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Renowned physicist Dyson Dershowitz offers personal take on Israeli issues to deliver Snyder Lecture Speaker challenges climate change orthodoxy

BY TESSA GELLERSON of global climate change. Daily Editorial Board The selection of Dyson follows the tradition of past Snyder lectures. World-renowned physicist and glob- Started in 2004 thanks to a donation al warming skeptic Freeman Dyson from Richard E. Snyder (A ’55), the will deliver this semester’s Richard E. series aims to attract prominent fig- Snyder Presidential Lecture. Dyson ures who break with the conventional will give his lecture, entitled “Nukes wisdom in their fields and raise contro- and Genomes: Two Genies out of the versial viewpoints. Bottle,” on Oct. 1. “This is a university, an institute Dyson, 85, has long been one of the of higher learning; students benefit most celebrated figures in the inter- from hearing different views,” Dean of national scientific community. Dyson’s Undergraduate Education James Glaser work, which spans many scientific dis- said. Past guest lecturers have ciplines, has won him acclaim, but he included former President of Harvard has more recently come under fire for University Lawrence Summers; Michael seeming to downplay the implications Pollan, author of “The Omnivore’s JOSH BERLINGER/TUFTS DAILY Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, an outspoken supporter of Israel, presented Meals;” and prominent evolutionary the film “The Case for Israel,” based on a book he authored of the same name, to a biologist Lynn Margulis. packed crowd in Cabot Auditorium last night. After the screening, he and the film’s Many accomplishments highlight director, Gloria Greenfeld, fielded unscreened questions on Israeli and Palestinian Freeman Dyson’s long scientific career. issues. To see a video of Dershowitz’ responses, visit tuftsdaily.com. He has served as a physics professor at Princeton University for most of his life and has authored many books, including “Origins of Life,” “Disturbing the Universe” and “Weapons and Hope,” a From the outside looking in, treatise on the nature and implications of nuclear weapons. “He’s interdisciplinary and he’s able Tufts alum Brown sees a path to work in a wide spectrum of sciences,” said Physics Professor Eric Chaisson, director of Tufts’ science and to Kennedy’s Senate seat technology Dudley Wright Center and a personal friend and mentee of Dyson. BY SAUMYA VAISHAMPAYAN résumé as a leader in Boston and “His mind’s moving so rapidly, it’s just Daily Editorial Board beyond, and a strong candidate for unbelievable.” Senate,” Massachusetts Republican Physics Professor Roger Tobin also spoke As a Republican candidate in a heav- Party spokesperson Tarah Donoghue to Dyson’s innovative work. “He’s become ily Democratic state, U.S. Senate hope- told the Daily. known as one of the foremost great think- ful Scott Brown (LA ’81) is casting him- State Senate Minority Leader Richard ers of science,” Tobin said. “He takes on big self as an independent thinker and a Tisei lauded Brown’s service to his questions and thinks about them deeply political outsider. constituency and to Massachusetts at COURTESY SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES and often very provocatively.” In a speech on Saturday announc- large. “Scott is dedicated to public ser- Distinguished scientist Freeman Dyson But it was a March 25 New York Times ing his candidacy, State Sen. Brown vice and is involved with government will deliver this semester’s Snyder Lecture emphasized his distance from what he for all the right reasons, [specifically] on Oct. 1. see DYSON, page 2 called “the Beacon Hill insider club” the genuine desire to serve the public,” and promised that his commitment to Tisei told the Daily. “He is somebody his constituents would trump any ties who has done a great job for his district to his political party or outside inter- and for the state.” Bacow tells community he is ‘cautiously ests if he won the upcoming election. Brown represents the towns of “As your U.S. Senator, I still won’t take Wellesley, Needham and Franklin, optimistic’ on economic outlook my orders from the special interests or among others. from Washington politicians who think Brown outlined his core beliefs in BY TESSA GELLERSON they know better than us what’s good his candidacy speech, but in subse- AND ALEXANDRA BOGUS for Massachusetts,” Brown said. “I do quent interviews he has not elaborated Daily Editorial Board not want to go to Washington to serve on controversial issues. He denounces the interests of government. I want what he calls Congress’ “out-of-con- While Tufts continues to tighten its to serve the interests of the people of trol” spending, tax increases and big belt as it weathers the economic storm, Massachusetts.” government, while warning against University President Lawrence Bacow But Political Science Professor Jeffrey domination of a system by one party, remains “cautiously optimistic” that the Berry said Brown would do well to specifically that of the Democrats in worst of the recession’s impact on the shift gears and focus on his platform Massachusetts. Hill is over. rather than his outsider status as a On the hot-button subject of health In an e-mail sent to the Tufts com- Republican. care, Brown rides the fence. “I believe munity yesterday, Bacow said that while “Brown is emphasizing the fact that that all Americans deserve health it is too soon to declare the crisis over, the state has a complete, 100-percent care, but we shouldn’t have to create Tufts’ outlook for the 2009-10 academic Democratic contingent in Congress a new government option to provide year is clearer than it has ever been and telling voters we need diversity it,” he said. in the past 12 months. “Despite the of thought in Washington,” Berry said. Berry said that Brown must solidify extremely difficult environment, Tufts “Most people want to vote for people his position on health care before he ended the fiscal year in relatively good that believe in what they believe in.” can hope to sway Massachusetts’ many shape,” he said, noting the university’s Brown is one of several candidates — liberal voters. success in balancing the budget for most of the Democrats — vying for the “He hasn’t forcefully articulat- fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The univer- seat vacated when Sen. Ted Kennedy ed the Republican alternative to the sity’s budget absorbed the full extent passed away last month after occupy- Democratic program in Washington, of the 25 percent decline in its endow- ing it for 47 years. and he needs to do so before it will ment, whereas peer institutions often Brown has already won the backing have an effect,” Berry said. opt to deal with such drastic losses over of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Massachusetts last elected a a period of years. Many of its members have commend- Republican to the Senate in 1972. Maintaining a cautiously positive ed his government service and tough Berry believes that another obstacle tone, Bacow highlighted several ele- ANNIE WERMIEL/TUFTS DAILY stance against tax increases. for Brown is name recognition. In order Lawrence Bacow said Tufts has fought the “I would call Brown an experienced see ECONOMY, page 2 recession effectively, but it has paid a price. and qualified individual with a great see BROWN, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s Sections

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Senate elects student Trustee representatives Bacow: Tufts has weathered The Tufts Community Union the Daily, will serve as represen- TCU President Brandon Rattiner, (TCU) Senate selected three new tative to the Academic Affairs a senior, called the field of can- the storm, but clouds have trustee representatives in closed- Committee. didates very strong. “I thought door elections held Sunday night. Trustee representatives serve all of [the candidates] were not disappeared yet Former TCU President as official liaisons of the Senate immensely talented,” he said. Duncan Pickard, Adam Weldai to the trustee committees. They TCU Historian Tomas Valdes, a ECONOMY less than the school received and Emily Maretsky, all seniors, sit on the Senate but do not have junior, was pleased with the out- continued from page 1 last year. will serve as representatives a vote in Senate decisions. come of the elections. “As [they ments that have put the univer- “We of course were very from the Senate to three trust- Each candidate prepared a are] extremely qualified people, I sity in a relatively solid finan- hopeful to secure $5.5 million ee committees. brief statement and answered have full confidence that all three cial position. Tufts’ annual for state appropriation from Pickard will serve on the questions from senators. will be excellent representatives fund is up by 6 percent this the Massachusetts legislature,” University Advancement Following their statements, the to the trustees,” Valdes said. year. The Beyond Boundaries Cummings spokesperson Tom Committee. He had previously Senate discussed the candidates Rattiner agreed. “The three of capital campaign, which Keppeler said, adding that declared his intention to run and cast their votes in a closed- them showed exceptional skills includes the annual fund, administrators are working to for the position in April while door meeting. and an understanding of what has seen solid support and is get the full appropriation rein- he was still TCU president. The ECOM, which coordinates the Senate does and what they “absolutely” on track to meet stated. “All in all, given the eco- Senate elected Weldai, last year’s campus-wide voting on all sena- need to do as representatives,” its goal of raising $1.2 billion nomic circumstances, I believe Elections Commission (ECOM) torial elections, oversaw the elec- he said. “I think they’re going to by 2011, Director of Central that we faired through this bud- chair, as administration and tions. be tremendous.” Development Programs Chris get cycle as well as could be finance representative, while In all, eight candidates vied Simoneau said. The cam- expected,” he said. Maretsky, who is an editor for for the three open positions. —by Matt Repka paign surpassed $1 billion Bacow warned against pre- with Trustee Emeritus Bernard mature celebration, noting that Gordon’s $40 million gift to the this year’s balanced budget was university, announced earlier achieved through considerable Supporters in the Republican Party call this week. sacrifices by the faculty, a sus- Fiscal Year 2009 marked the tained hiring freeze on vacated fifth-highest fundraising year in positions and general restraint Brown a well qualified, independent thinker university history, according to on new capital projects. BROWN nized and out-spent by my Christine Sanni (LA ’89), direc- “Our challenge will be to find continued from page 1 better-funded opponents,” tor of advancement communi- ways to curb the growth in the to have a chance, the Tufts he said. “I’ve faced long odds cations and donor relations. cost of a Tufts education with- alum will have to step up state- before and come out on top. Additionally, the university’s out losing all that makes Tufts wide advertising dramatically With your help, we can do the health sciences branches in special — small classes, lots of and immediately, according to same here.” Boston have benefitted from student-faculty contact, and Berry. But Donoghue, of the federal funding, thanks to a an intimacy that I think we all The professor contended Republican Party, expressed number of National Institutes value,” he said. that it will be an uphill battle optimism that voters would not of Health and National Science Bacow shared hopes that fis- for Brown to reach the level of default to a particular party. “As Foundation grants. cal restraint among institutions fundraising already attained the race progresses, the voters Tufts’ Cummings School of higher education would be by some of his Democratic of Massachusetts will be taking of Veterinary Medicine also long-lasting, explaining that competitors. Massachusetts a fresh look at their representa- received a $2.5 million appro- universities are often tempted Attorney General Martha tion in Washington,” she said. priation in the state budget, to attract students with lavish Coakley and U.S. Rep. Michael “While Democrats think they allowing the school to call off spending projects. He called the Capuano, whose district may own this Senate seat and major budget cuts and layoffs increased push to control costs includes Somerville, are aim- can handpick the next senator, after a scare this summer that “healthy and long overdue.” ing for million-dollar war the rest of us know that the COURTESY OFFICE OF SCOTT BROWN the state would eliminate all “We must resist the tempta- chests. seat belongs to the voters of Scott Brown (LA ’81) is running funding for the school. Still, the tion to add glitz for glitz’ sake,” “I’m going to be out-orga- Massachusetts.” for the U.S. Senate. current funding is $3 million he said.

