director site gorgeous voice and a familiar sto- for Pen, Paint and Pretzels (3Ps), Tufts’ ryline, complete with a love triangle and umbrella organization for student-run a mean cheerleader nemesis. Viewers performing arts groups. He initially have already endured this plotline for became involved in theater during his two whole seasons. Wouldn’t it be nice freshman year while working on student to have a love triangle that was a little productions with the lighting depart- bit different — or maybe to skip the love ment, but he then began assisting in the triangle entirely? After all, it was “Glee’s” scene shop during his sophomore year. willingness to poke fun at teen TV tropes Richmond, a mechanical engineering that made the first season so much fun. major, plays an essential role in bringing The new season does have two stel- a designer’s set ideas to life. lar guest stars: , who plays “[I] get a design from a designer Cassandra July, Rachel’s demanding and work with them to figure out if it’s dance teacher at NYADA, and Sarah going to be possible to build [and] how Jessica Parker, who plays Isabelle Wright, much it’s going to cost,” Richmond Kurt’s boss and mentor at Vogue.com. said. “[My job involves] taking their These are memorable, vivacious char- drawings, drafting to build and actually acters that not only sing and dance well, building the show. Usually at that point but also play integral roles in the show’s I’d hand it off to the set designer or a story arc. Hudson’s and Parker’s charac- scenic person.” ters are clearly there to advance the plot Working on the upcoming 3Ps pro- and help Rachel and Kurt mature, not duction of “Day Father,” Richmond to help producer flaunt has recently had to take on increased “Glee’s” prestigious guest stars. responsibilities by stepping into the Rachel is already a more sympathetic design and scenic roles as well. character this season. Instead of con- Despite the increased workload, stantly talking about how talented she Richmond is extremely happy with his is or singing “romantic” with Finn experience on Tufts productions. (), she’s trying to adjust “I love the scene shop. It’s one of to a new environment and a new love the best fabrication shops that we have interest, Brody (). “Finnchel” on campus ... and I think [the] drama fans may already hate Brody, but he’s a department is better suited for students likable and charming love interest who to work in. [I’m] very happy working seems to have authentic chemistry with there,” he said.

Rachel. Sparks fly in their sweet, fun and Ashley Seenauth / the Tufts Daily energetic duet to “Change Would Do You —by Dan O’Leary Good” in the third episode. Thursday, October 11, 2012 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender 7

INTERVIEW | SOPHIA BANKS-COLOMA Sara Gardner & Mae Humiston | Let’s Talk About Food Hollywood stylist Banks-Coloma chats Final des- about her passion for fashion tination:

b y La u r e n Wi t t e food Contributing Writer henever the question of Australian-born stylist Sophia where we get our food aris- Banks-Coloma has the fashion world es, the image of a big, boxy at her fingertips. A celebrity stylist, supermarket inevitably pops designer, trend forecaster and cos- upW as the response. Most food, however, tume designer who lives and works really originates from the farm. Most of in Los Angeles, she has her hands its existence — at least for non-animal full juggling Hollywood’s hottest fads fare — is spent in the ground. But how and A-listers; her clients include does our food get from the farm to those Kirstie Alley and Kristin Chenoweth. supermarket shelves, and then our table? She’s been named a Harper’s Bazaar The answer lies in its distribution. Style Leader and was Forbes’ 2009 The word distribution, simply put, Undiscovered Designer of the Year. The is big: it implies a vast area over which Daily sat down with Banks-Coloma to the action of distributing takes place. discuss her inspirations, her personal The concept of food distribution encom- style and more. passes more than just how the food we eat gets from one place to the other. It Tufts Daily: Were you always inter- involves everything from physical infra- ested in fashion? structure — as in roads and bridges — to the business models that make the Sophia Banks-Coloma: I actually transportation possible. After all, our made my mom buy her first Chanel food’s conveyance is not simply con- jacket when I was five! I was always tained between point A and point B. interested in fashion. I loved reading It takes tens, if not hundreds, of steps Vogue Bambini and I convinced my and miles for our food to make it to our Mom to let me take fashion-drawing plates from wherever it originated. classes when I was 13. I would design Let’s assume our food starts at the my own dance costumes, too. farm and then follows the basic timeline for our contemporary agricultural sys- TD: It seems like you have a pretty full tem. After it is pulled from the ground schedule. What are you up to at the by some large mechanical contraption moment? or a pair of hands, it is processed, usu- ally elsewhere, especially in the case of SB: I’m costume designing, which is industrial agriculture, and prepared for quite funny because I didn’t get into widespread distribution. This can involve costume design until just last year. I pasteurizing, purifying, mixing, molding just designed for a movie that’s called and packaging, which all involve more courtesy Whitney Peterson/Anderson Group PR “Syrup” (2012) with Amber Heard, people and more machines and more Banks-Coloma works for stars including Kendall Jenner, who she styled for the cover of Shiloh Fernandez, Kellan Lutz and chemicals handling and touching the Genlux Magazine. Brittany Snow that’s actually perfect food. Then, the food is further packaged, for the college demographic. was birthplace of the Beatniks and it’s SB: Absolutely Coco Chanel. turned over to a shipping company — In the past, I studied acting and I where the true ’60s vibe occurred, so it TD: What’s your favorite aspect of in the U.S. we have Food Shippers of have always been interested in film, has that relaxed California-beach feel. your job? America, among myriad others — and so there was this awesome moment loaded into a truck. when I was on the [“Syrup”] film set, TD: What’s your personal style? SB: I don’t know. I love the idea of The distribution doesn’t stop here: and realized that all of my passions doing different things. When I was after the bulk of the food is put into the had come together. In addition to the SB: I try to wear what works for me, doing a business degree before I got truck, it is transported to another com- costume designing, I’m also designing, and I’m such a pants girl, so I’m always into fashion, I thought I wanted to pany with a whole other round of trucks, styling [and] consulting. I styled for in pants. Also because when I go to be a strategic consultant because you which