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b y Ma r t h a Sh a n a h a n While Winslow yesterday was StudentsDaily Editorial Board fight notfor available unions, to speak with the stu- dents, the JJA members and other Two separate groups of students this Harvard University and Northeastern weekfinancial took a trip to the Massachusetts aid at University State students House involved with State House to meet with legislators, the Washington-based Student Labor hoping to raise awareness among state Action Project had an “in-depth” con- leaders about the importance of main- versation with his assistant about the taining union rights for workers and bill and left a letter detailing their financial aid for students. position with the office. Seven members of the student group “The letter effectively said we feel Jumbo Janitor Alliance (JJA) rallied in that collective bargaining is a basic the office of Massachusetts State Rep. workers’ right … but taking away work- Daniel Winslow (R-Norfolk, LA ’80), ers’ rights is not the way to deal with along with almost 20 other area stu- budget deficits,” JJA member Andrea dents, to discuss a bill Winslow last Ness, a senior, said. month sponsored that would consid- “We just wanted him to hear what erably limit unions’ rights. we had to say about it, why we’re Winslow’s Massachusetts against this bill,” she added. Management Rights Bill, submitted to JJA member Cielo Llinas, a senior, Lane Florsheim/Tufts Daily the state’s House of Representatives, voiced her dissatisfaction with A leak yesterday afternoon in a pipeline in front of Miller Hall caused large amounts of replicates a widely protested budget Winslow’s proposed bill. steam to emit from a pipe. The leak began yesterday afternoon and continued through proposal that Wisconsin Gov. Scott “The bill reduces the power of the night. The Department of Facilities Services plans to fix the leak on Saturday, but Walker (R) submitted last month that unions to collectively bargain … for Vice President of Operations Dick Reynolds ensured in an e-mail to uphill residents that would scale back public-sector workers’ overtime, seniority, part-time workers normal heating and hot water services to uphill dorms would be maintained. “We have rights to engage in collective bargaining identified the problem and the repairs necessary,” Reynolds said. for certain employment benefits. see RALLIES, page 2

b y Ka t h r y n Ol s o n offer and persuade students to take cours- Diversity Daily Editorial Board headlines es that place talk them outside at offirst their com - fort zone — where real learning takes Faculty, administrators and students place — and how to construct a course in ‘communityfilled the Alumnae Lounge last night conversation’ for a a way that makes it inclusive to everyone community discussion aimed at address- taking it,” Reitman said in an interview ing the classroom environment and cur- after the discussion. ricular issues at Tufts. Students at the event expressed a desire The discussion was the first in a series of for the university to better support inter- three “community conversations” Dean of disciplinary programs such as women’s Student Affairs Bruce Reitman organized studies, Latin American studies, American for this month in an effort to promote studies and similar tracks that bring to a continuation of the dialogue that was light the perspectives of historically mar- sparked by several racially tinted episodes ginalized groups. last semester. These include an incident in Several attendees noted that these pro- Courtesy Neha Agrawal December involving an African-American grams are understaffed and unable to Student members of the Jumbo Janitor Alliance visited State Rep. Daniel Winslow’s office male who was carrying a wrench that accommodate student demand. to voice their opinions on a bill he proposed last week in the House. was mistaken for a gun and the student- Tufts Community Union Senator Joe backed proposal for the creation of an Thibodeau, a freshman, said that strength- Africana Studies department. ening such programs would ultimately The discussion last night centered on mean that students would be more toler- questions of how to make Tufts’ academic ant of diversity on campus. curriculum more responsive to underrep- “More exposure is the key message,” resented viewpoints. Thibodeau said. “We need to create a “We brought up three main insights — curriculum that prepares people to how Tufts can institutionalize programs to give them more depth and more strength, see CONVERSATION, page 2 b y Sm r i t i Ch o u d h u r y housing who violate local noise ordi- Senior Staff Writer nances, regardless of their financial TCU resolution situation.in the works Tufts Community Union (TCU) Garcia said he based his proposal on Senator Tomas Garcia, a junior, has the economic feasibility of paying fines tointroduced replace a project in the Senatenoise for for violationpeople who are financially fee strained. a resolution that would “I wanted to create an opportu- encourage the university nity for students to have an alternative to eliminate off-campus option for paying their noise violation noise violation fines for fines,” he said. students who are fac- “I studied social class structure ing financial difficulty relating to economics, and the sit- or who receive financial uation of the noise violation fines aid from the university. at Tufts is similar to people paying Garcia, who is also the chair of the speeding tickets,” Garcia continued. Senate’s Student Outreach Committee, “The wealthy are easily able to pay the said he will work this weekend with a speeding ticket, but the situation is group of senators to draft a resolution financially different for other people.” on which the Senate will vote. A drafted resolution, if passed in the Lane Florsheim/Tufts Daily The Tufts University Police Senate, would call for the university Students, faculty and administrators last night discussed the university’s plans to expand Department (TUPD) currently issues a institutional and curricular diversity. fine of $300 to residents of off-campus see FINES, page 2

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b y Mi n y o u n g So n g students before and working in this accessibility among her professional advising, according to Baffi-Dugan. Daily Editorial Board office before have really been benefi- strengths. “More than 100 applied,” Baffi- cial to my learning curve.” “She is very supportive, warm and Dugan said. “I probably had about 35 Tufts’ new associate director of pre- The position’s responsibilities friendly with students, and I had seen or 40 applicants who had the basic ele- professional advising has eased into include providing guidance and pro- that in action,” Baffi-Dugan said. “I ments that were required for the posi- Newher position advisor with an eye to making Ripley gramming toenters students who arefifth inter- can’t month be more delighted on that Stephaniethe jobtion.” with praise her personal expertise in the law and ested in pursuing careers in the legal took the position,” she added. Ripley was one of three finalists. Her health professions valuable to Tufts or health professions, according to Baffi-Dugan, who is also an associ- educational qualifications and pro- undergrads. Ripley. ate dean for undergraduate education, fessional experience as a university Stephanie Ripley, who previously Junior Owen Rood, who has met with oversees Ripley in her new position. employee put her over the top, accord- worked at Tufts as a degree audit coor- Ripley to discuss a potential career in Ripley’s advice could especially ben- ing to Baffi-Dugan. dinator, started work in November as law, affirmed her dedication to pre- efit anyone on campus with an interest “We definitely wanted someone who an advisor and has found that her pre- professional advising. in law, Rood said. had work experience in higher educa- vious experience at Tufts, coupled with “She had an invested interest in “She is very curious about the things tion and preferably those that involved her expertise in the law and health providing a very high-quality pre-law that [the Tufts Pre-Law Society does], direct contact with college students,” professions, have served her — and her advising experience to the undergrad- how things have gone in the past, what Baffi-Dugan said. “I hoped to hire students — well. uates on campus,” Rood, who is co- type of services have been available to someone who had experience in gen- “In higher education, it really does president of the Tufts Pre-Law Society, undergraduates in the past [and] what eral academic or career advising.” take a full academic year to fully under- said. we think she should do in the pro- Ripley holds a bachelor’s degree stand the position,” Ripley said. “But I Carol Baffi-Dugan, program direc- gram,” he said. from SUNY Plattsburgh and a master’s definitely think that knowing the Tufts tor for Health Professions Advising, Ripley was one of over 100 applicants degree in educational administration requirements and working with Tufts counted Ripley’s work ethic and her for the position in pre-professional and policy studies from SUNY Albany.

CONVERSATION think we can say that if we had more wom- Sweeney acknowledged that the univer- include perspectives of black, LBGT and continued from page 1 en’s studies courses, for example, it would sity should respond to student demands to female thinkers. respond to people with different back- fix all sorts of problems relating to sexual increase support for interdisciplinary pro- “The idea of a static institution is very grounds and that offers courses that may discrimination on campus.” grams but said that institutional change is dangerous,” junior Sadie Lansdale said. changeFirst students’ community outlooks and force them conversation Senior Chartise Clark notednight that centersnot a simple task. on curricular“If we are diversity as progressive an institution as to ask, ‘How can I translate what I learn although the number of students major- “We need to stop and think about how we say we are, we shouldn’t be focused in class to my everyday life?’ We need to ing in American studies may be low, the to change as institutions that are relatively on what our academic focuses were in change the norm.” program is unable to support the high static structures. … There’s no quick fix,” the past but what we want them to be in Adding courses and increasing aca- student demand for courses like “Race in Berger-Sweeney said. the future.” demic support for interdisciplinary pro- America.” Berger-Sweeney suggested that the uni- Universities are some of the oldest grams are not sufficient to change the way “If the institutional support was there, versity could facilitate support for interdis- institutions in the Western world and are students on campus view marginalized we could reach twice as many people and ciplinary programs by hiring faculty under thus ripe for change, Lansdale said, add- groups, Assistant Professor of Sociology that would lead to twice as many conver- the stipulation that they would be asked to ing that many continue to tout a white- Ryan Centner said. sations on race,” she said. “The way the teach courses precisely in those programs. centered perspective. “Although I support the idea of more institution treats those courses reflects Students at the discussion empha- “We need to move beyond that narrative curricula offerings that address these types the way they are viewed in the academic sized that academic diversity should be and recognize that it was formed by white of issues and [the idea] that these should hierarchy.” a priority for the administration, arguing males who only taught Latin and talked to be more regularized and consistent, I don’t Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger- that among the classes Tufts offers, few other white males.”

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FINES Senator Christie Maciejewski, a fresh- continuedProposed from page 1 resolutionman, will echoed call Korovikov’s for enthusiasm. com to allow students who receive finan- “The legislation definitely makes munitycial aid or who service are otherwise finanoption- sense in offering place students of an fees alterna- cially restricted to have the option of tive option to pay the fines with com- completing community service hours munity service,” Maciejewski said. rather than paying a fine for noise vio- The university last semester lations at their house. increased the fine imposed on off-cam- Students would be able to complete pus houses that violate the local noise community service hours in an orga- levels ordinances from $200 to $300. nization of their choice serving the The increase was a result of meetings Medford and Somerville communities, last summer between the administra- serving one hour for every dollar they tion and Medford and Somerville resi- have acquired in fines. dents who complained about exces- Garcia said he aims to bring a sense sively loud student parties. of fairness in the way the university In addition to the university fee, handles noise violations in the case of student residences are subject to addi- students who are unable to pay the fine. tional payments for noise violations courtesy tess bonoli Senator Yulia Korovikov, a sopho- from the Medford and Somerville Student members of the Jumbo Janitor Alliance visited State Rep. Daniel Winslow’s office more, agreed that a new system would Police Departments. to voice their opinions on a bill he proposed last week in the House. benefit students for whom the fine Judicial Affairs Officer Veronica Carter poses financial problems. and a group of senators are also helping “The new legislation is great in that to develop the resolution, Garcia said. it will allow students to pay their fines Garcia added that he is optimistic by completing independent commu- that the resolution will pass in the nity service hours equivalent to the Senate and receive support from the fine,” she said. university. RALLIES to continue supporting … financial continuedStudents from page 1 visit stateaid,” house Bonoli said. to talk and health benefits,” she said. Connecting with legislators in per- workers’ Unlike the Wisconsin rights, propos paying- son on the for issue collegeis especially impor- al, Llinas added, Winslow’s bill, if tant given recent Congressional bud- passed, would allow workers to retain get proposals that would cut back or their bargaining rights for salary and eliminate certain financial aid pro- wages. grams, she said. The group of students hopes to peti- “It’s such a powerful experience tion Winslow to withdraw the bill from because there are hundreds of kids the House at another meeting they coming from all over Massachusetts … scheduled with him next Monday. and everyone is there for the same pur- On a different front, three students pose — we all have this common goal earlier this week represented Tufts at of wanting to pursue an education to a Student Financial Aid Day event at the full extent but needing the support the State House. of Massachusetts financial aid.” Sophomore Tess Bonoli on Tuesday Bonoli was impressed with the rep- attended the event, which she said resentatives’ accessibility. the State House holds annually so “It was very comfortable, very natu- students and state legislators can dis- ral. We just told our stories about our cuss the importance of state financial dreams to attend certain colleges and aid programs. how our ability to access financial “It’s an annual event where stu- aid allowed us to do that,” she said. dents from all over Massachusetts go “It felt like a very productive use of to the State House, and you have the our time that I hope will impact their opportunity to meet with your state decision to support financial aid.” representatives and your senators Courtesy Louise Blavet and really just thank them for their Jenny White contributed reporting to A proposed resolution in the TCU Senate would call for the university to offer the option of support of financial aid and ask them this article. community service instead of fines facing off-campus housing noise violations. 3