At forum, freshman TCU hopefuls make pitches Police Briefs An interactive map with an expanded version of The 15 freshmen vying for seven Tufts ideas, and they seem to have done their this week’s police briefs is Community Union (TCU) Senate seats research,” she said. “It seems like this PORN IN THE MORN available at tuftsdaily.com up for grabs in tomorrow’s election and coming year is going to be really great.” the five candidates seeking the lone TCU The five candidates contending for one TUPD officers received a call on Sept. Judiciary position squared off last night at open seat on the TCU Judiciary are fresh- 4 at 9:35 a.m. reporting that a man was he wasn’t doing anything wrong; then a forum in Hotung Café. men Greg Bodwin, Noa Natalie Naftali, looking at pornographic Web sites in he called his father to tell him what was At the event, each candidate delivered Ethan Sturm and Demi Marks and junior Eaton Computer Lab and that he refused going on,” McCarthy said. An SPD offi- a prepared pitch and fielded questions Ibrahim Khwaja to leave when staff asked him to. The cer spoke with his father, who said “he about his or her goals as a potential TCU The complete list of first-year Senate officers arrived and observed the man, understood the situation,” according to officer. candidates is as follows: Alice Pang, Faith who has no university affiliation, looking McCarthy. TUPD officers gave the student The Senate spots originally attract- Blake, Emily Sillari, Yulia Korovikov, Ilana at a pornographic site. Upon checking a ride back to his dorm. ed 18 candidates. Two of them, Lane Linder, Ard Ardalan, Jeffrey Nii, Meredith his identification, the officers discovered “So, in other words, don’t call your Florsheim and Suyu Zhang, withdrew Goldberg, Mayan Lendner, Shawyoun that he had a default warrant in Malden father,” McCarthy said in summing up the their bids before the forum, and another, Shaidani, Wyatt Cadley, Michael Cooney, District Court. A default warrant is issued incident. “I wouldn’t.” Spencer Rubin, did not attend. Election is Sacha Suh, Jeremy Zelinger and Emil when someone skips a court date or contingent on attendance at the forum, Cliggott-Perlt. fails to pay a court-mandated fine. TUPD WHERE’S THE POT LOST AND so Rubin will not be on the ballot. Markus Sophomores Manuel Guzman and placed the man in custody, transported FOUND? Willhite, a freshman, withdrew his candi- William Carpenter will fill two of the him to court and issued him a verbal tres- dacy for the Judiciary. three open spots on the Committee on pass warning. A student turned in a small bag of TCU Senator Nunu Luo, a sophomore Student Life (CSL) without contest, as marijuana at the TUPD station on Sept. 9 who attended the event, praised the can- they are the only people to have thrown SWEET DREAMS at 6:10 p.m. He said he found it by one of didates’ platforms, adding that some had their hats into the ring for the positions. the small tables at Dewick-MacPhie Dining taken the initiative to approach current Voting for the freshman Senate candi- TUPD officers encountered several Hall. How often is marijuana turned in senators and discuss ideas with them. dates opens at midnight, and continues students passed out in the hallways of to TUPD? “Very rarely,” according to Sophomore Danielle Cotter, the TCU for all 24 hours tomorrow. downhill buildings over the past couple McCarthy. parliamentarian, was impressed with the of weeks. A TUPD officer found a stu- field of candidates. “They have so many — by Matt Repka dent sleeping in the lobby of Granoff EAU DE HORRIBLE STINGING Music Center — and in a puddle of his own urine — at 6:16 a.m. on Sept. TUPD officers responded to a call at 11. “Somehow he ended up in there,” 4:16 a.m. on Sept. 10 that a female TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy said, adding student had sprayed herself with pepper Dyson will speak on “Nukes and that the student “urinated all over his spray at an off-campus house on Curtis pants and part of the lobby.” An intoxi- Street. “She went in to use the bathroom, cated male student had also been found she saw what she thought was perfume, Genomes” at this year’s Snyder Lecture asleep on a couch in the lobby of South but it was pepper spray,” McCarthy said. DYSON not afraid to buck conventional wisdom Hall at 2:12 a.m. on Sept. 5, and was The student was transported to Lawrence continued from page 1 but he doesn’t do it for the sake of pub- subsequently transported to Somerville Memorial Hospital. Magazine article that catapulted his licity or making noise. Hospital. Eight minutes later, a male stu- views into the national spotlight. “Not everyone agrees with him but dent was found unconscious on the first RAMBLIN’ MAN Entitled “The Civil Heretic,” the piece he’s always worth listening to,” Tobin floor of Tilton Hall and was transported expressed Dyson’s controversial view added. to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. TUPD officers at 12:53 a.m. on Sept. 13 that “all the fuss about global warming is Chaisson echoed this sentiment. “I responded to a call from a severely intoxi- grossly exaggerated,” as he announced like to think he is a constructive icono- HEY DAD, GUESS WHAT cated student at the Sigma Nu fraternity in 2005 at Boston University. The article clast,” he said. “He takes traditional, HAPPENED IN SCHOOL house at 92 Professors Row. The student noted Dyson’s comparison of the cli- conventional views and challenges TODAY! had a severe laceration in his right knee. mate change movement to “a worldwide them but he does it in a positive way, in The student was transported to Somerville secular religion” and his description a refreshing way.” TUPD received a call from SPD at 11:30 Hospital for further observation, but TUPD of Al Gore and NASA climate scientist Dyson has never been awarded a p.m. on Sept. 5 regarding an intoxi- subsequently “received a call that he got James Hansen as “propagandists.” Nobel Prize for his work in the sciences, cated male student who was walking up and left the building at around 1:45 Such controversial statements were despite receiving several other academ- on Curtis Street near Conwell Avenue. a.m.,” McCarthy said. Somerville Police nothing new for Dyson, who has a repu- ic prizes. But according to Chaisson, this Upon responding, TUPD officers smelled found the student a couple blocks away, tation for challenging convention and suits Dyson’s style. “He’s done a dozen a strong odor of alcohol on the student. still wearing his hospital robe and wan- approaching existing scientific conun- things for which he could have won the SPD said they saw him walking down dering around, McCarthy said. drums with an original perspective. Nobel Prize. But it doesn’t mean any- Curtis Street with a bottle of vodka. “He’s something of an intellectual thing to him; he’s trying to make contri- When he was stopped, the student “said —compiled by Ben Gittleson provocateur,” Tobin said. “He’s certainly butions to humanity,” Chaisson said. 3

FFeatureseaturtuftsdailyes.com Internet recovery program aims to ‘reSTART’ addicts’ lives BY CARTER ROGERS addictive behavior is psychologically Daily Editorial Board damaging and can interfere with a person’s daily life.” Many Tufts students have difficul- Ming Chow (E ‘02) teaches the ty tearing themselves away from the Experimental College course “Introduction Internet to do homework, but for those to Game Development” in the spring truly addicted to online media, a new semester. In an e-mail, Chow called the clinic in Redmond, Wash. claims to issue of online game addiction “a growing have the answer. The clinic’s existence problem,” adding, “Although the problems highlights the complex issues asso- are out there, I am not too sure how suc- ciated with the growing problem of cessful the clinic will be. Time will tell.” Internet addiction. Chow cited several true stories of peo- The reSTART Internet Addiction and ple literally gaming themselves to death Recovery Program opened its doors in after multi-day online gaming mara- July and “is designed specifically to thons, as well as instances of divorces help Internet and video game addicts caused by non-stop online game-play- overcome their dependence on gaming as the most extreme consequences ing, gambling, chatting, texting and of addiction to online games. other aspects of Internet Addiction,” Although reSTART may be the first clin- according to a press release. The ic of its kind in the United States, Internet clinic is not a minor commitment, addiction “boot camps” are common- however, as it runs for 45 days, costs place in China, Taiwan and South Korea. $14,500 to enroll and is not covered According to the reSTART Web site, “Both by insurance. China and South Korea have designated Patients enrolled in reSTART are Internet Addiction as their number one taught how to find a balance with public health danger.” technology in their lives. The program Still, not all of the recent news about “is structured to include individual treatment of Internet addicts in foreign and group therapy, life-skills coaching, countries has been positive. Hundreds cooperative living, physical and nutri- of unlicensed Internet addiction boot tional education, mindfulness training, camps have sprung up in China, and work and home-maintenance skill- last month, several counselors were building, 12-step meetings and weekly, arrested at one such camp after a off-site, high-adventure expeditions,” 15-year-old boy was beaten to death according to the press release. The only hours following his arrival. A simi- reSTART Web site, www.netaddiction- lar incident occurred around the same recovery.com, offers a quiz for users to time at another camp, where a 14-year- see if they are “Internet Addicted.” old boy was hospitalized for kidney ReSTART recently enrolled its first failure after an alleged beating. patient: Ben Alexander, a 19-year-old In July, China’s health ministry World of Warcraft (WoW) player who banned the use of electric shock thera- flunked out of the University of Iowa py to treat Internet addicts, citing lack due to his addiction to the popular of evidence that electric shock therapy online fantasy game. Students at Tufts is effective in treating the addiction. have had similar problems with this A hospital in the eastern Shandong game in the past, as reported earlier province used the procedure on about by the Daily. WoW has over 11.5 mil- 3,000 Internet addicted youths over a lion monthly subscribers, and accord- four-month period before the govern- ing to a recent press release by media JAMES CHOCA/TUFTS DAILY ment intervened. tracking firm Nielsen, the average Internet addictions can have a negative impact on grades, relationships and health. Despite the damage Internet addic- WoW player plays for around 17 hours tion can inflict on those affected and a week. of “addict” than substance abusers, gible things like drugs and alcohol,” their families, Internet addiction is Senior Gina Sultan, a psychol- Internet addiction can be highly dam- Sultan said. “An addiction to something not currently recognized as a clinical ogy major, noted that even though aging nonetheless. like the Internet can be just as serious, Internet addicts are a different type “Addictions aren’t confined to tan- especially considering the extent that see ADDICTION, page 4 For college graduates, employment may be a click away