are usually hired by the contractor some of “The Hunger Games” (2012) events, I don’t want to be in a dress [were able to] move from project to to split up and dole out the food to more tributes and recently did a photoshoot next to my clients on the red carpet! project and I love that. One week it’s specific locations across country. Then, with Kendall and Kylie Jenner. one thing and the next it’s another. trucks transport cargo to its final super- TD: Who are your favorite designers? I like a lot of change and I think I’ll market destination. TD: Where do you get your inspiration? always be working on different proj- This is a somewhat extreme example, SB: Stella McCartney, A.L.C., Céline, ects — something, you chal- but it helps illustrate that our food does SB: For my label, Whitley Kros, the Givenchy, Chanel, Peter Pilotto ... lenge yourself ... and you grow. not simply hop from its place of origin to inspiration is a girl who travels and gets those are the things that I love [and] our local markets. In reality, we depend inspiration from the places she goes. always wear. TD: Lastly, for all the aspiring design- on an immense network of supply chains And then there’s this one designer ers, what’s your advice on turning a that allow us to get potatoes from Peru TD: Where can college students get called Alessandra Rich, she’s a British passion into a career? and pineapples from South Africa. fashion inspiration? designer. I love that stuff. But then Because of supply chains, we have there are designers like Christopher SB: It’s funny — I didn’t really neces- access to produce that is no longer SB: My one regret is not going to an Kane — stuff that I love, [but] I just sarily know exactly what I wanted subject to seasonal constraints, as well American college. I think it’s such a don’t wear myself because I think it’s to do. [But] you’ll find yourself get- as meat and fish that spawn and grow fun experience. important to go with things that work ting into an area where [you think], in places where they never naturally When you’re young, you can have for your body type. “I could do this every day and it’s so existed. Unfortunately, those ginormous your own style. It’s okay to make mis- much fun,” and then you know you’re supply chains devour huge amounts takes and experiment to find who you TD: What’s your favorite item in your on the jackpot — when you find some- of energy and generate mountainous are. Just have fun and take risks. closet? thing and it’s not work, you know quantities of waste, both physical and The younger demographic can play you’ve found your purpose. economic. Highways are built over pre- with color and accessories, so take SB: Either my Birkin bag or a pale pink I think everyone has a basic pur- viously unscarred land, we excavate advantage of that. [Alexander] McQueen jacket. pose of what they want to do, and I deeper and deeper to extract fuel for think it’s just about discovering that. those trucks and planes and we pay TD: What’s the biggest difference TD: If you could meet one person in But the most important thing is to be superfluous sums in every transaction between East Coast and L.A. style? the fashion industry, dead or alive, persistent. Just focus on trying to do with a middleman. who would it be? good work continually. If you keep This all seems like a miserable way to SB: Less clothes [laughs]. But California working, you will eventually make it. get food from one place to the next. One of the goals of the food movement, how- ever, is to shorten the supply chain and cut out the excess steps food takes to get Top 10 | People sexier than Mila Kunis to our mouths. The locavore movement deals with just this issue: Its members mila Kunis recently won Esquire claims she had no plastic surgery. Getting would have been so enriching. strive to procure in-season food that has Magazine’s “Sexiest Woman Alive” to the root of this paradox would make for traveled only a minimal distance. award, and while we at the Daily Arts some excellent first-date fodder! 3. Cosmo Kramer: Because nothing Through small steps, we all can Department don’t strongly dispute the says like a hipster doofus who has a attempt to excise long-distance foods choice, we feel that a few contenders 7. Oprah: We’re gold-diggers at heart. penchant for sliding through doors and from our diets, simply by looking at were overlooked. Also, what about men being the first to lose “The Contest.” food labels and opting for those items and... cartoons? Here are the top 10 6. : Fey stars in her own long- that are closer to home — say, from a people we find sexier than Mila Kunis. running sitcom and still has time to deliv- 2. Jack Nicholson: We see the man local farmer’s market. In that way, we er one of the best SNL political imperson- beneath the eyebrows. He will not, how- can ensure that the trip our food takes 10. Keira Knightley’s eyebrows: ations in recent memory. In sum, “I want ever, be coming on any of our trips to to get to our mouths is as deliciously Technically, this is just part of a person. to go to there.” the Loj. short as possible. The rest of her is okay, too. 5. Johnny Bravo: His 2D muscles and 1. Ryan Gosling: Hey girl, there’s actually 9. Sasha Grey: Some people are into Elvis-like persona make us yearn for nothing funny about this choice. He can Sara Gardner is a freshman who has food porn. We’re just into, well... Cartoon Cartoon Fridays. canoodle with us in the rain any day. not yet a declared a major. She can be reached at [email protected]. 8. Valeria Lukyanova (Human Barbie): 4. Mr. Rogers: Financial security! Mae Humiston is a senior majoring in She looks identical to a plastic toy doll, but Cardigans! Books! This relationship —compiled by the Daily Arts Department anthropology. She can be reached at Mae. [email protected]. 8 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Captured Thursday, October 11, 2012

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Editorial THE TUFTS DAILY Re b e c c a K. Sa n t i a g o Brown-Warren race for Senate Editor-in-Chief Editorial disintegrates into ad war Ben Kochman Falcon Reese As the Massachusetts Senate race past week, the Brown campaign released expressed hope for, this problem appears Managing Editors continues and the debate season a radio ad decrying Warren, claiming in harsher relief. This exciting instance of reaches its height, Republican Senator she did wrong by asbestos victims while a moderate Republican going up against Jenna Buckle Executive News Editor Scott Brown and Democratic challeng- representing an insurance company in a a hardcore liberal in Massachusetts has Shana Friedman News Editors Lizz Grainger er Elizabeth Warren have taken new lawsuit. The Warren campaign respond- devolved from discussion-centric prob- Stephanie Haven steps in their attempts to win what ed with ads offering clarification as well lem solving — its admirable initial aim Amelie Hecht Daphne Kolios has become one of the