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Sunny Read It First 50/30 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXIII, NUMBER 7 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012 TUFTSDAILY.COM Tufts students to study Burton receives Eliot-Pearson in Cuba this summer award for ‘Reading Rainbow’ b y Me l i s s a Ma n d e l b a u m Americas dormitories, and the pro- b y Li z z Gr a i n g e r Contributing Writer gram will have an estimated twenty- Daily Editorial Board four participants in total, Director Thirteen Tufts students will have of International Programs at NSU Actor and entertainer LeVar the opportunity to study abroad William Alexander told the Daily. Burton took to the stage to a stand- in Cuba this summer through Courses, including Kaiser- ing ovation while being honored at Norfolk State University’s (NSU) Lenoir’s “Special Topics in Cuban Friday’s 6th annual Eliot-Pearson six-week program. Culture and Society Since the 1959 Awards for Excellence in Children’s The program will award two Revolution,” will give students Media in Distler Performance Hall. course credits to Tufts students and access to local experts. Burton earned the award for his is offered in Havana at Casa de las “I taught a similarly organized work as host and executive pro- Américas in the Academic Unit course at Tufts, but we didn’t have ducer of the PBS television series of the Schools of Letters and Art any Cuban experts, just experts on “Reading Rainbow”. History at the University of Havana. Cuba,” Kaiser-Lenoir explained. The annual event is co-spon- Both undergraduate and graduate “Cuba attracts people from all over sored by the Communications and students can enroll. the world that flock there to see Media Studies (CMS) program and “[Casa de las Américas is] one how things are put together. It’s the Eliot-Pearson Department of of the biggest intellectual centers not that everything works well, but Child Development. Its purpose is historically in Cuba,” Nina Gerassi- there are some things that work to recognize individuals, organiza- Navarro, an associate professor intriguingly effectively, so it’s an tions or companies with a com- Scott tingley/Tufts Daily of Latin American literature and interesting laboratory… [Cuba has] mitment to innovation, creativity, Actor and entertainer LeVar Burton was honored at Friday’s sixth annual culture and director of the Latin very impressive records in many diversity, non-violence and devel- Eliot-Pearson Awards for Excellence in Children’s Media. American studies program, said. key areas that are of central impor- opmental appropriateness in chil- director and producer of children’s received the award. Professor emeritus Claudia tance to people like health, educa- dren’s media. media,” CMS Program Director Dobrow said the criteria for the Kaiser-Lenoir, a former associate tion, and the environment.” In addition to his twenty- Julie Dobrow said. “LeVar has been award reflect media that are free professor in the Department of Alexander said he is happy to be six years of work on “Reading not only versatile, but truly ahead of stereotyping, show children var- Romance Languages and coordi- offering the program in conjunction Rainbow”, which came to a close of the curve in his efforts to use the ied cultural contexts and creatively nator of the trip, suggested that with Tufts. in 2006, Burton is well-known for power of television, film and now reflect thoughtful and civilly-en- Tufts students be invited on NSU’s “[Kaiser-Lenoir] taught our stu- his role as Kunta Kinte in “Roots” the digital world to inspire children gaged characters. program after a recent regulation dents for five weeks this past sum- and as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge and encourage them to read.” “In evaluating children’s media change allowed universities to mer [in Cuba], and the students in the “Star Trek” franchise. He also Dobrow presented Burton with content, we look for media that are include students from other uni- were just thrilled with her energy directed the 1999 Disney Channel the framed Eliot-Pearson Award appropriately pitched for children versities on their Cuba programs. and knowledge,” he said. Original Movie “Smart House”. as well as a Tufts Jumbo hat and in different developmental levels,” Kaiser-Lenoir taught classes in Although faculty of the “We selected LeVar Burton this sweatshirt. Dobrow said. “We look for media Cuba last summer when NSU first International Relations Program, year because of his long-standing Last year, comedian, writer, actor that have good humor, intelligence brought students to Cuba in a ten- the International Letters and Visual commitment to promoting diver- and producer Bill Cosby along with and good production values. We week program. sity, equality and literacy in his Harvard Medical School Professor Lodging will be in the Casa de las see CUBA, page 2 many outstanding roles as an actor, of Psychiatry Alvin Poussaint see BURTON, page 2
Qualters named CELT director Deja Blue! b y Ma h p a r i So t o u d e h spective in the field of education made her a Daily Editorial Board good candidate. “I think that one of the things that I really Donna Qualters on Jan. 3 was appoint- liked from Donna when we got to know her ed the new director for the Center for the as a candidate is that she has the multidisci- Enhancement of Learning and Teaching plinary perspective to education that we need (CELT). The center, which was founded by for a university,” Blanco said. “I think she’s Former Dean of Arts and Sciences Robert bringing a strong experience in professional Sternberg in 2006 and is part of the Office education and graduate and undergraduate of the Provost, works with and supports education from different fields and different university faculty in pioneering new and perspectives.” innovative teaching methods through ini- Soisson emphasized Qualters’ interest in tiatives such as the Academic Leadership the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, a Development Program and the Faculty program which encourages faculty to pub- Fellows Seminar, which helps faculty hone lish educational research, as a key reason for their skills as teachers. Qualters’ appointment to the post. Soisson Qualters was selected from a nationwide added that encouraging faculty to conduct search following the departure of former CELT and publish research on educational methods Director Linda Jarvin. She previously held the would improve standards of teaching within position of director of the Center for Teaching the higher education milieu. Excellence at Suffolk University where she was “She has a track record for highlighting also chair of and associate professor in the opportunities for faculty using innovative Education and Human Services Department. teaching methods to share them through con- Experience in the field makes Qualters a ducting educational research,” she explained. good fit to lead CELT and her legacy of encour- “Publishing Tufts faculty research on teaching aging research opportunities for the faculty and learning will mean that we can have an at the previous institutions in which she has impact on a wider audience in higher educa- worked adds to her credentials, according to tion and contribute to innovative thinking CELT Associate Director Annie Soisson. about how we can better help students learn. “Donna brings to CELT a depth and This is a logical next step for CELT, and one breadth of experience working in faculty that Donna is very ready to lead.” development and has, in the last two insti- Qualters plans to uphold CELT’s current tutions where she worked, created teach- programming and aims to develop her plans MCT ing and learning centers,” Soisson said. “She for the center during this semester. As in 2008, the Giants marched the sideline that led to Ahmad Bradshaw’s has also published research on teaching and “The CELT has a wide variety of program- length of the field in the final minutes eventual game-winning touchdown run. learning in higher education, which made ming going … we work with the faculty on to sink the Patriots in the Super Bowl The Super Bowl XLVI victory marked the her a compelling candidate.” many areas of teaching and leadership,” she last night. There was no helmet catch fourth championship in Giants history, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development said. “We’re thinking about getting more this time, but there was a clutch 38-yard and Eli Manning took home MVP honors at the School of Medicine Maria Blanco grab from Mario Manningham along the for the second time in his career. added that Qualters’ multidisciplinary per- see CELT, page 2
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Visiting the Hill this Week TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY “Breaking the Cycle of Bodily “G.I. Judas: Soldiering, Betrayal, “National College Comedy Shame: A Former Miss America and American Civil Religion” Competition Search at Tufts Contestant Speaks” Details: Jonathan Ebel, assistant University” Details: Former Miss America professor in the Department of Details: Tufts students vying for Contestant Nancy Redd, an author Religion at the University of Illinois a spot on the team for Rooftop of popular books that deal with at Urbana-Champaign, will com- Comedy’s National College Comedy young women’s body image and pare Christian worship and the Competition presented by TBS will attitudes toward diet and exercise, betrayal of Judas to the modern each perform a three-minute stand- will discuss the importance of devel- American worship of the image up set. The audience will vote for oping healthy relationships with of the soldier and the betrayal of eight students,who will compete food, exercise and body image. current and former soldiers of that against other schools in the com- When and Where: 7:00 p.m. to ideal. petition and will have the chance to 8:00 p.m.; Metcalf Hall Lounge When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to perform at the TBS Just for Laughs Courtesy of hl_1001a01 via Flickr Creative Commons Sponsors: The Women’s Center, 6:00 p.m.; Rabb Room, Lincoln Chicago festival. Thirteen Tufts students this summer will be able to study abroad in Cuba the Africana Center, Health and Filene Center When and Where: 10:00 p.m. to for six weeks through Norfolk State University’s abroad program. Wellness Services, the LGBT Center, Sponsors: The Department of 11:30 p.m.; Dewick-MacPhie Dining the Women’s Studies program. Religion, the American Studies pro- Hall gram Sponsors: Tufts Standup Comedy NSU gives Tufts students Collective —compiled by Laina Piera opportunity to study in Cuba CUBA six-week period, Tufts students continued from page 1 will only enroll in two courses, New CELT director Qualters surveying Studies Program, the Latin American and the program cost of $5,450 Studies Program, the Department reflects the difference, according of Romance Languages and the to Kaiser-Lenoir. campuses for broad perspective on Tufts Institute for Global Leadership last Tufts students will be accepted year made proposals for a semester- on the basis of their academic CELT she and Qualters aim to create Department of Education in the long non-Tufts program in Cuba in standing and particular interest in continued from page 1 a program that would tackle School of Arts and Sciences. conjunction with the Juan Marinello the program, according to Kaiser- involved in the schools.” we work the issue of diversity within the Qualters said that she is excit- Cuban Institute for Cultural Lenoir. with the faculty on many areas of classroom. ed to be working at Tufts and Research, that program never came NSU gives preference to appli- teaching and leadership. “[We] also hope to develop a explained that she has been to fruition. cants with some previous experi- Qualters also plans on incorpo- long term effort to ensure that attending faculty meetings and A student-organized petition ence with Spanish in either high rating educational research into faculty can effectively teach in visiting Tufts’ three campuses in last spring in support of a study school or college, according to faculty programming. diverse classrooms,” Soisson said. order to better understand the abroad program in Cuba collected Alexander. “I see faculty development as the “Addressing diversity in the class- needs of the university and adapt more than 100 signatures, accord- In 2004, regulations under for- faculty life-cycle and I’m hoping room is an increasingly important her plans to fit the requirements of ing to Rosario Dominguez, who was mer President George W. Bush were that if we talk to the faculty, there issue, and one that will require our the school. involved with the petition. enacted that forbade American will be some interest in scholar- focused attention.” “There’s some amazing teaching “A group of interested stu- undergraduates from studying in ship writing, bringing together fac- Qualters will also hold an activities going on here, and I think dents decided that we should get Cuba unless their accredited uni- ulty groups so they can be writing appointment as associate profes- there’s a rich opportunity to bring the word out to the entire Tufts versity offered courses for credit and conducting research around sor of the Department of Public what goes on the campus here,” community, so some of us start- for an entire semester within the their tasks,” she added. Health and Community Medicine she said. “I’m really spending the ed the petition,” Dominguez, a nation, Kaiser-Lenoir explained. Soisson also cited several of at the School of Medicine with time listening and meeting faculty junior, said. An annual license was required to Qualters’ project proposals, includ- a secondary appointment as and going to the different schools Kaiser-Lenoir said that a gen- offer such programming and few ing a green initiative, as reasons for adjunct associate professor in the and seeing where their needs are.” eral interest meeting on Jan. 25 for universities were able to maintain bringing her on board. the summer program attracted a license. Although Tufts held one, “CELT has developed a net- about forty students and many it utilized the license solely for work of faculty who are com- email inquiries. graduate study, usually for short- mitted to continuously improve Averi Becque, a junior, is con- term trips led by Kaiser-Lenoir. and develop innovations in their sidering participating in the pro- Despite the legal challenges, teaching, and with Donna’s guid- gram because of Cuba’s current some Tufts students have found ance, we can add to our sup- role in international affairs. ways in recent years to study in port of these efforts,” she said. “In “The changes [Cuba] is going Cuba. According to Foreign Study addition to the already solid offer- through right now are really Advisor Brian Libby, a handful of ings of the CELT Faculty Fellows, compelling ... with the political Tufts students were able to study reading groups, consultations reforms, now is a good time to get in Cuba in 2010 by technically and the Academic Leadership to know the country while there withdrawing from the university Development Program, co- are still a lot of vestiges of Castro’s and temporarily transferring to sponsored with the Office of the rule, before it opens up to US the State University of New York Provost and Human Resources, markets,” Becque explained. Oswego or Presbyterian College Donna hopes to pilot a faculty While NSU students will enroll to attend their programs in Cuba. mutual-mentoring program and SCOTT TINGLEY/Tufts Daily in three courses, due to a Tufts “Students are eager to immerse a green-course initiative.” Donna Qualters was previously the director of the Center for Teaching policy that prohibits transfer of themselves and increase their Soisson also mentioned that Excellence at Suffolk University. more than two credits during a proficiency,” he said.
