Today: Partly Cloudy THE TUFTS High 75 Low 63 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Partly Cloudy Since 1980 High 77 Low 64 VOLUME LII, NUMBER 2 DAILY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2006 Dean system revamped BY JEREMY WHITE Changing the old system Daily Editorial Board required changes within the Undergraduate Dean’s office. After years of planning and Sheila Bayne, formerly the dean discussion, a new system of for juniors, now works full-time academic advising for Arts and as Director of Programs Abroad, Sciences undergraduates will while former sophomore class begin this semester. Dean Chris Nwabeke is now the Under the new system, every Director of Special Projects in class is divided alphabetically Dowling Hall. into four groups, and a dif- These vacancies will be ferent advising dean will be filled by Karen Garrett Gould, responsible for these students a former administrator from throughout their Tufts careers. Brandeis University, and The School of Engineering will Carol Baffi-Dugan, who until not be included in this system now served as Pre-Health and is under the sole charge of Advisor and Associate Dean of Kim Knox. Undergraduate Education. “It’s going to provide more Though she acknowledges continuity of care,” Dean of the benefits of the new system, Undergraduate Education Associate Dean Jeanne Dillon James Glaser said. “Someone ... will miss some aspects of the old will really know you in a way arrangement. She argues that the old system didn’t make pos- the earlier structure allowed sible.” deans to get to know the hurdles FORD ADAMS/TUFTS DAILY Previously, specific deans specific to each year that stu- Dr. Bernard Gordon and Mrs. Sophia Gordon are joined by Adele Bacow and residents of the new dorm. were permanently attached to dents experience at Tufts. each year, so students dealt with “You develop a huge, deep a new dean during each of their area of expertise,” Dillon said. Sophia Gordon Hall inaugurated last four years at Tufts. “You even get to know the Glaser said that this improved University better because you’re framework will strengthen stu- getting to know about the areas night in a well-attended ceremony dent bonds between with the students are having issues academic advising dean and with.” BY ROBERT SILVERBLATT Stern (E ‘72), the Chairman of the it to, but it will come,” he said. build fuller, longer advising rela- Dillon said that class deans Daily Editorial Board Tufts Board of Trustees, Another focus of the event was tionships. facilitated each class’s transi- “We all like to say we’re champi- the variety of uses for the new dorm. The new system will be par- tion and were well-versed in “Speaking about both Sophia ons of the students,” he said. “Here Robinson focused on its ability to ticularly effective in helping the most pertinent problems for and Sophia Gordon Hall, this you have a tangible example of keep seniors on campus. deans address recurring student each class. Formerly the dean is a wonderful day for us,” Tufts someone who makes sure we fol- “Seniors often times tend to problems and concerns that of seniors, Dillon said she regu- University President Larry Bacow low through.” gravitate to off-campus housing. span several years, he said. larly exchanges advice with Jean told an overflowing audience last Gordon said he decided to follow This changed this year,” he said. “This will especially help Herbert, the erstwhile freshman night in Sophia Gordon Hall. through with the project because of In addition, the highly modern students who have issues that dean. Last night marked the dedication his commitment to both Tufts and and very beautiful building boosts require someone in the admin- Mainly, Gould hopes that the of the new dorm for Tufts seniors, his wife Sophia. the students’ morale, he said. “Now, istration to be playing close new system will get more stu- named after the wife of Tufts trust- “Aside from my parents, there when you go to this campus, stu- attention,” Glaser said, citing dents consulting their advising ee Bernard Gordon (H ‘92). have been two major influences dents have a sense of pride they family and financial struggles deans. During the event, both Bernard in my life,” he said. “One has been didn’t have before,” he said. beyond the academic sphere. “I don’t want to be a person and Sophia were honored for their Tufts. The other has been Sophia.” According to Stern, however, the Administrators have mulled behind another file cabinet or a generosity in providing funds for According to President of the building will also be a classroom. over the workings of the new group of directors,” she said. “I construction, which was threat- Tufts Community Union (TCU) “It’s not only going to ease the system for nearly three years, want students to feel welcome ened by delays despite student Senate Mitch Robinson, the com- shortage of on-campus hous- Glaser said. The Task Force for here.” support as a result of post-Sept. 11 pletion of Sophia Gordon Hall ing,” he said. “The building’s been Undergraduate Experience, “Students will hopefully feel cutbacks. demonstrates the administration’s designed to promote social [and] which in 2003 issued a series of like they can come back here Because the project was com- dedication to initiatives that benefit intellectual interaction.” recommendations for improv- and see us and know us, and pleted in spite of this factor, Gordon students, and bodes well for future For that purpose, classes in a ing undergraduate life at Tufts, we in turn will know them,” she is the perfect example of an effec- projects. supplied the initial idea. said. tive trustee according to James “It may not come when you want see SOPHIA GORDON, page 2

NEWS ANALYSIS Think Tufts is getting better? Thank the Task Force for that B Y DAVID POMERANTZ suggestions from the Tufts community. in 2003, the use of Omidyar funds to sub- “We recognized that it wouldn’t work here,” Daily Editorial Board “As a new president, I wanted to under- sidize summer internships, the beginning said Dean of Undergraduate Education James stand the undergraduate experience, both its of the Snyder Lecture Series in 2004 and Glaser, whose office is responsible for imple- When within one week the modern new strengths and weaknesses,” Bacow explained. the construction of new gathering spaces menting the Task Force’s recommendations. Sophia Gordon dormitory is unveiled and an “I also wanted to begin generating ideas for a around campus. “We didn’t have the physical infrastructure, overhaul of the deans system is announced, capital campaign that I knew would be forth- Other recommendations in the Task Force’s and the expense would be too great.” Tufts students new and old probably know coming.” report, however, have remained mere words Still, Glaser thinks that the new changes that their school is undergoing serious In 2003, Bacow’s Task Force released on paper. The biggest failed initiative of the to the dean system are a way to address the changes. its report, which included 37 initiatives report was the transformation of Tufts into a goal of increasing the sense of community What they may not realize is that those for change under the headings “Climate,” college system in which the campus would that the four-college system was meant to two changes, along with many around “Community,” and “Coherence.” Of those be reorganized into four residential colleges. achieve. campus, all sprout from the same seed: the 37 initiatives, roughly 30 have experienced Students, grouped according to their areas “The deans change is a modest part of 2002-03 Task Force on the Undergraduate some significant action, a remarkably high of study, would live in one college for all four the effort to keep people connected,” Glaser Experience. success rate compared to past efforts at simi- years of their undergraduate career, as they said. “We may build off that with other four- The Task Force was a group of admin- lar reform, Dean of Student Affairs and Task do at Harvard and Yale. year teams, such as a career services team ... istrators, faculty and students formed by Force Co-Chair Bruce Reitman said . The proposed college system was a large The big grand idea didn’t fly. It was declared University President Lawrence Bacow shortly Aside from the reorganization of the component of the Task Force’s main goal: dead. But some modest steps have been after he assumed his position in 2001. dean system and the construction of Sophia promoting a greater sense of community at taken to encourage the ideas it was meant to Bacow charged the Task Force with Gordon Hall, other Task Force-recommend- Tufts. The recommendation stalled, however, address.” evaluating the current state of under- ed changes include the construction of the when it became apparent that the campus Another ambitious recommendation, now graduate life at Tufts and making recom- Tower Café in September of 2004, the imple- could not support four equally suitable resi- mendations for improvement taken from mentation of the Summer Scholars program dential colleges. see TASK FORCE, page 2 Inside this issue tuftsdaily.com Today’s Sections News | Features 1 GALLERY PREVIEW OPINION Arts | Living 5 Editorial | Letters 8 “Voulez-vous coucher with Students across the nation speak Viewpoints 9 Americans in Paris” at the MFA? out against the new Facebook.com National 11 see VIEWPOINTS, page 9 International 13 see ARTS, page 5 Comics 16 Classifieds 17 Sports Back 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Thursday, September 7, 2006

Grant supports Tufts’ interfaith cooperation An extreme makeover for Facebook.com BY JENNA NISSAN viduals including Hillel, the University Chaplain David Daily Editorial Board Muslim Student Association, the O’Leary, who is a member of the David-Ezra Shamash uploaded a “I feel like a stalker just by logging Arab Student Association, New consortium, said that Pathways mobile photo. Kevin M. Bambino is on to Facebook,” said Tufts junior As one of five universities that Initiatives for Peace in the Middle will help to further of the University no longer in a complicated relation- Abby Holtz. “I don’t really need received federal money to design East (NIMEP), Tufts Friends of chaplaincy. ship. If you have recently logged on to know who’s not single anymore an interfaith collaboration pro- Israel, the Institute for Global “The hopes are the same hopes to Facebook.com, then postings like as soon as I log on.” Holtz would gram, Tufts is launching several Leadership, Tisch College, the we have for the chaplaincy: that these recently greeted you on your prefer the News-Feed to be replaced projects to encourage communi- University Chaplaincy, and the people will be able to dialogue homepage. by a sidebar instead of being located cation between faiths on campus. Catholic Student Organization. and be respectful of one another, Called News-Feed and Mini-Feed, on the homepage. Tufts, along with the University Shai Fuxman and Christina listen to one another, and work to Facebook.com has recently added Sophomore Eduardo Sanchez of Maryland, Brandeis University, Tobias-Nahi, educators from the build the common good,” Father these new features, according to agrees with Holtz. Wellesley University, and MIT, California religious nonprofit O’Leary said. a spokesperson, at the behest of “Half the fun of Facebook is surf- received a grant last year from Abraham’s Vision, will help design The Pathways program has users. ing through the network looking for the Department of Homeland and run the Pathways program for chosen to launch with an inter- “We listened to the requests of interesting things,” said Sanchez. Security to design a program to its first year. faith dinner on Sept. 26, which our users,” said a statement from “It’s over the top, and nobody likes change attitudes about religion Pathways is designed as a set of is between Ramadan and Rosh the wildly popular networking web- it.” among students and instill inter- two dialogue groups on interfaith Hashanah, to celebrate both holi- site. “We expect News-Feed and In a statement from the Palo Alto faith leadership skills. issues, consisting of selected stu- days. Mini-Feed to be hugely popular with based website, a spokesperson said The $1.6 million grant is split dents who meet weekly for discus- The Tufts consortium is devel- Facebook users.” “News-feed and Mini-feed will pro- between all five institutions over a sions. The program may offer aca- oping a series of projects that will News-feed offers the ability to vide [users] with recent and relevant three-year period. demic credit, pending approval by be partially funded by the federal track almost all changes to friends’ information about the people they The grant was awarded by the Experimental College. grant, including retreats for stu- profiles right on the initial log-in care about in an efficient and effec- the National Consortium for the While students will decide dent religious leaders, a lecture page. The Mini-Feed is a new sec- tive way.” Study of Terrorism and Responses the actual topics of discussion, series, and the Pathways program. tion within profiles that shows a log On Facebook’s official blog, to Terrorism at the University Fuxman said, some ideas include Though the five universities are of recent changes to that profile as Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg of Maryland and funded by the role of religion in government currently designing their own well as that particular user’s recent posted an entry titled, “Calm Down. the Academic Affairs Office of and the relation between humans independent programs, there is activity. Breathe. We hear you.” in which the Department of Homeland and the environment. also hope for a major conference But the buzz created here on he acknowledges the backlash from Security. One discussion group titled to bring together students from the hill and online on the Facebook users. “I had discussions with the “Pathways to Faith: Religious the five universities. website suggests otherwise. In an “We think they are great products, Academic Affairs Office [of Pluralism Dialogue,” will focus on O’Leary said that he hopes the upshot of global Facebook groups but we know that many of you are the Department of Homeland issues of interfaith cooperation, interfaith dialogues on college like “I am about to delete my not immediate fans, and have found Security] where I told them that while another discussion group campuses can eventually translate Facebook profile” and “Students them overwhelming and cluttered,” they’re protecting bridges, but titled “Pathways to Understanding: to increased global and interfaith against Facebook News Feed,” stu- wrote Zuckerberg. “We are listening we’re building bridges,” Rabbi Religion and Political Conflict, the dialogue. “To know a foreign cul- dents from all over the nation seem to all your suggestions about how to Jeffrey Summit said. “In the grant Middle East and Beyond,” will ture in detail is all about under- enraged. improve the product.” proposal, we stressed that devel- focus on misconceptions about standing what that culture holds According to a Time magazine Used by over 9 million students, oping security in our country religion and politics in the Middle as sacred. So one way we do that online article from yesterday, within graduates, and faculty/staff mem- meant really building strong, pro- East and other regions. is by listening to other people and 24 hours of the change, hundreds bers around the world, Facebook is ductive relationships between dif- The organizers may also estab- seeing what they value,” he said. of thousands of Facebook users had the seventh most visited site on the ferent religions.” lish a third discussion group Rabbi Summit agrees. “We live mobilized online against the change. internet. According to Summit, the grant involving leaders from the differ- in a volatile world, full of suspicion The article calls the changes “intru- (For more on the new “improve- is in a pilot stage and the govern- ent religious student organiza- and mistrust,” he said. “It’s our sive” and notes that the News-Feed ments,” see Viewpoints, page 9) ment will renew the grant on a tions on campus, Fuxman said. goal to build relationships where feature can’t be turned off. — James Bologna year-by-year basis based on an “This group would allow stu- people from different commu- evaluation of the funded projects. dents to connect, share concerns, nities feel that dialogue is effec- The lodestone of these proj- collaborate on programming, tive, where people can hear one ects is the Pathways program, and make sure that the different another’s stories, and that they’ll designed by a consortium of organizations are talking to each be responsive to one another’s Sophia Gordon dorm tagged Tufts organizations and indi- other,” Fuxman said. issues and problems.” as being “socially responsible” SOPHIA GORDON gible building on campus,” he said. continued from page 1 According to James Kostaras, the Some Task Force ideas not implemented variety of disciplines will be taught Executive Director of the Somerville TASK FORCE and organizations enfolded into be ensured. there. “This is going to be a real Office of Strategic Planning and continued from page 1 the Task Force. “I think the reality is that many teaching lab,” he said. Community Development, the currently stalled, was a four-year “There was a lot of buy-in from current recommendations, like the Sophia Gordon, in a brief speech dorm also underscores coopera- writing program, which, accord- different groups because they were [4-year] writing requirement, are to the audience, said she well tion between Tufts and the city of ing to the Task Force’s Year Three a part of the discussion,” Reitman recommendations that, in prin- appreciates the value of a good Somerville. Progress Report, “requires an infu- said. “This [Task Force] grabbed ciple, are strongly supported. But education. “Under the leadership of sion of resources that we do not on because it had broad-based the devil’s in the details,” Metcalf “I was fortunate to come to President Bacow...Tufts has always presently have.” Also included in community support, because it said. “We need the resources to do America,” she said, who grew up in been there for the city of Somerville the Task Force’s list of goals was was focused, it made specific rec- it well. It does Tufts no good to do Greece and was not able to obtain and I want to tell you I’m extreme- the adoption of need-blind admis- ommendations, it had an unusual it on the cheap with scotch tape ... a formal education after the age of ly grateful,” said Kostaras, who sions, still out of reach for the uni- amount of community buy-in and The faculty will take a wait and see eleven. stood in for Somerville Mayor Joe versity. it had the backing of the president attitude until they know that we “I hope that the students who live Curtatone at the event. “Need-blind admissions was and provost.” have the resources to do this well, here [and] study here will under- “[It] is a welcome and significant something we hope to get to, but While community buy-in and and I think rightly so.” stand their own good fortune.” addition not only to Tufts, but to the it’s a huge project,” Glaser said. financial support from above were As of now, the Task Force no To highlight this commitment, city of Somerville,” he said. “It’s not just going to happen over enough to realize many recom- longer exists in a formal sense. a plaque honoring the new dorm Student reactions to both the a summer.” mendations, such as campus con- “President Bacow gave the Task contains a Woodrow Wilson quote: dedication and the dorm itself were On the whole, however, the Task struction projects like the Tower Force a set of duties,” Metcalf said. “Learning knows no differences of very positive. Force’s report sparked a series of and Sofia Gordon Hall, the curric- “We carried out those duties, pre- social caste or privilege.” “I thought it was very appropri- changes, and the improvements it ular changes recommended in the sented a final report, then went Many at the event also high- ate, based on the contribution that has caused are becoming the hall- report have made much slower out of existence.” lighted the structural and environ- this dorm has made to campus, marks of the Bacow presidency. progress. In terms of the implementation mental advantages of the dormi- to have such a wonderful celebra- According to Reitman, the Task “Curricular change is slower,” of the 37 recommendations, how- tory, which contains a solar ther- tion honoring it and the people Force was successful for two rea- Reitman said. “When you have to ever, the Task Force is very much mal and photovoltaic rooftop array, who made it happen,” TCU Senate sons. get a faculty vote on something, alive, mostly due to the unceasing uses energy from other renewable Parliamentarian Andrew Caplan The first was support from it’s a slower process and you need work of Glaser. sources, and is expected to use 30 said. above, in the form of financial to do more convincing. For other “It would not have gotten this percent less water and energy than Since its construction was propping from Bacow’s office. issues, between the people at far without Jim Glaser, who is in a comparable buildings. announced, Sophia Gordon has “A lot of things took a significant Ballou and Dowling, they can just position to shepherd along all of According to 2005-2006 TCU been a highly sought-after location amount of funding, and the driv- say, ‘let’s do it,’ and it happens.” [the Task Force’s] goals,” Reitman President Jeff Katzin, these benefits and according to current residents, ing force in making the Task Force Economics Professor Gilbert said. tie into larger plans. it has been far from a disappoint- successful has been President Metcalf chaired the Task Force and Glaser himself seems to enjoy “With the University making a ment. Bacow’s finding the funds to make says that curricular change can with his work reinventing Tufts. new push towards active citizen- “The whole layout is really these things possible,” Reitman happen, but that such plans must “I’m proud of the fact that so ship through the Tisch College, this good,” said Erin Yeh, a resident of said. be carefully deliberated and that much has come to fruition,” Glaser was an opportunity to implement the dorm. “The size of the entire The second was grassroots sup- the availability of less quantifiable said. “It has led to some very nice that socially responsible, environ- apartment is pretty ideal. It’s like a port in the form of student leaders resources, like qualified staff, must changes here.” mentally friendly message in a tan- hotel.”

