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Partly Cloudy Read It First 35/29 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXI, NUMBER 25 Friday, March 4, 2011 TUFTSDAILY.COM Revived political group aims to MBTA grants one-quarter of bring policymakers to campus funds to extend Green Line

b y Br e n t Ya r n e l l has emerged out of the Jonathan M. b y Victoria Me ss u r i would benefit the project, Krause said. Daily Editorial Board Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Daily Staff Writer The board wishes to proceed cau- Service. tiously and fund the project incremen- Students looking to participate in The Institute for Public Citizenship The Massachusetts Bay tally after learning that budget cuts pro- and engage with domestic politics will (IPC), established last month by soph- Transportation Authority (MBTA) posed in the House of Representatives now have a new opportunity to do so, Board of Directors on Feb. 7 approved would eliminate the Federal Transit thanks to a new student group that see IPC, page 3 $21.9 million for the Green Line Administration’s New Starts program, Extension Project, an amount that which indirectly provides money for represents just under a quarter of the the Green Line extension. $95 million in funds that MBTA offi- “[If funding for New Starts is elimi- cials had requested to complete the nated,] MassDOT and the MBTA will project. work closely with the state’s congres- The project, which has been in the sional delegation to identify other works since the early 1990s, would potential sources for funding,” MBTA extend the Green Line seven stops Spokesman Joe Pesaturo said. past its current Lechmere Station ter- These alternate sources may minus through the Union Square and include bonds from the state’s capital Medford Hillside neighborhoods. budget, a solution that would ulti- The approved funding will cover mately cost the state more money, approximately one year’s worth of ini- according to Krause. tial design and engineering for the The state initiated the Green Line extension, according to Ken Krause, Extension so that it may meet its legal a representative of the Medford obligation under the federal Clean Neighborhood Green Line Alliance. Air Act to offset the environmental The project is partially supported impact of the Big Dig, Boston’s 15-year by federal funding and partially from highway project, by December 2014. Commonwealth backing. “Around 1990, the Commonwealth Approval of the requested $95 mil- of Massachusetts had to agree to a lion would have financed the project number of public transit projects in for its projected remaining five years. order to get the environmental per- The extension is currently estimated to mits necessary to begin the Big Dig cost $1 billion. project,” Pesaturo said. “The Green

Danai Macridi/Tufts Daily The board made the decision to stem Line extension is one of the projects A new Tisch College-sponsored group will encourage students to engage in policy issues and their funding at $21.9 million because of interact with politicians. uncertainty about federal funding that see MBTA, page 2 Tufts-sponsored documentary contest announces winners

b y Sa r a h Tr a l i n s academic performance in inner-city Contributing Writer public schools. Faculty and graduate students in The Child and Family WebGuide, a the Child Development department Tufts-run online resource for informa- reviewed the WebGuide, which is tion on parenting and child develop- meant to be a trustworthy resource for ment, announced the winners of its parents, Castillo said. inaugural documentary contest Feb 15. In the future, submitted films from The 501c3: Capturing Change on the contest will be incorporated into Camera video contest, launched in the website. October, provided an opportunity for Fred Rothbaum, a professor of child filmmakers to showcase the work of development and co-founder of the nonprofits assisting children and fami- WebGuide, led a team of three students lies through documentary films. in executing the contest, which accept- The WebGuide, which sponsored ed submissions between October and the contest, is a joint product of the December. Eliot-Pearson Department of Child “The work of volunteers and non- Development and Tisch Library. profits is underappreciated,” Rothbaum Jodi Bosin/Tufts Daily Tufts provided the contest with fund- said. “The 501c3 contest is intended to Combined-degree students balance their Tufts course load with classes at the New ing and insight, as members of the uni- help correct that problem — to high- England Conservatory and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. versity community offered advice and light their wonderful work.” guidance to help direct its organizers Rothbaum was satisfied with the to success, according to Kris Carter, a outcome of the contest’s first year, NEC dual-degree program graduate student in the Department of crediting his team of students with its Urban and Environmental Policy and success. Planning and one of the coordinators “The most rewarding aspect of this for the contest. project for me, the supervisor, was comes with challenges Ben Tuller, a 2008 graduate of the working with the students,” Rothbaum b y Sa r a h St r a n d Tufts operates combined degree University of California, San Diego, said. “It was a treat for me to see them Daily Editorial Board programs with both the New England won first place for “A New Way Home.” envision our [public relations] cam- Conservatory (NEC) and the School of the The film documents the George Mark paign, the prizes, the website describ- Think your current course load is Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA). The Children’s House in California, which ing the project, the selection of judges tough? Try doubling it. NEC program, however, which began in cares for children and families that and every other aspect of the 501c3 Many Jumbos find themselves spread 1978, is unique in its application process have life-limiting illnesses. contest.” thin: between school, jobs, extracurric- and size. The second-place winner, “Chess Carter and co-coordinator Tiffany ular activities and having a social life, Students pursuing a combined degree Saved My Life,” was a documentary by Castillo, a senior, both hope the videos students pack their undergraduate years with SMFA apply to both schools sepa- New York City-based filmmaker Bao will be shared in communities and spur densely. But Tufts’ combined degree stu- rately, and those who are accepted to both Nguyen about the nonprofit Chess- awareness on the impact of nonprofits dents might know this better than anyone are accepted into the program. Associate in-the-Schools, an organization that else — in five years they earn not one but uses chess to boost self-esteem and see CONTEST, page 3 two full degrees. see COMBINED DEGREE, page 2

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In a unique take on the News | Features 1 Classifieds 6 documentary, “Utopia Preppy attire sheds its in Four Movements” elitist ties in “The Ivy Comics 4 Sports Back combines film, live Look.” Arts | Living 5 narration and music.