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Yuantee Zhu | ‘Hotness’ rating on RateMyProfessors.com What Would YuAntee Zhu? can do more harm than good, faculty say Horny in b y Al e c Er n e s t sibilities required of professors. the scoring system, according to the Contributing Writer “While [the “hotness” rating is] poten- pageant’s website. Halligan tially flattering in one regard, it can “They want to focus people on sub- Hot for a teacher? Join the club — or undermine a person’s activities at Tufts,” stantive personality characteristics of the the website, that is. he said. “It can undermine the percep- women who compete, and if they want ear Yuantee, RateMyProfessors.com, a frequently tion that you have of [a professor] as an to uphold those values, they should not used resource at thousands of colleges, instructor or a researcher because you’re have the kinds of evaluations that are just Two goals: 1) A+ and 2) the profes- allows students to assess the easiness, only focusing on the dimension of physi- going to objectify women, like a swim- sor in my bed. I call him Professor helpfulness and clarity of a professor, cal appearance.” suit,” Maddox said. Dreamy,D and love all the little things about along with — most controversially — his Gender politics also play a role, Numerous professors declined to com- him, such as the grown-up way he dress- or her hotness. according to Maddox, who said that the ment on the matter to the Daily, citing es and how his facial hair looks different Although discussing the attractiveness ratings are more harmful to the reputa- the “hotness” system’s objectification, by every class. I think the attraction is mutual. of teachers may lend itself to amusing tions of female professors than their definition, of its subjects. The other day, I visited him during his gossip, professors themselves see it more male counterparts. The ratings also illuminate a poten- office hours and he told me he was “very as the elephant in the room. “Women in academia and in other tially dangerous concern among teach- pleased I’d stopped by,” while staring at Over 240 professors from Tufts have domains are constantly fighting ste- ers: relationships with their students. my chest and attempting to hide his erec- earned a “red chili pepper” rating on the reotypes about them and their appear- Though sex appeal is obviously in the tion. Needless to say, the sexual tension site, representing nearly a quarter of the ance,” Maddox said. “It’s a sexist prac- eye of the beholder, a professor consid- was apparent. He may be twice my age, but university’s rated professors. The criteria tice to evaluate people on their physical ered attractive could receive the type of he’s definitely younger than my dad. I want for being considered “hot” enough for appearance.” attention that can lead to the crossing him, Yuantee. My GPA and BAMF status are the rating isn’t exactly strict — the rat- While most students and faculty agree of boundaries, specifically the rule ban- at stake here. What should I Zhu? ing is based on the sum of the “hot” and that relationships between the two are ning fraternization between students “not hot” ratings, with a chili pepper inappropriate, the rating system persists. and faculty. -Horny in Halligan indicating that the total is positive — but RateMyProfessors.com briefly explains “That’s obviously not acceptable,” the system does open a can of worms its decision on the site’s Frequently Asked Sommers said. HH, regarding the nature of the attraction, Questions page. Tufts’ Policy on Consensual mutual or otherwise, between students “We don’t dictate what’s important Relationships forbids any kind of “amo- I’ve been waiting for this question, and teachers. or relevant when selecting a course or rous, dating, or sexual relationships” mostly because I once found myself in a Associate Professor of Psychology Sam professor — students do,” the website between students and faculty — includ- very similar situation in high school. Since Sommers attributes the sexual allure of states. “We were told that clarity, help- ing graduate students with teaching then, I’ve been secretly, eagerly anticipat- professors to what he calls the “captive fulness, easiness and attractiveness responsibilities. ing sharing this story with my readers. audience” effect. are the key attributes considered when “When I have training sessions for Around this time my senior year, I fell “Passionately talking about a subject choosing a professor. We are simply faculty I have very simple advice: Don’t in love with a freshman who had seduced you love to a captive audience twice a delivering a platform where you can have a relationship with your students. me. She was a cheerleader, and I was cap- week makes you look really interesting to make your voice heard.” Don’t do it,’” Director of Diversity tain of the chess team. Long story short, people who are interested in what you’re Despite the site’s explanation, Maddox Education and Development Margery she played the Queen’s Gambit, and I talking about,” he said. likens the practice to the Miss America Davies, who trains new faculty on took her with my castle. From there, it But not all professors are as tolerant pageant, which has come under fire for school policies, said. was checkmate. It was love. It was fleet- of their physical appearance affecting claiming to be a scholarship contest, Because of the nature of the power ing. It ended. It’s a story I love to remem- their students or their teaching. Associate when the “poise” displayed by con- dynamic between teachers and students, ber. It’s a story from which I always learn Professor of Psychology Keith Maddox testants during swimsuit and evening something new. believes the rating trivializes the respon- wear portions comprises 35 percent of see HOTNESS, page 4 The bottom line: Seducing Dreamy is a great move. Plus, unlike the character from my story, you’re a legal adult. Act like one. Dress to impress. You’re seeing him in class, not at 123’s “Call On Me” party. So keep it classy. Street Smarts: Tufts’ sartorial scene You’ve got to do things that will appeal to a man of his generation. For instance, Ever notice the Jumbos on campus who put more into their wardrobes than a momentary make sure he catches you smoking ciga- thought about which pair of sneakers doesn’t clash with their sweatpants? We have, and rettes before class and rolling them dur- some of their sartorial styles caught our eye. ing. After class, connect with him on a personal level. Find out if he’s married. If Co m p i l e d b y Ro m y Ol t u s k i he is, ask him out to coffee. If he’s not, ask him for drinks. And, of course, make sure Ph o t o s b y Ju s t i n McCa l l u m to grow out your pubic hair in anticipation of things escalating quickly. At this point, I’m sure you have some doubts, and I can understand them. But let me assure you, you have nothing to be worried about. I asked some of my smart- est female friends, all graduating “cum laude,” and they all tell me most Tufts pro- fessors are hung like Jesus. True Jumbos. Assuming your seduction proves suc- cessful, your grades should hold up so long as you don’t get tired of him. Keep things exciting. Do your homework before each “date” so you can talk dirty by quot- ing course material, whether it is Jane Austen, the periodic table or recursion loops. He’ll like to be quizzed on it. Play lots of Poison, and even more of Earth, Wind & Fire, during lovemaking (I recommend EWF’s “Fantasy” (1978)). And if you really want to lock him down, tell him you’re on birth control when you’re actually not (just kidding). But seriously, there are a few musts: Show up at least five minutes late for every class. Guys like a girl who makes them sweat from a mix of anxiety and sexual anticipation. The punc- tual ones always seem too eager. The more class you miss, the more of an excuse you have to spend time with him outside of class. Then, at first opportunity, introduce “I’m really into layers with collars. My him to your parents. They will surely be grandfather gave it to me. It’s vintage proud of you, both for your GPA and for Dior. A lot of my stuff recently has having such a successful boyfriend. been his.” The pieces are set. You need to push “I like the shirt — bought it in a thrift —Clinton Oxford, 2012 your pawns and corner his king. Then store for a dollar from Boomerangs [in whisper in his ear something dirty along Jamaica Plain]. I also like these pants the lines of “checkmate.” BAMF! because they’re silly!” At least, that’s what I would Zhu. —Paige Fulton, 2011 See Jumbo Slice at “My shoes were a gift from my grandma blogs.tuftsdaily.com and I wear them every single day.” for the full shoot. Yuantee Zhu is a senior majoring in biology. —Faith Blake, 2013 He can be reached at [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Thursday, March 3, 2011

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Compiled from RateMyProfessors.com RateMyProfessors.com’s ‘hotness’ rating system opens a can of worms when it comes to the What is the American Studies major all about? nature of student-teacher relationships. Website’s ‘hotness’ rating sheds Why Study American Studies? Will there be free calzones? light on student-teacher relations (yes, indeed!) HOTNESS them down because of it.” American Studies Clusters continued from page 3 Davies believes the “hotness” rating is the latter are absolved of responsibility for responsible for opening this particular x any violation of the Policy on Consensual can of worms. Community Based Studies Relationships, which states that “volun- “I wish [RateMyProfessors] wouldn’t do x tary consent by the student in such a rela- it,” she said, adding that it “introduces the Comparative Race and Ethnicity tionship is suspect, given the fundamental topic” of sexual contact between students x Institutions and Power in the US nature of the relationship.” and professors. “You have the ability to grade some- Maddox sees things a little differently. x Representation and Performance in the Arts and Humanities one, and even if the relationship works “I think that it means you think some- and it’s a long term thing [and] it’s con- one is attractive, but not that you neces- x Issues in U.S. Education tinuous, it’s still not OK because it makes sarily want to have a relationship with other people in the class feel like they them,” he said. x Health, Environment and Society have to work harder to get the same But Maddox does not let grade than this one person who has a RateMyProfessors completely off the hook x Individually Designed Cluster relationship with the [teaching assistant] for what he deems the suspect nature of or … professor,” Dean of Student Affairs its other ratings. Bruce Reitman said. “Not to mention if “It’s a trivial rating, like ‘easiness,’ that the relationship goes bad … you have to when making a decision on whether or deal with the possibility that the person not to take the class, I don’t want students will accuse [the professor of] grading to take it just because it’s easy,” he said.

