THE TUFTS Where You Read It First VOLUME L, NUMBER 29 DAILY THURSDAY,OCTOBER 20, 2005 After two kids: a degree and a trip to Zanzibar to fight AIDS BY JAMIE BOLOGNA top-notch institutions with adult pro- knew little about HIV and AIDS before program students often face difficulties Contributing Writer grams,” Associate Dean Jean Herbert, who arriving in Zanzibar. when placed into a classroom setting. “She runs the REAL program, said. “It wasn’t important for me to be an had some trouble at the beginning,” Sitting in Professor Vickie Sullivan’s Sutton works with a non-governmental expert,” she said. “Once the people started Penvenne said of Sutton. “But then she Western Political Thought class, Kathryn organization called the Zanzibar getting the ARVs they came to me and said, rolled up her sleeves, didn’t get discour- Sutton knew she had a plan. Association of People Living With ‘Now that I am living, where can I get a job? aged, and worked very hard.” “Kathryn sat in the front row and she HIV/AIDS (ZAPHA+). The organization How can we feed our families?’ Now my job Sutton applied for a Fulbright made her presence known,” Sullivan said of gives essential drugs to people in Africa. is to guide them in the right direction.” Scholarship after graduation but was the 2004 alumna. “She was a courageous Sutton represents the organization to the Sutton’s interest in Africa started in 1974 turned down. “It was a good thing in the and dogged learner; she simply would not local government and to international when she took a road trip from Cairo to end because now I am not tied down to do let go of an issue until she mastered it.” donors. Cape Town, South Africa with her former research,” she said. “I can really focus on Sutton, who has two sons, is now in Former President Bill Clinton visited husband. On the way, they stopped in what I want to do.” Zanzibar — a pair of islands off the Zanzibar in July to help jumpstart the dis- numerous countries, attending a wedding Sutton visits the United States often but Tanzanian coast — working to fight HIV tribution of free anti-retroviral drugs in Sudan, passing through Ethiopia during has no plans to return permanently. She and AIDS. She was part of the Resumed (ARVs), funded by the Clinton Foundation. its civil war and staying with a tribe in keeps her family and friends updated with Education for Adult Learners (REAL) pro- “Because of the Clinton Foundation, peo- Kenya. a monthly e-mail newsletter. gram, which she entered at the age of 49. ple are living,” Sutton said. “The ARVs have “It was on this trip that I fell in love with She spoke to an introductory English The program — which currently consists given people a chance to stay alive and live the continent and with the people,” Sutton class taught by Herbert two weeks ago 45 students — was started in the 1970s by a productive life.” said. about her experiences in Africa and at Tufts. Antonia Chayes, now a visiting professor at If donors back out of the project, howev- Twenty-five years later she decided it was “She has been an inspiration to the the Fletcher School. It offers a college edu- er, the drugs will be prohibitively expensive. time to get her college degree. “It had adults and also to the younger students,” cation to adults who have not previously “Everyone is absolutely terrified because become hard to find a good job,” Sutton Herbert said. “She has impacted so many attended college. In Sutton’s case, her chil- they know that in reality they are pretty said. “No one would interview me at the big lives here on campus. She always wanted to dren took precedence. powerless over their own fate when it corporations.” give back. She has an innate and noble “There are many state colleges and uni- comes to international aid,” Sutton said. History Professor Jeanne Penvenne, who versities but there are very few selective, A political science major at Tufts, Sutton taught Sutton in two courses, said REAL see REAL, page 2

Joseph’s kicked to the curb Jumbos caught ‘Jaywalking’ as Boston shuttle resumed Senate pays more, hopes for better service BY KRISTEN SAWICKI the School of Arts and Sciences. Daily Editorial Board This was managed by former Arts, Sciences and Engineering Students who shelled out Executive Administrative Dean money for cab rides home from Wayne Bouchard. Boston the first six weeks of When Bouchard left the school will get a respite this school after the spring of 2004, weekend. his responsibilities were split The campus shuttle to and between the School of Arts and from Boston will resume on Sciences and the School of Friday, Oct. 21, and the bus will Engineering. The position in be provided by a more expen- the School of Arts and Sciences sive company than last spring. is now open, so no money has Organized by the Tufts been provided by the adminis- Community Union (TCU) tration for the shuttle. Senate, the service began in The shuttle takes students spring 2004 through the Vocell into Boston on Friday and JAMES HARRIS/TUFTS DAILY Bus Company. The Senate kept Saturday nights. It runs from 9 Alex Raimer, 11, asks juniors Caitlin Sheehan and Ryan Hanofee the contract with Vocell the fol- p.m. to 3 a.m., leaving the cam- questions Wednesday at the football team’s practice. A camera lowing semester, but last spring pus center every hour on the crew from “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” was on campus switched to Joseph’s Limousine hour. It stops at the Boylston T to film a segment. Raimer, who grew up in Natick, started a and Transportation — the same stop at 25 past the hour and the sports blog that was picked up by a local sports writer. He company that runs the campus Kenmore T stop at 35 past the asked cheerleaders and players who did not practice questions shuttle to Davis Square. hour. about the story of Jumbo and why a mascot that got hit by a Due to scheduling problems The bus will run every week- train and whose stuffed carcass burned down would be consid- and delays, though, the Senate end until Dec. 3, except for ered good luck. When asked another question, nobody Raimer chose to return to Vocell for this Thanksgiving weekend, a total spoke with could name the founder of the University, Charles semester. “Despite the higher of 12 nights. Students can Tufts. price, the service provided by board the bus with their Tufts Vocell was superior,” TCU ID cards. President Jeff Katzin said. Sophomore senator Stephen “This project is only effective Blaker, who is now in charge of if the student body can depend the shuttle project, said he will on the timeliness of the respond to any complaints, busses,” he said. Katzin, a sen- especially those about schedul- ior, began the service as a soph- ing. “Basically, we have to make omore senator. sure it stops at the right places, The bus did not run the first and that students know to have six weeks, Katzin said, because their ID cards out when the bus the Senate was trying to find comes,” he said. Boston traffic Engineering students explain research money for the service. The makes it difficult for the shuttle BY CHARLOTTE HAIGH Measurements During The expo was scheduled to Senate has budgeted for the to stay on schedule, he said. Daily Staff Writer Chemical Mechanical overlap with the Career and shuttle to run this semester and Blaker said he was optimistic Polishing.” Graduate School Fair next expects to allocate the neces- about the dozen times the Undergraduate and gradu- The students who worked door in the Gantcher Family sary money to continue the shuttle will operate this semes- ate students and faculty from on the projects were there to Sports and Convocation service next semester. ter. “It worked successfully in all over the city got a chance to explain their research to the Center, Manno said. This was When the shuttle service the past, so hopefully it will peer into the School of people who attended. planned to encourage com- began, the cost was shared by work well again,” he said. Engineering’s labs Wednesday Vincent Manno, the school’s munication between engi- afternoon. associate dean, began plan- neering graduate students and The school hosted its fourth ning the event early last sum- heads of major corporations INSIDE INDEX annual Graduate Research mer. He said the expo had attending the career fair. The Daily explores why Hollywood News | Features 1 Expo in the Carzo Cage in three main goals: the “inter- The event was open to all seems to have lost its luster Weekender 5 Cousens Gymnasium. About mingling of graduate students visitors, but was mainly adver- see ARTS, page 5 Editorial | Letters 10 100 displays illustrated the and faculty,” the chance for tised through word of mouth, National 13 projects now being worked on undergraduates to “get a look Manno said. He estimated International 17 by the school’s graduate stu- at what’s going on in the about 300 or 400 students and An interview with Comics 20 dents. University’s graduate pro- faculty attended. David Strathairn Classifieds 21 Projects on display were as grams” and the opportunity The school’s Web site has a Sports Back page varied as “Managing Nutrients for engineering students in the virtual tour of last year’s expo, see ARTS, page 5 on Agricultural Land” and “In- Boston area to speak with Tufts and Wednesday’s expo will be tuftsdaily.com situ Fluid Film Thickness engineers. added soon. 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Thursday, October 20, 2005 CITY BRIEFS Dean Herbert: And one time, I built a stealth bomber... CITY SETTLES WITH WHISTLE- BLOWER COP Sutton has been Officials have settled a case with Timothy Doherty, a Somerville police offi- ‘an inspiration’ cer that sued the city in 2002. Doherty REAL claimed that other police officers continued from page 1 “harassed and intimidated” him after he character, and she shared some of it testified against them 11 years ago, with my class.” according to the Somerville Journal. Sutton said Tufts improved her In Oct. 1994, Doherty claimed that sev- research skills and instincts. “I got very eral officers were involved in a fight at a excited during lectures,” she said. Holiday Inn, and that some of them were “Then I would go out and find more beating civilians. After his testimony, he information about the subject.” said he was “crucified” by his fellow offi- She credited the University’s interna- cers, according to the Journal. tional diversity as a major asset. “The In 2002, he sued Somerville, saying that intensely cool thing about Tufts is I the harassment had nearly driven him to could be taking a history course on suicide. Though it was scheduled to go to Uganda and then I could find a friend federal trial next week, it was settled out on campus from Uganda and talk to of court. him,” she said. “We’re happy with the settlement,” REAL program students contribute Doherty’s attorney Jessica Hedges told the equally to her classes, Sullivan said. “I Journal. The amount of the settlement can’t think of one instance in which they JAMES HARRIS/TUFTS DAILY was not disclosed. were not real assets to the courses in Paul Nangeroni (E ‘05) talks to a student about his company, BAE Systems, a Defense which they enrolled,” she said. contractor, Wednesday at the Career and Graduate School Fair.

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NO HAPPY ENDING FOR MASSAGE PARLOR Journalist explains ‘weirding of science’ in the news A Harvard Square business was BY SARA DAY There was an instance when a col- “There is a deterioration of science accused of prostitution after two under- The Good Five Cent Cigar league of his had a story about his work writing in the mainstream, a distortion cover police officers allegedly were published and the reporter got a lot of ‘weirding’ of science,” Petit said about offered sexual services. Charles Petit, a freelance science information wrong. The colleague said, the push for teaching of intelligent According to the Somerville Journal, reporter and contributing editor for “What this world needs is some good design in the classroom. officers say About Hair on Arrow Street U.S. News and World Report, spoke to science reporters,” Petit said. “Probably the place for intelligent includes many “side orders” in addition to about 30 people Tuesday morning at Petit said that was the point he design in science class is as a unit of the the standard fare. the University of Rhode Island at thought about getting into journalism. scientific method and as supplemental “I have been a well-respected business Narragansett Bay about his 34-year He was a student at the University of information,” he said, adding that it is person in Harvard Square for 20 years,” career covering the science beat. California at Berkeley and decided to outside the scope of science and cannot Duncan Purdy, owner of the establish- “I like to write these kinds of stories take a news-writing course. be verified or disputed. ment, told the Journal. “Unfortunately, — they are interesting to kids who “Writers tend to overwrite prose with Petit said that science is rooted in this is a misunderstanding, and I hope might take a few more courses in sci- verbal pyrotechnics,” Petit said, refer- doubt, and that scientists try to demon- we’re able to work this out.” ence after reading a particular article,” ring to what a professor once told him strate that someone before got it wrong. Officers said that masseuses explicitly Petit said. “Those who know it least are about non-journalists. “As a journalist, “Scientists read the book that’s written suggested sexual services for additional anointed to tell the world what hap- you are required to pick up facts quick- in the stones and in the sky,” he said. fees, and that they touched the officers’ pened.” ly and digest them.” With intelligent design, Petit said the genitals. Petit said he started school taking “You will never know as much as the discussion switches to “if you believe “I think they [the masseuses] were courses in astronomy and other sci- Ph.Ds that you work with,” Petit added. something hard enough, you will make being influenced to do something, if they ences. He joked at one point, and said, Petit said that journalists operate on a it so.” were doing something at all, that is not “Science requires a certain attention different level of abstraction and do not Of science news, Petit said, “It is the allowed at my business,” Purdy told the span, which I lack.” need to know as much as scientists to purest sort of news. You are privileged Journal. Purdy was arrested, and is due in Petit said he was not sure he made be able to write about science effective- to talk to people who have found new court Nov. 11 for a hearing. the right choice in pursuing a career in ly. things.” science and told the story of why he got Petit said jobs in scientific journalism This differs from the focus of a nor- involved in science reporting instead. are drying up now. mal news story, Petit said.

FROM THE DAILY ARCHIVES | Rockin’ the good herb OCTOBER 20, 1981 KIDS: THERE’S NOTHING TO DO IN SOMERVILLE The Somerville Youth Council and TCU Senate Cambridge College conducted a survey of Somerville teens to find out what they addresses tension liked and did not like about living in the city. between Fletcher, According to the Somerville Journal, undergraduates about 900 students responded and cited crime and “a lack of things to do outside In a campus-wide meeting, of school” as the primary reasons for dis- the TCU Senate addressed the liking Somerville. “Good people” and issue of undergraduate students “diversity” were among the top responses having permission to use Fletcher for why they liked living in the city. School facilities. The TCU Senate “Programs that would get [students] reported that it had received sev- involved in the city and getting their voic- eral complaints from undergradu- es heard would be a start,” Matthew ates regarding Fletcher graduate Dell’Isola, 15, told the Journal. students wanting to kick them Gang activity has allegedly decreased, out of the (then-titled) Fletcher yet crime in the city was still cited as one School Library. The graduate stu- of its primary issues, according to the dents had complained that Journal. undergraduates were taking up all the space, leaving them hardly MEREDITH TURITS/TUFTS DAILY any. At that time, the Fletcher Puerto Rican musical group Yerba Buena performed Tuesday evening in the Remis School Library had not deter- Sculpture Court in the Aidekman Arts Center. mined an official usage policy for — Compiled by Bruce Hamilton from the undergraduates. Somerville Journal

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ARI MEHLSAK/TUFTS DAILY Upperclassmen struggle to find affordable housing close to campus — and even if they find it, landlord neglect may pose additional problems.