Star Trek veteran LeVar Burton honored Compared with last year, Winter for contributions to children’s media Bash a ‘well-oiled machine’ thanks to some major logistical for Campus Life guided their peers. BURTON Pearson established the Ruggles genetic encoding,” he said. “All changes, this year’s Winter Bash “Our event staff has a really good continued from page 1 Street Nursery School in Boston of the members of my family are ran much more smoothly than in system for bus loading, so they look for media that are both edu- to serve children living in poverty; teachers. I feel that I come to the recent years. have it down to a science to do a cational and entertaining.” and this was in 1922.” work I do very honestly. Being a changes to last Friday’s event, in great job,” Greenberg said. “It helps The ceremony began with Gidney began his remarks by teacher bears and comes with which more than 2,000 students everyone get out of the event faster remarks from Dobrow, Dean of telling a story of being mistaken for certain responsibilities. You have were in attendance, included a and with less chaos.” Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger- Kunta Kinte — who Burton por- to take a personal interest with return to the Sheraton Boston Hotel, this year’s event also marked the Sweeney, Child Development trayed in the 1977 television mini- growth and development.” as well as the addition of a separate second year using a self-service coat Department Chair Jayanthi Mistry series “Roots” -— while traveling in Burton believes that combining DJ for the 21-plus section and a check system, which has resulted and Associate Professor of Child Poland. the two mediums of reading and larger event staff. in fewer lost items. A few students Development Chip Gidney. Gidney noted that while media television are tools for creating “I think there are a number of who left miscellaneous items behind “Your impact factor is off the reveal some negative influences positive change in the world. changes, this year over last year, can pick up their belongings at the charts,” Berger-Sweeney told through stereotypes and advertis- “I’ve said for many years that which helped a lot,” Greenberg, a information booth in the Mayer Burton in her introduction. ing, there are still a lot of positive I believe that television and the senior, said. “It’s a pretty well-oiled Campus Center starting Monday, Mistry provided a brief history benefits in media. attendant web we have created machine now.” Greenberg added. of the Child Development depart- “Media opens up a window around communications in this although a handful of students “Over 2,000 people brought their ment, founded at Tufts in 1964, and through which children can see world is the most powerful tool were hospitalized, Greenberg said coats to the event and there were the Eliot-Pearson Award, which into other worlds,” Gidney said. for creating growth and change in significantly fewer students were only maybe a dozen or so that honors innovation and creativity After the introductory speeches, society in the history of civiliza- taken to the hospital at this event were left behind,” Greenberg said. in media. She explained that the a slideshow was shown highlight- tion,” he said. than at last September’s Fall Ball, “Keeping everything organized kept award is affectionately known as ing Burton’s many roles through- Before leaving the stage after during which 17 students were things from getting out of hand.” “The Abby” after Abigail Adams out his career. his address, Burton thanked the hospitalized. greenberg added that he con- Eliot, after whom the department Burton took the stage to a stand- Tufts community for the award. “The vast majority of students sidered the event a success because is named. ing ovation and opened by men- “I thank you for this,” he said. were well behaved, and everyone the Sheraton Boston Hotel would “For over eighty years, our tioning “Smart House,” which reso- “I will hang it with genuine pride seemed to be having a pretty good allow Tufts to host another Winter department has been dedicated nated well with an audience that and appreciation. It isn’t often time,” Greenberg added. “Only a Bash there in future years. While to promoting the well-being of grew up with the Disney movie. that you realize or recognize that small handful [of students] had iso- nothing about next year’s event is children, families and their com- He said his mother’s passion there are people out there paying lated problems, so there wasn’t too set in stone, Greenberg said the munities,” Mistry said. “Our for reading and his family’s his- attention.” much that was unexpected.” changes Programming Board made department’s historical roots actu- tory as teachers, ministers and Burton energetically read one instead of hotel staff organizing to the event this year will help next ally resided in the early part of the soldiers helped him arrive at of his favorite books, “Enemy Pie” students back to the buses at the year’s Winter Bash run as smoothly childhood movement of the first where he is today. (2000) by Derek Munson, to first end of the night, some of the under- as last Friday’s. part of the twentieth century when “This is genuinely an honor. I and second graders sitting in the graduates who work for the Office —by Stephanie Haven Abigail Adams Eliot and Elizabeth believe there is such a thing as first two rows in Distler. 3
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Alyson Yee | Odd Jobs With solar panels, Tufts organization Don’t brings light to rural Haitian village question b y Na d e z h d a Ka z a k o va Daily Editorial Board my plans Securing a donation of solar et me preface this column by saying panels from BP Solar seems like this: I am a senior. This means that, it would be the most difficult as we edge closer and closer to grad- part of a student-run sustainable uation, I need to find better hiding energy project in an impover- places.L I’m spending most of my time evad- ished country. But a group of ing the inevitable Question. Total strangers Tufts students still had much want to know my Plans for the Future before more to do before they could they even know my name. bring electricity to a village in Remember high school, when your northern Haiti. dreaded parents’ friends asked where you Supported by the Institute wanted to go to college and made judgmen- for Global Leadership (IGL), tal “hmm” noises? Remember how excited the members of Sustainable you were when you could say, “Tufts,” and Energy Access for Haiti (SEAH) shut them up? The satisfaction was short- recently completed the installa- lived, because soon it was replaced by inqui- tion of an off-grid solar energy MIKE GRAIFMAN/Tufts Daily ries about majors. And when you finally system in the rural community SEAH spent this past winter break installing solar panels in Haiti. declared one, the questions just got harder. of Balan, Haiti. The panels elec- Well seniors, it’s springtime and we have trify three rooms and illuminate but also provide the students SEAH, said. “So, we concluded that this process happened in a just four months to come up with a good the community space near Lycee at the local school with a space that external lights would be “backwards way.” answer. In the interim, though, you can try: Nationale Jacques Roumain, to study their lessons,” Richard more beneficial for the students “Normally, you first make “I’m not going to grad school right away. Balan’s public school. SEAH has Novak, a Ph.D. candidate in bio- to prepare for exams.” the energy assessment and I’m going to be a chocolatier instead.” spent the last two years working engineering at the University of Because the classrooms get then acquire all resources,” This column is going to explore those on all aspects of their experimen- California, Berkeley, said in an very hot in the summer months he said. “But we are a student careers that you’ll never hear about in tal energy project, from assessing email to the Daily. and the school’s secretary has group, so we had to give the Dowling Hall. It’s based on the fact that from and refining the design to fund- In addition to helping SEAH to work several miles away to community our budget and let an early age, I’ve been fickle when it came to ing and budgeting. with the design of the 1.4-kilo- access the newest computer, them decide how they wanted career choice. I was never one of those kids According to senior Michael watt power system, Novak joined the group also installed outlets to distribute it.” who knew what they wanted to be when they Graifman, one of SEAH’s leaders, Graifman, two other SEAH mem- to power two computers, fans With the help of local volun- grew up — not that I know now, either. When the school of over 300 students bers and executive director of the and lights in two classrooms, teers, the group spent the next I was four, my parents were slightly disap- is located in a neighborhood Haitian Coalition of Somerville Novak said. few days preparing for the instal- pointed by my aspirations to be a “grocery that had no publicly illuminated Franklin Dalembert at the instal- According to Graifman, these lation by digging holes for the store checker-outer” (cashier), but pushing areas. Graifman’s team com- lation site. simple electrical improvements solar panels and assembling and buttons and playing with the barcode scan- municated with a local group of There, they learned from will allow the school to increase wiring all of the equipment that ner seemed a lot more fun than rustling community leaders and iden- the school’s principal that stu- its capacity by 90 students. they had either shipped from papers around on a desk like most lawyers. tified lighting as an important dents normally study by walking Once the general energy the United States or bought at I flirted with every job idea: astronaut, den- need in the town. around and reading out loud. needs were determined, SEAH local hardware stores. According tist, NFL player (too bad I’m a 5-foot-3 girl), “[The fluorescent lights] “This was a completely dif- had to align its technical and to Graifman, after mounting the animal rights activist, professional lemonade would not only increase the ferent notion of studying for financial capabilities with the solar panels properly, they built vendor. More recently — and more seriously amount of time available per us,” sophomore Naika Pierre, community’s expectations. — I’ve considered architecture, botany, the day for commercial activities, a Creole-speaking member of Junior Andrew McGlathery said see HAITI, page 4 Foreign Service and screenwriting. I even went through an extended neurosurgeon phase. Out of desperation, I took a Myers- Briggs test to determine which careers fit my personality. Apparently, I’m destined to become a mortician. A Taste of Tufts: Joanne Berger-Sweeney Some of you already have jobs lined up. Some of you are underclassmen who have b y Victoria Ra t h s m i l l wanted to be cardiologists since before you Daily Editorial Board could walk and already have impressive internship resumes. Good for you! We’re Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger- not friends. Sweeney presented her research on neu- But for the rest of us, the job search rological disorders last Friday at the first doesn’t have to be stressful. The recession installment of “A Taste of Tufts: A Sampling is receding (knock on wood), and jobs are of Faculty Research,” a weekly lecture series being created, not destroyed. (If not, with organized by the Experimental College. all our study-abroad experiences, maybe we Berger-Sweeney is a well-known neuro- can outsource