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b y Jo s e p h St i l e in 83 years. Not a single one of the only two directors in the Oscar’s voters seem hesitant to acknowl- the Academy’s history have ever Daily Editorial Board 20 acting nominations from this 83-year history have even been edge LGBT-themed films, as many been nominated for Best Picture year went to a performance by an nominated: John Singleton for grew up in a time when LGBT — “Beauty and the Beast” (1991), The Academy Awards are con- African-American. “Boyz n the Hood” (1991) and issues were less accepted or even “Up” (2009) and “Toy Story 3” sidered recognitions of classic It is unclear if this trend is a Lee Daniels for “Precious: Based ignored. (2010) — and none have ever won, pictures, the best-of-the-best and manifestation of racism among on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” One of the most glaring exam- even though Disney (and more pinnacles of filmmaking. The title Academy voters or if this trend (2009). No African-American ples of LGBT-centered films being recently Disney-owned Pixar) has “Oscar winner” carries great weight simply reflects Hollywood’s lack woman has even been nominated brushed off by the Academy is for decades been making classic and prestige in the public mind- of diverse and interesting roles for the honor. when “Brokeback Mountain” children’s films that are rich in sto- set, and studios spend millions for African-American actors. The lost the Best Picture award to rytelling and filmmaking. It seems each year on Oscar campaigns. fact remains that actors of color In the closet “Crash” in 2005. The decision that the Oscar voters ignored many The best films, however, do not are not nearly as rewarded as their Much like race, sexuality seems was made despite “Brokeback” of these classic films, along with always win the awards; political white counterparts. A New York to have an effect on how the winning the British Academy of “The Lion King”(1994), “Aladdin” and individual biases often sway Times article on Feb. 12 entitled Academy assesses a film. While Film and Television Arts Award (1992), “Toy Story”(1995) and voters into picking films based on “Hollywood’s Whiteout” indicat- this appears to be gradually chang- (England’s equivalent to the “Finding Nemo” (2003), because criteria other than the quality of ed that this year’s nominees were ing, Hollywood and the Academy Oscars), the Director’s Guild they were seen merely as children’s the movies themselves. less diverse than the nominees for have not yet fully accepted LGBT- Award, the Writer’s Guild Award, films, despite their acclaim and “Citizen Kane” is one of the Best Picture in 1940, which shows themed films. the Golden Globe Award, the extremely high quality. most oft-cited greatest films of that Hollywood may not have pro- There is a very limited number Producer’s Guild Award and an Even Alfred Hitchcock, who is all time, and yet it lost the Best gressed as much as people think it of openly gay leading actors and unprecedented number of critics’ now considered one of the great- Director, Best Actor and Best has in the past 70 years. actresses, which may be a reflec- awards. Even with its huge box est filmmakers of all time, was Picture statuettes on Oscar night This kind of racism seems to tion of actors worrying about a office take (grossing over $170 snubbed at the Oscars: He never in 1941. “Citizen Kane” lost to not only affect an actor’s chances lack of parts if they reveal their million worldwide) and its criti- won a Best Director award. His “How Green Was My Valley,” a at an Oscar but also a picture’s sexuality. As Sir Ian McKellen cal lauding, many believe that films were mostly mystery, hor- now-forgotten film about a fam- chances. “Dreamgirls,” a drama- recently put it in his Nov. 5 inter- “Brokeback” simply lost because ror and suspense movies, which ily struggling in a poor mining tization of Diana Ross’ career, was view for Popeater, “There are no many of the older Academy the Academy often looks down town. It is in no way comparable the most-nominated film in 2004, openly gay stars in Hollywood, members may have felt uncom- on as B-grade pictures. Martin to Orson Welles’ masterpiece. yet received neither a Best Picture so someone is telling [closeted fortable voting for or even watch- Scorsese’s classic crime films from Lauded for its stellar acting, nor Best Director nomination — actors] to shut up.” ing a film about a gay romance, the ’70s and ’80s suffered a similar cinematography and directing, the first time in Oscar history that The Academy is very willing to even though many agree it is one fate, and Stanley Kubrick, another “Citizen Kane” would have been a the most-nominated movie of the reward straight actors who play of the most effective and best master filmmaker, never received shoo-in for Best Picture if not for year did not secure a Best Picture gay roles on screen, including Tom romance films ever produced. a Best Director honor despite his media mogul William Randolph nomination. Hanks for “Philadelphia” (1993), numerous, meticulously con- Hearst, on whom “Kane” is unflat- “The Color Purple” (1985), now Charlize Theron for “Monster” Genre matters structed pictures. teringly partly based. Numerous considered a classic film for its (2003) and Sean Penn for “Milk” Social issues are not the only Even this year it seems that sources, including a thoroughly strong acting, sets and directing, (2008), but LGBT actors who play root of Academy bias. Best Picture the Academy, who again is made researched 1996 PBS documen- is tied with “The Turning Point” straight characters do not get the awards are also rarely bestowed up of older individuals, ignored tary, have uncovered how Hearst (1977) as the most nominated same type of praise. Straight actors upon films of certain genres. the critically lauded “The Social used his influence to prevent the film to not win a single Academy playing gay roles are often consid- Comedies, for one, rarely win in Network” (2010) in most of the film from being seen in anyway Award: It went zero for 11 on Oscar ered daring and versatile for per- a major way at the Oscars. The major categories in favor of the he could, and his influence most night. Despite huge box office forming as someone with a differ- last two comedies to win were more standard Oscar film, “The likely robbed the picture of many success (over $140 million world- ent sexual orientation, yet it does “Shakespeare in Love”(1998) and King’s Speech”(2010). “King’s deserved Oscars. wide) and its high pedigree (the not seem that LGBT actors get that “Annie Hall” (1977), and both are Speech” had the perfect Oscar film is based on a Pulitzer-Prize same recognition. more like romances than com- pedigree, while “The Social Whitewashing the Oscar pool winning novel and made by some LGBT-centered films also experi- edies. Classic and fan-favorite Network” was perceived as more Just as political and person- of film’s most honored craftsmen, ence a bias by the Academy. Though comedies like “Animal House” of a younger person’s film due al vendettas have influenced including Steven Spielberg), the the output of these films has (1978), “Monty Python and the to its focus on the creation of Academy Award voters to shy away film won nothing. increased in recent years, Academy Holy Grail” (1979), “Borat” (2006) Facebook. Time will tell which from rewarding certain pictures, It also appears that when voters have rarely embraced queer and “The Hangover” (2009) fail picture ultimately gets remem- racial biases have also stopped African-Americans take the helm films. According to a Nov. 10 article to even get nominated for Best bered as the better film, but “The the Academy from acknowledging and direct a film, the Academy in the Hollywood Reporter entitled Picture, despite how funny audi- Social Network” is a very daring deserving films and performances. overlooks their work as well. No “Why Age Matters,” the average ences find these films and others and ambitious movie that will The Academy has awarded only 13 African-American has ever won age of the Academy members is 57 similar to them. hopefully be rewarded for its acting Oscars to African-Americans the Best Director prize, and years old. This could explain why Only three animated films in vision someday. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender Thursday, March 3, 2011

Theater Preview 3Ps brings Spanish countryside to Tufts with ‘Yerma’ b y Ap a r n a Ra m a n a n pitiable, yet sympathetic and strong Contributing Writer nature is what drew the junior to the role in the first place. Eliza Doolittle informed us in Kim was initially concerned that “My Fair Lady” (1964) that the rain the translation would lose the play’s in Spain stays mainly in the plain. original simplicity and meaning. But in the case of “Yerma” (1934), He had read the original in Spanish written by Federico Garcia Lorca while studying abroad in Madrid and performed by Pen, Paint, and and had found many “literary trans- Pretzels (3Ps), the Spanish country- lations” — even one by Langston side remains dry and barren. Hughes — but felt Luke’s version “Yerma,” which means “bar- was able to both convey the mean- ren” in Spanish, tells the story of a ing and simplicity of the text, along woman who desperately longs to with the more subtle nuances of bear a child but cannot. The audi- Spanish culture. ence accompanies Yerma (junior “I’m obsessed with the Spanish Alexa Chryssos) as she searches for countryside, and I wanted to use the solution to her “barren nature,” [the culture] as a base for the story a journey in which she must face but without trying to imitate and and own up to her husband (sopho- mimic Spanish people,” Kim said. more Ryan Willison), elders, friends While the heavy subject matter and even a childhood sweetheart. could easily be overwhelming to “It’s a story about thwarted desire, college actors, Kim utilized an atypi- forbidden desire. It’s about things cal approach to casting. During call- that we’re meant to have but that backs, he talked to all the women other people make us doubt,” direc- about the themes represented in the tor Jeewon Kim, a senior, said. play, specifically about feeling shut Justin McCallum/Tufts Daily Translated from its original down when pursuing their desires. The 3Ps production of ‘Yerma’ will play tonight through Saturday in the Balch Arena Theater. Spanish by British playwright “All the women in the cast Peter Luke in 1987, the play blends believe in the power of sharing pagan woman. She then returns he is a very rational character who that there can be large disparities Spanish culture, poetry and music and informing their choices for the as the diametrically opposite and is unable to communicate with his between reality and the percep- (the characters sing as well) into a characters from personal experi- severe sister of Juan. emotional wife,” Willison said. tions of others. haunting tale of a woman who finds ences,” Kim said. Although the cast is female- Kim believes that while “Yerma” “Yerma,” Chryssos said, is a solutions to her barrenness but is In addition to Chryssos’ stirring driven and explores largely female centers on a woman’s fight to bear story with a definitive sense of unable to reconcile them with her portrayal, audiences can expect a perceptions of sexuality, Willison children, a foreign topic to most right and wrong. honor and pride, culminating in a strong performance from the other assuages any concerns about men Tufts students, the play ultimately “It provokes a lot of conversa- tragic crime of passion. females in the ensemble, who are as plot devices. explores searching for one’s iden- tion and opinions and discussion, Upon reading the play, Chryssos quite funny as they gossip by the “The character of Juan [Yerma’s tity in the face of often difficult [which] is what the theater is all was instantly captivated by Yerma’s stream, and they also offer a scath- husband] can easily be seen as an social commentary. The narrative about,” she said. struggle and how she sticks to her ing critique of societal constructs. antagonist and reduced to a ste- presented in “Yerma,” Kim said, Accompanied by authentic core beliefs despite being aban- Senior Joanna Hausmann is sensa- reotype, but after the second read, was analogous to being a freshman doned by everyone she loves. Her tional as a saucy and “experienced” I realized that he is relatable in that on a large campus and reinforced see YERMA, page 8

Album Review Top Ten | Ways to choose your March Madness bracket if you In latest album ‘No Witch,’ Cave Singers only read the Arts section It’s the first week of the third month of the year, March. So apparently venture beyond folk with mixed results sports? Something? March Madness? We like alliteration. If you insist on b y Da v i d Gi t t e s s betting money on sports (which, Daily Staff Writer apparently, is illegal), but you only ever open to the Arts section, the Seattle has long been known for Daily Arts Department is proud to its rainy days and gray skies, but the present the top 10 ways to arrange importance of its musical identity has your 2011 March Madness bracket.

No Witch 10.) Hottest guys: That’s why Zac Efron always wins in those “High The Cave Singers School Musical” films.

9.) Colors: It’s how Wiz Khalifa would pick his teams. ‘Cause you Jagjaguwar Records know how it is. been growing since the 1980s. Indie 8.) Flirt with Kochman: He’s the folk, one of its newer outputs, has Daily’s executive sports editor, so been moving into everyone’s hearts for he should know about things like a while now, even spawning an annu- sports, right? al folk concert known as the Seattle Folk Festival. Fleet Foxes is the current 7) Dartboard: Actually, if you don’t undisputed king of the scene right thecavesingers.com know much about sports, this is now, so what does “No Witch”, the lat- The Seattle trio, The Cave Singers, play an intimate set for their fans online. probably too athletic for you any- est magnum opus by folk trio The Cave way. Singers, add to the folk momentum? again-off-again tambourine, which hits of the band, particularly lead guitarist This is a hard question to answer. just as the song reaches its stride. Derek Fudesco, badly want to return to 6) Ask a groundhog: Clearly About half of the album is oh-so- Still, other songs have stronger ele- their earlier rock or punk years. groundhogs are psychic. If they can average, nuts and bolts folk music. The ments of rock. A personal favorite, Special mention must be given to predict the weather, shouldn’t they opening, “Gifts and the Raft,” feels as “Clever Creatures,” picks up with a Pete Quirk, whose voice is the saving be able to predict sports? though the band has just woken up standard beat before running into some grace of the album. It has been said with a fiddle meandering through the tumbling guitars. Just as the song seems that an interesting or unique voice can 5) Ouija board: Think about how background. The second track, “Swim placed to hit its strongest movements save a band (see: Kings of Leon), and many famous dead athletes there Club,” has an easygoing feel, as does in the chorus, it rises before dropping his nasal sound seems relaxed and well- are. Nothing beats pestering them “Haller Lake,” but the latter is forget- suddenly into some modest guitar pick- placed. More importantly, it is versatile, and getting tips from beyond the table by the high standards of Seattle’s ing. Were it a true rock song, the chorus from the speaking rhythm in “Swim grave. folk scene. would have been loud and booming, Club” to the strained shouting in “Black “Haystacks” tries very hard to be but here it almost doesn’t exist. Leaf.” He is very adept at matching his 4) Divining rod: Because you can’t Southern rock and surprisingly almost And perhaps that is the secret to sound to the tone of the song. wait to tell your friends how you succeeds as both rock and folk. By far enjoying “No Witch.” It’s good to hear that The Cave “doodlebugged” your bracket. the worst offender, however, is “Distant The first two tracks sell the album Singers have begun indulging them- (Thanks Wikipedia!) Sures,” an unimpressive folk song with as a folk compilation that any band selves, branching out from the normal a heavy-handed string arrangement could have thrown together in a couple folk with which they were previously 3) Ask Charlie Sheen: After all, whose falling notes neatly mirror the of months. The rise and fall of the preoccupied. Unfortunately, it appears the guy knows a thing or two about listener’s patience. tone, however, between comparatively as though they feel forced to contin- winning. And then “Black Leaf” shows up out strong rockers, ambient folk and the ue appealing to their fan base, which of nowhere, kicking life into an other- occasional “Faze Wave” provide a nice would account for the many unwanted 2) Mascot: Although nothing can wise normal walk through gray Seattle cadence that almost keeps the album and unwelcome folk tracks that go on quite compare to our ran-over, then days. It comes in the vein of ’70s rock- from overstaying its welcome. far too long and are far too frequent to stuffed, now incinerated Jumbo. ers Ram Jam, with an untamed rock riff, The key is to look at “No Witch” appreciate as anything but a breath of merged with Pete Quirk’s natural lo-fi not as a folk album, but rather as a air between more competent tracks. 1) We’re talking about football, resonant nasal calls. The influences genre compilation with folk elements. Whether or not The Cave Singers right? When in doubt, go with the don’t stop there — “Outer Realms” and, In fact, the only thing holding the have a masterpiece in them remains Red Sox. to a greater degree, “Faze Wave” take a album back is the folksy filler tracks unclear, but they are taking steps in the more drugged stance, the latter com- that do nothing except grind down the right direction. Maybe next time their ——compiled by the Daily Arts bining a whining sitar with strong echo listener’s patience. If anything, this dark take on happy Seattle folk radio Department effects on the vocals and a constant on- album seems to show that all members will strike gold. Thursday, March 3, 2011 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender 7