most watched as telling voters, “Scott Brown should be — to a mudslinging competition which Patrick McGrath and most heavily funded races in the ashamed.” bears little pertinence to policy. Laina Piera Martha Shanahan nation. In the process, their campaigns The focus in the Massachusetts Senate The time for real debate quickly Melissa Wang are muting substantive conversation. race has taken an unhealthy, if expected, dwindles as the actual debates and Jenny White Menghan Liu Assistant News Editors In the past two weeks especially, both turn from issues to innuendo and from the days till the election decrease. Melissa Mandelbaum campaigns have apparently dropped substance to mudslinging. This change The heavily funded air war that both Audrey Michael James Pouliot earlier agreements to limit the type of is not unexpected, and it seems in many candidates have broken an agree- Josh Weiner negative ad campaigns that pervade ways inevitable: The outside funding ment to enter has denied not only American national politics. Both Brown in the race from sources such as Karl Massachusetts but also the country and Warren have broken this pact, though Rove’s American Crossroads group to the an opportunity to witness serious Hannah Fingerhut Executive Features Editor neither is overtly personally responsible Democratic Senate Campaign Committee debate. This trend, though not new, Jon Cheng Features Editors for the breach. In the past two weeks, has been markedly higher than in previ- debilitates voters’ ability to make Amelia Quinn Derek Schlom Brown’s campaign began its assault on ous Senate races and ranks relatively high smart decisions based on the issues. Lily Sieradzki Warren’s claim to Native American heri- among other current races. As the ad war continues to descend Emily Bartlett Assistant Features Editors Alexandria Chu tage, asserting she used it — falsely — to Even so, this shift is not a laudable one. into levels of airy rhetoric and char- Jacob Passy get into Harvard Law School. Warren’s Instead of discussing ways of curbing stu- acter assault, expect little in the way campaign responded with a barrage of dent loan debt, both sides have lost focus of coherent policy or specific plans on Melissa MacEwen Executive Arts Editor ads on Brown’s ties to big finance. In the on the issues. In a race that both sides your TV screen and radio. Kate Griffiths Arts Editors Alex Hanno Joe Stile Matthew Welch Alex Kaufman Assistant Arts Editors Keran Chen Dan O’Leary Caroline Welch

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PRODUCTION Alyssa Kutner Off the Hill | Production Director Elliot Philips Executive Layout Editor Jen Betts Layout Editors Matthew Cardarelli A three-ring circus of rhetoric Gabrielle Cella Sarah Davis b y Gu s Tu r n e r Shoshanna Kahne irresistible charm, stand alone as a model the strength of our national security. Sarah Kester Michigan Daily of integrity among it all? Could he break Ben Bishop, the tween son of Oakland Adrian Lo Danny MacDonald through my icy layer of skepticism? County’s , was given a min- Reid Spagna This Monday, the Romney cam- In a word: no. By the time Ryan actually ute to talk about how his generation Nina Goldman Executive Copy Editors paign, led by vice presidential candi- got on stage, my old habits had already wouldn’t have the ability to pay off the Drew Lewis date Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) had a chat crept safely back in. Whether it was inflam- debts that Obama’s spending would incur Lauren Greenberg Copy Editors Adrienne Lange with southern Michigan’s most exuber- matory, garbled or just plain uncomfort- upon them. Thank you, Mike, for sacrific- Patrick McGrath ant loyalists. Along with a hefty slate able, each Republican hopeful that filed ing your son in order to complete this of Michigan’s Republican candidates onto the stage only pushed me closer to three-ring circus of a rally. Ugh. and incumbents, Ryan gave remarks at the edge of outright political apathy. Kerry I realize that the Republican campaign Oakland University’s O’rena in Rochester, Bentivolio, a House hopeful for Michigan’s has never been about winning votes Mich. The Thunderstix clapped, “U.S.A.” 11th district, stammered through vague through fair play and ethics, but when chants rang out through the cavernous ideas of hope and American values. U.S. Ryan and his cronies are coming out George Brown Executive Online Editor hall and the mere mention of “Obama” or Rep. (R-Mich.) managed with a holier-than-thou attitude about Darcy Mann Online Editors “Biden” drew a chorus of lusty boos. Yes, to blame high gas prices on “an absence the dirtiness of the political process, how Daniel Kotin Executive Technical Manager ladies and gentlemen, with the general of leadership in the White House.” My can you not feel like your intelligence election reaching its homestretch, there I favorite in terms of entertainment value has been insulted a little bit? “Obama is was, right in the belly of the beast. had to be Don Volarics, whose over-the- criticizing,” Ryan said. “He’s going from BUSINESS Surely, though, this chaos was noth- top hysterics mostly resulted in awkward hope and change to attack and blame. Christine Busaba ing that a “proud hunter” like Paul Ryan applause or dead air. I don’t think he has We’re not going to fall for that.” What do Executive Business Director couldn’t tame. Indeed, for all the hype my vote for the House of Representatives, you call what you’ve all been doing for Simmone Seymour Advertising Director surrounding his natural charisma and but I’ll definitely put him down for “Most the past two hours, Paul? It’s dishearten- Li Liang Receivables Manager silver tongue, I was half-expecting to be Likely To Have Pregamed With A Box of ing, to say the least, that by the end of Shang Ming Wu Sales Director swept up in a whirlwind of Ryan-ism 5-Hour Energy.” the night, the only speaker who had said myself. If there’s one thing that’s difficult Of course, the common thread anything with even an ounce of goodwill for me to take down with a straight face, throughout all of this rambling stemmed towards the opposition was none other it’s political rhetoric. The cattiness, the back to the faults of one man: President than Michigan’s own, Kid Rock. baseless accusations, the half-truths and Barack Obama. Pastor Kent Clark lament- “I strongly believe,” he said, “that it’s pos- unabashed contradictions — whether it’s ed how the Lord had been “banned from sible to disagree about politics without hat- P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 from the right or the left, I’m prone to America” by the current administration. ing each other.” 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 dismissing most of the vitriol as static. Pete Hoekstra — Senator Stabenow’s That may be true, Kid, but just be sure to [email protected] Would Ryan, though, with his reported Republican challenger — criticized let your friends know it too.