ourselves.) scientist who came to Tufts in August 2010 The way I see it, when we leave the safe from Wellesley College. Her research focuses bubble of the Tufts hill, we have a few on memory and learning and how they mal- options. We can reflexively apply to gradu- function in disorders such as Alzheimer’s ate programs and dig ourselves deeper into disease and Rett syndrome. debt and postpone reality. We can take an Entitled “How Understanding Brain underpaid, glorified internship and spend Development Will Aid in Treating Rett our days fetching coffee for our bosses, Syndrome,” Berger-Sweeney’s talk began complaining the whole time. Or, we can find with a playful warning that this was her first a really cool and interesting and unique job scientific lecture for a general audience in that challenges us and stimulates us. years before delving into a discussion of her Maybe your dream job is completely research into Rett syndrome. unrelated to your major. Maybe you have a Rett syndrome, which primarily affects secret skill set or hidden talent. Maybe you girls, is considered a regressive develop- need more time to “find yourself.” I don’t ment disorder that is part of the autism have any wisdom or experience to share, spectrum and occurs in about one in 10,000 but I can commiserate. I’m going to seek children, according to Berger-Sweeney. out the lighter side of the job search. Haven’t In girls who have Rett syndrome, develop- you ever wanted to dabble in landscaping? ment is normal until six to eighteen months, Thought about why elevator repairmen are and then there is a rapid regression period so highly paid? Wondered how to break into from about one to three years of age. During the electronic music industry? I guarantee this time, there is a loss of purposeful move- that you’ve never heard of some of the jobs ments, which are replaced with repetitive Courtesy of Lisa Dacundo on the market I’ve considered. I guarantee movements such as hand-wringing. Other Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger-Sweeney investigates how brain development you’ve never considered some of the jobs symptoms Berger-Sweeney cited included research can aid in the treatment of Rett syndrome. on the market I’ve heard of. Sometimes this decelerated head growth, emotional dis- is with good reason, but sometimes it can be turbances, difficulty walking and mental MeCP2 gene provides instructions for mak- should be.” fulfilling to think about a career that breaks retardation. Adulthood brings accelerated ing a protein that binds to DNA and pre- She explained that scientists do not the doctor-lawyer-consultant-teacher-ac- decline, with high incidence of osteoporo- vents genes from being transcribed. Those understand exactly why this results in the countant-engineer mold. sis, scoliosis and motor deterioration. The afflicted with Rett syndrome do not have abnormalities of Rett syndrome. When people ask me what I want to do average life expectancy for a woman with sufficient amounts of this important pro- When the gene associated with Rett when I grow up, I want to say, “Make people Rett syndrome is in the mid-40s. tein, according to Berger-Sweeney. syndrome was discovered in 1999, it was smile.” (And no, Myers-Briggs, not dead The vast majority of Rett syndrome cases “Genes that are normally not activated possible to create animal models that people.) are associated with spontaneous muta- or activated for a while and then shut down had the same type of genetic mutation. tions in a gene in the X chromosome called are going to be on all the time,” she said. Berger-Sweeney recounted that in 2001 the methyl-CpG-biding protein 2 (MeCP2) “Most of what we see from Rett syndrome Alyson Yee is a senior majoring in biology. gene, Berger-Sweeney said. Normally, the is with genes that are on more than they see RESEARCH, page 4 She can be reached at [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Monday, February 6, 2012 Students work with community Berger-Sweeney’s mouse models leaders to power Haitian school yield insights into Rett Syndrome HAITI ing the outdoor space as much of a priority RESEARCH continued from page 3 as illuminating individual classrooms. continued from page 3 some are. Thus, the null male appears to a cement wall around them and installed a In addition to developing a sustainable she read an article in Science magazine recapitulate better than the females that are security light. off-grid energy solution for the communi- revealing Rudolf Jaenisch, a biologist at heterozygotes.” Although the latter steps of the installa- ty of Balan, SEAH aimed to document the the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, According to Berger-Sweeney, one pos- tion were considered vital for security reasons, best practices for sourcing energy equip- had created a mouse model with a muta- sible underlying cause of Rett syndrome is they might prove to be unnecessary because ment to Haiti so that they could be repli- tion in MeCP2. the reduced functioning of the cholinergic many townspeople were heavily involved in cated in the future. “After I read the article, I called and system early in development. the project. According to McGlathery, this pro- “If we had to do this again, we could do it emailed him. I wanted to see this mouse, Berger-Sweeney is particularly interest- vides a “social deterrent against theft.” much quicker and on a much bigger scale,” and how carefully or similarly it produced ed in the cholinergic system — a system “When the community feels ownership of Graifman said. Rett syndrome. It took multiple calls and of nerves that uses acetylcholine as its the project and the new energy system, they The success of this project, however, came emails to Rudolf Jaenisch’s secretary, until neurotransmitter — and the development are more likely to protect that investment,” after overcoming several logistical and techni- I finally spoke to him and he said he would of the brain. he said. cal obstacles. be more than happy to give me some of the Her original hypothesis was that ace- Training the community in system main- According to Graifman, the most unnerv- mice,” she said. tylcholine is extremely important for the tenance has also been a crucial component ing part was shipping the eight donated solar Berger-Sweeney received the mice from progress of the cerebral cortex early in in the endurance of SEAH’s initiative. This panels from Boston. SEAH had no idea if the Jaenisch in 2003. With the help of under- development. She theorized that some- comprehensive training — organized through 520-pound crate carrying the panels would graduate students at Wellesley College, thing that boosted the cholinergic system IGL’s Reseach and Engagement Supporting protect the cargo or if it would get lost or held she looked at the physical and sensory at birth would reduce the initial symptoms Poverty Elimination in Haiti — included quiz- at Haitian customs. characteristics of the mice, including of Rett syndrome. zes on various troubleshooting scenarios and “Our team definitely had a collective fist their motor skills, anxiety levels, socia- In 2009, she was contacted by a drug continued with weekly updates to the U.S. pump when I got the message that the ‘big bility, cognitive ability and life span, to company in Italy asking if her lab would engineers, according to Graifman. boxes’ arrived safely,” Graifman said. check for the same symptoms found in be interested in using their cholinergic He added that the agreement that RESPE According to Novak, the project could have girls with Rett syndrome. compound, acetyl-L-carnitine, in the made with the government-run school stipu- easily been dismissed as a student pipe dream This task, Berger-Sweeney said, was dif- mouse model to see whether it had an lates that the school will be responsible for if SEAH members hadn’t shown so much per- ficult and time-consuming. impact on Rett syndrome. She decided to covering maintenance costs. sistence and dedication to the cause. “It took about six years of characteriza- give it a try. “These costs are expected to remain inex- “Technical preparation is only a small part tion. It takes a long time to do this, you “We basically took the animals from birth pensive, and in the future SEAH would like to of a project of this scale,” Novak said. “The have to do it with lot of animals and have and injected the medicine every day until explore ancillary revenue streams that could members’ diverse abilities really helped drive to make sure you are able to repeat what the end of experimentation,” Berger- be generated using the electricity from the the project forward more effectively than if it you’re doing. It was not easy,” she said. Sweeney said. “We looked at various fac- system,” Graifman said. was a team of engineers.” “What was so interesting is when we tors, including motor function and cog- Novak said that the several reports he has Director of the IGL Sherman Teichman said got the animals and started breeding nitive function, and looked at chemical received since returning from Haiti indicate the group’s success was due to their dedication them in our labs, we saw the mice doing factors after the mice died.” that the system has already had a positive and the synergy of several programs, including the hand wringing motion. We saw how Berger-Sweeney saw that impaired mice impact on the community. Engineers Without Borders and the Empower they were moving and walking, and my who received the drug treatment showed According to Graifman, SEAH’s decision to Program for Social Entrepreneurship. best guess was data would recapitulate significant cognitive improvement — the work closely with the Balan locals is a key les- “SEAH’s most recent project is another symptoms of Rett syndrome,” Berger- first such observation in animals with the son for international development projects. benchmark of integration and value … and Sweeney said. Rett mutation, she said. “The idea for a project should always be part of an unbroken chain of accomplish- Indeed, the mice displayed many symp- Berger-Sweeney, who has not yet pub- driven by the stakeholders in a commu- ments,” Sherman said. toms that are seen in humans with Rett syn- lished the data, added that the drug seemed nity,” he said. “It’s important to consider the Associate Professor of Civil and drome. However, the male mice appeared to make the mice look normal for about perspective of beneficiaries from different Environmental Engineering John Durant also to recapitulate Rett syndrome symptoms 30 days before the symptoms of Rett syn- social strata.” praised the team for their resourcefulness. better than the female mice. drome became visible. Graifman also said that SEAH avoided “I was particularly inspired by the fact that “If you think about a male, with one X “My hypothesis that the cholinergic sys- imposing U.S. norms on their decision- none of the students had in-depth training in and one Y chromosome, it means a male tem has something do with performance is making. For example, they did not assume solar panel installation and wiring,” he said. that has the mutation has no protein, part of it, but it is not the whole story,” she that students in Haiti study by sitting at “Yet they were able to get the right advice and where females have one mutated and one said. “However, we did demonstrate that desks; they turned to local experts for advice, find the right people to work with in a troubled normal,” Berger-Sweeney said. “In females, the drug is capable of improving cognitive instead. This information made illuminat- land like Haiti.” some cells aren’t producing proteins and performance if you do it early.”
