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Sol Gittleman speaks with students at After Hours Tufts moves to make more dorms handicap-accessible BY BRIONNA JIMERSON part of a trial in making campuses Contributing Writer across the state more compliant with disabled accessibility requirements for A master plan to make Tufts’ housing public buildings. more accessible to individuals with dis- Reynolds noted that while ideally abilities is in the process of being final- they would like to upgrade all the ized and is awaiting formal approval buildings on campus to make them from regulatory authorities. completely accessible, older buildings Richard Reynolds, vice president for present a challenge to this goal. operations in the Facilities Department “You have to keep in mind the age and Rudi Pizzi, deferred maintenance of the Medford campus,” Reynolds program manager, are leading the effort said. “With the older buildings come to make Tufts more handicap-friendly, many restraints. If we were building in collaboration with the Massachusetts a brand new building, it would be Architectural Access Board (MAAB). entirely accessible, but with more his- MAAB is a regulatory agency with- toric buildings, we recognize our limi- in the Massachusetts Office of Public tations.” Safety that aims to make public build- Reynolds cited as an example a proj- ings accessible for use by persons with ect to over the summer remodel all the disabilities. bathrooms in West Hall, which faced Facilities and MAAB worked togeth- challenges because of existing legis- er to create a master plan for mak- lation regarding handicap-accessible ANNE WERMIEL/TUFTS DAILY ing dorms handicap-accessible while buildings. Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor Sol Gittleman last evening spoke equipping them with newer facilities. “Under law, [remodeling the bath- in Brown and Brew about the history of aggression and violence and the possibil- Plans for renovating existing dorm rooms] requires us to make all floors ity of future change. Gittleman was speaking in the final installment of the Tufts buildings began in February, according accessible to the disabled,” Reynolds Community Union Education Committee-sponsored After Hours informal lecture to Reynolds. and conversation series, meant to foster intellectual life on campus. MAAB is collaborating with Tufts as see RENOVATIONS, page 3 Theta Chi goes Drake cancels at UMass Lowell but still slated for appearance at Spring Fling hairless for Haiti BY AMELIE HECHT Daily Editorial Board BY AMELIE HECHT donors involved in the actu- Daily Editorial Board al event itself,” Theta Chi Drake was yesterday a no- President Danny Wittels, a show at his scheduled con- The brothers of Theta Chi junior, said. cert at the University of will today be continuing their The money raised from this Massachusetts Lowell (UMass annual tradition of shaving year’s event will be donated Lowell) due to medical rea- their heads for a good cause to the Haitian Coalition of sons, but is on track to per- as they make a final push Somerville, a local charity form tomorrow at Spring Fling, toward their goal of raising tied to the Haitian commu- according to his publicist, a total of $3,000 to raise nity, Kulkarni said. Sarah Cunningham. money for Haiti relief. “We thought that while it “The university was The brothers have focused was great to help people in informed today that Drake is their philanthropic efforts Haiti, there were also people on doctor-mandated vocal rest this semester on Haiti after locally that we could help,” and cannot perform tomorrow an earthquake in January Wittels said. night,” UMass Lowell said in devastated the country. The Haitian Coalition of a press release on Wednesday. “One of our recent alum- Somerville is a group that “This performance will be nus is of Haitian descent provides financial, social and rescheduled, and the new date and had a lot of family liv- political support to Haitians will be announced as soon as ing around Port-au-Prince,” living in Somerville and other that information is available.” junior Brendan Blaney, the neighboring communities. Programming Board fraternity’s philanthropy “We usually donate Co-Chair Nicole Goodwin, a chair, said. “He’s pretty close the money we raise to sophomore, said that she has to us, so we decided to step the American Heart been assured that Drake will up and help out early after [Association,]” Kulkarni said. not cancel his performance at [the earthquake] happened.” “We have been fundraising Tufts. Theta Chi every year hosts a lot for Haiti this year, so “We are fully expecting him the head-shaving event in we decided to continue our to play at our Spring Fling,” which brothers volunteer to efforts to support them this Goodwin said. “He is sched- have their heads shaved in year.” uled to perform at Syracuse exchange for donations. Each Last year’s event raised [today] and he has not can- brother who volunteers will over $600 dollars, according celed that performance.” have a jar to collect dona- to Wittels. When asked if Programming tions. Once a brother’s jar “Our goal is to at least Board had a contingency plan has amassed $30, he will match what we raised last in place, Goodwin said, “No, shave his head in front of the year,” Wittels said. “Obviously we are certain he is coming.” crowd. we want to raise even more, Brittany Frederickson, the “It looks like we are going but if we match $600, we will public relations director for to have between 10 and 15 be happy.” the Syracuse University’s pro- COURTESY MATT BARNES brothers shaving their heads Theta Chi has been work- gramming board, told the Drake had to cancel his concert at UMass Lowell for medical reasons. this year,” sophomore Adi ing the whole semester to Daily that the university’s Kulkarni, the fraternity’s phi- raise funds for Haiti relief Block Party concert featuring and they are playing show after damage your vocal cords if you lanthropy chair, said. and has already raised over Drake, among other artists, is show and sleeping on a tour don’t take the necessary rest.” Those who donate will have $2,500 by selling “Tufts for still set to take place. bus and going from being on a Cunningham added that the opportunity to help par- Haiti” wristbands. Cunningham explained that hot stage and then rushing to Drake only required one night ticipate in the actual shaving “We’ve raised $2,500 over being on tour is physically a cold bus, it’s easy to pick up off and will be performing as of the brothers’ heads. draining. colds and strain your voice,” “It’s a good way to get see SHAVE, page 3 “When artists are touring Cunningham said. “You can see DRAKE, page 3
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see ARTS, page 5 see SPORTS, page 10 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Friday, April 30, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY Despite health risks, fake KERIANNE M. OKIE Editor-in-Chief