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Op-Ed Walt Laws-MacDonald | Security cameras are acceptable Show Me The Money! b y Jo s h u a Pr i n c e Fiscal Last month, Tufts Department of Public and Environmental Saftey (DPES) cliffhanger announced its plan to place security cam- eras on multiple Tufts campuses. The secu- rity camera proposal is based on installing exterior cameras in public spaces and in he fiscal cliff. If you haven’t heard view, a policy that empowers DPES to pur- the name yet, you certainly will sue criminals without invading our privacy. soon. So what is it? The decision received backlash from many First, some context: The United Tufts undergraduates. Students, like Joshua StatesT — and most of the world — is still Liebow-Feeser, expressed their concern to in a very fragile economic state. Following this newspaper that cameras invade our the credit crisis of 2007 and subsequent privacy. “Such a system would be an inva- recession, our economy is very slowly sion of our privacy. We all have an assumed working its way back to normality. The right to privacy,” he wrote in an op-ed pub- word “recovery” has become somewhat of lished on Sept. 18. But our right to privacy a taboo. Everyone wants it, but we’re afraid is not a clearly articulated right; it is based that the mere utterance of the word will upon a complex constitutional argument send economic growth into the ground that the courts continually refine. and spike unemployment. The Constitution does not explicitly Despite what certain politicians want define our right to privacy. Instead, it pro- you to believe, our government has done a vides us with many rights. Over time the lot to spur economic growth over the past courts have decided to support a right to four years, including but not limited to privacy. Our Fourth Amendment rights the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), are the most relevant to the lawful use of Obama’s 2009 stimulus package, the pro- security cameras. The Fourth Amendment longing of the Bush-era tax cuts and the protects us from unwarranted searches and 2010 Obama-GOP tax deal. seizures by the government, but it does not The problem with any economic stimu- grant us a universal right to privacy. See Katz lus is that it forces the government to a v. United States: “the Fourth Amendment run a budget deficit, which the U.S. is sort protects people, not places. What a person of a pro at doing. By outright value, our knowingly exposes to the public, even in national debt is the largest in the world, his own home or office, is not a subject of MCT topping $16 trillion. But the deficit is not Fourth Amendment protection.” In other Installing security cameras in public view there is Google, tracking everything you going to break the economy. Despite what words, the actions we knowingly take in around campus will not violate our privacy do, what you search, what you buy and the S & P says about our credit rating, our public view are not protected under the because the outside areas of campus are where you are, guiding you to a specific government is the most trustworthy bor- Fourth Amendment. If we question the use not considered private, and the cameras do search result. I encourage everyone to be rower in the world. of security cameras, we must ask what our not grant DPES extra access into our lives. concerned for their privacy, but let us fight Back to the fiscal cliff. The majority of expectation of privacy is. The DPES Video Security FAQ page high- real intrusions of our privacy. these economic stimulus plans are set to Justice Harlan’s concurrence in Katz v. lights the purpose and scope of security The debate surrounding security cam- expire at the end of this year, which would United States explains how to determine our cameras: the system will be closed circuit, eras would be better focused on asking if significantly reduce government spending expectation of privacy: (1) a person needs to but TUPD will have the ability to use it cameras are the best allocation of our and revenue. However, many believe that reflect their desire for privacy and (2) society in real time to provide situational aware- resources. For students who have been the economy has not recovered enough to must agree that this desire is a reasonable ness. Recorded video will only be kept for robbed, assaulted or sexually assaulted warrant bringing the programs to an end. expectation of privacy. It is our actions, and a month — unless needed for an investiga- — as a student was on Sept. 16 — securi- Essentially, the government faces a society’s reasonable expectation of priva- tion. Installation of security cameras will ty cameras afford TUPD greater success choice: let the stimulus plans expire and cy, that determines our right to privacy. help TUPD solve and deter crime. Some at catching perpetrators and keeping reduce the deficit, at the cost of capping Therefore, because we share the campus technology will blur our civil liberties, but our community safe. Students’ concerns the speed of the recovery, or renew the tax among the Tufts community and Somerville video surveillance of public areas does not for our privacy are welcome, but they cuts and continue to grow the deficit. Pick and Medford residents, it is unreasonable to constitute an unlawful search and is no lack a fundamental understanding of your poison. assume that what we do outside on campus more intrusive than police officers watch- our legal rights and the security needs of To complicate things, many spending is private. Although we can take individual ing me walk to class. our campus. cuts and tax increases that resulted from actions that assume a right to privacy — like When did Tufts students get so serious last year’s debt ceiling debate will come the defendant in Katz v. United States — about privacy? If security cameras creep into play at the same time. Say the econ- DEPS’s use of security cameras would be you out, I assume you do not own an Joshua Prince is a junior majoring in omy is a fire: the stimulus spending is an extension of police