BY MARISSA CARBERRY on their recruiting dollars, so One Tufts LinkedIn user is Daily Editorial Board they are using the Internet and impressed with the Web site, LinkedIn to find candidates,” although she said the new With job-hunting season Pollak said. technology has yet to over- just around the corner, many On LinkedIn, users cre- take print ads in terms of seniors dread what comes ate profiles in which they effectiveness. next: spending countless post information about their “I really get the best response hours surfing Monstertrak and work experience, educa- to my … newspaper ads, but I Careerbuilder.com, filling out tion and interests. They can think LinkedIn is certainly a time-consuming job applica- include contact informa- useful tool,” said Janna Mintz, tions and giving up the cushy tion, have colleagues write a graduate of the School of student lifestyle. recommendations for them the Museum of Fine Arts who One tool seeking to make the and join related groups. Like attended several classes at job search easier is LinkedIn. Facebook users, people on Tufts while studying for her com, a social networking Web LinkedIn can connect with degree. “I’ve gotten [LinkedIn] site that essentially functions like old friends and colleagues, submissions from all over the Facebook.com for profession- but instead of putting peo- country and from Canada. I’ve als. It is becoming an increas- ple on their list of “friends,” also gotten responses from ingly important and necessary LinkedIn users add acquain- people in the Philippines and career tool, with some users even tances to their “network.” in India.” choosing to include a link to their The LinkedIn phenomenon Mintz lives in New Mexico own LinkedIn profile on their has already reached the Tufts and works as an independent résumés. community. Not only have distributor for the Shaklee The site currently has many students and alumni Corporation, a global health 47 million members in over signed up, but there is also and wellness company that 200 countries and territories a Tufts University Alumni manufactures products for and is available in English, group and a Tufts University healthy lifestyles. She has Spanish, French and German. “Company profile” on the been using LinkedIn for the About half of LinkedIn users site. Members who join the past two months in the hopes are based outside the United Tufts Alumni group periodi- of promoting an opportunity States, according to the site. cally receive e-mail “updates” for independent distribution The recession is pushing that list new group discus- work at Shaklee. LINKEDIN.COM companies to use LinkedIn sions, job postings, articles Like any networking tool, Online social networking profiles are now important employment tools. as a recruiting method, said and events. LinkedIn requires a certain Lindsey Pollak, a campus “Your Tufts alumni network is degree of strategy and exper- “The biggest mistake I see Students with limited work spokesperson for the Web site one of the strongest job connec- tise. According to Pollak, students make is that they experience are sometimes and the author of the bestsell- tions there is,” Pollak said. “So students should put time have crummy profiles,” Pollak reluctant to join LinkedIn ing book “Getting from College many alums will want to help and thought into creating said. “LinkedIn is essentially because they do not think to Career.” graduating students, but they or improving their LinkedIn your online résumé with a lot “Companies are cutting back won’t know how to find you.” profile. more information.” see ONLINE NETWORKING, page 4 4 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Internet addiction not yet recognized Political Wonks • Music Lovers • Aspiring by professionals as a clinical disorder Chefs • NFL fans • Fashionistas • Lushes ADDICTION such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, continued from page 3 rather than its own psychiatric disor- disorder. The current edition of the der. Pies noted that, “Notwithstanding Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the impressive research on [internet Mental Disorders, the manual used addiction] emerging from Asia, I do WRITE A by mental health professionals to not believe that what is termed inter- diagnose mental illness, does not list net addiction reaches the threshold of Internet addiction as a psychiatric dis- specific disease entity.” order. However, the manual’s current Pies suggests that the term “Pathological fourth edition was published in 1994. Use of Electronic Media (PUEM)” be used in The fifth edition is scheduled for pub- place of the term Internet addiction for now. COLUMN lication in May 2012, and there is a “PUEM would permit incorporation push by some members of the psychi- of problems related to new electronic atric community for the inclusion of technologies without endlessly multi- Internet addiction in the manual. plying psychiatric diagnoses,” Pies said. However, not all are in agreement “I believe our patients will benefit in FOR THE that Internet addiction is an inde- the long run by a conservative approach pendent mental illness. In a recent to both diagnosis and treatment of paper published in the digital jour- PUEM-like behavior,” he continued. nal “Psychiatry,” School of Medicine “This should be accompanied by rapid professor Dr. Ron Pies argued that development of uniform diagnostic DAILY Internet addiction, though potentially criteria and a vigorous research effort devastating, could be a symptom of aimed at understanding the nature of other clinically recognized disorders, this condition.” The Tufts Daily runs columns on everything from politics to base ball, from music to food. Students utilize LinkedIn and other Here’s how to apply: social media websites to find jobs • E-mail three 600-word samples to daily@tufts- ONLINE NETWORKING and navigate LinkedIn. continued from page 3 “Using social media is an impor- daily.com by noon on Wednesday, Sept. 16. they will be able to fill out a pro- tant component of a job or internship file. Pollak believes that these stu- search today,” Papalia said. “In fact, • dents should still become members we have developed a workshop called Attend a Daily staff meeting on Sunday, Sept. and should include information about ‘Using Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter 20 at 12 p.m. in Braker 001 to pitch your col- their extracurricular activities and in your Job Search’ to ensure that stu- volunteer work. She also suggests that dents understand the most effective umn and field questions from editors. students visit grads.linkedin.com to and appropriate strategies for employ- browse the site to view examples of ing these new channels. Likewise, we strong LinkedIn profiles. are developing content for our website In addition, Pollak said that stu- that addresses this issue.” dents should ask for feedback on their Papalia advised students to keep At the Daily staff meeting, columnists will be LinkedIn profiles when they go to in mind that social networking sites, Tufts Career Services to have their despite their growing popularity, are democratically elected. If selected, columnists résumé reviewed. Career Services only one of many job search tools. Director Jean Papalia said in an e-mail “Even [LinkedIn’s] most enthusiastic will be responsible for one column 600-word to the Daily that Career Services is fans will agree that face-to-face con- working to help students better utilize tact is always most effective,” she said. per week until the end of classes. Wednesday, September 16, 2009 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT 5

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Logan Hudson works swiftly and deliber- ately, carefully packing the metal filter with espresso grounds until the surface is level and smooth. He attaches the filter to the machine, hits a button and mentally calcu- lates the time it should take for the espresso to start dripping. As it pours, Hudson keeps a keen eye on the color and texture, acutely aware of any variation. Finally, the cup is WWW.AMAZON.COM filled with rich, deep-brown liquid. “Nope, As the cover suggests, listeners are stumped not quite right,” says Hudson, promptly toss- by Arctic Monkeys’ new album. ing the creation into the sink. He begins again. The staff of Barismo Coffee Roasters, locat- ‘Humbug’ turns ed on 169 Massachusetts Ave. in Arlington, are what you might call perfectionists. “Some places serve a lot of coffee; others are all even diehard fans about the coffee,” said Jamie van Schyndel, age 31, co-owner of Barismo along with colleagues Ben Chen and Hong Xue. into Scrooges Barismo is a small roaster with a focus on manual brewing methods and a com- KYLE CHAYKA/TUFTS DAILY BY REBECCA GOLDBERG Daily Staff Writer see BARISMO, page 11 Logan Hudson pours water into a wood-neck coffee dripper at Barismo Coffee Roasters.