EDITORIAL tanning a growing trend Caryn Horowitz Grace Lamb-Atkinson BY CHRISTINA LUO The kind found in tanning beds, UVA, is you will,” she said. Daily Staff Writer much more damaging and penetrating than The obligation to tan for an extracur- Managing Editors UVB, which only harms the external layers ricular activity such as ballroom dancing Ellen Kan Executive News Editor Even though it is only just getting warm of the skin. UVA rays affect skin pigmenta- indicates the extent to which tanning Michael Del Moro News Editors Harrison Jacobs enough for students to sunbathe on the tion and don’t create the sunburns caused has become a serious consideration for Katherine Sawyer residential quad, for some Jumbos who just by UVB rays; tanning booths only emit UVA young people. The cultural phenomenon Saumya Vaishampayan can’t seem to get enough of the sun, there’s rays, ultimately creating more long-term of “Jersey Shore,” the MTV show about Marissa Gallerani Assistant News Editors Amelie Hecht always the option of tanning beds and spray damage to the skin. self-described “guidos” and “guidettes,” Corinne Segal tans to get that bronzed look. Increased risk of skin cancer and other also demonstrates how many people con- Martha Shanahan Studies consistently show, however, how skin damage seems to be a fact that numer- sider tanning a necessity for an attrac- Jenny White dangerous tanning can be. According to ous Tufts students are aware of, and even tive appearance. “Jersey Shore” star Mike Brent Yarnell a study conducted by the World Health deterred by. “The Situation” Sorrentino’s three steps Carter Rogers Executive Features Editor Organization, the risk of melanoma, a type “It’s truly devastating to your health,” Lisa to looking good for a night out are “gym, Marissa Carberry Features Editors of skin cancer, increases by 75 percent for Zingman, a sophomore majoring in com- tan and laundry.” Robin Carol Emily Maretsky people under 30 who use tanning frequent- munity health, said. “It causes cancer, and However, members of one group of real- Mary Beth Griggs Assistant Features Editors ly. Additionally, there has been a significant I personally would never go in a tanning ity television stars, Tufts’ own Beelzebubs, Emilia Luna spike in the number of melanoma cases in booth or artificially tan.” do not artificially tan. “None of the Bubs do Alexa Sasanow Derek Schlom the United States, the rate of which nearly Senior Victoria Gilbert, a member of the artificial tanning. None of us really have the tripled between 1973 and 2004, according to Tufts Ballroom Dance Team, tans with liq- time,” sophomore, and Beelzebubs member Catherine Scott Executive Arts Editor the National Institute of Health. uid tanner or lotion before certain competi- Evan Powell said. “It’s also a little ridiculous, Jessica Bal Arts Editors Adam Kulewicz Dr. Eva Balash, a dermatologist in Boston, tions but said she wouldn’t otherwise. but that’s my personal opinion.” Charissa Ng says tanning indoors is no more “safe” than “Without a doubt I would never have Outside the world of reality television, Josh Zeidel tanning in the sun and is in fact quite the considered tanning if it were not for ball- many teenagers and young adults do see Michelle Beehler Assistant Arts Editors opposite. She has noticed a trend of small, room,” Gilbert said. tanning as an essential component of their Zachary Drucker Rebecca Goldberg dark moles on patients who tan indoors Ballroom team members occasionally overall look. rather than through natural sun exposure. tan artificially before competitions in order Tanning has become such a serious prob- Niki Krieg Executive Op-Ed Editor “It’s very harmful to the skin either way,” to maintain a certain appearance, according lem among teens and young adults that Crystal Bui Op-Ed Editors Nina Grossman Balash told the Daily. to Gilbert. many develop something of an addiction Laura Moreno Freshman Arielle Egozi only tans outside, “At a certain level, you reach a point to it, commonly referred to as “tanorex- Andrew Rohrberger mostly because of the strong causal link where you have to have a certain look, and ia.” A recent study published on “Paging Devon Colmer Cartoonists Erin Marshall between tanning booths and skin cancer. that often happens to be a very absurdly tan Dr. Gupta,” CNN’s medical blog, reports Alex Miller “Not that [ultraviolet light (UV)] is much color,” fellow ballroom team member Alex that increased artificial tanning is linked to Lorrayne Shen better, but the exposure isn’t as harsh,” Egozi Freedman, a sophomore, said. underlying issues of addiction, anxiety, and Louie Zong said. “Plus, the whole point of being tan is “Part of the idea is that that’s what it looks substance abuse. Vittoria Elliot Editorialists Rebekah Liebermann being outside and at the beach.” like to be ‘Latin,’ kind of exotic-looking,” 400 undergraduate students, half of Marian Swain “There is no such thing as a safe tan,” Gilbert said. Though Gilbert, who has been whom reported they frequented tanning Seth Teleky according to the United States Food and using liquid tanner since her junior year, salons, were studied, and those who tanned Alex Prewitt Executive Sports Editor Drug Administration website. However, added that pale skin isn’t necessarily cause more often also had problems with anxiety, Sapna Bansil Sports Editors many don’t realize the harsh effects of for a point deduction, a tan is somewhat and were more likely to use alcohol and Evan Cooper both artificial and natural tanning. implied as the standard in higher-level com- marijuana. Jeremy Greenhouse David Heck According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, petitions. “It’s just taken to be a part of the Carter Rogers contributed reporting to this Ethan Landy there are two main types of ultraviolet rays. act, almost more like a stage performance, if article. Daniel Rathman Michael Spera Lauren Flament Assistant Sports Editors Claire Kemp Ben Kochman
James Choca Use of fax machines declines among students Executive Photo Editor Josh Berlinger Photo Editors Kristen Collins Danai Macridi Fax machines still useful in the workplace Tien Tien Virginia Bledsoe Assistant Photo Editors BY ROBIN CAROL AND CARTER ROGERS machine] is very busy with responses for as young people enter business, this could Jodi Bosin Daily Editorial Board specific issues regarding decisions and so change. Alex Dennett on,” Rita Polcari, an office manager in the “There are still a lot of companies that Dilys Ong Scott Tingley For students who struggle to remember Office of Undergraduate Admissions, said. are dependent on fax machines, or that Anne Wermiel a time without the Internet, the prevalence “It pretty much relates to students faxing think they depend on them. They’re stuck of fax numbers listed on websites and in information to embellish and so on … on old technologies and haven’t embraced Mick B. Krever Executive New Media Editor directories might seem like a superfluous We get a tremendous amount of e-mail, new ones yet,” Robbins said. piece of information. But even though [and] I can see [fax machine usage] declin- “As our generation comes up and enters PRODUCTION e-mail and similar technologies might ing at some point, but not too soon.” the work force and the job world, fax mean fax machines are no longer cut- Although current Tufts students have machines will become a lot less preva- Jennifer Iassogna ting-edge technology, they still hold some grown up using e-mails and scanners, lent,” Robbins said. Production Director essential uses in the professional world, many have, at one point of another, used But even though the fax machine may Leanne Brotsky Executive Layout Editor even if their personal use has declined. fax machines as well. be going out of fashion, it continues to Dana Berube Layout Editors In a recent feature, BusinessInsider.com “I work in an office building, so we use be functional, especially in the business Karen Blevins Adam Gardner listed the fax machine as one of 21 things a fax machine pretty often,” sophomore world. Andrew Petrone that became obsolete in the past decade, Charlotte Harrison said. “It’s faster to send “I feel like it could be really useful in Steven Smith along with record stores, pay phones and documents by fax than it is to send them businesses that have multiple branches. Menglu Wang Sarah Davis Assistant Layout Editors dial-up Internet. by mail, but I don’t realize why they won’t All you need is to send the paper through Jason Huang Outgoing Tufts Community Union just print them from electronic copies.” and it’s really easy, but other than that, Alyssa Kutner Treasurer Aaron Bartel, a sophomore, “I