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COURTESY LIZ THYS Residents of the village of Rawachh congregate at a hand pump used to obtain well water.

BY ANNE FRICKER amongst the villagers,” she added. with a filter to purify the water. Daily Editorial Board The stream, Thys continued, is The system Thys designed and a kilometer away from the village, helped to build is capable of stor- During the hottest days of the so residents must trek to obtain ing 50,000 liters of water. “It will summer, most Tufts students any water. Thys said that the water be able to give them water for the were able to find relief in walking shortage is “a huge problem in critical summer months,” Thys indoors, going to the pool, or sim- rural India.” said. ply drinking a cold glass of water. “There’s been a draught in Though one might think that COURTESY LIZ THYS But for the draught-stricken town Udaipur for seven years,” she said. creating a water supply for a Liz Thys models a saree—a trational outfit worn by women on the Indian of Udaipur, India, quenching thirst “Crops die; a lot of farmers com- remote draught-stricken village subcontinent—provided by her Indian host family. wasn’t so easy, and Tufts senior Liz mit suicide ... They don’t have any is enough work for one summer, Thys did something about it. running water.” Thys didn’t stop there. After finish- Thys, a mechanical engineer- Determined to do something to ing the rainwater harvesting sys- Keeping a blog, changing the world ing major, took part in the San help the village obtain a more reli- tem, Thys helped FES with anoth- For senior Liz Thys, who spent her summer working at the Foundation Francisco-based Foundation for able water supply, Thys entered er project: mapping the area. for Ecological Security (FES) in Udaipur, India, cameras weren’t the only way Sustainable Development (FSD), into an FSD-hosted grant com- Equipped with a GPS device, of capturing the experience; Thys and the other FES interns kept their own which supports grassroots organi- petition and won with a plan to Thys traveled outdoors for weeks blogs. zations seeking to improve living build a rainwater harvesting sys- throughout several villages near At http://liz-in-india.blogspot.com, Thys recorded her summer experi- conditions in local communities. tem on top of an Udaiper school. Udaipur. “We would walk around ence. On her Web site, one can also read Thys’ winning grant application She heard about FSD after the Thys was awarded close to $600 to the villages all day and mark wells, to build a 50,000-liter rainwater harvesting system designed to provide program had an information ses- complete her plan. anicuts, check dams, anything Udaipur’s residents with water during dry summer months. sion at Tufts. “That money went towards related to water sources, govern- “One of the interns thought we could all write blogs,” Thys said, FDS sent Thys to live with a fam- materials and transportation,” ment buildings, roads, that sort of explaining where the idea came from. Thys used the blog as a way to ily in Udaipur and work with an Thys said. Much of the physical thing,” Thys said. update her friends and family on what she was doing. NGO, Foundation for Ecological work involved, she explained, was Thys’s work helped FES to cre- Internet access, however, was sporadic; The office where Thys worked Security (FES), for nine weeks this done by residents of Udaipur. ate 15 maps by the end of her nine only had one computer equipped to go online, so Thys usually had to resort summer. “The villagers volunteered six weeks in Udaipur. to an internet café. Before the monsoon season began in late July, power While working at FES, Thys days of labor from every house- The experience helped Thys cuts were frequent. “It started just two hours in the morning — from 9 to learned about Udaipur’s water hold,” Thys said. “They do all the discover that she wants to con- 11 — and then it went from 8 to 11,” Thys said. shortage. “They have one well, and digging; they’re laying the con- tinue similar work in the future, On her blog, Thys posted pictures she took and recounted her experi- it dries up in the summer,” Thys crete [and] building a stone wall, she explained. “I definitely want to ences. From getting sick when she first arrived to winning a traditional said. “When the well dries up, they then we did the roof catching sys- do something with international Indian costume party after her host family outfitted her with a sari, her have [water] from a stream. tem and the stone pipes.” The har- entire experience is available to read. “It causes a lot of disputes vesting system was also equipped see INDIA, page 4 — Anne Fricker Could Tufts follow other schools Student valuables ripe for picking

BY ARIANNE BAKER year. with mandatory abroad programs? Daily Editorial Board While it’s frustrating to lose data from a BY KRISTEN SAWICKI computer, music on an iPod, or a gift from a Daily Editorial Board experiences abroad, Goucher will provide Students arrive at Tufts with bright eyes boyfriend, it can be much worse when stu- each student with a $1200 voucher to be used and smiling faces, carrying shiny televisions, dents have to take the financial hit — either In the world of study abroad statistics, Tufts for travel expenses. listening to clean white iPods and wearing accepting the loss or paying to replace a is among the leaders. According to Newsweek, According to Goucher’s president, Sanford sparkling jewelry. The majority will move off stolen item. who ranked Tufts as the “hottest school for J. Ungar, the decision to make international the Hill in May with these same belongings. Many students’ parents have homeown- study abroad” last spring, between 40 and 45 study mandatory is meant to add a global But for the unlucky ones, their stuff will ers’ insurance that will cover property stored percent of undergraduates study abroad while dimension to all courses of study. “The idea is leave in someone else’s hands — and not in dorms. But for students who live off cam- at Tufts. not that we want to turn everyone into a little because they’re making donations to Jumbo pus, or whose parents’ insurance doesn’t While this percentage is impressive, imag- international studies major or minor,” he said Drop. offer coverage, it may seem like they just have ine if 100 percent of Jumbo grads had pursued in May to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Students certainly worry about things to accept the danger of living among strang- international study. Instead, “We want everyone to apply interna- from laptops and cell phones to designer ers. According to the Insurance Information This year, that is the case at Goucher College tional awareness to whatever he or she may be clothes and stereo systems being stolen, Institute’s Web site, some homeowners’ poli- in Baltimore, Md. In a bold move, Goucher studying.” and everyone has heard stories about the cies have low limits on the value of electron- has made study abroad mandatory for all its At Tufts, this desire to incorporate an inter- kid down the hall whose room got cleaned ics they’ll cover . students, turning what was once an option national component into the undergradu- out. “I absolutely worry about theft — all the Luckily, there are insurance compa- into a requirement. Though the decision was ate experience has been voiced as well. The time,” senior Kim Nguyen said. nies that will cover students in need. And made four years ago by the college’s Board mission statement of the Colleges of Arts Junior Chris Severino explained that he those students should be investigating their of Trustees, this is the first year that it will be and Sciences and Engineering says that the worries more now that he lives off-campus, options, according to Donna Rodriguez, implemented. University aims to offer to students “a rigorous but not too much: “In the back of my mind Coordinator of the Off-Campus Housing Goucher students will have the choice of education with a global perspective.” I’m nervous, but I always lock my door and Resource Center. completing a semester or year-long course of Despite the University’s propensity for stuff, so it’s not a huge worry for me,” he said. “Should they buy it? Yes. That’s the bottom international study, which may be a Goucher emphasizing an international outlook, it has “I didn’t really worry when I lived in a dorm, line,” Rodriguez said. “It’s not that it’s costly or a non-Goucher program, or they may not made study abroad mandatory. but I don’t really know why.” — it’s usually just a lot of paperwork, and choose from a list of three- or seven-week- “We want to make [international study] Severino added, “There is more traffic in I don’t think students have time to do that long “Intensive Course Abroad Programs” that attractive...and possible for students to do,” the dorms, and people had things stolen all paperwork.” the college offers. said Sheila Bayne, Associate Dean of Programs the time.” Insurance coverage varies by company Goucher is among the first colleges to Abroad at Tufts. According to the Tufts University Police and by state, so not every Tufts student needs impose such a requirement, which will apply Bayne said that although Tufts encourages Department’s crime statistics for 2004-2005 the same policy. But for students, it might be to all degree-seeking students who start there its students to study abroad, it is unlikely that reported in last year’s Public Safety Brochure, worth checking out what their parents’ poli- this fall and to all transfer students entering international study will ever be mandatory. Tufts students reported 26 burglaries in on- cy covers, what the limits are and whether it with 26 or less credits. After this academic “It’s better to lead people rather than to force campus residences, and nine more in non- applies to off-campus living. year, all transfer students must study abroad. residential campus areas. TUPD did not In order to aid students in financing their see STUDY ABROAD, page 4 receive any reports of off-campus thefts last see INSURANCE, page 4 4 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Thursday, September 7, 2006 Tufts student experiences new culture while spending summer in India INDIA Due to FES’s requirement that an intern “It’s really hard to see people living in “It was a 40-person village, and we saw only continued from page 3 had to have his or her own room, most mud huts with no water, no electricity, two women,” Thys said. issues,” Thys said. “I think I want to go into families hosting FES interns belonged pretty much starving, way below the pov- At the time, Thys and the other interns renewable energy — I realized that over the to wealthier castes, Thys explained. erty line, and then seeing three hours away did not understand the reason for the lack summer.” Because of this, her family’s home had families that do really well and are real- of women, but they discovered later that its Despite her hard work with the rainwa- running water and electricity — but it ly wealthy,” Thys said. “It changes you... source was female infanticide. ter harvesting system and the days spent was still a far cry from most American Seeing the different levels in India can be “A lot of the villagers kill their female trekking through villages during monsoon homes. really hard.” children,” Thys said. “It’s really common, season, Thys said she was most affected by “They had open sewers; the house was The most difficult part of her trip was but going there and seeing it was so disturb- experiencing India’s culture. really old,” Thys said. “We had cockroach the remote village of Jaisalmer, located ing... I won’t ever forget seeing all of these “I’m so happy I got to live with a family,” and rat infestation problems, but it was a in the Thar Desert between India and boys and, like, two women in this village.” Thys said. Thys explained that her family nice setup.” Pakistan. Despite the difficulty of Jaisalmer, Thys was extremely traditional, allowing her to Despite enjoying her home-stay, experi- “We did a sunrise camel ride, and it was thinks that her experience undoubtedly get a first-hand look at what life in India is encing Indian culture was not always easy absolutely beautiful,” Thys said. The beauty changed her for the better. “Being in anoth- like. for Thys. After seeing the riches of families of Jaisalmer, however, was soon marred er culture and learning so much about “They were a rajput, which is the second in the capital city of Delhi, the squalor of by Thys’s observation that the village was another culture was amazing,” Thys said. “I class in the caste system,” Thys said. Udaipur was more difficult to stomach. almost completely lacking female residents. would definitely recommend it.” Tufts’ international community can bring Be careful or buy insurance INSURANCE food, let alone insurance,” Severino a global perspective home to the Hill continued from page 3 said. STUDY ABROAD But Schutzengel said that he felt dents, would benefit from interna- Renter’s insurance for individual Nguyen decided against insur- continued from page 3 “left out” from the study abroad tional study. students might be the best option ance in favor of more traditional them to do something,” she said. scene at Tufts, since so many of his Bayne recognized the difficulty for some who live off campus; it pro- security: “I bought one of those lap- Students at Tufts tend to agree. “I friends studied abroad. engineers face when considering tects against loss or destruction of a top cables that attaches to the desk,” don’t think [study abroad] should Basile also has a lot of friends their study abroad options. “We want renter’s possessions, which is impor- Nguyen said. “I don’t think I need be mandatory, because it is the who are studying abroad this to work...to create better opportuni- tant, since landlords’ insurance does any other measures,” she added. student’s own education, and he year. “I think the excitement to go ties for engineers,” she said. not necessarily cover them. While floods may be unprevent- should be able to decide what he abroad is contagious,” she said. Bayne also said that even stu- Rodriguez recalled a case when able, there are effective ways to avoid wants to do,” said junior Lauren Patrick Randall, a junior who dents who do not study abroad still the apartment of a student living off theft. Both TUPD and the Insurance Basile, who is planning to study has decided not to study abroad, gain international exposure. She campus flooded. “The landlord said Information Institute recommend abroad in Ireland this spring. said the feelings expressed by said that about 15 percent of the he could cover structural damage, keeping your dorm room doors Basile said she approved of Tufts’ Schutzengel and Basile trouble student body is international, and but the student had to pick up the locked whenever you’re out of the study abroad policies. “I think there him. “There is pressure to go that Tufts has international instruc- cost of the damages to her furni- room, even if you’re just down the is a strong encouragement to study abroad your entire year,” he said. tors and faculty who conduct ture, her clothes — everything in the hall. They also recommend engrav- abroad if possible on the part of “[Students] feel like they must be research abroad. “[International apartment,” Rodriguez said. ing your important belongings with Tufts, but it is more encourage- missing out, but that should not be students and faculty] bring that Renter’s insurance also covers an ID number, which TUPD offers ment than pressure,” she said. why they go abroad.” global perspective to the Tufts additional living expenses that may as a free service. Senior Aaron Schutzengel, who Randall, who is studying politi- campus,” she said. occur if a tenant has to relocate after In addition, students should leave spent five weeks in Spain this sum- cal science and Latin at Tufts, said Randall said that he sees value damage to his apartment, such as a their expensive jewelry and irreplace- mer through a non-Tufts program, that although he sees the benefits in gaining a global perspective, but flood or fire. able items at home. They should also agreed. “My Spanish professor of studying abroad, especially for he also said that “understanding In reality, though, the cost of insur- avoid leaving their valuables unat- strongly encouraged me to go, but those studying international rela- people is more important than ance is a deciding factor. Severino tended around campus; leaving your there was no pressure,” he said. tions or languages, he still thinks international contact.” talked to his parents about their laptop out in the library is a great way Schutzengel said he did not go Goucher’s new requirement is It would benefit many Tufts stu- homeowners’ insurance and found to attract a potential thief. abroad during his junior academic “impractical and somewhat dents “to go to rural Mississippi out that it doesn’t cover much while If students have concerns about year because of his on-campus unfair.” more than it would for them to he lives at Tufts. “We’ve talked about the security of their on-campus resi- commitments like the Ultimate Randall said that not all stu- spend a semester in an upscale different possibilities, but I barely dences, they can call Tufts Facilities Frisbee team and his friends. dents, such as engineering stu- neighborhood of Paris,” he said. have enough money for books and for repairs to security measures. 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GALLERY REVIEW We’ll always have ‘Americans in Paris’ . . . or at the MFA BY SARAH COWAN the French Impressionists, being Daily Editorial Board attracted to the easy brushstroke Among the museum-going col- and the liberal use of wet-on-wet lege students, there are those who paint that gives the canvas a spon- will become artists and those who taneous look. Most of the subjects involve women, usually alone and Sargent, Chase, Cassatt: independent, representing the Master Paintings from a “modern woman” of the time: intel- ligent and bold. Private Collection Sargent’s “Rosina — Capri” At the Museum of Fine Arts (1878) is a striking portrait of a fem- through September 14 inine subject, a painting that, while 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston remaining fairly realistic, is less polished than his other works in the collection. Its subject is a taran- will be art historians, but some are tella dancer, and her dark skin and so appreciative, so enthralled with hair is intensely defined against the the art they see, that they eventu- bright white of the sky and archi- ally decide to forge their own per- tecture. The free brushstrokes in sonal museum to become collec- the sky imitate the subject’s dance, tors, surrounding themselves with and its vibrating looseness makes the art they love. the graceful arch of her arm an One such student, upon visiting even more confident focal point of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston the painting. and seeing John Singer Sargent’s Similarly, Sargent’s “Study painting, “The Daughters of Edward for Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose” Darley Boit,” was so moved by it (circa1885) is freer than the final that she and her husband became painting, focusing on a young girl collectors. staring into a glowing lantern that Sargent’s captivating work still sheds a pink glow on her curious hangs in the MFA, right now on face. In the study, Sargent borders display in the “Americans In Paris” on the abstract, with rushed strokes exhibit, a perfect sister exhibit to MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS and bright, basic colors. The lan- this woman’s now-extensive col- Sargent’s “Rosina — Capri” (1878), less polished than his other paintings, portrays a tarantella dancer. tern is like a whirling beehive in lection, “Sargent , Chase , Cassatt: her hands, and she wears a bright, Master Paintings from a Private undefined pink flower in her hair, Collection,” on show in the MFA’s Sargent, William Merritt Chase, O’Keefe, all of which come together The married collectors, who lighting her face even more than Hilles Gallery. Mary Cassatt, Thomas Wilmer as a cohesive whole under themes were not named in the exhibit, the lantern. While this is one of The exhibit holds 23 works, Dewing, Frederick Carl Frieseke, of versatility and bright, intimate shared a passion for paintings sim- including pieces by John Singer Childe Hassam, and Georgia subjects. ilar to Sargent’s style and that of see GALLERY, page 7