Weekender Interview | Eugene Mirman Mitchell Geller | Makes it Rain A comic comes home, considers his success Footloose, b y Mi t c h e l l Ge l l e r Daily Editorial Board and every-

The Tufts Daily recently had a chance to speak with comedian thing else, Eugene Mirman about the nature of fame, his Boston roots, his body of too work — which includes stints on HBO’s he showed up Friday afternoon. It “Flight of the Conchords” (2007-9), was a cold day, that much I remember Adult Swim’s “Delocated” and, most because of her large coat. recently, Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers” — and That was important because when his Tufts connection. Sshe was wearing the coat, you couldn’t tell Mirman, who moved from Russia that she was a freak. to Massachusetts as a child and later He had been talking about her non- received a bachelor’s degree in com- stop since we had moved in, and now edy (yes, really) from Hampshire she was here. She came from a far-away College, currently resides in New York place — a school in the Midwest — so we when not on tour. He appeared at didn’t know what to expect, but it was fall the Paradise Rock Club in Boston on of freshman year, still the honeymoon, so Tuesday. we were in making-good-first-impression mode. Apparently, she wasn’t too worried Mitchell Geller: How do you feel about about that. being famous? Things loosened up as everyone con- gregated in our room before heading out Eugene Mirman: I feel like it’s sort of for a night of fratting (things were differ- — I mean, mostly the way it affects my ent freshman year). We made small talk as life is that sometimes someone will we sipped and prepped. Someone’s playlist say something nice to me. I’m very — no doubt called something like “Party happy to have a career in comedy. Playlist” or “party time” or “p4r7y!!!!!11!1” That’s mostly how I feel. — was trying its best to boom from some tinny iPod speaker in a corner of the room. MG: Did you always think you’d get Visiting Girlfriend was not used to such to this point? Or did you just do it tame get-togethers. This was clear because because you loved it? she was sipping a bit more than the rest. And then the song came on. It was prob- EM: I think that the only way I ever ably Flo Rida’s “Low” (2007), although it thought of success was more like in could have been any song like that. terms of whether I could have an apart- Her eyes widened and she looked ment or something. It never occurred around the room, a woman possessed. A to me that I could be on the guest list huge grin spread across her face, and then at a music venue with 500 people — she blurted out a question that I will never meaning that the other elements of in my life forget: success didn’t totally occur to me. The “Y’all walldance here?” things that are exciting to me about You’re not alone if you’re confused, it are mostly like the people that I because no, we don’t walldance here, so admire that I get to see and meet. Like you probably don’t know what it is. As far musicians — like the fact that I’ve as Visiting Girlfriend’s curiosity went, our done shows with Yo La Tengo. Or with stunned silence, painfully arching eyebrows comedians that I love like Todd Barry and confused looks must have answered the or Marc Maron. There are people who Courtesy Brian Tamborello via eugenemirman.com question. So she got up and demonstrated. I’ve met now who I remember really Comedian Eugene Mirman returns to Boston to perform at the Paradise Rock Club. I’m not sure how she was doing what she loving when I was growing up. did. It made no sense. It was a poledance in MG: That sounds really cool. Not that Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival. And two dimensions. She was freaking on that [At this point the call was discon- you don’t have enough on your plate, we’re actually the people bringing like wall, hard. If I tried to do what she had done, nected. After a brief delay, Mirman though, with all the Adult Swim shows this show to the Paradise, which is like it would have looked like I was experiencing called back.] you’re on and “Bob’s Burgers.” What the weekly show that we do. So I guess a seizure, and someone would have called do you get recognized most for, and that some of the stuff that I’m most 911, and not because I was burning up the MG: Thanks for calling back. what are you most proud of? proud of is less a specific show or dance floor. something as much as it is the kind of She was on the wall, dancing — no, writh- EM: Sure. Of course. That would be EM: “[Flight of the] Conchords” and live shows we put on and the touring ing against it in time with the music. And hysterical if I was like “anyway… bye!” now it’s sort of that and “Delocated,” and all of that; the events that some- she was doing it well. and now it’s becoming more ephem- times develop a kind of a spectacle We were shocked, to say the least. MG: Have you been back to Russia eral like it’s just some random thing. to them. And also my book, I guess. I Visiting Girlfriend’s walldance is still the since coming here? I mean, originally, it was like I used wrote a long book. Well, a short book, stuff of legends among my friends. It to sell paninis in Harvard Square, but it took me a long time. makes sense, if you think about it: She EM: No, I haven’t but really want to do and someone was like “You look so enjoyed getting freaky but was a faithful a documentary about going back. So I familiar you look so familiar,” and MG: Okay, and my last question — girlfriend, and rather than grind up on haven’t done that yet, but I’d like to go finally she was like, “Right, you work and I’ve probably asked a lot of these some random guy, she found a way of back and I’d like to film it. at that ice cream parlor I go to.” And — but what’s your least favorite ques- getting her freak on alone. But sensible or I was like “Great.” So yeah, it slowly tion to be asked when you’re being not, it was insane to see. MG: Oh wow. So is that something evolved from ice cream to “Flight of interviewed? Visting Girlfriend’s walldance may have that’s in the works, or is that like a the Conchords.” But it’s also now like been bizarre, confusing and borderline dream project that has been brewing? Comedy Central just airs stuff like EM: I don’t know. It’s hard to say. inappropriate, but it was truthful and hon- your specials or random appearances est if it was anything. And it was a bold, EM: It’s a combination of things, I in things. MG: You could just say “That one,” or creative outlet through which she expressed mean I’ve done things to move for- “This entire interview”… her emotions and feeling, and maybe the ward. ... I’ve talked to people. Like MG: And what are you most proud of? only way she knew how to do so. Michael Showalter would direct it — EM: No, no, the interview is fine. It’s I think that Visiting Girlfriend’s walldance he’s very interested in directing it, so EM: I don’t know. I guess I really like funny, there probably are things, but is a perfect metaphor for hip-hop. we have the very bare bones inter- my special. Because it’s a thing I made. they don’t come to mind, and then also Hip-hop is all about breaking boundar- est in doing something like that, but You know, um, I think a lot of it is like the idea of saying it and then having it ies and expressing things in new, unique there’s nothing really set in place. So the live shows and stuff. Like some printed and then having everyone ask ways. Many rappers express themselves we’re slowly moving forward with fig- friends and I organize a yearly come- it to me as a joke seems like the more exclusively through metaphors, saying uring out how to do it and approach- dy festival. It’s like a parody of comedy the exact same things as their peers in ing some companies and stuff. festivals here in New York called the see MIRMAN, page 8 completely different ways. If rappers were scared to stand out, they wouldn’t be rap- pers, just as how if Visiting Girlfriend had From the Office of The Tufts Daily been at all self-conscious (or clued in to Tufts social mores) and hadn’t rubbed her fanny (both American and British) on my Dear Charlie Sheen (again), But then again, maybe the open seas famous peers operate at. For a while, common room’s wall, she would have fully aren’t the place for your fire-breathing we thought it was some blend of faded from memory by now. First and foremost, congratulations fists. Stay where you are, and keep doing cocaine and silicone, but you’ve blown The next time you hear a song that just on winning. what you’re doing. Everyone is calling the vault wide open and let the whole gets into your bones and makes you dance it’s nice to see celebrities reading you crazy and saying that you’re erratic world know that it’s something you’re — not from some ironic impulse to spaz our letters and taking our advice. A and bipolar (You showed them, though, born with: Adonis DNA. out to a song with a built-in dance (no few weeks ago, after your first out- with that awesome “bi-winning” zinger,) We accept our place as non-winning, Dougie-ing or Cranking Dat (Soulja Boy)), burst, we wrote to you suggesting that but we believe that you’re the first celeb- non-bitchin’, non-grandiose normal but a song that’s so hot it makes girls go maybe a typical, normative lifestyle is rity to fully embrace reality. people. Please, for our sake at the very wild and frot inanimate objects in physi- not suited for you and that you should you aren’t the same as other people. least, keep winning. cally implausible ways — don’t hesitate to probably follow your heart (pumping You’re special. You win constantly, and also, none of our dealers have any back it all the way up to a wall and get down tiger blood through your veins) and live you are a “total bitchin’ rockstar from Charlie Sheen. If you know a guy with (and up and side to side). a pirate’s life. Mars.” Just like all celebrities. Thank any out in the Medford/Somerville area, Because that’s hip-hop. now that you’re drug free and shacked you for revealing the truth. please DM us his number on Twitter. up with two beautiful goddesses, the this whole time, we knew that there only thing that’s left is to wear an eye was some conspiracy keeping us from Sincerely, Mitchell Geller is a senior majoring in psy- patch and move onto a ship. reaching the level that you and your The Daily Arts Department chology and English. He can be reached at [email protected]. 8 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Weekender Thursday, March 3, 2011 ‘Yerma,’ a story of What’s Up This Weekend

Want to make your weekend artsy? screenings. This week, a Latin-themed sketch titles as “LSD Meeting,” “3 longing, tragedy Check out these events! MFA First Friday will include a cash bar O’clock Ball Cup,” “Paradise Lost” and YERMA with creative cocktails, a tapas menu, more. (Friday at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. continuedfrom page 6 32nd Annual Ship Model Show: exquisite art and live music provided by in Braker 001. Admission is free.) Spanish flamenco guitars and set against Come explore the glamorous world the David Eure Latin Jazz Ensemble in a minimalist set designed to illustrate the of modelship building at this year’s the Koch Gallery. (Friday from 5:30 to Comedian Pablo Francisco: “The polarity between dry and lush, Lorca’s play annual Ship Model Show in the USS 9:30 p.m. at the MFA. 21+. Admission Movie Trailer Guy” brings his routine has not only emotion and drama, but also Constitution Museum in Boston. is free with Tufts ID.) to Boston, complete with his stock of music and dance. Painstakingly rendered reproductions characters and pop culture riffs, in what Despite its talk about being barren, “Yerma” of the world’s most famous ships will “We Shall Not Be Moved”: This social is sure to be a laughter-filled evening. is anything but. The play is incredibly cathartic be presented. (Today from 10 a.m. to 5 justice art project documents the strug- (Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. at and moving, and the actors make the charac- p.m. Admission is free.) gles of tenants and former owners going the Wilbur Theatre in Boston. Tickets ters as realistic as possible. Ultimately, “Yerma” through foreclosure in Boston. It is based $20 and $32.) resembles real, and perhaps even college, life The Smoking Jackets at Middle East on City Life Vida Urbana, a community — some laughs, some drinking and lots of Upstairs: Check out the Tufts band organization that is leading a large social Tufts/NEC Dual Degree Concert: unfulfilled desires. at its headlining show in Cambridge. movement in Boston to deal with the Students in the Tufts/New England “People think of theater as something they Clusterfunk and The Wonder Mikes are consequences of the foreclosure and Conservatory dual degree program can watch passively,” Willison said, “While opening. (Tonight at 8 p.m. at the Middle credit crisis. (Opening reception Friday perform recitals in classical and jazz that may be the case with ‘Yerma,’ I hope East Club. 18+. Tickets are $10.) night from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Washington genres. New works by student compos- that it feels like real people. If you have ever St. Art Center in Somerville.) ers will be played as well. (Saturday at wanted something and not gotten it, then MFA Fiesta!: This showcase of Latin 8 p.m. in Distler Performance Hall in you can relate.” American works of art at the Museum Major: Undecided Presents: Seasons the Granoff Music Building. Admission “Yerma” is playing tonight through Saturday of Fine Arts Boston (MFA) will continue Greeting from the Chan Family!: is free.) at 8 p.m. each night. Tickets can be purchased all month, with periodic special events, Tufts’ student sketch comedy group at Balch Arena Theater Box Office for $7 or by including lectures, concerts and film presents a night of humor, with such ——compiled by the Daily Arts Department phone at (617) 627-3493.