see ARTS, page 5 see ARTS, page 5 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News | Features Friday, March 4, 2011 THE TUFTS DAILY NEC combined-degree students describe double life Al e x a n d r a W. Bo g u s COMBINED DEGREE intricacies of each campus. Yet given the Myers said — about seven Tufts credits. Editor-in-Chief continued from page 1 selectivity of the program, those accept- “It kind of sucks to go to two completely Editorial Dean of Undergraduate Education Jeanne ed are usually ready for challenges and different institutions that don’t talk to each Dillon, who also serves as an advisor to excited to be able to pursue two pas- other,” freshman Peter Atkinson said. “As Mick Brinkman Krever students in combined degree programs, sions at once, Dillon said. dual-degree students, we are expected to Saumya Vaishampayan said that applying for the NEC program “It’s a whole different world, a whole meet the needs of both institutions, which Managing Editors requires an extra step. different set of expectations,” she said. can be hard.” Martha Shanahan Executive News Editor Michael Del Moro News Editors The admissions committee reviews “Usually the people who get into this pro- Regardless, enrolling in the combined Nina Ford candidates accepted to both schools and gram are ready for this. They know they degree program is often a hard oppor- Ben Gittleson then selects a maximum of five students have to divide their time between practice tunity to pass up for the academically Amelie Hecht Ellen Kan who are invited to participate in the dual- and what Tufts requires.” and musically talented. Only a handful Daphne Kolios degree program, she said. According to Adding to the difficulty of scheduling of other schools, including Columbia, Kathryn Olson Matt Repka Dillon, about 140 prospective students classes, Tufts and NEC operate on com- Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt Corinne Segal applied to program for next fall. pletely divergent schedules. Combined- Universities, offer comparable programs. Jenny White Brent Yarnell Only 16 students are enrolled in the degree students also run into trouble, for By attending both a music conservatory Elizabeth McKay Assistant News Editors NEC program as a result, while the SMFA example, when Tufts declares a Thursday and an academic institution, students Laina Piera combined program has significantly more to be run on a Monday schedule while are spared having to choose music over Rachel Rampino Minyoung Song students, Dillon said. In contrast with the NEC does not. another subject area or vice versa. Derek Schlom Executive Features Editor SMFA program, which has experienced “My friends say one of my extracurricu- “I’ve basically been putting off as Jon Cheng Features Editors dropout rates of up to 50 percent in recent lar activities is arranging and re-arranging long as I can the decision between Sarah Korones Emilia Luna years, students who begin the NEC pro- my schedule,” Kate Schimmer, a fifth-year music and academics,” Myers said. Romy Oltuski gram rarely, if ever, fail to receive both NEC program student, said. “And with this program I can continue Alexa Sasanow degrees, Dillon added. Another challenge is the required com- stringing that along.” Falcon Reese Assistant Features Editors Angelina Rotman The combined-degree program allows mute between the two campuses, which Though signing up for the combined- Sarah Strand students to fully take advantage of two high- lie on opposite banks of the Charles degree program involves shoving eight Amelia Quinn ly regarded institutions without settling on River. A free shuttle runs between the two years of curriculum into five years and Ben Phelps Executive Arts Editor a lesser level of instruction in any one area, schools, but maneuvering through Boston paying for two extra semesters, students Emma Bushnell Arts Editors Mitchell Geller according to Mary Weber, an academic and traffic on a cramped bus with musical in the program are dedicated to their Rebecca Santiago international student advisor at NEC. instruments can be tiresome. pursuits. Schimmer, who will be graduat- Matthew Welch Allison Dempsey Assistant Arts Editors “It allows students to fulfill a lot of their “I’m very glad that we have the shut- ing from the program at the end of this Andrew Padgett passions and dreams,” Weber said. “It’s tle,” junior Will Myers said. “But the semester, described the degree as the Joseph Stile a good option in comparison to a place schedule that it runs on and the drivers perfect way to exist in two worlds at once. Ashley Wood where you could do a double major; it’s a can be suspect.” Atkinson agreed. Rebekah Liebermann Executive Op-Ed Editor higher standard.” Logistical issues aside, meeting the “I think it’s definitely worth it. I’d be Bhushan Deshpande Op-Ed Editors Larissa Gibbs Attending two rigorous colleges con- requirements of two separate schools in sacrificing too much to pick one or the David Kellogg currently, of course, has drawbacks. five years is a major challenge. Those com- other,” Atkinson said. “In that regard, it is Rachel Oldfield Jeremy Ravinsky Combined degree students complete a pleting a combined degree sometimes take definitely worth