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b y Be n Gi t t l e s o n stipulation that TMC lower its prices for the Daily Editorial Board weekend retreat center, which is open to all undergraduate Tufts students and groups but The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate which is discounted for TMC members. As approved $230,000 in funding last night to go a result, certain costs for individuals, groups toward a Trips Cabin to be constructed along- and TMC members will drop by $5. side the Tufts Mountain Club’s (TMC) Loj in “We want to keep our prices down, we want North Woodstock, N.H. more people to come up, and Senate wanted The body voted 20-5 in favor of allocating that as well,” Bond said. money from the TCU recovered funds to the The debate at yesterday’s meeting centered project, which will involve building a small on the merits of funding such a large expen- structure that will sleep around 30 people who diture — the costliest of this academic year desire quieter nighttime accommodations at — when the extent to which the student body the Tufts-owned, TMC-operated Loj property. at large would benefit from an off-campus The cost for the cabin could hit a maxi- structure located a two-hour drive from cam- mum of $237,500, and TMC has already raised pus remained unclear. $11,854 for the project from members and But TMC plans to launch a publicity cam- alumni. At minimum, it may cost around paign centered around the Loj in the fall. Last $200,000; TMC plans to repay the Senate any night, members of the group’s executive board The Decemberists are coming unused funds if the project ends up below the also pledged to make rides to the property current budget. much more accessible. “We’ve been trying so long to get this, and “Right now, it’s kind of a free-for-all getting up it was amazing to see all our time and effort to the Loj,” TMC Vice President Brian Gilling, a nymag.com come to fruition,” TMC President Katie Bond, sophomore who is also the director of the Trips Concert Board announced that indie rock band The Decemberists will be performing a junior, told the Daily last night. at Spring Fling later this month. For more information, see Arts, page 5. The disbursement of the funds includes a see TRIPS CABIN, page 2 TSR gets loan to renovate The Rez b y Te s s a Ge l l e r s o n Daily Editorial Board b y Al e x a n d r a Bo g u s The OTMF began in 2005 with a TuftsDaily Microfinance Editorial Board $100 Fund million donation sees to the university from eBay founder Pierre The Tufts Community Union strongEven as thereturns global eco in- fiscalOmidyar (E year’88) and his 2008 wife Pam (TCU) Senate last Sunday approved nomic downturn continues to (LA ’89). Though the fund is part of a request from Tufts Student upend the financial sector, the Tufts’ endowment, it was designed Resources (TSR) for a $100,000 loan Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance to be solely targeted toward the to revamp The Rez. Fund (OTMF) has seen a solid microfinance sector, which pro- The project is part of a larger streak of success, according to vides loans for entrepreneurs in the effort to renovate and modernize the most recent numbers. developing world in an effort to the campus center. Administrators and industry alleviate global poverty. Senators voted 24-1-1 in favor of experts remain unsure, however, as A blended fund, the OTMF granting the loan. The money will to the economy’s long-term effects invests in a variety of asset classes have to be paid back to the Senate on the fund and the microfinance that carry a range of risk and poten- on a monthly basis over the next industry in general. tial return. All of its investments four academic years. Payouts to Tufts from the fund’s directly or indirectly benefit micro- “The Senate is committed to earnings totaled $6.6 million in fis- finance initiatives. improving the campus center cal year 2008, significantly more Joan Trant, the executive direc- any way we can, and if improv- than the $2.63 million and $1.38 tor of the International Association ing The Rez is part of that, we’re million returned to the universi- of Microfinance Investors, of happy to help,” TCU Treasurer Matt ty in fiscal years 2007 and 2006, which the OTMF is a member, Shapanka, a senior, said. respectively, according to Director said she is impressed by the fund’s TSR will put the majority of the of Public Relations Kim Thurler. 2008 returns. loan toward bringing The Rez up Since half of the returns each “The performance really speaks to code. “That’s something that we year are reinvested in the fund, the to the quality, the terrific work of felt Tufts should really pick up. A lot OTMF earned a total of $13.2 mil- [OTMF Director Tryfan Evans] and of the code updates we’re actually lion in fiscal year 2008, which rep- Sean Smith/Tufts Daily resents a 12 percent return rate. see MICROFINANCE, page 2 Sophomore Laura Bernescu and junior Allison Turrill at work at The Rez. see REZ, page 2

b y Mi c h a e l De l Mo r o Rice is fortified with vitamin A. and said that all of the trials should be sus- the study prior to the use of experimental Daily Editorial Board According to the 32 scientists who pended until the researchers can prove that animals,” Cummins told the Daily. “That signed the letter, the study violated the they followed medical ethical guidelines. seems backwards to me. … It shouldn’t FriedmanResearchers at the researchers’ Friedman School of Nuremberg ethics Code, questioned a set of ethical research for feedingTufts issued a children formal response togenetically the really be a jump modified directly from the rice crop to Nutrition Science and Policy have come principles for experiments conducted on letter stating that the university “fully sup- the children without adequate testing.” under fire for a study involving feeding humans, because it was conducted on chil- ports its researchers and their work with Russell said that animal testing would genetically modified food to children. dren between the ages of six and 10 and did Golden Rice.” The statement also said that have been “meaningless” because animals In February, a group of 32 scientists not take into account risks associated with the entire study followed the necessary break down beta-carotene, the precursor from around the world sent an open letter excessive vitamin A in the body. research procedures and received approval to vitamin A, in a much different way than to the school, citing code violations and The letter was addressed to Professor from internal review boards in the United humans do, making the study of the animal inadequate preparatory research. A Wales- Emeritus Robert Russell, who stepped States and China. process inapplicable to the human case. based group against genetically modified down in July as director of the Jean Mayer Joe Cummins, a professor emeritus Humans do not directly digest vitamin food coordinated the initiative. United States Department of Agriculture of genetics at the University of Western A but rather produce it as a result of the The study, which took place last year, Human Nutrition Research Center on Ontario and one of the signatories of the metabolizing of beta-carotene. The precur- studied the extent to which a genetically Aging. He denied that Tufts had violated letter, said he would not have opposed the sor is present in many vegetables naturally, modified form of rice, known as Golden any ethical boundaries. study if animal testing had been conducted including carrots and spinach, but these Rice, can be used to combat vitamin A The scientists called the use of human before feeding the rice to children. foods are not widely available for some deficiency, which may be responsible for subjects for genetically-modified feeding “I found it rather outrageous in the 500,000 cases of blindness per year. Golden experiments “completely unacceptable” sense that the children were brought into see GOLDEN RICE, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s Sections Senior Mara Gittleman The men’s lacrosse team traveled to Ethiopia to dropped its first contest News 1 Editorial | Letters 10 study urban agricul- of the season to unranked Features 3 Op-Ed 11 ture over winter break. Trinity in Hartford, Conn. Arts & Living 5Classifieds 13 Saturday. Puzzles 9 Sports Back

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Kairos Society brings dozens of Jumbos to NYC Upgrade to The Rez will be part of

Forty Tufts students interested in entre- people that may help me find an intern- larger campus center renovations preneurship spent this past weekend on ship in New York this summer. Overall, it REZ Their third priority is the large first floor an aircraft carrier with many prominent was a great experience.” continued from page 1 conference room, which hosts weekly Senate executives and representatives from the For members of the Tufts chapter going to do are [Americans with Disabilities meetings. Senators are thinking about remov- nation’s biggest companies, as part of a of Kairos, the conference provided an Act] requirements,” TSR President Ali Osman, ing the divider in the room and installing new conference on entrepreneurship. opportunity to establish connections a junior, said. “We want to be up to code with furniture and a projector. The first annual Kairos Summit, which and to solicit input from other like- what the requirements are for Somerville at The entire project will take about 12 weeks took place on Friday and Saturday, was minded students. this point.” and will be completed by next fall, according hosted by the Kairos Society, a group “It was great to see these top stu- The Rez renovations fit into a project spear- to Scarano. dedicated to promoting entrepreneur- dents helping each other with the prob- headed by TCU Historian Antonella Scarano “Everyone is really excited about this proj- ship among college students. The event lems they face with their ventures,” said to update the entire campus center. ect,” she said. “Everyone is really on board, took place at the Intrepid Sea, Air and sophomore Artem Efremkin, the presi- “I’ve been working on the idea of renovat- and it’s come a long way.” Space Museum on the former USS dent of the Tufts chapter of Kairos. ing the campus center in small pieces since Representatives from TSR who attended Intrepid aircraft carrier, which is perma- Tufts was well-represented, with five last year,” Scarano, a junior, said. “It was my the Senate meeting to request funding origi- nently docked in New York City. alumni and two trustees in attendance, Senate project.” nally asked for the $100,000 to be divided The conference offered college entre- junior Greg Hering said in an e-mail As part of this plan, the Allocations Board between a loan and a grant. preneurs the opportunity to connect before conference. (ALBO) voted on Wednesday night to grant According to the representatives, TSR with other students and professionals Heidi Collins, an anchor on the cable $20,560 for architectural plans to modernize employs close to 70 students and offers some from all over the country and share sto- news show “CNN Newsroom,” hosted the campus center. The Senate approved the of the cheapest coffee on campus. They felt ries, experiences and ideas about entre- the summit, which featured video key- expenditure last night. the strain of paying back a loan might force preneurship. note presentations from former President Current projections indicate that the cam- The Rez to raise prices. Five hundred students attended the Bill Clinton and William Gates Sr., the pus center work will cost roughly $200,000, The Senate dismissed this request, how- summit alongside many prominent for- father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates not including the $100,000 set aside for The ever, and instead granted them an extended mer and current CEOs and executives, and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Rez. It will primarily involve minor facelifts, timeframe to pay back the $100,000. including Phil Condit, the former chair- Gates Foundation. starting with the first floor, which stands to get “They told us they could pay it, so why man and CEO of Boeing Co. and Ellen The Kairos Society was founded in new lighting, painting and upholstering. would we ever give them a grant if they told Kullman (E ‘78), CEO of DuPont and a 2007 by current president Ankur Jain, On the second floor, senators are consider- us they could pay in full?” Shapanka said. “We Tufts trustee. now a sophomore at the Wharton ing new panels for doors and small changes to basically told them flat-out … that they will “We had some great speakers come, School at the University of Pennsylvania. the ceiling. have to do their best not to raise prices.” and it was great to hear what they The international organization encour- had to say about entrepreneurship,” ages socially responsible collegiate said Kullman’s daughter Maggie, a Tufts entrepreneurship. freshman, who attended the Saturday portion of the summit. “I met some —by Matt Repka