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Gallery Review Jacob Passy and Alex Kaufman | Sassy Cinema Holt’s three-dimensional installations Help a defy conventional exhibition ‘sista’ out hen Viola Davis received an b y Ca r o l i n e We l c h Academy Award nomination Contributing Writer for her leading performance in “The Help” (2011), she achieved Art has traditionally been thought Wa feat that only one other black woman had of as a two-dimensional, individu- before her. She received the second Oscar al experience; indeed the term “art” nomination of her career. The other woman itself often evokes the image of a soli- to have done so is Whoopi Goldberg, who won tary viewer looking at a flat painting an Oscar for her performance as Oda Mae hanging on a flat wall. Artist Nancy Brown in “Ghost” (1990). Holt seeks to defy that perception by Overall, the narrative of black women and forcing her audience to engage in an the Academy Awards is a disappointing one to entire landscape, extending art out of say the least. Since Hattie McDaniel became its standard, rectangular canvas into the first black person to be nominated for a living, three-dimensional environ- or win an Academy Award in 1940, only 24 ment. Unfortunately, this interac- women have followed in her footsteps for tive aspect of her work is lost at her a total of 26 nominations. In the Academy Tufts University exhibition. Because Awards’ 84-year history, five black women many of Holt’s pieces are large-scale, have won for acting. outdoor installations assembled A look into further landmarks in the history in remote locations, the gallery is of black actresses in this context is even more forced to use photographs and vid- disappointing. The first year that two black eos of these projects to display them. actresses received nominations in the same Although these substitutes can still category was 1967, when Carol Channing and provoke interest among visitors, they Beah Richards received nominations for Best are ultimately incapable of capturing Supporting Actress. Channing is a surpris- the true visionary grandeur of some of ing inclusion in this list; a woman of biracial Holt’s more prominent productions. descent, she hid her ethnic background until Nancy Holt (J ’60) began her career 2002. “The Color Purple” (1984) was the first in the late sixties, just as the Land Courtesy Nancy Holt film to garner nominations for multiple black Art Movement was beginning. This Nancy Holt’s works incorporate the environment around them to create inspiring pieces. actresses. evolutionary branch of art grew out of Now, we at Sassy Cinema love the Oscars, the escalating environmental move- of a room. She placed a group of lights of a series of sixteen chronologically but let’s face it -- Oscar can use some more ment in the United States. Land Art on either side, which she rotated on ordered pictures of a woman climb- sistas. This year’s nominations put every- aimed to showcase the diversity of the and off with a timer. As the beams ing a sand dune. The figure becomes thing in perspective. Hattie McDaniel was the American landscape by taking art out from one side hit the central wall, they increasingly smaller in the sequence first woman to ever win an Oscar. What did of the studio and integrating it into a filtered through the cutouts, causing as she gets higher up the hill, finally she play? A maid. This year, Viola Davis and natural, ecological setting. the holes to appear dark and the wall vanishing over the top. Octavia Spencer joined the lucky few black In many of her compositions, Holt to appear light. On the other side, Yet the most significant theme of women to be nominated. Oh, and they also experiments with certain like light the opposite occurred, as the circles Holt’s work is space. In one of her first played maids. and time. In her 1973 “Holes of Light” of light shining through the cutouts ventures into the realm of Land Art, We don’t want to chalk this all up to being exhibition, Holt positioned a wall contrasted against the dark backdrop Holt situated eight “locators” on each the Academy Awards’ fault -- Hollywood cer- with circular cutouts of different sizes of the second wall. tainly doesn’t do any favors for women of arranged in a wavy line in the middle Her 1968 “Over the Hill” consists see HOLT, page 8 color, be they black, Latina, Asian, etc. But there’s a problem when the black women being nominated for Academy Awards seem Concert Review Movie Review to play the same roles over and over again: maids, abused women, and singers (We’re - looking at you, Diana Ross, Queen Latifah, Glacial pacing and Jennifer Hudson.) spective performance The problem only gets deeper when you limits scares in look beyond the roles these women play. Lo-fi bheroes y Me l i s s a M aVilec Ew e n and Moore put on intro Halle Berry’s performance, the only by a black Daily Editorial Board ‘The Innkeepers’ woman to have won for Best Actress, was b y Co o r a i n De v i n notable for its use of frontal nudity. Therefore, Though they were born genera- Contributing Writer in the story told by the Oscars, black women tions apart, there are many similari- are still subjugated, used, and abused. ties between the music of fellow long- Despite its slow pace, “The To keep things recent, let’s discuss the two hairs Kurt Vile and Thurston Moore. Innkeepers” manages to keep audi- nominations for “The Help.” We’ve seen the Their emphasis on lyrics and lo-fi ences engaged. The film focuses on critiques of the film — it does “whitewash” production make them perfect tour black history and creates a definitive Caucasian partners. The Innkeepers superhero-like character with Emma Stone’s To the delight of their fans, the two role. Beyond that, though, Davis and Spencer have joined up once again after a sum- (nominated for Best Supporting Actress) give mer of joint touring to promote their performances that fall in line with Oscar’s latest albums. The pair swept through stereotypes of black women. Davis is the hurt Somerville Theater last Tuesday night Starring Sara Paxton, Pat Healy woman. She has a dead son and works for and and put on a solid performance. and Alison Bartlett ungrateful employer who (spoiler alert!) kicks With its wry, introspective lyrics and Directed by Ti West her to the curb at the film’s close. Spencer, intricate guitar, Vile’s most recent stu- however, is a wholly different woman. She’s dio effort, “Smoke Ring for My Halo” sassy, something Oscar loves (see Goldberg (2011) earned glowing reviews and dorky hotel employees Claire (Sara in “Ghost” or Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (2006)). launched the Pennsylvania native into Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) as they We do love sassy ladies, but did the filmmak- the public eye. work the last weekend at the spooky ers need to include the subplot of Spencer’s The key to Vile’s music is its intense, Yankee Peddler Inn. The inn is clos- character’s abusive husband? Yet another ste- overwhelming sense of intimacy. On ing for good on Monday, so this is reotype to add to the film. recordings, he carefully and methodi- Claire and Luke’s last chance to find Overall, these women delivered great per- cally layers his voice and guitar into proof that the hotel is haunted. Luke’s formances that were certainly better than the delicate soundscapes. The effect is one previous encounters prompted him film they appeared in. That said, it’s a shame of poignant sincerity, as the listener Melissa MacEwen / Tufts Daily to create a website and record any that less stereotypical work by black actress- feels privy to Vile’s personal musings Thurston Moore, frontman of Sonic Youth, of the hotel’s strange happenings. es isn’t also nominated this year. One great and mumbles. took the stage with youthful vitality. Claire begins to document bizarre example — Adepero Oduye’s rave-worthy per- Unsurprisingly, this musical occurrences like a piano playing by formance as a lesbian teenager in “Pariah” approach does not translate to live what he was saying from beneath his itself. Inspired by her findings, she (2011), which premiered at the Sundance Film performances in any sort of conven- trademark mane of hair. works harder to find more evidence Festival last year. Repeatedly, performances tional way. Like the shoegaze and Still, Vile put on quite a perfor- and makes contact with the hotel’s by black actresses like Oduye go unnoticed ambient bands he is so frequently mance. If anything, his isolation on spirits with the help of one of the despite breathtaking work. And while Meryl associated with, Vile’s performances the stage highlighted the intense inn’s last remaining customers, Lee Streep deserves all the praise and nomina- have a tender fragility. Tall, thin and introspection and loneliness of his (Kelly McGillis). Lee’s healing psy- tions she can get, maybe our sistas should slightly bow-legged, Vile looked vul- songs. He spoke very little, pausing chic abilities are the perfect aid to start to get some of that attention too, and not nerable as he performed his mini- only to tune and to note, “You guys Claire, whose quest is not just to just for playing maids. mally accompanied opening set. are beautiful. I used to live here. find ghosts, but also herself. Despite his touring experience, he And playing here, I saw some sweet Sara Paxton plays Claire as an Jacob Passy is a junior majoring in inter- still seemed somewhat uncomfort- shows.” accessible but unconventional lead. national relations. He can be reached at able on stage. His fingers audibly Harpist Mary Lattimore joined Her looks — too childlike to be [email protected]. Alex Kaufman is a stumbled a few times, and it was sophomore majoring in sociology. He can be exceptionally difficult to understand see THURSTON, page 6 see INNKEEPERS, page 6 reached at [email protected]. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living Monday, February 6, 2012
THURSTON perfectly at home on the stage. He Moore,continued from page 5 Vile bringsmoothly radically interspersed his songs with Vile on his album “Smoke Ring for My poetry recitations and frequent inter- Halo,” most notably on “Ghost Town” action with his audience, resulting in differentand “On Tour.” During the show,personalities how- an engaging set thatto was stage musically ever, she accompanied nearly every compelling and surprisingly witty. song. Lattimore’s minimal playing To the delight of the Sonic Youth fans added a valuable element of complex- in the audience, Moore also recounted ity and melody to Vile’s otherwise solo a number of stories about his old band. guitar playing. Their live rendition of During one exchange, he realized he “On Tour” stood out in particular, as it had played in the Somerville Theater showcased Lattimore’s music box-like before: harp playing and gave Vile an opportu- “Sonic Youth played back in Somerville, nity to focus on singing. back in the ‘80s. Do you know where that Vile occasionally missed the mark, was? It was here? Damn.” but the songs he performed well were With this knowledge, Moore recount- truly gorgeous. In particular, his rendi- ed losing his temper and storming back tion of “Runner Ups” mesmerized the to his band’s van during his last perfor- audience. The performance’s modest mance at the Theater. He said he would presentation highlighted his careful try to “atone” for his behavior this time plucking and the song’s rich imagery. around, and it seems he did. The set “Baby’s Arms” also stood out, as Vile flew by as Moore showcased his latest dreamily crooned, “I will never ever songs with accompaniment from Mary ever be alone.” Lattimore, violinist Samara Lubelski, a Sweetly, though somewhat abruptly, drummer and a second guitarist. Vile’s performance came to an end and Moore has consistently stood out the audience began to mill for the half- as a solo artist, mostly because he has Magnet Releasing Sara Paxton and Pat Healy try to record as many paranormal events as they can in hour intermission. fully embraced his music as a sepa- “Innkeepers.” Despite being 54 years old, Thurston rate entity from Sonic Youth. Rather Moore still rocks with the best of them, than trying to make something new as he clearly showed during his set. out of his old band, Moore has man- With his lanky frame and boyish locks, aged to meld a sort of alternative/punk Moore hardly looked older than 30 as vibe with instruments rarely found he ripped into feedback-heavy solos at a rock show. His musical pairings and grumbled about how he could use with Lubelski’s violin are particularly a drink. His performance felt fluid and impressive, as her vibrato adds a great natural the whole way through and, degree of warmth and depth to his INNKEEPERS of its connection to previous horror despite the accompanying musicians guitar playing. The group’s throbbing continued from page 5 films. There are cinematographic ref- around him, he maintained a strong performance of “Circulation” was an glamorous‘The — Innkeepers’ break from Hollywood’s erences, includes such as askew camera angles presence throughout the show. excellent example of this, as was “Mina usual standards for female characters and lighting changes similar to those Like Vile, Moore is promoting a Loy” (though Moore introduced the in horror films. Claire’s adolescent in “Amityville Horror”(1979) and “The solo album he released in 2011, also song as “Onyx Eyes” for some reason). lookstributes betray her transitional to past state. Shining” horror (1980). There films are also explic- through Matador Records. His critical- Moore’s group also performed a “I’m kind of, like, in between stuff,” it references in the dialogue to these ly acclaimed third album, “Demolished lovely rendition of “Orchard Street,” she says when asked what comes films. Thoughts,” was produced by Beck. with Lubelski’s violin once again in the after her hotel employment ends. This When Lee is introduced, one can- Unlike Vile, however, Moore seemed spotlight. uncertainty about the future provides not help but wish she were Jamie Lee most of the characters’ motivation Curtis instead. The irony of Curtis, throughout the plot and reflects the who’s early career labeled her as a fear of the unknown that perme- “scream queen,” would have created ates the film. The film is deliberately the perfect tension for the film. Kelly paced with relatively few but well- McGillis instead reminds the audi- constructed scares. ence of one of the many TV movies or If you’re planning to take a date out series she’s had minimal roles in. to “The Innkeepers,” its slow pacing One wonders how an actress man- may be to your advantage. The movie ages to be so ubiquitous and yet so is thrilling enough to induce some forgettable. This is not to discredit fearful snuggling in the theater but “The Innkeepers” because of its low sparse enough to let your attention budget — McGillis’ casting is really wander to the body next to you, mak- the only part of the film in which ing “The Innkeepers” a remarkably more money could have helped. good date movie. Unlike “Paranormal Activity” (2009) Unlike classic haunted house mov- or “The Blair Witch Project” (1999), ies, “The Innkeepers” maintains a “The Innkeepers” thankfully doesn’t sense of realism. Claire’s asthma is read as a low budget project. both terrifying, with gasping breaths As a movie, “The Innkeepers” is making the audience itself feels good, but it’s not a great film by any asphyxiated, and a great source of stretch of the imagination. Horror fans tension; after each scare she goes will appreciate its adherence to genre straight for the inhaler and anesthe- cliches without being entirely boring tizes herself and the audience. Once or formulaic. While thrilling, this movie she can breathe, the audience knows isn’t scary enough to rob more than it’s OK. The film smartly manipulates two hours of sleep from any viewer. our emotions, unlike recent torture The best part of the film is its handling porn films, such as those of the “Saw” of Claire’s inability to move on to the franchise. next stage of her life — a problem that “The Innkeepers” is clearly aware many Jumbos can understand.