presence where Tufts iPhone or iPad, because those devices store mechanical engineering. He can be like lighter fluid and the tax cuts are like police officers are already allowed. your GPS locations for up to a year. Then reached at [email protected]. a giant bellows. Letting the policies expire and enacting the new legislation would be the equivalent of removing both of these Off the Hill | University of Missouri aids. Maybe the fire will keep going, but it certainly won’t be as strong. The Congressional Budget Office esti- Nuclear energy is better than climate change mates that the negative effects would lower GDP growth by 4 percent, send- b y Ha y d e n Le w i s explains baseload most concisely in her waste goes into dry cask storage, where it ing the economy into another recession. The Maneater 2007 book, “Power to Save the World: The is kept in a small area and is monitored JPMorgan economist Michael Feroli esti- Truth About Nuclear Energy.” Cravens and controlled. mates that the spending cuts and tax Every day, the United States alone describes baseload as “the minimum In comparison, a person using strictly increases would remove nearly $100 bil- releases more than 19 billion tons of amount of proven, consistent, around- coal produces 77 tons of carbon dioxide in lion in capital from the economy. greenhouse gas emissions into the atmo- the-clock power that utilities must supply a lifetime. It is then released into our plan- Like most economic issues, this is a sphere. This fact and the unprecedented to meet the demands of their millions of et’s atmosphere, contributing to a climate pretty big deal. Unfortunately, the presi- danger it poses to society inarguably need consumers.” crisis that threatens our very existence. dential election will take the spotlight in to be addressed. Grid power, the energy required to fuel Nuclear meltdown incidents are always the coming months, leaving little time For those who recognize our harrow- our growing cities and booming urbanized a possibility but are rare. However, the safe- to actually work on the issue. Both can- ing environmental circumstance and are populations, requires baseload as its foun- ty of nuclear power plants has advanced didates hardly explicitly talk about the compelled to heed to the call of sustain- dation. So far in the U.S., baseload comes dramatically since the cases of Three Mile fiscal cliff on their election websites, and ability — as we all should — there are from fossil fuels (68 percent), renewable Island and Chernobyl. In fact, the cause of it wasn’t mentioned at all in Wednesday’s means of action. Low-carbon alterna- energy (13 percent) and nuclear power (19 last year’s Fukushima Daiichi disaster had debate. Ridiculous. But, voters want to tives to conventional consumer goods percent). Wind and solar, however desir- more to do with negligent geographical hear about job creation and economic are becoming ubiquitous, and there is able, cannot currently provide baseload placement than anything else. growth, not looming tax cuts or anything an incipient cultural shift toward more power, but future innovations in energy The last essential term in understand- called a cliff. sustainable lifestyles that will surely play a storage could update their potential. Until ing nuclear energy’s importance is port- No one can read Congress’s mind, but I prominent role in the future. then, considering hydroelectricity’s myri- folio, which refers to the fact that climate do expect action on the issue before 2013. But we can only go so far in our individ- ad inconveniences, nuclear energy proves change is such a serious matter that we Some tax cuts will stay, but so will some ual efforts. We must not neglect the need to be the most viable energy source to have to do everything, simultaneously, to spending cuts. If the GOP insists on taking for large-scale, government-run opera- meet our baseload needs. combat it. its hardline approach on tax increases like tions to assuage our addiction to fossil Footprint is the physical efficiency of Nuclear energy is no be-all cure, and it it did during the debt ceiling talks, the issue fuels. It is for precisely this reason we all a given utility. For example, to produce certainly has its risks, but they are minis- will become much more complicated. must abandon our naive fears of nuclear 1,000 megawatts of energy, a wind farm cule compared to the climate chaos that The U.S. economy has proven more energy and embrace nuclear power for would have to cover 200 square miles, will ensue if we do not reform our cur- resilient than its European counterparts what it really is: a safe, convenient and and a solar array would require 50 square rent energy policies. At the very least, over the past five years, and it recently efficient source of energy that must be miles. In comparison, a nuclear power we should embrace nuclear energy as a surpassed thirty consecutive months of job utilized if we are to seriously combat our plant would take up only one-third of a temporary alternative to fossil fuels while creation. But this is different. The fiscal cliff climate crisis. square mile to obtain the same amount the transition to a more renewable-based will be a test not only for Congress, but also In any pragmatic examination of energy of power. energy economy is being developed. for the U.S. economic engine itself. policy, there are three key terms that must Beyond its spacial capabilities, nuclear In any case, nuclear energy’s undeserved first be established: baseload, footprint waste is miniscule in size. A person’s entire stigma is something that will simply have and portfolio. lifetime’s worth of electricity, strictly from to evaporate as climate change becomes Walt Laws-MacDonald is a sophomore major- Gwyneth Cravens, an environmental nuclear energy, amounts to waste roughly more readily apparent and accepted. Let’s ing in quantitative economics. He can be activist and former New Yorker editor, the size of a Coke can. From there, nuclear just hope that, by then, it’s not too late. reached at [email protected].