This week’s show at the Paradise Rock Club marks return for Mirman

MIRMAN something to break. It’s not like one’s like, “Oh that’s a fun guy,” EM: Boston is the greatest cof- perform them on the third continued from page 7 you’ll get a comedian to admit or something, but it’s not like fee shop — well I am very floor of a Chinese restaurant. upsetting route. But really I to a crazy global conspiracy. genuine celebrity. Half-genuine excited to go to Union Square And then I lived in Somerville don’t know. It’s … probably that celebrity. But I feel like I’m an to go to the Sherman Cafe, for years on Central Ave. … like the thing that I wouldn’t MG: Have you gotten used to incredibly popular barista. where friends of mine have Central Street. like in general is when you’re the fact that you’re the sort of a café, and maybe either get supposed to do an interview person that someone wants to MG: I think that’s going to be a salad or sit there writing. MG: Such a nice area — any- and someone is trying to be talk to, and then other people the headline. “Incredibly pop- That’s what I often do when I way. funny in a way where there’s want to read what that person ular barista comes to Boston.” come to Boston. nothing to say or answer. Where has to say? EM: Yeah, it’s great. I’m very excit- there’s just like a weird dead EM: Exactly. The most popular MG: Oh, that’s pretty close to ed to come to Boston. Also the end statement that makes no EM: A little, but I find that it’s barista. Tufts! people coming with me are very sense. It doesn’t happen often, not in such great numbers that funny, and that’s very exciting but on rare occasions it does it feels important. Meaning MG: Of all time. EM: Oh, right! I used to live … Kumail Nanjiani is amazing, happen, and I’m always like, like, sure, it’s great, but … near Tufts. I lived on Boston and Reggie [Watts] is very, very “This doesn’t … make sense to when you are the person, it EM: From the greatest coffee Ave. when I moved to Boston talented and amazing and funny. do.” But that happens rarely. feels very ephemeral. I feel like shop of all time. from Hampshire [College]. And Julie Smith, who’s producing I mean, mostly in interviews the world’s greatest barista or It’s right there. Yeah, I used the show with me … she’s from people ask nice questions … something. Where everyone is MG: Is that how you feel about to go to some cafe there and Boston as well, so it’s our home- It’s not like I have some sort of sort of familiar, where every- Boston? write things and then I would coming and we’re very excited.

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b y Ma j o r :Un d e c i d e d singing, dancing and philo- Tufts Sketch Comedy sophical discourse. When asked if there would Jackie Chan will be visit- in fact be a martial arts ing Tufts University on Friday demonstration, Jackie Chan to perform with Tufts’ premier screamed, “You want to see sketch comedy group, Major: some martial arts?” Mr. Chan Undecided. Mr. Chan, famous then picked up a dining room for his roles in Rush Hour, Rush table and began to beat Hour 2, and Rush Hour 3 will this reporter about the head. bring his comedic stylings to “Dinnertime!” he roared, not the group’s inaugural perfor- understanding that those mance of the semester. tables are generally used to “I am coming to Tufts,” put food on, not as weapons. Chan said. All students and For most people, the pros- faculty are invited to the event pect of performing with an (Major:Undecided presents: international superstar would Seasons Greetings from the be a daunting one indeed. Chan Family), but seating is When asked if he was ner- limited by request of Mr. Chan. vous, sophomore Andy “I’m a movie star,” Chan said, Lang responded, “Jackie “I get uncomfortable if there Chan! Jackie Chan! Oh my are more than 10, 12 other God! Jackie Chan!” Said people in the same room. If Major:Undecided President I wanted to go into theater, I Gilad Gray, “We called his would have. But no. I belong manager as a joke. I didn’t on the silver screen. Hollywood think he’d say yes. Now I have is where I do my kicking.” Mr. an international superstar Chan will not be available sleeping on my couch Friday after the show to sign auto- night,” adding later, “do you graphs after the show because think I should swiffer or some- he “doesn’t want to.” thing?” Several years ago Mr. Chan decided to try something new. The event is co-sponsored “I was sick of all the pressure,” by Major: Undecided and the so he started a stage show Tufts International Fun Times highlighting his various talents. Alliance (TIFTA). Professor Unbeknownst to many people Jeremy Darvish of the Classics Jackie Chan is an artist who department has already exceeds in several fields: mar- given a ringing endorsement: tial arts choreography, act- “Jackie Chan is the best! I like ing, singing, humanitarian his high kicks. Pow!” work, Jackie Chan does it all. Showtimes will be at 8 and The Seasonal Spectacular is 9:30 p.m. on this Friday, March the perfect showcase for his 4 in Braker 001. Metal detec- M:U/Is really funny myriad talents. There will be tors will be in use. Jackie Chan and partner of many years Chris Tucker at a promotional event for one of the Rush Hour movies. Thursday, March 3, 2011 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Advertisement 9

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DIVASPAINTINGS BY MARGARET ROSE VENDRYES exhibit opening Friday, March 4th, 2011 A Talk with the Artist 6:00 Reception & Viewing of the Exhibit to Follow until 8pm Slater Concourse Gallery “For this African Diva Series, my “life” models are found on 12” square, cardboard, long-playing, vinyl record jackets that are today considered nostalgic artifacts.! The songs we know them by are blissful, momentary escapes from our everyday realities.! Who can deny the instant surge of energy when Aretha demands R-e-s-p-e-c-t?” -MRV Vendryes is a Jamaican-American artist, art historian, and curator.! She has done extensive research and writing on American art, most notably her recent monograph on the late sculptor Richmond Barthé. !This is Vendryes's debut solo painting exhibition introducing her in-progress series of masked portraits of popular women singers of African descent found on their LP covers. Exhibit open March 2nd-31st Tufts University Art Gallery 15 Lower Campus Road, Somerville, MA 02144

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EDITORIAL THE TUFTS DAILY Al e x a n d r a W. Bo g u s Protests should be protected, hateful or not Editor-in-Chief Yesterday, our freedom of speech which a family is grieving for their do not afford their citizens the First Editorial was put to the test. In an eight-to-one deceased child. Still, the Supreme Amendment rights that we enjoy in vote, the Supreme Court ruled that Court’s decision to protect the pro- the United States have formatted their Mick Brinkman Krever hateful protests at military funerals are testers’ rights is the correct one. It may laws in such ways that they can shut Saumya Vaishampayan protected under the First Amendment. seem morally just to outlaw protests down protests deemed unacceptable Managing Editors The decision came following a suit by such as these — and it is concievable by the government with relative ease. Martha Shanahan Executive News Editor Michael Del Moro News Editors Albert Snyder, the father of a deceased that laws that protect people from The United States cannot make excep- Nina Ford Marine, against protesters who were harassment could be used as justifi- tions for particular types of protests Ben Gittleson picketing outside of his son’s funer- cation for outlawing such behavior — without completely violating the prin- Amelie Hecht Ellen Kan al. The protesters — members of the but it is important that the Supreme ciples behind this constitutional pro- Daphne Kolios Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Court not waver on matters of free tection. In order for the Constitution Kathryn Olson Matt Repka Kan. — have staged demonstrations at speech and freedom of assembly when to be viable and truly protect citizens’ Corinne Segal hundreds of funerals across the coun- protestors operate in a public setting rights, it must be upheld with com- Jenny White Brent Yarnell try, promoting the message that God is and remain within their legal limits. plete integrity. Elizabeth McKay Assistant News Editors killing U.S. troops because the country A lower court had previously ruled Since the Supreme Court’s decision, Laina Piera is tolerant of homosexuality. in favor of Snyder, and his claims of leaders of the Westboro Baptist Church Rachel Rampino Minyoung Song Snyder sued on the basis that their emotional distress were undoubtedly have announced that they intend to Derek Schlom Executive Features Editor protests were invasive of privacy and valid. But the Supreme Court rightly quadruple the number of protests at Jon Cheng Features Editors intentionally caused emotional dis- recognized that all citizens, regardless military funerals. With the amount of Sarah Korones Emilia Luna tress. The Supreme Court ultimately of the extremity of their opinions, have outrage such an announcement is likely Romy Oltuski ruled that the protests were not in vio- the right to protest and express those to incite, the controversy surrounding Alexa Sasanow lation of the law, citing that the speech views without fear of legal retribution. these demonstrations is undoubtedly Falcon Reese Assistant Features Editors Angelina Rotman addressed matters of public concern While this particular decision far from over, in spite of the Court’s Sarah Strand and that the protesters were peaceful, only addresses one instance of hate decision. But as long as the protesters Amelia Quinn compliant with the police and were not speech, it is significant in that it rep- abide by the laws of peaceful protest, Ben Phelps Executive Arts Editor interfering with the funeral itself. resents the greater importance of pro- they should be permitted to exercise Emma Bushnell Arts Editors Mitchell Geller Protesting in such a manner is tecting speech and protest, regardless their First Amendment rights, incens- Rebecca Santiago deplorable, especially at a funeral at of the message. Many countries that ing though they may be. Matthew Welch Allison Dempsey Assistant Arts Editors Andrew Padgett Joseph Stile Ashley Wood ERIN MARSHALL Rebekah Liebermann Executive Op-Ed Editor Bhushan Deshpande Op-Ed Editors Larissa Gibbs David Kellogg Rachel Oldfield Jeremy Ravinsky Daniel Stock Elaine Sun Devon Colmer Cartoonists Erin Marshall Alex Miller Louie Zong Craig Frucht Editorialists Kerianne Okie Michael Restiano Joshua Youner Ben Kochman Executive Sports Editor Philip Dear Sports Editors Lauren Flament Claire Kemp Alex Lach Alex Prewitt Daniel Rathman Noah Schumer Ethan Sturm Matthew Berger Assistant Sports Editors Aaron Leibowitz David McIntyre Ann Sloan Meredith Klein Executive Photo Editor Virginia Bledsoe Photo Editors Jodi Bosin Danai Macridi Dilys Ong James Choca Assistant Photo Editors Lane Florsheim Meagan Maher Justin McCallum Oliver Porter Ashley Seenauth Aalok Kanani Staff Photographers Andrew Morgenthaler Kristiina Yang Executive New Media Editor PRODUCTION Andrew Petrone Production Director Sarah Davis Executive Layout Editor Leanne Brotsky Layout Editors Adam Gardner Jason Huang Jennifer Iassogna Sarah Kester Alyssa Kutner Steven Smith Rebecca Alpert Assistant Layout Editors Jennifer Betts Shoshanna Kahne Mackenzie Loy Alexia Moustroufi LETTER TO THE EDITOR Emily Rourke Alexandra Husted Executive Copy Editor Dear Editor, dict the demand for the event. As such, we come your participation and feedback. Sara Eisemann Copy Editors Niki Krieg organized it in Dewick-MacPhie Dining The Tufts Alumni Association strives Andrew Paseltiner The Tufts University Alumni Hall, a location that had hosted similar to make your experiences as students Zehava Robbins Elisha Sum Association and Senior Class Council events in the past. Knowing that capacity memorable because they are experiences Ashley Cheng Assistant Copy Editors have organized the “100 Days Until was limited, we also should have made that we know all too well. We also want Benjamin Considine Graduation” event for the past three this clear in the invitation. to recognize the hard work and dedi- Linh Dang Patrick Donnelly years as both a tribute to the college While it is unfortunate that some mem- cation of our student-organization part- Lauren Greenberg experience and welcome party to the bers of the Class of 2011 were left out of ners, including each of the class coun- Drew Lewis Mitchell Mosk world of alumni-dom. It is one of several this particular event, we are happy to see cils, Programming Board and the Tufts Rebecca Raskind events that the Alumni Association has that the concept behind this idea was Community Union Senate. Whether it Melissa Roberts Alexandra Salerno created in recent years to commemorate well-received. We would like to continue is “100 Days Until Graduation” for the Alison Williams certain key milestones in an undergradu- this tradition, and though we realize that senior class, “Study Breaks” during finals Stefanie Yeung ate’s Tufts experience. We felt it important a redo is not possible (you only have for the junior class, “Half-Way There” Darcy Mann Executive Online Editor to recognize this momentous occasion 100 days until graduation, well, once), we for the sophomore class or “First Year Emily Denton Online Editors William Wong officially because it was not too long ago are open to feedback from the student Orientation” for the freshman class, we Ammar Khaku Executive Technical Manager that we were in your shoes. We remember body on how we can make next year’s aim to be with you every step of the way. Michael Vastola Technical Manager just how unique this point of the college event more accessible and worthwhile. … Just as you will be for future Jumbos in career is, and we wanted to introduce a As others have mentioned in editorials, years to come. BUSINESS venue to officially celebrate it. a change of venue is something we are Benjamin Hubbell-Engler To that end, it was disappointing to see absolutely considering and will be incor- Thank you, Executive Business Director that some seniors could not be accommo- porating next year. If you have any other Harsha Dronamraju, LA ’08, Chair Laura Moreno Advertising Director dated at the event on Feb. 11. On behalf of thoughts or ideas, please do not hesitate Chloe Rossen, LA ’08, Vice Chair Dwijo Goswami Receivables Manager the Alumni Association, we apologize for to contact us. We are planning a meeting Tufts University Alumni Association, P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 this oversight. As it is still a relatively new to discuss changes in logistics for future Student Issues/Young Alumni Committee 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 [email protected] event, we are unable to completely pre- events like “100 Days” and would wel- [email protected].