MICROFINANCE earmarked for microfinance, this environ- continued from page 1 ment has made everyone more cautious. … the investment committee,” Trant told Investors are seeking more information Microfinancethe Daily. fund on[and] track need a lotto more meet hand-holding.” goal But Evans, who previously worked for the Additionally, as loan availability declines, U.S. Agency for International Development entrepreneurs in the Third World, who are (USAID), cautioned against comparing the recipients of microfinance efforts, may the OTMF’s success to other microfinance not be as motivated or financially able to funds due to its “unique mandate.” repay their benefactors as they have been “The trouble is that it’s really hard to in the past. compare us to those funds because we “There is a risk that micro-entrepre- invest across all the different asset class- neurs may not be able to maintain the Dilys Ong/TUfts Daily es, some low risk-low return, some high high 97-98 percent repayment rate which Tufts Community Union senators approved $230,000 in funding last night for a supplemental risk-higher return,” Evans said. “We, to our is unique to the microfinance industry,” building to be constructed at the Loj in New Hampshire. knowledge, are the only institutional inves- Trant said. tor that has gone out and developed this Still, there is some hope since loan recip- type of portfolio.” ients in the developing world operate on Senate approves $230,000 for Trips Cabin Evans was also wary of gauging the cur- the “margins of the general economy,” sup- Trips Cabin that the issue deserved to be brought before rent success of the fund, noting that it plying necessary goods that are in high continued from page 1 the Senate when the body had a significant would take at least five years to accurately demand, Trant said. This may allow the Cabin project, told the Daily. “[Members of the amount of money that could be disbursed. determine its performance. industry to remain relatively unscathed by Senate] want us to make a procedure for every- “I figured it was something that was “I’m really uncomfortable characterizing the economy. one to get up and enjoy it.” important to TMC and, more importantly, our performance in 2008 as either strong Evans is optimistic that the fund will The Trips Cabin has been two years in the was important to the Tufts community, and or weak,” he said. “It’s really too early to reach its long-term goal, which is to facili- making as a way to expand the Loj and open it that several people on Senate stated that as tell. The investments that we make are tate $1 billion in loans to entrepreneurs up to more undergraduates. one of their objectives for this year,” he told generally very long-term investments. … by 2015. Last fall, TMC members launched a cam- the Daily after last night’s meeting. “I figured One-year numbers really don’t have much The fund is on track to meet this mark paign supporting spending part of the recov- it would only be right for it to at least be heard information value.” before the deadline, according to Thurler. ered funds on the project. The project came in Senate.” He added that he would not know the Meanwhile, despite its focus on the before the Senate then, but was shelved when Senator Chas Morrison, a sophomore, full impact of the economic crisis on the developing world, the fund has also had the administration indicated that it would voted against last night’s project. While he fund’s strength until the end of this year. a substantial impact on campus, where loan money to the Senate to fund the expan- supports the Trips Cabin, he said that the Evans’ sentiments reflect a general returns are used to benefit both students sion on the Loj property. Senate should have waited for the adminis- uncertainty on the part of many within the and faculty in such ways as financial aid But the economic downturn dashed those tration to help out with the project — some- microfinance industry. and research initiatives. plans, and the Senate did not take up the thing he said administrators had indicated “The jury is still out on to what extent Each year, for example, the fund allows issue of the Trips Cabin again before reaching they might do. microfinance will stay decoupled [from the for $1,000 grants to tenured and ten- a decision on the disbursement of the recov- “In my mind, the debate was whether economy],” Trant said. ure-track faculty members for research ered funds. In December, the body voted building the Trips Cabin now as opposed The industry has already been affect- and conferences, according to University to use $300,000 of the recovered funds to to in the near future was worth not [being] ed by the downturn in a number of Provost and Senior Vice President create an endowment that would support able to put this money toward expendi- areas. On one end lies a lack of capital Jamshed Bharucha. student activities, channel $87,780 to student tures such as increased wireless or renova- on the part of investors, who are increas- Bharucha added that the OTMF’s suc- groups through the Allocations Board and tions to the campus center,” he told the ingly unable or reluctant to support the cess has motivated investors who would put $300,000 into a savings account. It was Daily after the vote. financial sector. not otherwise have turned their attention the latter funds on which last night’s alloca- Gilling said ground can be broken as soon “With financial markets tanking, people to the developing world. tion focused. as the earth at the property thaws enough. who wanted to put money into microfi- “That, in turn, has a magnifying, ampli- Senator Dan Pasternack, a sophomore, The cabin could be completed as early as one nance don’t have the liquidity to do so,” fying effect on the benefits to poverty alle- spearheaded the effort to bring the Trips and a half months from now, and at latest by Trant said. “Even if [they] had free cash viation,” he said. Cabin project before the Senate again. He said the start of the fall semester.

GOLDEN RICE ed in vitamin A poisoning in a But Russell denied that assertion. According to Russell, research- study caused no reported aller- continued from page 1 young girl. “That’s a ridiculous accusation, ers also gave the students school gies or adverse reactions. children in the developing world, The levels of beta-carotene totally untrue,” Russell told the supplies as a form of non-mone- Russell said the accusations Friedmanwhich has led to the explorationSchool’s found Golden in the singular Rice meal of studyDaily. “We underwentevokes every rebukesingle tary compensation from scientists for their par- from worldwide the scientific community of genetically modified rice. Golden Rice fed to the students approval — both in the U.S. and ticipation in the study. were likely attributable to a more But Cummins explained that during the study, however, were in China — that was needed.” Researchers observed no nega- general negative attitude toward studies have shown that certain ten times less than those found in Russell said the research- tive side effects, he added. genetically modified foods. levels of vitamin A and its precur- a carrot, according to Russell. ers received approval from both Though the official results of “In the [United States], we sors can be toxic for humans. Cummins also decried what country’s governments as well the the study will likely be released have a very different attitude “There are well-established he called a troubling trend of Food and Drug Administration in several months, Russell said towards genetic modifica- studies that show that even researchers feeding children and got informed consent from preliminary analyses have tion than Europe has; we are those [foods] with vitamin A genetically modified foods. the parents of the children who shown high levels of bioavail- exposed to those products and precursors can cause toxicity in With respect to the Friedman were fed the rice. If any of the chil- ability — the degree to which have been for a long time,” people who are overexposed to School study, he said his main con- dren showed a reluctance to par- the rice can be used in the body he said. “These are politically them,” he said, citing a particu- tention was that proper informed ticipate, they were not required to — in some of the children’s motivated people, and I’m sorry lar study in Japan that result- consent was never obtained. take part in the study. blood samples. The feeding that they feel these extremes.” 3

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Logan crane | if you seek amy In trying economic times, local businesses You say are relying on Tufts students for revenue camera, I Bacow’s speech emphasizes economic connection to community b y Sa r a h Ko r o n e s ing cups of coffee at Diesel Café, sit- say dorm Daily Staff Writer ting down for lunches at Mr. Crepe, ollege provides us four years of our lives or grabbing late night drinks at Sagra, to act on our adolescent impulses and There is often little to look forward to it is clear that the troubling economy ambitions. It provides the opportunity for a typical Tufts student on a Sunday has not slowed many students at Tufts to drink in excess without societal judg- afternoon. Most hours are spent slaving from infusing local institutions with ment,C pursue personal goals and dreams that away on problem sets at Tisch or holed their business. would otherwise not be possible and — more up in the dorms trying to sleep off the “One of the reasons I like going off importantly — it grants us a stage to voice sexual previous night’s hangover. Sophomore campus to eat is because Somerville expression. A college campus, specifically one Beth Doyle, however, has figured out attracts a very eclectic crew,” Doyle with a liberal slant, is the perfect outlet to discuss her own way to beat the Sunday blues. said. sexuality in the context of cultural, political and Every Sunday around 6 p.m., Doyle Sophomore Louisa Bradberry agreed personal issues. Sexual expression is a significant and her friends venture down Boston that it’s nice to see some new faces part of the university experience, and without Avenue for a meal at the local Medford every once in a while. “I think it’s cool such opportunities, students can be left without establishment Pasta Pisa. Doyle enjoys to get away from somewhere that’s all adequate instruments for freedom of expression frequenting the restaurant as a way to students,” she said. and for holding sexual knowledge. break free from the Tufts bubble and Kathleen Flahive (LA ’04), co-found- Although there are several groups and social is happy to give her business to such a er of the Danish Pastry House, under- networks on campus that are specifically tar- hospitable institution. stands the need for students at Tufts geted toward issues of sexual representation, “The best part about eating at the and residents of the Medford and Tufts’ efforts are inferior to other elite universi- local eateries is the people there really Somerville communities to interact. ties in this respect. Just when I thought porn love getting to know Tufts students,” “People see us as a university coffee was directed by pompous capitalists in the