ALBUM REVIEW MOVIE REVIEW ‘Harness’ a quirky gem

BY MEREDITH TURITS Vocals are a stark contrast to the Contributing Writer cleanly produced instrumentals of the record; strikingly unpolished, When I say, “independent rock they don’t quite fit with the majori- from Chicago,” you think of Wilco, ty of “Harness”’s percussion, synth Bound Stems or perhaps even the and guitar lines. The clash, how- ever, is not abrasive, and generally This Harness Can’t Ride gives the vocals their own specific Anything place on the record as atonal yet soothing. Chin Up Chin Up Vocalist Jeremy Bolen uses a few different types of tones throughout the tracks, and though his sound Suicide Squeeze Records is not meant to be polished, he sounds flat and somewhat droning Smashing Pumpkins — current in certain tracks, such as “Blankets faces of indie and a genre pioneer, Like Beavers.” Regardless, vocals respectively — as bands who pro- do add to the mix, but Bolen’s cured and continue to shape the voice is one that many may have LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT current face of the Chicago rock to warm up to. Now this is no way to settle who gets the elevator. scene. Chicago-bred five-piece Because the vocals do not lead Chin Up Chin Up fits right into the record, “Harness”’s instru- the distinctive Midwestern niche mentals are its most impressive with a sound directly reflecting the component. Blended chords and ‘Crank’ a rush of adrenaline minus the crash forefront of independent Chicago natural harmonies create the wild music. fullness of a band like Broken BY MALCOLM CHARLES ly, comedy. for Jason Statham, a British actor The band’s sophomore Social Scene — a feat not achieved Contributing Writer Chelios is a freelance hit-man known for his memorable role effort, “This Harness Can’t Ride accidentally. who has angered the wrong in “Snatch” (2000) and the title Anything,” is a melodic montage Simple but intense lead lines are During final exams or the people; the reason why remains role in “The Transporter” (2002). of thought-through percussion, minimalistic but deep and evoke night before a deadline, it murky. He wakes up one morn- As the old guard moves on to distinctive guitar lines and pristine inklings of bands such as Mineral wouldn’t be surprising to find ing with a splitting headache governorships and shoddy real- production, a combination likely and Sunny Day Real Estate. On and a red rash on the back of his ity shows, Statham is a big part to establish the band among their the percussion end, it wouldn’t Crank neck. As he stumbles through his of the new generation of action heavy-hitting indie kindred spirits. be a stretch to say “Harness” is apartment, he finds a DVD made stars. He exudes style and cha- The album opens with the title a percussively important record; by his attackers that explains his risma, and any tough-guy quali- track, one of the strongest songs rarely do you find a rock album Starring Jason Statham, Amy imminent death. Enraged and ties are tempered by the ability on the record. It does an excel- led so strongly by its drum parts. Smart confused, Chelios storms out to still be self-effacing in even lent job of setting the pace for the Additions of a marimba, vibra- Directed by Mark Neveldine, onto the streets of Los Angeles the most intense scenarios. tracks to come and opens up the phone and other percussion Brian Taylor to exact his revenge. There isn’t much room for door for consistency and coher- instruments bring an entirely fresh Chelios, it turns out, has character development in a ence — not monotony — as the (and remarkably unpretentious) college students guzzling down been injected with the “Beijing stripped-down movie such as record progresses. groove to the record. energy drinks and inhaling Cocktail,” a poison that inhib- “Crank,” and that is probably for Thirsty for their own vibe, the Perhaps the primary reason snacks to keep their bodies from its the production of certain the best. Statham’s supporting band’s unique brand of spacey- why it’s easy to see this band pro- shutting down. In “Crank,” Chev enzymes and hormones. He cast does an adequate job, with folk helps to infuse the songs with gressing towards the stature and Chelios (Jason Statham) eats quickly realizes that adrenaline his doctor (Dwight Yoakam) and an ambiance Chin Up seems to notoriety of their fellow hometown similar products for a similar helps him focus and fights back main enemy, Verona (Jose Pablo mark as theirs alone. The title track heroes is because, like bands such reason, except in his case, it’s the viscous, hazy effects of the Cantillo), standing out. But, also showcases Chin Up’s tech- as Wilco, Chin Up uses their music actually to stay alive. “Crank”’s drug. His discovery kicks off the happily, they weren’t asked to nique of electric-acoustic layering, to define their place in a flurry of unique premise sets the stage movie, and “Crank” never looks do much more than be Chelios’ which decorates the album, giving for a thrilling and entertaining back. it a notably bright and full sound. see CHIN UP, page 7 blend of action and, surprising- This is the perfect star vehicle see CRANK, page 7 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING Thursday, September 7, 2006 Thursday, September 7, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 7 MFA features post-Impressionist collection GALLERY bold figures, and are extremely continued from page 5 different from his seascapes. The many preliminary sketches for a women in these — both young final, large-scale painting, the cou- and old — stare boldly out at the ple’s decision to purchase this par- painter, a statement characteristic ticular work shows a certain radical of Manet’s shocking compositions view of art; their interest in sponta- and reflected in other works in the neity in art is forward-thinking. show, such as Dewing’s “Lady in The couple was also attracted Lavender” (1910) and Frieseke’s to paintings that reflected times “White Lilies” (1911). of great change. Two of William The influence of Japanese art Merritt Chase’s works on view is particularly noticeable in this are traditional seascapes, though collection of paintings, between his brushwork reflects that of the Mary Casssatt — who, upon see- Impressionists. Another, “At the ing Kitagawa Utamaro’s woodblock Shore” (1882-86), is particularly prints in 1890, found her own striking, depicting the chaos of strong line in prints of mothers tourism sweeping the beaches of and children — and Chase’s use of Coney Island in a loose, wet style. Japanese fabrics. Juxtaposed next to his other beach What permeates the entire show scenes, this painting comments on is an overwhelming sense of the the lack of privacy and calm, and influenced artist and the idea that his rendering of hoards of beachgo- each painter shows signs of the MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ers vibrates noisily against the fairly endless learning and changing of William Merritt Chase’s “At Play” flat, unembellished sky and beach. a student. Each painting in this (1895), with its dark, flat back- MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE The collection shows an aware- exhibit is unabashed in its origin, ground and bold figures, is extreme- ly different from his seascapes. Ben Affleck, left, and Diane Lane star in Allen Coulter’s “Hollywoodland,” ness of Chase’s wide range of styles and the artists all show a willing- a Focus Features release. and his admiration for the mas- ness to be changed by other art and ters, Edouard Manet and Diego different styles. Velazquez. Chase’s “At Play” (1895) It seems right that this collector, so like her in mindset: those who and “Portrait of Mrs. L” (1891-92) a student of art history who was so allow their inspiration to be a part Affl eck ready to fl y again hang next to each other, similar in thrilled by a trip to a museum one of their life, who base their taste on BY DANIEL FIENBERG played and that was, in some their dark, flat backgrounds and day, should be attracted to artists having one that’s broadly defined. McClatchy Tribune ways, tragic for him,” he notes. “And that very tragedy and kind It was only two or three years of paradox — in the sense that ago that Ben Affleck was every- he got the thing that he wished where, a state of ubiquity that for and ultimately it was very Chin Up exercises creativity of Chicago rock bred an avalanche of con- destructive — is part of what tempt. makes the story so good and The star of “Gigli” and “Jersey part of what makes the char- tradition in “Harness Can’t Ride Anything” Girl” was constantly out-and- acter so good. The onus was about with girlfriend Jennifer on me and on Allen and on the Lopez and his every move writers to be consistent with was tabloid fodder. The worst who the guy really is, because part was that Affleck looked there is a kind of a burden and to be embracing the attention a responsibility and I think to his personal life, seemingly even more so because I think unaware that audiences were of George as a guy who never rapidly forgetting why they’d really got a fair shake.” liked him in the first place. The recent changes in Then, the “Good Will Affleck’s life seem to have Hunting” Oscar winner took a caused the actor to get a new step back. He traded Jennifers, perspective on stardom, one parting ways with Lopez and that he suspects Reeves might eventually marrying Garner. He have shared. became a father. The paparazzi “You keep on running on may still have been hovering this treadmill and reaching for to capture his every move, but another movie or another prize he seemed less eager for the or another accolade or some- press. And, with the exception one else to ask for my auto- of “Surviving Christmas,” a dud graph or another TV appear- so massive it hit DVD shelves ance. It never gets there. It’s within weeks of its theatrical hollow,” he muses. “It’s like a release, he stopped appearing Western facade town on the in movies. Universal lot. You go, `Oh, “I wanted to sort of take a look. It looks like the Old West. break and keep things quiet, It’s neat.’ But if you there and and I kind of made the decision actually open the doors there to just do the kind of movies is nothing actually inside. It that I really like to be in and doesn’t matter what’s inside. It CHRIS STRONG that I can be proud of being just matter what it’s showing Mary Poppins has so been there, done that. in and not work for money or you. So that’s how it kind of work to be famous or any of works and I’ve done that and CHIN UP product at the end of the assembly production, sophistication and that stuff,” Affleck says. getting to the point where _ I’m continued from page 5 line created by pre-packaged fash- voice for a band with the poten- Ben Affleck, the actor (as lucky. I got to kind of see that disingenuous indie and folk-rock ion-indie bands and their major tial to make a mark on the cur- opposed to Ben Affleck, the and then say, `OK, well, what ensembles. label record leaders. “Harness” has rent state of music in Chicago and movie star), returns to screens do I really want to do?’ In the A visionary and incredibly the perfect swing for hearts, hips beyond. this week in “Hollywoodland,” course of that I got dinged up mature record, “Harness” is not the and tambourines, as well as the a fact-based examination plenty and now there are things of the death of “Superman” that will probably come along star George Reeves. The film, that I won’t get the chance to directed by Allen Coulter, do that I would like to, that depicts Reeves as a man who being that guy would afford me Blend of action and humor hooks viewers became the victim of his own the opportunity to do.” CRANK himself alive long enough to the quality of the fight scenes fame. Let’s just say that Affleck “Hollywoodland” can maybe continued from page 5 kill his murderers: He holds up — though always hectic and bru- relates. be seen as Affleck’s first step in punching bags; if they had, the a convenience store for energy tal — is inconsistent. “It’s just like, in doing this rebuilding his image, a process movie would have faltered. There drinks, shocks himself with a Nonetheless, Neveldine and movie, I sort of lived my own that will continue in the spring are hardly any scenes that do not defibrillator, and has sex with Taylor succeed in portraying the research a little bit which was with the release of “Gone, Baby, include Statham, and with good his girlfriend (played by Amy excessive violence in remarkably nice, playing this part, because Gone,” his feature directing reason. Smart), among many other stylized ways. The frantic pace, I didn’t have to then go around debut. The marketing of this movie methods. Nothing is out of quick-cutting cinematography, and ask a lot of people what “Ultimately, I found myself is not totally honest with pro- bounds here. and blazingly fast sequences this is like, what this feels at the end of that period to spective viewers. Billed as an Unfortunately, including are reminiscent of the classic like,” he explains. “It’s like the have sort of a horrible feel- action movie, it is not a stretch to these absurdly funny scenari- German film “Run Lola Run” guy from ‘Good Will Hunting,’ ing, to be trapped inside and describe “Crank” as half-comedy; os is a double-edged sword. At (1998). Clocking in at 87 min- playing a guy from Boston. I part of this whole tabloid situ- it is certainly a film that doesn’t points, the film can forget that utes, the film utilizes every sin- kind of had a head start on ation where my personal life is take itself too seriously. An eclec- it is essentially an action movie gle frame, leaving it devoid of that.” out there,” he reflects. “So just tic and often retro soundtrack, at heart, and the fighting can be any calm or transitional scenes. Of course, Affleck isn’t just being able to take a couple of sarcastic subtitles, bizarre cin- very hit-or-miss. This isn’t to say “Crank” is tailor-made for short playing himself and he admits years and reassess about what ematography, and the premise writer/directors Mark Neveldine attention spans. proudly that he watched every I want to do with my life, what itself create an absurd cinemat- and Brian Taylor have pulled In a genre of movies that is available hour — color and do I want to be has been great. ic environment. That the film’s punches, because “Crank” can growing increasingly stale and black-and-white — of Reeves’ I have a family. I’m working on characters take the plot seriously be extremely violent. (One thug using stiff meatheads for stars, “Superman” television series, stuff I like. I directed this movie only makes their performances gets his hand stuck underneath “Crank” is a breath of fresh air. as well as attempting to catch now, which was extraordinarily more comedic. the pounding needle of a sewing Though the fluctuating qual- all of the actor’s undervalued terrifying and wonderful and Chelios does everything he machine, and another loses his ity of the action can be frustrat- film work. horrible and great all at the possibly can to keep the adren- hand altogether.) There’s enough ing, “Crank” works as a frenetic, “George Reeves was an same time. So I’m in a nice aline flowing and thus keep action here to fill most films, but absurd action-comedy hybrid. iconic guy because of who he place.” 8 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Thursday, September 7, 2006 EDITORIAL KATHRINE J. SCHMIDT Editor-in-Chief EDITORIAL Europe moves into the immigration lane Kelly Rizzetta Managing Editors Andrew Silver In less than 100 years, the flow of people giously oriented than their counterparts in tarianism, treats immigrants as permanent Lena Andrews Editorial Page Editors coming in and out of Europe has been the streets of Rabat or Cairo. The former settlers and French citizens. However, Samantha Goldman reversed. After years of being a net export- have adhered to a set of beliefs and prac- the republican values of freedom, equal- Jacob Maccoby Pedro Rodriguez-Paramo er, Europe has turned into the world’s tices no longer relevant to the progressive ity, and fraternity have not been able to Mark Pesavento most diverse recipient of people. Today, and middle classes in the sending coun- accommodate Arab immigrants and their Europeans collectively enjoy an unprec- tries. descendants ( les Beurs) into modern Zofia Sztykowski Executive News Editor edented state of welfare, opportunity, and When speaking of European models French society. The second and third gen- James Bologna News Editors stability. These advantageous conditions of integration we generally refer to the erations of Muslim youths have not been David Pomerantz have inevitably drawn many newcomers British multicultural model and the French given equal opportunities to participate Marc Raifman to countries such as Spain, France, Italy, ‘republican model’. Both models have in French society. At the beginning of the Robert Silverblatt England, and Germany. The boosters of failed to effectively integrate the arriving 21st century France is experiencing the Sarah Butrymowicz Assistant News Editors immigration proclaim that non-European Muslims. Without historical perspective, backlashes of a marginalized community Pranai Cheroo immigrants are making a significant countries such as Spain, Portugal, and in the form of riots and public disturbanc- Jenna Nissan contribution to the greatness of Europe. Italy have yet to adopt a concise approach es. Urban riots in France are not new, but Lilly Riber Jeremy White However, last year’s London bombings and to the problem of immigration. British unprecedented in magnitude. recent riots in Paris suggest that Europe is multiculturalism, often referred to as the So what should European countries do facing a crisis of integration, particularly most comprehensive model of integration, to integrate their Muslim populations? Anne Fricker Executive Features Editor Muslim integration. promotes the coexistence of all minorities This difficult question will continue to Arianne Baker Features Editor The nature of Islam and the principles within a larger society, encouraging the trouble European policymakers for years of a secular state have overlapping spheres maintenance of individual cultural identi- to come. Given Europe’s declining birth Matt Skibinski Assistant Features Editors of influence. The teachings of the Qu’ran ties jointly with accommodation into a rate and demand for cheap labor, immi- are readily applied by Muslims to issues wider society. While this approach may gration is generally welcomed from an that are not supposed to be regulated by seem coherent and understanding, it has economic perspective. However, Muslim Stephanie Vallejo Executive Arts Editor religion in a non-religious state. Muslim also allowed Al-Qaeda to operate freely in immigrants, like all other groups in society, immigrants also generally come from rural British soil under the pretext of religious must remember that they should play by Greg Connor Arts Editors Mikey Goralnik and traditional areas of their countries tolerance. the same rules. No government or policy of origin in deeply steeped in traditional On the other extreme, the French should interfere with the private practices Diana Landes Assistant Arts Editors values. Ironically, Muslims living in the ‘republican model’ has neglected the exist- and values of Muslim immigrants. But Sarah Cowan suburbs of Paris or in enclaves around ing differences across French society. This Muslims, too, must learn to coexist when Kristin Gorman Elizabeth Hammond London are more conservative and reli- model, based on universalism and egali- security concerns are at stake.