it. It’s challenging, but I Daniel Stock dense course load while navigating the up to ten courses between the two schools, appreciate the challenge that it presents.” Elaine Sun Devon Colmer Cartoonists Erin Marshall Alex Miller Louie Zong Craig Frucht Editorialists Kerianne Okie Concern about federal support leads to decreased funding Michael Restiano Joshua Youner MBTA ties in Medford and Somerville to give will be greatly alleviated by the Route Ben Kochman Executive Sports Editor continued from page 1 drivers a more attractive option for 16 stop, Krause added, with approxi- Philip Dear Sports Editors the Commonwealth agreed to do.” travel, Krause said. mately 10,000 people within walking Lauren Flament Claire Kemp MassDOT, however, announced in July “If the Route 16 station were built, distance of the proposed station. Alex Lach that the extension will not be completed there would be three stops close to the “We need to continue to demon- Alex Prewitt until October 2015 at the earliest. Tufts campus: Ball Square … College strate the importance of this project Daniel Rathman Noah Schumer Massachusetts will therefore in the Avenue in the middle and a Route for the environment, and for increased Ethan Sturm interim implement other projects to 16 stop by Boston Avenue — a way mobility,” Krause said. “Boston is so Matthew Berger Assistant Sports Editors Aaron Leibowitz improve air quality, according to Krause. for people to travel within campus,” dense already, it’s hard to put in more David McIntyre The extension project is aimed at Krause told the Daily. roads, which is not something we’d Ann Sloan serving densely populated communi- Congestion on Mystic Valley Parkway want anyway.” Meredith Klein Executive Photo Editor Virginia Bledsoe Photo Editors Jodi Bosin Danai Macridi Dilys Ong James Choca Assistant Photo Editors Lane Florsheim Meagan Maher Justin McCallum Oliver Porter Ashley Seenauth Aalok Kanani Staff Photographers Andrew Morgenthaler Kristiina Yang Executive New Media Editor PRODUCTION Andrew Petrone Production Director Sarah Davis Executive Layout Editor Leanne Brotsky Layout Editors Adam Gardner Jason Huang Jennifer Iassogna Sarah Kester Alyssa Kutner Steven Smith Rebecca Alpert Assistant Layout Editors Jennifer Betts Shoshanna Kahne Mackenzie Loy Alexia Moustroufi Emily Rourke Alexandra Husted Executive Copy Editor Sara Eisemann Copy Editors Niki Krieg Andrew Paseltiner Zehava Robbins Elisha Sum Ashley Cheng Assistant Copy Editors Benjamin Considine Linh Dang Patrick Donnelly Lauren Greenberg Drew Lewis Mitchell Mosk Rebecca Raskind Melissa Roberts Alexandra Salerno Alison Williams Stefanie Yeung Darcy Mann Executive Online Editor Emily Denton Online Editors William Wong Ammar Khaku Executive Technical Manager Michael Vastola Technical Manager

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Friday, March 4, 2011 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News | Features 3 Small-group discussions with political leaders among IPC’s goals IPC the White House and members of the continued from page 1 media, Peckham said. omore Eric Peckham, aims to create a “All the discussion series are small nonpartisan community for students roundtable discussions. They’re infor- interested in pursuing domestic poli- mal, for the most part off the record. tics and public policy. So those will really be an opportunity Peckham, a Tisch Scholar, decided for people to come in and just say to create the IPC as part of an indi- what they think … giving students vidual project each scholar is asked the opportunity to sit down with a to head. He hopes to create an on- leader in public policy to share his or campus community for students her experience about getting elected, interested in policy issues in part working your way up through gov- through social events such as a State ernment bureaucracy [and] stuff like of the Union address viewing party that,” he said. in January, but also through more Peckham said small-group sessions traditional political initiatives, like are more beneficial than large, high- encouraging voter registration and profile lectures for students wishing bringing high-profile public policy to engage with policymakers leaders to campus for small-group “Usually, when a high-profile lead- courtesy Ben Tuller discussions. er comes to campus ... if you’re lucky, Ben Tuller won first place for his documentary “A New Way Home,” his submission in a child The group is a reincarnation of a you get to shake their hand or ask development department-sponsored filmmaking contest. previous Tisch initiative with a simi- them one question at the end,” he lar name that disbanded in 2008, said. “By having a smaller discussion according to Tisch College Director group — 20 to 25 people — you really - and Associate Dean Nancy Wilson. get a lot more out of it.” Peckham said his revived group Sophomore Jameelah Morris, an test celebrates its completion was more focused on providing local IPC member, said the group will host internships and encouraging engage- former White House press secretaries CONTEST “I was impressed by the level of ment in state and local politics as as well as news analysts as speakers continuedInaugural from page 1 nonprofit-focusedprofessionalism