BY REBECCA DINCE price is dependent on several can come to [the Off Campus Daily Editorial Board factors. Housing Resource Center],” Weighing the options “First of all, if you look a year Rodriguez said. “Students who Running water, peeling walls, in advance, the houses are aren’t aware that we’re here are While many members of nice house, but a hefty hike broken locks, rusty pipes: these going to be a little more expen- the ones who end up struggling the Tufts community would to campus? are just a few of the issues fac- sive, because the landlords because they don’t know what like to avoid building condi- Senior Katie O’Keefe had ing Tufts students living in off- know those are the students their rights are.” tion issues by living on cam- difficulty finding a house that campus housing. who are eager to find housing, According to landlord Ann pus, there is a lack of on-cam- met both her budget and her “Our bathrooms are disgust- when they are looking in Driscoll, who lives above the pus housing for upperclass- standards. ing. At the beginning of the November for a place in apartment she has rented to men. “We were looking for year, they had black mold, September,” she said. students, careful selection and According to the Tufts something close to campus so which is very dangerous, and “Landlords will ask $700 renovations can prevent con- Admissions Web site, while 70 we looked at a lot of houses they just caulked it. I mean, it’s instead of $600 [per student] flict. This is a different ethos percent of Tufts undergradu- on College Ave. and Boston still gross but there’s no black because they know the system,” from many landlords who ates live on campus, only 20 Ave.,” she said. “[But] the mold,” said junior Dominique she added. “The later students rarely check on their proper- percent of those students are houses were really disgusting, de Ledebur, who lives in a begin looking, the better the ties. juniors or seniors. so we found a house off house off of Boston Avenue. prices will be and the more “The difference is that we live The University is in the Marshall Street. [The problem These types of problems, landlords will negotiate.” in the house,” Driscoll said. midst of trying to remedy the was that] it was really far — combined with the condition of Rodriguez added that houses “And that makes a difference on-campus housing dilemma like a 20 minute walk — but Medford and Somerville-area in Somerville “tend to be a little because we’re fairly selective through the construction of we looked inside and it was houses, often lead to poor land- more expensive than Medford.” about who we are renting to. Sophia Gordon Hall — but the really nice.” lord-student relations. Houses close to campus are They have to know it’s certainly new dorm will only provide Though O’Keefe got According to Tufts’ Off- always the most expensive. not a party house. It’s very nice, room for 150 students. “more for her money” further Campus Housing Resource While some landlords simply and we keep it nice.” As a result, a large per- from campus, in the end, the Center, since 2002, the average do not care for their houses, But when landlords do not centage of juniors and seniors long walks to class, activities, price of a three-bedroom apart- others blame students for treat- live in a student’s house, parties will still have to seek shelter parties, or to simply meet a ment or house in the ing their properties poorly. are often an issue. Some stu- off-campus. They often have friend, weren’t “worth it”: Medford/Somerville area has “It’s a two-sided problem,” dents complain about the ini- to weigh their options when she moved closer to the Tufts risen from an average of $1,300 Rodriguez said. “Students are tial appearance of their apart- choosing housing: should they campus. to $2,000 per month to $1,500 to not maintaining properties, ments but landlords often note opt for high rent and substan- “My house this year is [in $2,100 per month. Similarly, a and also landlords are not fol- that student parties can “trash” dard conditions, but close worse condition] than last four-bedroom house, which lowing up on how students are the houses into disrepair. proximity to the Medford year, but it’s close to cam- went for about $2,000 to $2,400 living inside their properties.” The Off-Campus Housing campus? Or should they pus,” O’Keefe said. per month three years ago, can Disagreements between ten- Web site states that after stu- choose a lower rent and a — Rebecca Dince now cost up to $3,000 per month. ant and landlord, though, are dents move in, “complaints According to Off-Campus not left for the student to about unresponsive landlords — should be made to the local doesn’t maintain their property, Housing Resource Center resolve alone. — who do not respond to Board of Health.” Coordinator Donna Rodriguez, “Students should know they repeated phone calls or letters “Basically, if the landlord see HOUSING, page 4 May-December romances in the September-to-May college world Dating an older partner can have its perks — and its problems BY LIZ COPELAND to treat women — they are usually tions with younger men I know.” Daily Staff Writer looking for more than just a good “I find we do more things like go hookup,” she said. watch the ballet or opera rather With Ashton Kutcher and Demi For senior Claudine Iliev, than staying at home and ordering Moore getting married and Tom though, maturity and age weren’t pizza,” Woolley said of her current Cruise and Katie Holmes having a deciding factors when she met her relationship, which is with an baby, big age differences are 27-year-old boyfriend. “It didn’t older man. “[My boyfriend] treats becoming more and more com- matter that he wasn’t in college; we me better than younger guys mon and accepted in today’s just clicked,” she said. “I don’t would.” media culture. think maturity would have been Iliev enjoys dating someone But Hollywood is often very dif- an issue. There are mature guys in outside of the “college bubble.” [It] ferent than the real world. Do late college and immature guys out of gives you a broader perspective on library nights, the daily struggle of college.” what there is to look forward to,” exams and frat parties on the Some students find that they she said. “As a panicking senior, weekends really mesh well with make better connections with he’s given me some calming dating someone who is out of col- guys who have graduated from advice.” lege and in the working world? college and have more world expe- Woolley’s long-distance Some Tufts students feel that rience. “Older men generally have boyfriend is a stabilizing presence the perks of an age gap in relation- better insight and a more interest- in her life as well. “I talk to him ships far outweigh the sacrifices. ing perception of life and world every day. He’s my best friend and COURTESY OF LUCY WOOLLEY Senior Meena Bhasin has never issues,” sophomore Lucy Woolley my boyfriend,” she said. Sophomore Lucy Woolley’s long-distance relationship with her older dated a guy her own age. “I prefer said. “It makes for deeper and Most men who are past the boyfriend is going strong: she plans to visit him in a few weeks, and she dating older men because they are more intellectual conversation in is taking a vacation over winter break with him and his kids. more mature and they know how comparison to most of conversa- see DATING, page 4 4 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Thursday, October 20, 2005 Some students find dating outside their age group to be a welcome relief DATING financially stable is more appeal- issue either because he is not wor- teachers at the pub after school ships, the older boyfriend started continued from page 3 ing to my parents.” ried — like many younger guys — and [my geography teacher] knew to feel uncomfortable with the age college age are also financially For Iliev’s parents, her about every dollar he spends. everything about my love life,” she difference between them. independent. This kind of eco- boyfriend’s financial security was When dating a man who is sev- said. “I would feel almost infantile, nomic stability can help offset not a matter of high concern. “My eral years older, some “dating Awkward situations may not be talking about my college life, my some parents’ initial concern parents just like him. I think they dilemmas” and awkward situa- the only downside to dating an exams and my classes when they over the age difference. care more about me being finan- tions can arise. When Iliev was older man. Some specialists warn were talking about a deal or pro- Bhasin’s parents’ opinion on the cially stable than my boyfriend introduced to one of her that these relationships can cause motion they wanted to get at age gap between her and her being financially stable,” she said. boyfriend’s coworkers at a wed- psychological damage. “These work,” she said. boyfriends has changed over the Woolley enjoys the freedom that ding, she recalls their conversation relationships can be mutually Nonetheless, the fact that years, “When I was younger, there having an economically inde- going like this: “Friend: So, what do exploitative. The girl uses the older Woolley and her current was more reason to be worried pendent boyfriend brings to a rela- you do? Claudine: Oh, I’m a stu- man to gain access to the adult boyfriend, Charlie, are in different about me dating older men,” she tionship. “He has his own place so dent. Friend: Ah, grad student eh? world, while the man exploits the stages in life, has not affected their said. “But now the age gap is get- he can cook romantic dinners,” Claudine: Um, actually I’m an girl to regain his youth,” Oakland, relationship. “Charlie is proud that ting smaller, and I think as I gradu- she said. She also said that going undergrad. Friend: Oh, so finish- Calif.-based therapist Beth I go to university and that I study a ate college, the idea of a guy being out to bars together is never an ing up your last year? Claudine: Bernstein said in a Teen Vogue arti- lot,” she said. “He encourages me Well, I’m in my sophomore year. cle on the subject. and he completely embraces my Friend: Uh-huh.” “Difference in developmental college life. We just work well Woolley and Bhasin have expe- stages can impact a relationship together; he’s amazing.” rienced a few similarly awkward more than a difference in just age,” After meeting Charlie at a bar situations as well. Both have had Bernstein said. after work in England this sum- the unfortunate experience of hav- Woolley and Bhasin have mer, Woolley’s long-distance rela- ing someone mistake her noticed that large age gaps can tionship with him is still going boyfriend for her father. Also, have a big effect on a relationship strong. He has already visited her when Woolley was 16, she was dat- because each person is in a com- once this year, and she plans to ing a 24-year-old who was her pletely different stage of life. visit him in a few weeks. She is tak- geography teacher’s best friend. According to Woolley, toward the ing a vacation over New Year’s with “I’d end up hanging out with my end of some of her past relation- him and his kids.

Know options when struggling with landlords HOUSING inspectors came to inspect his a two sided problem. Both par- continued from page 3 house on Bromfield Road. ties are usually at fault.” the Health Department gets “It wasn’t quite condemned, Rodriguez said, however, that called and they come and it but it should have been,” he landlords sometimes do not becomes a fight,” Rodriguez said. “Our porch was unstable keep their properties up to par: said. according to the inspectors. It “Landlords should be up to According to Rodriguez, once took our landlord a while, but date on how students are living the Health Department is she finally had some guys tear it in their houses, because it’s called, a landlord usually has down, and then replace it with their property, and their about 30 days to repair the a new porch and a horrible responsibility,” she added. damage, unless it is an emer- roof.” “Once students move off gency, in which case the time Rodriguez is familiar with sim- campus they are tenants, not allowed is only 24 hours. ilar cases. “In one house that stu- students, and they need to If repairs are not made, it dents were living in, hand rail- know their rights,” Rodriguez results in the house being “con- ings were so loose on a stair case said. “And if [the Off Campus demned” by the Medford or that it was a safety violation but Housing Resource Center] can’t Somerville Board of Health. the students had left so many help them directly, we can defi- According to senior Jon belongings on the porch that it nitely let them know where Dimsdale, Board of Health became a fire hazard — so it was they can receive help.” Weekender 5 ARTS | LIVING THURSDAY,OCTOBER 20, 2005

JILL HARRISON | TRAVELLING LUSH WEEKENDER FEATURE

Homecoming sucked It’s the pictures o I was totally excited to write this col- umn — yeah, that’s right, TOTALLY. I that got small Swas so excited for Homecoming. I am just chock-full of that Jumbo spirit. But Homecoming offers us more than the chance to cheer on the old Brown and Blue and chime in on that one line we all know of Is the American movie industry the fight song (You know, T-U-F-T-S! T-U-F- fading into the Sunset (Boulevard)? T-S! something, something, something...). It also provides an opportunity to combine BY KELLY RIZZETTA 13-year-old girls outfitted with annoying many cases, probably produce just as two things that this Lush loves, namely Daily Editorial Board cell phone ring tones are too much of a good a film-going experience at home as drinking before noon and football. Needless buzz-kill for some audience members, they can in the theater.” It’s one of the most puzzling conun- surely a $6 tub of popcorn and kiddie With DVD sales at an all-time high, to say, I was pumped. Then Mother Nature drums facing modern society, right up pool-sized Diet Coke will cure the movie the 20 year home entertainment revolu- went all biblical on our asses and there with cold fusion and the meaning blues, right? tion that began with dinosaurish VHS of life: where have all the audiences Wrong. According to Entertainment tapes has reached its pinnacle: last year, Homecoming totally sucked. gone? Weekly’s 2005 Moviegoers Poll, 65 per- home video sales soundly drubbed As the movie industry braces itself for cent of respondents said that they go to Hollywood’s $9.2 billion box office rev- I expected more from this Homecoming; another year of sub-par box office movies less frequently than they did five enue with a whopping $24.1 billion in this one had so much going for it. My best returns and empty cineplexes, people years ago, citing high ticket fees and bad sales. friend was in town, and my roommates and are starting to point fingers and scratch manners of fellow viewers as the top two And the DVD craze isn’t the only thing I had planned a big pregame breakfast to heads. But like most pop culture phe- reasons for their hiatus. keeping studio execs up all night. start the day off right. nomena, the solution can’t be found in “Going to the movies, going to the “Now, there are so many really We all remembered to set our alarms so any one place. theater, is no longer as pleasant an expe- appealing competing technologies,” that we could get the day started well before “If you ask anyone in the industry, rience as it once was,” said Boston New York Times movie editor Michael noon like respectable tailgaters. The apart- they’ll probably blame someone else,” Herald film critic James Verniere. “Once Cieply said. “The simple one is video ment was a-flurry with activity: There was said New York Times movie reviewer and upon a time, we had these movie games ... it’s a different quality of experi- bacon to crisp, coffee cake to bake, coffee to film scene veteran A. O. Scott. “You palaces, places that were clean where ence, it’s interactive. Instead of being the brew, and lazy, sleeping friends to call know, if you talk to filmmakers, they’ll the crowds felt obliged to be courteous leading technology, movies are now relentlessly until they woke up and got blame the studios; if you talk to studio and orderly.” Looks like that’s one fairy trading on trailing technologies and themselves to our place. production departments, they’ll blame tale that won’t end happily ever after. competing with things that are newer Emotions were all over the board. studio marketing departments.” But if people aren’t going to the the- and somewhat more appealing. Breakfast was ready and our feast was laid So get ready, Mr. DeMille, as the Daily aters, where are they getting their movie “And that’s starting to eat up little seg- out on the coffee table. Beers were opened; takes a close-up look at the decline of fix? The answer is a lot closer to home ments — or sometimes big segments — the movie industry: how it started, what than one might have guessed. of the viewing public,” Cieply said. see LUSH, page 7 it means, and most importantly, how it’s “I think older people are increasingly “Notoriously, lately, the biggest drop- going to be fixed. getting turned off by the movie-going offs have been seen among young men; experience and getting turned on to young men under the age of 25 seem to Jillian Harrison is double majoring in history It coulda been a contender watching movies on DVD at home,” be drifting away from movies... that’s and archeology. She can be reached via e-mail Who doesn’t love spending a Friday Verniere said. “As the TV screens get larg- really what they [the studios] need to get at [email protected], just not on Friday, night at the movies? If the sticky floors, er and the entertainment systems Saturday and Tuesday nights. exorbitant ticket prices, and gaggles of become more sophisticated, they can, in see MOVIES, page 9