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Facebook stirs the ashes of democracy

BY CHADWICK MATLIN dreds of thousands of supporters. As a that is conspiring to kill it. Because of this anti-news feed contingent, he wrote, “We result, there’s an effort afoot within the publicity, the biggest counter-feed group agree, stalking isn’t cool; but being able In an age of questionable civil lib- anti-news feed community to centralize has more than 290,000 people (as of press to know what’s going on in your friends’ erties and privacy, our generation has the support and get everyone under one time) who joined up in “support” of the lives is. This is information people used remained silent to the backdoor dealings group with a unified direction and cause. counter-feed movement. to dig for on a daily basis, nicely reor- in Washington. But Mark Zuckerberg, The “counter-feed” movement’s growing Here, supporting a group is an easy ganized and summarized so people can creator of Facebook, seems to have hit a pains are vaguely reminiscent process built into the Facebook learn about the people they care about.” sore spot for millions of students nation- of “real world” interface, Facebook seems to have crossed the wide. lobbying one line that separates a provider of informa- At the root of this Internet flare- on tion from the apparent synthesizer of that up is Facebook’s new “news feed” material. The site has enlarged every feature it unveiled on September action performed in a social network 5. Every Facebook action of from the micro to the macro. All of every Facebook friend is now the items the news feed broadcasts displayed on your homep- across your entire social network age so you can keep tabs were already public and could on what photos they’ve easily be found with a bit of uploaded, significant oth- Internet digging. The citizens of ers they’ve dumped, and the Facebook society seem to be groups they’ve joined. irked by the prospect that that You can strike any action information is being handed you’ve performed from Fal t of over on a silver platter, without the news feed with a click ling ou any work required. Somehow, or two on your “mini- privacy feels breached if there’s feed,” which perhaps more no sleuthing involved. Slashdot, disturbingly displays all of a technology news website quoted your actions on your profile one user as saying, “Stalking is sup- page. But you aren’t able to posed to be hard.” completely rescind your par- L e? Zuckerberg’s blog entry hints ticipation in the feature; you ov that he believes in the news feed inno- have to negate every action indi- vation and is going to stand behind his vidually. agenda. But with enough civic unrest, Granted, the new layout of with enough dissent from Facebook Facebook is terrifyingly thorough. users Zuckerberg’s constituents will Information — or, as Facebook would Zuckerberg back down from his aggres- like to call it, “news” — about your sive initiative of centralizing and com- friends jumps off every page. Your home that municating the news of a social world? page is bombarded with the happenings has The best test of this new rumbling from and actions of every single person in lent con- an otherwise lethargic generation will be your (digital) social realm. Immediately, siderable if Zuckerberg holds strong. If he contin- reasonable worries and claims of mak- issues power and ues to support what many consider an ing it easier to stalk individuals surfaced. like anti- momentum to invasion of privacy, will the protest follow Opponents want more than just a way to war demon- the counter-feed the path of the general public’s reaction disable the process, they don’t want such strations, the pro- movement. Without to the arguable threat on civil liberties? a comprehensive record of such digital immigrant move- such an easy way to Are we a generation who believes that the social minutiae displayed anywhere on ment, and gay-rights support the cause, would news feed was an inevitable step in our the site. advocacy. there be such rage coming new, information-rich digital societies; or Most interesting, though, is that And in a twist of irony Alanis from the users? Moreover, will we unify under a common cause and Facebook users are voicing their dis- Morissette would be proud of, the because the dissatisfaction is pressure the chiefs of our digital states? approval the only way they know how: counter-feed groups are gaining noto- so easy to express — through The answer may determine our genera- through Facebook. Facebook groups riety through the very thing they’re pro- one click of the mouse — can tion’s definition of the classical, modern, have sprouted up all over the network- testing. Every time one of your friends it be called rage? Or is it more and digital American citizen. ing site to try and put a halt to what they joins a group calling for return of the old like meek disapproval? Chadwick is a senior major- consider an invasion of privacy. Hundreds Facebook, it shows up on your news feed. In response to all the hooplah, ing in Anthropology and minor- of groups calling for the old Facebook Essentially, the news feed is fueling the Zuckerberg penned a piece for the offi- ing in Communication and Media style to be reinstated have attracted hun- very civic process and democratic debate cial Facebook blog. In his response to the Studies.

OFF THE HILL | TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY OFF THE HILL | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT God is not Republican Protect unpopular B Y MATT WISNEWSKI Captaining the Republican’s cell research.” Once again, Daily Toreador sinking ship is Dr. James this proves that pandering Dobson of Focus on the achieves nothing politically. speech America grew strong due to Family. Preaching love and What makes Dr. Dobson’s the belief in the separation of hate out of both sides of feathers ruffle is a cultural BY GREG PIVARNIK would allow Congress to pass a law church and state, civil liberties his mouth, Dr. Dobson has doomsday scenario that, in The Daily Campus making desecration of the U. S. flag and free enterprise. Adopting single-handedly turned the his eyes, spells an end to all illegal. Those who were in favor of these principles as their own, party of Reagan into a party our decency: gay marriage. The colors of the American flag the bill called it patriotic — a way of Republicans used to be about of idolatry. Republicans are He has compared recent may not run, but they will burn. protecting one of America’s sacred smaller, less intrusive govern- so dependent on the evan- progress and acceptance of That is what some students at the symbols. Others who opposed the ment. Not anymore. The 21st gelical vote that they’ll gay marriage to Pearl Harbor Stuart Middle School in Louisville, bill cited the First Amendment’s century Republican Party has endorse and turn a blind eye and equates the battle against Ky., learned a couple of weeks ago. guarantee of freedom of speech lost its course, and it’s about to the bile that comes out it to D-Day. As he said in As part of a of a lesson in his social as the reason to keep the practice to lose this Republican. whenever Dobson opens his a 2004 mailer “’The homo- studies class, teacher Dan Holden constitutionally protected. Modern day Republicans mouth. In describing these sexual activists’ movement is burned two small United States The arguments become even only seem to care about weav- “cavalier Christians,” Fox poised to administer a dev- flags. more heated at a time of war, when ing religion into the fabric of News contributor Charles astating and potentially fatal The incident has caused an the flag is itself thrust into the spot- American government. We’ve Krauthammer wrote: “They blow to the traditional fam- uproar in the school district as light. It is easy to say that burning seen this affect our nation’s need their moral superiority ily.” As a Christian, I support well as around the country. Some the flag in protest is disrespect- policy for six years now, and like oxygen, and they cannot two people of the same gen- parents are calling for Holden to ful and offensive to our men and it’s time that we take a stand have it cut off by mere facts.” der who marry and succeed at be fired while others support his women in the armed forces, that for what we believe in. It’s For Dr. Dobson, the facts do caring, supporting and loving creativity. Holden contends his they need all of our support, and time to take our party back! not support his reactionary each other. According to Dr. actions were not politically moti- the reason they fight is to protect Here’s what I believe: The brand of Christianity. Dobson, that does not make vated but were instead supposed the freedoms ensured by the flag. Republican Party is not God’s Found in the same me a follower of Jesus Christ. to inspire students to think criti- All of a sudden those who sup- party, all Christians do not Newsweek article was this My problem with the cally about free speech. port the right to burn the flag are vote for politicians based sole- eye-opening tidbit: “In a Republican Party is not So far no disciplinary actions deemed un-American. ly on social issues and outside Pew Research Center survey that the “Dr. Dobsons” of have been leveled against the The problem with legislation of a few unequivocal truths, released last week, 66 per- the world are being given a teacher. He has been reassigned to which prohibits flag burning in Christians can have different cent of all Americans want a chance to have their Christian non-instructional duties pending a protest is that it absolves a free- interpretations on the scrip- ‘middle ground’ on abortion. views advocated by the party. further investigation. Though flag dom of speech based on the reac- ture. As Billy Graham said in Six out of 10 white evangel- Instead, my problem is that burning is still a constitutionally tion of those who feel offended. last month’s Newsweek, “sin- icals also support compro- the content of their Christian protected right, Holden’s actions Though I could never find a rea- cere Christians, can disagree mise; meanwhile, 44 percent views are being based on a have once again demonstrated son to burn the flag, I certainly about the details of scrip- of white evangelicals — the distortion of biblical values. that it is a divisive issue. will not prevent anybody from ture.” Sadly, I feel my cries for highest figure recorded in five In June of 2006, a bill was nar- help are falling on deaf ears. years of polling — back stem- see GOD, page 10 rowly defeated in the Senate that see FLAG, page 10 10 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Thursday, September 7, 2006 OFF THE HILL | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY War should not detract from A helping hand for the developing world our First Amendment rights BY ELLEN DOBIE target women, accommodate accountability and responsibili- FLAG hate speech has to be accepted. If Daily California illiterate borrowers, go out into ty these women create for them- continued from page 9 pro-war speech is accepted, then the fields in search of customers selves upon receiving a loan. voicing their disdain for the gov- anti-war speech has to be accepted I believe I quote Bob Dylan and give loans as low as $10. As my travels in Guatemala ernment because of a disrespect- too. The list can go on forever. Free correctly when I repeat, “We live As I traveled through progressed, the numbers and ful action. The rights to protest, speech is what progresses ideas in a political world, where love Guatemala and the Chiapas data describing the success of just like my right to publish articles forward and makes this country don’t have any place.” While region of Mexico, I began to microcredit as an anti-poverty of my opinion in the newspaper, better. The U. S. has become the Dylan has and will always be the realize how incredibly radical tool gave way to evidence even are protected equally under the most successful country in the quiet poet of my soul, this past the mere notion of microcred- more substantial: The personal First Amendment. The line of free world because of its citizens’ his- summer I sought to prove him it is. I was traveling with the stories of individual women, speech cannot be drawn at arbi- torical rights to assemble, to speak wrong. San Francisco-based nonprofit each with her own heart- trary points because certain peo- freely and elect its leaders. Free Poverty has taken on a new Namaste-Direct as one of their wrenching story of struggle, and ple feel offended. speech has often included criti- face in the past year — the faces fellows, and our mission was to each now with her own inspir- Distasteful speech is not limited cisms of the government and of its of Bono and Angelina Jolie, to visit and talk with female bor- ing story of success. Through to the flag. The Ku Klux Klan is one policies, which is one category flag be exact. The elimination of rowers and see how their lives each individual story recounted, of those organizations that use free burning falls under. poverty has become the popu- had since changed. I came to realize that microcred- speech as a means to promote Despite the fact that setting larized goal of many, and yet Going into the trip, my knowl- it simply works to solve poverty, prejudice. They recently staged a fire to flags in a school may not the majority of the “millennium edge of the microcredit industry when utilized in a holistic way. rally at the site of the Battle of have been a wise choice for the development goals,” while good was completely information- The most radical element of Gettysburg and went through the safety of the students, Holden’s in intent, now seem to have and statistic-based. Stepping the microcredit process is the usual rhetoric of claiming hatred teaching tactic provided light for slipped out of the grasp of real- off the airplane into the cool faith that is placed in each indi- for all minorities and ethnici- an issue in which many people ity. Guatemalan night, I thought of vidual woman. In a country such ties. Though many people would have strong opinions. Free speech However, there is hope in the how microcredit has touched as Guatemala, which has experi- like nothing more than to rid the must be protected no matter how fight against global poverty: the the lives of over 92 million fami- enced 36 years of civil war, only Klan from this Earth, their right to unpopular. Rights should not be microcredit industry. While trav- lies worldwide. For example, as ending in 1996, and 500 years of assemble and spew their propa- given up at a time of war — they eling last August, I got to see this of June, 83 percent of recipients colonization, the value of trust is ganda has to be tolerated. Freedom should be emboldened. Noam impressive process in action. were women. hard to come by. of speech guarantees the right to Chomsky, an Institute Professor Microcredit is the business of I thought of how $100 — a The culture of machismo, all speech, including unpopular Emeritus of linguistics at MIT once solving poverty through grant- mere tenth of what I pay for compiled with a state of violence speech. stated, “Goebbels was in favor of ing small loans to the poorest textbooks each school year — is against women so intense so as Arbitrary limits on speech can- free speech for views he liked. So people of the poorest countries. enough capital for a woman to to be categorized as feminicide not be decided because of taste. was Stalin. If you’re in favor of free The genius of the microcredit pull herself and her family out by a 2005 Amnesty International There is not a single person on speech, then you’re in favor of free- model lies in its unconvention- of poverty. Ninety-nine percent Report, creates an environment Earth who can fairly and logically dom of speech precisely for views ality from other lending institu- of microcredit loans are repaid, quite unripe for gender equal- determine what those limits are. If you despise. Otherwise, you’re not tions. For example, microlenders a number that reflects the self- ity. tolerant speech is accepted, then in favor of free speech.” ‘Grand old party’ needs to shift its focus back to tolerance and acceptance GOD hates God’s people.” Consequently, I about at the dinner table, and I cannot Party. continued from page 9 have become disgusted with the lead- take it anymore. It was a Republican, Ronald Reagan, Rather than building on the Bible’s ers on the religious right. No longer do I feel comfortable in who asked the American people in commands to love our neighbor, these I yearn for the days where a person’s the Republican Party. The Party that 1980, “Are we better off today than we people embrace isolated biblical pas- religious faith was not associated with got my vote in ‘04 has been comman- were four years ago?” When I ask myself sages that reflect fear and anger. Dr. a certain political party value. A gen- deered by the likes of Dr. Dobson. that question, “Is the Republican Party Dobson, love is not saying “Patrick eration ago this was the case. There Republicans are no longer the party of better off today than it was four years Leahy (a Democratic senator from used to be two things you would not tolerance and acceptance. Nowadays ago?” Regrettably, I answer no. Vermont) is a God’s people hater. I talk about at the dinner table: politics they epitomize a single-minded- Folks, it’s time we take our party don’t know if he hates God, but he and religion. Today, that’s all we talk ness that’s destroying my Grand Old back!