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Courtesy Nancy Holt Huge landscapes give scale to Holt’s sprawling art projects. “Sun Tunnels” was carefully designed for sunrise and sunset viewing during the summer and winter solstices.
HOLT One of Holt’s most famous pieces, While the photographs and videos secluded locations where it is normally continued from page 5 “Sun Tunnels,” was erected in the Great taken of these sites are extensive and established. Because the sites are so of the cardinal points in an open field Basin Desert in Utah. Holt brought in detailed, it is still impossible for any- inaccessible to the public, pictures and in Missoula, Mont. The locators were four massive concrete cylinders, eigh- one to experience the full effect of the documentaries must suffice instead. essentially telescope-like tubes, made teen feet long and nine feet in diam- art. Seeing snapshots of the Missoula But, in a classic catch-22, this under- ofHolt’s a hollow steel pipework welded perpen presents- eter. She arranged athem unique in a very spe- Ranch challenge Locators can’t possibly to encom -galleriesmines one of the main intentions of dicularly onto another one staked in cific “T” cross position so that on the pass the entire atmosphere of the scen- the artwork. the ground. When spectators looked summer and winter solstice the sun ery. The two dimensional video of the Though the entire genre of Land through the locator with only one eye would be perfectly encircled by the Sun Tunnels offers no way to under- Art suffers from this flaw, it does not open, their view of the landscape was cylinders at sunrise and sunset. In the stand the true scale of the project. This detract from the overall sense of creativ- limited to a circular area with a two- sides of the cylinder, Holt also drilled is not the fault of the gallery but rather ity and originality present in Holt’s art. inch diameter. The installation called smaller holes that represented specific a fundamental flaw of Land Art itself. Through a diverse assortment of media, for observation through each of the constellations, which, during the day, Ironically, the primary purpose of Land Holt is able to harness the essence of eight locators in order to generate new cast spots of light onto the dark inte- Art, to engage people with the space the wilderness and, if not fully, at least perspectives of the same space. rior of the tunnel. itself, is hard to achieve in the distant, partially, convey that to audiences.
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Editorial THE TUFTS DAILY Da n i e l J. Ra t h m a n In primaries, thousands speak for millions Editor-in-Chief The Nevada caucuses came to a der of the race. in this regard, awarding all 50 of its Editorial close on Saturday with a clear winner. Rick Santorum has been the biggest delegates to the first place winner. Mitt Romney won the state by a sizable beneficiary of this flaw in the system. Most states award their delegations Craig Frucht margin, obtaining about 15,000 votes His victory in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, proportionally, but because Florida Ethan Sturm so far with 89 percent of precincts razor-thin though it was, created the refuses to budge from a winner-take- Managing Editors reporting at the time of publication. impression of widespread appeal. But all system, Newt Gingrich, who came Laina Piera Executive News Editor Last month, Rick Santorum took away the fact is, his brand of conservatism in second with 32 percent of the vote, Brionna Jimerson News Editors Elizabeth McKay 13 delegates from the Iowa caucuses, would not have been successful if, say, gets nothing. Mahpari Sotoudeh beating Romney by a narrow margin Georgia or Pennsylvania — states with The other fairly obvious concern Jenna Buckle Assistant News Editors Shana Friedman of 34 votes. Last Saturday, Romney much larger Republican constituen- with the current system is its equity. Nina Goldman came out on top again in the Florida cies — had been the first to vote. Can a thousand or so people accurate- Lizz Grainger Stephanie Haven primary with 46.4 percent of the vote, Nevertheless, Santorum’s popular- ly represent the beliefs of millions? Leah Lazer earning 50 delegates. ity in Iowa catapulted him into the This country prizes its electoral sys- Victoria Leistman Patrick McGrath Although it appears that Romney national spotlight, while Rick Perry’s tem for its ability to give everyone Melissa Wang has solidified the GOP nomination candidacy disintegrated, in spite of a voice. But that's not what actu- Falcon Reese Executive Features Editor with his three early victories, early the fact that Perry had been leading ally happens. Everyone gets a say only Amelia Quinn Features Editors Victoria Rathsmill voting primaries have definitely prov- Santorum in nationwide polling up after a select few get to speak before Derek Schlom en unreliable in the past. The entire until the Iowa caucuses. they do, and because these few "more Hannah Fingerhut Assistant Features Editors Nadezhda Kazakova primary process, in fact, unfairly win- Mathematically speaking, what or less" represent everyone, we con- nows down the field and selects a did Santorum’s victory amount to in sider the system a success. Only once Matthew Welch Executive Arts Editor Zach Drucker Arts Editors frontrunner based on only a tiny sliver the end? Nothing. The Iowa caucuses the election has narrowed down to two Adam Kulewicz of each party’s primary electorate. didn’t award a single committed del- candidates does the whole "every vote Melissa MacEwen Anna Majeski Early-voting states like Iowa, egate. And yet he still walked away counts" ideology take hold. Joseph Stile Nevada, and Florida give a great deal with the illusion of frontrunner status By the time most Republicans actu- Kate Griffiths Assistant Arts Editors Alexander Hanno of power to a small number of people. and a frenzy of media attention that ally have a chance to vote in the pri- Chris Poldoian Although these Republican voters rep- was not at all commensurate with his mary, the early-voting states will have Bhushan Deshpande Executive Op-Ed Editor resent only a fraction of party mem- true viability as a candidate. essentially decided the race for them. David Kellogg Op-Ed Editors Seth Teleky bers nationwide, they largely decide Some states also have incred- This is a bizarrely inefficient system, Ard Ardalan Assistant Op-Ed Editors who will be cast as a “frontrunner” and ibly unfair delegate-awarding pro- and it hardly conforms to this coun- Yiota Kastritis who as an “underdog” for the remain- cedures. Florida sticks out the most try’s democratic ideals. Elayne Stecker Anna Christian Cartoonists Devon Colmer Wes Engel Louie Zong Jonathan Green Editorialists Louie Zong Elliot Philips Michael Restiano Carter Rogers Joyt Singh Aaron Leibowitz Executive Sports Editor Matthew Berger Sports Editors Lauren Flament Claire Kemp Kate Klots David McIntyre Alex Prewitt Alex Baudoin Assistant Sports Editors Zachey Kliger Connor Rose Justin McCallum Executive Photo Editor Jodi Bosin Photo Editors Will Butt Ashley Seenauth Scott Tingley Caroline Geiling Assistant Photo Editors Takuma Koide Misaka Ono Oliver Porter Andrew Schneer Kyra Sturgill Kristen Collins Staff Photographers Alex Dennett Dilys Ong
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In October of 2010 during my junior year at Tufts, I was sexually assaulted on cam- pus by a student from a different univer- sity. Too ashamed to burden my friends with the immediate aftermath, I turned to Tufts’ counseling center and Health Services for some much-needed support. Thankfully, it also happened to be sexual assault aware- ness month at Tufts, and there were weekly events that allowed me to connect with other women on campus with similar experiences. I remember wordlessly sitting in the cold with an enraged yet loving friend. I remember attending a concert, lighting a candle on the Tisch roof, decorating a T-shirt, all in honor of victims of sexual assault. I remember wak- ing up every morning wishing it was all just a very bad dream. Although I was physically present at these events, the me on the inside was not nearly ready to fully accept what had happened. For several months, I harbored such a fearful hatred toward men that I could not even begin a real journey toward recovery from rape. Two months after the incident, I heard of an international non-governmental organi- zation (INGO) called Love146, which exists to abolish child sex trafficking in North America, Asia, and Europe. I had no idea that such an atrocity as child sex trafficking continues to exist in the world today, not to mention in our own country. The phrase “child sex trafficking” alone was sickening enough — those three words should never have to be in the same sentence! I began to research and I quickly learned that over 1.2 Courtesy Jane Yoon million children are sexually exploited every year. And this horror is not limited to some girl at the highest price of a virgin. Many of child deserves to grow up with wonderful voice. We have four short years at Tufts — they ambiguous third-world country; it happens these young girls will die of AIDS. This is what memories. Children should be cared