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If you’ve tuned in to the news of the uprisings across the Middle East, chanc- es are you’ve seen coverage of another popular uprising: the one in Wisconsin. Thousands of Americans have been marching in Madison and occupying the Statehouse. They are fighting to stop a bill introduced by Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) that would take away the right of workers in the public sector to col- lectively bargain on almost all issues, as well as slash their pay. While Walker claims it is necessary to balance the state budget, in reality it is a move aimed at crippling the ability of public sec- tor unions to negotiate for their mem- bers. The Wisconsin unions have already agreed to the proposed pay and benefit cuts. But instead of resolving legitimate concerns about the state budget, Walker has chosen to disenfranchise workers. You might think this bill is remote from and unrelated to our lives as Tufts students. But the issue is both on our doorstep and crucial to our future. Let me explain. The issue is not only in Wisconsin. In fact, it has moved just around the cor- ner to Park Street Station where State Representative Daniel Winslow (R-Norfolk, LA ’80) has proposed a similar, slightly watered-down version of the bill. The pro- posed legislation attacks Massachusetts public sector unions’ ability to collectively bargain on several key issues that can be exploited by management to undermine workers’ pay and benefits. For example, if Winslow’s bill passes, public sector unions will no longer be courtesy neha agrawal able to negotiate on issues of tempo- rary and part-time workers or seniority. these attacks on collective bargaining will American dream of providing for our secretaries, lab technicians and other Seems mundane, right? That is, until affect your livelihood. families and preserving the middle class? clerical workers from forming a union. you realize that management can use I’m confident that every student right Will America expand freedoms or seek to University President Lawrence Bacow in these proposed loopholes to squeeze out now is nervous about finding a job and, carve up who gets what rights? The right April 2009 sent a memo to the staff stat- full-time workers who qualify for health really, every student who wants to get a to collective bargaining is the right to ing his disapproval of forming the Tufts insurance and get rid of workers who job in the next four years should be fight- have a seat at the table when decisions Employees Association. Along with it came have accrued raises after putting years ing the anti-union bills for the sake of the are made about your job and the right a series of policies and manager trainings of their life into their jobs. economy. We are still in an economic crisis to defend yourself against sexual harass- that restricted the employees’ ability to I joined 18 students yesterday from and the more spending power Americans ment and discrimination. It prevents talk to union organizers about the idea. Tufts and other Boston schools at the have, the more they will buy from the people from feeling powerless when they If you’ve noticed the silver “No Soliciting” State Capitol building, where we crowd- private sector. Supporting the incomes talk to their boss. Shouldn’t our commit- plaques at the entrance to every building, ed into Winslow’s office to demand the of American workers is really the only ment to the right to expression and rep- you have seen the administration’s policy retraction of this bill. We wished to convey way to stimulate the economy and finally resentation hold in our jobs as well as in on the clerical workers’ organizing cam- our strong convictions that this bill is a create jobs. Thus, while anti-union politi- the Middle East? paign. In its zeal to enforce Tufts’ legal threat to workers, the middle class and cians seek to pit private sector workers Many people in power want to use our and official stance on the Tufts Employees our future. Shockingly, Winslow wasn’t against public sector workers protected uncertainty about the future to divide and Association, the administration has risked available to speak with us, though his aide by unions, the truth is that prosperity in pull us apart. The want every non-union intimidating the staff members who keep did assure us that he wanted to hear from the public sector is needed to stimulate or non-public-sector worker to turn our university running. “all sides” of the bill. prosperity in the private sector. Don’t against the government employees who We must be clear. We face a choice, Even if this issue has moved to trust me on this — I get confused by a W-2 are defending their right to have a say in both in America and on our campus: Massachusetts, why should Tufts students tax form. But you should trust Nobel Prize their jobs. If you listen to these politicians, Will we allow ourselves to be divided by care? Chances are you don’t know anyone in Economics winner Paul Krugman who they will tell you that to survive the crisis, fear and anger, or will we choose to pull who works for the government who is a has shown that the bill is “not about the we must make others suffer. We must cut together and stand in solidarity for our union member. However, many of us are budget; it’s about the power.” other people’s livelihoods because we are common future? graduating soon and will be looking for In fact, the fight for collective bargain- afraid of losing our own. jobs. If you are thinking about becom- ing is even bigger than the economy and Indeed, this attitude is alive and well at ing a teacher or a nurse or government protecting and creating jobs; this fight Tufts. For over a year and a half, the Tufts Philip Bene is a senior majoring in clini- worker to fulfill the active citizen in you will help decide the question of where administration has worked to silence and cal psychology. He is the co-chair of Jumbo (or because the private sector isn’t hiring), America is headed. Will we preserve the discourage the efforts of Tufts’ librarians, Janitor Alliance.

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Rose’s strong start, Howard’s continued performance will edge out contenders INSIDE NBA ing numbers are misleading explained how invaluable the continued from page 16 because he has posted a dis- big man is to the Magic. Derrick Rose should win this mal 38 percent shooting per- “If we were to lose Dwight, year’s MVP award because he’s centage during that span. we’d be at the bottom of the essentially doing in Chicago Rose’s dominant start to this barrel,” Ewing told the Orlando what LeBron did last year in season keeps him at the top of Sentinel on Sunday. “He’s the Cleveland — powering his team the MVP race, but Rose needs MVP on this team. He’s the despite little to no help from to perform much better in the most important player on this his teammates. final stretch of the season if he team, and he’s proven it night- The young point guard has wants to take home the MVP in and night-out, especially been placed in a position where trophy. by the way he’s been playing even one off day is unaccept- While Rose is beginning to lately.” able. For the most part, Rose falter, Howard may finally be In the month of February, has seemed unfazed by this reaching his full potential, and the center averaged 26.6 pressure, averaging 25 points he has a great shot to take points, 14.8 rebounds and 2 and eight assists per game. It home this year’s MVP trophy. blocks per game. appears, however, that the long Following Howard’s 30-point, If Dwight continues to play NBA season is starting to take 16-rebound performance on like he has while maintaining its toll on the third-year guard Tuesday against the star-stud- his 60 percent shooting from out of Memphis. ded New York Knicks, assistant the field, expect “Superman” Rose’s assists and rebounds coach and NBA legend Patrick MCT to beat out Rose and the rest have dropped in the last few Ewing, who has also served as Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose is averaging 25 points and eight assists of the league to take home his games, and his increased scor- Howard’s mentor in Orlando, a game. But will it be enough to surpass LeBron and company for NBA MVP? first MVP trophy.