Arctic Monkeys do not seem con- GALLERY REVIEW tent with what they have accomplished BOOK REVIEW so far. With “Humbug” (2009), they Humbug ‘Half the Sky’ Arctic Monkeys captures global Domino attempt to develop a new sound for the heroism of women band. However, they fall into a com- BY ERIC BERG mon trap: confusing maturation with Daily Staff Writer being boring and depressing. Arctic Monkeys’ debut outing, This is not a story about victims. It is “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s not the story of thoughtful Westerners What I’m Not” (2006), broke records, out to save the foreign underprivileged. becoming the U.K.’s fastest-selling debut album of all time. In the States, Half the Sky: Turning the Monkeys became an “it band” for mainstream rock critics due to their Oppression into Opportunity for refreshingly stripped-down, post-Brit Women Worldwide pop, garage rock mentality. Frontman Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Alex Turner’s unpolished, conversa- tional sound and working class British accent dominated sparse, energetic rock arrangements. The debut, which Knopf featured the tracks “I Bet You Look ASE.TUFTS.EDU Good On The Dancefloor” and the Instead, “Half the Sky” is an account of Nobuhiro Ishihara’s “Deer Man” (2008) uses vivid colors to create an atypical vision excellent “When The Sun Goes Down” some of the greatest heroes of our gen- of a monster. is punctuated with wry humor and eration — women in Asia and Africa unpretentious vigor. To mixed reviews, who are fighting for the right to own the band’s follow-up, “Favourite Worst ‘Sacred Monsters’ run wild their own bodies, and the economic Nightmare” (2007), brought more of and social prosperity that has and will the same. come from their self-empowerment. In the band’s latest release, the at Tufts’ Tisch Gallery Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, cheerful guitar riffs and athletic bass who previously co-won a Pulitzer for their lines of the first two albums have been New exhibition examines animism in Japanese coverage of China, have produced a non- replaced with distorted minor chords fiction book of the highest order. “Half the that wouldn’t sound out of place on culture through sculpture and painting Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity a late 90’s alt-rock record. The album for Women Worldwide” covers interna- features fuzzy bass lines and busy, sin- BY ANNA MAJESKI synthetic fur and plastic (i.e., the creatures tional, accepted ister drums. Daily Staff Writer mentioned above) to the more traditional sex slavery, This aesthetic has mixed results. medium of oil painting. Japanese animat- which occurs It works on the lead single, “Crying Without a doubt, the first thing visitors ed films selected by Susan Napier, a profes- on a larger scale Lightning,” which builds slowly and will notice upon walking into the Tufts sor in the Japanese Program, complement than the 19th menacingly, never quite exploding the University Art Gallery’s new exhibition is the pieces. century slave way one expects. Turner’s voice, not Taken all together, “Sacred Monsters” trade, maternal as raw as it used to be, leaps and dips Sacred Monsters: Everyday effectively teases out the themes prevalent mortality ratios through the juicy lyrics. The Monkeys’ Animism in Contemporary in contemporary Japanese art through the that leave fami- verbal play is as present on “Humbug” varied microscopes of multimedia. At the lies destroyed as on any of their previous albums. Japanese Art and Anime heart of the show’s thematic interest is the and widespread Tracks like “Dangerous Animals” and concept of animism — the ancient belief violence against “Potion Approaching,” in contrast, do At the Tisch Gallery, through Nov. 22 that all things are alive and animated by women. not achieve the same level of success. Tufts University Art Gallery divine spirits — in the context of modern As readers Instead, they revolve around riffs that Aidekman Arts Center Japanese culture. of Kristof’s sound as if they were cribbed from 617-627-3518 Animism finds its roots in the Shinto column for the last decade of mediocre hard rock. religion, which holds beliefs in “kami,” the New York WWW.AMAZON.COM “Whatever People Say I Am” was full of spirits or natural forces, and “yokai,” Times know, he gymnastic orchestration for guitar and a group of five prominent sculptures with monsters with human-like personalities. cares deeply about gender issues. The bass, but on “Humbug,” the musicians bright, synthetic fur and heart-shaped The furry creatures at the entrance of the book allows both of its authors to dem- limit themselves to only a few notes. faces made of vinyl. gallery are part of a larger piece called onstrate why the problems women face At times, “Humbug” takes on a near- Arranged in a ring in the center of the “Noah’s Ark,” which references a char- are among the greatest moral and eco- ly gothic tone. On “Pretty Visitors,” room, the creatures playfully introduce acter in the Japanese film “My Neighbor nomic challenges of our time, and the the band uses an organ to amplify the visitors to the exhibition “Sacred Monsters: Totoro” (1988). In the movie, two girls arguments the authors make are some song’s deep, ominous central riff. The Everyday Animism in Japanese Culture,” become friends with a huge forest spirit of the most important arguments one lyrics describe apprehension and dan- which features a wide selection of work named Totoro. It also includes charac- could read this year. from eight contemporary Japanese artists. see MONKEYS, page 9 The artists work in mediums ranging from see MONSTERS, page 8 see HALF THE SKY, page 8 8 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS & LIVING Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Ancient Japanese religion is reflected in ‘Half the Sky’ uses personal artists’ modern techniques and materials stories to illustrate problems MONSTERS HALF THE SKY encourage it. In order to learn continued from page 7 continued from page 7 from past mistakes, Kristof ters in the well-known Western It is crucial not to dismiss and WuDunn frankly portray children’s novel “Where the Wild these topics as mere pet the failed attempts of well- Things Are,” by Maurice Sendak. causes that lack the weight meaning foreigners to address In doing so, the work represents of more important matters. these problems. a modern reincarnation of the These are problems bound Kristof and WuDunn stress ancient “kami” and “yokai.” to the social, economic solutions that empower indi- Chiho Aoshima’s piece titled and political well-being of viduals, hoping that such “The Sun Goddess Amaterasu and nations, and improving such attempts will affect the sta- the Ninigi Legend” directly refer- problems can improve all tus of women in rural areas ences ancient Shinto beliefs by aspects of a society. in ways that laws cannot. depicting the legend of Amaterasu, Kristof and WuDunn cre- Outsiders cannot stop these who is the source of all light in the ate an arresting work through crises by throwing money at universe. Amaterasu rises from the the use of masterful prose. As them, a point “Half the Sky” top of Mt. Fuji with her hair flowing every reader of a bad textbook is fully aware of. Previous all around her. The entire piece is knows, poor writing can make failures led to the author’s full of ethereal, pastel colors, befit- even the most interesting top- well-founded belief, stem- ting of a universal light source and ics seem dry. What sets “Half ming from their experience in a style of an anime still. the Sky” apart is its focus on on the ground, that focused Aoshima’s technique is modern personal stories and its insis- aid and education are the two in the materials it incorporates as tence that the way to learn things most likely to bring well as its style. The image of the about gender problems is not about change. Shinto goddess is made up of a to study them from a removed Kristof and WuDunn choose combination of digital prints, alu- standpoint, but to listen to the not to simplify complex issues. minum and Plexiglas, resulting in people living through them. Instead, they have chosen an artful combination of ancient The authors succeed enor- to end each chapter with a concepts and modern techniques. mously; they make many of case study of a small, con- However, the fact that the image their points through these sto- crete action taken by some- itself appears as only a still in an ries, creating a piece of inves- one who made a difference. unfinished film suggests an unre- tigative journalism both simul- These include Mukhtar Mai, solved question about the place taneously in scope and min- a Pakistani woman in south- of ancient characters such as ute in focus. The depth of the ern Punjab who revitalized her Amaterasu in modern-day Japan. authors’ knowledge is appar- entire community by start- Oscar Oiwa tackles this connec- ent, and it brings strength and ing a school despite constant tion between animism and con- authority to their work. threats of rape and violence. temporary culture in a different This authority is key to The book concludes that the way. In his oil painting “Mountain,” ASE.TUFTS.EDU their rigorously documented, most effective way to change the massive frame is filled with the The exhibit takes on the subject of monsters through a variety of mediums. nuanced look at oppression. deeply rooted gender mores is remains of wasteful humanity, but “Half the Sky” never devolves to give a woman the tools she there are no humans in sight. The waste implies that human beings humanity’s ecologically harmful into simple arguments of needs to advance her position tops of the piles of trash mingled are crushing the earth’s spirit. In the actions towards a living earth. oppressor and oppressed, in society. with dilapidated homes form a absence of human forms and other Animism has transitioned from good and evil. Instead, the More than anything, the shape similar to a mountain range animate objects, the earth itself a religious belief to an element of authors make a point of reveal- book celebrates education. surrounded by misty fog, and at takes on anthropomorphic charac- mass culture, adapting to its new ing how deeply embedded the “Half the Sky” shows that the bottom left of the image, a trac- teristics that are just as powerful role in Japanese culture. It is this problems are. For example, women in the most oppressive tor appears about to dump more as more evident animism. Instead adaptation that has allowed for its there are ‘willing’ prostitutes of situations have lifted them- trash onto the huge piles. of referencing or questioning the continuing relevance in modern who have been broken into selves up through education There are no direct references to presence of ancient spirits in con- society. The opening for “Sacred submission at a young age as and pushed the boundaries “kami” or “yokai,” but the mystical temporary culture, Oiwa uses these Monsters” will take place onThurs- well as girls who beg for geni- of human courage, ingenuity mountain range formed by human animistic qualities to question day, Sept. 17, from 5:30- 8:00 p.m. tal cutting and mothers who and strength.

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Arctic Monkeys take their latest in a STRONG WOMEN 5:30pm Gantcher Instructor: Marten Vandervelde new direction, but it’s a wrong turn FLOW YOGA 5:30pm Jackson Gym MONKEYS because Turner and company adhere Instructor: Zan Barry continued from page 7 to one style throughout the song. The ger in abstract terms: “All the pretty Monkeys are at their best when tell- Wednesday September 23rrdd visitors came and waved their arms ing urban fairy tales and bedtime and cast the shadow of a snake pit on stories, with or without happy end- CARDIO, STRENGTH & PILATES 5:50pm Jackson Gym the wall.” It could be the score for a ings. “Cornerstone” is the closest they Instructor: Sharon Graves dystopian horror film except that it come to that type of song. th only circles, vulture-like, around a vio- The Monkeys’ first two efforts Thursday September 24 lent climax that it never reaches. hearkened back to a time before YOGA FOR EVERYONE 12:00pm Jackson Gym In addition to mid-tempo, sinister the Gallagher brothers transformed Instructor: Jennifer Phillips rockers, “Humbug” is peppered with British modern rock, where music plaintive ballads that are experiments streamed out of London garages, com- Friday September 25th gone awry. “Secret Door” features a plete with rough edges and thoughtful pounding bass line similar to the tracks storytelling. Now, “Humbug” sounds IYENGAR YOGA 12:00pm Chase Gym that bookend it, but the chorus has old-fashioned in all the wrong ways. Instructor: Brenda Santora Turner singing a longing melody on There’s a reason that 90’s alt-rock has top of swooning harmonies and sweet, gone the way of disco, and one won- KRAV MAGA 4:00pm Jackson Gym echoing guitars. ders why Arctic Monkeys thought it Instructor: Gershon Ben Keren “Cornerstone” is a Britpop influ- was worth reviving. enced serenade from a misguided Where the city of Arctic Monkeys’ Fall Mini-course Schedule - ase.tufts.edu/physed man looking to replace his lover tales used to be charming in its shag- with someone who looks like her and gy decrepitude, it now sounds like a SPONSORED BY PHYSICAL EDUCATION who agrees to respond to her name. monotonous place that no one should Unlike “Secret Door,” the song works visit alone at night.