WEEKENDER INTERVIEW | DAVID STRATHAIRN A chat with screen’s own Edward Murrow BY KRISTIN GORMAN Q: Was there a challenge in putting time, try to indicate that under- Daily Staff Writer him across, because you don’t real- neath that was this driving force or ly see a lot of him outside of the driving desire to do the right thing. In this age of tumultuous poli- job? tics, George Clooney’s film “Good Q: What was it like seeing yourself Night and Good Luck,” which pays DS: Sort of. We couldn’t really in black and white? It’s not really tribute to 1950s broadcast journal- indulge in what he was like at done that much. ist Edward R. Murrow (whose con- home and off the job, but that was nections to Tufts are many), leaves George [Clooney]’s intention for DS: I love black and white. I think modern America asking, “Why me. It’s not really a biopic; it’s it’s much more evocative to me don’t we have one of those?” mostly about the event, that piece than color; we respond emotional- Murrow’s courage in exposing the of history. Murrow was one of the ly to color differently than in black bogus “communist” accusations greatest broadcast journalists and white, we receive the informa- and false fear inspired by Senator there ever was other than [Walter] tion differently. Joseph McCarthy greatly altered Kronkite...But his story was the the realm of post-World War II pol- main thing, so we didn’t really Q: Was there ever any thought of itics. The new millennium should want to investigate his life outside hiring an actor [to play McCarthy]? WARNER BROTHERS only be so lucky. The Daily spoke of that. Whatever anyone (including Murrow) thinks about Joe McCarthy, you with actor David Strathairn, who DS: I don’t think so, no. It would can’t deny he was a handsome devil. plays Murrow in the film, to dis- Q: What would you say Murrow’s have been sort of irresponsible, cuss the challenges and rewards main characteristics were that you not only to McCarthy but to the Q: So the movie takes place, obvi- direct parallels. You can’t help it; associated with portraying such a tried to weave into the character? intention to make the film as a ously, in 1953, but it’s not hard to [the connection] is pretty obvious. pivotal character in American his- journalist would make a film: pres- see the application to the present tory. DS: I think how he listened so ent it truthfully and plausibly. day. Have you gotten a lot of reac- Q: Was that something you were intently to everything, about Everything in the film was double- tion to that? Are people branding aware of when you were preparing Question: Did you watch a lot of everything. Especially this issue; sourced, so every action, every this a political movie? for the role and when you were Murrow to prepare for this role? the intensity he applied to making scene, every event, everything that acting? the decisions to go with the story. happened was double-sourced — DS: They [want] to make it a plat- David Strathairn: Yeah, a lot of His sense of purpose, his sense of sometimes triple-sourced — by form for political discussion. DS: Yeah, we all thought about it; it Murrow, read a lot of stuff in the objectivity, and his sense of how, in Joe Wershba [a colleague of George didn’t want to make a was in the air...It’s the things that kinescopes and the actual broad- the broadcast, clear and articulate Murrow’s], who is alive and helped political movie; he just wanted to Murrow says [that] apply directly casts. I had to learn the script like a and poetic his writing is, or was. To George and Grant [Heslov, the tell the story about a great to today: “We shall not confuse piece of music. stay within that very clean, objec- film’s writer]. American... But people are tive presentation and, at the same responding to it; they’re making see STRATHIAM, page 7 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING Thursday, October 20, 2005 What’s on this weekend

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Staff Top 10: Things dirtier than tailgaters’ village at homecoming This past Saturday, our very own Arts editors found themselves where any fun-loving, self-respecting Tufts students would be on Homecoming: among the revelers in the Tailgaters’ Village. Civilized boozing soon turned into a Greco-Roman mud-wrestling frenzy, with crazed alums grappling in the quagmire that was J-Field. Though the only Arts casualties were a few pairs of Chuck Taylors and old-school Adidas that didn’t make it through the muddy morass, we sympathized with our grime-covered classmates who ended up looking like Degas’s ballerinas. In honor of our now-defunct emo footwear and our filthy friends, we present this list of ten things actually dirtier than Tailgaters’ Village. Outhere Brothers - “Boom appearance in this summer’s doc- receiving a massage from a “little nothing like a prison jumpsuit and many exploits, X-tina cooed “do Boom Boom”: Remember this umentary “The Aristocrats,” the brown woman” in Bali who was knee pads to disabuse the chil- you want to sleep with me one? (Boom boom boom, lemme one the New York Times called impressed with his, um, manhood. dren of the notion that their par- tonight?” (in French!), humped a hear ya say way-oh! [way-oh!]) It the “filthiest, vilest, most extrava- ents command any sort of boxing ring (while wearing chaps), may be the most sexually graphic gantly obscene documentary ever The Middle Ages: Toothpaste respect. suggestively stroked a hose held song ever recorded, and certainly made.” Saget’s filthiness is well and oral hygiene hadn’t been between her legs, and asked us to ever played at major sporting are- known; one famous story has him invented, but plaque and halitosis Orlando Bloom’s hair: “rub [her] the right way.” And nas. Gems include “Put your telling a friend, congratulating had. Germ theory hadn’t been Remember how the girls swooned that’s just in the videos! In real (expletive) on my tongue / And him on his newborn baby, “For a invented, but plagues had. Horses over Ethan Hawke’s sensitive, life, Aguilera has about six pierc- your booty on my face” and the dollar, you can finger her.” were everywhere, and sleeping in greasy-haired, poetic Troy Dyer in ings per square inch of flesh, once subtle “Bend you over / Grab your the same bed as your brother(s) “Reality Bites”? That was eleven dated Robbie Williams, and has shoulder / Slip my (expletive) Courtney Love: Last year she was the norm. Bathing existed as years ago! Teenyboppers today made some of the most perplex- inside your (expletive).” went on David Letterman and an annual event, and it didn’t like their men more metro than ing (and tacky) red carpet fashion flashed him. Six times. involve the use of soap. Shudder. mop-headed, which means that choices in recent years. The ball pit at Chuck E. Legolas needs to use his powers Cheese’s: Does anyone ever actu- Bill O’Reilly: In case you’ve for- “Family Double Dare”: of telepathy to locate a bottle of Using your pointer finger to ally take all the balls out of the gotten, America’s self-declared Enthusiastic host Marc Summers Pert Plus. Granted, 93 percent of sneak attack in a Thumb War: pit, hunker down on hands and champion of the straight and nar- had only one prerequisite for chal- Bloom’s characters are historical Resourceful second graders know knees and scrub? Probably not. row settled his sexual harassment lenges: they must be sloppy! No and wouldn’t necessarily have had you can loop your pointer around Don’t small children with limited case out of court last year for mil- “Double Dare” participant could access to modern hygiene prod- to surprise-pin your opponent’s bodily function control play in said lions of dollars. Highlights from escape the unidentifiable (though ucts (see the Middles Ages entry), thumb down, but we prefer keep- pits? Absolutely. Bad times all the suit, leaked to the Smoking surely innocuous) slime that but 2005 Orlando should be able ing the fight clean. If you don’t around. Gun, include O’Reilly allegedly prominently factored into every to take care of his inexplicably oily have ethics in Thumb Wars, what telling the woman to buy a vibra- activity. Bonus: While the full body ‘do. do you have? Bob Saget: Bob Saget, of “Full tor and name it, describing what suit attire was excusable on the House” fame!?! Yes, that Bob he’d do to her in a shower on kids, it made mom and dad look Christina Aguilera: This girl puts —complied by David Cavell, Kate Saget. Perhaps you missed his their Caribbean vacation, and insane. It’s a dirty trick, but there’s both R’s in “dirrty.” Among her Drizos and Blair Rainsford McCarthyism ties Dreams of a Homecoming free of mud and judgment LUSH red, Asian-glow-faced self ten minutes We arrived to find what most of you into modern day continued from page 5 later. We suited up (layers, people, layers!) probably remember with various degrees STRATHIARN cups of coffee had been fortified with — hoodie, jacket, hat, and a bag of beers. of fondness: a foot of mud. The suction continued from page 5 Bailey’s. Surely this day would rock. But But which shoes to wear? Preliminary effect quickly rendered the flip-flops use- dissent with disloyalty,” and “You can’t friends began to arrive, each more scouting reports from the unfortunate few less - solid choice, Lush - so they were rel- defend freedom abroad by deserting it at drenched then the last. Jackets that were who had already been mired in the muck egated to the bag of beers on my arm, and home,” and “Whether you’re guilty or not, merely water-resistant were already of Alumni Field were not positive. Some I faced the field barefoot. If you heard you have a right to face your accuser.” defeated, shoes soaked through, umbrellas advocated boots. Others suggested flip- someone yelling about how they were Things like that. turned inside out. Faces were glum. Spirits flops. Still others said, “Screw it, I can probably going to get tetanus, that was me. began to dampen. always buy new sneakers.” I made the rounds to see all the alums I Q: What about Murrow’s successors? Do What could cheer us? What could warm This was no decision to make lightly. knew, but by the second quarter I had you watch a lot of cable news? Where do you our hearts and our bellies? Four-layer Jell- The status of the Lush’s feet could make or retreated to the protection of the alumni think this industry has gone since? o shots, of course. I use shots here in the break the day. The Lush decided to just go tent. loosest sense possible, for my roommate with the flip-flops and sacrifice the wellbe- I thought I was safe, but who was I kid- DS: Well, [it has] exploded... Murrow was Ellen has taken the old standard and ing of her feet for the sake of getting on ding, drunk kids with mud? I, along with this crystal ball who just dropped, and [it turned it into nothing less than an art with the festivities. everyone else, was soon covered. I was has] shattered over the last 50 years. So form. Once upon a time, the Lush swore You know your Homecoming must have nowhere near drunk enough to be amused there are pieces of it everywhere, but they’re never to touch Jell-O shots again, lest it sucked when the walk there was the most by a muddy face which my friend Jason catching different light now. It’s fascinating, lead to another Saturday spent lying on the fun part of the entire day. Despite a pair of saw fit to bestow upon me, although I thor- because the film offers that insight; it’s sort bathroom floor. But these colorful treats very cold feet, the Lush was in rare form on oughly enjoyed watching OTHER people of that perspective from now to back then. proved impossible to resist. These were not the trek to Alumni Field. It was time for fall into the mud. By halftime my group shot-sized, but rather full glasses of Jell-O - another favorite Lush pastime: bothering was ready to throw in the towel. Q: When [Murrow] had the fight with Paley, in layers of blue, red, green, and orange — random people that pass on the street with I confess I never made it into the game. that was a very important part of the film. and they required the use of a spoon and pointless and obnoxious comments. “I just I retreated to my apartment to hose off What do you think about how he [Paley] often a buddy to consume them. wanted to let you know that open bottle- outside, stain stick the hell out of my had to deal with the whole corporate struc- It was still pouring by our scheduled containers are illegal in the State of clothes and sulk. ture? departure time of 1 p.m., but the Jell-O Massachusetts” — of course said while Did this column suck? I admit that it did. started to kick in, so we were feeling pretty carrying an open bottle — was a particular But in the Lush’s defense, this was the DS: That confrontation, that’s where it first OK. Then, even better news came. Our favorite of my group that day. One family worst of my four Homecoming Days. It happened. Because “I Love Lucy,” and “Jack friend had been on call at work, unable to in particular did not look at all amused as was cold. It was dirty. It rained. We lost the Benny,” and all those entertainment shows drink — apparently ice cream stores keep my drunk, no longer on-call friend warned football game. We did rebound and the day were getting lots and lots of ratings — peo- people on call these days — and found out them to watch out for the “ocean” he had ended like so many other run-of the-mill ple were watching those more than any- at one that he didn’t have to work. just walked through. college nights, with pizza and Beirut in our thing else. Fred Friendly resigned from CBS Departure was postponed so that he could Another way you can expect your basement. We did end up having some because the station refused to show the pound a few drinks before we left. Homecoming to suck: it’s scheduled to fun. Things were looking up again. I truly Senate sub-committee hearings when, Thanks to some nasty Brazilian “rum” coincide with Parents’ Weekend. Hey par- believed we could rally and save this dis- instead, they showed “I Love Lucy.” The col- (that smelled suspiciously like raisins and ents, your kid drinks, too. Loosen up. I pre- mal day. lision of those two things was then, was had been sitting in my kitchen collecting fer my booze sans judgment, thank you Then I lost twenty bucks. Homecoming right then. dust for quite a while), he was his bright very much. sucked.