these film nonprofits con pro- opposed to national politics. at the discussion centered on the on families. The contest intended to jected,” Adler said. “I most enjoyed the The IPC will encourage student White House and the press. support nonprofit organizations by storytelling and high level of engage- activism in public policy partly by Morris said the IPC-sponsored dis- helping them expand their network ment in the films. It was hard to make helping members obtain part- cussions are meant to foster a con- and resources, Castillo said. a decision, although some were more time research internships with the versation on campus and educate Even the nonprofits featured in submis- compelling than others.” Massachusetts State House, an effort students about specific topics per- sions that that were not finalists in the Ultimately, the films’ emotional Wilson believed would be valuable in taining to current issues in politics. contest will still be able to benefit from the impact was not to be underestimated, the long-term for students. “We’re bringing people who have videos in the future, Castillo said. Adler said. “We had many students leverage experience in those fields in the hope “Media is a new way of tapping into “There were a couple programs that those internships for jobs and for that students in the future can have a larger market and an easier way to tugged at the heart, and that … made honors theses,” Wilson said. intellectual discussions about those spread the word and let people know, all the difference,” she said. Freshman Jacob Wessel, president of topics.” this is what we’re doing,” Castillo said. Rothbaum and the rest of the team civic engagement for the IPC, said the Wilson said the Tisch College pro- “I honestly hope that now that they are excited to continue with another group will collaborate with other pub- vided initial financial support and have the videos they didn’t before that round of the contest next year. lic policy and active citizenship groups strategic advisement for the IPC, as they can use the videos to recruit vol- “We hit major cities and took every like Tufts Votes to further its goals. it does for other on-campus public unteers and spread information.” youth and family and child nonprofit The IPC plans to host discussion policy student groups. Contest judges, including Belle Adler, and e-mailed and called them,” Carter series based around specific top- “We typically don’t try to hold on to an associate professor of journalism at said. “We reached out to every gradu- ics. 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b y Jo h n -Mi c h a e l Se q u e i r a shopping mall in Dongguan, China Daily Staff Writer to the creation of Esperanto as a “universal” language, but Green Film may be a half step behind remains a fascinated observer musicWith as a rapidly film traded digitaland throughout, performance, never lapsing into ‘Utopia’ a novel take on an old form commodity, but the medium is either didacticism or polemics. well on its way toward an irrevers- This isn’t the disembodied voice ible evolution. As film stock gets of an overanxious political radical. replaced by zeros and ones, the Instead, it’s a flesh-and-blood man, classic experience of a night at and one whose enthusiasm can’t the cinema recedes into the past. help but wash over his audience. What remains is a web-based mar- This quality of passive, inter- ket for instantly accessible art, but ested observation characterizes the only a fragmented online com- work as a whole. In a sense, it’s munity with which to share it — feature-length portraiture, telling we’re oversaturated with content stories rather than espousing plat- but can no longer tap into the forms and speaking to the heart, common film-going experience not the head. It’s all too rare that a we once had. documentary can claim such an With an unexpected step in the approach along with provocative other direction, Sam Green and intellectual content, but here it is a Dave Cerf offer up “Utopia in Four feat made to look easy. Movements,” a “live documentary” The film is effective precisely shadowing the rise and fall of faith because — not in spite — of Green’s in humanity’s collective future. The reticence to offer up a prepackaged film is full of fever dreams of prog- solution or mandate for human ress and promise that never quite behavior. Pressed hard enough, caught on but can proffer wisdom would he have some idea, some pre- even as they disappear. As the film scription for our society? Probably. plays, the co-directors gently guide But he’s too honest a storyteller for Courtesy Ashmont Media/Institute of Contemporary Art their audience through these visions that, and too willing to admit his Dave Cerf provides lighting to complement Sam Green’s soothing narration. of a better tomorrow, with Cerf in own smallness in the scope of an the shadows manipulating sound, idea so grand as utopia. cal bonds that keep them tied to shot of fervor in plain color, a sort all, just wondering aloud. Green taking the stage with honest Right alongside that honesty one another. And that, on the face of far-off respect for those baptized At first, the meaning in each and unadorned narration and the comes a