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To learn more, visit http://emergency.tufts.edu Wednesday, September 16, 2009 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS & LIVING 11 Sparse décor belies complex coffee and roasting process at Barismo BARISMO already expensive and then you throw 20 per- Web savvy? continued from page 7 cent of it away,” said Van Schyndel. “I made mitment to quality, location-specific beans. a trip to Guatemala and went to nine places. With just two custom-made roasters, Barismo Three of them gave me the time of day, and only sells beans to local shops. “It’s very much the rest said I was crazy ... but I want to work Join the Tufts Daily! about the relationship,” said van Schyndel. “If with people who want to do crazy stuff.” I can’t drive there in stiff traffic in half an hour, Van Schyndel learned his technique from I probably won’t take the account.” a Taiwanese roaster, whom he described as Through our New Media “maniacally obsessive.” That attention to detail Department, To view an audio slideshow is what makes coffee roasters like Barismo featuring an interview with unique. “It’s a matter of how insane you are, you can make videos, slide- the founder of Barismo, how obsessive you might end up being,” said visit tuftsdaily.com van Schyndel. shows and podcasts. In both brewing and roasting, Schyndel takes a scientific, methodical approach. A fairly sparse space, Barismo is not what Barismo uses methods which are considered most college students would typically think of archaic by many American coffee shops, like as a coffee shop. With no WiFi, no comfortable hand grinders, siphon brewers and cloth Come to our general interest meeting couches and no sandwiches to munch on woodneck drippers. For van Schyndel, it’s not between class readings, Barismo is more of a so much a step backward as a revival of the tonight at 8 p.m. in Braker 001 kiosk than a café. barista’s role as coffee connoisseur. When van Van Schyndel is just as unassuming, but Schyndel prepares Kenyan drip coffee in the is perhaps the true picture of the passionate siphon, the café space seems to transform into barista. He runs his hands through a batch of a lab. Van Schyndel’s analytical technique pays roasting coffee beans and critically observes off: The Kieni had a complex flavor, with brown obs * net each bean from behind a pair of thin, oval sugar notes and a fruity taste that opened up d j wo glasses. Between tasks, he spouts off ency- as the coffee cooled. n rk clopedic knowledge of roasting and brewing, In order to help customers replicate their fi always straightforward and occasionally bit- experience in the shop, Barismo sells cof- * ingly honest. fee bags with specific brewing guidelines and s *e Tufts x “I have a reputation for telling people some of its special equipment for the more p i what I think,” admitted van Schyndel. “But coffee savvy. p I’m not out there to lecture anybody ... I just One thing customers won’t find on the bags h l s o like the coffee we sell and want to sell the is a flowery description of flavor. “Telling the Career n r coffee I like.” customer how to get the taste is more impor- r e

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EDITORIAL THE TUFTS DAILY GIOVANNI J.B. RUSSONELLO Alcohol policy values discipline over discussion Editor-in-Chief There have been some notable changes of punishment from ever dissuading some- Instituting a stricter alcohol focusing more on the Hill since the end of last semester. one from calling TEMS. The new alcohol on punishment than prevention and plac- EDITORIAL Packard Hall has been completed, sopho- policy represents the university’s most egre- ing discipline over discussion policy is only Naomi Bryant Managing Editors mores are once again allowed to have cars on gious miscalculation in this realm. It brings going halfway. As such, it would behoove David Heck campus, and –— most notably — a student’s to the fore the conflict of interest that has the university to consider using only alco- first alcohol-related offense now lands him long been an inherent part of making that hol counseling as a consequence of being Alexandra Bogus Executive News Editor or her a direct ticket to level-one disciplin- difficult call to TEMS: Contacting the univer- TEMSed. Freshman Orientation should Nina Ford News Editors ary probation, or pro-one. No warnings, no sity health officials can save a life, but doing also include a segment in which student Tessa Gellerson My Student Body-earned freebies. Yet while so can also endanger a friend’s enrollment in Orientation Leaders, with whom incoming Ben Gittleson Gillian Javetski Tufts has instituted a decidedly harsher pol- the university or even future job prospects. students can develop a certain bond, speak Christy McCuaig icy, it has not put forward any considerable On the other side of the coin, Tufts has to intimate groups of freshmen about their Matt Repka effort to increase dialogue on the subject of done virtually nothing to create dialogue or experiences getting acquainted to life on a Ellen Kan Assistant News Editors underage drinking. Even more disturbing, spread potentially life-saving information campus where underage drinking is unde- Harrison Jacobs the university continues to uphold the mis- to complement its new policy. My Student niably ubiquitous. University President Katherine Sawyer begotten policy — now rendered even more Body, an online informational program fea- Lawrence Bacow is willing to acknowledge Saumya Vaishampayan dangerous — in which a student who calls turing a health quiz, remains the school’s that the current drinking age of 21 does Robin Carol Executive Features Editor for assistance from Tufts Emergency Medical primary mode of communicating with present problems — that is why he signed Services (TEMS) for alcohol-related issues its students about the dangers of alcohol onto the Amethyst Initiative last year. Newly Jessica Bidgood Features Editors Alison Lisnow also receives an alcohol violation. poisoning and underage drinking. While matriculated students who have grown up Emily Maretsky In the wake of the fiasco that was Spring subjects like rape, campus violence, racism amidst this repressive system need a peer- Kerianne Okie Fling 2009, it is understandable that the and sexual orientation are addressed openly counseling approach when they arrive in Romy Oltuski Christina Pappas administration would feel a pressing need as part of Freshman Orientation, alcohol an environment where illegal drinking is Charlotte Steinway to step up the battle against binge drinking. awareness is relegated to an impersonal widespread but clandestine nonetheless. Julia Zinberg The 30 TEMS calls that went out that day Web site tutorial. Students are left to their We have all heard horror stories about Sarah Korones Assistant Features Editors strained not only Tufts’ emergency medi- own devices, often learning by trial and young students who die from untreated Carter Rogers cal resources but those of our nearby com- error or, if they are lucky, through the advice alcohol poisoning. The implementation of munities. Spring Fling was declared a Mass of older friends. this policy is one step down the road to Jessica Bal Executive Arts Editor Casualty Incident and ambulances had to This sort of wink-wink, nudge-nudge further inhibiting students from clear-mind- Emma Bushnell Arts Editors be called in from surrounding communities. handling of underage drinking ought to be edly looking out for each other’s well-being. Matthew DiGirolamo While the Daily certainly denounces drink- put to rest. It is no longer sufficient to be We will not know when this law-and-order Mitchell Geller Adam Kulewicz ing to that level of excess, we believe it is of silent and merely go after the most obvious approach has caused someone to pay the Catherine Scott paramount importance to prevent the fear offenders, such as those who get TEMSed. ultimate cost until it is too late. Josh Zeidel

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PRODUCTION Karen Blevins Production Director OFF THE HILL | UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Steven Smith Executive Layout Editor Dana Berube Layout Editors Your Mom’s on Facebook Andrew Petrone Menglu Wang Adam Gardner Assistant Layout Editors BY CHRISTINA STIEHL which unfortunately includes our parents. for potential employers (and the general Brian Lim The Maneater Although it seems superficial, Facebook worldly public). Even still, there are some Grace Lamb-Atkinson Executive Copy Editor has become such a staple in the social lives pictures, comments and inside jokes that, You know that party a couple week- of college students that for many people, though they might be considered publicly Rachel Oldfield Copy Editors ends ago that you only vaguely remember their online profile is just as important acceptable, are still private to my friends Ben Smith Elisha Sum because of the pictures that surfaced on as their appearance in person. So when and me and do not necessarily need to be Ricky Zimmerman Facebook? Imagine if your parents had moms write embarrassing wall posts or seen by my parents. Sara Eisemann Assistant Copy Editors been there. Well now, they are. make disapproving photo comments, a lot The most distressing aspect of this whole Katherine Evering-Rowe Ammar Khaku Adult relatives invading our personal more people than just us read it. invasion is the lack of privacy. College is a Niki Krieg Facebook world is a distressing trend that I don’t necessarily blame our over-the- time for personal growth and establishing Luke Morris has picked up over the past couple of years hill relatives for their awkward and ques- independence, so knowing your parents Lucy Nunn Regina Smedinghoff as more and more parents deem it neces- tionable behavior on Facebook; it’s a gen- can keep tabs on you via your Facebook sary to create an online profile in order to erational gap. Most of us have never lived profile at any time of the day is all too simi- Ben Schwalb Executive Online Editor keep in touch with their children. I’m sure in a household that hasn’t had a computer, lar to George Orwell’s “1984” — it feels like Christine Jang Online Editor they believe they are being trendy. I just so we grew up learning and adapting to Big Brother really is watching. believe they are being annoying. online etiquette. For instance, we know I know Facebook is now a multi-mil- Michael Vastola Executive Technical Manager Remember the early days of Facebook? It not to Facebook friend people we have lion-dollar business and will never go Muhammad Qadri Technical Manager started out like a top-secret club, in which never met in person or not to make awk- back to the way it was a few years ago. you needed a secret code (your university ward comments on photos posted by our And it’s not that I don’t appreciate keep- BUSINESS e-mail) and password (of your choice) in not-so-close friends. Some parents appar- ing up with my mom — some of the order to join. Once you had access, you ently never got that memo. messages and wall posts are very sweet. Kahran Singh Executive Business Director could openly communicate with others of I will admit having my mom on Facebook I would simply like to go back to the Benjamin Hubbell-Engler Advertising Director your kind — college students. has had some positives. For one thing, it peaceful days when we could hold a con- Dwijo Goswami Billing Manager Now, Facebook has become a free-for- forces me to re-examine my online pro- versation that didn’t include the phrase, Ally Gimbel Outreach Director all, allowing just about anyone to join, file to make sure it is socially appropriate “So I saw on Facebook ...” The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, published Monday through Friday during the academic year, and distributed free to the Tufts community. Correction P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 The “Daily Digits” sports item that ran in the Sept. 14 issue incorrectly stated that sophomore men’s cross country runner 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 [email protected] Philip Grannan placed 12th at the Trinity Invitational, improving 74 spots from his finish the year before. In fact, it was senior Jesse Faller, the team’s No. 1 runner, that finished 12th.