for, they really do go by in a flash! Make sure you take in our own backyard. In the United States, is going on in some dark corners of the earth should be in a family where they are loved, the time to stand up for what you believe in. over 100,000 children are engaged in pornog- today. And it is not okay to settle for such a but that is not what is happening to millions And for all the victims of sexual assault raphy or prostitution each year. According to corrupted world. of children around the world today. Children or rape, know that you are not alone. Seek Love146, the vast majority of trafficked and What began as a “therapeutic project” for are being taught that they are commodities help from people you can trust. Keep looking prostituted children in the U.S are either run- me to channel my anger toward misogynistic to be sold, rather than human beings worthy forward — never look back. I’m not saying aways or abandoned children. The average men has, over time, become a healthy and of love. Love146 is about bringing life back to that becoming an abolitionist is the quick-fix age of entry for girls and boys ranges from 11 lifelong passion to stand up against a hor- these children. step to true healing from sexual assault, but to 14 years. And yes, children are constantly rible humanitarian injustice. Over the past Child sex trafficking is certainly a heart- I can tell you that it has certainly helped me being lured and kidnapped into the sex trade year and few months, I have been able to shattering and troubling issue, to say the least. find hope in a situation that once felt hope- in Massachusetts today. continue on my journey of healing from rape I don't fight child sex trafficking because I less. Love took my blindness toward human My heart immediately went out to these by starting the first movement of justice at think it is fun or because I like thinking about trafficking and spurred me into compassion- enslaved children, who are often caught in a Tufts solely focused on children affected by it all the time. I fight because my heart breaks ate action. Love turned my brokenness into destructive cycle of poverty, lack of self-worth, sex slavery. What I love about Love146 is that for enslaved children. But out of our broken something worth celebrating. I’m not sharing drug addiction, and suicidal tendencies. I it places a huge emphasis on the possibility hearts will come change, compassion, and this story to gain pity points, believe me — I knew how significantly I had been affected of full restoration for sex trafficking survivors. a fire for justice. If we celebrate our broken can think of a hundred less humbling ways to by being raped at age 19, but I could not even Love146 focuses on raising awareness on the hearts, they will be our best tools in changing get that sort of attention. I’m sharing this story imagine the same repulsive scene playing out issue of child sex trafficking, and raising funds our world. Love146 Tufts will continue shed- because I have found that nothing restores on a 7 or 8-year-old child, up to 15 times a for child survivors in aftercare programs. The ding light on child sex trafficking this semester the way that love can, and that is a story worth day. Though I was lucky enough to evade any Love146 Tufts Chapter’s mission is to har- through our second Annual Benefit Concert sharing. There is so much room for forgive- potential consequences from the rape, such ness student potential on Tufts’ campus to in March, and our Broken Hearts Valentine’s ness in love. There is so much hope for resto- as contraction of STDs or an unplanned preg- creatively and passionately raise awareness Event this Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in ration. What’s the most powerful force on the nancy, I realized there are innocent children about the issue of child sex slavery. Sophia Gordon Hall. planet? I know love is. And it’s called Love146 growing up with these very consequences Last spring, Love146 Tufts put on a benefit Lastly, I know we don’t come to Tufts aspir- for that reason. today. Young girls become impregnated by concert, spreading awareness to 250 students ing to be apathetic, passive, disengaged citi- strangers and are forced to get multiple abor- and raising over $1,000 for aftercare. Last fall, zens. We come to Tufts to learn how to tear tions per month. Some brothel owners use the group launched the Childhood Memories across boundaries and change the world. We Jane Jihae Yoon is a senior majoring in unspeakable methods, allowing them to con- Project, raising awareness about child sex are so blessed to be in a position to fight for child development. She is one of the co- tinually and relentlessly sell the same young slavery by reminding participants that every and empower those that do not yet have a founders of the Love146 Tufts Chapter.
Off the Hill | Northwestern University The bias against the liberal media b y Jo s e p h Mi s u l o n a s the November debates. stories and issues as Fox News. A recent poll by Fairleigh Dickinson U. Daily Northwestern Gingrich used this question to unload Essentially, conservatives want the media showed that Fox News viewers are less on one of his favorite talking points — the to criticize liberals more often. The problem informed than people who watch no televi- Many media pundits attribute Newt “biased liberal media” myth. with that is the media has to remain objec- sion news. Fox News viewers are subjected to Gingrich’s win in the South Carolina pri- If you have never watched Fox News, here tive. While the economy is in bad shape, these attacks on the media, and it’s convinc- mary last Saturday to his attacks on the is what I mean by the “biased liberal media” the media cannot lop all their criticism at ing them not to consult other news sources. liberal media during his recent debate myth: that all the major news outlets have a President Obama. It would be unfair. The New York Times and The Washington performances. bias against conservatism and are actively Gingrich has been particularly focused Post may be considered liberal newspapers, The day before the primary, Gingrich engaged in trying to make liberals look good on attacking the media in recent weeks. but that doesn’t mean the things they report called John King “despicable” for asking a and conservatives look bad. Besides the confrontation with King, he got are false. question about his ex-wife alleging in an This is simply not true. Journalists are into a heated exchange with Fox News’ Juan The same thing goes for liberals reading interview that Gingrich asked her for an taught to remain objective in their report- Williams over comments Gingrich made the Wall Street Journal. Just because you open marriage. Based on that question, ing. Objectivity is a point of pride for many about blacks demanding paychecks, not don’t agree with a paper’s editorial board I think we can infer that Newt Gingrich professional journalists. While there is no food stamps, and earlier this week he criti- doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read the paper. knows despicable behavior. denying that publications such as The New cized NBC’s Brian Williams for instructing People should seek knowledge as much But was John King despicable for asking York Times or The Washington Post have the audience at Monday’s Republican debate as possible. We shouldn’t limit our scope to Gingrich about this Nightline interview? liberal leanings, they contain their political to refrain from applauding and cheering. newspapers and news shows that reinforce Absolutely not. statements to the editorial page, just like It is no surprise that Gingrich’s recent our own opinions. We should try to expand The number of debates that have taken conservative publications such as The Wall rise in the polls came at the same time as our horizons and become more well-round- place in this primary is making Charlie Street Journal do. his attacks on the media have increased. ed and well-informed citizens. Sheen’s media barrage look restrained. Almost every news organization, whether Conservative voters bought into this liberal- Politicians need citizens to be knowledge- The candidates, more or less, all agree on it be newspaper, magazine or broadcast bias-in-the-media myth. able. If we want our country to start heading the same fundamental ideas (Ron Paul television, is owned by a media conglomer- The problem isn’t that conservative vot- in the right direction, we need voters who excluded), and rarely in these debates do ate run by wealthy, conservative CEOs. If ers are consulting only conservative news are well-informed when picking the leaders we hear the candidates offer anything their organizations were too liberally biased, outlets. That is entirely their choice. My who will solve our problems. new. If we don’t ask the candidates ques- wouldn’t they intervene? problem is that this liberal-media bashing Politicians and the media don’t have to tions about their personal lives, CNN Conservatives generally point out that the is limiting conservative voters’ scopes of be at war. In fact, they can both be tools in might as well just show a re-run of one of mainstream media won’t report on the same information. making our country less problematic.