Q: Did you ever think you’d be interviewing WEEKENDER | HEAT SEEKERS Liberace in your lifetime? [Laughter] That fake Asian flava DS: That was a great interview! [More laughter] There’s another thing that Murrow 1. Old 97’s — Curtain Calls 2. Metric — Poster of a Girl 3. Robyn — “Konichiwa Bitches” sort of started the ball rolling: he was the The Old 97’s’ recently-released You might think that sexy songs laced Robyn is a young, sexy, Scandavian first Barbara Walters. As well as an amazing live album, “Alive and Wired,” is with breathy French murmurings have who seems to have a strong affection journalist, he was this celebrity at the same not perfect. Like many double- no place in the brisk, businesslike, dead- for the continent of Asia. She doesn’t time. It’s been said and been written that he CDs, it suffers from that insidious line-oriented atmosphere of the Daily have a strong affection for anything really didn’t like doing those... but he real- disease listed in the Merck Manual office. Well, you’d be wrong — both else, though. ized he had to make the money to keep “See as “Hey, We’ve Got Two Discs to about sexy songs having no place at the In this battle song, Robyn threatens It Now” [Murrow’s weekly investigative Fill: Let’s Humor the Daily office...and, um, about the office’s to “rumble” with the listener in just news show] going. He would have much Bassist/Keyboardist and Finally Let atmosphere being brisk and busi- about every way imaginable, includ- rather interviewed people like Him Sing That Sucky Song He nesslike. (Kidding... sort of.) ing some ways that can’t be printed Oppenheimer, scientists, college presidents Wrote and Thinks Is Really Good”- After all, editors are people, too — in a family newspaper. — that was more his inclination. itis. Needless to say, this is not and this editor is seduced by Metric’s Robyn is hardly the next Gwen that sucky song. In fact, it’s a propulsive “Poster of a Girl,” a throb- Stefani and the Harajuku Girls, Q: That was one of the best things about damn-near-perfect one. Four min- bing, synth-heavy track off of the though. Example: “Hit the gong-gong [the film], that it was very serious subject utes and 12 seconds of alt-country Toronto-based band’s just-released sec- / Bring the sumos on / I’m ‘a kick ass matter, but there was still that sort of light, pop that’s somehow wistful and ond album, “Live It Out.” The tossed- all the way to Hong Kong.” It won’t in-the-office-type atmosphere. bitter at the same time, “Curtain off nonchalance with which vocalist be mistaken for a detailed examina- Calls” is unbelievably catchy. The Emily Haines delivers lyrics like “Coming tion of the Taiwan Straits Crisis, but DS: That was George and the camera work. guitars are loud and the wordplay in your pants / for the off chance / with it’s good for a chuckle. The energy of the camera doesn’t make it is witty, but the voice alone of a poster of a girl” is probably feigned, The ridiculous lyrics and sharp feel so ponderous all the time; it’s clipping lead singer and guitarist Rhett but it’s definitely seductive. Since my house beat would make this a perfect along and catching candid things from peo- Miller — one of the few frontmen command of the French language is club tune save two problems: it’s only ple. And yeah, these guys were at the edge who can deliver lyrics that use the pretty much limited to “Bonjour,” I two and a half minutes long and has of a wilderness of television: what to do with word ‘lover’ without sounding don’t know what Haines is saying in no hook. That’s nothing a little remix it and how to use it. And the issue at hand either sleazy or saccharine — is those aforementioned murmurings, but can’t save. Get Basement Jaxx on the was crucial — one of the most important enough to earn this track it doesn’t really matter: she’s got me line — pronto. moments in our history — but they didn’t ‘Heatseeker’ status. under her spell. —Jon Schubin really know that; they were just doing their — Patrice Taddonio — Patrice Taddonio jobs. Thursday, October 20, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 9

WEEKENDER | FASHION TOAST... AND ROAST The Daily traveled far and wide — from the former Confederate States of America Saddam Hussein, Ex-President of Iraq to an undisclosed location in Iraq — for our weekly dose of fashion enlightenment. What beautiful damsel is good quality and exude good this? Back in the old country, I taste. But I must disagree with would most likely whisk her her use of a long shirt that away to my large presidential comes out of her coat and palace, where we would make exposing her gym socks. thunderous dictator love Regardless of such small trifles, throughout the cold desert she shines like a vision of the night. Instead, I am stuck in moon in the eyes of 60 camels! this jail cell, eating Cheetos My queen, if you are ever near and sending praise from afar! jail cell 2035, visit, and I prom- Like me, the matching pattern ise to show you how real CORBIS bag and leather belt look of dictators play!

Owen Bangers, Rugby Player; Frimley, UK Oi, get this girl in the scrum are bloody well kept and she is — she looks bloody fit! When every bit proper with her coor- me mates and I aren’t opening dinated outfit. But what every beer bottles with our toes, we English boy loves more than a like to think of ourselves every cold pint and David Beckham bit as smart as puckered arse is a girl who’s not afraid to let noblemen. Now, I don’t want loose. Not that I’m complain- to take the piss out of this fit ing — I’m arse-over-elbow bird, but I say was she needs is about this bird and would well CORBIS a good romp in the mud! fancy an all-night bender with Mingers, take note: her shoes the hope of some snogging!

Tony Harlott, South Beach, Fla. I’ve got three words for this don’t need your loops!” And outfit: FA! BU! LOUS! But I’ll those shoes are hot! They forgive the layering — it is remind me of that cabana boy. Boston. You couldn’t find me in Francisco, maybe? We never anything more than a pair of really had time to get each oth- Spandex and an open number ers’ names. Naughty, naughty! from Armani down here. But if It’s cold and wet outside but she you’re lucky, you could find me still has to show off a little skin in less! Oh, back to the girl. — work those ankles, girl! A CORBIS Love the accessories. A big, hip- word of advice: always be ready hugging belt that just screams, for the paparazzi. Don’t look so “Get outta my way, world! I unprepared — strike a pose!

Lenny (No last name), Crooked Creek, Ala. Hold up, I need tah examine days? Now whaddya think ‘bout the farmin’ country. Can’t do a I ain’t too smart about city life, this lady’s outfit more closely. that, Bessie? (Pets Bessie the whole lotta hoein’ and plowin’ either, but I’d bet a pretty penny (Rubs eyes) Naw, ya don’t say. Cow) Well now, I s’pose I ain’t with those shoes on. An’ Bessie that this here gal is ‘bout as This is what tha kids are wearin’ tha world’s bestest fashion critic here’ll likely ruin them shirts and fancy as they come. Innit tha in the big city colleges these but this outfit ain’t so good for jeans if this girl tried tah milk her. truth, Miss Bessie?

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How to get people back into theaters? Here’s a hint: make a good movie MOVIES the problems, for example, with start watching TV and stopped sticky. Scott acknowledges that their much-hyped documentary, continued from page 5 comparing this year to last year going to the movies in large studios are often unwilling to “Emmanuel’s Gift” (which opens back.” is [that] last year, there was numbers.” back a project with uncertain October 21). ‘Passion of the Christ,’ which was But just like Scarlett O’Hara market appeal. “What’s interesting,” said Frankly, my dear, they don’t give a huge and kind of novel box rising from the ashes of Tara, the “Especially when you’re talk- Stern Winters, “is that when we a damn office success coming at a time movie industry rolled with the ing about large studio movies, first started doing ‘Emmanuel’s Of course, there are some who of the year when there’s usually punches and retaliated with one of the reasons that I think Gift,’ and we told people that we say that sending out a distress not that kind of a hit. And there innovations like CinemaScope to they get more and more cautious were doing this movie about a call for the movie industry would was also ‘Spiderman II,’ so there enhance the cinematic experi- is that the budgets are now up kid from Africa — a disabled kid be akin to yelling “Fire!” in a not- were a lot of big movies that may ence and win back its jaded audi- over $100 million routinely — from Africa — their first response so-crowded theater. have inflated last year’s box office ences. and the marketing costs are was, ‘Ugh, that’s not gonna sell; There’s no denying that 2005 total, so that coming down this So what exactly is going to give often double that — and then you’re not going to sell that com- has not been kind to Hollywood. year is a little bit of a correction.” the movie business that shot of that means that you have to do mercially.’ And we had to figure Whether the fare is grade-A or So are the industry bigwigs adrenaline? enormous business to turn a out a way to make a story about a ghastly, audiences just aren’t getting their panties in a bunch “I think that if the trend is profit.” kid from Africa commercial.” going to the movies, and many over nothing? Is this just another gonna reverse, it really is going to That, in turn, exacerbates the How did they do it? “By exud- films end up succumbing to the phase of the take-home revolu- fall more on the executives than dilemma, Scott said. “Often, you ing passion and making people “Cinderella Man” syndrome, a tion, and will movies rise from anybody in the industry,” said water down the product [as if] to fall in love with a character,” said summer release which, despite disappointment yet again, as Cieply. He notes that such radical say, ‘How can we make a movie Stern Winters. “He wasn’t a char- overwhelming critical acclaim, surely as Martin Scorcese on ideas as 3D films are being that everybody’s gonna want to acter who had one leg; he wasn’t has made back only 70 percent of Oscar night? tossed around as a means to set see?’ And you end up with a a character who was a black kid its estimated $88 million budget The general consensus is that the multiplex experience apart movie that no one particularly from Africa. He was a great char- to date. Hollywood as a whole will do just from the sofa. likes or cares about.” acter, and he had a strength, and Some film experts, however, fine - $24 billion in sales are This wouldn’t be your typical That conflict has been a you couldn’t help but fall in love think it’s too early to blow the insurance enough. Yet there is “hokey” red-and-green glasses perennial problem in with him.” whistle. potential for a future scenario in deal, Cieply said, but “so believ- Hollywood. Directing titan Stick to the basics; Renée “I’m not so certain that this is which, as Steven Spielberg once able a 3D experience that Darth Francis Ford Coppola once Zellweger could have told us such a calamity,” Verniere said. told Entertainment Weekly, Vader comes up and taps you on lamented that studios wanted that. “All businesses have cycles, and going to the movies becomes as the shoulder.” “risk-free” films, a mission that then this year may just be a slight rare and as exclusive an event as But aside from all the fancy he thought was inherently If you build it, they will come downturn. That’s not to say that seeing a Broadway show. solutions that are being dis- flawed. “With any sort of art,” For a debate that fosters so lit- they [studios] aren’t making “I think,” said Cieply, “there’s a cussed, Scott proposes a more Coppola said, “you have to take tle agreement, there is one thing money hand over fist; they’re still very delicate turning point organic impetus for a movie- risks. Not taking risks in art is like that film experts across the making plenty of money! So I occurring here in which if they going renaissance. “No matter not having sex and then expect- board can agree on: good movies wouldn’t be too alarmed by the don’t reverse the current trends, what kind of plasma TV and ing there to be children.” bring good attendance. trend.” the box office, which has been Dolby hookup or whatever you So if gambling is to be the “I’m a film critic; I’m just inter- And while some studios are the window to all these other have, there’s still something name of the game, how should ested in the quality of the pushing the panic button in ways of making money, is in dan- about going to the theater that is studios rig the deck in favor of movie,” Verniere said. “I’m not response to this year’s unfavor- ger of entering permanent unique.” boosting movie attendance? really that interested in whether able comparison with last year’s decline.” “I think, in a way,” said Scott, or not everybody on earth wants box office totals, Scott points out You had us at “Hello” “the studios can please the audi- to go see such-and-such a film.” the flaw in drawing such a nega- Make us an offer we can’t refuse “In a way, it’s simple: if ence best by not worrying so Stern Winters summed it up. tive conclusion. Competition is not unfamiliar [Hollywood] make movies that much, by not trying to micro- “From my point of view, people “When you really look at the territory for theaters. “The movie people want to see, people will manage the audience’s are striving to fall in love with numbers as ... aggregate box studios were running around like go see those movies,” Scott said. response.” characters and feel good ... If you office numbers for the years, and chickens without heads when “But obviously, figuring out what Keeping it simple was what make a good story, people want you correct for a few factors, it’s television was introduced,” the audience is going to want to won Nancy Stern Winters (J ‘86) to see it.” not clear how much of a slump Verniere said. “And they were see...is a big challenge.” and her sister, Lisa Stern Lax (J Maybe cold fusion is a little there really is,” he said. “One of right to a large extent; people did And here’s where things get ‘86), the studio backing to make trickier than movies after all. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER Thursday, October 20, 2005 18 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Thursday, October 20, 2005 10 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Thursday, October 20, 2005

THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL ALLISON B. ROESER Editor-in-Chief In defense of vulgarity

If, as Tufts students, we are unable to aspects. What of a political cartoon that diversity of viewpoints and information, EDITORIAL laugh at the ridiculous and the absurd, pokes fun at FEMA arriving at the but our right (but not necessarily the Jon Schubin Managing Editors then we are destined to spend a dreary Chicago skyline while apologizing for obligation) to enjoy magazines such as Sam Verrill four years on Walnut Hill. being late, asking about a cow that Hustler. Humor is often said to be the best kicked over a can? Disaster relief is not Tufts students should be commended Mark Phillips Editorial Page Editors medicine, and it is the perfect cure for funny, but the cartoon is. in their efforts to poke fun at anything Steven Ward what ails us all: extreme boredom and While starving comics everywhere are and everything in an attempt to bright- Brian Loeb Associate News Editor intense stress. Students at Tufts work trying to figure out a recipe for comedy, en the spirit on campus. The Zamboni hard at their academics, extra-curricular a simple one can be described as magni- did not cross the line in their recent Bruce Hamilton News Editors Anthony McGovern activities and athletics. The reason so fying incongruities or wittily expressing issue, nor can it be seen as a defense of Marc Raifman many students are successful both dur- situations. When things don’t match up, rape. ing their college years and after is due to and someone points out the irony or sat- When approaching written humor, Kelly McAnerney Assistant News Editors their work ethic. irizes a situation, most people laugh. one must always be wary of pretenses. Lula Lakeou Bryan Prior In the same way a random smile can Now the humor may not be appropri- The comedian or writer has no opportu- Kristen Sawicki brighten someone’s day, a good chuckle ate or appealing to everyone, but per- nity to play with flashing images, dic- Judith Wexler can cure the common case of stress. sonal preference should not interfere tion, or hand movements to make his Humor magazines therefore play a criti- with the right to dissemination. point clear. By juxtaposing the logical Patrice Taddonio Associate Features Editor cal role amongst campus publications, Situations may not be humorous to cer- with the absurd, humor magazines note Stephanie Christofides Features Editors spreading infectious laughter and tain people because of their proximity to their intentions. Rebecca Dince smiles. It would be a shame to see them the ridiculed element, their taste in In the same way that a political car- Alexandra Dretler Sydne Summer discarded or censored because of a con- jokes or their level of intelligence. In the toon of FEMA does not condone poor troversial element. same way that an individual would not management of disaster relief, it is diffi- Arianne Baker Assistant Features Editors Most humor today comes at the watch a documentary that bores them cult to extrapolate the views of publish- Andrea Bradford expense of something else, be it an idea, or read an article they find profane, ers on an issue. What is most interesting David Cavell Associate Arts Editor person or institution. In recognizing readers of comedy literature should is that this doesn’t matter. Simply the that the statement or suggestions were steer away from what they don’t find fact that the public has been made Jacqueline Houton Arts Editors made in jest, the comment is frequently funny, not keep it out of print. aware of an issue is positive. Blair Rainsford discarded. Imagine if George Bush was Freedom of speech, and protection In the instance of the Zamboni, not Kelly Rizzetta to cry at his every incarnation as a mon- against unnecessary censorship are fun- only has SSARA’s presence on campus Gregory Connor Assistant Arts Editors key, or Bill Clinton at his caricatured damental tenets of American ideology. been highlighted but its motives have Katherine Drizos baby face. Thanks to people like Larry Flynt and been glorified thanks to the veil of Margarita Reznikova Though this can be appreciated as George Carlin, we have the right to say humor. The Zamboni has presented a Lisa Granshaw Viewpoints Editors novel by most bipartisan observers, and print a great deal. These freedoms contentious issue, and in ridiculing it, Marlo Kronberg humor also has sharper, more cutting protect not only our right to access a actually defended it. Jenna Nissan Leah Roffman

Alexander Bloom Sports Editors Kristen Cunningham DAN CARINO Nathan Grubman Aman Gupta Benjamin Hoffman Elizabeth Hoffman Andrew Silver Thomas Spera

Jeffrey Chen Associate Photo Editor Sarina Bains Photo Editors James Harris Kelly O’Brien

Schuyler Armstrong Assistant Photo Editor Alexandra Dunk

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BUSINESS Leslie Prives Executive Business Director Carmen Rincon Business Managers Akua Boayke Office Manager Gabrielle Lubart Advertising Manager OFF THE HILL EDITORIAL | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Nicolas Gortzounian Receivables Manager Rachel Taplinger Marketing Manager UCLA cadaver program truly reprehensible

DAILY TROJAN The lawsuit says that parts from differ- going on — even though Reid, a UCLA The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub- ent bodies were commingled, and official clearly did. lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and Next week, the University of remains were sometimes simply dumped The university can clear this hurdle by distributed free to the Tufts community. California-Los Angeles will try to get per- in landfills. saying that it is not responsible for EDITORIAL POLICY mission to reopen its willed body pro- The California Court of Appeals crimes committed by its employees. Editorials that appear on this page are written by the Editorial Page editors, and individual editors are not necessarily respon- gram, which allows people to donate recently ruled that these families can’t Even if it were held liable for Reid’s sible for, or in agreement with, the policies and editorials of their bodies to the university for the sake sue UCLA. alleged actions, UCLA’s lawyers can say The Tufts Daily. The content of letters, advertisements, signed of medical research. Bodies donated to But there is still the issue of stealing that the university never explicitly told columns, cartoons, and graphics does not necessarily reflect the program are dissected for teaching bodies. body donors that they would not be sold the opinion of The Tufts Daily editorial board. purposes and research. Initially, UCLA seemed to do the right for profit — it told them that the practice LETTERS TO THE EDITOR At least, that’s how it’s supposed to thing: It shut the program down and was illegal, but apparently didn’t assure Letters must be submitted by 4 p.m. and should be handed work. formed a university commission to them that UCLA wouldn’t break the law. into the Daily office or sent to [email protected]. All let- ters must be word processed and include the writer’s name The program was shut down last year investigate. Now substitute “investigate” To top all this off, even if the university and telephone number. There is a 350-word limit and letters when its director, Henry G. Reid, was with “get UCLA off the hook.” admitted that it had been illegally selling must be verified. The editors reserve the right to edit letters arrested under suspicion of selling bod- If the university’s lawyers have their bodies and body parts, it might still get for clarity, space, and length. ies and body parts. say, the willed body program will be back off the hook because the bodies went to ADVERTISING POLICY And that’s not even the grisliest com- up and running soon thanks to a string of medical research companies — and thus, All advertising copy is subject to the approval of the Editor- plaint. technicalities. were still used for medical research, as in-Chief, Executive Board, and Executive Business Director. A publication schedule and rate card are available upon For nine years, family members of First, despite the fact that Ernest V. per the donor’s request. Disgusting. request. people whose bodies were used in the Nelson, the middleman between Reid If the willed body program does open program have been trying to sue UCLA and companies who bought bodies, said next week, it will serve as an example of P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 for breaking its promise to give their the university was aware of what he was just how low an institute of so-called 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 [email protected] loved ones dignified burials. doing, UCLA says it had no idea what was higher learning will go. Viewpoints 11 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY,OCTOBER 20, 2005 The Zamboni: comic relief, Funny? Not funny? Funny! BY BRETT WEINER Her first brilliant decision is to take on the persona of a humorless dullard, which not social commentary I’ve got to hand it to Ashley Samelson. provides us with an ample supply of In her Oct. 17th viewpoint, “The Zamboni chuckles through the entire article. This BY JULIE NOGEE AND tently, the complaint might have been reasonable. Goes Too Far.” She was able to write character she plays is really reinforced KATHERINE PECK It is important to understand that a something funnier than all of the articles I when she claims to “understand the value joke does not imply approval or support wrote during my four-year-tenure at the of comedy and humor” then goes on to Zamboni. What is seemingly a 793-word write that she couldn’t fathom “how any We at The Zamboni like to push but- for rape, as Samelson believes. Was the rant that showcases a hypersensitive hyp- Tufts student could ever make a joke tons. Zamboni to limit its subject matter to ocrite is actually a work of comedic bril- about rape or sexual assault.” This tactic Being part of a humor magazine, one only politically correct and safe topics, we liance. of writing as a person who claims to has to expect a little contention now and would have a rather bare publication. If For readers who do not know to what understand comedy, then providing evi- then. Humor writers point out the dis- every joke ever made was taken literally, exactly I am referring to, the issue is this: dence to the contrary, sets up the humor- paraging qualities of society and become condoning the behavior it suggested, the Zamboni, Tufts’ comedy magazine, ous hypocrisy which is the basis for the the targets of everyone and anyone who well... let’s just say Jon Stewart, Robin printed an article titled “How To Get rest of her viewpoint. has the ability to find a cause, call it their Williams, George Carlin, Richard Pryor Kicked Out Of A Club.” Ms. Samelson had Samelson makes a very funny jest own, and take offense in its name. We are and many more of our favorite comedi- particular problems with The Zamboni’s when she declares that “by simply joking not designed to make profound social ans would be behind bars right now. line to get thrown out of Tufts Student about the idea that promiscuity merits commentary, but we do run the risk of Furthermore, the editorial staff of the Sexual Assault Response Assistance team rape, [The Zamboni is] in fact condoning running “politically incorrect” material. Zamboni — shockingly — consists of (SSARA): “With an outfit like that, you it.” This line showcases her understated Our jokes are often crude and not meant should have expected it.” She wrote that writing style. She does not discuss this to be taken seriously. To say that the this statement condoned rape, thus using assertion any further, allowing the reader Zamboni condones rape, however, is in to use his or her own intellect to see the total disregard of the truth. comedic inanity of the statement. Using A recent Viewpoint in the Daily this logic, the “Daily Show” correspon- accused the Zamboni of exactly that: dents support intelligent design, Dr. It implied that we condone sexual Stranglove is a pro-war film and Dave assault. Referencing an article from Chappelle wants babies to sell crack on the first issue of the magazine pub- street corners in the ghetto. lished this semester entitled “How Samelson finally has the charac- to Get Kicked Out of a Club,” ter she is playing state a very solid, Samelson said a line about how to nearly inarguable premise: “A joke is get kicked out of SSARA (the cam- still a form of suggestion.” Indeed, pus Student Sexual Assault but what was the Zamboni’s “she Response Assistance team) was deserved it” comment suggesting? indicative of an entire publication Placed next to absurd lines like “I and staff that condones rape. killed a girl scout,” it is obvious to The article in question was writ- anyone who passed the admissions ten with the exact intention of process at Tufts that the statement describing the inappropriate opin- is a ridiculous one. The line is the ion when dealing with sexual opposite of what is appropriate, and assault. The title “How to Get Kicked in that opposition, comedy is created. Out of a Club” implies the phrases Samelson takes the basic comic prem- used in the article are exactly those ise of opposition and employs it in her one should not say. By putting a own writing. She asserts that the joke comment in the Zamboni about rape, sanctions sexual assault, which is an obvi- we effectively made a comment ous example of comic opposition to show against it. she means the reverse. Ms. Samelson It is often considered humorous to pokes fun at anyone dense enough to exploit the precise opposite tone of one’s think the statement is true by taking that actual belief, because that is exactly what CORBIS dim-witted person’s position. I, for one, we all find to be funny. The rest of the am glad Samelson used comedy in her article takes jabs at other student groups, writing, otherwise the article could have providing a whole laundry list of ways not many women. We are a group of women it to produce her masterpiece of satire. been a very dry, humorless analysis piece, to act. We even insult our own publica- sensitive to the issue of sexual assault. To Now, some of you may not believe me like the one you are reading right now. tion in the process. say directly that the Zamboni writers when I tell you Ms. Samelson’s article was The one failing of the article is the When we make jokes in the Zamboni, condone rape is absolutely ludicrous. The funny, despite my two-year rein as Editor- attacks on the quality of the magazine. we take the approach of treating every- women who constitute Tufts University, in-Chief of the Zamboni and my work Samelson writes that the Zamboni “is one equally in the process by poking fun Zamboni women included, do not con- teaching an Explorations class on humor generally disregarded as offensive trash at a diverse set of groups. Had we elected done rape. All of our editorial staff firmly theory. For those people, let’s take a clos- on campus” and belongs “in the trash.” I to go after one group of people consis- stands in line with the belief that nothing rationalizes rape; for someone to think er look so I can show you the genius of find these insults a bit tame in contrast to otherwise is completely unjustified. Ms. Samelson. the rest of her uproarious article. I would Julie Nogee is a junior who is majoring in suggest an extended scenario to describe biochemistry. Katherine Peck is a sopho- see ZAMBONI, page 12 Brett Weiner is a Tufts alumnus who more majoring in English. graduated in 2005. see SATIRE, page 12 A challenge for the University BY ADITYA NOCHUR campaign, the “Campus Climate could — at no additional cost to students gets drafted by state and provincial lead- Challenge,” to push campuses towards an — result in even higher emissions reduc- ers from New England and Eastern Tufts’ Environmental Consciousness environmentally and economically sus- tions than ECO’s original plan. There is, Canada. ECO’s referendum has now given Outreach (ECO) organized and over- tainable future. ECO stands in solidarity however, no documentation from the the administration a golden opportunity whelmingly passed a student referendum with student groups at hundreds of col- University that any plan has been devel- to implement projects that will help last semester in support of wind power. leges all over the U.S. and Canada in call- oped, or even a description of the process achieve these goals. An incredible 88 percent of voters cast ing upon our administrations to take that would be used to develop a plan. The In an op-ed in the Boston Globe last their ballots in favor of raising student fees action on climate change issues. specifics are completely up in the air; week entitled “How universities can teach by no more than $20 per year to purchase Many Tufts students still remember issues of accountability have yet to be public service,” President Bacow wrote a portion of Tufts’ energy from clean, seeing hundreds of pinwheels spinning in resolved. that “civic engagement represents an renewable and environmentally friendly the breeze on the President’s Lawn, and We cannot ignore this any longer. essential part of our social fabric” and that wind power sources. watching ECO members dressed as wind Climate change due to human carbon youth are “powerful, positive forces of Voter turnout was 40 percent, surpass- turbines and coal smokestacks stage dioxide emissions from burning oil and change.” ECO’s successful wind power ing the previous week’s TCU Presidential mock boxing matches. They have been coal is having devastating effects. If referendum and the voters who partici- elections. Tufts students sent a clear mes- waiting since April to know what is going unchecked, it poses a severe threat to the pated uphold the spirit of these words. For sage that it is time to transition beyond to come of the referendum. They deserve future of our planet. It is time to move actual change to take place, Tufts’ admin- dirty energy technologies - such as coal an answer. beyond talk and come up with a concrete istration now must respond to the vote in and oil — that contribute to climate To Tufts’ credit, University staff met plan of action. ECO wants to work with line with students’ wishes. change. with ECO members this summer and pro- Tufts’ administration and staff towards United under the banner of the It is therefore disappointing that nearly posed that rather than purchase wind this end. Campus Climate Challenge, hundreds of six months after the referendum, the Tufts power right away, Tufts would instead Tufts has a history of being an environ- campus groups have recognized that cli- administration has been silent and has yet invest in several campus energy efficiency mental and social leader and has previ- mate change is one of the most pressing to devise a concrete plan to follow through projects, without raising student fees. The ously expressed its commitment to issues facing our generation and have on the results. resulting savings would then be invested addressing climate change. In 2003, Tufts decided to take action. ECO has accepted Energy Action, a North American youth in further energy efficiency projects and President Lawrence Bacow pledged the the challenge. We hope that our adminis- coalition, has dubbed Oct. 19 “Energy the purchase of renewable energy credits. University would adopt a set of stringent tration and political leaders will do the Independence Day,” a national Day of The proposal is tantalizing because it greenhouse gas emissions reduction tar- same. Action around clean energy issues. Yesterday they launched an ambitious VIEWPOINTS POLICY The Viewpoints section of The Tufts Daily, an open forum for campus editorial commentary, is printed Monday through Thursday. Viewpoints wel- comes submissions from all members of the Tufts community. Opinion articles on campus, national, and international issues can be roughly 700 to 1000 words in length. Aditya Nochur is a junior who is majoring Editorial cartoons are also welcome. All material is subject to editorial discretion, and is not guaranteed to appear in The Tufts Daily. All material should be submitted by no later than 1 p.m. on the day prior to the desired day of publication. Material may be submitted via e-mail ([email protected]) or in hard-copy form at The Tufts in biology and environmental studies. Daily in the basement of Curtis Hall. Questions and concerns should be directed to the Viewpoints editor. 12 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Thursday, October 20, 2005 Samelson employed high satire, style in her criticism of the Zamboni SATIRE Then, in the very next line, she expresses continued from page 11 anti-censorship beliefs. Ms. Samelson (I her hate for the Zamboni. Something mean, her writing persona) squeezes in along the lines of “I would rather eat an one last hysterical hypocritical comment asparagus and broken glass sandwich with by asking the student government to eco- a side of burnt rubber while cleaning the nomically censor those that disagree with corns of the residents at The Lakeview her. All the while she claims that she does Center for Retired Athletes than read the not believe in censorship. Once again, Zamboni.” A preposterous line like that humorous opposition rears its comically- would be much more at home in Ms. misshapen head. Samelson’s article. So, Ashley, you have proved yourself a The best part of the viewpoint — and I writer capable of understated wit, high fell off my chair with laughter at this one — satire and funny paradoxical arguments. I came at the end. She mentioned that the am sure a humorist of your caliber would student government should “more closely be welcome at a Zamboni meeting any- monitor the Zamboni and use greater dis- time. Hopefully, I will see you in the funny cretion when deciding upon its budget.” pages! Printed joke does not condone rape ZAMBONI removes our ability to publish a magazine. continued from page 11 Our budget is limited and allows for the The women of the Zamboni are a group cost of publication and minimal funding of intelligent and independent students for recruiting new members to be part of who, through their involvement in the the organization. publication, constantly display their If you do not like what you see in The excellence in a field traditionally dominat- Zamboni, we encourage you to toss it in ed by men: comedy. Our new female the nearest recycling bin — not the trash. Editor-in-Chief is the first in the entire You are by no means required to read an history of the Zamboni, speaking volumes issue. You can even put it back on the pile for her efforts and commitment in an of magazines in the campus center for arena foreign to the presence of two X another student to enjoy since our budget chromosomes. most certainly does not cover printing Humor is also a completely subjective enough copies for the entire campus to entity. While some do not find the read. Zamboni to be humorous, it does not We ask, however, that if anyone is dis- mean everyone else shares in this opinion. satisfied with our publication, that instead We consider ourselves fortunate to have of electing to criticize us, they make a con- the free reign to tackle topics of all kinds in tribution in an effort to make us better. a humorous and hopefully sometimes Submissions are always accepted, and we intelligent manner. There is great value in are more apt to produce a magazine that a school that supports creative expression satisfies many members of the communi- in all forms, and it would be wrong to ty if the actual community is willing to request the TCU Senate monitor the contribute. As a student group on cam- Zamboni by toying with our budget. While pus, it is most certainly your right to be a Samelson said it was not her intention to part of our organization and involved with promote censorship, altering the budget the process of producing the only humor of The Zamboni is censorship because it magazine available to Tufts students. National 13 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY,OCTOBER 20, 2005 Wilma mushrooms itself into a Category Five hurricane BY KEN KAYE cialist Stacy Stewart. “A lot will Wilma would strike Saturday “We don’t want people to ordered visitors to evacuate Knight Ridder Tribune depend on the exact track.” night near Naples, Fla., poten- treat this as a point on a map, and called for a voluntary evac- Late on Wednesday, Category tially as a Category 4 system because this is going to be a uation of all other residents. Much of Florida went on high 5 Wilma was in the Caribbean, with 140-mph winds. It would large hurricane with all the On Wednesday, Florida resi- alert Wednesday, with the Keys about 235 miles southeast of barrel south of Lake nasty conditions, including dents began stocking up on ordering visitors to evacuate, as Cozumel, Mexico, slowly Okeechobee and emerge in the strong winds and storm surge,” supplies and waiting in lines for Wilma exploded into the most churning northwest at 7 mph Atlantic near West Palm Beach he said. “No matter how you fuel. intense hurricane on record. with sustained winds of 160 on Sunday morning as a slice it, it’s going to be bad this At a Publix grocery store in Still, a small ray of hope mph. Earlier, its internal pres- Category 3 with 120-mph weekend.” Miramar, Laura Diaz, of Miami emerged: if Wilma rams into sure dropped to 882 millibars, winds. The rest of South Florida He added Wilma could Gardens, grabbed about 5 gal- Mexico’s Yucatan region, its the lowest ever, and it had sus- could see gusts up to 100 mph spawn numerous tornadoes lons of water. Although she said anticipated right turn toward tained winds of 175 mph. and up to 7 inches of rain. “long before the core gets here.” she wasn’t that concerned Florida could be significantly Though uncertainty remains The severe weather likely will Depending on the speed of about Wilma, she took precau- altered and the system’s in the long-range projections, be widespread because Wilma, the storm, hurricane watches tions just in case. strength could be considerably Floridians are being told to pre- like mighty hurricanes Katrina could be posted for much of the “We have water, dog food, weakened, the National pare for the worst because a and Rita, is expected to grow in state’s east coast by Thursday baby food and Pampers,” she Hurricane Center in Miami- cold front descending across size, with its strongest winds and hurricane warnings by said. “We’ve got the generator Dade County said. the nation could push Wilma likely to extend more than 100 Friday. on standby.” “If it goes just 20 or 30 miles toward the state. miles from its center, Stewart The Keys have already inland, the core could be Under the forecast track, said. declared an emergency and destroyed,” said hurricane spe- see WILMA, page 15