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BY MEERA GAJJAR

Ah, to be a young freshman at Tufts University; there could be no sweeter thing. Since my sophomore year I have been jealous of each newly matriculated class. The new freshmen have it made: They get nicer Nalgenes, cooler T-shirts and newer mattresses than we did. They also seem to be traveling in big- ger herds than was acceptable back in my freshman days. All in all, freshmen have it pretty good, or so I thought. But along with awesome flame-retardant couches and renovations made to The Rez comes another change to the Tufts community: This change has to do with campus policies, and it spells trouble for the Class of 2013. Since the most well-known policies at Tufts per- tain to octopus-style lamps and alcohol, it is not surprising that the change has affected one of these college experiences. Octopus lamps are banned just like they were before; the alcohol policy, however, has changed quite a bit. There is now a $300 fine for kegs on university property. More importantly, Tufts has eliminated the warning that students previously received for a first drinking offense. Any alcohol or drug violation now automatically results in level-one disciplinary probation, or pro-one. While I understand that Tufts feels the need to crack down on irresponsible and dangerous alcohol consumption, I think this policy will only create greater problems concerning underage drinking on campus. The new policy will encourage underage drinkers to party more at off-campus locations to avoid being caught by resident assistants or the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD). It could also result in students pre-gaming harder so they do not have to risk keeping alcohol on their persons. The most serious consequence of the new policy is that it will discourage students from calling Tufts Emergency Medical Services (TEMS). As a person who has received care from TEMS after an irresponsible bout of underage drinking, I feel this new rule is unnecessarily harsh. It is already upsetting enough to wake up in the hospital feeling MCT terrible and not knowing what happened the night before; now, the administration also wants people caused by alcohol consumption. Is a sprained ankle negative consequences of drinking. The administra- to worry about probation, too. Pro-one might not from slipping on ice less legitimate if the person has tion has already created a group that includes stu- sound too bad: You just have to keep out of trouble had a few drinks? It is not fair for the administration dents, called the Alcohol and Drug Taskforce; I am for the rest of the year. But being on probation means to force people to choose between a clean record eager to learn about their proposals for controlling more than this. For one, you may have to report the and medical attention just because drinking or substance abuse on campus. incident if you apply to graduate school or even drugs are involved. College students are going to drink, and unfor- for certain jobs. Being on probation could prevent So how can the administration ensure that stu- tunately many of them will drink too much. I students from participating in some extracurricular dents are still comfortable with calling TEMS and am not endorsing underage drinking. Nor am I activities. Perhaps, the administration realizes these discourage irresponsible drinking? The solution is encouraging more policing of students. I just want consequences and wants to use them to curb under- simple: In keeping with precedent, the first time the punishment to fit the crime. Tufts students age drinking, but I think they will result in students students get TEMSed, they should lose a warning need to take more responsibility for their drinking not calling TEMS. but not receive pro-one. However, if students receive and not create fiascos like last year’s Fall Ball and I am grateful that my friends called TEMS when I alcohol violations and they are not TEMSed, they Spring Fling. The administration needs to support was too drunk, but I might not be so grateful if I had should receive pro-one. This change to the policy students who run into trouble and not punish them gotten on pro-one for taking a ride in an ambulance. would reflect the administration’s strict stance on for their first offense. Of course, when people are unconscious or in other underage drinking without endangering the welfare I encourage students to read the school’s new alco- dire conditions, people will call TEMS without hesi- of students. If the administration really wants to hol policy, which can be found by visiting the Tufts tation, but people are not going to call TEMS for less change the drinking behavior at Tufts, it needs to Student Affairs Web site and clicking “Policies.” serious conditions that might still warrant medical work with students to find ways to communicate the Sweet. I’m done writing just in time to catch the attention. My friends did not think I was going to dangers of irresponsible drinking. Perhaps students end of happy hour. die when they called TEMS, but they realized that I who have been TEMSed, TUPD officers and TEMS needed medical help, so they made the call. workers could go around to dorms and share experi- The new policy also unjustly punishes students ences about overdoing it. Maybe, we need to have Meera Gajjar is a senior majoring in peace and justice and that have medical emergencies that might not be posters in dorms that graphically depict the possible environmental studies. The $50,000 tote bag

BY MICHELLE WITROCK we paying for with tuition? but I worry that I wouldn’t have had the drive. Today, We’re all in it, on the surface at least, for the educa- I’m paying for the schedules, the professors and the Before I knew for sure that I would be attend- tion. I want to learn and I want to learn how to learn syllabi that will direct me. To me, these resources are ing Tufts, I found myself at the center of campus and I want to continue loving to learn. The resources worth the money. I pay for direction, and I wonder on the most beautiful day in April, surrounded by a school like Tufts provides in its libraries and espe- if I would have the motivation to study otherwise. students throwing Frisbees and eagerly attacking cially in terms of its faculty merit this price tag; I Even so, the walk home from the library will seem pre-frosh about their club preferences. I accepted all know, objectively, what is included in the sticker longer and longer as the snow deepens this winter. the leaflets that were given to me on health require- price of a Tufts education. It costs a lot of money to It bothers me that I can’t be sure I even deserve this ments, the Harry Potter Society and Tufts Wilderness run a school. My annual tuition doesn’t even neces- opportunity that my parents are paying so much for. Orientation, to name a few, and stuffed them into the sarily cover one faculty member’s yearly salary, let And so I start out the school year a bit worried. large tote bag I had been given earlier. It was tan with alone include the details that we often forget about Is what I’m doing, paying above America’s average blue lettering, and as it got heavier with more and when considering every aspect that goes into run- yearly salary for eight months of information, the more information, I passed it to my parents. They ning a school. Logically, I would think that a part of right thing? Should I be putting my money else- agreed to carry it for me, and after we went home, someone’s tuition must go into paying for the wood- where? I might never know; I might never be able the bag disappeared into the abyss of my closet for a chips that line the path up to the quad. to justify this to myself. But I take consolation in while. Yet is this money we’re paying really worth it? I’ve knowing that the money gives me motivation to Yet when I took the first opportunity I could find often thought about where else the money could go if work harder and to really take in all that I can. I am to bust out my Tufts tote bag with newfound pride, I I found a school, and they’re certainly out there, that going to soak up all of Tufts because I want to and was mocked by one of my good friends. He laughed only costs $20,000 per year. Would I be making more because I should get my money’s worth. I will carry at my free bag from Tufts, calling it the most expen- of an impact with my life if I took the $30,000 I wasn’t my $50,000 tote bag with pride, because I’m on my sive tote bag he’d ever seen: the $50,000-per-year tote paying each year and donated it to charity? I’ve read way to learning and growing, and I’m sure that I’m bag. Struck by the truth in this statement, I laughed that $10 can pay for a child’s malaria vaccination; going to do something fantastic with my education. along, but I’ve been thinking about the value of edu- could I be saving 3,000 lives? Besides, if I reason that it is the tote bag that was cation ever since. Friends or rather, friends’ parents My mind has also wandered to the way education purchased with my $50,000, then I can be happy are paying similar tuitions for other quality institu- worked in years long past. Alexander Hamilton got his that my education is basically free. tions, such as Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell and degree from King’s College, now Columbia University, New York Universities. We’re all thrilled to be going to without enrolling: He studied in the school library on college and to be stepping out into the world to learn his own time and passed an examination set by the Michelle Witrock is a freshman who has not yet declared something new and worthwhile. But what exactly are college. That was simply how it worked in those days, a major.