have [used a fax machine]. I do Kids’ no,” Solomon said. Samantha Connell Executive Copy Editor said that the Treasury does not use its fax Day for Tufts for [Leonard Carmichael “It’s more of a hassle to scan because Sara Eisemann Copy Editors machine often, but keeping one in the Society], and we have to fax things to the you just throw it in the fax machine. I’ve Lucy Nunn office is a legal necessity. “We probably city clerk’s office. I do it once a year, and used it at work. I work at a bank, and they Ben Smith we send four forms out,” junior Brittany use it a lot there. At home it’s basically Ammar Khaku Assistant Copy Editors use the fax maybe two or three times a Katrina Knisely week,” Bartel said. “We use it some. It’s Robbins said. obsolete. For businesses they’re not going Isabel Leon not the most efficient or anything, and However, many students have found to go away any time soon, because it’s a Vivien Lim you can definitely get all that informa- that faxing documents is not as efficient huge function that [fax machines] have,” Ben Schwalb Executive Online Editor tion across in an e-mail, but the good or useful as other methods of communi- sophomore Raghav Seth said. Hena Kapadia Online Editors thing about the fax machine is that it’s cation. “Maybe [fax machines will be phased Audrey Kuan very secure. “I was working as a receptionist in my out]. I think it’s a while off, I feel like some- Darcy Mann Assistant Online Editors Ann Sloan “Any sort of confidential materials, dad’s dental office when I was 15 … I thing more practical that has everything like W-9s (a form used to request a tax- mean, it was annoying more than diffi- in one place will come up,” freshman Muhammad Qadri Executive Technical Manager payer ID number), we actually need to cult. You got a lot of fax machine spam,” Kristine Wiitala said. Michael Vastola Technical Manager send via fax, because e-mail technical- sophomore Zach Solomon said. “I haven’t “I worked for a hotel, and a couple ly is not secure enough, according to even seen one since then, other than to fax times a week I’d send people their invoices BUSINESS Massachusetts law, so if we didn’t have orders in a chocolate store I worked for. using fax numbers. I still feel like people Kahran Singh those laws in place it would be useless, That was convenient.” ask for them a lot. I do things for the trea- Executive Business Director but we need it for that,” Bartel said. “I’m Solomon noted that a combination of sury, and they ask for things to be faxed Benjamin Hubbell-Engler Advertising Director not a big fan of the machine, but the fact e-mail and a scanner replicated the func- sometimes,” Wiitala added. Brenna Duncan Online Advertising Manager is that a lot of businesses I think do need tion of a fax machine. The decline of fax machines for home Dwijo Goswami Billing Manager Ally Gimbel Outreach Director to use them just because it’s a secure Robbins agreed. “It’s a lot easier to scan use has meant that when they are neces- transfer of information.” something now and just send it as an sary, it can be difficult to find one. The The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub- The Office of Undergraduate Admissions e-mail, and the fax thing is kind of becom- Student Services desk charges per page in lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and distributed free to the Tufts community. sends and receives quite a few faxes and ing a little bit less modern,” Robbins said. order for students to use the machine. doesn’t see the fax machine going any- Robbins also argued that older genera- “Everyone has a phone, but not every- P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 where anytime soon. “At this time [the fax tions are reluctant to switch devices, but one has a fax machine,” Solomon said. 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 [email protected] Correction In the April 29 article “Top 10 | Themes for ‘Glee,’” the song “Lights” by the band All Out was incorrectly referred to as “All Out” by “Lights Out.” Friday, April 30, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES 3 Facilities and MAAB work together to improve handicap accessibility
RENOVATIONS when altering other aspects, such as continued from page 1 fixing roofs, remodeling bathrooms. said. “That would be expensive because The cost is part of the total cost for the of the age of the building, so we must entire job; it’s not an isolated endeavor, receive variance from the MAAB so we but part of a larger project for an entire do not have to put accessible rooms in dorm.” West.” Pizzi stressed that funding for the Reynolds further explained that Tufts accessibility upgrade project is not sep- reached a compromise with MAAB so arate from the total cost of all remodel- that individual dorms like West, which ing work in a particular dorm. pose particular difficulties, do not have “We fund work project by project,” to be made fully accessible in exchange Pizzi said. “If we are working on a for Tufts’ commitment to make five per- residential hall, we look at all issues cent of the rooms across all of campus concerning that hall and determine its — making up approximately 111 rooms compliance.” — handicap accessible. Making dorms Pizzi noted that the construction on accessible involves increasing the size West is just a part of the larger plan put of toilet stalls and bathrooms, altering together by MAAB and Tufts. door and room sizes and putting more “We have a master plan we pre- rooms on the ground floor as an alter- sented to the MAAB board with a num- native to installing elevators. ber of compliant residence halls and Implementing these changes while noncompliant ones,” Pizzi said. “West installing new bathroom facilities or and dorms similar to it received vari- redoing buildings reduces the costs ance from the board. With its age and and construction time, according to architectural layout, it was not cost- Reynolds. effective to add disabled rooms to the He added that the accessibility building.” changes will be made concurrently MAAB may grant final approval to with renovations. the master plan by mid-May, according “We are committed to making the to Reynolds. If so, construction would bulk of these changes over the next begin over the summer, with scheduled three to five years,” Reynolds said. “We projects to be completed by the begin- JODI BOSIN/TUFTS DAILY will alter the rooms simultaneously ning of fall 2010. Plans are underway to make Tufts dorms more handicap accessible.
Theta Chi brothers hope to raise $3,000 this semester for Haiti
SHAVE raising $3,000,” Blaney said. continued from page 1 Theta Chi will also be host- the semester and this is our ing carnival games and provid- ing wings to those who donate to draw a crowd and more par- “One of our recent ticipants. alumnus is of Haitian “We also have some little fun games, and Wings Over descent and had a lot Somerville has graciously of family living around decided to donate wings to our cause,” Blaney said. Port-au-Prince. He’s “We are hoping that people who are just passing by will pretty close to us, so we donate some money,” Kulkarni decided to step up and said. Wittles hopes the fun nature help out early after of the event will attract a lot of [the earthquake] hap- participants and donors. “We are hoping that a lot of people pened.” do come watch and partici- pate,” Wittles said. “Half the fun is watching the shaving Brendan Blaney take place.” Theta Chi philanthropy chair The event will take place on the Mayer Campus Center Lower Patio from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. last push effort and we’re real- Ellen Kan contributed report- VIRGINIA BLEDSOE/TUFTS DAILY ly trying to reach our goal of ing to this article. Theta Chi has been raising funds for Haiti relief all semester.