careworn, unpolished of it, is exactly what makes Green’s with idealism — a reverence for the movement may seem as fleeting Quavers giving a live musical perfor- beauty that slips directly into his live, poignant and self-effacing budding hope and faith they show as the utopia it describes. But, if mance to shape the film’s score. filmmaking style. The portraits of narration a necessity, not a luxury. not only in their own selves but in you burrow deeply enough and If this all leans a bit toward per- its varied cast are positively gor- Along with the stirrings of the live the potential of humanity at large. search long enough, something formance art, it does so in a manner geous — simple frames of close- musical accompaniment, it creates Green wisely elects not to wallow will indeed take shape — far off in that draws the best from the medi- ups, often wreathed in natural light, a warm, tactile atmosphere, rich in sorrow or wanton longing for an the distance. um. There’s honesty without pre- make for non-elaborate but mem- with feeling and personality — it idealized version of the way things “Utopia in Four Movements” tension, clarity rather than obscu- orable shots. They offer clues into gives us something human. were. He doesn’t belabor the often premiered at the Sundance Film rity and that essential element of the meaning submerged beneath “Utopia” recognizes our flaws, harrowing nature of the times in Festival 2010 and is currently tour- humanity that’s often lacking in the the far-flung ideas on display. including fleeting ideologies, and which we live. Instead, he recogniz- ing across the country and interna- coldness of a traditional film. Beneath the layers, it is a picture dying movements with heartfelt es it, moves around it and begins tionally. It screened at the Institute The actual content of “Utopia” about human connection, about sentiment, more so than it mourns exploring, delving into the present of Contemporary Art in Boston on ranges from the world’s largest groups of people and the ideologi- them. What we’re left with is a snap- as a bridge to the future, and above Saturday, Feb. 26.

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b y As h l e y Wo o d Throughout the book, the most signifi- group that, as history shows, didn’t enjoy an natural fabrics instead of manmade ones Daily Editorial Board cant point the authors convey — though elitist position in society — embraced the or the fashion faux pas of wearing trousers never in the clearest terms — is that any Ivy look and made it their own. with front pleats, one can assume from the Buried within the book “The Ivy Look” person donning the Ivy look does so out of Toward the end, “The Ivy Look” begins to introduction that the authors aren’t snobs ‘Theis an Oscar Wilde Ivy quote Look’ that sums up its givesan appreciation brief for style and beauty. historyveer a littleof off topic.East The authors Coast stray from but preppy instead passionate connoisseurs attire of this intention: “To me, beauty is the wonder of In other words, the types of people who fashion when they decide to delve into the particular genre. And somehow, the two are wonders. It is only shallow people who do embrace the Ivy look can vary drastically, influence of film — a topic that cannot be not one and the same. not judge by appearances.” from college professors to modernist paint- sufficiently covered in the limited text for- In his introduction, Gaul writes of Ivy, “It With an oxymoronic mixture of Ivy style ers, because it simply represents an interest mat that they give each section. is a wardrobe that bestows tradition and elitism and fashion socialism, Graham in creativity and appearance, a characteris- Next comes a section on cars, which elegance upon those who were not born Marsh and JP Gaul embark on an attempt tic not confined by profession or social class. seems added for no reason except to dem- into backgrounds of tradition and elegance. to explain why the Ivy look, aka “preppy” This idea sheds away some of the abrasive onstrate that Volkswagen Beetles and It’s a quiet, decidedly un-flashy way of com- style, is both exclusive and refined, while at elitism that often comes with the style, Porsche Speedsters were cool. Cars are municating an appreciation for clothes.” the same time flattering to any person who further supported by the fact that black illogically lumped in with cigarettes, their This is the most interesting statement in the embraces it. jazz musicians in the 1950s and 1960s — a only connection being that “in the 1950s whole book, and it is unfortunate that it is and 1960s everybody smoked” and that not delved into further. sometimes smoking occurred in cars. The Instead, the rest of “The Ivy Look” con- book then ends in a bizarre one-page ode to cerns itself with superficial descriptions of Steve McQueen, whom the authors call “the things that are or were “cool.” This goes best dressed bad boy in Hollywood.” hand in hand with one of the benefits of the Despite its drawbacks, however, the book, which is that it is short, straightfor- book makes some interesting points about ward and light on text, but much of the dis- Ivy style and its relationship with men’s cussion nevertheless remains surface