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Men’s Basketball Zach Drucker | The Loser Firempong’s buzzer beater lifts Tufts to weekend split Fair-weather fans b y Cl a i r e Ke m p f all the despicable swine of the Daily Editorial Board sports world, fair-weather fans are, perhaps, the most callous. The men’s basketball team was lack- For those unfamiliar with this ing a few things this weekend. Drama Oterm, a fair-weather fan is someone who was not one of them. has little interest in following sports or supporting a specific team until said MEN’S BASKETBALL team begins to triumph. Take, for exam- (16-6 Overall, 6-3 NESCAC) ple, sports stars who don Yankees caps in postgame interviews — of which there are many. Though these stars often are at Cousens Gym, Saturday not from New York, nor do they play for New York teams, there is something Amherst 35 39 — 74 en vogue about wearing the gear of the Tufts 36 29 — 65 world’s most successful franchise. For obvious reasons, fans of the Jets, at Cousens Gym, Friday Mets and Knicks could never be consid- ered fair weather fans. Yet fans connect Trinity 31 31 — 62 with their teams and want to see their Tufts 31 33 — 64 teams win. So, when a disloyal fan cele- brates a pivotal victory, devoted support- ers of fruitless teams brim with anger. After beating Trinity 64-62 on a buzz- Imagine dedicating your entire life to er-beater on Friday night, Tufts gave art only to see a friend, who dabbles national No. 6 Amherst a run for its passionlessly in finger painting, create money, leading after the first half and the next great American artwork! That closing in late before eventually falling feeling would be analogous to how I felt 74-65. during Super Bowl XLII four years ago. The weekend split puts the Jumbos As a Jets fan from Westchester, N.Y., I at 16-6 overall and 6-3 in the NESCAC, begrudgingly attended a friend’s Super where they sit in third place two weeks Bowl party to watch the New York Giants before the conference tournament. take on the undefeated New England After the Jumbos honored their four Patriots. Just as with yesterday’s Super seniors — forwards Alex Orchowski, Bowl, a Giants-Patriots showdown is James Long and Peter Saba and guard equivalent to the apocalypse for Jets Amauris Quezada — on Saturday, the fans. We hate the Patriots because they teams traded leads throughout the first are our division rivals who, after coaxing half. But after Tufts took a 36-35 advan- Bill Belichick into resigning his position tage into the locker room, the Lord Jeffs as the Jets head coach after one day in took a firmer hold of the reins in the office in 1999, led the Patriots to three second half. championships. Jets fans also despise the After a dunk from Orchowski brought Giants, who have always trivialized the the crowd to its feet and put the Jumbos Jets by declaring themselves the “older within one, at 45-44 with 13:55 to play, brother” New York football dynasty. Amherst built a seven-point lead. The Anyway, on that fateful February day, Jumbos would get within three twice I listlessly arrived at my friend’s house, a more in the next few minutes, but the grimace plastered on my face. I perused Lord Jeffs pulled away and the home the room for Jets sympathizers when team was forced to foul. Amherst went my eyes fell upon an appalling sight: 9-for-11 from the line late, sealing the my friend — let’s call him “Philip G. win and staying undefeated in the Scott Tingley/Tufts Daily Herman” — wearing a Michael Strahan Sophomore guard Kwame Firempong had nine total points in the win over Trinity, includ- NESCAC. jersey and a matching Giants hat. Sure, ing two on the game-winning jumper as time expired. “We weren’t able to defend and there were many attendees dressed in rebound down the stretch like we have tain forward Scott Anderson added 10 3:21 to play. He and Moss combined Giants attire, but Phil’s getup particularly been doing recently,” sophomore guard points and seven boards. for the Jumbos’ next seven points, giv- caught my eye. Kwame Firempong said. “And Amherst Freshman guard Ben Ferris stepped ing the team a 62-57 lead with 1:17 on Phil’s limited-edition Strahan jersey took advantage of its second-chance up in a huge way off the bench, com- the clock. and matching hat were adorned with the opportunities and put the game away.” piling 16 points, 10 rebounds and two But the Bantams came storming back, Super Bowl XLII logo, leading me to con- “We wanted to come in and prove steals in just 27 minutes. scoring the next five to tie the game at clude he had purchased the items that we can beat one of the best teams in The night before, Tufts handed Trinity 62-62 with 12 seconds left on a long morning at the local Sports Authority — the country, but unfortunately we were a heartbreaking loss, as Firempong three from junior guard Mick DiStasio. a presumption Phil would later confirm. unable to do that,” Orchowski said. “Our nailed a step-back jumper to win it as Head coach Bob Sheldon elected not to Yet the most distressing aspect of Phil’s rebounding was poor, and you can’t give time expired. call a timeout, and Cohen took the ball garish apparel stemmed from the simple a great team like Amherst too many sec- The Bantams led by seven on two down the court before handing it off to fact that he had never before shown the ond chances.” occasions in the first half, but the Firempong, who drove inside, crossed slightest interest in the Giants. He may The Jumbos also lost ground at the Jumbos went on a 15-4 run to take a up his defender, and hit a 15-foot step- very well have attended the Super Bowl line, missing seven of their 16 attempts 23-19 lead with just under six minutes back jumper for the 64-62 win. party in a shiny, green Chad Pennington while watching the Lord Jeffs shoot left before the intermission. The teams “We really started to lock down defen- jersey had the Jets (miraculously) made nearly 80 percent. traded leads three more times, and at sively,” said Firempong of the end of the Super Bowl that year. Freshman guard C.J. Moss had a halftime they were deadlocked at 31-31. Friday’s game. “We were able to make When I confronted Phil with all the strong day with 12 points — including Trinity opened the second half with some big stops and key buckets down pent-up rage of a scorned football addict, 10 in the first half — and three assists. a 14-6 burst to establish a 45-37 lead, the stretch.” however, he indignantly defended his Orchowski chipped in with 11 points but the Jumbos stuck around, and love of the Giants … despite the fact he and eight rebounds and junior tri-cap- Orchowski finally tied it at 55-55 with see MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 15 could not name five players on their team. But, when David Tyree made his exceptional catch, inexplicably pinning Men’s Basketball the ball against his helmet in double coverage, and when pre-self inflicted Amherst alumnus Keith Zalaski finds home on Tufts’ bench gunshot wound Plaxico Burress caught the game-winning touchdown reception, b y Al e x Pr e w i t t The western Massachusetts private from 2006-2008, Zalaski moved onto Phil whooped and hollered with the rest Daily Editorial Board boarding school sought a recommen- Trinity-Pawling, where he coached, of my tormentors as if he himself had dation from Hixon for its open posi- among others, Wesleyan junior Shasha won the Super Bowl. The offer was on the table, and Keith tion, and Hixon swore by the little-used Brown, the NESCAC’s leading scorer, I will never forget that day, because Zalaski was reluctantly prepared to guard without any coaching experi- and sophomore Jonathan Kalin, a start- I — a fairly pleasant and seldom spiteful accept it. ence — the Simsbury, Conn. native who er for Colby. person by nature — resented my friend’s An economics major and 2006 reminded Hixon of himself. Zalaski, who Hixon called “probably happiness, uncontrollably cursing his Amherst graduate, Zalaski had an insur- “I played him very little in his four the most talented, underplayed guard” fortunes under my breath. An ancient ance job lined up, the extension of a years, and yet I knew that experience in his 35 years of coaching, played spar- proverb maintains that the enemy of miserable summer experience during too,” Hixon said. “His dad had been ingly for the Lord Jeffs, mostly because my enemy is my friend. Nonetheless, which Zalaski estimates he spent more an official, a school teacher, a vice the lefty arrived one year before two- in sports, any friend who supports time reading and doing “other non- principal. My dad was a principal and time Div. III All-American Andrew my enemy is inherently my enemy. sense” than he did actually working. a schoolteacher, the whole thing. I just Olson. Zalaski averaged 6.3 minutes Especially when that friend only flaunts That was before David Hixon, saw a lot of me in him, and I thought, and 1.4 points per game over four sea- his commitment to a team when that Zalaski’s basketball coach with the Lord ‘This is the guy.’ I just knew.” sons, during which the Lord Jeffs sport- team achieves greatness. Jeffs, received a call from the Williston And so began the career of Zalaski, ed a 109-14 record. Northampton athletics director that now a self-described “Tufts convert” Also a co-captain golfer for Amherst, at once solved the Wildcats’ need for after joining men’s basketball head Zalaski met the charismatic Sheldon Zach Drucker is a senior majoring in a varsity head coach and remedied coach Bob Sheldon’s staff two years ago. International Relations and Spanish. He can Zalaski’s apathy. Following two seasons with Williston see ZALASKI, page 15 be reached at [email protected]. 14 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports Monday, February 6, 2012
Men’s Track And Field Jumbos stampede their way to Tufts Invitational crown
b y La u r e n Fl a m e n t McLaughlin were the next two across Daily Editorial Board the line in the 3,000, rounding out the top three with times of 8:41.63 and The men’s track and field team notched 8:44.77. The mark was a new best for solid performances and personal bests McLaughlin as well. across the board en route to winning the “Brian’s race was very impressive,” Rand said. “He ran four seconds faster MEN’S TRACK & FIELD than he did last weekend at BU, which is a much faster track where he had Tufts Invitational Stampede faster guys around him. Liam’s race at Gantcher Center, Friday & Saturday wasn’t a lifetime PR, but it was a season best. He’s been battling little injuries as well, so it was a step in the right direc- 1st of 22 teams tion for him.” Senior Jeff Prescott added the second 1. Tufts - 125 victory on the track with a new personal 2. UMass Dartmouth - 87.5 best of 2:32.26 in the 1,000 meter, hitting 3. WPI - 68 the ECAC qualifier mark in the event. “I was really happy with it,” Prescott said. “It was different than most races Tufts Invitational Stampede, hosted this I’ve run before in the sense that I wasn’t weekend at the Gantcher Center. The able to latch onto an athlete in front of squad tallied 125 points, well ahead of me or work off of somebody else. It was UMass Dartmouth’s 87.5 points, among really just me pushing against myself to 22 scoring teams. see how hard I could go. The meet kicked off Friday evening “I had a goal in mind of what I wanted with the heptathlon, and two Tufts com- to run and the confidence in myself that petitors took part in the action with I could run it,” he said, “but it was the four events that evening and three on friends and family and the energy sur- Saturday. rounding the track for the last two laps Because the Div. III men’s indoor track that helped me push through.” and field institution switched from the In the pole vault, Junior Brad pentathlon to the heptathlon this sea- Nakanishi’s clearance of 14-7 1/4 earned son, this weekend marked the first hep- him first place amongst 20 vaulters. tathlon for sophomore Andrew Osborne Freshman Ptah Osayande added a and freshman Allan Yau. The pair fin- runner-up performance in the 60-meter ished sixth and eighth with 3,820 and hurdles, finishing in 8.60 seconds. Junior 2,822 points, respectively, among the Gbola Ajayi also placed second with his seven events. leap of 22-3 in the long jump. On Saturday, the Jumbos returned and In the throws, freshman Brian earned three victories. Junior Matt Rand Williamson took third in the shot put with led an impressive slew of 3,000-meter a toss of 48-0 3/4. Junior Curtis Yancy’s athletes, clocking a personal-best time launch of 52-10 1/4 earned him third of 8:35.54. in the weight throw, one place ahead of “I’ve been battling with a few minor senior tri-captain Adam Aronson. injuries over the last few weeks,” Rand On Saturday, the squad will split said, “so the goal going in was to just between Boston University’s Valentine have a pain-free race, and I ended up Invitational and their last home meet feeling really good and getting an eight- of the winter season, marking their second PR [personal record], so I was final meets before the New England definitely happy with the result.” Div. III Championships on Feb. 17 and Sophomores Liam Cassidy and Brian 18 at MIT. Caroline Peyser / Tufts Daily The host Jumbos topped the second place Corsairs by nearly 40 points.