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BY RON HUTCHESON AND MARGARET TALEV applauded and cheered when Bush McClatchy Tribune declared his intention to bring the two captives and 12 other top terrorist sus- In a dramatic announcement, President pects to trial “as soon as Congress acts” Bush acknowledged Wednesday that he’d on his plan for military tribunals. authorized a secret CIA detention pro- Bush said information gleaned from gram and announced plans to bring to the CIA interrogations helped thwart trial 14 top terrorist suspects, including attacks on the United States. It also pro- some of the alleged architects of the vided invaluable information on terror Sept. 11 attacks. cells, al-Qaida’s efforts to develop biolog- Bush used the announcement, deliv- ical weapons and the location of key al- ered five days before the fifth anniver- Qaida operatives, he said. He and other sary of the 2001 attacks, to challenge administration officials wouldn’t provide Congress to authorize him to wage the details on the CIA prisons. war on terrorism on his terms. At stake is Two U.S. intelligence officials, who defining how the rule of law governs the spoke only on the condition of anonym- executive branch as it deals with captives ity because those details remain classi- who it suspects are terrorists. fied, said the CIA’s program of interrogat- Speaking to a White House audience ing some prisoners and sending others to that included relatives of Sept. 11 victims, third countries for questioning produced Bush demanded that lawmakers revive a mixture of some good information and his plan for military tribunals without some false information from prisoners key legal safeguards for those on trial, eager to end harsh treatment. legalize the CIA’s detention program and In addition to the potential political shield U.S. officials from prosecution for benefits, Bush had other reasons to make possible war crimes. the program public. A Supreme Court CHUCK KENNEDY/MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE Leading lawmakers in both parties said ruling in June struck down the adminis- President George Bush delivers a speech on the global war on terror in the East Room of The they would insist that the detainee trials tration’s plan to bring terrorist suspects White House in Washington yesterday. offer legal rights that Bush opposes, but before military tribunals and called into the president’s announcement appeared question the legality of secret CIA deten- to be intended to give him more leverage tions. “humiliating and degrading treatment” prohibits water-boarding, sexual humili- in his negotiations with Congress over The court said Bush needed congres- could potentially cause legal problems ation, electric shocks, the threatening how to try suspected terrorists. sional approval to establish the military for CIA interrogators. use of dogs and other degrading or pain- After refusing for months to confirm tribunals and ruled that terrorist sus- “I want to be absolutely clear with our ful tactics. media reports of secret CIA prisons, pects are entitled to basic protections people and the world: The United States Bush suggested that the CIA should which some Republicans likened to trea- under the Geneva Conventions govern- does not torture. It’s against our laws, have more latitude, while avoiding the son, Bush pulled the lid off a CIA pro- ing treatment of wartime captives. and it’s against our values. I have not use of torture. gram intended to extract information Lawyers for detainees in Guantanamo authorized it — and I will not authorize He also strongly defended the use from “high-value” terrorist suspects. Bay, Cuba, and civil liberties groups it,” the president said. of “tough” interrogation methods in His narrative of the CIA’s interrogation called Bush’s announcement a cynical However, he added: “Some believe describing the case of Abu Zubaydah, a efforts gave him a chance to highlight effort to stiff-arm Congress and score our military and intelligence personnel suspected al-Qaida operative who was some of the administration’s successes in political points. involved in capturing and questioning nursed back to health by the CIA after the war on terrorism two months before “The president’s acknowledgements terrorists could now be at risk of prose- he was wounded in a firefight. He said November’s congressional elections, in today do not gloss over the gross ille- cution under the War Crimes Act — sim- Zubaydah, who’s believed to be a trusted which Republicans are emphasizing their galities at Guantanamo or in secret CIA ply for doing their jobs in a thorough and associate of Osama bin Laden, resisted tough approach to national security. prisons,” the Center for Constitutional professional way. This is unacceptable.” questioning until the CIA “used an alter- The CIA’s captives included Khalid Rights, a group that works with detain- Bush and other administration offi- native set of procedures,” which Bush Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged master- ees, said in a statement. “The admin- cials declined to discuss the CIA’s inter- declined to specify. mind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, and istration must be forced to justify why rogation tactics, which the two intelli- Once he started talking, Bush said, Ramzi Binalshibh, another suspected hundreds of men have been detained in gence officials said has included “water- Zubaydah helped the CIA capture Khalid Sept. 11 plotter, as well as others linked Guantanamo for five years without any boarding,” a technique that makes its Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 to the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen hearing.” victim fear he’s drowning. mastermind, and his alleged co-plotter in 2000 and bombings at the U.S. embas- Bush insisted that the CIA hasn’t In another development Wednesday, Ramzi Binalshibh. sies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. engaged in torture, but he said that the the Pentagon issued a new manual on Relatives of the attacks’ victims Geneva Conventions’ prohibition against the treatment of prisoners that explicitly see DETAINEES, page 12

NASA postpones shuttle launch until Friday Schwarzenegger vetoes bill banning BY MICHAEL CABBAGE anti-gay bias in Calif. public schools McClatchy Tribune

NASA has delayed the BY EDWIN GARCIA Schwarzenegger’s veto was planned launch of space shut- McClatchy Tribune not totally unexpected for a tle Atlantis until at least Friday Republican governor running to investigate a problem with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for re-election and trying to one of the ship’s power-produc- on Wednesday vetoed legisla- strengthen his conservative ing fuel cells. tion that would have barred voting base. The glitch prompted shut- discrimination against gays in But the bill’s author called tle officials to scrub a launch public schools. the veto “inexplicable,” and attempt Wednesday. NASA The measure, SB 1437 by said she “deeply amended” managers are scheduled to meet state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Los the measure in response to again at 1 p.m. today to decide Angeles, would have prohibited Schwarzenegger’s initial oppo- whether to reset Atlantis’ liftoff the instruction, use of textbooks sition. In its original form, the for 11:40 p.m. Friday. or school-sponsored activities measure would have required “The bottom line coming out that adversely reflect on people schools to teach students about of today’s (Wednesday’s) meet- based on their sexual orienta- the contributions of prominent ing is that we decided it would tion — adding to an existing gays — which drew fire from be prudent for us to spend law that bars discrimination conservative organizations. another 24 hours looking more in schools based on race, sex, “Since we amended the bill closely at the engineering anal- color, creed, handicap, national simply to bar discrimination ysis to understand what we’ve origin or ancestry. in official teaching materials, got,” said Wayne Hale, NASA’s Schwarzenegger said the I an extremely disappointed shuttle program manager. “I measure would not have that the governor chose to still am hopeful and I certainly enhanced protections offered respond to a small, shrill group believe that there is an oppor- under current law against dis- of right-wing extremists rather tunity to launch Friday morn- crimination based on sexual than a fair-minded majority of ing.” orientation. Californians who support this Atlantis has three fuel cells RED HUBER/MCCLATCHY “I think that it is covered by reasonable measure,” Kuehl, located beneath its cargo bay. Space shuttle Atlantis sits on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. on the Education Code. It says it who was traveling out of the Those fuel cells use supplies of September 6. A voltage irregularity with fuel cell one caused the scrub all, that we fight prejudice,” country Wednesday, said in a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxy- of yesterday’s planned launch. Schwarzenegger told reporters statement. gen to produce electricity while Wednesday, adding that he’s “This piece of legislation the shuttle is in orbit. launch. the cause of the short circuit “totally committed 100 per- would have only modestly The devices were turned on A pump that cools one of and the possible consequences cent to fight prejudice in our expanded existing statutes early Wednesday before tech- the fuel cells showed a volt- of flying the shuttle without schools.” to bring us one step closer to nicians began filling Atlantis’ age spike shortly after being replacing the suspect fuel cell. He added: “We have laws to the goal of safe schools for all external fuel tank with 500,000 activated. Engineers spent all protect people and I think we gallons of propellants for day Wednesday investigating see SHUTTLE, page 12 don’t need additional laws.” see SCHWARZENEGGER, page 12 12 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Thursday, September 7, 2006 Bush announces plan to bring top NASA postpones Schwarzenegger terror suspects to trial from Gitmo shuttle launch vetoes bias bill

DETAINEES ing to seek a compromise with the SHUTTLE SCHWARZENEGGER continued from page 11 president, but don’t plan to fold. They continued from page 11 continued from page 11 Two senior administration officials are Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Mission managers hope to find that it lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen- who briefed reporters on the secret CIA Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and will be safe to launch Atlantis as is. dered students need “equal protec- program under the condition of ano- John Warner of Virginia, the chairman “We needed a little more time to go tion” because they face hostilities on nymity, said the program was put on of the committee. put that plan together,” said Ed Mango, campuses. hold within the past few weeks when Their alternative would prohibit the NASA’s deputy orbiter project manager. In his veto message, Schwarzenegger the last 14 suspects in CIA custody were use of testimony obtained through “We’ll see if we can’t get there.” cited provisions of the Education transferred to the Defense Department’s coercive interrogation, restrict the use Atlantis must launch its planned 11- Code and said current law protects detention center in Guantanamo Bay, of hearsay evidence and give judges day construction mission to the inter- students from hate crimes, regardless Cuba. the right to decide whether defendants national space station by the end of the of their sexual orientation. He stated The officials said that “fewer than should be allowed to see classified week or face a delay until at least late- he was “not aware of any published 100” suspects had ever been in CIA information that could be used against September. case brought under these code sec- custody. They declined to provide a them. Bush opposes those terms. NASA managers are looking at the pos- tions in which individuals within the detailed accounting of their fates, but Leading Democratic senators argue sibility of giving up an optional extra day protected classes have successfully said that many had been returned to that terms such as those sought by in space included in Atlantis’ flight plan protected their rights under these their home countries for prosecution. McCain, Graham and Warner are nec- to create another launch opportunity on statutes.” The president challenged Congress essary to ensure due process of law Saturday. That strategy already was used The president of the Pacific Justice to act swiftly on legislation that would at the tribunals so that higher courts before to make a Friday liftoff possible. Institute, a non-profit group that clear the way for his version of military won’t overrule them as unconstitution- If there were no launch this week, the defends civil liberties and opposes trials and lift the legal cloud over the al. shuttle would have to wait until around bills that “push pro-homosexual cur- CIA’s interrogation program, permit- “We will work with the president, and Sept. 30 because of a Russian Soyuz mis- ricula,” said Schwarzenegger made ting it to resume. if we can’t work with him, with Senators sion to the outpost that is scheduled to the right decision. “This is intelligence that cannot be McCain and Warner and Graham, to lift off Sept. 18 and return on Sept. 28. “Without question,” said Brad found any other place,” Bush said. “And come up with an approach that allows But launching Atlantis between the Dacus, “the governor did the right our security depends on getting this us to get the information we need and end of September and the last week of thing at the right time.” Dacus said kind of information.” not have it thrown out by future courts,” October also would force NASA to waive public school parents across California Some lawmakers chafed at what they said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). rules requiring this shuttle flight to lift off will be proud of Schwarzenegger’s viewed as an effort to force them into If Senate Democrats could lure six in daylight. stance. line behind Bush’s approach. Republicans to stand with them, they After the 2003 Columbia accident, But leaders of Equality California, “Congress is being told, either take could block Bush’s terms. But McCain NASA officials decided to launch the next a non-profit advocacy group for les- this program or you’re coddling terror- and Graham said they were willing to two missions in daylight to ensure better bian, gay, bisexual and transgender ists,” Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) told compromise and thought that Bush photography of the shuttle’s fuel tank. The residents, said Schwarzenegger’s rea- CNN. Harman is the ranking Democrat was willing to strike a deal. goal was to make sure changes to stop the soning makes no sense. on the House of Representatives “The administration, it seems to me tank from shedding pieces of danger- “The governor unfortunately seems Intelligence Committee. ... has decided to work with Congress,” ous debris were successful. However, the to be paying attention to the far right Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist Graham said. tank performed poorly during the shut- wing that has really been vocal and (R-Tenn.) said he’d immediately intro- “The House (of Representatives), tle’s return to flight in July 2005 and the loud in their opposition to this bill, duce legislation sponsoring the admin- generally speaking, supports the requirement was extended to the current and they have really delivered a lot istration’s plan for military tribunals. administration,” McCain said. “We mission. of misinformation and created a very He also left open the possibility of understand that we need to get this Hale recently convened a group to study vocal opposition among their con- bypassing the Senate Armed Services resolved in September. I just hope that whether the daylight launch requirement stituents,” said Seth Kilbourn, the Committee to expedite bringing the we can work out our differences.” still was needed after Discovery’s suc- organization’s political director. debate to the Senate floor, possibly as McCain said that the trials could cessful flight in July. If the shuttle doesn’t Kilbourn said his group is closely soon as next week. start in October if Congress agrees on lift off this week, Atlantis could have as watching several other measures on Three leading Republicans on the the ground rules this month. few as three launch opportunities for the the governor’s desk that intend to Senate Armed Services Committee who “They are ready to go,” he said. rest of 2006 if the rule is kept in place. The strengthen existing anti-discrimi- have offered an alternative to Bush’s “That’s why it’s important that we pass next launch window with adequate light- natory laws against lesbians, gays, military tribunal plan said they’re will- this legislation.” ing is Oct. 26-27. bisexual and transgender people.