level. fashion. A woman’s perspective of men’s It’s possible that the authors simply did fashion, especially when it comes to suits, not have time to delve any deeper if they often assumes that it all generally looks wanted to maintain the integrity of a fash- the same. Marsh and Gaul could not dis- ion book heavy on visual images. agree more. And indeed, the best aspect of “The Ivy “The details make the difference,” they Look” is its immense compilation of vin- write, and, in fact, the two spend most tage men’s clothing advertisements and of the book explaining the subtle, illusive vinyl covers. It provides context, as well nuances between buttoning one button as the chance for an interesting sociologi- and buttoning two, deck shoes and saddle cal study of how advertisers approached shoes, club collars and tab collars, and so men’s fashion. forth. A category of fashion that was seem- Although there are drawbacks to “The Ivy ingly limited to a monotonous suit-shirt- Look,” Marsh and Gaul are sincerely pas- tie combo is actually a complicated and sionate about style in a way that is rarely delicate balance of masculinity and fashion seen among men anymore. Their attention sense, toeing the line between not trying to specific detail, as well as the unique con- too hard and simultaneously paying atten- nection they make between Ivy style and tion to something like the placement, roll jazz is both interesting and unexpected. and style of one’s shirt collar. Overall, the two diehard, Ivy-clothed Dilys Ong/Tufts Daily While the book lays down some elitist authors should be able to convince just ‘The Ivy Look’ strives to convince readers that ‘it’s hip to be square.’ Ivy-look claims, such as the necessity for about any reader that “it’s hip to be square.” 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports Friday, March 4, 2011

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Top Ten | Strange But True College Rules BYU sophomore Brandon Davies was strict set of rules meant to instill discipline, Mumbo Jumbo dismissed this week from the Cougars’ including a regulation prohibiting members third-ranked basketball team for the most of the opposite sex from sitting on the same heinous of BYU honor code violations: He set of furniture. But what about loveseats? had premarital sex with his girlfriend. We won’t ask, you won’t tell.... The university has a strict honor code, I believe that our team this which requires all students to abstain from 5. Clearwater Christian College: This alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee Florida institution prohibits couples from “ year could beat any team, at and substance abuse, and attend church standing near parked cars or swimming regularly. But we at the Daily don’t think the together. Breaststroke, anyone? administration at BYU has gone nearly far any level, when we play to our enough. Below are some stipulations at other 4. The BCS System: OK, so this actually schools that BYU should be inspired by: isn’t a strange college rule. But it’s equally ability. ridiculous. 10. Iona College: At this New York college, students are forbidden from rollerblading, 3. Bob Jones University: At this South ” skateboarding and sledding. But where are Carolina school, students are prohibited from —Tufts transfer sophomore Matt Callahan, on the potential we going to get our shred on, brah? listening to rock ‘n’ roll and owning movie- dominance of the No. 1 men’s lacrosse team in 2011 star posters, televisions, DVD players and 9. Penryn College: In this institution in violent video games. the United Kingdom, several regulations are imposed on personal style: watches must be 2. Tufts University: In a BYU-inspired move, of a “traditional” style and makeup is not Tufts responded to widespread roommate Callahan, a transfer from Div. I Fairfield University, joins the allowed. Clearly, everyone at Penryn is already orgies with a rule last year that does not allow men’s lacrosse team in hopes of defending its 2010 NCAA Div. good-looking enough. sex in a room while a roommate is present. III title. Callahan’s skills on defense will be instrumental in the 8. Tufts Daily Sports: We may not be 1. Liberty University: This institution, Jumbos’ quest for a repeat trip to the championship after last technically a “school,” but we’ve banned founded by evangelical Christian Jerry Falwell, Cheetos in our office. Laugh it up, people, has by far the craziest rules. Students are year’s graduation left the team greatly depleted in the back- but those things are dangerously cheesy. barred from horseplay, witchcraft, seances (or field. Senior quad-captain longstick midfielder Alec Bialosky, other occult activities), association with those 7. Oral Roberts University: This televangelist consuming alcohol, entering the room of a sophomore midfielder Sam Diss and freshman defenseman namesake does not allow raffles on its member of the opposite sex, “deception,” Dan Alles will also work to fill gaps left by the class of 2010. campus. Seriously. attending a dance and watching R-rated movies. National No. 1 Tufts will open the season at home against Am- 6. West Point: Our nation’s finest have a —compiled by the Daily Sports Department herst on March 12.