Doyle said. “My friends and I love going Tien Tien/Tufts Daily shop in a lot of ways,” she explained. quaint studios of L.A., I was introduced to the to Pasta Pisa because they always greet Business from Tufts students is an integral “But we opened it so that everybody creation of university porn. Harvard University us with a warm welcome. It makes the part of the Medford and Somerville com- would be welcome and everybody and Boston University (BU) both have student- whole experience more fun when they munities. could share the space.” run porn magazines. They are two of many, as call us regulars and joke about our Flahive felt that the area surround- Vassar College, the University of Chicago, Yale favorite orders.” In addition to employing a large ing campus lacked a common space University and others are all taking part in this While some students may venture off number of local residents, Tufts also where students and nearby residents growing interest. Although Harvard and BU campus simply for a change of scen- draws around 60,000 visitors to the could come together. “While I was at share a similar desire to reach the student body ery, traditions of eating out at nearby area every year, most of whom active- Tufts I was really involved in [Leonard through sexuality, their main objectives for the establishments can also be essential ly spend money at local eateries and Carmichael Society (LCS)], and I always publications are vastly different. contributions to the local economies hotels. Bacow also highlighted the fact wanted to get involved in the com- Boink was established by a Boston University of Medford and Somerville. that many Tufts students choose to munity,” she said. “There’s always the student who took the idea that sex sells and University President Lawrence remain in the community even after idea of Tufts being up on the hill, and mass-marketed it to a greater populace. The Bacow recently addressed this impor- graduation, helping Medford and although the students live in Medford, publication began as a smaller project and tant economic link between Tufts and Somerville to thrive financially. they don’t always get involved in the escalated into a profitable business. The maga- its host communities of Medford and For current Jumbos, it seems that the community. Sometimes even when zine is most relatable to Maxim and uses only Somerville in a speech to the Medford easiest and most satisfying way to con- they do want to get involved, the only BU students as its models. Although it is consid- civic clubs on Feb. 26. In his speech, tribute to local economies is in patron- way is LCS and the community service ered “softcore” pornography, it has created an Bacow stressed the strong connection izing the many local restaurants and way. That’s the only route.” infatuation among college students and media that Tufts has to its host communities bars. Packs of Tufts students are found Flahive is proud of the eclectic mix elite. The publication has been discussed on a and spoke about the many economic hanging around the establishments of customers her restaurant draws. slew of networks, and the co-founder recent- benefits that Tufts brings to Medford lining Boston Avenue or surrounding ly signed a book deal with a potential reality and Somerville. Davis Square. Between downing morn- see LOCAL BUSINESSES, page 4 television project. Although the creators and models are all students at BU, the magazine is available to the general public. Their Web site, In Our Midst | Mara Gittleman Get-Boinked.com, allows anyone to purchase issues or to buy a subscription. Tufts senior researches Ethiopian agriculture, wins competition H Bomb has a completely different means of capturing its audience. While the publication b y Christina Pa pp a s contains racy and nude photos, its intention is Daily Editorial Board to use art as a political organization strategy. The magazine is a democratic forum for students to She had read the theses and studies talk about sexual issues. The goal is not neces- beforehand. She’d spoken to professors. By sarily arousal but instead a non-normative rep- all accounts, she came prepared. But as resentation of sexuality produced by students. senior Mara Gittleman learned this January The magazine attempts to create alternative when she traveled to Ethiopia to research standards of sexy. It actively fights the media the country’s rapid changes in urban agri- representation of sexuality and reaches out to culture, there is nothing quite like experi- established artists, academic leaders and stu- encing something firsthand. dent activists to contribute material that is both “It was different than expected,” Gittleman, community specific and connected to larger a double major in American studies and social issues and hierarchies. The magazine is environmental studies, said. “Before I went, printed annually and distributed to students I read lots of theses, but [Ethiopia] is really online. Hard copies are sold in the Harvard Coop just completely different from how it was and bookstores in New York City. described in them … The theses didn’t talk Student pornographic publications are about how urban agriculture has decreased, empowering, entertaining and informative. which affects food prices in the city.” While Harvard has a more academic outlook on Gittleman, who traveled to the city of the issues of sexuality, BU produces content that Addis Ababa for two weeks with five fellow is geared towards college students, or as they say, students participating in the Education for “college sex by the people having it.” Although Public Inquiry and International Citizenship BU’s magazine is rather racy and scandalous, the (EPIIC) program at Tufts, explained that fact is that college students have a sexual agenda, her research focused on the current soci- gillian javetski/tufts daily and we are interested in the provocative content etal and nutritional upheaval in Ethiopia Senior Mara Gittleman studied changes in Ethiopian urban agriculture last January. that Boink provides. H Bomb is a fantastic outlet caused by its incredibly swift transition into to voice concerns and to create new ideas of the global market. rid of the local food, which is where most advance sustainable development and youth sexual expression and representation. The two “Addis Ababa has a history of being agrar- of the food has been grown up until now, empowerment in the United States. publications give college students the opportu- ian,” Gittleman said. “Traditionally, the agri- and this is causing a scarcity that is causing The thematic issues in this year’s com- nity to both voice and display sexual expression. culture has carried most of the economy. prices to increase — pretty soon people won’t petition were Africa, agriculture, desertifi- I must say though, it would be quite dis- Because Ethiopia has relatively little political be able to afford fresh produce on a regular cation, drought, land and rural develop- tracting to sit in class with the centerfold. It unrest and is relatively secure compared to basis,” she said. “And the new housing is ment. Gittleman’s study of urban agricul- gives the idea of imagining the audience naked most of Africa, it has become a center for located on the outskirts of the city — that’s ture in Addis Ababa happened to fit the a whole new meaning. I believe a mix of both international diplomacy, negotiations and poorly placed for job access and also dis- specifications perfectly. She was recently outlooks would be a beneficial idea for the trade. It’s become competitive in the global enfranchises long-established communities informed that she was a competition win- Tufts community. A student-run porn maga- market. This means that Ethiopia has had to where everybody knows one another. There’s ner. By virtue of her success, her paper zine that touches upon both sexual issues up the ante … in order to accommodate all been an increase in homelessness, poverty will be published in the online journal politically and culturally while providing tan- these people. Urban areas are expanding and and hunger. Nobody’s ensuring that these at SustainUS. She will also be speaking talizing photos for arousal could broaden our taking over the agriculture, [but no one] is people aren’t just ending up on the streets.” at the upcoming United Nations (U.N.) sense of sexual acceptance and approval. taking into account the effects on the general When Gittleman returned to the United Commission on Sustainable Development, population in taking over farmland.” States, she wrote a paper based on her which will be held from May 4 to 15 at the According to Gittleman, the displacement research, which she submitted to a com- U.N. Headquarters in New York City. Logan Crane is a junior majoring in politi- is negatively affecting both food accessibility petition sponsored by SustainUS — a non- cal science. She can be reached at Logan. and senses of community. “They’re getting profit, nonpartisan organization that aims to see GITTLEMAN, page 4 [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Monday, April 6, 2009 Gittleman to speak at upcoming U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development GITTLEMAN current activities as a freshman. WŚŝĞƚĂ<ĂƉƉĂsŝƐŝƟŶŐ^ĐŚŽůĂƌĂŶĚ'ŶŶƵĂůŝƐƟŶŐƵŝƐŚĞĚ>ĞĐƚƵƌĞ continued from page 3 “I came to Tufts thinking that I was inter- “I’m really excited to be able to speak to [the ested in neuroscience and would major United Nations Commission], but I’m also in biopsychology,” she said. “My interests excited to have the chance to meet the other changed completely.” Supply Chains and the students [who won],” she said. Gittleman is not yet sure about her plans Gittleman praised SustainUS for post-graduation, but she has not ruled out a ,ƵŵĂŶŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ including younger researchers rath- return to Ethiopia to further her research. She er than only extending opportunities has already formulated several suggestions to graduate students in the tradition in order to make life easier, and food more Anna Tsing of many organizations. “It’s especially accessible, for the people of Addis Ababa. important that they include undergrad- “First and foremost, they need to give a DŽŶĚĂǇ͕Ɖƌŝůϲ͕ϮϬϬϵϱ͗ϬϬWD uate and high-school researchers.” lot more authority to the Office of Urban Gittleman, who will prepare a Agriculture. They don’t have nearly enough DƵůƟƉƵƌƉŽƐĞZŽŽŵ͕^ŽƉŚŝĂ'ŽƌĚŽŶ,Ăůů PowerPoint presentation for the U.N. power, and urban agriculture is so impor- commission, has also been working on tant to the people,” Gittleman said. She A new form of global capitalism is spread- her own senior thesis, which focuses on also lauded hydroponics technology: “[It’s] urban agriculture and food security in expensive, but it’s possible to install with ing across the earth: supply chains in which Boston. She said that her work in Ethiopia cheaper, lower-quality materials, and it’s a ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͕ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ͕ĂŶĚŵĂƌŬĞƚ- gave her a solid basis for comparison. good investment because it produces more ŝŶŐĞǆƚĞŶĚĂĐƌŽƐƐĐŽŶƟŶĞŶƚƐ;ƚŚŝŶŬtĂůͲDĂƌƚ “By traveling, I now have more of a food per acre with intelligent water use.” background to compare food systems in “The city could provide communal land. 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Without “evolution,” explaining that she never would the equipment and technology, these farm- ƚĞŶƟŽŶƐŚŽƵůĚďĞƉĂŝĚƚŽƚŚĞŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞŽĨĐƵůƚƵƌĂůĚŝƐƟŶĐ- have guessed she would be involved in her ers are in a cycle of poverty.” ƟŽŶƐŝŶƚŚĞŵĂŬŝŶŐŽĨŶĞǁŵŽĚĞůƐĨŽƌǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ͛ŝĚĞŶƟƟĞƐ͘ /ƌŽŶŝĐĂůůǇ͕ŐůŽďĂůĐĂƉŝƚĂůƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐƚŚŽƐĞǁŚŽǁŽƌŬĨŽƌũƵƐƟĐĞ ƚŽĞŶŐĂŐĞŵŽƌĞĚĞĞƉůǇŝŶůŽĐĂůĐƵůƚƵƌĂůǁŽƌůĚƐ͘ ŶŶĂdƐŝŶŐŝƐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌŽĨĂŶƚŚƌŽƉŽůŽŐǇĂƚƚŚĞhŶŝ- ǀĞƌƐŝƚǇŽĨĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ͕^ĂŶƚĂƌƵǌĂŶĚƚŚĞĂƵƚŚŽƌŽĨŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ of having Tufts students as customers ĂǁĂƌĚͲǁŝŶŶŝŶŐďŽŽŬƐĂŶĚĂƌƟĐůĞƐ͘ LocalLOCAL BUS INbusinessESSES ownersin more explain business, storeownersbenefits also ŽͲƐƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚďǇƚŚĞKĸĐĞŽĨƚŚĞĞĂŶƐŽĨƌƚƐĂŶĚ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞƐ͕ continued from page 3 appreciate the atmosphere that col- ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨŶƚŚƌŽƉŽůŽŐǇ͕WĞĂĐĞĂŶĚ:ƵƐƟĐĞ^ƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕Ğ- “When you go in, you see we have lege students bring to their establish- ƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨ^ŽĐŝŽůŽŐǇ͕/ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůZĞůĂƟŽŶƐ͕ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ^ƚƵĚ- students and people from the com- ments. “The community loves that ŝĞƐWƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞdƵŌƐĐŚĂƉƚĞƌŽĨWŚŝĞƚĂ<ĂƉƉĂ͘ munity,” she explained. “We have local there are students here,” Flahive said politicians, elderly ladies who come in of her shop. for luncheons and families and kids. 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Giovanni Russonello | The Decemberists and student band The Look Both Ways Ride round out lineup for Spring Fling Marsalis and b y Jo s h Ze i d e l the stories Daily Editorial Board of music Tufts Concert Board Co-chair Alan uch of what luminary trumpeter Munkacsy confirmed yesterday that Wynton Marsalis does, including the rock act for Spring Fling 2009 will his work as musical director of be folk-rockers The Decemberists. New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, Munkacsy, a junior, also confirmed Mis aimed at keeping jazz music relevant. Last that The Ride, the Tufts student funk month, Marsalis came out with an impossible- band that won Saturday’s Battle of the to-ignore new project: a concept album com- Bands, will perform during set changes posed of quick poetry readings and accom- on a side stage. panying musical pieces performed by his jazz Munkacsy declined to speak with quintet. Gimmicky? Sure. Fun? Absolutely. the Daily over the phone but said via When I listen to the album, titled “He and e-mail that The Decemberists were She” (2009), I’m often haunted by the men- not the organization’s first choice. “We tal image of Marsalis sitting in his Midtown looked at other bands such as Eve 6, My Manhattan office, clad in a Brooks Brothers Morning Jacket, The Strokes, MGMT smoking jacket. He claps his hands and and Vampire Weekend first; however, exclaims, “I know something they’ll all like they were either out of our price range — I’ll do a poetry album about puppy love, or were unavailable for Spring Fling.” and I’ll play jazz tunes that go along with the The Decemberists formed in 2000 poems!” Of course, this is unfair, and Marsalis in Portland, Ore. and independently deserves credit for pushing into new territory released their first EP, “5 Songs” (2001) and coming away with something refreshingly the following year. Three full-length original and utterly enjoyable. That said, the albums, “Castaways and Cutouts” pleasant music just isn’t as energetic or engag- (2002), “Her Majesty the Decemberists” ing as Marsalis’ best work. (2003) and “Picaresque” (2005) fol- To find a more timeless record that uses lowed, but it was not until 2006 that both spoken word and jazz music to illus- the group was picked up by a major trate the emotions of romance, we have to label, Capitol Records. “The Crane MCT go back in history but we don’t have to aban- Continuing the tradition started last year by The Dropkick Murphys, The Decemberists will Wife” (2006), produced by Chris Walla don Marsalis. Eighteen years ago, he made a rock out with an accordion at Spring Fling. of Death Cab For Cutie and Tucker remarkable album, “Blue Interlude” (1991), Martine, helped the band gain a wide whose centerpiece is a 37-minute-long suite following when National Public Radio their most recent album, “The Hazards have very polar opinions regarding called “Blue Interlude (The Bittersweet Saga of listeners voted it their favorite album of Love” (2009), centers around a The Decemberists, but we felt that Sugar Cane and Sweetie Pie).” of the year. vaguely Shakespearean story arc, root- they would have a large appeal to stu- In this piece, the Wynton Marsalis Septet The Decemberists’ lyrics, penned by ed in the British folk tale tradition. dents.” uses instrumental music to narrate the guitarist and front man Colin Meloy, “We acknowledge that [The Concert Board first announced that dynamic relationship of two mythic lovers. eschew traditional rock themes in Decemberists] are a more laid-back The Decemberists would round out But it’s not without the help of spoken word: In favor of folk tales from different cul- style than we have had in previous this year’s Spring Fling lineup during a monologue that precedes the suite, Marsalis tures as sources of inspiration. Some of years; however, we still feel that this Saturday’s Battle of the Bands. At the introduces Sugar Cane and Sweetie Pie, inter- the songs from “The Crane Wife” told type of music has a place at Spring event, five different bands competed spersing the occasional piano line to help a Japanese folk tale of a woman who Fling,” said Munkacsy. “We were con- acquaint us with the characters. could transform into a crane, while cerned that the Tufts community may see DECEMBERISTS, page 7 The suite itself comes off without a hitch, and this can be credited to the players, who com- TV Review Album Review prise one of Marsalis’ most exciting ensembles. The musicians handle with remarkable virtuosity the piece’s many time changes and blurry blend of strict arrangement, communal impro- Mastodon’s visation and big-band-style horn harmonies that back a single player’s solo. There are happy times and sad times here, attraction and anger, latest explores confusion and confidence. Where “Blue Interlude” gives its top-notch musicians ample time to stretch out with new territory expressive solos, “He and She” concentrates more on discipline and structured arrange- b y Ry a n Zu c k m a n ments. Occasionally, it can feel like it blurs the Daily Staff Writer line between classical and jazz (both genres in which Marsalis is an expert) as much as it Mastodon is a tough band to pin blends poetry and music. Long-form solos are down. It’s a metal outfit through and scarce, and while the tonal tales of an endearing through, yet it appeals to a much wider four-track suite on firsts (“First Crush,” “First Slow Dance,” “First Kiss” and “First Time”) Crack the Skye surely get their point across, most jazz freaks Mastodon would probably agree that Marsalis succeeds abc.go.com more comfortably when he is less concerned She’s baking something, and it ain’t cookies. with realist representation and more inclined Reprise Records to let the old tricks of bebop work their magic. For instance, the 12-minute-long “The fan base than other bands in the metal Razor Rim” hits its stride thanks to unbridled genre. Mastodon’s albums are very the- solos from Marsalis and tenor saxophonist matic and deliberately paced, yet the Walter Blanding. Pianist Dan Nimmer does his band has also created some standout best McCoy Tyner over the tune’s mid-tempo, happenings of ‘Motherhood’ singles and can even be found on the hard-bop feel, pounding out planar harmo- b y Ca t h e r i n e Sc o t t “Motherhood” is based on an online series “Guitar Hero” video game. Mastodon’s nies and thundering fifths in the low register. Daily Editorial Board of the same name produced in 2007. The new latest record, “Crack the Skye,” does lit- Marsalis probably won’t become the Lincoln New comedy playsshow stars Cheryl off Hines, Megancomic Mullally and tle to nail the band to a specific genre. Center’s poet laureate, but the verses he uses to Television rarely documents the impor- Jessica St. Clair playing three very different Instead, it proves the band is capable set up the music on “He and She” are whimsi- tant role mothers play in society and even mothers trying to raise their children while of just about anything. cal and charming. The first poem runs, “What less common is a show that turns the trials maintaining their personal lives. Hailing from Atlanta, Bill Kelliher, caused country blues men to claim/ A man Jane (played by Hines) is a recently Brann Dailor, Brent Hinds and Troy and a woman is a dangerous game?/ Well every In the Motherhood divorced, working mother of a teenager Sanders have been making epic hard schoolboy knows one plus one equals two/ and new baby. Her manny (i.e. male nanny) rock for over a decade to ever-increas- And boys know less than girls do.” It’s followed Horatio (Horatio Sanz) does most of the ing acclaim and an expanding fan base. by the track “School Boy.” The tune lives up to Starring Cheryl Hines, Megan caretaking while she goes to work. Jane is Though its lineup is fairly standard its name by returning to an earlier time, strid- Mullally, Jessica St. Clair often clueless as to what raising a young and the head-banging riffs are nothing ing along, while Marsalis channels King Oliver. Airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. on ABC baby takes since she is out of the house most new, Mastodon nevertheless maintains Nimmer polishes off a lively chordal solo à la of the day. a unique sound. Hinds and Kelliher Erroll Garner, and all told, the tune conjures of motherhood into something comedic. Jane’s younger sister Emily (St. Clair) is pluck away at arpeggiated chords on the sneakiness of a class clown and the nostal- ABC’s newest sitcom “In the Motherhood” exactly the opposite of Jane: a Type A, over- guitar, while Dailor’s jazz-influenced gic joy of everyone’s first-grade memories. tries to capitalize on the inherently comic involved, stay-at-home mother. Their friend drumming keeps rhythm, and Sanders nature of clueless mothers raising children. Rosemary (Mullally) is a former musician sings in both gruff and clean styles. There are plenty of laugh-worthy moments, and stereotypical “cool mom” with a teenage Though seemingly disparate, these Giovanni Russonello is a junior majoring but the show says nothing original about the in history. He can be reached at Giovanni. journey of motherhood. see MOTHERHOOD, page 7 see MASTODON, page 7 [email protected]. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living Monday, April 6, 2009