Rove takes blame over Plame BY THOMAS M. DEFRANK ed he had talked to the press Knight Ridder Tribune about the Plame leak. Bush has always known that An angry President Bush Rove often talks with reporters rebuked chief political guru Karl anonymously and he generally Rove two years ago for his role approved of such contacts, one in the Valerie Plame affair, source said. sources told the New York Daily But the president felt Rove News. and other members of the “He made his displeasure White House damage-control known to Karl,” a presidential team did a clumsy job in their counselor told The News. “He campaign to discredit Plame’s made his life miserable about husband, Joseph Wilson, the ex- this.” diplomat who criticized Bush’s Bush has nevertheless claim that Saddam Hussein remained doggedly loyal to tried to buy weapons-grade ura- Rove, who friends and even nium in Niger. political adversaries acknowl- A second well-placed source edge is the architect of the pres- said some recently published ident’s rise from baseball owner reports implying Rove had to leader of the free world. deceived Bush about his As special prosecutor Patrick involvement in the Wilson Fitzgerald nears a decision on counterattack were incorrect whether to issue indictments in and were leaked by White his two-year probe, Bush has House aides trying to protect already circled the wagons the president. around Rove, whose departure “Bush did not feel misled so AKIRA SUWA/KRT would be a grievous blow to an much by Karl and others as Jessie Loring and Clodoaldo Silvestre at their wedding in June, 2005. They met at a Brazilian martial arts class already shell-shocked White believing that they handled it in in New Jersey. House staff and a president in a ham-handed and bush-league deep political trouble. way,” the source said. Asked if he believed indict- None of these sources offered A Brazilian influx divides Jersey town ments were forthcoming, a key additional specifics of what Bush official said he did not Bush and Rove discussed in When immigrants move en masse to a suburban area, they bring know, then added: “I’m very conversations beginning short- concerned it could go very, very ly after the Justice Department economic growth but threaten the current community order badly.” informed the White House in BY JENNIFER MOROZ Brazil. And over the last five years, language and don’t share the cul- “Karl is fighting for his life,” September 2003 that a criminal Knight Ridder Tribune as many as 5,000 of them have ture has also left residents reel- the official added, “but anything investigation had been flooded in and around Riverside’s ing. he did was done to help George launched into the leak of CIA They hoped this old town 1.5 square miles, catching off “They’re everywhere. There’s W. Bush. The president knows agent Plame’s identity to colum- would be rediscovered someday. guard the town and its 8,000 more of them than there are of that and appreciates that.” nist Robert Novak. That new life would course residents. us,” lifelong resident Carolyn Other sources confirmed, A White House spokesman through the tired streets, revive Most of the newcomers are Chamberlain said from behind however, that Bush was initially declined to comment, citing the the aging storefronts, fill the young men and have come here the counter at Riverside News furious with Rove in 2003 when ongoing nature of Fitzgerald’s burnt-out, boarded-up buildings. illegally to take jobs as carpen- Agency. “Brazilians are taking his deputy chief of staff conced- investigation. And when they learned that a ters. Many of the pioneers came over this whole town.” new light-rail line was coming — on tourist visas and stayed. The This town and others. the first passenger service in 40 most recent arrivals snuck across Brazilians have become one of years — their hope soared. Mark the Mexican border. the fastest-growing groups of ille- Senators call Miers’ answers our words, community leaders In early-morning darkness, gal immigrants to the United said, the train will bring people they camp on doorsteps with States. Farmhands, accountants, back. their lunch coolers, waiting for clerks and lawyers, they have inadequate, demand details In their dreams, this blue-col- vans to take them to the latest been coming — as did genera- BY JAMES KUHNHENN Specter described Miers’ lar burg on the Delaware’s banks, construction frontier. At dusk, tions of dreamers before them — Knight Ridder Tribune nomination process as a place the booming suburbs they return, trudging into rented for decent wages and better lives. “chaotic.” drained long ago, would be dwellings next to the siding-clad And, as town leaders hoped it Senate Republicans and “We do not have much bypassed no longer. The town homes their neighbors decorate would, word has traveled — not Democrats said Wednesday paperwork. We do not have once called Progress would pros- with American flags. Downtown, to striving professionals working that Supreme Court nominee much of a record,” Specter per yet again. they gather outside multiservice in New York and Philadelphia, Harriet Miers’ written said. First, the developers would shops, entering to wire money but to struggling families in far- answers to Senate questions “I don’t know of anybody come. Then the young profes- home, peruse products with away states named Minas Gerais, were incomplete and inade- who would tell you in that sionals and empty nesters, filing labels in Portuguese, banter with Goias, and Rondonia — that little quate and demanded that she committee that they were sat- into new lofts and townhouses clerks who speak nothing but. Riverside, New Jersey, is a good and the White House provide isfied with the responses,” and restoring the lonely down- Their arrival, in such large place to land. more details, particularly Leahy said. town to a vibrant business dis- numbers over such a short peri- Across America, towns, cities about her work as White Specter and Leahy agreed trict. od, has engendered mixed feel- and suburbs are experiencing an House counsel. to open Miers’ confirmation Tiny Riverside — a destination. ings. Community leaders, who influx of foreigners for the first Judiciary Committee hearings on Nov. 7. But That’s what they wanted. have been waiting years for a time. Or the first in a very long Chairman Arlen Specter, R- Specter did not guarantee to And they got their wish. People rebirth, are thrilled with the time. Pa., and the committee’s top finish by Thanksgiving, as the are coming. shops and restaurants that have Immigrant numbers are at a Democrat, Patrick Leahy of White House has requested. They’re just not the ones any- sprung up, run by and for record high, and the newcomers Vermont, took the unusual “There is a keen interest in one here was expecting. Brazilians. But the influx of so step of asking Miers by letter They’re immigrants from see BRAZIL, page 16 many people who don’t speak the to amplify her responses. see MIERS, page 14 14 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Thursday, October 20, 2005 Miers’ questionnaire answers to the Senate called inadequate, unacceptable MIERS attorney-client privilege should come continued from page 13 before the committee,” he said. “I want many quarters on concluding before to know what she thinks about deten- Thanksgiving, and that’s a fine target if it tion and interrogation policy at can be accomplished,” Specter said. Guantanamo Bay.” “But we’re going to do it right. We’re not In their three-page letter, Specter going to do it fast.” and Leahy asked Miers to expand her Specter had refused to join a similar answers on nine specific questions request from Democrats for more infor- posed to her by the Judiciary mation from John G. Roberts in advance Committee. The two senators noted of Roberts’ confirmation hearings for that, when it came to her role as White chief justice. House counsel, Miers “gave us no White House spokeswoman Dana specifics about the issues themselves, Perino said Miers intended to respond or the work that you personally did.” soon. “From the first day when she was nominated, Ms. Miers told Sen. Specter Specter and Leahy agreed to that she had years of files to go through and that she would work to complete open Miers’ confirmation hearings the questionnaire as quickly as possi- ble, but that it was likely she would on Nov. 7. But Specter did not have to send follow-ups to provide additional information,” Perino said. guarantee to finish by But White House spokesman Scott McClellan, asked if President Bush Thanksgiving, as the White House would agree to release documents has requested. detailing Miers’ work as White House counsel, noted that Bush has said he would not give the Senate any materials that dealt with executive deliberations. Specter, whose handling of Roberts’ “This is developing into an institu- confirmation was praised by both tional struggle,” said Ross Baker, a Democrats and Republicans, voiced political scientist at Rutgers University bewilderment at how Miers’ nomina- who spent last year working with the tion has unfolded, and he alluded to his Judiciary Committee. 100-minute encounter with Miers on “What Democrats and Republicans Monday. She ended up disputing his in the Senate are going to agree on is account of their meeting to the press. `we need more information.’ I don’t Specter initially said Miers had believe she is confirmable without expressed the view that the information about her work while she Constitution contains a right to priva- was counsel to the president.” cy, a key element in the Roe v. Wade Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who case that established a woman’s right to has helped lead efforts to rein in an abortion. Miers, however, said administration policy on the treatment Specter misunderstood her, and of foreign detainees, said on PBS’ Specter said he accepted her state- “NewsHour” Tuesday evening that he ment. was especially interested in whether But on Wednesday, he said: “I’ve Miers worked on military prison issues. never walked out of a room and had a “Any writings that are not clearly disagreement as to what was said. Thursday, October 20, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL 15 Wilma goes from small tropical storm to largest Atlantic hurricane in two days