Barba will face toughest foes of TAKE YOUR PROFESSOR TO LUNCH DURING MAJORS WEEK season this weekend at Dartmouth WOMEN’S SQUASH and only nine losses. Michael, at the No.1 continued from page 8 spot, has a record of 6-12, albeit against things … but when you are on a team, you superior competition. have to be part of the team and make time As captain, Barba has also established for it,” Velez said. herself as a leader on a team in which two MARCH 7—11 2011 Barba is looking forward to competing starting players came into the season with Ask your favorite or soon to be favorite teacher to lunch at Carmichael or Dewick- in the CSA tournament for her first time. no prior squash experience. MacPhie Halls and SPIRIT will foot the bill. More information will be provided in an In the two weeks since returning from the The weekend will certainly be a chal- email to all undergraduates. Walker Cup, she has practiced consistently lenge for the junior, however, as she will with Velez and teammate No. 4 sophomore likely be facing either No. 1 players from MAJORS WEEK OPEN HOUSES Jess Rubine to prepare. similarly ranked teams or players from the “I didn’t really question it that much,” top three or four spots on higher ranked Barba said of Velez’s decision. “I know that’s teams that send numerous players to the what [my coach] wanted, and it’s what tournament. Barba’s competition will be Sociology Department made sense in the end for our team.” stiffer than what she has faced all season March 2 12:00-1:15 pm Barba has undoubtedly had her high long. History Department 124 Eaton Hall Reception points this season, including the only indi- “I don’t really know what to expect at 12:00-1:20 pm March 8 vidual Tufts wins against NESCAC oppo- this point. I think it will be a really good East Hall Lounge Physics Department nents Hamilton and Bowdoin. 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Friday, March 4, 2011 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 7 Physical and mental tests intended to build toughness for season’s challenges MEN’S LACROSSE continued from page 8 12 season-opener against NESCAC-rival Amherst, the team hopes to reinforce the skills Judgment Day emphasizes. “I was able to see some of what the team participated in last year during [senior Arlin Ladue’s] documentary, ‘Road to the Championship’ (2010), but I don’t really know what to expect,” first- year attackman Jack McDermott said. “Judging by what I’ve heard from the upperclassmen, it’s challenging, yet an incredibly worthwhile experience for our betterment.” The team’s seasoned veterans can anticipate some of what Kapitulik will demand of them, but senior quad-captain Ryan Molloy said that even returning players could be in for a few twists when Sunday afternoon rolls around. “All of the guys who competed in Judgment Day last year tried to instill what we learned into the freshmen and create recurring themes for them,” Molloy, an attackman, said. “I think we are a little more prepared this year, but at the same time, we have no idea what they’re going to throw at us, so it’s almost like we’re going into it blind again.” Last year, the Jumbos’ were pushed Courtesy Drew Innis to their physical boundaries, treading During last year’s ‘Judgment Day,’ the lacrosse team was made to perfect the jumping jack. water in full sweatsuits and carrying teammates the length of a lacrosse field. The military presence at Judgment Day get by doing the bare minimum. I think “The staff is only there for two days, so But the program also tested players’ puts the Jumbos’ season in perspective. our upperclassmen will really help the the choice is left up to the team of whether mental strength and leadership capaci- “If people are willing to risk their lives young guys, too, but we’re going to really we just want to get better for two days and ties. Daly has stressed mental tough- for a greater cause, then we should cer- work at pushing it.” go through the motions or whether we’re ness during the offseason. tainly be able to focus and practice in a The veterans also feel that they have going to get better the whole season,” “Personally, the most challenging part game,” McDermott said. more to gain from participating in anoth- McCormick said. “[Last year] we decided of Judgment Day is when you’re called The Jumbos feel that they are well er Judgment Day. Molloy explained that, to take what we learned from Judgment out to lead the team,” Molloy said. “You conditioned for Kapitulik’s challenge. last year, the lessons the team learned Day and got better the whole season.” have to remember all the instructions, Throughout the fall, the team worked defined the season. Sometimes, Judgment Day boils down to compete in all the events and delegate out during captains’ practices and con- “When it came to the tight games refining even the most basic skills. to teammates what you want them to do. ditioned in the weight room almost we were able to pull it out and come “We worked on doing one perfect jump- But that’s also the most beneficial part.” daily to reach their physical peaks for up with big plays like we really hadn’t ing jack,” Daly said. “The point Eric ham- From their American-flag-themed the season. before,” he said. mered home to our guys was that if we helmets to their camouflaged shooting “One thing we learned last year was According to McCormick, a national- don’t have the discipline and attention to shirts, patriotism is a core principle for never to just get through something but championship-caliber team must con- do one perfect jumping jack, how could Daly’s squad. The team aims to emulate to attack it,” junior midfielder Kevin tinue to embody Kapitulik’s lessons of we expect to apply that in a whole lacrosse the military’s values of commitment each McCormick said. “That’s something teamwork, leadership and persistence far game where there are so many other mov- time it takes the field. about Judgment Day. There’s no way to past the Marine’s early-March visit. ing factors and scenarios?”