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We hope to hear from you! Monday, April 6, 2009 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living 7 The Ride to perform during set changes at Spring Fling MOTHERHOOD mothers face in today’s world. Jane tion with her child or job. continued from page 5 has to balance work, romance and Also, some of the situations the DECEMBERISTS great musicians, but we enjoyed son. The three get together to trade her children, while Emily’s idea of show presents don’t relate to nor- continued from page 5 ourselves more than we ever Differentparenting tips, complain types about ofa perfectparents family and collide marriage is inmal ‘Motherhood’ mothers at all. For example, in Hotung Café for the chance have playing; it was one of our their busy days at work and seek rarely ever what she claims it is. Rosemary organizes a nanny pro- to play the side stage during best [performances].” advice on relationships. Rosemary is trying to deal with test. The writers want to show the Spring Fling. Tickets to Spring Fling will The women go through a being an older woman back in the ridiculous things mothers make The Ride was selected by be sold at the information number of different shenanigans, world after raising her child. their nannies do, but most middle- a panel composed of Michael booth at the campus center including Jane locking herself out Many women, especially those class mothers can’t afford a nanny Ullman, a lecturer in the during business hours from of the house with her newborn that have children, will respond and have to take care of their chil- department of music, and one April 21 at 10 a.m. until 12:30 inside and Rosemary’s idea to fake to this show. The only problem dren themselves. student from each class. The p.m. on April 25, the day of the a pregnancy in order to gain the is that the middle-aged woman The show in general seems to band features junior Caleb show. Tickets are free to Tufts perks of being a pregnant woman. with a job and children rarely has hold a very low opinion of the mod- Shapiro on vocals, freshman undergraduates, with tickets But the women’s escapades are not time to watch television, which ern-day mother. There isn’t much Evan West on bass and soph- for up to two additional guests really that funny in and of them- is why there aren’t that many interaction between the mothers omores Alexander Hoffman per student available for $20 selves; mostly, it’s the acting and shows on television aimed at this and their children. It’s very difficult and Zachary Meyer on saxo- each. Lost tickets will not be the writing that bring the comedy demographic. to believe that being a mother is all phones, Justin Binder on gui- replaced, and a strict no re- to life. The show is not perfect by any that difficult when there is some- tar, Aaron Cannon on trumpet entry policy will be enforced at Hines’ and Mullally’s one-liners means, especially due to the unex- one else taking care of the kids all and Robert Resnick on drums. the show. are incredibly funny. St. Clair’s per- plicably strange qualities of the the time. Other contestants in the battle Gates to the President’s Lawn formance, however, is only comedic leading women. Emily’s ‘Stepford It can be funny to watch these were the student bands Ferris will open at 11:30 a.m., with when she loses the perfect woman wife’ act is creepy, and she seems mothers scramble around and Wheel, The Bookends, Electric The Gentlemen’s Bet taking the facade and becomes a crazy lady like she’s going to explode any try to run their busy lives, but Mustache and Brennivín, stage at noon. Asher Roth will fighting with her husband over minute. Jane often comes off as a it probably won’t strike a chord which placed second and will begin his set at 1 p.m., with The their children. Otherwise, she’s just mother unfit to take care of a child with many people. The talent is perform at Tuftonia’s Day on Decemberists following at 2:30 an annoyingly optimistic house- since she barely interacts with her there, but the characters and the April 24. p.m. and Ludacris at 4 p.m. wife with nothing to do all day. own baby. Rosemary has no real story make it hard to believe that “The competition was steep,” The Ride will provide enter- The show’s writing makes many purpose for the show as the audi- the show is capable of fulfilling Binder said. “There were a lot of tainment during set changes. valid points about the difficulties ence never witnesses her interac- its potential.

MASTODON Skye” is about a paraplegic who grandiose lyrics. What’s truly ent) and instead focuses on mel- sis on the vocals, encouraging continued from page 5 experiments with astral travel, surprising is the album’s cohe- ody and harmony, alternatively Sanders and Hinds to use clean- styles gel into a cohesive sound. journeys through a wormhole in siveness. For all its pondering creating and releasing tension. er, more melodic singing styles Mastodon’s With its breakout record,album space is and likely ends up in tothe spirit gain of Stephenfans Hawking’swho theoriesmay notFrom the always thunderous crescendolike theand tometal turn down thegenre guitar dis- “Leviathan” (2004), Mastodon realm, where he meets Rasputin and the rise and fall of a Russian of opener “Oblivion” to the oddly tortion just a bit. Though less proved that Moby Dick was and attempts to prevent his mystic, Mastodon’s music alone funky and completely infectious engaging initially, this creates as fitting a subject for metal assassination before eventually is enough to conjure the neces- mid-track shuffle of “The Czar,” an extremely rewarding listen- as anything else. With “Blood winding up back in his own body. sary images in listeners’ minds, it’s clear that Mastodon is suc- ing experience through head- Mountain” (2006), the band If all this sounds confusing, pre- setting a consistently dark, ethe- cessfully exploring new musical phones, as one can easily pick ventured further into the realm tentious and oddly specific, well, real mood and maintaining it territory. out all the details, such as the of concept albums. Now, the it is. However, the story is told over the course of the album’s The band’s success may be textural use of the organ, at a albums all come full circle with through the lyrics in much more 50-minute runtime. due in part to producer Brendan comfortable volume level. “Crack the Skye.” It features general terms, allowing the lis- As the band has said, “Crack O’Brien, who has worked “Crack the Skye” may not fea- a scant seven tracks, some of teners to glean their own con- the Skye” is like a cross between with acts ranging from Bruce ture any tracks as hard-charg- which clock in at over 10 min- clusions about the songs’ mean- Deep Purple and Count Chocula Springsteen to Pearl Jam and ing and accessible as “Blood utes and consist of multiple ings, and to the band’s credit, — in other words, a classic rock- brings out the softer side of & Thunder,” but that’s not the movements. It’s clear that the the lyrics never come off as over- oriented sound with a gothic Mastodon’s sound. Rather than point. Mastodon has created an band seeks to take the listener wrought or cheesy. touch. It’s less concerned with cranking the sound levels high entirely different beast, unique on a journey. Heavy-metal veterans, how- riffs, speed and virtuosity (though and putting guitars at the front among its discography, one that As the band tells it, “Crack the ever, should be accustomed to these aspects are definitely pres- of the mix, he places empha- is a complete success. The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies and The Charles Francis Adams Lecture Series