Administrators urge students to act responsibly during Spring Fling
DRAKE bringing alcohol into the concert venue continued from page 1 will be carefully enforced and event staff planned on Friday and Saturday. will be closely monitoring attendees. “He just needed a one-night rest,” “People who are visibly intoxicated Cunningham said. “As of now, we are will not be allowed in or will be removed doing the show at Syracuse on Friday by [Tufts University Police Department] and the two shows, including the one once they are in,” Goodwin said. at Tufts, on the first.” The shortage of water made avail- Drake will perform some tracks able to students was cited as one of from his upcoming CD, “Thank Me the main reasons for the high number Later,” slated for release on June 15, of alcohol-related hospitalizations last Cunningham said. year. Goodwin noted that Programming “You are going to get to hear some Board has taken note of that. of his big hits and some of his newer “As always, people are not allowed pieces as well,” Cunningham said. “It to bring food or water,” Goodwin said. should be a really great concert.” “But we will have more food and water Approximately 3,000 Spring Fling than there was last year.” tickets had been distributed as of In an e-mail to the student body, Thursday afternoon, according to Golia and Dean of Student Affairs Office of Campus Life (OCL) Director Bruce Reitman encouraged students Joe Golia. to behave responsibly, especially with The steering committee in March regard to their drinking activity. announced its decision to completely We strongly urge you to exercise eliminate alcohol from the annual spring good judgment,” the statement said. concert, even for of-age students. “… If you do choose to drink, use The decision was motivated partly common sense: drink in moderation, by last year’s Spring Fling, which was be aware of your limits, and surround declared a mass-casualty incident after yourself with friends … Take care of a sizable number of students required yourself — take care of your friends.” treatment for alcohol poisoning. The e-mail also announced that the The administration has this year Tufts Community Union Senate, the taken a number of precautionary mea- Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, sures in the hopes of avoiding a repeat OCL and the Office of Residential Life of last year. and Learning are jointly sponsoring ABOVE-THEFOLD.COM Goodwin said that the new policy free breakfast for all students on the Despite canceling an appearance at UMass Lowell yesterday, Drake will still appear at Spring of entirely prohibiting students from morning of the concert. Fling tomorrow. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT Friday, April 30, 2010 5
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ALBUM REVIEW The Hold Steady gets back to basics on newest release BY JOSH ZEIDEL Daily Editorial Board
“If money didn’t matter, then I might tell you something new/ You can’t tell people what they want to hear, if you also want to Heaven is Whenever The Hold Steady
Vagrant Records tell ’em the truth,” sings The Hold Steady’s front-man, Craig Finn, on the second track of the band’s latest release, “Heaven is Whenever.” The album is due for U.S. release on May 4 from Vagrant Records. In many ways, Finn has little new to tell his listeners; the songs follow Finn’s usual nar- rative themes of booze, sex, drugs, crime, Catholic guilt and his eclectic record col- lection. Yet The Hold Steady still keeps the material fresh on this album by producing a classic rock sound that oscillates between exuberant and cinematic. The Hold Steady formed in New York City in 2003 when vocalist and guitarist Craig Finn and lead guitarist Tad Kubler set out to create a classic rock revival band, recruiting bassist Galen Polivka, drum- mer Bobby Drake and eventually key- boardist Franz Nicolay along the way. The band released “Almost Killed Me” (2005), “Separation Sunday” (2005), “Boys and Girls in America” (2006) and “Stay Positive” (2008), garnering an ever-widening fanbase through its rousing live performances. On account of Finn’s gruff vocals and poetic story-telling, backed by Kubler’s classic NPR.ORG rock riffs and Nicolay’s driving piano, the The Hold Steady both plays to its strengths and charts new territory in its new album. group often drew comparisons to Bruce Springsteen. emblematic of Kubler’s work. Instead, an harkens back to the band’s debut, “Almost makes sure to drop plenty of phrases that But shortly before the recording began acoustic guitar, played in the Delta blues Killed Me,” probably because the band lyrically reference the band’s prior albums. for “Heaven is Whenever,” Nicolay left the slide tradition, paints a sunny, Southern returned to producer and engineer Dean But the gruff Minnesotan has also written group to pursue other projects, with the soundscape. “We got bored so we started a Baltulonis, who worked with them on their his lyrics from a more mature perspective result that the newest release relies mostly band/ We’d like to play for you/ We’d like to first two albums. Many of the harder-rock- — almost as though advising a younger on guitar. Indeed, it is a solo guitar that pray for you,” Finn sings to close this atypi- ing tracks, such as “Soft in the Center,” “The generation of party-goers. “You gotta get opens the album in the introduction of cal, introductory track, effectively sum- Smidge,” “Rock Problems” and “Our Whole yourself right, kid/ I’m gonna give you “The Sweet Part of the City,” but not the ming up the band’s mission for the album. Lives” have a pounding rock feel similar usual over-driven, electric guitar crunch In many respects, “Heaven is Whenever” to The Hold Steady’s early work, and Finn see HOLD STEADY, page 7
INTERVIEW | KYLE PARRISH Lori and Andy’s 10th Avenue In defense of art houses Supergroup will play at Spring Fling Independent theaters not to be overlooked BY JESSICA BAL the ceilings and the walls — it’s Do people miss out on some- The Battle of the Bands In terms of genre, Allen, Daily Editorial Board renovated, but it has many of the thing by choosing the megaplex in Hotung Café showcased Mead and the rest of the original design elements. over an indie theatre? some of the most musically group differ from the pro- As the Independent Film In the ’30s, the theater was talented members of the fessional groups playing Festival wrapped up yesterday just one screen. What’s our sec- KP: I’m not opposed to big-bud- Tufts community. Emerging on Saturday. While hip hop in Boston, the Daily Arts Section ond theater now was originally a get films with famous actors, but victorious from the compe- and rock and roll are Spring took a moment to acknowledge balcony, and the whole thing had playing the things you’re certain tition was Lori and Andy’s Fling staples, soul and R&B the theaters that bring daring, 600 to 700 seats. They showed a all people are going to see ... 10th Avenue Supergroup, music are less common on different films to the public on a new film each week in the ’30s you only get the mainstream. You brainchild of seniors Loretta the President’s Lawn. In last regular basis. While megaplexes and the ’40s. Going to the movies miss out on the films that take Allen and Andrew Mead. As weekend’s show, the band offer the newest and the hot- then was closer to how people a risk. [At Coolidge] we play a the winner, the band will showed a willingness to mix test of blockbuster action flicks watch television now. On some documentary per week. That’s play between Drake and OK originals with R&B standards and romantic dramas, art houses nights, you’d go out to watch something that’s important to Go on the side stage at to get the crowd singing and dedicate themselves to serving a movies — it didn’t necessarily the medium — to report or tell a Spring Fling tomorrow. involved. Their cover of the particular niche — and to provid- matter what was playing. In the story about real people that peo- The band’s name is quite Jackson 5 classic, “I Want ing exposure for up-and-coming same way, some people just turn ple can connect to their everyday fitting as the group con- You Back” (1969), was a and avant-garde filmmakers. Kyle on the TV now to see what’s on. lives and that motivates them to sists of eight musicians, six pleasant surprise to a recep- Parrish, a manager at Coolidge some sort of action. But [docu- of them students at Tufts. tive Hotung audience. Corner Theatre in Brookline, JB: How is the experience at mentaries] aren’t going to draw Allen’s Amalgamate peers, Although this year’s stu- explains what makes indie the- Coolidge or other independent crowds like when Bruce Willis senior Alexander Green (who dent performance will add aters work and why they matter. theatres different than the one blows things up. also plays rhythm guitar), a measure of musical diver- audiences might get at a mega- senior Alexandra Rodman sity to the concert, the party Jessica Bal: What is it that makes plex? JB: I know what you mean. But and freshman Sophie Dover, atmosphere will remain art houses and independent the- I saw “Man on Wire” (2008) at provide backup vocals, with throughout. It is easy to see atres unique? KP: More recently, we’ve reno- Coolidge, and that was maybe senior Jeremy Strauss on how much fun these musi- vated and have smaller spaces my favorite documentary yet. keys. cians have while performing, Kyle Parrish: In our case, one that seat 44 and 17 people. The Actually, make that one of my With so many musicians and this enjoyment should of the things is a sense of his- advantage of that is that we can favorite films ever, documentary on stage, the group is able be infectious with such a tory, because Coolidge has been show films that maybe only 15 or or no. to create a great deal of large crowd in attendance. continuously operating since 20 or 25 people are going to come energy that should work On Saturday afternoon, stu- 1933. We had our 75th anniver- and see. One of the reasons why KP: Yeah, we were able to show well with the atmosphere of dents can count on an enter- sary a little over a year ago. We bigger megaplex theatres don’t “Man on Wire” for months Spring Fling. Allen and the taining and distinctive per- were open around the Great take a lot of risks [on films] is because everyone loved it and backup singers show a high formance from some of their Depression, when movies were because if they have a space for told their friends about it. It was level of coordination with own. new. [Coolidge] has been a main- 150 people and they only sell 20 a steady business for a long time. each other that comes from stream theater, and it’s been an tickets, they lose money. They Blockbusters have a real spike in their common experience in art house. The building and the need the films to be a sure thing. attendance and in money and the Amalgamates. —by Nicholas Gang space are historical; we’ve got JB: Do you think that takes some- some of the original art deco on thing away from the experience? see COOLIDGE, page 7 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS & LIVING Friday, April 30, 2010 Friday, April 30, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS & LIVING 7
MOVIE REVIEW ‘The Losers’ is a fun, if forgettable, action-packed summer flick BY LORRAYNE SHEN camera shots, the film’s comic book Daily Editorial Board roots become evident. Meanwhile, epic tunes like Journey’s “Don’t With the usual array of guns, Stop Believin’” (1981) blast in the girls, big explosions and one-line background as the anti-heroes quips, “The Losers” marks the shoot and blow things up. But really, it’s the standard The Losers action-movie characters that pro- pel the film forward. Audiences are introduced to the familiar crew Starring Chris Evans, Zoe of bad good guys. The team of Saldana, Jeffrey Dean five — Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Jensen (Chris Evans), Pooch Morgan (Columbus Short), Roque (Idris Directed by Sylvain White Elba) and Cougar (Óscar Jaenada) — gamble, drink and ruthlessly fight among each other as well as kick-off of the summer action flick the bad guys. All the while, they season. Based off of a graphic novel stay noble and loveable by rescu- of the same name, “The Losers” ing Bolivian village children and follows a mission of revenge by making “yo mama” jokes while a team of five former CIA black operating heavy artillery. Comic ops, helped by a mysterious and relief comes in the form of Jensen, dangerous woman named Aisha the eccentric funnyman who whis- (Zoe Saldana). The team is left for tles as he kills and has some of the dead in the jungles of Bolivia when best lines in the film. a plot of betrayal by the CIA goes Saldana’s character, Aisha, fits awry. Their only clue is that their into the typical mold of the enig- enemy is a powerful man named matic femme fatale. Her entrance Max (Jason Patric), and when into the film begins with a seduc- PHOTOGALLERY.FILMOFILIA.COM Aisha offers the opportunity for tion of Clay and soon transforms Zoe Saldana plays an operative with a secret in “The Losers.” them to return to U.S. soil, they into a prolonged fight scene vow to achieve vengeance. between the two that features that doesn’t stop the main cou- of himself and every bad action but all in all is a fun, summer Sounds pretty typical, right? At lots of chair-throwing and bottle- ple from having sex between movie villain that came before action flick perfect for a lazy sum- its core, “The Losers” is an action- breaking. After the two beat each traveling from city to city in the him. This type of villain makes mer afternoon. With plenty of packed 98 minutes of PG-13 fun. other up for a while, Aisha finally attempt to get revenge on Max. it all the easier to root for “The skin time for Saldana, big guns Just about everything is unapolo- reveals that she’s there to help The film’s evil villain, Max, is as Losers.” The filmmakers took no for the boys and non-stop action, getically excessive in this movie. the team, but doesn’t reveal her foul as bad guys come. He has all stops in Max’s lines, with orders “The Losers” will not disappoint The entire look of the movie is sat- own motives. There isn’t a lot the right attributes for the despi- like, “Kill them or fire them — anyone looking for a movie that urated in vibrant colors that make of chemistry between her and cable evil suit — exaggerated arro- whichever’s easier!” and actions doesn’t require a lot of thought. the explosions that much more the team. In fact, the film makes gance and lavishness, bad jokes like shooting an aide in the face For the time that it lasts, “The vivid and the sex scenes that much it very clear that Aisha and the and a hazy plot to start world for fumbling with an umbrella. Losers” is definitely entertaining, more sultry. When coupled with rest of the Losers neither like war for personal gain — and his “The Losers” is riddled with but will not last long in memory quick cuts and shaky hand-held nor trust each other. Of course, character is pretty much a parody plot holes and full of cheesy lines, or in cinematic history.
Band ‘holds steady’ despite losing longtime keyboardist HOLD STEADY … The kids are all distracted/ No one wins drums backdrop. nevertheless managed to produce a continued from page 5 at violent shows.” Notably absent are Nicolay’s skilled nuanced and layered rock album, with some advice/ You can’t get every girl/ You’ll Sonically speaking, “Heaven isWhenever” organ and piano parts, which elevat- a style that is consistent with its pre- get the ones you love the best,” he sings on offers a diverse, but more mature palette ed the band’s style above a straight- vious efforts, but manages to mature “Soft in the Center.” Finn also takes a more of musical textures than its immediate forward rock set-up on “Separation beyond them. Thankfully, despite the critical stance on the wild hardcore shows predecessor, “Stay Positive.” While the last Sunday,” “Boys and Girls in America” band’s growing success and the recent that he attended in his younger days. On album pushed the envelope by includ- and “Stay Positive.” Guitarist Kubler has loss of its keyboardist, The Hold Steady the dark, vaguely klezmer-sounding track, ing a harpsichord, theremin, vibraphone, filled in some basic piano parts on this lost sight of what’s truly important — “Barely Breathing,” he sings, “Showing up banjo, mandolin and even a wacky talk- album, but they lack the complexity the music. As Finn sings on “We Can Get at shows like you care about the scene still/ box guitar solo, on “Heaven” the band opts of the conservatory-trained Nicolay’s Together,” “Heaven is whenever/ We can Where were you when the blood spilled?/ for more symphonic arrangements when compositions. get together/ Sit down on your floor/ They almost killed me/ It got pretty sketchy going beyond the usual guitar, bass and On the whole, The Hold Steady has And listen to your records.”