Gubernatorial Candidate Deval Patrick

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Poll shows European faith in U.S. leadership is dwindling

BY TOM HUNDLEY now in its fifth year, that gauges McClatchy Tribune public opinion in 12 European countries and the U.S. More than America’s prestige among its 13,000 participants were asked traditional European allies is in their views on each other as well steep decline and shows no sign as on global threats and world of rebounding, according to an leadership. annual survey conducted by the On a governmental level, U.S.- German Marshall Fund. European relations have gotten The number of Europeans who better over the past year, diplo- say they would like to see the U.S. mats on both sides of the Atlantic take a strong leadership role in say. The coordinated response to world affairs has fallen precipi- Iran’s nuclear ambitions is often tously, from 64 percent in 2002 cited as a good example of the to 37 percent today. During the improved relationship. same period, European unhappi- Asmus agreed but said the ness with President Bush has risen European public’s low regard for from 56 percent to 77 percent. the Bush administration makes it “Europeans have lost con- difficult for European leaders to fidence in the leadership of side with the Americans on any the United States,” said Ronald issue. Asmus, executive director of the “European political leaders are YOMIURI SHIMBUN/MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE Transatlantic Center, a Brussels happy to reconcile with the Bush The Emperor and Empress wave to a crowd celebrating the birth of a new prince while heading for an academic think tank sponsored by the non- administration behind the scenes meeting in Sapporo on Wednesday. Princess Kiko, daughter-in-law to Emperor Akihito, gave birth to a 5.64- partisan German Marshall Fund. but they are not willing to go out pound healthy boy on Wednesday, the first male child born in the imperial family since 1965. The birth silenced The tipping point was the Iraq and talk about it publicly,” he debate over whether Japan should let females ascend to the throne after 125 unbroken generations. war. The generally positive view said. of U.S. leadership turned sharply Asmus noted that Bush’s low Japanese celebrate birth of royal heir negative in 2003. The numbers approval ratings matched those of hit a low — 36 percent — in 2004, former President Ronald Reagan BY EMI DOI messenger bearing a protective “I am very happy to hear the rose slightly in 2005 but fell back during the early years of his first McClatchy Tribune sword to place on the baby’s pil- news since the unbroken paternal again this year to 37 percent, term. But Reagan’s popular- low during its first night in the line of emperors will go on now,” according to the survey published ity recovered with the success- The arrival of Japan’s littlest world. The sword is to ward off said Fusae Otake, a 42-year-old Wednesday. ful conclusion of the Cold War. prince Wednesday sent citizens evil spirits. The royal couple is mother. “During the Cold War, we had Asmus said it would take a similar into the streets in euphoria to scheduled to return to Tokyo on Otake lauded Princess Kiko our ups and downs, but it rarely “seminal event” to restore Bush’s celebrate the end of their 41- Saturday. for her “very hard” decision to went below 50 percent,” Asmus popularity. year wait for a male heir to the The boy, third in line to the bear a third child more than a said. Although Europeans still seem Chrysanthemum Throne, the old- throne after Crown Prince decade after giving birth to two “And it’s not just the French to distinguish between their nega- est monarchy in the world. Naruhito and Prince Akishino, will daughters. But she had little posi- that don’t like us,” he said, refer- tive views of Bush and their over- Well-wishers massed at the not be named until next Tuesday, tive to say about Crown Princess ring to reflexive Gallic distaste for all views of the U.S., the survey main gate to the Imperial Palace the seventh day after his birth. Masako, reflecting a harsh public American leadership. “Our friends suggested a strong correlation and waved Japanese national flags. One of those most likely to feel mood toward the princess despite are starting to give up on us, too. between Bush’s unpopularity and Some shouted “Banzai!” (“Ten relief at the birth is Crown Princess her depression. That’s what’s worrying.” the steady slide in the prestige of Thousand Years!”) Onlookers Masako, 42, the Harvard- and “I wish her to get well soon, British Prime Minister Tony the U.S. and of U.S.-led institu- clutching extra editions of news- Oxford-trained former diplomat. since she has to support Crown Blair is Bush’s most reliable tions such as NATO. papers gazed as ceremonial danc- She and Crown Prince Naruhito Prince Naruhito as emperor in the European ally, but Blair’s per- The German Marshall Fund’s ers paraded in parts of Tokyo. are the parents of a daughter, who future,” Otake said sternly. ceived deference to the American findings are consistent with Stores set up displays to cel- was born in 2001. Crown Princess Earlier this year, Prime Minister has turned into a serious liability those of the Pew Global Attitudes ebrate the birth, and a think tank Masako was under pressure to Junichiro Koizumi’s government for the prime minister as Bush’s Project, another major survey that said the event might shore up have a son, and she has suffered said it was considering amend- approval rating among Britons also found America’s image in Japan’s falling marriage and birth from depression. ing the Imperial House Law to threatens to fall into the teens. steep decline almost everywhere rates and bring a small economic Now the stress is less. The preg- allow female offspring to undergo Even in Poland, the European in the world. windfall. nancy of her sister-in-law, also the rigorous imperial training to country that generally shows the Among U.S. respondents to the Earlier in the day, Princess the mother of girls ages 11 and 14, assume the throne. But the pro- warmest regard for American German Marshall Fund survey, Kiko, daughter-in-law to Emperor culminated in the 8:27 a.m. birth posed changes were set aside in presidents, Bush has gone from a the most striking finding was the Akihito, gave birth to a 5.64- by Caesarean section at Tokyo’s February after the announcement 62 percent approval rating in 2002 sharp polarization of American pound healthy boy, the first male Aiiku Hospital. of Princess Kiko’s pregnancy. to 41 percent this year. opinion. The number of those child born in the imperial fam- “She may be rather happy to be After the birth, Koizumi said Bush’s overall approval rating who say they strongly approve of ily since 1965. The birth silenced off the hook from the mountain the male-only monarchy still among Europeans was 18 per- Bush handling of international debate over whether Japan should of pressure on her only daughter, faced difficulties and hinted that cent. affairs rose from 13 percent in let females ascend to the throne Aiko,” said Sayo Miyazaki, a 24- Japan would have to revisit the “A lot of people expected he 2002 to 19 percent today, while and whether the patrilineal impe- year-old school clerk. law to permit future empresses. would get somewhat of a bounce those saying they strongly disap- rial line should continue after 125 In drizzly weather, loyal sup- “It will be difficult to maintain after the nadir of Iraq, but it hasn’t prove increased from 13 to 41 per- unbroken generations. porters of the imperial family vis- the imperial family system with- happened,” said Asmus, a former cent over the same period. Emperor Akihito and Empress ited the palace, and some waved out allowing females to ascend deputy assistant secretary of state Despite Europe’s increasingly Michiko, away in northern Japan flags in joy over Prince Akishino in the Clinton administration. as part of public duties, sent a and Princess Kiko’s son. see HEIR, page 15 The survey is part of a project, see CONFIDENCE, page 14 Pakistan, Afghanistan ally in pledge to fight ‘scourge of terrorism’ along border

BY KIM BARKER “Anyone who ever thinks of that is not living McClatchy Tribune in reality.” The visit by Musharraf to Afghanistan on Key U.S. allies Pakistan and Afghanistan Wednesday and Thursday comes at a cru- should work together to fight the “scourge of cial time for both countries, right before terrorism,” whether al-Qaida or the Taliban, the five-year anniversary of the World Trade Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Center attack. Taliban-led insurgents are Wednesday on a visit to the Afghan capital. mounting their biggest challenge to the U.S.- At a joint news conference, Musharraf and backed Afghan government since the fall Afghan President Hamid Karzai talked about of the Taliban almost five years ago. Both the need to cooperate, called each other Musharraf and Karzai will also soon meet “brother” and appeared to put the harsh with U.S. officials in Washington. words of earlier this year behind them. Afghan officials have frequently accused But Musharraf was also adamant that Pakistan of allowing the Taliban to flourish U.S.-led forces now hunting terrorists in openly in the wild tribal border areas. Earlier Afghanistan would never be allowed to cross this year, these accusations spilled over into into Pakistan to hunt for anyone fleeing outright hostility between the two nations, across the border. with each side accusing the other of harbor- DOMINIC BUETTNER/MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE “This is not possible at all, that we will ever ing terrorists. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf at the Annual Meeting 2006 of the World Economic allow any foreigner at all coming into that Pakistan has also faced increased Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 26, 2006. Musharraf stressed the need for he and Afghan area,” said Musharraf, adding that these trib- president Hamid Karzai to cooperate in order to fight terrorism, whether al-Qaeda or the al areas have never allowed foreign troops. see TERRORISM, page 15 Taliban, more effectively. 14 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Thursday, September 7, 2006 Terror, Iran ranked top issues CONFIDENCE Large majorities on both sides continued from page 13 of the Atlantic ranked global ter- Despite Europe’s increasingly rorism and Iran’s acquisition of negative feelings about U.S., the nuclear weapons ahead of the survey found that Americans and war in Iraq as the most serious Europeans share a common out- problems facing the world today. look when it comes to assessing There was considerably less con- global threats. cern about immigration. Thursday, September 7, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 15 With newborn male heir, Japanese Mexico’s President-elect Calderon succession issue put on hold for now HEIR births in Japan and increasing related con- puts poverty among top priorities continued from page 13 sumer spending. BY ALFREDO CORCHADO Texas, was shot to death outside an art gal- to the throne. This is for the next prime The institute said it made the calcula- McClatchy Tribune lery in the upscale neighborhood of San minister to decide,” said Koizumi, who’s tion based on the increased marriages and Pedro Garza. scheduled to leave office later this month. births following the 2001 birth of Princess President-elect Felipe Calderon on He had gone to the gallery after leaving Another well-wisher, Takeshi Nihei, 77, Aiko. Wednesday laid out priorities for his a news conference, where he announced voiced weariness at the media coverage, Japan recorded its lowest birth rate in administration and placed alleviating pov- the seizure of several high-powered weap- saying the imperial family should recede 2005, with women notching a rate of just erty high on the list, embracing a key issue ons. He was shot twice in the head by a from public view. 1.25 babies over a lifetime. A rate of 2.1 is of defeated rival Andres Manuel Lopez lone gunman. “Too many people say too many things needed to maintain the population level. Obrador. “Mexico finds itself in a very deli- on this imperial matter. During my era, The Nikkei average hit a three-month In his first news conference since being cate and precarious situation, not just people respected the royal family more,” high on Tuesday but fell 0.64 percent on declared Mexico’s next president by the in terms of its electoral quandary, but Nihei said. Wednesday as investors grabbed profits Federal Electoral Tribunal, Calderon iden- security in general, and that represents a In a report coinciding with the birth, the from a major stroller maker, Combi Corp., tified three priorities: creating jobs, shor- huge challenge in the months to come for private Dai-ichi Life Research Institute said and other baby-goods makers after a recent ing up public security and improving the Felipe Calderon,” said Armand Peschard- the event might lift the economy to the hot run in expectation of a bump in the lives of poor people. Sverdrup, director of the Mexico Project at tune of $12.9 billion by stimulating more birth rate. “I’m determined to work jointly with the Center for Strategic and International Congress and with all the political actors to Studies in Washington. make this a better country and to achieve The center is hosting a conference on Afghans, Pakistanis unite against terror constructive agreements on the priorities Mexico’s security Monday in Washington. that I have proposed,” he said. Calderon’s tasks will be compounded TERRORISM in the North Waziristan tribal region. The Analysts have said that the nation’s by challenges from Lopez Obrador, who continued from page 13 deal, the result of two months of meetings seemingly insoluble poverty continues to refuses to recognize his narrow victory. pressure in recent months from NATO, with tribal elders, aims to end years of unrest fuel illegal migration to the United States. The former Mexico City mayor has vowed which took over security control from the and stop militants from attacking Pakistani Calderon said he would move forcefully to continue a campaign of mass protests U.S.-led coalition in the troubled south in forces and crossing into Afghanistan to to make the country safer, suggesting that and civil disobedience to try to thwart August. Leaders of NATO nations have criti- attack international and Afghan troops. his administration would be more aggres- Calderon’s attempts to govern over the cized Pakistan for not doing enough. Many “Bottom line — No. 1, no al-Qaida activ- sive than previous central governments. next six years. Western officials say privately that Taliban ity, no foreigners in our area,” Musharraf “I will be very respectful on the issue of On Wednesday, Mexico’s three main leaders find shelter in the tribal areas of said. autonomy over state’s rights,” he said. “But leftist parties, headed by Lopez Obrador’s Pakistan. They are reluctant, however, to Although some experts have questioned at the same time, I also am conscious that Party of the Democratic Revolution, or criticize Pakistan publicly because they whether this pact could allow safe haven we have to act in a more coordinated way PRD, said that they would block Calderon’s believe Pakistan may soon crack down on for terrorists such as Osama bin Laden, on the issue of security.” Dec. 1 inauguration ceremony. Taliban leadership. who is thought to be hiding near the border, Mexico has experienced a spike in vio- Later, Calderon took a helicopter to the “The Taliban command and control is in Musharraf said tribal elders had signed onto lence and death, mostly the result of a electoral tribunal office for a ceremony Pakistan,” said a U.S. official, speaking on the agreement and would make sure no ter- bloody feud between the rival Sinaloa and formally recognizing him as president- condition of anonymity. “It’s a statement of rorist received shelter. Gulf cartels, which have been fighting for elect when hundreds of protesters blocked fact they’re there. Unless more is done to In Islamabad, the country’s army supremacy in the nation’s billion-dollar ground routes. control them, the insurgency will go on at a spokesman, Gen. Shaukat Sultan, told The narco-trafficking trade. Calderon also spent part of his first high level.” Associated Press that “Pakistan is commit- At about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, heav- full day as president-elect meeting with A top Afghan official also said he believes ted to its policy on the war on terror, and ily armed commandos walked into a bar congressional leaders from opposition Pakistan is changing its approach toward Osama caught anywhere in Pakistan would in Uruapan, Michoacan, and ordered parties. He said he would take his time the Taliban. be brought to justice.” everyone to the floor, according to media to name a Cabinet and will do so over In recent weeks, the two countries have On Wednesday, the signals from both reports. The men, who were carrying gar- the coming months. He also met with announced their intention to pursue joint presidents were clear. Gone were the harsh bage bags, fired several shots in the air and President Vicente Fox to begin the transi- patrols along the rugged, porous border. words, the traded barbs, the veiled insults, tossed five human heads onto the dance tion of power. Soldiers on both sides can now talk to each the accusations of harboring terrorists. floor. President Bush phoned both men other with high-frequency radios. Karzai was conciliatory, referring to “our Hours earlier in Monterrey, Marcelo Wednesday. He congratulated the presi- On Tuesday, the Pakistani government dear neighboring country’s respected presi- Garza Garza, the top police investigator dent-elect and said the two of them should also signed a truce with pro-Taliban militants dent.” for the state of Nuevo Leon, which borders meet soon. 16 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Thursday, September 7, 2006