Women’s Track Men’s Ice Hockey Records by Allen, Hieber lead Tufts to victory Jumbos ice Camels in b y Ja c o b In d u r s k y Colleen Flanagan, junior Alyssa Contributing Writer Corrigan and senior Dayorsha doubleheader Collins — to a third-place finish. the hockey team The women’s track and field Senior tri-captain Anya Price notched a two-game team won the Tufts Invitational finished first in the 3K in 10:30.86. sweep of Conn. College Stampede in dominant fashion at Sophomore Lauren Creath and this weekend, beating the freshman Lindsay Rogers also fin- Camels 7-1 at Malden WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD ished in the top 50, as Creath set a Forum on Friday before new personal record with a time of winning 4-2 Saturday on 10:36.50. Price also contriubted to the road. The Jumbos have Tufts Invitational Stampede a second-place finish for Tufts in now gone 5-0-1 in their at Gantcher Center, Friday & the 4x800-meter relay. last six games, improving Saturday “We got a chance individually to 11-7-2 overall and 8-5-1 to do our best,” Creath said. “More in the NESCAC, good for 1st of 19 teams impressive was what we were able third place. to do as a team.” On Saturday, sophomore 1. Tufts - 192 Senior Heather Theiss, who forward Kyle Gallegos 2. Worcester State - 99 jumped 3.50 meters, provided the scored two first-period 3. WPI - 94 Jumbos with yet another first-place goals to give Tufts an finish in the pole vault. Senior early cushion. The Camels Katherine Tang finished third over- fought back to tie the the Gantcher Center this week- all with a jump of 2.90 meters. game at two, but senior end, defeating 18 other teams. The “The strong finishes across the tri-captain forward Matt team scored 192 points, nearly 100 board were a testament to the Amico went top shelf for more than second-place finisher depth of the team,” senior tri-cap- the eventual game winner Worcester State’s 99. tain Kayley Pettoruto said. near the end of the sec- Tufts netted five first-place fin- That depth continued to pay ond. In the final seconds of ishes and had at least one top-five dividends in the one-mile event, the game, junior forward finisher in 13 out of 20 events. with sophomores Madeleine Carey, Dylan Plimmer added an Junior Kelly Allen led the way Molly Mirhashem, Abby Garbes, empty netter to seal the for the Jumbos, finishing first in Laura Barker and freshman Cami 4-2 victory. the weight throw and the shot put Fisher all finishing in the top 10. the night before, the and continuing her trend as the DAILY FILE PHOTO Carey led the way, finishing third Jumbos crushed the Camels team leader in overall points. Allen Sophomore Jana Hieber’s 3,236 points in the pentathlon broke a with a 5:22.77 mile. As a unit, the 7-1 behind a Gallegos hat broke her own school record of Tufts record. runners combined to produce 12 trick, with all three of his 16.31 meters in the weight throw points for the team. goals coming in the first with a throw of 16.54 meters, as throws during championship sea- 2004 by Jessica Trombly. Heiber Next weekend, the team will 20 minutes. Senior goalie well as her own school record of son, so hopefully my training will finished first in the pentathalon’s head to Boston University for the Scott Barchard made 48 12.86 meters in the shot put with a lead to the ultimate goal of com- 800 m event, second in the long Valentine Invitational, where the saves in the win. 13.09-meter toss. peting at Nationals in March.” jump and 60-meter hurdles, and Jumbos will look to take advantage For a full recap of the “I’m really happy with how this Allen wasn’t the only Jumbo to third in the high jump. of BU’s pristine facilities to set per- hockey team’s two-win weekend went,” Allen said. “For break a school record this week- Samantha Bissonnette finished sonal records and qualify for the weekend, see tomorrow’s me right now, it’s about maintain- end. On Friday, sophomore Jana first in the 800-meter, setting a next three weekends’ events — the Daily. ing good distances and getting Hieber came in second in the pen- personal record of 2:23.59. She Div. III Championships, East Coast ready for championship season. I tathalon, scoring 3,236 points and also helped the 4x400-meter relay Championships and Nationals, by Aaron Leibowitz want to be able to pull out my best breaking the record of 3,198 set in team — consisting of sophomore respectively. Monday, February 6, 2012 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 15
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Women’s Basketball Despite weekend split, Jumbos control destiny for No. 2 seed b y Al e x Ba u d o i n almost every position, which made it Daily Editorial Board especially difficult for Tufts to get off clean shots. The defending national champion “The game plan was to attack and Lord Jeffs asserted their dominance execute our offense by attacking and on Saturday at Cousens Gym, downing getting the ball into the post,” Barnosky said. “They are a really good defensive WOMEN’S BASKETBALL team, and they made us rush our shots. (18-5 Overall, 7-2 NESCAC) We weren’t really taking the shots we wanted to take.” Leading the way for the Lord Jeffs at Cousens Gym, Saturday was senior forward Lem Atanga McCormick, who contributed 13 points, Amherst 30 18 — 48 four rebounds and four blocks. Senior Tufts 15 16 — 31 forward Jackie Renner also pitched in with eight points, eight rebounds and four blocks. at Cousens Gym, Friday The Jumbos did an impressive job slowing down Amherst’s star guard, Trinity 22 32 — 54 senior co-captain Caroline Stedman. Tufts 49 26 — 75 Stedman was held to eight points on 3-of-13 shooting, well below her season averages of 13.8 points on 40.6 percent the Jumbos 48-31 to notch their 41st shooting. straight victory. Tufts also limited Megan Robertson, On an afternoon when the women’s Amherst’s third-leading scorer, to six basketball team honored its two seniors, points, and Kim Fiorentino, who aver- co-captain forward Kate Barnosky and ages around 10 per game, to five points guard Tiffany Kornegay, for their con- on 1-of-12 shooting. tributions to the program, Tufts simply Barnosky led the Jumbos with seven had no answers for the number one points, five rebounds, two assists and team in the nation. two steals. Kornegay, who ranks second Coming off of a 75-54 victory over in the NESCAC with 8.3 rebounds per Trinity on Friday night, the Jumbos had game, had a game-high 16 boards, and an opportunity to take over the top spot is making a strong case for Defensive in the conference with a win. But the Player of the Year honors. Lord Jeffs opened the game with a 22-2 On Friday night, the Jumbos stomped run, and while Tufts played excellent Trinity 75-54, clinching a first-round defense the rest of the way, it was too home game for the NESCAC tourna- little, too late. ment as 10 different Jumbo players “After they went on a huge run to scored. start the game, it was hard to get back Kornegay put together one of her best into it mentally,” Barnosky said. “When SCOTT TINGLEy/Tufts Daily all-around performances of the season we played with more confidence, things Seniors Kate Barnosky (above) and Tiffany Kornegay, who were honored on Saturday after- with 14 points, nine rebounds and four got better.” noon, were unable to lead the Jumbos past national powerhouse Amherst. steals. Morehead chipped in with 13 Tufts falls to 18-5 with the loss, and points, including three 3-pointers, four remains alone in second place in the on 3-pointers, and endured stretches problem] is just trying to get it inside rebounds and three assists. It all cul- NESCAC with a 7-2 record in confer- of over nine minutes in both halves in and make the easy ones,” junior co- minated in a 49-point second half that ence play. which they were held scoreless. captain Bre Dufault said. “I don’t think allowed coach Carla Berube to rest her The Jumbos held Amherst to a season- Outside shooting woes have continu- we really want to change our gameplan starters for much of the second. low 48 points on 33.3 percent shooting, ously plagued the Jumbos lately, and in — sometimes we just don’t execute.” Despite the loss to Amherst, if the but they struggled offensively through- their two losses this week they shot a Amherst — a squad that leads the Jumbos can beat 8-12 Hamilton next out the game. They shot just 17.9 per- combined 2-for-29 from beyond the arc. NESCAC in almost every statistical cat- weekend, they will clinch the No. 2 seed cent from the field, including 1-for-11 “The way to solve that [shooting egory — had the height advantage at in the NESCAC playoff tournament.
Zalaski’s enthusiasm, experience are invaluable Jumbos could earn assets to head coach Sheldon’s staff best tournament ZALASKI him, they know he’s the coach but he’s in Sun Valley, Idaho, just 20 minutes up continued from page 13 close enough in age that he can keep the road from Hailey, Idaho, one of the seed since 2006 on the links, and they kept in touch that relationship going. He didn’t know locations of the BHS basketball camps over the years. Now he’s helping con- what he wanted [right before gradua- Zalaski helped found in 2007. MEN’S BASKETBALL struct a brewing NESCAC contender tion], but once he got in, he loved it.” Zalaski and Bentley met during his continued from page 13 in Medford, one powered by young Consider the allegiances — and colors senior year at Amherst, when she was a Moss’s 13 points led the team. recruits that seems a far cry from the — officially shifted. freshman. This past September, Zalaski Orchowski had 12 points and five blocks, squad that won just one conference “I try to stay away from the purple was meeting with a Tufts recruit and while Firempong added 11 points, two game in each of the two seasons before as much as possible because I know the recruit’s parents at the coach’s office assists and two steals. The game was Zalaski’s arrival. what’s coming,” said Zalaski, sporting in Cousens, when he hastily ended the almost lost for the Jumbos on the boards “I have no regrets about it,” said a baby-blue Tufts basketball bracelet meeting and shuttled out the door. He as Trinity controlled the rebounding Zalaski, sitting in the bleachers over- on his right wrist. “There’s no need to had a proposal to get to. game 33-24. looking Cousens Gym following the push the button.” For what it’s worth, the recruit will “[Friday] night was a great win, but we Jumbos’ 74-65 loss to his alma mater Before this season began, Hixon attend Tufts next year, and Bentley, a had a lot of lapses on the defensive end,” on Saturday afternoon, his normally offered Zalaski the opportunity to leave former soccer player for the Lord Jeffs, Orchowski said. “We weren’t able to stop soft-spoken tone elevated with enthu- Tufts and don purple yet again for the has also converted to Jumbos fandom, them from beating us with ball screens, siasm. “It’s early mornings and it’s late Lord Jeffs, to make that familiar journey marked by a birthday card on her fridge and we also did a poor job rebounding nights, but it’s what I love to do and I west on the Massachusetts Turnpike and signed by the entire team. the ball on both ends. We were lucky to do it for the thing I enjoy. I just feel dif- join his former coach on the Amherst “I got lucky,” Zalaski said. “We just pull that one out.” ferent in this atmosphere than I do in bench, this time as his head assistant. met late and hit it off, and we had no If the Jumbos can hold off a 2-6 in- anything else.” Things were different when the Lord idea what was going to happen, and conference Hamilton squad on Friday Sheldon, he of the perfected stone- Jeffs came calling this time around. we’ve been together almost six years. — and if Wesleyan doesn’t win its next cold deadpan, has mandated that Zalaski Zalaski now has a day job teaching pre- I would say that’s probably the thing three conference matchups — Tufts will never wear purple, lest the young assis- calculus at Belmont High School. He’s I’m happiest about. It was just some- enter the playoffs with its best conference tant risk termination from the program, working on a master’s degree in educa- thing unexpected.” seeding since 2006. but that hasn’t stopped some Jumbos tion at Tufts and has aspirations of one Zalaski was technically answering a “That [Hamilton] game can have huge from ribbing the Lord Jeffs alum about day taking over a NESCAC or Ivy League question about his relationship with implications in the league standings and his tenure donning the color. Even so, program to coach the Div. III and Div. I Bentley. a dramatic effect on our momentum the respect is there for the man who paragons of student-athletes. And most Given the elements of initial uncer- heading into the postseason,” Orchowski reached two NCAA Final Fours. importantly, he has a fiancee. tainty, unexpectedness and enduring said. “It will be important to come out “He really has a nice rapport with the He and Kate Bentley, a Palo Alto, Calif., happiness, he very well could have been and get a much-needed win against them players,” Sheldon said. “They respect native, will get married on Aug. 3, 2013 talking about his coaching career. on the road next week.” 16 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y ADVERTISEMENT Monday, February 6, 2012