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It’s time to fire up your NES and discover your inner star power, because this week, Marcus “Koopa Troopa” Budline. Sturm may think his oversized head is full of useful we’re going all the way to the Mushroom Kingdom. The Kingdom’s motley crew has football information, but his consistently average performances continue to come up already tried its hand at everything from cart racing to kart racing to golf, so, for them, short. Budline was stomped out of first place in Week 4, but came out of his shell and picking football games wasn’t much of a stretch. But while some the aspirations of flipped back into the game with a strong Week 5. some competitors are as bright as Mario Sunshine, those of others are as grim as Luigi’s Trailing them are a pair of baddies, Aaron “Bowser” Leibowitz and Ben “Bowser Mansion. Jr.” Kochman. Both were once kings of the castle, but their glory days are long over. On top of the castle sits our hero, Zachey “Mario” Kliger. He must have eaten plenty Still, they return again and again to receive their weekly beatings with no hope of of Fire Flowers last week, blazing his way through with a 12-2 record. We’d say his pick- ever winning. ing abilities are as impressive as his plumbing skills, but, come to think of it, we’ve never After an 11-3 week, Jake “Piranha Plant” Indursky has reentered the fray. Just when actually seem him work as a plumber. the group had finally decided that he was out of the picture, he rose out of his fake Andy “Donkey Kong” Wong is hot in pursuit, drumming up a storm to move into sole green tube and once again wreaked havoc. possession of second place. But he’ll need to be careful with those bananas he loves so Bringing up the rear this week are Alex “Yoshi” Baudoin and Kate “Princess Peach” much; one slip could send him tumbling down the standings. Klotz. If Baudoin’s inferiority complex wasn’t already large enough after being abandoned While it sometimes may appear like he’s in charge, David “Luigi” McIntyre is always by his owner thousands of times, than his paltry record should do the trick. Meanwhile, playing second — or third — fiddle to someone. Tall, wirey and underappreciated, it’s the only thing more certain than Klotz being kidnapped again is her not getting her picks going to take him some bold picks to win this sibling rivalry and get people to finally in on time. take notice. Guest picking this week is Virginia “Princess Daisy” Bledsoe, who is hoping to shed her Moving down the Rainbow Road, we’ve got a tie between Ethan “Toad” Sturm and damsel-in-distress image and dominate the sports editors this week.

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First Triple Crown winner in 45 years may not win MVP award INSIDE MLB After Hines, 100+ RBIs were always continued from back needed. But it wasn’t until 1922, with Angels of Anaheim rookie center field- the fifth winner, St. Louis Cardinals er Mike Trout. second baseman Rogers Hornsby, that Lastly, and above all, is the amazing more than 18 home runs were needed consistency needed to lead in all three to be crowned — Hornsby hit 42. stats at the end of the season. The Needless to say, standards have winner must have power, the clutch changed. The emphasis in the modern gene and plate discipline, among other game is more on power and less on skills, and simply cannot go through average, a trend which began in 1966 prolonged slumps at any point during when Baltimore Orioles right fielder the season. That was perhaps Cabrera’s Frank Robinson hit just .316 on his way greatest strength — even when he to becoming the 15th winner. was not performing at his peak offen- The magic numbers in today’s game sive capability, he still managed to do seem to hover right around Cabrera’s enough at the plate to keep himself in splits, and with steroids largely out of the race until he could get hot again. the picture, we shouldn’t expect a return And in Cabrera’s case, there were to 70-home run seasons any time soon. unique circumstances that make the In the future, other potential winners achievement as remarkable as any could include Albert Pujols, Robinson Triple Crown winner before him. For Cano and Josh Hamilton. But again, one, the Tigers were in a battle for the you need impeccable consistency. AL Central title with the Chicago White What makes Cabrera’s feat even Sox for almost the whole season, mean- more fascinating is that even though ing that the pressure was always on for he has done something that hasn’t Cabrera to perform down the stretch. been done in 45 years, he may not win Exacerbating the situation was the the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Tigers’ general lack of offensive pro- award. Many are arguing the case for duction. Besides Cabrera, center fielder the rookie phenom Trout, who made Austin Jackson and first baseman Prince a huge impact when he was called up Fielder, no one in the Tigers’ regular from the minors early in the year and lineup posted a Wins Above Replacement whose defense is clearly superior to above 2.6, and the bottom of the team’s Cabrera’s. Trout will undoubtedly take lineup was a hole that opposing pitchers home Rookie of the Year honors, but if consistently exploited. he also takes the MVP, it won’t be the And Cabrera’s .330/44/139 line seems first time that a player won the Triple even more impressive when a little Crown and not the MVP award. math is done. He missed winning the In 1934, Lou Gehrig won the Triple “Major League” Triple Crown — lead- Crown in arguably the most incredible ing the statistics in both the AL and NL season ever: .363/49/165. Gehrig not — by just .006 batting average points. only failed to win the MVP — he was If he had ended the year with only voted fifth. four more hits, his average would have Still, don’t bet on Cabrera meeting exceeded that of the NL leader San the same fate. In the ’20s and ’30s, the Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey. Triple Crown lost some of its allure The history of the past Triple Crown because six players in those two decades winners is one of extremes, and it had won it. But before this year, the last reveals characteristics of the game time there was a Triple Crown winner, that have changed over the years. The you had to be 21 to vote. first ever Triple Crown winner was In other words, Miguel Cabrera Providence Grays centerfielder Paul deserves to be MVP. His performance MCT Hines, whose 1878 line of .358/4/50 this season is unparalleled in over four Miguel Cabrera’s offensive achievements in 2012 will go down in baseball history, but he may was enough to win. decades. still lose out on the MVP to Angels rookie outfielder Mike Trout. 14 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y advertisement Thursday, October 11, 2012 Thursday, October 11, 2012 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 15