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All eyes on Jankovic following unexpected Conn. College race first test run of upset victories on tennis’ big stage for talented freshman class MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY In 2005, Tufts’ first meet win US OPEN year at Flushing Meadows died nament. Her best finish at continued from page 20 of the season came in its third continued from page 18 with Davenport’s loss. There is Flushing Meadows came in 2002 to see how the freshmen do in race, the Jumbo Invitational. It precious few games in her speculation that Davenport, 30, with a trip to the semifinals. If their first five-mile race and did not win another meet until matches at this year’s open. Her may retire in the near future, Mauresmo faces Golovin, she starting to work our way so we the NESCAC Championship single dropped set was to No. since her recent play has been will likely cruise to the finals; hit our stride towards the end meet. 21 seed Shahar Peer, but she plagued by injuries. this year is Golovin’s first trip of the season.” With the pressure looming came back to win handily, 4-6, Mauresmo, who has won beyond the fourth round in a Barron’s claim that the early large to improve on last year’s 6-1, 6-0. this year’s Australian Open and major event, and this inexpe- races are more about gaining performances, the Jumbos are In yesterday’s quarterfinal Wimbledon titles, is the tech- rience will likely prove a fatal experience for young runners confident they can put forth bout with aging 1998 US Open nical favorite to win this year, weakness. rather than winning races is another consistent year and champion Lindsay Davenport, but she might have trouble Still, all eyes are on Jankovic, not simply rhetoric. Last fall, solidify the Tufts program as Henin-Hardenne continued to in the semifinals if she faces who, after a losing skid earlier Tufts finished fifth in the Conn. one of the best in the country. look sharp. Davenport, seed- Sharapova. The 19-year-old this season, had contemplated College Invitational and was “We set goals and stan- ed 10th, had no answers for Russian has won each match leaving professional tennis to beated by NESCAC foes Conn. dards,” Barron said. “Success Henin-Hardenne, losing 6-4, without dropping a set or ven- return to her education. While College and Trinity, two teams and winning are two different 6-4, her seventh straight loss turing into a tiebreaker. Henin-Hardenne will likely the Jumbos would run by later things, and as long as we reach to the Belgian. Hopes of an Mauresmo has given up dominate, don’t expect Jankovic in the season on their way to our full potential, then that’s American woman winning this two sets throughout the tour- to step aside without a fight. the NESCAC Championship. all I can ask for.”

Jumbos, ready for another shot at the NESCAC title, opens up against Colby

WOMEN’S SOCCER “All you really need is one person to continued from page 17 step it up,” senior tri-captain Jen Fratto were able to take it one day at a time, said. “We only really need one or two and that’s what we have already started scorers to step it up and I think we to do this year.” have those.” The team echoed Whiting’s sen- After the four departed goal-scorers, timents and is fully aware that last the Jumbos return their next four lead- season’s successes are anything but a ing scorers in juniors Lauren Fedore given this year. (four goals) and Martha Furtek (three “There’s still all this room for goals) and seniors improvement,” senior tri-captain and Fratto and Kim Harrington, who both goalkeeper Annie Ross said. “Each scored twice. team is different, and we’re going to While the team will noticeably change focus on the little things to make this on offense, the defense remains largely season better than last season and set intact with the return of Fratto and out to accomplish the goals we’ve set juniors Joelle Emery, Annie Benedict, for ourselves.” and Jess Wagner. The Tufts back four The offensive end will require the had a league-leading nine shutouts in most rebuilding, as the team graduated 21 games last season, and held strong its top four scorers from last season, several times to protect strong offen- including First-Team All-American sive firepower. Ross is happy to have an Ariel Samuelson, who seemed to churn experienced set of players helping her out big-moment goals on command on the defensive end. and led both the team and the league “It’s nice to not have to teach a whole in scoring. new group the flat-back four-defense Samuelson’s 14 goals and 32 points that we use,” Ross said. “It’s good to were well ahead of Tufts’ next closest have a group of people that are com- scorers Lydia Claudio (five goals, 13 fortable and used to the defense.” points), Sarah Callaghan (two goals, 12 Additionally, the team has benefited points), and Lindsay Garmirian (five from a strong recruiting class, which it goals, 10 points). In addition to the hopes will have an immediate impact. All-American nod, Samuelson’s prolific “All of [the freshmen] are great,” scoring also earned her NESCAC Player Fratto said. “There’s definitely going to of the Year honors. be two or three that will be able to step “There’s no replacing Ariel she was in and have a big role on our team. And a special kind of player” Whiting said. that’s definitely what we need them to “We have different types of forwards do.” this year. Ariel was very fast and com- Although the team’s reigning New DAILY FILE PHOTO petitive, and we could just play the ball England Regional title and preseason Then-sophomore Jesse Wagner shoots against Keene State in the Jumbos 0-0 double over along to her. She’d get in a footrace No. 1 ranking in the region, accord- time draw last October 18. Wagner returns as part of an intact defensive unit in 2006. with competitors.” ing to the National Soccer Coaches Whiting will rework her team’s Association of America Sept. 5 poll, the we’re capable of playing, we can do “When people are gunning for offense to give this specific group of Jumbos are not worried the NESCAC well. That being said, we do have to you that just means you’re doing some- players the best chance of success. and New England competition looking play our best game because we’re going thing right,” Whiting said. “The only “We’ll play to the strength of our to knock them off. to face some tough competition this way we can look at it is as a challenge. strikers,” said Whiting. “We’re deeper “It’s exciting to have a challenge year.” We can’t change it so we might as well than we thought we would be. It’s just ahead of you,” Ross said. “The only Whiting is also looking forward to embrace it and that’s exactly what we’re a matter of adjusting the system to play thing you can control is yourself, and having the challenge of defending the going to do. We’ll go game by game and to the strikers we have this year.” as long as we play the type of soccer success the team achieved last season. take it as it comes.” 18 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Thursday, September 7, 2006 Buttermaker Tournament gives team a look at Mid-Atlantic competition VOLLEYBALL mix are junior Katie Wysham, who will However, despite the strong return- ers, and manage to work the freshman continued from page 20 join the captains on the front row, sopho- ees, several key players are now miss- successfully into the mix, the Jumbos level volleyball. The team’s three fresh- more setter Kaitlin O’Reilly, back row ing, shifting the dynamic of the squad. stand a good chance of taking home men this year, setter Dana Feiger, middle defensive specialists junior Stephanie Departed co-captains April Gerry and the postseason hardware that has eluded blocker Julie Wilking and hitter Broghan Viola, and sophomores Maya Ripecky Courtney Evans were the team’s only them in the past. Helgenson, will all be experimenting in and Natalie Goldstein. O’Reilly is the seniors last year, but both were First- “We will stay humble and realize that different positions and lineups. returning New England Freshman of the Team All-NESCAC selections. not one point this season is guaranteed,” Complementing these new faces is Year after leading the league in assists “It’s a very different team,” Harrison Thompson said. “If we take care of the a wealth of strong returning players. last year with 11.87 assists per game and said. “We only lost a few players, but they present moment, good things will hap- Senior captains Kelli Harrison and Dana 1401 total assists, almost 300 more than were big contributors to the team and pen. We realize that due to recent suc- Fleisher will anchor Tufts’ front row play. the runner-up. She also earned honor- added personality, so there’s definitely a cess, we have a bull’s-eye on our back Despite battling injury problems in 2005, able mention All-American honors, giv- different dynamic. But so far it’s been a whether we deserve to or not at this Harrison still had a team-leading 257 ing Tufts an All-American for the third really good feel and we’ve gotten to gel point. Teams are going to be excited to kills (4.43 per game) in 2005 and is now year in a row. Goldstein was an honor- together really well.” play us and bring their best volleyball to healthy and ready to play. able mention member of the All-NESCAC If this Tufts team can ward off injuries, our court. We need to be ready for that Also figuring to factor heavily into the team. bring out the abilities of the current play- challenge every time out.”

Turf-heavy schedule could Plenty of coaches rooting for Joe Pa BY MIKE JENSEN Super Bowls. Weis knows his showed his confidence in his McClatchy Tribune stuff, has the NFL champi- defense, believing they could play role in team’s ‘06 success onship rings to prove it, and keep the Yellow Jackets out of FIELD HOCKEY us, and we can beat them. Within his fraternity, Joe doesn’t mind if you know it. the end zone, and correctly continued from page 20 The Jumbos’ schedule this Paterno has plenty of friends But let’s look at it just from figured the odds were even consistent play, always playing season plays to the team’s this week. that angle: Isn’t it refreshing better if his defense never hit our best, and always hustling,” strengths and may make the We’re talking about guys to hear a coach who doesn’t the field again at all. said Becque, who is also a staff difference in toss-up games. who wouldn’t mind at all if mind showing off his smarts? We’re not claiming Weis won writer for the Daily. “As far as As Wesleyan turned out to be Notre Dame coach Charlie In the Tuesday news con- the game with those decisions this season, we emphasized the thorn in the Jumbos’ side Weis gets knocked down a ference before Saturday’s — and his team made more being really fit. When it comes throughout last season, this rung or two by Penn State on opener at Georgia Tech, Weis than 20 offensive mistakes, to games against really tough year’s Oct. 17 game looms Saturday, even right out of the mentioned 36 Tech players by his own count — but at teams, the fitter team has a large on the schedule. This national-title race. by name, 26 by first and last least Weis wasn’t worried a bit much better advantage.” time, however, Tufts will have No Division I head coach name. He doesn’t offer up his about second guesses when With the pieces coming home field advantage. is going to come out pub- game plan, but is remarkably he parted from the conven- together, it will be one step at A perennial finesse team, licly and say so, but I talked thorough in going over oppos- tional wisdom. a time for the squad, which has the squad has historically to a couple of longtime foot- ing teams. His own career path was shown glimmers of a break- struggled on grass, something ball men who know plenty of During the Georgia Tech unconventional — he didn’t out season since McDavitt McDavitt tried to reconcile coaches. They don’t argue at game, Weis twice showed off play football during his own took the job in 2004. Field this year by dropping Wheaton all with that general assess- logic that came across as roll- undergraduate days at Notre hockey is among NESCAC’s from the schedule and add- ment. ing the dice. The first was on Dame — but Weis paid his best sports with Bowdoin, ing Endicott, which plays on In every profession there Notre Dame’s first score. It dues. He worked at South Middlebury and Williams all turf, allowing for a faster- is jealousy. But think about seemed like Weis was taking a Carolina from 1985 to 1988 getting bids, and first round paced game of precision. Now all the guys out there work- chance by having quarterback as a graduate assistant, then wins, in the NCAA tournament the team’s only game on grass ing with zero chance at taking Brady Quinn run a quarter- a volunteer coach, then assis- last year and McDavitt has her comes on Sept. 23 at Amherst. over a fully loaded team at back draw for a 5-yard score tant recruiting coordinator. team focused on each match- McDavitt hopes this consis- a place like Notre Dame for with 11 seconds left in the From there, he went back to up. tency in playing surface will their first head coaching job first half and no time-outs. high school coaching for a “We had a team meeting, play into the hands of her — and then getting a lucra- In fact, Quinn still would year, then got his big break, and we didn’t address our team. Inconsistency on the tive 10-year extension seven have had enough time to down joining the New York Giants’ record,” Becque continued. part of the Jumbos proved games into the first year, as the ball and get the field-goal staff under Bill Parcells. “We’re taking it each game at to be a fatal flaw last season; Weis did. team out there. So all Weis So he learned the game’s a time, bringing up the level of they were never able to record They’re not exactly rooting was doing was trading two fine points from no-non- field hockey.” more than two wins in a row for Weis to take it to the house offensive plays for one. Not sense men such as Parcells That level of play will be throughout the entirety of in Year Two. a bad trade-off for a surprise and Bill Belichick and doesn’t formally tested for the first 2005, resulting in a mediocre And it’s not like Weis has play right then. subscribe to the “aw shucks, time when the Jumbos open 8-7 record, a fourth-place tie come into college football Then there was Weis’ deci- we can’t beat Cow Tech” way the season at home against during the NESCAC regular sounding humble. He doesn’t sion to go for it on fourth of talking so common across conference rival Colby on season, and a first-round exit claim to have invented the and 1 from Georgia Tech’s 47- college football. Saturday afternoon. Last year, from the conference tourna- game. It’s more like he’s on yard line with 67 seconds left Weis knows that, to certain the same match-up yielded a ment. the phone all the time with in the game, nursing a 14-10 ears, he can come off as “arro- 3-0 win for Tufts, but the team “We’ve been talking about the guys who did. lead. Nobody would have sec- gant and obnoxious,” as he is wary to look at that outcome working together more this Local writer Michael ond-guessed Weis if he had put it at a news conference as precedent for success. season,” McDavitt said. “Last Bradley, always on the col- punted, especially with his this week. He also knows that “All NESCAC teams are dif- year we focused on our record; lege football beat, added this defense dominating the sec- to kids who grow up in New ficult,” Watkins said. “We need this year we’re focusing on tidbit in his CBS SportsLine ond half. Jersey, as he did — “they’ve to go in with the mentality that playing good, solid hockey for column recently: “Reports Former Irish coach Bob seen me every day” when lis- every single day they can beat 70 minutes.” from the off-season clinic cir- Davie questioned the deci- tening to their own coaches, cuit painted Weis as aloof and sion from the booth even after parents, teachers — he’s not arrogant. And those were the it worked. As Kirk Herbstreit that out of the ordinary. US OPEN nice descriptions. He deigned immediately pointed out, “I’m normal to them,” Weis to provide insights into his Weis would have deserved a said. coaching philosophies but second guess if he had done And if normal in Jersey No clear Queen of the wasn’t too willing to mingle this with a three-point lead, doesn’t make Weis the most with the Little People.” since Georgia Tech would popular coach in college foot- That’s the way he can come have needed to go only about ball, he apparently can live Court at the Open off. The former New England 25 yards to get in field-goal with that, too. Patriots offensive coordinator territory. He’s the one on NBC all the knows that it doesn’t get much But with Georgia Tech time, just like the guys in the BY THOMAS EAGER had a Cinderella run of sorts to higher than calling plays in needing a touchdown, Weis pros. Daily Editorial Board reach the first Grand Slam final To be sure, there are familiar of her career. faces on the women’s side in the She started by dispatching SCHEDULE | September 5 - September 11 later rounds at the US Open. No. 9 seed Nicole Vaidisova in Amelie Mauresmo and Justine the third round 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN MON Henin-Hardenne, seeded Nos. 1 Upon advancing to the round Women’s Colby and 2, respectively, in the tourna- of 16, the Serb out-dueled 3:30 ment, are already in the semifi- 2004 US Open champion No. 6 Soccer nals. No. 3 seed Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia Colby who played last night in a quar- in a come-from-behind victory, Men’s Soccer terfinal match against No. 27 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2. The quarterfi- 1:30 Tatiana Golovin that was com- nals saw Jankovic steamroll No. pleted after press time, will likely 4 seed Elena Dementieva, 6-2, at Conn College join them. 6-1, breaking the Russian’s serve Men’s Cross Invite Country Especially with defending US every time. 12:00 Open champion Kim Clijsters Jankovic will compete against at Conn College unable to compete this year Henin-Hardenne in the semifi- Women’s Invite because of a wrist injury, these nals, and it will certainly take Cross Country 11:00 three women, who have all cap- her best play yet to overcome the tured at least one Grand Slam Belgian. Henin-Hardenne won at Buttermaker at Buttermaker Women’s Tournament Tournament title in the past three years, will the event in 2003 and has made Volleyball Muhlenberg Muhlenberg be hunting for a tournament vic- it to every Grand Slam final in 6:00 12:00 tory at the Open. 2006 so far, including her title at And yet among that company, the French Open. also with a berth in the semis, Henin-Hardenne has lost Field Hockey Colby is 21-year-old Jelena Jankovic of 1:00 Serbia. Seeded 19th, Jankovic has see US OPEN, page 17 Thursday, September 7, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 19