GROSS BROTHERS return to the origins. Like bills and filibus- in anger and stomp off because he hated to for women’s and men’s squash under continued from page 16 ters, so too were the careers of Alex and Jake lose to Jake.” Lawrence at George Washington. Adjacent to the black felt wall, covered with Gross birthed on Capitol Hill. Bruises aside, the trips provided the per- Meanwhile, with Alex on the verge of oldAlex team picturesand and Jake surrounded find by the success In Washington, from a city hardly D.C. known asto a Medfordfect opportunity for and personal everywhere and famil- graduation, the in Grosses’ between collective reign clutter of papers, pictures, CDs, clothes squash hotbed, the brothers began playing ial growth. An illustration: Whenever the atop Tufts’ squash program is coming to and a half-empty bottle of mouthwash, at a local club, ultimately working their way Grosses went somewhere, be it a museum an end. But that hasn’t stopped the rela- the engraved plates shimmer with names up to the Potomac School, a private high or a tournament, Alex’s mother, Nancy tionship forged in the minivan a decade marking the program’s legacy. But the list school in McLean, Va., which houses its Deck, would always tell him, “You will ago from continuing to evolve. The broth- ends with 2004, probably because if Eng own on-campus courts. smile, and you would be happy.” The first ers talk on the phone at least once a week continued to add to the plaque, “Gross” “They’re talented athletes, and the thing time Alex took that advice to heart was at these days and, when Individuals rolls would envelop the rest of the frame. that set them apart from a lot of kids was the Junior U.S. Open after he was elimi- around, Jake will be there to watch Alex Alex heads into this weekend with a that they love the game so much,” said nated from competition on Friday morning close out his career. career mark of 44-47, which, according to George Washington University squash coach and Jake continued to play until Sunday “I think it’s the way it’s always been,” said statistics produced by Eng, would place him Wendy Lawrence, who taught the Gross afternoon. Frowns were traded in for grins, Lawrence who, during a 28-minute con- at second all-time. But, true to the implicit brothers at Capitol Hill Day School and anger for genuine pride. versation, compared the brothers to twins, quest to always one-up his brother, Alex eventually served as the women’s squash “A lot of memories are from those trips, Siamese twins and a married couple all on earned consecutive All-NESCAC First Team coach for the Potomac School. “They would a lot of good times,” Alex said. “Whenever separate occasions. “They’re really, really honors as a sophomore and junior while practice when they weren’t having lessons you’re in a tight minivan with your brother close. It was always a brotherly competi- accumulating a 5-4 lifetime mark at the CSA or anything else. They’d just go on the court and your parents, a lot of lessons are learned tion, but it was never anything but support- Individual Championships. and be self-motivated, which always set about how to approach winning, approach ive of one another.” And then there’s Jake, the eternal trend- them apart from other kids.” losing, relationships with your brother, how This past summer, the two convened on setter who graduated from Tufts in 2008 The road trips, like the one that brought to interact, how to handle yourself, how to the courts to square off in the champion- as the program’s all-time wins leader with the brothers to Tufts, began sometime in handle losing. The most vivid memories are ship round of a tournament at their squash 53, a two-time captain and three-time Jake’s teenage years, when the family load- of me being a little upset and having to keep club in Washington. After surging out to a MVP. As a senior, Jake was named to his ed into the car and drove to Philadelphia, a smile on my face.” 2-0 lead, the second-seeded younger Gross first All-NESCAC team after finishing the Princeton or Boston — wherever the tour- Whether coaching each other on the had his top-seeded brother, the one who season as the fifth-ranked player in the naments took them. Jake was the seasoned squash courts, ordering room service came within a victory of All-American sta- conference and No. 26 on the national winner, the brother who would eventually back in the hotel room, or playfully slug- tus, on the ropes. list. Though he reached double-digit wins claim third place at the U-23 2007 nationals ging each other in the leather captain’s According to their father, it appeared as in each of his four years on the Hill, Jake and was, in 2005, ranked second in the coun- chairs, Alex and Jake drew closer to each though this would be the moment that Jake finished at 17-2 in 2007-08, by far the try while competing on the United States’ other, strengthening a bond that remains would finally hand the reins off to Alex. But highest winning percentage of his career, U-19 team. Alex was the scrappy other half, unbreakable today. Jake, after digging deep, barely eked out the and competed at CSA Individuals as the the crowd-pleaser whose sprawling returns “Wherever I went, he went, and the oppo- five-game victory. No. 30 seed alongside his brother. consistently drew raucous applause. site,” Jake said. “It wasn’t too different from “He was a very supportive big brother, “He was the fastest player I’ve ever had, And somewhere along I-95, before the what you see in the movies — a lot of ‘Get but he would rather die than lose to Alex,” just unbelievably quick, and probably the age of iPods or built-in DVD players, they the hell off my side’ — but it was a ton of fun Michael Gross said. “There was no way Jake fastest player in the nation at squash,” Eng would invariably break out into the alpha- at the same time, and it was great because I would ever lose to Alex. It’ll happen, but it said. “His standard in terms of athleticism is bet game or some other playful manifesta- got to spend a lot of time with him.” didn’t happen that day.” so rare to get, which is why he’s arguably the tion of the brotherly rivalry. The passing of the torch will have to wait, best athlete at Tufts in the past decade.” “They were always competitive; Alex Completing the circle at least one more day. But that doesn’t mean always hated to lose to Jake in anything,” Jake has since moved on from his days the younger Gross isn’t longing for a chance The alphabet game Michael Gross said. “It didn’t matter what in brown and blue, but, like his brother, to finally overtake his brother. To fully understand the impact the Gross they were doing — it could be a card game, squash has followed him. He current- “I’m just waiting for next summer to get brothers have had at Tufts, you have to and Alex would just throw the cards down ly serves as a full-time assistant coach another chance,” Alex said with a laugh. 14 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports Thursday, March 3, 2011

Women’s Basketball Hart makes All-Conference First Team; Miller wins Defensive Player of the Year Seniors Colleen Hart and Vanessa steals per game this season, as well as Miller each earned one last NESCAC 5.4 rebounds per game. She was also accolade yesterday when the All- the team’s fourth-leading scorer, with Conference squads were announced. 7.5 points per game, and she scored Hart was named to her fourth All- 20 points — a career high — in the NESCAC team and third consecutive Jumbos’ NESCAC quarterfinal loss to All-Conference First Team, while Miller Williams. won a second straight Defensive Player Both players earned their awards of the Year honor. despite missing significant portions of Hart, who is Tufts’ all-time lead- the season. Hart missed a handful of ing scorer with 1,422 points, led the games after spraining her ankle on Jan. NESCAC with 16 points per game this 21 at Bowdoin, removing her from the season. She also led the league with running for NESCAC Player of the Year. 2.2 3-pointers per game and a 2.6 Miller missed the first seven games assists/turnovers ratio, while averaging while spending the fall semester work- 3.3 assists and 2.2 steals. ing full-time at a restaurant, and won Before making her three First-Team her award even though she did not seasons, Hart was named Rookie of play enough games to officially rank the Year and made the All-Conference statistically in the NESCAC. Second Team as a freshman. Miller had a league-leading 2.8 —by Aaron Leibowitz

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NESCAC Alcohol Summit disincentivizing calling for help. In enough to drink, a fact that’s been This Sunday’s Meeting this way, Tufts is out ahead of our learned by personal experience. Agenda This past weekend members of peers. Fourth, hard liquor seems to be a the TCU Senate attended a Second, any solution to the primary factor that has caused such This Sunday the TCU Senate will be conference at Connecticut College problem of social life on campus an administrative backlash regarding meeting in the Sophia Gordon for student representatives and must come from the students. As alcohol on the campuses of the Multipurpose Room at 7:00pm. As of administrators from NESCAC members of the Senate we are NESCAC schools, and in some cases, now, in addition to our weekly schools to discuss alcohol on campus sometimes the first people on campus with good justification. Hard liquor updates on Senate members’ and ways to encourage a campus to call on the administration to solve and shots have raised the risk to initiatives, the agenda will include: culture based on safer drinking an issue that affects the student body. students, and certain policies have habits. While very often solving problems reduced students’ other options. We I. Resolution proposed by As the Daily noted in the article requires cooperation and partnership are realistic about drinking on Students for Sensible published this week titled “TCU with the administration, students campus, but we hope to find ways to Drug Policy (SSDP) Senators discuss alcohol abuse with should feel that they can make the make drinking safer. As many of us regarding Tufts’ NESCAC peers at conference,” the social life at Tufts what they want it have learned, a cold beer leads to a marijuana policy to be. As I saw from discussions with better night than a shot. discussion covered ways to facilitate II. Discussion of Multicultural social life, the unique danger of hard other schools, our weekends on Last, we need to help students campus are what we make of them. know when to call for help. Many of Greek organizations on liquor, pregaming before campus campus events, and on campus alcohol The Senate and administration, us never learned what the signs are policies. though, can help give students the that a friend needs help, either for I took away from this conference tools to do this. drinking too much in one night, or a few points that I would like to talk Third, upperclassmen have a lot to after a longer period of time. It would about further, and which I hope will offer the Tufts campus culture, be helpful to provide students with inform the Senate’s work moving especially when it comes to creative this knowledge so we can know when forward regarding alcohol on events and safer drinking. Many of us to say something when we see campus, and social life more at the conference understood that something. generally. upperclassmen have often learned Moving forward, we should work First, it became apparent that their limits when it comes to drinking with the Senate, Programming Board, Tufts’ alcohol policy is more from a few bad nights, but and the administration to empower us comprehensive and balanced than the unfortunately that wisdom is not students to create our own social life policies of some of the other passed down to the underclassmen. at Tufts. Students have great ideas. NESCAC schools. Last year’s policy We need to find new ways to bring I’d love to see them harnessed to overhaul at Tufts took seriously upperclassmen and underclassmen improve campus life. student concerns and struck a balance together, so the older student can tell between enforcing the law while not the younger student that he’s had Sam Wallis, TCU President

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Inside the NHL David McIntyre | The Beautiful Game After quiet trade, time to examine top deals The b y Ma t t Re p k a Daily Editorial Board Twilight Monday’s NHL trade deadline brought the customary annual excite- Zone ment for hardcore hockey fans. As 3 p.m. drew closer and closer, pundits and fans feverishly monitored Twitter n watching soccer over the years, and refreshed browser windows, wait- I have learned to expect the unex- ing for a game-changing trade to hap- pected. Whether it’s Liverpool com- pen at any moment. ing back against AC Milan to win Yet this year, no teams attempted a Ithe Champions League in 2005, or truly blockbuster deal, like the one that Birmingham beating Arsenal in the saw Roberto Luongo and Olli Jokinen Carling Cup final last Sunday, you can leave the New York Islanders for Florida never quite tell what’s going to hap- in 2000, or the one that sent Ron Francis pen next, no matter how unreason- and Ulf Samuelsson to the Pittsburgh able the outcome might seem. I mean, Penguins from Hartford just before the who would ever think that FIFA would 1991 trade deadline. award a World Cup to a country the But just because there were no size of Connecticut with no stadiums major deadline-day shocks does not built for the event and an average sum- mean Monday’s deals won’t have mer temperature of 106 degrees? (I’m major implications for the teams still seething about that.) involved. Only time will tell if any But over the past few weeks, two of the teams that were active this incidents in the soccer world have trade deadline will end up just like MCT occurred, on opposite ends of the those 1991 Penguins: skating with the In one of the most important trades, the New Jersey Devils received from the Washington globe, that go far above and beyond Stanley Cup that same spring. Capitals forward David Steckel, who touts an impressive high percentage of faceoffs won. the examples I’ve just given in terms of Here’s a breakdown of the five most strangeness. important trades from Monday (earlier 4. Columbus Blue Jackets - Phoenix 3. Florida Panthers - Washington First, on Feb. 21, Chelsea (and deals excluded): Coyotes: Blue Jackets get forward Scottie Capitals: Panthers get forward Jake England) left back Ashley Cole was Upshall and defenseman Sami Lepisto; Hauswirth and a third-round draft involved in a training ground incident. 5. Ottawa Senators - Chicago Coyotes get defenseman Rostislav Klesla pick; Capitals get defenseman Dennis Sounds pretty harmless, right? Just Blackhawks: Senators get forward and forward Dane Byers. Wideman. another vague media report of a fight Ryan Potulny and a second-round Trading Klesla to Phoenix was a bit- A move of this type was to be expect- between players and coaches on the draft pick; Blackhawks get defense- tersweet moment for Blue Jackets fans. ed from both sides — the Capitals look- practice field. Except in this case, the man Chris Campoli and a conditional The 28-year-old defenseman was the ing to solidify their defensive corps, and incident was a bit more serious — Cole 2012 seventh-round draft pick. first player selected by Columbus in the the aging and underachieving Panthers accidentally shot a 21-year old college Chicago, which had already made 2000 entry draft and the last remain- looking to rebuild. The Panthers get student with an air rifle. moves prior to Monday — acquir- ing member of the franchise’s inaugu- Hauswirth, an East Coast Hockey To add insult to injury, the student ing Michael Frolik from the Florida ral roster. He, along with minor-league League prospect decently suited to such was there working for Chelsea as part Panthers for Jack Skille — shored up prospect Byers, is off to Phoenix to play a rebuilding process, as well as one of of a work-study program. Local police its defense with the addition of the in front of all-star goalie Ilya Bryzgalov. several draft picks General Manager are looking into the incident to deter- Senators’ Campoli, a key move in antic- In return, the Jackets get journey- Dale Tallon stockpiled at the deadline. mine if a crime was committed. ipation of another deep playoff run. man Lepisto, but the big ticket here is The key piece of this trade is Wideman. But that only serves to distract from The team does so at the cost of Upshall. A versatile forward and physi- The former Boston Bruin is a rock-solid the initial question: What in the world Potulny, who had only suited up in cal presence, Upshall had 16 goals presence who brings depth and stabil- is Cole, who reportedly makes $195,900 three games for the Hawks this year prior to being traded and added anoth- ity to the Caps’ blue line, especially a week, doing with an air rifle at his prior to being traded. The center is er for his new club against Edmonton with the health of defensemen Mike club’s training facility? more likely to see meaningful ice time on Tuesday night. Not a bad way to Has he set up some targets next to in Ottawa. start a new job. see HOCKEY, page 13 the goal to shoot with his gun, hoping that it will improve his shooting accu- racy in a soccer game? Is he an amateur Buffalo Bill? Or is he concerned that Armageddon will be coming to West With stars set to leave, it’s now or never for the Brewers London, so he better be prepared? No INSIDE MLB Zack Greinke from the Royals and under- and rebuild for the team to make another reason can justify such utter stupidity. continued from page 16 rated No. 3 starter Shaun Marcum from the run before Gallardo and Braun are eli- Fortunately for Cole, though, he was while enduring plenty of busts. The high- Blue Jays. Combined with Gallardo and left- gible for free agency in 2015. After trad- not the stupidest soccer player on the profile failures have ranged from Rolando ies Randy Wolf and Chris Narveson, those ing the team’s best pitching prospects — face of the earth over the past few Pascual — a widely touted Dominican two acquisitions should help Milwaukee Jake Odorizzi and Jeremy Jeffress — to get weeks. That title instead lies with Luis who signed for $710,000 as a 16-year-old in improve vastly upon its 4.65 rotation ERA last Greinke, Melvin may need to start that Moreno, a Panamanian defender play- 2005 but has walked more batters than he’s year, the second-worst mark in the majors. process from the ground up. ing for Deportivo Pereira of Colombia. struck out in five seasons in the minors — to The Brewers have taken risks before, Yet with star first baseman Prince Fielder In a Feb. 28 game against Atletico Evan Frederickson, the team’s 35th overall such as in 2008, when in addition to reel- set to become a free agent after the 2011 sea- Junior, Moreno spotted an owl on the pick in the 2008 draft, who is still toiling in ing in Sabathia, Melvin fired manager Ned son, the Brewers decided that they couldn’t field near the corner flag that had just Single-A ball. Two of the top current pitching Yost with just 12 games remaining in the afford to squander a shot to once again gotten hit with the ball. And of course, prospects in the minors, the Royals’ Mike regular season. The bold move paid off, as chase what would be the first champion- he then took the most rational course Montgomery and the Astros’ Jordan Lyles, Yost’s replacement, Dale Sveum, helped ship in the organization’s history. That’s why of action — he kicked the owl off the were among the next three players drafted the team overcome a skid during which Greinke and Marcum were brought in, and field. after Frederickson. they fell behind the Mets in the Wild Card why a new manager — former Angels bench Said owl, which turned out to be With that track record hanging like an standings. After going 7-4 under Sveum, coach Ron Roenicke — was hired. Atletico Junior’s mascot, subsequent- albatross around his neck, Melvin decided Milwaukee returned to the playoffs for the Even though the Cardinals lost their ace, ly died of shock from the injury on this offseason to adopt the motto, “If you first time in over 25 years. Adam Wainwright, to Tommy John surgery, Tuesday. can’t beat them, join them.” The Yankees For small-market teams like the Brewers, the Brewers will face stiff competition in “I want to apologize to the fans,” imported Sabathia and A.J. Burnett. The which operate with a relatively tight budget, the NL Central from the defending cham- Moreno said, according to the Phillies brought in Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, the windows of opportunity to make runs at pion Reds and the revamped Cubs — and St. Associated Press. “I was not trying to Roy Oswalt and then Cliff Lee again. And the playoffs and contend for championships Louis isn’t entirely out of contention either. hurt the owl. I did it to see if it would now, despite operating with a payroll less are short. Because Milwaukee traded away While Cincinnati and Chicago have the pros- fly.” than half the size of the Yankees’, the Brewers young prospects and spent an awful lot of pects necessary to trade for reinforcements Ah, of course! He wasn’t “trying” to will field one of the most formidable rota- money in pursuit of the pitching excellence during the regular season, the Brewers will hurt the owl; he was just conducting an tions in the league. that has been so elusive to them, the window hope that the players they put on the field on experiment on the wonder of natural Melvin shocked many fans this winter by of opportunity becomes even shorter. Opening Day can stay healthy and produc- flight. I think most people understand exchanging the few quality prospects in his If Milwaukee doesn’t win it all this year, tive enough that the Brewers’ fourth trip to that professional athletes on the whole pipeline to acquire 2009 Cy Young winner Melvin will once again have to scramble the postseason will be in the cards. are not the brightest people in the world, but Moreno takes that to a new level. And as a result of his foolishness, quint kappel | for your consideration he is facing possible suspension and fines from his own club and from the sport’s governing body in Colombia. What do these incidents say about soccer players or even soccer in gener- al? Probably not much. But what Cole’s and Moreno’s actions do show is that there is no rhyme or reason to much of what occurs over the course of the long soccer season. I guarantee that just when the interest in these incidents fades and you think things are back to normal, another player will come along with more stupidity to entertain and shock us.