WILMA rain. continued from page 13 Since Sunday, the system has been Several events already are being post- battering much of the western Caribbean poned or canceled. Among them: the with torrential rains and gusty winds, University of Miami’s football game with and still could trigger dangerous floods Georgia Tech, scheduled on Saturday at and mudslides in Cuba, the Cayman the Orange Bowl, has been postponed, Islands, Jamaica, Honduras and the though no date has been set to make up Yucatan Peninsula, the hurricane center the game. said. “If it stays on its current path, it will With Wilma, 2005 became the first year have a direct effect on the safety of to have three Category 5 systems develop numerous student-athletes, institutional in the same season, said Colin McAdie, a personnel, fans and Florida residents,” research meteorologist with the hurri- Atlantic Coast Conference cane center. Commissioner John Swofford said. He said Katrina, Rita and Wilma are If there was some good news, Wilma now among the top five most intense was expected to accelerate quickly hurricanes on record and show how across the state, possibly at 20 mph, warm the waters are in the Caribbean. which would move the system out of Wilma already has distinguished her- Florida by Sunday and reduce the poten- self in several other ways. It was the 21st tial for flooding rains, forecasters said. named storm of the 2005 season, tying “It’s going to be moving really fast by this year with 1933 as the busiest on the time it moves across South Florida,” record. It was the 12th hurricane of the said meteorologist Kim Brabander of the season, tying this year with 1969 for the National Weather Service in Miami. “By most hurricanes. Sunday afternoon, it probably should Wilma also intensified more rapidly have cleared out pretty good.” than any other system, growing from a Wilma was forecast to produce 4 to 6 tropical storm with 40-mph winds on inches of rain across the region, with Monday morning to a monster Category some areas seeing up to 7 inches, most of 5 monster with 175-mph winds on it falling on Saturday, he said. Florida’s Wednesday morning, officials at the hur- Gulf Coast could see up to 10 inches of ricane center said. 16 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Thursday, October 20, 2005 One town revived by an influx of young, ambitious Brazilian immigrants BRAZIL township limits. Brazilians say Pennsylvania license plates when easier to acquire. People rip them trouble with the Brazilians are the continued from page 13 thousands more live up and everyone knows they live down off, and sometimes vandalize same ones who belittle the town’s are fanning out from the places down the aging Route 130 corri- the street. their homes and cars. But they’re redevelopment plans. where they have traditionally set- dor, regularly flowing into the “I’m not racist. I’m no Archie reluctant to go to the police. They “They think, `What? Change tled into new territory. town that has become their cul- Bunker,” says Sal Notte, who live in fear that immigration Riverside?’ Well, times are chang- Thousands of Somalian tural and commercial center in owns Lil Corner Deli in Riverside agents will show up at their door. ing, folks,” Christopher says. “Do refugees have relocated in South Jersey. and lives in neighboring Delanco. Being undocumented means you want an empty, decrepit store Lewiston, Maine. It’s a tough adjustment all But “if I went to Brazil, I would being vulnerable. or a nice Brazilian restaurant? Latino day laborers have around. certainly abide by their rules.” “We didn’t come here to the The answer is clear to me. flocked to Long Island. The locals have many com- The Brazilians have their own United States to fight,” insists America is the land of opportuni- And Brazilians — who for years plaints: Most Brazilians don’t worries. They don’t speak English, Ricardo Samartino, 25, who says ty. Riverside should be the land of have migrated to Newark, South speak English and don’t pay they’re far from home, and they he has working papers. “We came opportunity.” Florida and Boston, and whose taxes, they overcrowd the hous- miss their families. Many are still here to work. Our job is to build Like Christopher, Regina numbers have been growing in ing, and are noisy when they get paying off the smugglers who America.” Collinsgru, a vice president of the Northeast Philadelphia — have together. They ogle the women, helped them get here. They can’t Township Planning Board Riverside Business Association discovered Riverside. Local police honk their horns early in the get Jersey plates, so they make do Chairman Gary Christopher and former publisher of the estimate that 2,000 live within morning, and drive around with with Pennsylvania tags, which are believes the people who have Riverside Positive Press, believes time will heal. After all, she says, Riverside was founded by Germans. “And boy, they must have been out- raged when the Polish and Italians showed up. Every genera- tion goes through this. We’ll go through this.” Germans settled here in 1851. Until the 1930s, minutes from the township meetings were kept in German. They started the great textile mills that made Riverside a lead- ing manufacturer of men’s hosiery. Swiss industrialist Theophilus Zurbrugg based his Philadelphia Watchcase Co. here and built the tower that symbol- ized the era’s greatness. Poles and Italians arrived in the early 1900s, so many that whole streets became known as Dago Row and Polack Row. They joined the Irish, who had fled their country’s famine. With this influx, Riverside became a thriving industrial cen- ter and cultural melting pot. During World War II, the metal- works churned out munitions instead of watchcases. And after the war, the town continued to flourish. But then the watchcase factory closed its doors in 1956. International 17 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY,OCTOBER 20, 2005