With season opener only days away, Jumbos experiment MEN’S SOCCER SIDEBAR with different midfield formations and finalize lineup Ferrigino’s squad MEN’S SOCCER hops the pond for continued from page 20 He could have stepped into summer training trip Guigli’s spot [in the mid- field], but I think this year Every four years — timed so that each he will be playing defense.” member has the opportunity once in his Coach Ralph Ferrigno career — the men’s soccer team journeys has also used the preseason east across the Atlantic to test and fine- practice time to test differ- tune its skills against teams from coach ent formations on the pitch. Ralph Ferrigino’s native England. “Coach has been experi- “[The tour of England] is going to help menting with overloading throughout the season,” said junior co- the midfield in a 4-5-1 [for- captain Greg O’Connell upon return to mation],” Glass said. “We the U.S. “It’s bonded us, and that helps also play a 4-4-2. We like to the team come together. That gives you keep a couple standard for- a little leg up because other [teams] are mations.” fresh, and there’s a lot of competition.” Though the Jumbos have The whirlwind two-week trip began a number of experienced with four days in Sheffield before the players on the field this year, team traveled to Liverpool. At their first a wealth of new talent adds stop in Sheffield, in spite of jetlag and little depth to the program. practice, the Jumbos matched up evenly “It’s the biggest freshman against a Sheffield United club team and class we’ve had yet,” Glass another local club team. said. “There are a few stand- “We did well against them,” senior outs, but overall everyone is co-captain Jon Glass said. “We came in looking good.” without any practice and without seeing Junior co-captain Greg each other all summer. We played a full O’Connell feels that the new 90 minute game the first day right off the talent has increased the plane.” level of intensity in prac- In Liverpool, though the team fared tice as players push each well against local club teams, it met its other competing for starting match against the Crewe Alexandra acad- spots. emy team, a soccer academy for aspiring “We have a lot of fresh- professionals. men this year,” O’Connell “We lost to Crewe Alexandra by a lot,” said. “Coach is trying a lot Glass said. “They breed some of the best of different players in a lot athletes in England. We played against of different positions. There players that must have been over six feet are definitely three or four tall and about 15 years old.” guys vying for spots [on the The Jumbos also saw marked differenc- lineup]. We need the best es in the style of play between the English group of guys who can go and the local NESCAC competition. out and get results.” “NESCAC is much more physical and As the Jumbos have not much more direct, a lot faster up and yet played a game with their down the field,” Glass said. “In England, new full squad, it is too soon DAILY FILE PHOTO they weren’t nearly as physical, but more to identify obvious flaws on Junior forward Mattia Chason, shown here in a 3-0 win against Rhode Island College on Sept. 27, 2005, tactical and technical. The NESCAC overall the field. returns to the men’s soccer team after leading the Jumbos in scoring last season. This year’s Jumbos kick is a lot of bigger guys.” “Every team has its weak- off the season at home against Colby on Saturday afternoon. For the men’s team, the England tour nesses,” O’Connell said. offered an important chance to experi- “Looking back at last year, This is the third straight Glass said. “It’s always low- said. “It’s a pretty short sea- ment on the field before the NESCAC sometimes we didn’t play the year that the team has scoring.” son so we really don’t want to regular season kicks off. full 90 minutes sometimes opened at home against When the opening whis- be experimenting too much. “The whole point of going over there we weren’t balanced enough Colby, with both previous tle sounds on Saturday, the What you’ll see on Saturday was to try something new,” Glass said. through the defense and contests ending in narrow team will essentially be in its is the team he wants to lead “We had a lot of players playing different the midfield. We’ll have to 1-0 Tufts victories. final form. throughout the entire sea- positions, and we were trying out differ- tighten up our play, but so “We’ve beaten them every “[Ferrigno] has a pretty son, maybe a couple changes ent formations.” far, everything looks pretty time in the past, but they good idea of what he wants to along the way. It’s all busi- — by Kelley Vendeland good.” always give us a close game,” see on Saturday,” O’Connell ness right now.”

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY New squad of runners ready to build Conn. College Invite first test upon the historical success of 2005 of season for 2006 runners BY ANDREW BAULD faith in her returning squad, Career leaders Lacey, Fortin gone, but talented new runners fill gaps Daily Editorial Board but sees some differences between this year’s team and BY WILL KARAS year,” Barron said. “The thing by captains Kennedy and junior After losing just two last year’s with opportunities Senior Staff Writer about recruiting is you have all Nate Cleveland, the Jumbos major players to gradua- for growth. this potential now we have to should be pick up right where tion in departed co-captains “The team is really strong Men’s cross country, one of see what we can do with it.” they left off last season. Arielle Aaronson and Becca at the top, but not as deep,” Tufts’ most consistent top pro- The members of the Class “[Kennedy and Cleveland] Ades, and transfers Morgan she said. “The middle pack grams, comes into the 2006 of 2010 are already turning are our leaders,” said Barron. Medders and Laura Walls, the is going to take a lot of hard season with a third consecu- that potential into consistent “They were chosen by their women’s cross country team work and developing. We tive NESCAC crown and a performances. Peter Browne, peers and the beauty of having is taking stock of its roster should be 10 to 11 deep, but program-best No. 5 finish at Nick Welch, Jesse Faller and a team elect their own captains and gearing up for a tough you never know who is going last year’s Div. III Nationals to Ben Silver all placed in the top is that it gives confidence to 2006 schedule. to move up.” defend. 15 in this past weekend’s infor- our captains.” Captained by seniors Sarah Last season, the Jumbos While freshmen take the mal Alumni Run. Those four Kennedy was excited at the Crispin and Jenny Torpey sent a full team to Nationals place of graduated runners, and lead a freshman class with the additional responsibilities he and junior Catherine Beck, for the first time since 1999, the team’s new leaders step up, talent to make up for gradu- will shoulder this season. this year’s team has few wor- following fifth-place fin- one familiar face remains con- ated seniors Matt Lacey and “It’s great to be looked up ries when it comes to team ishes at both NESCACs and sistent. After a year as interim Matt Fortin and runners like to by your own teammates,” chemistry, and can devote its the Div. III New England head coach, Ethan Barron was junior Chris Kantos who are Kennedy said. “It’s not any time to running as a cohesive Regional Championship. The hired as the permanent head now studying abroad. added pressure; it just means I unit. team could not repeat its of the cross country and track “You can’t replace people have more responsibilities and “As a team, we’ve talked high level of performance at and field teams in June. like Lacey, Kantos or Fortin,” duties.” about keeping ourselves Nationals, where it placed a “It’s really great to be back,” Barron said. “What you do is With the preseason behind healthy, both mentally and disappointing 22nd out of 24 Barron said. “I can thank the build and develop the current them, the Jumbos have their physically, so we can be teams, and Morwick believes athletes for that because with team you have and hope that first meet on Saturday at ready for those important that Tufts’ current pre-sea- the performances they put in your sophomores, juniors, and Conn. College. According to meets,” sophomore Evelyn son No. 20 ranking is an inac- last season, I think their voices seniors can step up and lead Barron, this race, along with Sharkey said. “We all get curate rating of the team’s were heard.” the way for the freshmen.” many of the Jumbos’ early- along well, too, which I think potential. With his status no longer in “We lost some key run- season meets, will be devel- is important. The upper- “Tufts’ ranking in the pre- limbo, Barron has big plans for ners,” senior co-captain Josh opmental, as the team builds classmen have really made season poll is partly based on his squad, and feels that this Kennedy said. “But the fresh- towards ECACs, NESCACs, and an effort to get to know the how we finished at Nationals year’s squad has every oppor- man class looks really good. Nationals. freshmen, and we all sup- last year,” Morwick said. “But tunity to match the accom- They performed well all sum- “We won’t go full out,” port each other, not only in I easily see us bumping up, plishments of the 2005 team. mer.” Barron said. “We are just going running but also in gener- “We were very strong in However, with a strong al.” see WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY, recruiting new runners this returning core of veterans, led see MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY, page 17 Coach Kristen Morwick has page 17 20 INSIDE Men’s Basketball 19 Women’s Basketball 19 Sports Inside the NESCAC 18 THE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, September 7, 2006

VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW FIELD HOCKEY PREVIEW Returnees, freshmen look to defend and build on Saturday brings Tufts’ growing status as volleyball powerhouse first test for NESCAC crown, regional Jumbos dominance headline Team going back to team’s goals this season basics, focusing on BY SAM KRUMHOLZ fitness, agility Senior Staff Writer BY RACHEL DOLIN Daily Editorial Board This might just be the year. After earning a reputation as one of the Field hockey coach Tina McDavitt strongest volleyball programs on the East had a daunting task ahead of her Coast over the past several seasons and this offseason. driving all the way to the national quar- After four-year starters and two- terfinals of the 2005 NCAA Tournament, year co-captains Jeanne Grabowski the volleyball team may have the chance and Lea Napolitano donned the to take care of some unfinished busi- Jumbo brown and blue for the final ness. time last October, McDavitt had a Last year the Jumbos finished second gaping hole to fill in the middle of in both the NESCAC and New England the field. regional tournaments after accumulat- But that hole has yielded a new ing a 9-1 record in NESCAC play and a style of play for her team one that 29-7 overall record. On both occasions has the potential to encourage a the Jumbos were denied victories by the more collaborative effort. Colby Mules. “We’re moving people around,” But with Colby losing four of its key play- McDavitt said. “We’re trying out dif- ers to graduation, coach Cora Thompson ferent players. This is the kind of sees an opening and hopes that her team hockey I like to teach a team game, will overcome those demons and bring not so dependent on one player. victories from both tournaments back to Anyone can step up at anytime.” Medford. “We’re a completely different “We hope to remain a top team in New team,” senior co-captain Stacey England, and we hope to win a NESCAC Watkins added. “We used to focus championship,” Thompson said. “That on dribbling individually, which is our primary goal, and I do believe it is was a problem, but now we have realistic if we stay healthy and strive to great passing. We’re getting around improve daily.” defenders quickly, and getting good The Jumbos take their first steps in shots. We’re really confident; we’re that direction this weekend as they open taking more shots on goal and mov- up their season this weekend against ing the goalie.” non-conference competition at the McDavitt will also have a slew Buttermaker Tournament at Muhlenberg of new players to throw in the mix. College. The team’s first match comes An influx of five new freshmen will against Penn State-Altoona at 6:00 p.m. complement the returns of sever- on Friday evening, followed by an 8:00 al players who spent much of last p.m. face-off with York College. season sidelined by injury senior While the games will not count towards Kathleen Martin and juniors Corey the team’s league record, the tournament Green and Meghan Becque and bol- provides a chance to both work out off- ster an already seasoned crew. season kinks and to make a statement Watkins and Martin are joined by on the regional stage. The tournament goalkeepers Marilyn Duffy-Cabana includes teams from throughout the Mid- and Angela Rappoli as the team’s Atlantic, as well as New England rival seniors. Senior Lizzy Oxler left the MIT. team in the offseason, but the team’s “We know that MIT will be [at the tour- other three juniors Ileana Katz, Katie nament] so hopefully we both win our Pagos and Jennie Williamson got sig- brackets and end up seeing each other nificant playing time last year and at some point,” Thompson said. “We are will bring their experience to the excited to travel out of [New England] turf. to see some other teams. As far as we But despite returning 10 upper- are concerned, our season starts Friday classmen, the team is not taking at 6:00 p.m. We want to play well down anything for granted. McDavitt has there, not just win. Our goal is to play emphasized fitness and agility in well and get a lot of players time on the addition to the key fundamentals, court.” such as stick-to-stick passing. And During the tournament, it is crucial for the first time, the team has been that the team finds a playing rhythm watching video of practices and that will carry it into the rest of the sea- scrimmages, hoping to recognize son. The tournament will also give Tufts’ and isolate problems. JEFF CHEN/TUFTS DAILY freshmen their first glimpse of collegiate- Sophomore Kaitlin O’Reilly led the NESCAC in assists last season, with 11.9 per game. She “We’re really focusing on and the Jumbos head to Muhlenberg tomorrow night, making their season debut in the see VOLLEYBALL, page 18 see FIELD HOCKEY, page 18 Buttermaker Tournament. MEN’S SOCCER PREVIEW WOMEN’S SOCCER Experienced squad in pursuit of better record in 2006 2006 Jumbos step out of last Ferrigno looking for right lineup for Saturday’s first matchup of season season’s stellar shadow BY KELLEY VENDELAND that in the preseason everyone Chason. The team returns three Veteran defense returns intact; new Daily Editorial Board [arrived] in good shape, and the of its four multi-goal scorers long week [of training] we’ve in Chason and co-captain Greg offensive lineup ready to take the field In the wake of last year’s unin- had only made things better.” O’Connell, Dan Jozwiak and Bob spiring campaign, in which the The Tufts roster is relatively Kastoff, all juniors. The team BY ALEX BLOOM Div. III National Semifinal. Jumbos went 4-5 in NESCAC, intact from 2005, as there were expects a starting lineup simi- Daily Editorial Board But coach Martha 5-8-2 overall, and bowed out of only three seniors on last year’s lar to last year’s but the exact Whiting has her sights set the league tournament with a squad. One big hit is the loss of positions of individual players When the door opens firmly on 2006. first-round loss, 2006 is a sea- Mike Guigli, captain of the 2005 will likely shift in the first few on a new season for the “To be honest, we have son of redemption for the men’s squad and a NESCAC Second games. women’s soccer team this to think of it as a complete- soccer team. Team and Div. III All-New “We have a lot of players who Saturday against Colby, ly new year,” Whiting said. The Jumbos will kick off their England East Region Second can play many positions,” Glass questions will loom large “We know what happened 2006 campaign with a home Team selection in his senior said. “I think that’s one of the overhead as to whether this last year and we know we match on Kraft Field against year. good things about us. Last year year’s team can go above had a great year. One of the Colby on Saturday. Many experienced players we had a freshman who was and beyond the success of reasons we were so suc- “We’re actually looking much are returning, including 2005 very talented, Peter DeGregorio. the 2005 squad, which won cessful last year is that we better than last year,” senior co- NESCAC Second Team selec- the New England regional captain Jon Glass said. “I think tions Glass and senior Mattia see MEN’S SOCCER, page 19 title and reached the NCAA see WOMEN’S SOCCER, page 19