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WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY was nice to start right off the bat on other teams, which will give continued from page 20 this year. I hope I can continue us an advantage because our real priority.” to build off that.” score will be lower. We struggled Wilfert’s victory marked the Kass’ classmate Anya Price with that a little bit last year, so third time in as many years that also turned in a top-10 perfor- it’s definitely a focus this year, a Tufts runner won the Trinity mance, finishing in ninth place. and so far, it’s been working meet. In 2007, Katy O’Brien (LA The duo of second-years likely really well.” ’08) took first, while McNamara will be counted on to step up The 4K race gave the Jumbos claimed victory by nineteen in lieu of McNamara, and so far the opportunity to ease into the seconds last year. Wilfert’s title they have delivered. grind of the fall season, building remains extra sweet, however, “With [Steph’s injury] comes up their endurance for the 6K as it marked the first such place- the expectation that everyone meets later. They will have to do ment for the national-qualifying really needs to step up, and I that quickly since just one race runner. On Monday, she was think that people are realizing separates Tufts from the All-New named the NESCAC’s Performer that and coming together now,” England Championships on Oct. of the Week for her efforts. Kass said. “One of the biggest 10 at Franklin Park in Boston. Yet in order to fully fill the things about cross country is After a two-year absence from void of McNamara’s absence, having depth as a team. I think the Conn. College Invitational, the entire roster had to deliver that’s where we’re really going the Jumbos, currently ranked — and it did. Collectively, the to grow this year, to close the No. 24 in the country and fifth Jumbos finished second out gap between our third and in New England, will turn their of nine teams, racking up 40 fourth runners.” attention to that meet next. points, just 12 behind TCNJ. The Jumbos spoke last week Since 2003, Tufts has won the With three runners in the top about establishing the depth Conn. College Invitational twice 10, Tufts locked into the run- necessary to earn the squad its and has never finished worse ner-up spot after placing first in first trip to Nationals since 2006, than fourth. ’07 and ’08. especially after graduating just With a two-week layoff “Having [the younger run- one runner — Amy Hopkins between races, the Jumbos will ners] know that Steph might not (LA ’09) — who regularly scored have plenty of time to prepare. be there for the rest of the sea- points. With eight runners in the The extended time off between son and having them step up top 30 at Trinity, the Jumbos are meets should give Tufts the time to perform this early, it builds off to a good start. to continue training and build- confidence,” Wilfert said. Freshman Grace Hafner was ing mileage. Whereas the squad Sophomore Bryn Kass turned six seconds out of the top 10, fin- had meets every weekend in in the best race of her Tufts career ishing 13th in 17:23, while junior September last year, this season at Trinity, taking fourth place Jen Yih placed 17th in 17:35, four it has two Saturdays off between in 16:48, two seconds behind seconds from the top 15. Juniors races and another before All- American International College Isabel Hirsch (24th) and Elana New Englands. freshman Julie Collingnon. Davidowitz (28th), in addition “The goal with the extra time “In running, there are so to sophomore Sadie Lansdale off is to keep people from get- many variables that decide (26th), rounded out Tufts’ best. ting burned out from dealing whether or not you run a good “The more people we can get with stress of racing,” Wilfert LAURA SCHULTZ/TUFTS DAILY race,” Kass said. “For whatever to clump up to the front of the said. “Right now, we’re trying Sophomore Bryn Kass stepped up big time for the Jumbos this past weekend at reason those things didn’t add group, the better,” Wilfert said. to use the time off to keep the the Trinity Invitiational. Kass came in at fourth place with an impressive time of up as well last year for me, but it “They will displace other people training more intense.” 16:48 and helped the Jumbos to their second place finish out of nine teams. Swanson and Marchand crush competition as women steal trophy at MIT SAILING weekend were not entirely bad. In fact, Rhode Island finished with 108. history of national success, was unable continued from page 19 the unranked women’s team accom- In the B division, the Jumbos took to crack even the top 10 in the New fall, not to mention, the first time many plished quite a feat, winning the sixth with 130 points. Senior Peggy England rankings at the end of last of us have sailed a 420 in what feels like a Antonia Schuman regatta at MIT by a Tautz skippered 20 of the 24 races, spring. But with the way things are year,” Shaw said. “It took a little while to single point. Moreover, junior skipper with first-year Natalie Salk filling in going, it doesn’t look like that is going get used to the boats again. While I was Catherine Swanson and first-year crew during races 17-20, all with junior Sally to happen again this fall. not pleased with how we performed, it Mariel Marchand delievered a clutch per- Levinson as crew. This weekend, the Co-Ed team will was comforting to see that no team was formance, winning the final five races of The dominating performance by the make its way to the Charles River for consistently doing well — a testament to the regatta and crushing the competition women’s team is a re-emergence of the Hatch Brown Trophy regatta, while how unpredictable the conditions were.” in the A division by scoring 85 points over sorts after last year’s disappointing fin- the women’s team will head north to But the sailing team’s results this 24 races. The second-place University of ish. The women’s team, with its own Dartmouth for the Mrs. Hurst Bowl. Are you a Freshman? Are you interested in Academic and Social Programming for your class? Do you like to have fun? Do you want to meet upperclassmen? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then apply to be on the Freshman Class Council! 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Wilfert shows she’s ready to be Tufts’ new No. 1 Dangerous matchup with upstart Junior Amy Wilfert claimed the first cross country victory of her col- Amherst looms on Saturday legiate career on Saturday at the Trinity FIELD HOCKEY is doing and making adjustments.” Invitational. For her efforts, she gar- continued from page 20 “The forwards were having trouble lift- nered the season’s inaugural NESCAC by No. 1 Bowdoin and No. 3 Ursinus and a ing the ball, myself included,” Russo added. Performer of the Week award. Tufts 3-1 victory at then-No. 7 Middlebury “There was a lot of pressure from the defense, Wilfert ran the shortened four-kilo- over the weekend, the Jumbos actually slipped so you had to take an extra second to get low meter course in 15:56, which trans- from second to third in the most recent coach- to get the lift on the ball, and that was one we lates to an exceptional 5:54-mile pace, es’ poll. Leapfrogging Tufts were Messiah and were definitely having trouble doing. I think and crossed the finish line 16 seconds Salisbury, neither of which was ranked in the that’s definitely one reason we weren’t as suc- ahead of her nearest competitor in the top three of the previous poll. Yesterday was cessful as we should have been in the circle.” 100-runner field. Thanks to her efforts, the latest disappointment for a squad that The Beavers cut the deficit to one with the Jumbos managed a second-place peaked at No. 2 last year despite posting the 29:41 left to play on a tally off a penalty corner finish out of nine teams, twelve points only undefeated regular season in the nation. by freshman forward Kelly Walsh. But with behind The College of New Jersey. The “We’re used to it from last year, being frus- Tufts putting almost constant pressure on its race marked the third consecutive year trated every week,” Brown said. “But it’s been defense, Babson registered just two shots on in which a Tufts runner took home the kind of an ongoing thing with our team that goal the entire game. individual title. coaches’ polls don’t mean anything. In a way The Jumbos will have the rest of the Wilfert has replaced injured classmate it’s almost better not to be up top because we week off before returning to Bello Field on Steph McNamara as the team’s top can fly under the radar a bit.” Saturday for a critical early-season NESCAC runner and is emerging as one of the Tufts appeared to take firm control of yes- showdown against No. 16 Amherst. The region’s best. Last season, McNamara terday’s contest with a strong first half, in Lord Jeffs entered the national polls yes- was the only Jumbo to win Performer of which it outshot Babson 15-1 and notched terday following their stunning 2-0 victory the Week, which came as a result of her goals by Brown and senior co-captain Amanda over two-time defending national cham- victory in the Trinity Invitational as well. Russo. But the Jumbos couldn’t capitalize on pion Bowdoin last Saturday. Buoyed by the Despite being overshadowed by nine penalty corners and a plethora of other strong play of reigning NESCAC Rookie of McNamara last season, Wilfert, as a chances to put the game away in the final 35 the Year Emily Vitale in net, Amherst has strong No. 2 runner, was integral to the minutes, as a sprawling Pashos made seven won its first two games by a combined team’s success. After finishing 11th at second-half saves. Spanning two victories this score of 10-0. the conference championship and 14th season, Tufts has outshot its opponents 47-10 “Amherst is always a good team, and I feel in the regional competition, she earned but outscored them by just a 5-2 margin. like we’ve always battled with them,” McDavitt a trip to nationals, where she placed “I think we’re doing a great job of being said. “Last year we played really well in our 48th. With a first-place finish already in aggressive and getting in there, but we’re just game against them, and the [4-0] score was the bag this season, she will next look not sometimes making the right decisions,” indicative of that. We’ve kind of gone back to lead the Jumbos at the Conn. College coach Tina McDavitt said. “It was obvious that and forth with them almost every year, so I’m Invitational on Sept. 26 and the All-New the goalie on the other team was going down expecting a really good game. They always England Championship on Oct. 10. every time, so the obvious answer is to lift it, have a great team. I think they’re returning and we weren’t doing that. We need to do a some of their key players, so it should be a real — by Jeremy Greenhouse better job of figuring out what the other team battle on Saturday.” Freshman class impressive in debut, looks to prove itself in year’s first 8K MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY not relying on any freshmen to do some- Rand said. “I’ve heard it’s a pretty flat course, not to overexert themselves this early in continued from page 20 thing; rather, we’re just lucky to have a really so I’m looking for a fast time to start out my the season. doing this a lot longer than one week.” talented group that has a lot to contribute.” 8K career. I know a couple [freshmen] are “Like Trinity, the [Conn. College With a large incoming freshmen class, the The Jumbos have Saturday off but will more 800-meter [runners] and milers on the Invitational] is a meet where we are trying to Jumbos could boast a deeper squad than travel back to Connecticut on Sept. 26 for the track, so they might not be looking forward make small steps forward but not necessarily they’ve had in recent seasons. Conn. College Invitational, where the team to the longer distance as I am … so I think run the race of the season as a team,” Welch “The Class of 2013 seems to me like the will compete in its first 8K race of the year. there will be a mix of those who will benefit said. “It will be a chance for us to get a good most mature and composed group of fresh- “All the freshmen need to adjust to the from it and who will not.” sense of where we are and actually throw men we’ve had come in, at least in the years extra distance that the 8K has,” Barron said. But while the freshmen will be looking down against a lot of our regional rivals on I’ve been here,” Welch said. “First season you “Some will adjust faster than others.” to show their potential in the Jumbos’ next a pretty fast and flat course that most of us run in college, anything can happen. We’re “I’m looking forward to the longer race,” meet, the team’s veterans will be careful have run before.” Free Winter Flu Shots Student Clinic Dates

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INSIDE NFL Opening weekend highlighted by old faces in new places BY ZACH GROEN finally had a little bit of luck go their Senior Staff Writer way in Week One. Rookie coach Josh McDaniels had a tumultuous start to his After a offseason of wheeling and deal- tenure, spending his summer alienat- ing, the NFL regular season is finally upon ing his two best players: wide receiver us. And the initial weekend offered the Brandon Marshall and quarterback Jay first chance to see a host of players make Cutler, who was eventually traded to the their debuts in new homes. Chicago Bears. One of the biggest stories of the off- McDaniels couldn’t seem to find any season was Brett Favre’s retirement, pos- solace on the field either, as with 28 sible un-retirement, official retirement seconds left in his first game as a head and eventual signing with the Minnesota coach, the Broncos had the ball on Vikings in mid-August. their own 13-yard line and were trailing On Sunday, Favre took the field donning the lowly Cincinnati Bengals 7-6. New the Vikings’ purple and gold in a regu- Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton then lar season game against the Cleveland pulled off a miracle — with an assist Browns: a sight that Green Bay Packers from the Bengals defense. fans could only have envisioned in their Orton, the former Bear, took the shot- worst nightmares. However, despite all of gun snap, pumped once and threw in the hype around the 39-year-old quarter- the direction of Marshall on the left side- back’s Vikings debut, Favre’s performance line. Bengals cornerback Leon Hall leaped was predictably average. into the air and deflected the ball, but he Like he does almost every Sunday, couldn’t manage to knock it to the ground. Vikings running back Adrian Peterson Instead, the ball popped back up into the stole the show, running for 180 yards air — past Bengals safety Roy Williams, and three touchdowns on 25 carries. who was coming in to make the hit on Favre finished the day 14-for-21 with one Marshall — and fell into the waiting arms touchdown and zero interceptions, but of ageless wide receiver Brandon Stokley. to nobody’s surprise he followed up that Stokley did the rest of the work, running 55 six-yard touchdown pass with an “emo- yards to the end zone, capping an 87-yard tional” celebration. scoring play and sealing an unlikely win The bottom line is that Sunday’s 34-20 for Denver. victory over the Browns didn’t prove a Later Sunday night, Cutler — the Pro-Bowl thing about the Vikings’ new acquisition. quarterback who was relocated to Chicago Favre did what he was asked to do by sim- — was an absolute horror show in the Bears’ MCT ply handing the ball off to the incompa- 21-15 loss to the Green Bay Packers. The Quarterback Brett Favre helped led the Minnesota Vikings to a 34-20 victory over the rable Peterson and exceeded expectations quarterback — for whom Chicago traded Cleveland Browns in their season opener. Favre was one of many players who made their by not turning the ball over. two first round picks, a third round pick debuts in new uniforms over the weekend. The question is: How long will he be and Orton — threw four interceptions in satisfied with that small of a role? The his regular-season debut with his new team, Eagles uniform after he was cut by the recent release of A.J. Feeley, coach Andy world will have to wait until the Vikings including one in the last two minutes of Oakland Raiders in early September. Reid felt the need to bring Garcia back to are challenged by a quality opponent the game. It’s way too early to hit the panic Eagles starting quarterback Donovan the City of Brotherly Love. and Favre is forced to take shots throw- button, but after a shaky preseason, an ugly McNabb suffered a rib injury during It is still premature to begin making ing the ball rather than just handing opening game performance and a season- Philadelphia’s 38-10 drubbing of the judgments about the quarterbacks and it off. Only then will we find out what ending injury to linebacker Brian Urlacher, Carolina Panthers, and although he was their new teams, but Week One certainly exactly Favre is going to bring to the Bears fans have lost some of their optimism able to finish the game, his status is uncer- provided an interesting start to the story. Vikings’ offense. for the 2009 season. tain for next week, and he could poten- Only the coming months will tell whether Meanwhile, despite one of the most Finally, in a more recent addition to the tially be out for several. With very little the various teams involved in these big disastrous offseasons a franchise has had 2009 quarterback carousel, Jeff Garcia has depth at the quarterback position due to offseason moves will benefit from the play in recent history, the Denver Broncos once again found himself in a Philadelphia the suspension of Michael Vick and the of their new leaders.