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COOLIDGE that runs from midnight until 11 awards. It started as more of an continued from page 5 a.m. or noon the next day. indie film for what we thought then it drops sharply. That’s more would be a niche audience, but about what’s fresh, what’s new JB: Does that mean that you it really caught on. and diverting. One of them — a mostly get regulars? Or do you lot of times — is just as good as think that there are plenty of JB: Did that take away from your another. people coming to Coolidge who mission statement at all? Showing are new to the theater? a film that people could then see JB: So independent films and at almost every theater across the documentaries, you’ve noticed, KP: We’re a neighborhood fixture, country? have a different sort of trajec- for sure. But sometimes we’re the tory? only theater, or one of only two KP: I think we felt like we sort theaters, that’s showing a partic- of had dibs on it [laughs]. But KP: Exactly. The films we show ular film. Different people [than no, we’re happy it succeeded. It are often not promoted on TV. our usual crowd] for whatever was a good film, and it’s hard not The more likely thing is that peo- reason heard about it and want to be glad when something like ple will see it, like it and then to see, and they come here for that succeeds. We’re rooting for recommend it to other people. the first time. unusual films that take a risk, We may do better with one film that aren’t predictable. in the third or fourth week. JB: What are some of the chal- lenges in running an indepen- JB: What’s a film you’ve seen JB: What’s the demographic like dent theater? recently that you’d recommend? at Coolidge Corner? Who do you see coming in to the theater these KP: You are hoping to show films KP: At the Independent Film days? that people can’t see everywhere Festival in Boston recently I else; that’s part of our identity, saw “The Good, The Bad, and KP: We have a real variety. There but that also means there are The Weird” (2008) — a Korean are lots of locals — Brookline films that most people might Western. It’s got Korean actors residents who are often older, not be interested in. You have to and is set in Manchuria in the middle-aged and probably own strike a balance. No matter how ’30s. It’s an over-the-top action a house in Brookline, have lived good a film is, if it doesn’t sell movie, but it’s beautiful and fresh here for years and come regular- tickets, we don’t make money. We and daring. There’s this sense of ly. Then there’s Brighton, Allston, want to show something that fits joy to it. It reminds me of the first Jamaica Plain, all the surround- with our mission statement and time I saw “Pulp Fiction” (1994) ing neighborhoods where there that represents the best possibili- — thinking the director was doing are a lot of college students. ties in filmmaking. something exciting and different, We definitely get a lot of young Coolidge was one of the first [and] wasn’t afraid. folks, and we try to make our theatres in the area to show programming for events show the hit “Slumdog Millionaire” Coolidge offers a student dis- KRISTEN COLLINS/TUFTS DAILY that diversity. There are midnight (2008). Within a few weeks, it count on Thursdays and a dis- The Coolidge Corner Theatre provides its neighborhood with indie films cult films, burlesque shows and a opened in other places, and count on the yearly membership and documentaries. Halloween horror film marathon then went on to win all these when bought with a student ID. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT Friday, April 30, 2010 Friday, April 30, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS 9
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BY ETHAN STURM focusing on advancing runners.” Senior Staff Writer If these are indeed the keys to the Jumbos’ offense, then last week’s game In recent years, the softball team has against Williams was a blueprint for made a habit out of hammering Colby. success. Tufts scored 12 runs on 12 The Jumbos have won nine straight hits, including multi-hit games from games over the Mules, none of which Sullivan, Beinecke, junior Kim Miner has been decided by less than six runs. and sophomore Lena Cantone. The Six of the games were ended by the Jumbos did not have a single extra- mercy rule, and Colby has only scored base hit, but they stole six bases and more than one run in a game once dur- put together strings of hits, scoring six ing the streak. runs in the first and another four in the But none of those games mattered second. as much as this weekend’s three-game “Everyone did a really great job of set in Waterville, Maine. Tufts enters coming out and attacking the at-bats, the tilt with a conference record of 7-2, taking care of them and being aggres- and needs one win to secure a play- sive,” Sullivan said. off berth and a second to clinch the The Mules will not make it easy for NESCAC East for the sixth straight year. Tufts though, as they have an impres- The title also comes with a No. 1 seed sive newcomer and a wily veteran on in the NESCAC Tournament that will the mound. Senior Brittany Tasi (4-6, take place May 7-9 at the home of the 3.72 ERA) has plenty of experience NESCAC West champion. against the Jumbos and has had suc- “Obviously we think about [the stand- cess pitching against both Bowdoin and ings], but it’s not what is important,” Trinity, while freshman Lauren Becker senior captain Casey Sullivan said. (6-5, 2.53 ERA) has continued the tradi- “What is important is getting a ‘W’.” tion of NESCAC pitchers having strong If the Jumbos hope to continue their first years. Tufts will have to work for dominance over the Mules, they will every run it gets this weekend. need their bats to step it up. Tufts aver- The Jumbos will also need to make aged 7.34 runs per game last season, but sure not to give too many away. Tufts it has only managed 4.89 per game this committed seven errors in the Trinity year. While the Jumbos still have post- series, though they only led to two ed solid power numbers, leading the unearned runs. With games getting so NESCAC with a .539 slugging percent- close as the season winds down, these age and 13 home runs in conference mistakes could be deadly. play, they have struggled to produce “A lot of it is focus,” Beinecke said. runs by other means. They are fourth “Sometimes I will take my eye off the in the NESCAC in batting average and ball for one split second. It’s completely in the bottom half of the conference in a mental thing. Casey has made almost hits, runs and RBIs. zero errors this season and I think it’s “We need to come out fired up and because she is one of the most focused ready to go, and not worry about the players I’ve played with. I think we consequences of making an out,” fresh- need to all to look to her example and man Emily Beinecke said. “Our team stay with the play.” motto lately is to not dwell on it and VIRGINIA BLEDSOE/TUFTS DAILY While this series is important for to do whatever you can to get on base. Sophomore Lena Cantone and the softball team will travel to Colby this weekend with a shot It’s about stringing together hits and at clinching a division title and securing a return trip to the NESCAC Tournament. see SOFTBALL, page 15
BASEBALL WOMEN’S LACROSSE Off ense reignites in Matchup with Polar Bears to rout of Newbury determine seeding for NESCAC BY DAVID HECK After falling to nation- BY ANN SLOAN Daily Editorial Board ally ranked No. 15 Eastern Daily Editorial Board Connecticut on Tuesday, the Coming off a 19-5 loss, the Jumbos rebounded the very The women’s lacrosse team baseball team bounced back next day to trounce Newbury faces Bowdoin this afternoon in a big way. 17-4 in a five-inning, rain- looking to not only end the reg- shortened game. Tufts was ular season on a high note, but BASEBALL clearly anxious to get the bit- to secure a first-round home (22-5, 9-2 NESCAC East) ter taste of defeat out of its game in the NESCAC tourna- Huskins Field, Wednesday mouth, as the first 10 Jumbo ment that begins on Sunday. batters of the game reached Tufts went into last year’s Newbury 4 base and the team went on NESCACs as the No. 1 seed Tufts 17 to plate 12 runs in the first in the league, beating Amherst inning. 14-11 in the first round before Huskins Field, Tuesday “It was good for guys to a heartbreaking second-round stay back and have quality at- overtime loss to Williams, bats,” said senior tri-captain which went on to lose to Colby Eastern Conn. 19 12-10 in the championship Tufts 5 see BASEBALL, page 12 game. Going into this afternoon’s matchup versus Bowdoin, Tufts is tied with Amherst for fourth place. Bowdoin, mean- while, is tied for second with the defending NESCAC cham- pion Mules, while everyone trails 7-1 Trinity. With all 10 NESCAC teams playing confer- ence games today, no team’s postseason fate is locked in for sure, except for the winless Wesleyan Cardinals missing out on a playoff spot. “It’s very complicated because all of the teams have such close and crazy records this year,” freshman Kaitlyn ALEX DENNETT/TUFTS DAILY Leidl said. “We have to beat SCOTT TINGLEY/TUFTS DAILY The one-two punch of juniors David LeResche and Ian Goldberg (pictured) Senior Emily Johnson and the women’s lacrosse team will look to avenge combined for six hits and six runs in the rout over Newbury College. see WOMEN’S LACROSSE, page 15 last year’s loss to Bowdoin in the team’s regular season finale today. Friday, April 30, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 11 12 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Friday, April 30, 2010