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The baseball team, fresh off a 34-7 campaign that ended with the team’s first NESCAC title since 2002 and broke the program record for wins, has been ranked No. 15 in the nation by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association as it heads into the 2011 season. The Jumbos stood at No. 10 in 2010’s final poll and will look to break into the top 10 again begin- ning on March 18 against Lynchburg College. The game will kick off a week-long stretch of games on the road for the Jumbos during Tufts’ spring break. The Jumbos will return seven of their nine starting position players, including arguably the best infield in the conference. Junior third baseman Sam Sager and senior shortstop David LeResche both earned spots on the All-NESCAC First Team last season, while senior second baseman Frank Petroskey was a Second Team honoree in his first year at Tufts. The team’s leaders in home runs (senior David Orlowitz) and on-base percentage (senior Ben Walkley)

Courtesy Alix Michael will once again anchor the lineup. Junior Alix Michael, left, was Tufts’ No. 1 player for the bulk of this season, yet coach Belkys Velez decided to send No. 3 player Seniors Derek Miller—who led the Mercedes Barba to the CSA Individuals instead. team with 52.1 innings pitched—and Ed Bernstein, who struck out 42 bat- ters in 29 frames out of the bullpen, Coach Velez chooses No. 3 Barba over No. will pave the way for the pitching staff. With both talent and experience 1 Michael for CSA Individual Tournament on their side, the Jumbos should be among the best teams in the regio- b y An n Sl o a n on the ladder for the majority of the team’s ing Michael surprised to find her season this spring. Daily Editorial Board 9-14 season. Her efforts included a decisive ended prematurely. five-game win that earned Tufts a 5-4 vic- “I was definitely surprised and disap- Most collegiate teams will send their No. tory over Colby in last weekend’s Walker pointed, but ultimately it is the coach’s 1 player to the CSA Individual Tournament Cup, a team win which moved the Jumbos decision, and I wish Mercedes the best of Derosa named to All- this weekend at Dartmouth College. Yet up to No. 21 from No. 24 in the national luck because she is a teammate. I hope she Tufts coach Belkys Velez decided two rankings. In the same match, Barba lost a does well,” Michael said. NESCAC for third time weeks ago to bypass No.1 Alix Michael to heartbreaker 11-9 in the fifth set. According to Velez, Barba’s superi- send junior co-captain Mercedes Barba, Yet despite the fact that Michael was or effort and devotion to the team was the team’s No.3 player this season, to the the team’s best player all season, Velez still enough to make her more worthy of the Tufts’ senior forward Tom Derosa national tournament instead. decided that her No. 1 player was not the spot than Michael. has been recognized as one of the “I can understand if [Michael] is disap- most deserving candidate to represent “As a coach, you have to see who gives top athletes in NESCAC hockey for pointed, but I think as a coach I will always Tufts at the national tournament. Velez’s you more during the season, who works the third year in a row. Yesterday, make my decision for the team. All the girls first choice was the veteran Koo, who rep- hard, who was there all the time, which Derosa was named to the All-NESCAC were working hard and I [made] my deci- resented Tufts at last year’s tournament. person was doing everything,” she said. second team — his third conference sion based on who deserves it,” Velez said. Yet the senior co-captain was unable to “Everyone has commitments and other honor in his three seasons playing for Michael beat out both Barba and senior make the time commitment this weekend, the Jumbos since his 2008 transfer co-captain Valerie Koo for the No. 1 spot so she went with Barba instead, leav- see WOMEN’S SQUASH, page 6 from Merrimack College. Derosa finished this season as the No. 4 scorer in the league with 11 goals and is tied for the third-most Men’s Lacrosse assists with 21, despite Tufts’ dis- mal 6-16-1 record. He completes his Once again, Jumbos take to the battlefield Tufts hockey career with 41 goals, 50 assists and 91 points in his 72 games in a blue and brown uniform — lead- ‘Judgment Day’ training weekend arrives for defending national champs ing the team’s scoring in his three b y Ka t e Kl o t s seasons of play. Daily Staff Writer

The men’s lacrosse team may not have any scrimmages lined up for the last Sabreman Mingalone Saturday before the start of its regular season, but that hardly means a weekend off a regional All-Star for the Jumbos. On Sunday and Monday, the team will hit the pool deck, the gym and the practice field, as it participates in Junior Tyler Mingalone was named its second-annual Judgment Day training as one of the All-Stars in the Northeast program, as the team has dubbed it. Intercollegiate Fencing Conference, Hosted by Program Athletics, based the second time in his career that in Woburn, Mass., the two-day program he has attained All-Conference aims to improve teamwork and develop recognition. He was joined near the leadership skills. Coach Mike Daly (LA top of the conference standings by ’95) implemented the program last spring freshman and fellow sabreman Eli after Program Athletics employee and Kohlenberg, who compiled a 20-10 former Marine Eric Kapitulik reached out mark and just missed NIFC honors. to Tufts. Over the course of two days, On the women’s side, the Jumbos the Jumbos were pushed to their physi- were led by senior epeeist Georgia cal and mental limit. The team last year Ranes, who went 24-10. Freshman won the school’s first Div. III NCAA team Julia Hisey and junior Sara Danly both championship. won more than two-thirds of their This year, a young squad adds 13 fresh- bouts with the sabre. Tufts fencing men to the 44-man roster, and with just should vastly improve upon its 6-6 over a week until the Jumbos’ March record from this season with improved Courtesy Drew Innis performance from its foil squad. see MEN’S LACROSSE, page 7 Part of last year’s training regimen involved carrying teammates the length of a lacrosse field.