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EDITORIAL THE TUFTS DAILY Ev a n s R. Cl i n c h y Knowing our limits Editor-in-Chief During his visit to Europe for the G20 he intends to better the United States’ rela- protesting. If the president wishes to summit this week, President Barack tions with Muslim countries like Turkey, the improve relations with Turkey — or any Editorial Obama made an effort to emphasize to EU is a completely inappropriate forum in Muslim country, for that matter — it Michael Adams Managing Editors many European leaders that the United which to do this. Not only is the United should do so on its own and not vicari- Sarah Butrymowicz States would support Turkey becoming States not a member of the EU, but bully- ously through avenues like the EU. a member of the European Union (EU). ing our allies and friendly countries into a Pushing for Turkish membership in Ben Gittleson Executive News Editor While European leaders like German decision that may conflict with their best the EU during Obama’s G20 visit not Alexandra Bogus News Editors Chancellor Angela Merkel and French interests does not bode well for perpetu- only lessens the friendly and coopera- Nina Ford President Nicolas Sarkozy have not indi- ating the cooperative, respectful, world- tive atmosphere of the summit but also Gillian Javetski Michael Del Moro cated that there are necessarily unfriendly conscious image of the United States that puts many nations that are still gaug- Rob Silverblatt relations with Turkey, Obama’s support of President Obama values so highly. With the ing how to interact with the new face of Tessa Gellerson Assistant News Editors Turkish membership was met with a cool economy currently floundering, health care the United States on their guard, despite Leslie Ogden Matt Repka reception, with many EU member states reform desperately needed and the auto Obama’s stringent attempts to show Carter Rogers feeling that the United States should not be industry failing, the president should have that the country is turning over a new Dave Stern attempting to intervene in an organization enough to concern him before Turkey’s leaf. The world will be more receptive Kerianne Okie Executive Features Editor of which it is not a part. Although we at the potential EU membership. to American demands and suggestions Daily understand that Obama’s intention is This is not to say that foreign rela- when the economy is on track again, jobs Jessica Bidgood Features Editor to extend a hand of friendship to the pri- tions are not important; after all, most of are stable and banks aren’t failing — and Julie Kalt Assistant Features Editors Alison Lisnow marily Muslim Turkey, we also understand those who voted for Obama were thor- these are the problems that the summit Emily Maretsky that the EU is an entity beyond American oughly distressed at the former admin- was organized to address, not the EU Romy Oltuski control and that President Obama should istration’s foreign policy failures. This membership of Turkey. President Obama Christina Pappas Julia Zinberg take note of the protests throughout Europe action, however, crosses the line, exhib- needs to remember his priorities and be concerning the United States’ tendency to iting an American tendency to attempt conscious of the image he projects to the Naomi Bryant Executive Arts Editor dictate the policies of other countries and to dictate events beyond its control — rest of the world lest we begin anew the Emma Bushnell Arts Editors should respect the decisions of the EU. exactly what the many demonstrations cycle of unilateral decision-making and Matt DiGirolamo Although Obama has openly stated that throughout Europe this week have been alienation from the world community. Catherine Scott Mitchell Geller Assistant Arts Editors Adam Kulewicz Josh Zeidel Erin Marshall Caryn Horowitz Executive Op-Ed Editor Rachel Dolin Editorialists Vittoria Elliott Jacob Maccoby Jwala Gandhi Opinion Editors Nina Grossman Ellen Kan Andrew Rohrberger Molly Rubin Jwala Gandhi Editorial Cartoonists Kayla Murdock Carly Helfand Executive Sports Editor Sapna Bansil Sports Editors Philip Dear Thomas Eager David Heck Scott Janes Tim Judson Ethan Landy Noah Schumer Evan Cooper Assistant Sports Editors Jeremy Greenhouse Alex Prewitt Michael Spera Rebekah Sokol Executive Photo Editor James Choca Photo Editors Aalok Kanani Meredith Klein Danai Macridi Jo Duara Assistant Photo Editors Emily Eisenberg Andrew Morgenthaler Dilys Ong Tim Straub Tien Tien OFF the Hill | Indiana State University PRODUCTION Ally Gimbel Production Director Jennifer Iassogna Executive Layout Editor Radio’s greatest threat: H.R. 848 Elizabeth Bernstein Layout Editors b y Ha r o l d Bo s s t i c k Let’s say that Coke has just come up So in essence, under H.R. 848, artists Dana Berube Indiana Statesman with an even better-tasting product, would be receiving payment for a service Leanne Brotsky Kristin Gorman SuperCoke (please note that there is no they should be paying radio stations for. Julia Izumi If you have recently listened to the such thing as SuperCoke and that I am Given that radio stations offer this wide- Andrew Petrone radio, then you have probably heard using it simply as a rhetorical device in spread advertisement for free, the artists Muhammad Qadri Steven Smith something about a “performance tax” a hypothetical situation). Coke wants to and their record labels should be happy Katie Tausanovitch that could kill radio stations. market SuperCoke, contacts the televi- that they don’t have to pay for this service. Menglu Wang Assistant Layout Editor Wow! This sounds really bad, right? sion stations, airs a few commercials, Also, most radio stations run on a Christopher Snyder Executive Copy Editor Well, there is more to this issue than what and after SuperCoke commercials have small budget, and having to pay royalty it may seem. become so popular, they demand that fees to an untold amount of artists for Catherine Burrows Copy Editors This “tax” is actually not a tax but rather the television stations pay for the right to their songs would damage an already- Ben Smith Elisha Sum royalties radio stations would have to pay air the SuperCoke commercials. strained money pool. Ricky Zimmerman to musicians for using their songs on the Does this seem right? Should the TV We all have a stake in this since most of Kelsey Anderson Assistant Copy Editors air under a reworded, previous bill, H.R. stations have to pay for the right to air us listen to the radio at some point during Nicole Fleischner Alexandra Husted 848 or the “Performance Rights Act.” promotions for Coke’s product? No. the day, and if the stations die, we no longer Nicole Krieg Currently, radio stations are not Coke is using the televisions stations to have something to break the monotonous Rachel Oldfield required to pay for using a musician’s advertise for their product and therefore car drive, listening for weather reports and Zehava Robbins songs, but that would change under this should pay the station to broadcast their other important things. Hena Kapadia Executive Online Editor bill, which was pushed for by lobbyists of advertisements. Therefore, I encourage you all to, the music industry. Now it may not seem connected to if nothing else, research more on this Sylvia Avila Online Editors Benjamin Schwalb Personally, I feel that this bill is a vain radio and royalties, but there are parallels bill, make your own decision and try Lisa DiTullio Assistant Online Editor attempt by the artists and music compa- between the two. and persuade your representatives in nies to increase their already large rev- The artists create their products, songs Congress. Hopefully, you will see that Matt Skibinski New Media Editor Kelly Moran Webmaster enues. I think radio stations are respon- and albums, and the radio stations pro- this is an unnecessary bill that would Marianna Bender Graphic Designer sible for any of the revenue the music vide an outlet for these singers to adver- actually hurt our local stations, cutting industry brings in. tise their albums by using singles released off our access to the new music that Adam Raczkowski Executive Technical Manager Muhammad Qadri Technical Managers Let me illustrate my point. from the album. comes out for our enjoyment. Michael Vastola Business Jason Richards Executive Business Director Corrections Dwijo Goswami Receivables Manager Michael Shusterman, the author of Thursday’s op-ed “Something lacking: a science publication at Tufts,” was incorrectly referred to Daniel Simon Advertising Director as a sophomore. He is a junior. 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Last weekend, the North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO) gathered to commemorate the 60th anniver- sary of a storied alliance. In light of recent events, however, there was little to celebrate. All across the globe, the organization is being tested, and the organization appears to be deteriorating from the inside. For an alliance that played such a crucial role throughout the Cold War, it appears to be heading down the path toward oblivion. As the members of NATO met in Strasbourg, France, the central issue of discussion and debate was clearly Afghanistan. President Barack Obama has defined his foreign policy agenda around completing both America and NATO’s mission of a safe and democratic Afghanistan. The U.S. commander in chief has attempted to lead with action of his own. Recently, he announced his plan to increase American forces from 38,000 to 68,000 in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the response he received from fellow member states was more along the lines of moral support than actual support. President Obama articulated the need for “more resources and a sustained effort to achieve our ultimate goals.” Despite his great skill as an orator, the 44th President’s pleas have fallen on deaf ears. European allies consented to supplying an additional 5,000 troops to the region. However, 3,000 of them will only provide temporary service until Afghanistatn’s August elections. The other 2,000 troops would not see action but rather would train the Afghani army and police. As of next year, American military forces are expected to take command over military involvement in southern Afghanistan, one of the most violent areas in all of the country. In addition, America is expected to retain its control over eastern Afghanistan, which is also known for its unrelenting violence. While America will be directing all of its efforts to the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan, European members of NATO will be situated in the peaceful areas mct of northern and western Afghanistan. a lot has changed in two decades. The most significant Pakistan holds nuclear capabilities, and Iran aspires to There appears to be a general disconnect between of these changes pertains to the establishment of the obtain them. what European members stated at the NATO summit Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). While a concern arises over the recent massive growth and what they were actually willing to do. All of the 28 Most Americans (and even Tufts students) have not in members and observers of the SCO, the concern for countries in the alliance appear to understand the sig- the faintest clue as to what exactly is the Shanghai NATO arises over the motives of these countries. None nificance of Afghanistan with regard to global security. Cooperation Organization. However, the SCO does of the powerful countries in this organization, with the “We want Afghanistan to be able to defend itself and and will continue to play a considerable role in 21st- exception of India and Russia, are democracies. History ensure that no threat of terrorism emanates from its ter- century politics. Established in 2001, the organization has clearly demonstrated that authoritarian govern- ritory,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared. Her seeks to unite Central Asian countries into collective ments are more prone to war than democracies. In recent ally, President Nicolas Sarkozy added, “We trust action on security, economics and even culture issues. addition, the leaders of these countries are either anti- [President Obama]. We’ve heard the words he spoke on There are six countries that are members, including Western or have worked alongside anti-Western leaders behalf of the world’s number one democracy — we've the People’s Republic of China and Russia. In addition, in the past. Iran presents the quintessential case for been waiting for these words for a long time.” Yet it is there are four countries that are observers: Mongolia, the argument. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad these same countries that refuse to provide the neces- India, Iran and Pakistan. Finally, there are three guest has long been an enemy of the United States and sary long-term resources that Obama requests. members, including Afghanistan. While NATO mem- NATO. However, he is an observer in the SCO and has The recent discourse with regard to Afghanistan has bership is noticeably larger, the SCO contains some signed treaties and agreements with China and Russia. highlighted the fact that NATO is splintering. The mis- very powerful members. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has also agreed to sion statement of the organization specifies that the alli- The SCO presents NATO with a problem as it continues deals and pacts with China and Russia. Following the old ance bears the responsibility of protecting the “common to grow in power and proceeds to incorporate countries adage, NATO has been forced to judge the SCO “by the values of democracy, individual liberty, the rule of law that hold great hostility toward Western powers. Since its company that they have kept.” and the peaceful resolution of disputes.” After analyzing conception, the countries involved within the SCO have While the SCO’s aggressive intentions can be debated, NATO’s past actions and future plans in Afghanistan, rapidly increased in power. China has seen all aspects the fact that it provides bipolarity to Eurasia goes with- it appears that only the United States is living up to of its power grow exponentially in the last decade. The out question. NATO no longer maintains itself as the the lofty expectations established by the organization. Chinese economy has risen to the world’s third largest. sole powerful global alliance and must learn to interact European members are pledging their moral support; In addition, China continues to invest unprecedented with another powerful entity. Recently, the strength of however, the future of NATO will depend on the alliance amounts in its military. Per a report released a few NATO has declined because the members of the alli- backing up their word with strength. If the majority of weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Defense now states ance continue to appear divided and weak in the eyes of members continue to project an image of weakness, the that the military balance of power between the United the world. If this trend continues, NATO will no longer alliance will falter. States and China tips toward China. While Russia may become effective in promoting its noblest of intentions In addition to the pressure of internal fragmentation, not match the economic or military power of China, the globally and might have submit to another alliance such the power of NATO is being challenged in all areas of Russians hold a plethora of lethal weapons, including as the SCO. the globe. When the Cold War concluded in 1991, NATO an immense amount of nuclear arms. Although only was the strongest alliance in the international arena. an observer, India has a rapidly growing economy and The Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact had been dissolved, one of the world’s largest militaries, fully equipped with Michael Bendetson is a freshman who has not yet declared and NATO had been left unchallenged. Unfortunately, nuclear weapons. With regard to other key countries, a major. Students’ sex lives given greater context

b y Ma r i s s a Ob e r l a n d e r background in science and research. important to college students and is often treated As the former director of the Kinsey Institute, inappropriately. By introducing reputable and infor- You think college students know sex? Tonight, Dr. the national epicenter of sex research, Dr. Reinisch mative speakers about human sexuality on campus, June Reinisch will ask you to think again. At 9 p.m. oversaw the creation of resources for scholars, pro- Tufts can spark and continue important dialogues in Cabot Auditorium, Dr. Reinisch will be giving a grams of research, presentation of interdisciplinary regarding young people’s perceptions of themselves, lecture entitled “Sexual Myths: Art, History, Culture, conferences and seminars, provision of information their body image, their sexuality and how these Erotica and the Demimonde.” As the second lecturer services for the general public and development of issues affect their relationships with each other. In of the Tufts Burlesque Troupe’s new “After Hours” student-oriented sexuality information online. Dr. an environment of tolerance and comfort, students speaker series, Dr. Reinisch brings a host of remark- Reinisch served as director of the Kinsey Institute and can create open discourses about this personal topic able academic credentials to a field that is often the department of psychology at Indiana University and develop a sense of camaraderie and community. made light of in college communities. The director from 1982 to 1993. Aside from her work at the insti- In tonight’s lecture, Dr. Reinisch is sure to excite emeritus of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, tute, Dr. Reinisch has a very colorful and interesting with erotic art samples spanning the past 6,000 Gender and Reproduction, Dr. Reinisch stood at the background, including, according to Dr. Reinisch, years. Historically, sexuality has been an integral forefront of sex research in America and continues years in a band, a very successful career in the part of human behavior throughout history and to carefully keep her finger on the pulse of sexuality recording industry in the ’60s, and extensive work at across cultures, and yes, it has all been done before! today. the New York City Museum of Sex. She often speaks Tufts students are not alone in their explorations of Last semester, the Burlesque Troupe inaugurated at universities and focuses a great deal of her time sexuality. In fact, there has never been a road more its “After Hours” speaker series to promote healthy on providing accurate sexual health information to traveled. sexuality and body image on campus. The troupe young people. Tonight’s event is free and open to the entire Tufts welcomed Grant Stoddard, acclaimed author and sex Tufts has seen speakers on sexuality in the past, community. columnist, to speak about his experiences, writing, but none have come from as prestigious an academic and what it truly means to have a healthy sexuality. and research-based background as Dr. Reinisch. After the success of the event, the troupe invited Dr. Her lecture will provide much-needed academic Marissa Oberlander is a senior majoring in English. She is Reinisch to address sexuality from her impressive and scholarly validation to a field that is extremely the treasurer of the Tufts Burlesque Troupe.

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WOMEN’S TRACK heels of her qualifier in the 1,500 meters continued from page 15 at last weekend’s Tufts-hosted Snowflake been working on that several weeks.” Classic. While McNamara will likely run finish “Indoors, we fourth were doing a lot at of jump Skyhawk- the 1,500 again Invitationalbefore championship sea- ing stuff and telling her she should be son, she will be opting for longer distances How Healthy Are Tufts Students? over 18 feet,” coach Kristen Morwick as Nationals approaches. said. “It’s there — it’s just taken a little “This season I’ll be focusing more on while because she had such little techni- the longer stuff — the 5k and the 10k,” Complete the on-line health survey cal coaching in high school … [but] little McNamara said. “Last weekend with the things in the technique are starting to [1,500 meters], I used it more as a speed click for her.” work day. I still want to run it maybe next on April 13. Crane was more than happy to get weekend to try to PR … but I’ll probably the first qualifier out of the way in the end up going for the 10k for Nationals.” team’s second meet of the season, as she McNamara led from the get-go, finish- was unable to post the sprint times nec- ing well ahead of the rest of the field. Her Your honest answers and insights essary to make the final cut for indoor closest competitor, University of Rhode Nationals. Island sophomore Mary Najarian, finished “It was just really nice to get that early nearly a minute and a half behind her. help shape successful programs, opening mark,” she said. “I have several “From the gun, I was out front,” weeks before Nationals to improve it.” McNamara said. “I saw the seeds, and I services and policies. “I think getting that qualifier is a big con- saw the person behind me was seeded a fidence booster,” Morwick added. “It’s only minute behind me. I talked to my coach, going to be sort of an upwards swing from and I was like, ‘Maybe I should just try for here. I think she could jump another foot splits and not worry about the actual race’ further in the long jump if she wants to.” ... It wasn’t a great day for competition … Four people will win $50 gift certificate Crane led a field of Tufts jumpers but it wasn’t a big deal. I was still able to that was strong all around on Saturday. run a decent time, so I was happy with it. to a local restaurant. Sophomore Kanku Kabongo finished 12th “[Boston College] put 90 percent of their in the long jump, fouling a leap that would girls in the 1,500,” McNamara continued. “I have hit the provisional qualifier, and also don’t regret running the 5k over the 1,500, I 10 will win a movie pass jumped a personal best in the triple jump. just wish they had put some of their girls in Jones, Collins, sophomore Rosanna Xia the 5k. It’s OK — it’s good practice for me to and junior Andrea Ferri also hit their best learn how to pace things on my own.” marks in the long jump, while Xia and The 5k served as the team’s running Contact: [email protected] X 7- 5495 freshman Heather Theiss each qualified highlight, as most of the sprinters were for Div. III New England Championships shut down due to poor weather condi- in their first meet jumping all year. tions. Still, after pulling people from the Sponsored by “They’re getting through some really meet, Tufts managed a fourth-place team hard workouts,” Morwick said. “I think finish over Div. I schools. Department of Health Education that gives them confidence. It’s going to “A lot of people had to start dropping pay dividends more later in the season, out because of the weather and also just but now, it’s giving them confidence to say from injuries,” Crane said. “It wasn’t a ‘I’m not that sore; I’m not that tired.’” great meet — for some personally, it was Sophomore Stephanie McNamara — but overall, I would say we’re going to turned out the team’s other provisional have better ones to come.” qualifier on the day, running a 17:16.73 “There’s four scholarship teams out in the 5,000-meter run to easily pass the there that should be well ahead of us,” NCAA standard just a few weeks after Morwick added. “We had some real bright placing second at the event at indoor spots despite the competition.” Nationals. Her time also came right on the Monday, April 6, 2009 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 13