NESCAC MEN’S LACROSSE SPORTS BRIEFS Kings’ Evans is NBA Rookie of the Year Sacramento Kings point guard Tyreke Evans was named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year yesterday. Evans is the first Kings player to win the award since the franchise moved to Sacramento in 1985. The fourth pick in last June’s NBA draft, Evans beat out fellow rookies Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks to win the award. Despite the fact that Jennings led the Bucks to the playoffs and Curry dazzled in the Warriors’ backcourt, the former Memphis Tigers star became just the fourth rookie ever- — joining Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James — to aver- age at least 20 points, five rbounds and five assists in his first season. He led all rookies with 20.1 points, was second in assists with 5.8 a game and fifth in rebounds with 5.3. Two softball playoff bids up for grabs With one weekend remaining in the JOSH BERLINGER/TUFTS DAILY NESCAC softball regular season, four With a win and a Conn. College loss on Friday, junior D.J. Hessler and the men’s lacrosse team can clinch the No. 1 seed in the NESCAC Tournament. teams are still in contention for the West division’s two playoff spots. At 7-2, Williams is in control of its own Conference tourney seeds still up for grabs destiny, needing to take two of three from arch-rival Amherst to clinch Tufts needs victory, Conn. College loss to win NESCAC regular season title its first division crown since 2007. Things are tight at the top, however. BY CLAIRE KEMP Sunday after Bowdoin.” cernable percentage on who we might Currently tied in second place at Daily Editorial Board The matchup the Jumbos will be play — because it is so wide open — it 6-3, Middlebury and Wesleyan are watching, between the national No. 8 will help us focus on Trinity,” Amherst slated to play a critical three-game The NESCAC Tournament will start Camels and the Cardinals, may seem coach Tom Carmean said. “We don’t set in Vermont this weekend, with on Sunday — but that is about the only highly weighted against Wesleyan — and have anything substantial to look at … the winner of the series guaranteed thing that is certain in the world of by proxy Tufts — but an upset is far we could be traveling to Maine or at a spot in the upcoming conference NESCAC men’s lacrosse this season. from out of the question. Conn. College home, or anywhere in between. Having tournament. The Jeffs are also still in Tufts has secured at least the second is coming off a 12-9 loss to Colby last that vague quality allows us a much eas- contention, but they need to sweep seed in the conference and home-field Saturday, the first of its season, while ier road to focus on what’s coming up the Ephs to have a chance at a post- advantage for the first game, but where Wesleyan took down NESCAC No. 4 [tonight]. There’s really just nothing else season berth. it play next weekend, as well as who it Amherst, 16-8. So, Tufts will wait to see to think about because we can’t focus on will face, is very much up in the air. if the Camel’s first loss of the season just one or two opponents.” Tonight at 7 p.m., Tufts will host rattled them enough to give the fired up Colby will be fighting to stay in the Finalists for NHL’s Hart the No. 3 team in the conference, the Cardinals an opening. No. 5 spot when it faces Bates, though Bowdoin Polar Bears, on Bello Field. Last Every other seed in the tournament the Mules’ fate is almost completely out trophy announced year, the Polar Bears beat the Jumbos in is even less certain. Amherst will take of their hands. Bates is 0-8 in the league their last regular-season game under the on the ninth team in the conference, and does not pose a significant threat to Hockey fans might have been lights, and Tufts is undoubtedly out for Trinity, on the Bantams’ turf, and the Colby on paper, but if the Mules choke, denied a playoff showdown between revenge. But the contest has implica- Lord Jeffs currently hold a 4-4 confer- they will certainly fall in the rankings. Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney tions that go beyond boyish rivalries: ence record — the same record as Colby, And, unfortunately for them, even with Crosby, but the two faces of the If Tufts wins and current first-seeded Middlebury and Williams. If the Lord a victory, simultaneous Amherst and NHL will at least square off for this Conn. College loses to eighth-seeded Jeffs win, then the picture does not Williams wins would still push them year’s Hart Trophy. Ovechkin, Crosby Wesleyan, Tufts will move into first and change; they would stay in fourth and into sixth. Colby has no chance of host- and Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver take over tournament hosting honors. host the No. 5 seed on Sunday. However, ing any games this tournament, but a Canucks were announced as the “Most importantly, whoever we play if Amherst slips up this afternoon, the drop in the standings will undoubtedly finalists for the league’s equivalent Sunday has nothing to do with Bowdoin loss could cause them to take a big fall hurt its prospects in their quarterfinals. of the MVP award yesterday. The College,” coach Mike Daly said. “Bowdoin into anywhere from fifth to eighth place, Also weighing in on the standings winner will be revealed on June 23. is one of the most athletic teams we depending on today’s other games, and is tonight’s game between Middlebury Ovechkin will hope to temper the have faced all year and, I promise you, subsequently lose home-field advantage and Williams in Williamstown, Mass. disappointment of his Capitals’ stun- they have our full attention right now. for the first round. ning first-round exit from the NHL We will worry about who we’ll be playing “To tell you the truth, having no dis- see MEN’S LACROSSE, page 15 playoffs by winning his third straight Hart Trophy. He’ll face stiff competi- tion from Olympic hero Crosby, who tied for the league lead with 51 goals Busy weekend starts with another game versus Trinity this season, and Sedin, the NHL’s points leader with 112. BASEBALL “I think we were all really excited to earned — on 12 hits and five walks over continued from page 10 get back on the field and get momen- six innings of work. Alex Perry, who had the day off against tum going into the weekend,” Goldberg “I think we just didn’t come to play,” Tufts to host regional Newbury. “It was great just to see guys said. “We’ve got a lot of games left, and Perry said. “With every game, you want take pride in their bats and not waste at least for me, I had to get my confi- to move forward, want to progress as track championships at-bats and put a good swing on the ball dence back after a couple shaky perfor- a team. It doesn’t necessarily mean — stick to their mechanics and swing mances at the plate.” win the game, but leave everything out One week after playing host to their the way they should be swinging.” The day before, things were not as there and move forward as a team. That NESCAC rivals, the men’s and wom- The Jumbos added another run in pretty for Tufts. Looking to make a game was sort of a setback for us. They en’s track and field teams will wel- the second and four more in the fourth statement against a nationally ranked certainly made us pay for that and took come their competitors from across — the last inning in which they batted. opponent, the Jumbos — who are not advantage.” the region, as the New England Div. That was enough room for sophomore ranked despite their 22-5 overall record The Jumbos’ next contest will come III Championships come to Ellis Oval pitcher Dave Ryan to work with, as he and 2-0 record against No. 25 Trinity this afternoon, when the team plays a this weekend. Both Jumbo squads let up four runs — one of which was — stumbled out of the gate and never makeup game against Trinity to close are coming off strong showings at earned — over five innings pitched to recovered. out the season series. Tufts will then the conference meet, where each improve to 3-1 on the year. He recorded The Warriors scored eight runs in the take part in back-to-back doublehead- took home a second-place finish. seven strikeouts while walking four and first two innings of the game, which ers over the weekend, as well as a At last season’s regional champion- surrendering eight hits. ended up being more than they would game on Tuesday, in preparation for ships, Tufts recorded a pair of top- Despite the contest being called due need. Tufts did show signs of life in the the NESCAC Tournament, which it will 10 finishes. Paced by a runner-up to weather, five Jumbos enjoyed multi- bottom of the second, managing three host. performance in the heptathlon by hit performances, including three-hit runs thanks to a couple of sacrifice flies “I think just in terms of outlook in then-junior Andrea Ferri, the women games from junior tri-captain Dave and an error. But the Jumbos only sent terms of regional stage, [beating Trinity came in sixth, while the men finished Leresche and classmate Ian Goldberg. two more runners across home plate would be] a huge win for us if we can in seventh. The Jumbos sent 34 hitters to the bat- for the rest of the game, as Warriors go out and play our type of baseball,” ter’s box on the day and came away senior pitcher Will Musson twirled Perry said. “At same time, it’s a confer- with 16 hits, four free passes and two seven strong innings to move to 4-0 on ence game and you always want to do —compiled by Ethan Landy and hit batsman — good for a stunning .571 the season. well in-conference. We’re already host- Sapna Bansil average and .647 on-base percentage. On the Tufts side, junior Pat ing the NESCAC Tournament, but to go Tufts also recorded nine doubles, put- O’Donnell suffered his worse pitching out and beat Trinity would be great for ting the team slugging percentage at performance of the season, surrender- us and would be great momentum for .893. ing 15 runs — eight of which were our big weekend.” Friday, April 30, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 13 Have something you want to sell?
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Jumbos look to rebound from last weekend’s loss to Panthers WOMEN’S LACROSSE its fire for the tournament, particularly continued from page 10 if it sees Colby, Amherst or Middlebury Bowdoin in order to have a home game as an opponent. on Sunday because that would keep us “Our team has really improved since in the top four. If we beat them, both of the beginning of the season when we us will be 6-3, but we will be the higher lost our first two games to Amherst seed — hopefully third place — because and Colby,” Abelli said. “We would be we beat them earlier in the season. If a totally different team playing them we beat Bowdoin, we will most likely now, so we would love to have a chance play the winner of Friday’s Williams- to play them again. The Middlebury loss Middlebury game, and if we lose, we’ll was a wake-up call for us because we’d Visit tuftsdaily.com probably face Amherst.” won so many games in a row before The team is not focused, however, that. It’ll definitely give us more moti- for podcasts, blogs, on the logistics of the seeding or on the vation in the tournament.” different possibilities of how the games The Jumbos are still confident about could turn out. Instead, the Jumbos are their chances for the weekend. Tufts is audio slideshows and trying to concentrate on being moti- the only team to have beaten Trinity vated to win every game, no matter who this season, against whom the Jumbos the opponent is. prevailed 11-9 in Hartford on April 10. other new media “The thing about the NESCACs is If the Jumbos play like they did against that any team can beat any other team the Bantams, they believe they can beat in the league. It’s not important who any other team in the highly-competi- content! we play, and so there’s no specific team tive NESCAC. that we want to go up against,” senior “We played a great game that day,” co-captain Jenna Abelli said. “The tour- senior Emily Johnson said. “It’s a confi- nament is so important that it doesn’t dence booster for us to know that we’re even matter much to us if we’re playing the only team that has beaten them. It at home or not. It would be nice to go goes to show you that every NESCAC into the tournament as a higher seed game is going to be a competitive one. but being at home wouldn’t actually We can beat any team if we play our be a huge advantage. The game itself best game.” is what matters and we’re going to play After last year’s frustrating conclu- with the same amount of intensity and sion, the Jumbos are hopeful that this is preparation either way.” the year they will finally make it to the Two of the three losses that Tufts NESCAC championship game for the first earned this season came in early- time. But once Sunday comes around, season contests against Amherst and there will be no second chances, as a loss Colby. The Jumbos then put togeth- would send Tufts out of the Tournament. er a nine-game winning streak before “We have to approach the games with suffering their third loss of the year more urgency,” Johnson said. “We need against Middlebury last Saturday. The to win. If we lose, our season’s done and team hopes to use those losses to fuel no one wants that.”
Jumbos and Camels could face any of five opponents in quarterfinals
MEN’S LACROSSE NESCAC teams will have to fight it out and Conn. College could face any of the continued from page 12 “Most importantly, whoever we for their tournament seeds. lower five teams in the quarterfinals. Currently in sixth and seventh, respec- play Sunday has nothing to do If everything ends up as it should on “I say this talking to the guys all the tively, the loser of the game will get the paper, Conn. will stay at No. 1 due to the time: Whichever group of … guys shows lower seed, while losses from Amherst with Bowdoin College. Bowdoin is Camels’ head-to-head advantage over up, that’s who will win,” Daly said. “On and Colby would put the winner in the Tufts, with the Jumbos and Bowdoin any given day in this league, anybody No. 4 slot with the opportunity to host. one of the most athletic teams we behind them. This means Conn. College can beat anybody.” “Based on how they’ve been playing, have faced all year and, I promise will face Wesleyan again in the first “Well I really think that with our league, I’d say Middlebury,” said Daly when round and Tufts would take on Williams, and probably all the other coaches, asked who will win that contest. “But you, they have our full attention if they follow suit and lose to Middlebury. would agree, every single game is abso- Williams being at home could very well right now. We will worry about Bowdoin would host Middlebury and lutely the game you should be focusing negate that. All in all, it will be interest- Amherst would welcome Colby for the on,” Carmean added. “There are no easy ing to see who comes out ahead.” who we’ll be playing Sunday 4-5 game. games in this league. We realize a loss Tonight will prove to be exciting for But if everything went the way it is would do away with our chances of a NESCAC lacrosse with all 10 teams fac- [tonight] after Bowdoin.” supposed to, the league wouldn’t be home game, but our first goal is to do ing off in their final contests of the regu- this deadlocked in the first place. The well [tonight] because everything else lar season. Bowdoin’s No. 3 standing Mike Daly Jumbos and the rest of the NESCAC is really up to other people. We’re just is the only spot that will be unaffected Coach will just have to wait to see how the going to try and take care of what we can by today’s games while the rest of the pieces fall because, at this point, Tufts take care of.” 16 THE TUFTS DAILY ADVERTISEMENT Friday, April 30, 2010 The Tufts Student Fund LAST DAY
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