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merica is addicted to sports. There is no denying it. It’s sad but true. And with that addiction, obviously, comes us: sports fans. ANo two sports fans are alike, from their background to superstitions to favorite players to intensity. Below, I will list and briefly analyze each main type. Courtesy Ken Legler The co-ed sailing team took advantage of fine conditions to finish in second place at the NEISA Match Racing Championship, meaning The die-hard that the squad qualified for Sloop . The die-hard is the guy you see at games with his face painted, decked out in team apparel from head to toe and probably Sailing team looks to carry its momentum to Nationals already intoxicated hours before the game has even started. He will take a bullet for SAILING Moving forward, the team is as con- the highest level. We just need to take the team to win and screams in agony continued from back fident as ever, with its performance the next step and start winning some every time his team makes a mistake. year,” Haeger said. “Sloop Nationals this weekend adding to an already major intersectionals.” are the only sailing national cham- impressive fall season. The coed team next returns to the waters The showoff pionship Tufts has never won, and “The strength of our team is depth,” at the Navy Fall Invitational this weekend The showoff brags about his supposed it’s been our dream all year to finally Haeger said. “We have a bunch of before venturing to Brown for the Sherman knowledge of his team and the game. He break through.” really solid pairs who can compete at Hoyt Trophy the following weekend. wants to make sure you know that he is a bigger fan than you and will tell you every- thing he knows about the game in a well- constructed, multi-paragraph speech. He will start rattling off useless statistics such Endicott keeper holds Tufts in check as Clayton Kershaw’s Pop Warner Football stats or Carmelo Anthony’s free throw WOMEN’S SOCCER Tufts received a corner kick opportu- learn how to play as a team,” junior for- percentage on sunny days as opposed to continued from back nity in the final seconds of the second ward Anya Kaufmann said. “But in the rainy days, just to show off his knowledge. have some urgency in terms of crashing overtime period, in what was sure to past few games, we have been playing the goal and getting shots off. We just be either team’s last chance to score. together, which has given us a little more The bandwagon jumper need to push it one step further to score But Tufts could not take advantage, as success. The chemistry has definitely The bandwagon jumper, or the fair- the goals.” Endicott defenders were able to get to the improved, and I think that has, in turn, weather fan, is arguably the least popu- Neither team was able to break through, ball first and clear it from the box. given us more confidence.” lar type of fan out of all of them. He is but it was the Jumbos who generated “It is always unfortunate when we With the regular season quickly com- only a fan when his team makes the the most chances, finishing with a 17-11 know we can beat the other team,” soph- ing to a close, Tufts heads into what is the playoffs but couldn’t name more than advantage in shots and a 5-0 advan- omore forward Alina Okamoto said. “Our most critical stretch of its 2012 campaign. five players on the team. These “fans” are tage in corner kicks. Unfortunately for team looked very strong all around, and Its final three matches will all be NESCAC not known to show interest in the team Tufts, Endicott sophomore keeper Katie it was clear that we wanted it so much bouts, starting with a game Saturday at until or unless they start winning, have Donnelly was on top of her game, stop- more than Endicott. It is important with league-leading Williams. probably not watched an entire game ping all ten shots on goal. Tufts’ senior these kinds of games to take the work Tufts heads into the contest against from start to finish and disappear once tri-captain keeper Phoebe Hanley, mak- ethic that we had and carry that over to Williams with a dismal 1-5-1 conference their team stops winning. ing her first start of the season, did all she the next game. All we need to do now is record. But riding this new wave of could do to help the cause, saving the five finish our chances.” momentum, the Jumbos are hopeful that The biased fan shots that came her way. With the draw, the Jumbos are now they can use these last few games to The biased fan is an authentic fan but The Jumbos’ best opportunity came 3-5-3 on the year, a respectable mark creep up in the NESCAC standings and has little to no common sense. This is in the opening minutes of the first given their 1-5-1 start to the season. All make the conference tournament. because he cannot judge players or teams overtime period, when consecutive three of their draws have been scoreless “It is crucial that we come out with objectively. Rather, he makes unreason- breakdowns by the Gulls’ backline cre- affairs, and while that particular outcome wins in our last three regular season able arguments for his own team or play- ated two open shots for Jumbos in the is frustrating, there are positives to be games,” Aronchick said. “Our postseason ers as the best in the league. For example, I box. But both junior forward Sophie drawn from Wednesday’s performance. is in our hands in these next three games. know a Falcons fan who would rather have Wajtasinski and freshman midfielder “Because we have such a young team Our position in the NESCAC tournament “Roddy White over Larry Fitzgerald, all Sydney Griffith saw their shots go just with a lot of players on the field for the depends on these games, so we need to day.” Unfortunately, many New England wide of the net. first time, I think it took us a while to come out hard and get the job done.” sports fans fall into this category. This would include a friend of mine who thinks Tom Brady’s career is hands down, without question, better than Peyton Manning’s. Elephants in the Room The clueless girl Right off the bat, let me just say that Food that’s been Last song I’m dying for there are certainly many knowledgeable Technology that in my fridge the played on my Guilty Pleasure female fans, who were probably born into drives me crazy longest iPod TV Show to get back together a family of sports. But there still exists the clueless girl. She deserves credit for try- ing, but she is the one who comes into the room asking, “Remember the guy who Anya Kaufmann The fax machine I Need Your made a lot of points when he hit a slam in the info booth String Cheese Love by Calvin The Bachelor The dunk in the fourth period?” She is trying to Junior (in the Campus Harris (Feat. Ellie make conversation and pretends to watch Women’s Soccer Center) Goulding) the game, but unfortunately cannot tell which direction a football team is going at a given time.