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SOFTBALL ter a program record, breaking the career continued from page 16 hits mark on Thursday at Bridgewater State striking out Klotz to end the contest. College. Her three-run home run in the time “Lauren hadto a greatprepare day on Saturday forfourth Colby inning broke theseries previous mark of and pitched great today in the last inning,” 175, which was held for 12 seasons by Kara Ripecky said. “It was really nice to see, and Murphy (LA ’97). as a defensive player, it’s really great to play Kuhles, who has hit just two four-bag- behind that. It really fires the defense up.” gers in her career, pushed her hit total to Cantone and Lopez each had three hits 179 with three against Trinity this week- in the nightcap, while Ripecky, who pound- end. She joined classmate Danielle Lopez, ed out two doubles, and Hovhanessian had who broke the career RBI and doubles two hits apiece. mark on March 19 against Hamilton, as In the first Saturday contest, senior Jumbos to have entered the record books Samantha Kuhles broke up a 4-3 Trinity lead this season. with an RBI single in the fourth frame, while Against Bridgewater, Kuhles led the Hovhanessian followed suit two batters later, attack with two hits and four RBIs, as Tufts Alexandra Dennett/Tufts Daily driving home Kuhles to give Tufts the lead rolled to a 14-0, five-inning non-conference Freshman midfielder Stephanie Perez scored the first goal of the second half on Saturday, for good. The Jumbos then cruised to an 8-4 win on the road. Sullivan went a perfect sparking a key Jumbo rally and sending Tufts to a 13-10 NESCAC win against No. 9 Trinity. victory through the final three innings. three-for-three, scoring and driving in three “It was really important that we came runs as well. Lopez and Chapman each back and scored right away,” Hovhanessian had two hits and two RBIs to round out the said. “Teams, when they get ahead of us, offensive attack. In the circle, Gelmetti went get a lot of energy, and they kind of see a all five innings, striking out four batters and glimmer of hope, but I think it’s important scattering two hits. that we can come back no matter what and Home games against Wheaton and JumboWOMEN’S LACRO freshmenSSE comeTrinity, while up senior big co-captain in Kristina score. It also helps our pitchers because Western Connecticut that were supposed continued from page 16 Scontras finished with four groundballs they know that the offense is going is to pick to be played on Sunday were cancelled in Kozin, marking the first-year’s fifth and three draw controls. Freshman them up.” favor of the Trinity contest. Tufts will now 13-10point of the day. comeback winTrinity goalieover Gina DinalloTrinity made eight “There was no doubt in our minds take a much-needed extended break dur- Leading 12-9 entering the final min- saves for the Bantams. that we weren’t going to win that game,” ing the week before returning to NESCAC utes, the Jumbo defense continued to “We did a great job defensively both Ripecky added. “We got up and down and action on Friday with a weekend series at shut down Trinity’s offensive output with riding and in settled situations, [and] our then up and down again, but we ended up home against Colby. an iron curtain that rendered the Bantams attackers were exceptional in pushing on top. It wasn’t as though we were pan- In spite of the perfect record, the Jumbos scoreless for over 10 minutes. Tufts’ hold the ball carrier back,” sophomore Lily icking that we were losing, but it was like still feel like there is room for improvement, was finally broken by junior Jenn Calver, Colahan said. ‘Oh my God, we’re not winning yet.’ Some and the four-day respite provides ample who scored for Trinity at 3:24 assisted by The Jumbo freshmen had a coming- might call it cocky, but I think that it’s a opportunity to tweak things before further the 6’1” Romanowsky. But that would be out party, with Kozin and Perez leading good confidence to have. When we give conference play. the final goal for the Bantams, and Tufts Tufts with three goals apiece. Senior co- up a few runs, we know that we’re going to “We have this whole week to work on stuff junior Emily Johnson’s team-leading 24th captain Chrissie Attura continued her come back.” that needs to be improved,” Ripecky said. “I goal of the season capped the 13-10 win. outstanding play with a game-high seven The Jumbos took full advantage of four think we have some stuff to work on at the The comeback win was the second groundballs and four draw controls. Bantams errors in the first game, pound- plate because we definitely weren’t perfect straight for the Jumbos, who were down Tufts has improved to a 7-1 overall ing out 12 hits in the contest. Chapman led in that area. It’s a good time to have a mental 10-5 against Bates on Wednesday before record and 5-1 in conference. Trinity the assault, going a perfect 3-for-3, while break and get our heads back on.” pulling out an 11-10 victory. This time dropped to 4-2 in the NESCAC. Colby Lopez drove in a pair of runs and Kuhles and “We’re not invincible, and I think the around, Tufts nearly doubled Trinity in (5-1 NESCAC) also won on Saturday, but Hovhanessian each tacked on two hits. fact that we know that makes us work shots with a final count of 36-19. The the Jumbos hold the tiebreaker with a The three wins cap off a banner week harder because there is always something Jumbos handled a strong Trinity draw 13-9 win in the teams’ meeting on March for Tufts, one in which it posted nine wins to work toward,” Hovhanessian added. with an impressive groundball game, 14. The Jumbos host a non-league game in as many days — six of which came “No one is going to take a day off because finishing with an overwhelming 42 to against Gordon on Tuesday at 4 p.m. against NESCAC rivals. A large portion of we don’t want this season to end. There Trinity’s 26. on Bello Field before another midweek the Jumbos’ success can be dedicated to an is no selfishness on this team. You push Sophomore Sara Bloom saved six out-of-conference game with Wheaton in experienced core of upperclassmen, whose the person behind you or in front of you shots to earn the win in goal. Irvine preparation for Saturday’s NESCAC show- legacy at Tufts is taking shape. because the team needs all 17 people on and Calver had two goals each for down against national No. 5 Middlebury. Kuhles was the latest Jumbo to shat- the roster to play well.”

final four Thompson has been tough for MSU relies on senior Goran against UConn. attempts Saturday night. continued from page 14 any opponent to defend all Suton to do a lot of the dirty 4. Home-court advantage: 5. Memory: On Dec. 3, UNC running all the shooters off the year. Thompson won’t over- work down low. He is a strong Ford Field is just 90 miles from trounced MSU 98-63 at Ford three-pointHansbrough line, largely willing will powerbe tough many defenders to beat inside presenceas he defensivelylooks andto onfinally Michigan bring State’s East home Lansing aField. championship Both teams claim that to allow penetration instead of but has quick post moves and the glass, and he has no prob- campus. The Spartan fans’ Michigan State is a completely an open three-pointer. They knows how to get his shot. lem getting into pushing and presence was felt even among different team now, but there need a repeat performance Hansbrough, last year’s Player shoving, as he showed against the 70,000-plus that attended is no doubt that the memo- in perimeter defense to keep of the Year, is known for his UConn. At 6’10”, 245 pounds, the semifinal game, and with ry still lingers somewhere in UNC from breaking the game tenacity inside and is unyield- he has the ability to outmus- UConn and Villanova fans like- both teams’ minds. UNC has open. ing in his pursuit of both cle Hansbrough on the block, ly to sell their tickets, the MSU to feel confident that it was 3. The battle of the post: points and rebounds. In his much like the Oklahoma contingent will be even louder. able to break down everything After battling 7’3” junior last collegiate game, expect Sooners’ senior Taylor Griffin The Spartans were 12-2 at home Michigan State was trying to Hasheem Thabeet and the rest Psycho T to play with even did in the Elite Eight, holding this season, so expect them to do defensively. As for MSU, the of the Huskies, Michigan State more energy than normal as the UNC senior to just eight thrive off the crowd’s enthu- game allows the Spartans to is ready to handle anything he tries to cap off a phenom- points. The Spartans also need siasm. It could also further key in on some of the aspects inside, and it needs to be. The enal college career with the another big game out of junior perpetuate UNC’s problems at of UNC’s game plan that combination of senior Tyler one thing that’s eluded him — Raymar Morgan, who had 18 the free-throw line, where the worked and try to neutralize Hansbrough and junior Deon a national championship. points and nine rebounds Tar Heels made only 22 of 37 the Heels this time around. 14 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports Monday, April 6, 2009 Jumbos to regroup before Inside College Basketball facing three ranked teams MEN’S LACROSSE the quickness that Tufts’ attack continued from page 16 is known for. for national championship tonight ling possession by taking four of “It had rained, and people five faceoffs and 12 of 15 ground- were slipping a lot,” Harrigan b y Al e x La c h balls in the period. said. “The grass field is also a little UNC,Senior Staff Michigan Writer State to square off “I’m not sure any of us played shorter, which may have slowed like we’re capable of playing,” said us down in transition.” North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Harrigan, who made 11 saves on Despite the bitter taste from Michigan State Spartans. ACC the day. “We were missing our losing their first game, the regular-season champs vs. Big usual ferociousness and tenac- Jumbos realize that Saturday’s 10 regular-season champs. ity. Groundballs were a big thing. game marks an opportunity to Michael Jordan’s alma mater Usually, we win those and give take stock of their results thus vs. Magic Johnson’s. Henry ourselves chances to score.” far and hopefully move for- Ford vs. the Wright Brothers. The Jumbo offense was also ward through the stretch run The NCAA men’s basketball stifled by the nature of Trinity’s stronger for it. championship game tips off patient attack. “It sucks to lose, but a loss tonight at 9:21 p.m. in Detroit, “They played a really slowed- now is better than a loss like where UNC and MSU will duke down, possession-oriented this later in the season or in it out for basketball suprem- offense,” sophomore attackman the playoffs,” Hessler said. “My acy. UNC will be gunning for D.J. Hessler said. “They like to hope is that we can take this loss its fifth championship, the pass the ball around a lot and and refocus. We always want to second under Roy Williams. hold the ball for long spurts. It play well, but [coach Mike Daly] MSU looks to capture its third limited our ability to score.” talks about how three weeks national title, the first since For Tufts’ defense, the slow from now is when we really the Mateen Cleaves-led 2000 start represented a breakdown in need to be at our peak. We real- team defeated the Florida communication. ize that we can’t walk on water. Gators. “We had trouble commu- We can’t just walk over all our On paper, UNC should run nicating in our flys,” Harrigan opponents, so maybe we can away with the title. The Tar said. “We focused more on a spin this into a positive light.” Heels’ play oozed with confi- one-on-one approach. In tran- The Jumbos won’t have long dence on Saturday night, and sition, when someone got beat, to reflect on Saturday’s events, such an experienced team there wasn’t anyone there to however, as they host the WNEC should remain calm under check up on them. We weren’t Golden Bears — a team on a six- pressure. But then again, the spotting at all.” game winning streak, including same was said about the UConn In spite of the early struggles, a 13-4 win over Endicott over Huskies when they took on Tufts fought hard after the break. the weekend — on Bello Field Michigan State. The Spartans Down 7-5 at halftime, the Jumbos tomorrow night. have thrived in their underdog rallied back to even the score, 9-9, “They’re very good,” Hessler role. They’ve already taken out midway through the fourth quar- said. “They just beat Endicott, two No. 1 seeds, so what’s one ter, thanks to second-half goals who is supposed to be good, more, right? This game is chock- from the reliable trio of senior and they’ve played some other full of interesting matchups and tri-captain Clem McNally and close games. They’re a young factors, and these are five of the sophomores Ryan Molloy and team, so they may have started most important. D.J. Hessler. off slow, but they’re improving as 1. Point guard play: The But Trinity soon regained the the young guys gain some confi- battle of the diminutive MCT upper hand, reclaiming the lead dence. They’re real quick and ath- guards will be crucial in this As the de facto team leader, Michigan State sophomore guard Kalin Lucas, with 5:45 remaining and icing the letic, and they like an up-tempo game. MSU wants to try and shown here in the Spartans’ Final Four win against UConn, figures to be game just two minutes after that. style, similar to us.” slow the game down, and the instrumental in directing MSU’s offense in the championship game tonight. One other factor that may “We’ve got practice tomorrow tempo will remain largely up have played into Trinity’s hands to regroup and then Western New to Spartans sophomore Kalin in the semifinal game against 11-for-22 three-point shooting was its decision to play the game England under the lights [tomor- Lucas to decide when to run UConn, scoring 21 points and display, led by junior Wayne on the school’s grass field rather row] night, so we’ve got to stay and when to hold back. As for dishing out five assists. Like Ellington (5 of 7) and senior than on turf. The slower surface focused,” Harrigan added. “I UNC junior Ty Lawson, he will Lawson, he’s a threat to score Danny Green (4 of 10). On may have diminished some of think we will.” be looking to push the fast any time he has the ball. While most fast breaks, Ellington and break all game. Lawson has he may not be as prolific a Green look to spot up on the been the best player for UNC scorer as Lawson, Lucas is wings and let Lawson attract all tournament long. Simply just as important to his team. the defense and then kick it Eating Disorder Treatment put, he is what makes the team Though he is the Spartans’ out for open looks. Against go. In its two ACC Tournament second-youngest starter, it is Villanova, it worked wonders. Treatment of Adults games without him, the team clear that Lucas is their lead- If the two sharpshooters are averaged 76 points. In its four er on the court. MSU needs on the mark again, UNC is very Suffering from Anorexia and NCAA games with him, it’s him to show the same kind tough to stop. MSU cannot Bulimia Nervosa averaged 84. He is relentless in of defensive effort that held afford to be passive in defend- his attack and has shown the UConn senior guards A.J. Price ing the three-point line. The For the most effective treatment and highest staff-to-client ratio in New ability to finish strong in traf- and Craig Austrie to combined Spartans will have to close out England, informed clinicians refer their clients to Laurel Hill Inn. We fic. At times, he is vulnerable 7-for-24 shooting. three-point shooters like they provide extensive programming in a highly structured and supervised defensively, especially when 2. UNC’s three-point shoot- did against UConn. Against non-institutional therapeutic setting. Evening, day, residential, and aftercare trying to contain a strong pen- ing: UNC’s most impressive the Huskies, MSU players were programs in West Medford and West Somerville. Call Linda at etrating player like Lucas. stat from its semifinal win over 781 396-1116 or visit our web site at www.laurelhillinn.com. Lucas had a strong showing the Villanova Wildcats was its see FINAL FOUR, page 13