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Men’s Squash Gross’ed out: Two brothers reign over Tufts men’s squash The brothers held a meeting in 2003 with the men’s coach; the results changed the program forever b y Al e x Pr e w i t t only thought it was fair that I got to choose Daily Editorial Board mine. The record will show that he was actually following my choice.” The course of Tufts athletics history was For years, their actions followed a recogniz- changed forever in the quaint conference able pattern: Jake first, then Alex. The former area in Halligan Hall nearly eight years ago on went to high school at the Potomac School in a sunny afternoon in June. From the outset Virginia; the latter attended as well. They joined of the family’s vacation, one of their myriad the same fraternity. During their junior years road trips up and down the East Coast, the at Tufts, they both studied abroad in Australia, Grosses shuttled back and forth between Jake in Sydney and Alex in Melbourne. Even their black 1998 Toyota Sienna minivan and the college choice, from a purely chronologi- collegiate meeting rooms, breaking from this cal standpoint, fell into a similar mold. Except, standardized routine only for the obligatory depending on who you ask, that might not tour or information session. The majority of have been what actually happened. schools were nice but unimpressive. Maybe he just wanted to be included. If the father, the mother, the recruit, the Maybe it was because a coach actually paid younger brother and the coach had some- attention to an eighth grader and chatted how managed to sneak a glimpse of impend- with him about soccer. Or maybe he felt ing destiny, they would have understood an inexplicable connection with the lush what is now obvious: The future of the men’s campus. Whatever the reason, the wheels squash program sat together in that room. of fortune were turning that day in that Seven years of recruiting were accom- conference room and, as Alex is quick to plished in a single afternoon. And no one point out to anyone who inquires, he — not had a clue. Jake — cast the first spin. “Jake wasn’t at the point where he wanted Blazing the trail to make a commitment one way or the You have to forgive senior Alex Gross if other,” their father, Michael Gross, said. he wants to stake claim to this story; it’s “Alex said Tufts was clearly the best of all only natural for the younger sibling to hold those schools, and that was where he was on to the smallest of victories. After all, it’s going to end up. They’ve given each other a a running joke in this tight-knit family that hard time over the years, that Alex actually whatever Jake Gross (LA ’08) does, Alex will chose Tufts before Jake chose Tufts.” soon follow. Except, Alex insists, in this one instance. This time, he was the trailblazer. Closing chapters After the Gross family once again piled This weekend, when Alex finally wraps Courtesy Nancy Deck into the minivan following their recruiting up competition in the CSA Individual Tufts senior Alex Gross (right) and his older brother Jake (LA ‘08) have played every match meeting with men’s squash coach Doug Tournament at Dartmouth, the concluding at No.1 singles for the Jumbos for the past seven years, a reign that after this weekend will Eng (E ’84), the 14-year-old Alex, typically sentence of a seemingly endless chapter will finally come to an end. content to sit in the car and watch seasons be written. Jake’s decision to enroll in Tufts of “Family Guy” on a portable DVD player in 2004 catalyzed a seven-year tradition idea that this younger brother, that wasn’t had together in college. rather than endure another mind-numbing of domination atop the men’s squash lad- on his radar screen at all, would end up here, “I think it’s a common thing up until a campus tour, had made a decision to attend der. For seven seasons, one Gross brother too. He ended up, in one fell swoop, recruit- point,” Jake said, “but once you’re out of Tufts, far before his 17-year-old brother ever competed in the No. 1 spot for Eng in every ing his number one player for seven years.” high school, it’s very rare for brothers to made a commitment. single competition, a staggering statistic It’s not just that the Gross brothers played attend the same college to play on the same “The family always talked about each that spans, according to Eng’s unofficial atop the ladder for such an extended period sports teams. It’s gotten to the point with school we had visited and the next one records, nearly 150 matches. of time; they independently stamped their Alex and I where it’s a little strange.” coming up, and when they told me Tufts “It just is remarkable that there’s no way unique marks on the program, only over- On the wall in Eng’s office — a closet com- was near a big city and had its own campus, Doug could have known,” Michael Gross lapping during Alex’s freshman and Jake’s pared to the other spacious offices down the I started liking it more and more,” Alex said. said. “He was competing with Brown and senior year in 2007-08, in which they fre- hall — hangs a plaque of the Jumbos’ MVPs. “I was trying to be a part of the process, so Colby for Jake, and he didn’t know where Jake quently coached each other from the side- when my brother was choosing schools, I was inclined to go, and he certainly had no lines and cherished the one season they see GROSS BROTHERS, page 13

Inside MLB Inside NBA Brewers now NL Central favorites Howard, Rose set to Greinke, Marcum turn weak rotation into a strength dethrone King James b y Da n i e l Ra t h m a n Daily Editorial Board b y Na s h Si m p s o n Nevertheless, several sig- Daily Staff Writer nificant factors negatively Three playoff appearances in 41 affect James’ chances of win- seasons. That’s all the Milwaukee With the NBA season just ning the MVP award this year. Brewers can boast. But a thrilling over two-thirds complete, James plays for the Miami offseason has the fans at Miller basketball fans can’t help Heat alongside superstar Park wondering if 2011 just might but ask themselves: Who will Dwyane Wade, who many be their year. win this season’s NBA Most argue is more deserving of The Brewers won their only Valuable Player Award? the award with a whopping division title and only League In recent years, the MVP 50 percent from the field and Championship in 1982. That year, discussion has centered on average of 25.5 points per a power-packed lineup led by Cecil “King” LeBron James. Last game. Cooper and Robin Yount helped year, it was a two-man race Due to the subjective overcome a pitching staff whose between Kevin Durant of the nature of the voting system, only star was closer Rollie Fingers. Oklahoma City Thunder and the likelihood of James win- Milwaukee, then an American King James, who then played ning the majority of votes league team, advanced all the way for the Cleveland Cavaliers. for the third consecutive sea- to the World Series but lost in seven James ended up winning in a son is small. Only Jordan and games to the St. Louis Cardinals. landslide, becoming the 10th Shaquille O’Neal have won The Brewers did not return to player in NBA history to win three straight MVP awards the postseason for 26 years until, consecutive MVPs. At this since 1969, while four players in 2008, general manager Doug point, it doesn’t appear that — Larry Bird, Tim Duncan, Melvin scrambled to acquire lefty LeBron will win his third MVP Hakeem Olajuwon and Magic CC Sabathia from the Cleveland award — at least not until Johnson — have won the Indians, shipping a bounty of next year. honor twice in three years. prospects away for what amount- His numbers this season, Most notably, unlike in pre- ed to a three-month rental of the however, should place him vious years, LeBron is faced MCT workhorse ace. The Brewers didn’t The Milwaukee Brewers have had offensive firepower for the past few near the top of the MVP can- with a plethora of competi- clinch the NL Wild Card until the years. The team hopes that the addition of ace Zack Greinke will push its didate list. He’s averaging tors who have all embodied very last day of that regular season pitching staff to a similarly high level. 26.2 points, 7.2 assists and 7.5 the meaning of “most valu- and were ousted in the first round rebounds per game. He also able player.” Of this long list of of the playoffs. without donning another uniform. Since Melvin took the reins in recently recorded a triple-dou- NBA stars, two stand out the During the team’s 41-year his- More recently, the team has drafted 2002, the Brewers’ farm system has ble in the NBA All-Star Game, most: Dwight Howard of the tory, Milwaukee has had no trou- and developed sluggers like Prince yielded just one elite starting pitch- putting him on a pedestal with Orlando Magic and Derrick ble producing homegrown hitters. Fielder and Ryan Braun. er, right-hander Yovani Gallardo, Michael Jordan, one of only Rose of the Chicago Bulls. Yount was drafted by the Brewers Pitching, however, has been two players in league history in 1973 and played 20 seasons another story. see INSIDE MLB, page 15 to ever do so. see INSIDE NBA, page 13