The guy who thinks he is better than Albert Pujols John Wawer An abacus, no KitKat bars, Worse than the biased fan, but less She’s Country by Tom and Jerry The Backstreet annoying than the bandwagon jumper, Sophomore idea how that nothing like cold Jason Aldean cartoons, there’s works chocolate Boys this guy is the one who thinks he is bet- Men’s Golf fantastic acting ter than all the athletes on TV. He will frequently make complaints such as, “Are you kidding me? I could have caught that!” at an NFL receiver or exclaim, “Why would you swing at that pitch?” to a batter who swings at an 83 mph slider with nasty I only engage Justin Weaver Breathalyzers. A song by break from CC Sabathia. He thinks the A pumpkin in wholesome Anne Hathaway Why do people the Mormon sport is way easier than it looks and has Freshman pleasures and I Football even drink? Tabernacle Choir clearly never played it before. Of course, there are the normal fans who watch games every week and aren’t obnoxious about their fandom. But they’re normal, so what fun is it reading about them? Oh, and if you felt offended by the Lia Sagerman A pound of Gettin’ Jiggy The NHL players description of one of the above types of Senior Can Openers quinoa we With It Grey’s Anatomy and owners fans, well, then you probably belong to accidentally by Will Smith that category. Field Hockey made...oops

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Endicott 0 0 0 0 — 0 Tufts 0 0 0 0 — 0 has used the first weeks of October to pull a dramatic 180. With a scoreless draw on Kraft Field against Endicott on Wednesday, it extended its unbeaten streak to four games. Endicott College came into Wednesday’s match boasting a 7-4-1 record, but Tufts came in riding high from two consecu- tive wins. The two teams battled through 90 minutes of end-to-end regulation play and then another two overtime periods. “A tie is always a frustrating result, espe- cially going 110 minutes without putting the ball away,” senior tri-captain mid- fielder Rachel Aronchick said. “But we did Oliver Porter / The Tufts Daily see WOMEN’S SOCCER, page 15 The women’s soccer team got its third scoreless draw of the season on Tuesday at home in a non-conference game against Endicott.

Sailing Inside MLB Ideal conditions propel Cabrera’s Triple Crown ranks high sailors to second place among all-time baseball honors b y G.J. Vi t a l e Why did it take so long for difficulty of the feat. The Triple b y An d y Wo n g ing, and it really came down Daily Staff Writer another player to claim the Crown, much like its name Daily Editorial Board to small details that allowed Crown? For one thing, no mat- suggests, is accomplished by one team to beat the other.” Detroit Tigers third baseman ter what your grandfather tells leading the league in three Coming off of a lackluster On Sunday, the last teams Miguel Cabrera found a way you, the level of pitching in statistics: home runs, runs performance at the Danmark standing were met with very to do something many base- today’s game is far superior to batted in (RBIs) and batting Trophy this past weekend, different conditions from ball experts had considered that of the early years. Babe average. Cabrera had to beat the coed sailing team took Saturday. A light and shifty a modern-day impossibility: Ruth is regarded by many as out home run specialists like advantage of promising sail- wind from the north in the winning a Triple Crown. one of the best players of all White Sox first baseman Adam ing conditions and broke out morning gave way as the day The last player to achieve time, but it’s tough to know Dunn, RBI-machines like Texas when it mattered, securing progressed and the threat of the feat was Boston Red Sox how he would have fared when Rangers center fielder Josh second place at the NEISA rain became imminent. left fielder Carl Yastrzemski, facing a Justin Verlander 99 Hamilton and high-average Match Racing Championship For their first opponent, who managed to do so in mph heater with movement on leadoff men like Los Angeles hosted by the New York Yacht the Jumbos went head-to- 1967, beginning a 45-year- the inside black. Club and . head against the No. 3 seed long drought. Second, there’s the sheer see INSIDE MLB, page 15 With a four-person group Roger Williams Hawks in a headed by junior tri-captain best-of-five series, where skipper Will Haeger, along playing the course became with classmates Solomon more important than ever. Krevans, Paula Grasberger Tufts ultimately came out on Triple Crown Winners and David Liebenberg, the top with a clean sweep, while Jumbos entered this weekend on the other end No. 1 seed- With his .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBI, Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera with a singular goal: crack ed Brown lost to No. 4 seeded became the first player since 1967 to win the Triple Crown. Here’s a look back at the other players since the top two and get back to Yale, 1-3. 1900 who achieved the feat: Nationals, where they can With bad conditions only reclaim their place in the getting worse, the finals came Year League Player Team Avg. HRs RBIs spotlight. down to the Jumbos and the On Saturday, the weather Bulldogs in a race not only 1967 AL Carl Yastrzemski Boston Red Sox .326 44 121 was ideal, with a 8-10 knot for victory but to beat the south-southwest breeze that oncoming rain. Although 1966 AL Frank Robinson Baltimore Orioles .316 49 122 peaked at a sustained 15-20 they had already qualified for mph. The Jumbos took advan- Sloop Nationals by virtue of 1956 AL Mickey Mantle New York Yankees .353 52 130 tage of the prime conditions, being in the finals, Tufts’ luck and in the opening round- faltered as it lost two hard- robin qualifying round, fought races to Yale before 1947 AL Ted Williams Boston Red Sox .343 32 114 notched six victories and only the 2 p.m. mark. one loss to Brown, which also “Our races against Yale in 1942 AL Ted Williams Boston Red Sox .356 36 137 finished 6-1 but earned the the finals were both close, top-seed by virtue of its head- but they were just a little 1937 NL Joe Medwick St. Louis Cardinals .374 31 154 to-head victory. sharper than us,” Grasberger With the second seed said. 1934 AL Lou Gehrig New York Yankees .363 49 165 secured, Tufts entered the Despite narrowly miss- quarterfinals on Saturday ing out on the Larry White 1933 AL Jimmie Foxx Philadelphia A’s .356 48 168 facing seventh-seeded Trophy, the team still reached Massachusetts Maritime its goal of snatching one Academy, which Tufts of the two qualifying spots 1933 NL Chuck Klein Philadelphia Phillies .368 28 120 trounced 2-0 in a best-of- for the ICSA Match Racing three match to reach the National Championship, 1925 NL Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals .403 39 143 semifinal round on Sunday which will be held in Chicago along with Brown, Roger from Nov. 16-18. 1922 NL Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals .401 42 152 Williams and Yale. “It feels great to qualify for “The competition between Nationals again, and this year 1909 AL Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers .377 9 107 the top-four boats was pretty we hope to improve on our stiff,” Grasberger said. “Roger fifth-place finish from last 1901 AL Nap Lajoie Philadelphia A’s .426 14 125 Williams, Brown, Yale and Tufts all had a shot at qualify- see SAILING, page 15