STATISTICS | STANDINGS Men's Lacrosse Women's Lacrosse Baseball Softball USILA Div. III Men’s Lax (8-1, 5-1 NESCAC) (7-1, 5-1 NESCAC) (5-13, 2-4 NESCAC East) (21-0, 6-0 NESCAC East) as of Mar. 30, 2009 Ranking, team (No. 1 votes) NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL 1. Stevenson (7) W L W L East W L T W L T East W L T W L T W L W L 2. Roanoke (4) Trinity 6 0 0 15 3 0 Tufts 6 0 0 21 0 0 5 1 8 1 Colby 5 1 8 1 3. Ithaca (1) Tufts 3 3 0 0 Bates 2 3 0 5 10 0 Tufts 5 1 7 1 Bates 6 8 4. Salisbury (2) Middlebury 5 1 7 1 Colby 1 2 0 4 10 0 Bowdoin 1 4 0 13 10 0 Middlebury 4 1 5 2 5. Tufts Bowdoin 4 1 7 2 Tufts 2 4 0 5 13 0 Trinity 2 2 0 9 10 0 4 2 7 2 6. Cortland Wesleyan 4 2 8 2 Trinity Bowdoin 0 3 0 12 11 0 Colby 0 3 0 11 3 0 Amherst 3 2 5 3 7. Middlebury Trinity 3 3 7 3 8. Washington and Lee Williams 3 3 3 5 Bates 3 3 6 4 West West 9. Gettysburg Colby 2 3 5 4 Williams 3 3 6 3 Williams 3 0 0 10 5 0 Wesleyan 4 2 0 9 10 0 Bowdoin 1 5 6 5 Wesleyan 3 2 0 9 8 0 Williams 2 1 0 4 9 0 IWLCA Div. III Women’s Lax Amherst 2 4 4 5 as of Mar. 23, 2009 5 4 Hamilton 1 1 0 9 7 0 Amherst 3 2 0 12 5 0 Bates 1 5 3 7 Wesleyan 1 6 Ranking, team (No. 1 votes) Amherst 2 3 0 9 7 0 Hamilton 1 1 0 3 11 0 6 3 Conn. College 0 6 2 7 1. Salisbury (19) Conn. College 0 7 Middlebury 1 5 0 9 9 0 Middlebury 1 4 0 6 7 0 2. Hamilton (1) 3. Franklin and Marshall Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Individual Statistics 4. The College of New Jersey AVG HR RBI 5. Middlebury G A P G A P AVG HR RBI 6. Gettysburg Amanda Roberts 22 9 31 Sam Sager .400 0 5 D.J. Hessler 21 29 50 Maya Ripecky .508 3 24 7. Tufts Ben Walkley 1 3 Clem McNally 34 7 41 Chrissie Attura 10 19 29 .333 Danielle Lopez .422 3 26 8. Colby Ryan Molloy 26 13 39 Emily Johnson 24 4 28 Corey Pontes .321 1 13 Laura Chapman .413 0 6 9t. Union/Trinity Matt Witko 11 3 14 Lara Kozin 11 9 20 David Leresche .310 2 11 Cara Hovhanessian .404 3 11 Mike Droesch 3 10 13 Courtney Thomas 15 4 19 Calem Sims .286 0 3 Roni Herbst .373 0 7 NFCA Div. III Softball Sean Kirwan 8 1 9 Jenna Abelli 12 3 15 Anthony Fucillo .276 0 4 Christy Tinker .367 1 14 as of April 1, 2009 Kevin McCormick 7 2 9 Stephanie Perez 9 4 13 Alex Perry .256 3 10 Casey Sullivan .362 2 20 Ranking, team (No. 1 votes) Kevin Williams 4 4 8 Maya Shoham 4 5 9 Chase Rose .250 0 3 Alison Drobiarz .351 0 3 1. Texas-Tyler (8) Chase Bibby 4 3 7 Casey Egan 3 2 5 Kevin Casey .224 0 3 Lena Cantone .345 1 17 2. Louisiana College 3. Wisconsin-Eau Claire Doug DiSesa 4 3 7 Kelly Hyland 2 3 5 Dave Katzman .222 0 4 Samantha Kuhles .340 1 10 4. St. Thomas Team 146 98 244 Team 117 64 181 Team .253 8 74 Team 16 146 .378 5. Washington-St. Louis Pitching W L ERA SO 6. Linfield Goaltending GA Sv S% Goaltending GA Sv S% Pitching W L ERA SO Tom Hill 0 1 3.00 13 7. Cortland State Matt Harrigan 59 85 .590 Sara Bloom 65 78 .545 Izzie Santone 10 0 1.55 28 Mike Stefaniak 2 1 3.22 12 8. Tufts Bryan Petillo 4 11 .733 Alexis Germain 6 4 .400 Lauren Galmetti 9 0 1.79 31 9. Christopher Newport Monday, April 6, 2009 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Sports 15

Men’s Track and Field Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville Jumbos take second at Skyhawk Invite One guy b y La u r e n Fl a m e n t the 4x400 relay, teaming up with Pagel and aren’t too many minute barriers that you can Senior Staff Writer freshmen Connor Rose and Ben Crastnopol break, so going under four would be a pretty who won’t to finish fourth in the event, well behind the big accomplishment.” While early-season track and field meets team from Bryant University. Seniors Phil Rotella and Colin Fitzgerald, are focused on the progress of individu- Welch brought home one of the Jumbos’ both seniors, both scored in all three of their dog it als rather than the team scores, it certain- five second-place finishes, running 15:27.72 events — the 4x100-meter relay and the 100- to take the runner-up position in the 5,000- and 200-meter dashes. kay, kids, pull out your pencils. meter run. The 4x100-meter team, which also includ- It’s time for a pop quiz. Quick, MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD “[My race] accomplished the goal that ed freshmen Matt Williams and Crastnopol, name the longest annual race Skyhawk Invitational we had going in, which was to run a bit of placed third in 44.31 seconds. in sports. The Indianapolis 500, at Easton, Mass., Saturday controlled race and feel good doing it,” Welch Rotella also took third in the 100-meter Oyou say? Try again. Second question: said. “I think the time, with the effort that was dash and sixth in the 200 meters, followed by What sporting event takes place in nega- 1. Stonehill 158 there, was exactly what we were looking for.” Fitzgerald, who finished fifth in the 100 and tive-100-degree weather with gale-force 2. Tufts 127 “There were sort of four different races seventh in the 200. winds? John Madden’s raid of the Dairy 3. Bryant 93 going on [in the 5k],” he continued. “One Other top finishes for the Jumbos were Queen icebox? Close, but no cigar. Here’s 4. Boston College 89 guy from [Boston College], who won it, was junior Isaiah Paramore in the high jump, one more to redeem yourself: Who’s the 5. Northeastern 84.5 way ahead. I was running with a guy from sophomore Sam Read in the pole vault and most successful animal lover in all of Stonehill, and then a few other guys were Williams in the hammer throw, each taking sports? Michael Vi — okay, that’s not a little ways back, so it wasn’t the deepest second in their respective events. even funny. ly doesn’t hurt to score well — something overall. But it was good to have the kid from The Jumbos will compete in the The answer to the first two, of course, the men’s track and field team managed Stonehill to run behind and break a little bit Northeastern University Solomon is the Iditarod, the annual sled dog race to do against a host of Div. I opponents at of the wind.” Invitational Saturday, bringing with them in Alaska where mushers and teams of the Skyhawk Invitational on Saturday. The Tufts junior Ryan Lena claimed second the vast array of depth that has thus far 16 dogs cover 1,161 miles over the course Jumbos came away with 127 points in the in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing in propelled the squad to top finishes in each of as little as eight days. The answer to field of 13 teams, falling only to host Stonehill, 10:00.36. of its meets. The Jumbos can only expect the last question, then, is Lance Mackey, which took the win with 158 points. “This was his first steeple of this season,” to be faster next weekend, as wind and rain probably the most dominant winner in Juniors Jared Engelking and Billy Hale Welch said. “Not only was he second, which hampered the field on Saturday. sports over the past three years whom brought home the Jumbos’ two individual vic- is a great finish place-wise, but [his time was] “If you look at the results, it might not look you’ve never heard of, far surpassing your tories. Engelking won the 110-meter hurdles in a good bit ahead of where he was at this point like the strongest meet we’ve had this season, household names of LeBron James and 15.21 seconds, followed by senior quad-cap- last year, and of all events, the steeple takes indoor and outdoor combined,” Welch said. Tiger Woods. tain Skip Pagel and sophomore James Wheeler, some getting used to, even when you’ve done “But a lot of that comes from the conditions Mackey was born to be a musher and who took sixth and eighth respectively. it in the past, so I think he will definitely be — things that are really out of our control to race in the Iditarod. His father Dick Hale captured first in the 800-meter dash dropping time the very next time he runs it.” on any given day, like weather. It was really was one of the founders of the race and in a field of 27 runners with a time of 1:59.32, Sophomore Jeff Ragazzini ran a strong windy, and that slows down the whole field eventually won it in 1978 by one second. edging out Boston College senior James double for the Jumbos on Saturday. … We know where we’ll be in a few weeks Mackey’s older brother, Rick, won the LaGreca by just 12 hundredths of a second. After taking fifth in the 1,500 meters with a little warmer weather, and I think we’ll 1983 Iditarod. “Billy had a really strong day winning the in 4:05.37, Ragazzini returned to run be really happy with it.” In 2007, Mackey became the first per- 800,” junior quad-captain Nick Welch said. one leg for the 4x800-meter relay team, “So many people are not at their primes son to win both the Yukon Quest and “He’s a great example of the time not which finished sixth. yet, but a lot of guys definitely have the Iditarod in the same year, a feat that reflecting the effort that was there because “I was pretty happy since it was the first proven that they’re going to run well this garnered him an ESPY Award nomina- we know that he is capable of much more 1,500 that I ran, and it’s faster than all I ran last season,” Ragazzini added. “We covered tion. Not to be outdone the following year, than 1:59, but no matter what the time was, year, so it’s a good starting point,” Ragazzini almost all the races this weekend, and we Mackey went back out and did it again. tactically, that was a great race.” said. “This season, I think going under four showed that we can definitely run well in This year’s Iditarod was simply an Hale returned later that day to run a leg of [minutes] would be pretty awesome. There all of the events this year.” astonishing event of pure domination, as Mackey joined only two other mushers to string together three consecutive wins. He Women’s Track and Field won by over six hours, even after stopping his team to primp and thank each of the 15 dogs before resuming the final stretch Crane, jumpers lead the way in Easton to the finish line. When he crossed, his first words were calling his dogs “the real b y Ca r l y He lf a n d Logan Crane had hit plenty of NCAA pro- ress of the jumping squad on the whole, heroes,” dealing out treats as he hugged Daily Editorial Board visional qualifiers. Saturday’s, however, following NCAA-caliber performances and pampered the winning animals. was different. from freshmen jumpers Nakeisha Jones But what makes Mackey’s story so In five career seasons of track and With a leap of 18’2 1/4”, Crane sur- and Dayosha Collins during the indoor inspirational is that he has transformed field preceding Saturday’s Skyhawk passed the NCAA mark in the long jump season. The pair became the first Tufts his gift as a musher into a desire to help Invitational, hosted by Stonehill, junior for her first time ever, nailing down sec- jumpers to compete on the national stage people, refusing to shun the little guy ond place at the meet in the process. since 2004. like so many stars today. Called “the peo- WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD “It was really exciting,” Crane said. “We have a jumping coach that comes ple’s musher,” he often stopped along Skyhawk Invtational “This is a really big step for me. I pretty in during the week, and he has just been the trail to sign autographs or talk to at Easton, Mass., Saturday much expect myself to run fast enough to drilling us with bounds, making sure we adoring fans, speaking about adversity, qualify in my other events, but the long have an elevated knee, just really trying dog racing or even the weather. 1. Rhode Island 190 jump has been quite a struggle for me.” to push off that board, instead of going Dog racing is a sport where it is so easy 2. Boston College 180.5 For Crane, Saturday’s results were a straight out, just reaching out,” Crane said. to cheat or to hurt the dogs in the snowy 3. UMass Lowell 86 long time coming, as she was able to “That’s going to give us the most lift so and desolate outback of Alaska. Musher 4. Tufts 80 implement some of the mechanics that we can travel the furthest, and we’ve Ramy Brooks, for instance, is currently on adjustments she has been working on a three-year probation for abusing his sled 5. Stonehill 65.5 this year. Her qualifier marked the prog- see WOMEN’S TRACK, page 12 dogs. Three dogs died in this year’s race. Yet Mackey does it the right way, something some athletes could learn a thing or two about. After winning the Veterinarians’ Athletes of the Week Choice Award following the 2007 Yukon Quest, Mackey said “This means more to Samantha Kuhles, softball me than winning this damn race.” To put it bluntly, athletes’ relations with Last Thursday, in Tufts’ 14-0 blasting of host Bridgewater State College, senior quad-captain and third animals lately have been abysmal. First, baseman Samantha Kuhles smashed a three-run home run in a nine-run fourth inning that broke open there was Brooks’ suspension on May 18, the game. More importantly, however, Kuhles’ bomb broke the Jumbos’ all-time hits record, set in 1997, 2007, followed almost immediately by of 175. Michael Vick’s unlawful dog-fighting activ- This weekend, in a three-game sweep of Trinity which improved Tufts’ record to 21-0, Kuhles had three ities, which only exacerbated the problem hits to go along with a pair of RBIs and three runs scored. After missing six games due to a hamstring and further thrust it into the public’s eye. injury, Kuhles returned in fine fashion to shatter the record, going 2-for-3 with four RBIs in the game So it can be hard to remember that shin- against Bridgewater. ing examples like Mackey are out there, Kuhles is currently 10 runs away from the all-time Tufts record, also set in 1997. Teammate and class- racing, winning and doing the impossible: mate Danielle Lopez, who broke the Jumbos’ RBI and doubles record this season, is four runs ahead of making PETA happy. Kuhles in that race. A survivor of neck cancer, Mackey is In 15 games thus far this season, Kuhles has posted a .340 average to go along with 15 runs and a the founder of Lance Mackey’s Comeback .352 on-base percentage. Additionally, she has been perfect on the basepaths, stealing all eight bases she Kennel, a small, low-budget kennel dedi-