SAILING Co-Ed team falters amidst tough conditions in opening regatta

BY PHILIP DEAR coming in 14th with 127 points Daily Editorial Board over the 12 races. Criezis, who has excelled Long Island Sound’s noto- over the past few seasons in riously shifty breezes were, single-handed competition and simply put, devastating to the has steadily risen through the sailing team this past weekend ranks of double-handed skip- at the Harry Anderson Trophy pers on Tufts’ squad, attributes at Yale. much of his disappointing per- The nationally ranked No. 11 formance to poor starts. Jumbos were already at a disad- “I was over the line in four vantage because they were sail- races and could barely crawl ing in 420s — boats similar in back from starting in last in size to the Larks sailed at home a really competitive regatta,” on Upper Mystic Lake but that Criezis said. carry a sufficient amount of “Every team was good, and disparity to throw off a skip- anytime you made a mistake, per trying to navigate his way a boat or two would pass you,” through unfamiliar waters. The he continued. “In most fleets tough conditions and boats, you can crawl back from a mis- combined with the fact that take, but it’s especially hard in 14 of the top 20 ranked teams the top-tier regattas.” in the nation made up Tufts’ Shaw noted just how much competition at the regatta, led the conditions played a role in the Jumbos to a sub-par 15th the unfortunate results. place out of 20 teams. “The wind was extremely All things considered, it unpredictable,” she said. “What would have been tough for worked one race didn’t neces- any team to do well at this sarily work in the next race.” regatta. However, the Tufts “The conditions were rather sailing team, with its legacy tricky because the wind was as one of the most success- shifting a lot, and every three ful teams in collegiate sailing to four times the wind shifted, history, holds itself to a higher there was a major shift of 20 standard. That was the reason degrees that stuck for a while, that senior Andrew Criezis, and that meant you were either who skippered the A division doing really well or really far boat for the Jumbos, was a bit behind,” Criezis added. frustrated after the regatta. Of course, this is merely the “My first reaction was that we first weekend of a long fall sailed like crap,” Criezis said. season ahead for the Jumbos. With classmate Jennifer All the team can do now is put Watkins as crew, Criezis fin- the poor performance out of ished 18th in the A division with mind and look to improve in 169 points in 12 races. In the B the weeks ahead. COURTESY KEN LEGLER division, sophomore Massimo “This is the first regatta of the The co-ed sailing team took a disappointing 15th out of 20 teams at the Harry Anderson Trophy regatta at Yale this Soriano took the helm with past weekend, but the women’s squad exceeded expectations by winning the Antonia Schuman regatta at MIT. classmate Emily Shaw crewing, see SAILING, page 17 20 INSIDE Inside the NFL 19 SSportsports Sailing 19 tuftsdaily.com

FIELD HOCKEY WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Wilfert steps up to claim first at Trinity

BY ALEX PREWITT Daily Editorial Board

Following the unexpected and likely season-ending hip injury to top runner and All-American junior Steph WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Trinity Invitational Manchester, Conn., Saturday

2nd out of seven teams (4k)

1. Amy Wilfert 15:56 4. Bryn Kass, 16:48 9. Anya Price, 17:09 13. Grace Hafner, 17:23 17. Jen Yih, 17:35 McNamara, classmate Amy Wilfert claimed that the women’s cross country team was “more than ready to step up.” If Saturday’s Trinity Invitational was any indication, the Jumbos will be JOSH BERLINGER/TUFTS DAILY just fine. Senior co-captain Amanda Russo makes a move to the goal in Tufts’ 2-1 win yesterday afternoon over Babson. Russo scored one of two In a field of 100 runners, Wilfert first-half goals for the Jumbos, who held on for their second victory of the season. breezed into first place, setting a blis- tering 5:54-mile pace in the shortened 4K race to win comfortably in 15:56. Jumbos survive scare from unranked Babson The junior outdistanced her next clos- BY SAPNA BANSIL est competitor, The College of New Daily Editorial Board Despite outshooting unranked Babson to a little, and we should have had a lot more Jersey (TCNJ) senior Michelle Wallace, 30-4, nationally ranked No. 3 Tufts barely than two goals. We just looked kind of lethar- by 16 seconds and the third-place fin- The field hockey team began the day hung on for a narrow 2-1 victory yester- gic out there.” isher by nearly one minute. upset about its latest snub in the NFHCA day afternoon at Bello Field, improving to “We had a lot of opportunities, but we “I just went out there with the plan coaches’ poll and nearly ended it victim to a 2-0 on the season. The Jumbos peppered just weren’t converting on them,” senior co- of trying to stay relaxed and focused, major upset. Beavers sophomore goalkeeper Jessica captain Margi Scholtes added. “We had shots getting back into racing,” Wilfert said. Pashos with 15 shots in the second half, hitting the post, shots going a tad wide and “Winning wasn’t anything overly FIELD HOCKEY but not one found the back of the cage as hitting feet in the circle — our touch just spectacular. It’s always exciting to win (2-0, 1-0 NESCAC) the team was forced to try to make two wasn’t the greatest.” a race, but I guess in the end it was Bello Field, Yesterday first-period goals stand. The win came hours after the team was, about seeing what the team was going “It’s a confidence booster to start off 2-0, once again, denied in its bid for the No. 1 spot to do. I finished, caught my breath TCNJ 0 1 — 1 but we know that [yesterday] was not a good in the Div. III national rankings. Despite losses and was cheering because that is the Tufts 2 0 — 2 game for us,” junior forward Tamara Brown said. “We must have outshot them a million see FIELD HOCKEY, page 18 see WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY, page 17

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Tufts opens season with fourth place at Trinity BY LAUREN FLAMENT exciting as the weeks come and as a team we Senior Staff Writer start to put the summer training and all of last year’s training into these meets.” With little on the line, the men’s cross Senior Ryan Lena took third for the Jumbos, country team was content to make a strong finishing 21st with a time of 16:56. Rounding but not all-out effort in its first race of the off the scoring were freshman Matt Rand and junior Jeff Ragazzini, finishing 25th and 26th MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY with times of 17:02 and 17:03, respectively. Trinity Invitational “I thought [the team] looked great,” coach Manchester, Conn., Saturday Ethan Barron said. “Almost everyone who returned from last year raced the same time 4th out of nine teams (5k) but made it look much more effortless.” According to Welch, the plan was to run a 12. Jesse Faller, 16:44 controlled first mile and a half, focusing on 16. Nick Welch, 16:47 running in packs, and then to start moving 21. Ryan Lena, 16:56 up during the second half of the race, closing 25. Matt Rand, 17:02 in hard in the last mile. 26. Jeff Ragazzini, 17:03 “It’s encouraging to see us have our top seven at the meet be so tight even with- season. And in that regard, the Jumbos’ out [juniors] Chris Brunnquell or Jerzy fourth-place finish Saturday at the Trinity Eisenberg-Guyot, who were members of our Invitational in Manchester, Conn., showed top seven last year,” Welch said. that they are headed in the right direction. Rand was the first of eight freshmen com- The Jumbos were led by two-time All- petitors to finish for Tufts in the class’ debut American senior Jesse Faller, who finished collegiate race. the 5,000-meter course in 16:44 to place “We wanted to go out pretty conserva- 12th out of 86 competitors. Following just tively and stay pretty comfortable for the first three seconds behind was senior captain two miles,” Rand said. “At the two mile mark Nick Welch, taking 16th. I was still pretty comfortable, so I caught Jeff “The guys looked good,” Welch said. Ragazzini, and I tried to pick it up a little and “We obviously don’t really test ourselves in just stay with him the last mile … I was happy the first meet or in the first couple meets, with a top-25 finish.” and later on when we really go hard in the “The freshmen looked great,” Welch said. 8K is when we’ll see exactly where our fit- “The freshmen are the ones who are running ness is at. their first collegiate race, and therefore have “Judging by our race Saturday at Trinity, a new uniform, new courses and new team- but also by the workouts we’ve had the past mates … but this year we had a lot of our couple weeks and really the whole summer freshmen on Saturday look like they’ve been LAURA SCHULTZ/TUFTS DAILY of training … we’re off to a good start,” Welch Senior Ryan Lena finished third for Tufts and 21st overall at the Trinity Invitational on Saturday. continued. “I think it will get more and more see MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY, page 18 Lena and the Jumbos finished fourth out of nine teams in their first race of the season.