has attempted. daily file photo cated to finding homes for his prized pups. In a state with no professional teams and very few colleges to root for, Billy Hale, Men’s Track and Field the Iditarod racers are the hometown heroes. Mackey has developed into so much more than a winner, providing Junior mid-distance runner Billy Hale paced the men’s track and field squad, helping the team inspiration for cancer survivors and peo- turn out a second-place finish at the Stonehill-hosted Skyhawk Invitational on Saturday. ple currently going through the process. Hale earned first place in the 800-meter dash with a 1:59.32 time, one of only two first-place This is a role he humbly accepts. showings for Tufts, outstretching three Boston College runners for the top spot. Hale also ran the Sure, there is no HGH in dog racing, second portion of the 4x400-meter relay event, teaming with freshmen Connor Rose and Ben no Primobolan pills to buy. But like every Crastnopol and senior quad-captain Skip Pagel to help the Jumbos to a 3:47.56 mark and a fourth- other sport, there’s a right way and a place finish amid subpar weather conditions that slowed the field. wrong way to go about business. Mackey Hale’s commendable results at the Skyhawk Invite came on the heels of an impressive showing at is the epitome of the former and should be the Snowflake Classic, the team’s first meet of the spring season. Hale posted a solid fourth-place held as a shining example. time of 4:05.30 in the 1,500-meter race, trailing junior teammate Jesse Faller, who won the event with a 3:59.86 time. That meet was the first since Hale’s performance at indoor Nationals, where he earned All-American honors by placing third in the distance medley relay along with teammates Alex Prewitt is a freshman who has not Faller, junior Scott Brinkman and senior Phil Rotella. yet declared a major. He can be reached at [email protected]. 16 INSIDE Live from Mudville 15 Men’s Track and Field 15 Women’s Track and Field 15 Sportstuftsdaily.com

Men’s Lacrosse Women’s Lacrosse Derailed: Men’s lacrosse suffers Jumbos score second- season’s first loss against Trinity straight comeback win b y No a h Sc h u m e r game, each scored to reach a Daily Editorial Board b y Ad a m Ma n d e l l Daily Staff Writer single-goal deficit heading into the break. While the Jumbos According to an old adage, all Lodged in a three-way tie for seemed to have controlled the good things must come to an end. first in the NESCAC and enter- tempo early in the contest, a Unfortunately for the men’s lacrosse ing a weekend contest with stingy Bantams defense, which withstood 22 shots in the half, MEN’S LACROSSE WOMEN’S LACROSSE limited the Jumbos to a one- (8-1, 5-1 NESCAC) (7-1, 5-1 NESCAC) goal lead. at Hartford, Conn., Saturday Bello Field, Saturday Following the intermission, Tufts freshman Stephanie Perez snagged a groundball in Tufts 1 4 3 1 --- 9 Trinity 5 5 --- 10 the crease and netted the first Trinity 3 4 2 2 --- 11 Tufts 6 7 --- 13 goal of the second half. The No. 9 Trinity, Tufts, ranked sev- Jumbos scored twice more, team, such was the case for the enth in the nation, hoped to broken up by a Romanowsky Jumbos’ eight-game winning streak edge out a rival and remain goal in between, giving Tufts a that came to an abrupt halt at the atop the conference standings. 9-6 lead, its largest of the game. hands of Trinity this weekend. The Jumbos did just that, with- The Bantams bounced back in The men’s lacrosse team (8-1, standing a late Bantam rally to the next four minutes of play, 5-1 NESCAC) suffered its first major emerge unscathed, 13-10. however, scoring three straight hiccup of the season on Saturday, Tufts stumbled out of the goals, including two more losing 11-9 to Trinity on the road in gate early, as the Bantams unassisted by Romanowsky. Hartford, Conn. The loss ended the rattled off the first two goals “It was all about staying nationally ranked No. 5 Jumbos’ of the game, but the inauspi- composed and [not letting] win streak, pulling them back into cious start did not phase the the tempo of the game be star- a tie for first in the NESCAC with Jumbos, who ripped off four tling,” Perez said. “Although Middlebury, a team they will travel straight scores of their own to there was a lot riding on this to face next Saturday. surge back. Sophomore points game, we were going to treat it “I’m upset about it,” senior goal- leader Amanda Roberts got as we would any other game; ie Matt Harrigan said. “The biggest things started for Tufts when we were going to handle Trinity thing to take from this is that we’re she scored her 21st goal in defensively in transition and in not invincible. We can be beaten, eight games five minutes into settled situations, as we would and we can’t take anything for James Choca/Tufts Daily Saturday’s contest. Freshman any other team.” granted. I think we came in thinking The No. 5-ranked Jumbos fell to the home underdog Trinity Bantams 11-9 Lara Kozin contributed an With the game in a dead- about the trio of ranked opponents on Saturday. Sophomore attackman D.J. Hessler notched two goals on assist and two goals in the fol- lock, tied at 9-9 with less than that we have next and were over- the afternoon despite the Jumbos’ meager overall offensive output. lowing 15 minutes of play to 15 minutes to go in regula- looking Trinity. It was pretty solemn extend the lead to 5-3. tion, the Jumbos pumped [Saturday] on the bus ride back. I England, No. 7 Middlebury and No. two minutes into the game on a But trailing 6-3 with under out goals by Kozin at 13:06, don’t think anybody talked.” 12 Endicott — was a reality check goal by senior midfielder Zachary three minutes to go in the half, senior Courtney Thomas at The loss to the unranked for a team with national champion- Trudeau. The Bantams added two Trinity sophomores Rachel 11:32 and one more by Perez Bantams — a game thought to be ship aspirations. more in the first quarter, control- Romanowsky and Caitlin at 10:49, with an assist from a warm-up for upcoming faceoffs Trinity got off to a fast start on its Irvine, who rank first and third against No. 10 Western New home field, striking first less than see MEN’S LACROSSE. page 14 in the conference in goals per see WOMEN’S LACROSSE, page 13

Softball Beckett, Softball surges to 21-0 record Red Sox to b y Al e x Pr e w i t t Santone, however, ceded a two-run rally Daily Editorial Board in the sixth to Trinity, in which three straight meet Rays singles loaded the bases before sophomore During a beautiful weekend in Hartford, Nicole Nardella scored sophomore Katherine in 2009 Conn., the weather wasn’t the only thing Stoltenberg and junior Erika Klotz with a perfect at Campus Field, as the No. 8 Jumbos two-run single. Yet Santone remained com- season posed on the mound, escaping the inning SOFTBALL with minimal damage before working a no- opener (21-0, 6-0 NESCAC East) hit seventh to secure the win. at Hartford, Conn., Sunday On the offensive end, Cantone had two today RBIs and a pair of hits, while senior quad- Tufts 7 captain Laura Chapman scored two runs and Trinity 4 swiped as many bags. “I think we weren’t hitting the ball into the at Hartford, Conn., Saturday ground as much as we wanted to, especially because they have a lot of drop-ball pitchers Tufts 8 who are slower, but we ended up popping it Trinity 4 up,” senior quad-captain Cara Hovhanessian said. “I think that we still did a pretty good job of having runs in scoring position, of getting Tufts 8 the clutch hits and taking advantage of every Trinity 0 opportunity Trinity gave us.” The weekend series was pushed back due at Bridgewater, Mass., Thursday to rain, but the delayed matchup did not faze the Jumbos on Saturday, as they took Tufts 14 both ends of the doubleheader against the Bridgewater State 0 Bantams, tying the program record for consecutive victories with 20 before locking up improved their unblemished record to 21-0 win number 21 on Sunday. on the season and 6-0 in the NESCAC with a “Breaking the record might have been at three-game sweep of host Trinity, remaining the back of everyone’s mind, but I don’t think the only undefeated team in the nation. we went out this weekend focused on doing In the lone game on Sunday afternoon, it,” Ripecky said. “It was exciting to break the Tufts sophomore ace Izzie Santone garnered record, but we’re still trying to be humble.” her NESCAC-leading 10th victory of the sea- Jumbo senior starter Lauren Gelmetti son, leading the Jumbos to a 7-4 win in nearly earned a no-hitter in the back end NESCAC East action. of the doubleheader, instead settling for a MCT Tufts jumped out on its opponent early, one-hit gem in Tufts’ 8-0 win. The senior, The Boston Red Sox will open their 2009 season at 2:05 p.m. today with a matchup surging to a 3-1 lead after the first frame and who upped her record to a perfect 9-0, sur- against the reigning American League champion Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. increasing the margin to 7-2 after a three-run rendered just three walks over the first 6.2 Recovered from an oblique injury that hampered him during last year’s postseason, fifth inning. Freshman Lena Cantone hit a innings before allowing a two-out double Josh Beckett will take the hill for Boston, which last lost its home opener in 2004. two-run double, driving in seniors Danielle to Trinity junior Patricia Cipicchio. Gelmetti James Shields, who posted a 3.56 ERA in 215 innings last season, will start for Tampa Lopez and Maya Ripecky, followed imme- recovered from the lone blip on her day by Bay. The game will feature a rematch of last year’s American League Championship diately by another RBI double, this time by Series, which the Rays won in seven games. junior Casey Sullivan. see SOFTBALL, page 13