Futuristic apartments cross the pond Saddam still defiant at first trial appearance BY TOM LASSETER AND NANCY A. more witnesses to testify. YOUSSEF If Saddam is convicted, he Knight Ridder Tribune could face the death penalty. Iraqi and American officials Former dictator Saddam billed the proceedings as the Hussein defiantly told an Iraqi beginning of a national reconcil- court Wednesday that he was not iation. guilty of the 1982 mass slaughter Yet the day was disorganized, of Shiite Muslim villagers and and Saddam seemed to revel in then, clearly relishing his time on that. It was a recovery of sorts for international television, ques- the man who’d lived in opulent tioned the court’s legitimacy. palaces and led the nation with The opening day of Saddam’s an iron fist before being over- trial gave the new Iraqi govern- thrown by an American-led inva- ment a platform to show its sion in March 2003. U.S. troops authority in the face of a defeat- found him hiding in a dirt hole ed dictatorship, without obvious outside his hometown in success. The process often was December of that year. confused, as Saddam and the Saddam and his seven co- lead judge fought for control defendants were led into a pen in over the courtroom. the middle of the courtroom The case was adjourned until around 12:15 p.m. Wednesday to Nov. 28, after the defense lawyers face charges for the 1982 killings KRT said they needed more time — of 143 people in the northern The colorful interior of the rooms of Mitaka Tenmei Hanten Jutaku. The apartment building, designed by and more experienced lawyers city of Dujail. Saddam is accused international artist Shusaku Arakawa, 69, who was the first Japanese to hold a retrospective exhibition — to prepare the case. In addi- of ordering the killings after an at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, is finished on the inside and outside in 14 striking colors. tion, the lead judge said the see SADDAM, page 19 court needed time to convince ‘Pregnant and China sending ‘mixed signals’ with military buildup proud’ in the BY TIM JOHNSON into a crisis, the official Xinhua uncertainty.” China may spend as much as $90 Knight Ridder Tribune News Agency said. In a question-and-answer ses- billion a year on defense, triple the After meeting with Defense sion afterward, one professor told official stated figure, yet still less center of UK Defense Secretary Donald H. Minister Cao Gangchuan, Rumsfeld that China hears con- than a fifth of annual U.S. defense BY TOM HUNDLEY Rumsfeld told China on Rumsfeld said Sino-U.S. military flicting messages from spending. Knight Ridder Tribune Wednesday that it’s sending exchanges need to intensify “to Washington, with senior officials “It is not necessary or even pos- “mixed signals” to the world by demystify what we see of them offering different opinions. sible for us to massively increase No one gives a second glance cloaking the rapid expansion of its and what they see of us.” Rumsfeld responded that it’s the defense budget,” Cao said, to musty old Gen. Henry military in secrecy. Rumsfeld began the day warn- China, not the United States, that noting that the country must Havelock, hero of the 1857 India In his first visit to China as ing students and faculty at the has sent conflicting signals by not spend money to pull millions of campaign. defense secretary, Rumsfeld Central Party School, a training being more transparent about its people from poverty. China’s stat- Nor does anyone beside the engaged in a series of candid ground for midlevel communist military operations. ed military budget of $30.2 billion pigeons have time for King exchanges with senior Chinese cadres, that U.S.-China relations “So we see mixed signals and for this year is “indeed the true George IV, posed on horseback, leaders and made an unprece- are “complex and full of chal- we seek clarification,” Rumsfeld budget.” or Gen. Charles James Napier, dented visit to a top-secret strate- lenges” and that the scale of said. Rumsfeld, dressed in a dark President Hu Jintao, who also who, according to the inscrip- gic missile base outside the capi- China’s military buildup had gray suit, walked with Cao, who commands China’s armed forces, tion, was born MDCCLXXXII tal. wrought suspicions. wore his uniform, past an honor received Rumsfeld in an elaborate and died LXXI years later in Talks between Rumsfeld and “Many countries, for example, guard before entering the Defense meeting room at the Great Hall of MDCCCLIII. his Chinese counterpart led to have questions about the pace Ministry for extended private the People. He declared that he Even Lord Horatio Nelson is agreements to improve military and the scope of China’s military talks. was heartened by news of hardly noticed. He is so far above relations, which had been serious- expansion,” Rumsfeld said. “The Later, Cao strongly rejected the Rumsfeld’s “in-depth and candid it all atop his 171-ft. high column ly ruptured in 2001 after the rapid, and — from our perspective Pentagon’s claims that China talks” earlier in the day with Cao that tourists in Trafalgar Square midair collision of a U.S. spy plane at least — nontransparent nature understates its military spending. and Gen. Jing Zhiyuan, head of the can’t be sure it’s actually him up and a Chinese fighter escalated of this buildup contributes to their A Pentagon report in July said strategic missile command. there. But the new statue of Alison Lapper on the northwest corner of London’s most famous public space is a showstopper. Restoring electrcity a big It is difficult to ignore the like- ness of the nude, heavily preg- nant and severely disabled job for Liberian president Lapper, who was born with trun- cated legs and no arms. Almost 12 feet high and Years of looting, which began under the sculpted from 13 tons of lumi- nescent white Carrara marble, rule of Charles Taylor, created problems “Alison Lapper Pregnant,” as the BY SHASHANK BENGALI computers, printers and fax piece is titled, has drawn praise Knight Ridder Tribune machines sit idle, many cov- and scorn since its unveiling last ered in plastic sheeting to keep month. The assistant foreign minister’s off dust. “It is a work about courage, inbox looked like he hadn’t been The ministry has only a few beauty and defiance,” declared in for weeks. In a corner of his manual typewriters, so mail London Mayor Ken Livingston at cluttered desk sat a stack of letters piles up. Mid-level staffers still the unveiling ceremony. as thick as a phonebook, cov- come in every day to earn their But art critic Richard ered with a layer of dust. $20 monthly salaries, but they Dorment found it both “creepy” A clerk picked a letter from say they can do little. and “bland as a piece of soap.” the pile and shook it. “Look “These are very terrible The statue was commissioned when this arrived,” he said. It working conditions,” said com- by a public panel that has been was dated May 31 — almost five puter analyst Fredrick Jallah. given a 20-year mandate to months without a reply from “But there is nothing we can make artistic use of Trafalgar the Foreign Ministry. do.” SHASHANK BENGALI/KRT Square’s long unoccupied fourth That unanswered letter was It wasn’t always so. During Kedo Williams (center) combs her mother’s hair outside their home in plinth. The plinth was built in one of dozens, but the backlog the 1980s, a thermal plant and a Monrovia, Liberia, as her 12-year-old daughter looks on. Like many the 1840s to accommodate an wasn’t because of neglect alone. hydroelectric plant, financed in Liberians, Williams spends most of her day outdoors to avoid running her equestrian statue, but none was It was a result of this West part by a U.S. grant, provided home’s costly electrical generator. erected. African country’s maddening power to all of Monrovia. Some The Lapper statue is the work lack of electricity. of Liberia’s smaller cities also of Marc Quinn, a 41-year-old With the power grid had power through local utility bloody attack on the capital. “They took cables, control British artist who gained some destroyed during civil war in providers, although the vast For the next several years, equipment, generators, trans- notoriety for a sculpture of his the 1990s and the government countryside did not. young militiamen rampaged formers — anything metal,” head made from nine pints of — $3 billion in debt — too That changed beginning in through the country, looting said Joseph Mayah, managing broke to buy diesel fuel for gen- 1989, when then rebel leader everything in sight. The power director of the Liberian see STATUE, page 19 erators, the Foreign Ministry’s Charles Taylor launched a plants weren’t spared. Electricity Corp. Thursday, October 20, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 19 ‘Pregnant and proud’ in A defiant Saddam pleads not guilty, declares London’s Trafalgar Square he is still the legitimate president of Iraq SADDAM tution. He also told Amin he on a TV screen, shook his head doesn’t bother her,” he said. STATUE continued from page 17 didn’t respect the court, at one and went back to shopping. Rosie Edward, 35, pushing a continued from page 17 assassination attempt against point demanding of the judge, “The important thing is for baby stroller through Trafalgar him. “Who are you?” this government to find the his own (frozen) blood. Square, paused to study the stat- The trial, prosecutors said, The deposed leader never terrorists who are killing us Quinn has described Nelson’s ue. is one of the more clear-cut gave Amin his name, telling now,” Hilal said. Column, the centerpiece of “It’s perfect in terms of real- cases against Saddam. Other him instead: “You know who I Some Sunni Muslims Trafalgar Square, as the “epitome ism, but it feels a bit soulless, a possible cases, such as the am because you are an Iraqi.” enjoyed watching Saddam of a phallic male moment,” and bit cold,” she said. “I like the way mass executions of Shiites in Although many Western dominate the proceedings. said he thought the square it confronts our expectations the south after a 1991 uprising observers and Iraqi govern- “I feel sorry for the Shiites. “needed some femininity.” about motherhood and disabili- and the systematic killings of ment officials have dubbed the They have been deceived. They So he chose Lapper, 40, a pho- ty, but I think it should be in a Kurds and destruction of process a crucial step in the don’t realize Saddam will be tographer, artist and colleague more intimate place.” entire villages in the north, healing of this nation, many released again. Look at whose personal story is as com- Many have complained that involved thousands of victims residents throughout Baghdad Saddam. He is an eagle,” said pelling as the massive statue. Trafalgar Square should be and a thick set of written com- seemed indifferent Mohammed Ali, 40, a taxi driv- Abandoned and institutional- reserved for more traditional mands, complicating the task Wednesday. Indeed, even in er who watched the trial in a ized from infancy, Lapper began national heroes. Suggestions of establishing a direct link Kadhemiya, a largely Shiite western Baghdad coffee shop. painting at a young age, using range from Margaret Thatcher, between Saddam’s orders and neighborhood where an All the defendants in the her feet and mouth to hold the who turned 80 last week, to Vice the actions taken. untold number were tortured case were charged together brush. She has an honors degree Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, The lead judge, Rizgar during Saddam’s rule, resi- before the panel of judges. in fine arts, and her work, which Nelson’s second-in-command at Mohammed Amin, began the dents went about their shop- Saddam, wearing a dark blue challenges conventional notions Trafalgar. Or maybe something hearing by asking Saddam to ping during the trial, only suit and white shirt and hold- about beauty and normality, has for the square’s most numerous identify himself to the court. briefly scanning store televi- ing his Quran, sat in the front been well-received by critics and denizens: “Still say the empty Saddam carried a Quran to sion sets. row beside fellow defendant fellow artists. The son Lapper, a plinth should have a giant stone the podium in his left hand. He Iraqis there said they were Hameed al-Bandar, the former single mother, was carrying pigeon,” said Ian Grimley, in a began reciting verses from the more concerned about the head of the Revolutionary when she posed for Quinn, is comment posted on the BBC’s Muslim holy book, saying in country’s insurgency and the Court. The other five sat in two now 5. Web site. part: “Those who fight in God’s lack of electricity and water. rows behind them. Among Lapper and her son were pres- The Lapper statue will occupy cause will be victorious.” “Please just kill him,” said them were Saddam’s half- ent at the unveiling. the plinth until April 2007, when Amin interrupted him. Ali Hilal, a 30-year-old truck brother and former intelli- it will be replaced by an abstract Saddam said he was the driver who was browsing gence chief, Barzan Ibrahim work by the sculptor Thomas The statue was commis- president of Iraq and that his through a gold jewelry shop. al-Tikriti, and former Vice Schutte. rights as president were pro- Hilal, carrying his 1-year-old President Taha Yassin Titled “Hotel for the Birds,” tected under the Iraqi consti- daughter, glanced at Saddam Ramadan. sioned by a public panel this piece should please the that has been given a 20- pigeons. year mandate to make artistic use of Trafalgar Square’s long unoccupied fourth plinth. The plinth was built in the 1840s to accommodate an equestri- an statue, but none was erected.

“I regard it as a modern tribute to femininity, disability and motherhood. It is so rare to see disability in everyday life, let alone naked, pregnant and proud,” she said. Asked how she felt about see- ing herself in Trafalgar Square, alongside Nelson and other mili- tary heroes, she jokingly said, “at least I didn’t get here by slaying people.” If the aim of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group was to get the public to notice public art, it has succeeded beyond all expectations. “The posture, the strength of the neck — she looks like an empress; she looks like she’s star- ing down the troops, or staring down the pigeons,” said Jonathan Lane, 30, a London painter. “She’s very proud. She’s proud because she’s pregnant and she’s proud because she exists excep- tionally well despite her disabili- ty,” added Lane, who spent some time on a recent afternoon gaz- ing at the statue from several angles. “But what do you think of a statue of a disabled woman in Trafalgar Square?” asked Samantha Hill, 28, a teacher from Liverpool and Lane’s friend. “Politically, I don’t give a damn,” Lane replied. “Well, I must say I’m pleased to see that part of the population represented in such a public way,” she said. Stacy Ipcress, a 39-year-old photographer, said he, too, was struck by the sense of pride con- veyed by the statue. “The vibe I get is that she is not what you would call normal, but that she is proud of herself and that if anyone looks at her and thinks she’s grotesque, it 20 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Thursday, October 20, 2005 CROSSWORD DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU

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VOLLEYBALL Tufts wins seventh-straight with 3-0 sweep of Brandeis Jumbos would like to see victory in the cards as they travel South to Georgia tournament hosted by Emory BY NATE GRUBMAN extended their lead in the match to 2-0 with Daily Editorial Board a 30-28 win. After two tight games, the Jumbos After defeating non-conference Brandeis appeared on their way to a blowout in the on Tuesday to vault its winning streak to third, taking a 12-3 lead. Brandeis wasn’t seven, the volleyball team will be heading done yet, however, and cut the lead to four down south to Georgia this weekend with at 26-22. The Judges couldn’t get any closer, some momentum to compete in the Emory however, as the Jumbos won the match 30- National Invitational. 24 on a kill by freshman Caitlin Dealy. On Tuesday, the Jumbos traveled to “We just got too comfortable with the Brandeis and beat the Judges 3-0. The win lead and let them catch up,” Wysham said. was Tufts’ 12th in its last 13 matches and “We started playing slow and relaxed improved the team’s record to 20-3. Despite instead of playing our game. We stopped the Judges’ 10-15 mark headed into the being aggressive.” match, it was not smooth sailing for Tufts. Tufts found itself with a tenuous lead late Each game went down to the wire as the in each of the three games, but was able to Jumbos won each one by no more than six hang on each time. According to Coach points. Cora Thompson, the Jumbos managed to “We came out slow, playing not to lose win each game by focusing on playing fun- and just walking towards a win,” sopho- damental volleyball. more Katie Wysham said. “We didn’t do “We pulled those games out by focusing anything special to beat them.” on the basics,” Thompson said. “Our basic In the first game, neither team could game of volleyball is strong enough and gain an advantage as both sides traded solid enough to beat good teams. If we can points, and by the time the score reached pass, serve and block well, everything else 20-20, neither team had gained more than comes together.” a three-point advantage. At that point, The teams’ records side by side didn’t however, the Jumbos went on a 6-1 run forecast a tough match. The Judges, howev- and, despite a Brandeis comeback effort, er, played strong defense, funneling the ball held on for a 30-24 win. to freshman Lorraine Wingenbach, whose The second game was just as close as the 18 kills and 23 digs were enough to keep her MIKE CONROY/TUFTS DAILY first. After Brandeis took an early 13-11 team in the game. Freshman outside hitter Caitlin Dealy sealed the deal for the Jumbos on Tuesday night, as edge, the Jumbos were able to wrestle the “Even if a team is not great overall, these they won their seventh straight, putting away Brandeis 3-0. The team will carry the momen- lead away and post a 24-20 advantage. tum from the win into this weekend’s tournament matchups against some of the nation’s Brandeis fought back, but the Jumbos see VOLLEYBALL, page 21 best.

MEN’S SOCCER Dominant Jumbos frustrated with tie after hard game with UMass Dartmouth Jozwiak’s goal preserves stalemate in final minutes of the game BY KRISTY CUNNINGHAM on target, we probably would the back and generating consec- Daily Editorial Board have blown the team out.” utive corner kicks. After a scoreless first half, “The last part of the second The final score in soccer is not UMD surprised the Jumbos by half we had the ball in their box always indicative of what finding the back of the net first. A the entire time,” Gilbert said. occurred on the field. foul called on Tufts led to a 25- “We had six corners in a row and In playing non-league UMass yard free kick from Corsair senior were just all over them.” Dartmouth (UMD) to a 1-1 tie in forward Tiago Pinto. His shot ric- Tufts’ furious efforts to avoid double overtime on Tuesday, ocheted off the post, was blocked its sixth loss of the season finally Tufts outshot the Corsairs 39-10, by Tufts’ freshman keeper Brian paid off with just under two min- had a 14-2 edge in corner kicks, Dulmovits, but was then finished utes to play in regulation. and played the majority of the by UMD junior midfielder Seth Sophomore midfielder Greg game on UMD’s side of the field. Cabral. O’Connell fired a shot from out- Despite the Jumbos’ statistical “Their goal was off a cheap side the box towards the upper domination, they were unable to foul,” Gilbert said “[Pinto] made right corner. In much the same come away with the win before a really nice shot. Brian made a way as UMD had scored twenty beginning an all-important final great save, but we lost a little bit minutes earlier, the ball clanged three games against NESCAC of concentration in the back and off the post and then off the foes. let [Cabral] walk in to get the keeper for the rebound that “We basically had a lack of goal.” sophomore forward Dan Jozwiak concentration in front of the In what could have been yet converted into a Tufts goal. goal,” senior tri-captain Todd another late-game fall for the “O’Connell beat his man com- Gilbert said. “We got ourselves in Jumbos, Tufts picked up the pace ing across the top of the box and good positions many times and and began pummeling UMD then his shot deflected off the MIKE CONROY/TUFTS DAILY then were just unable to get a keeper Kyle Fossey. The Jumbos goalie and off the post,” Jozwiak Sophomore forward Dan Jozwiak scored with under two minutes remain- quality shot on frame. If we had maintained pressure on the ing in the Jumbos’ 1-1 tie with UMass Dartmouth on Tuesday. The goal put half of the shots that we had opposing goal by pushing up in see MEN’S SOCCER, page 21 was Jozwiak’s second of the season.

FOOTBALL With defense still strong, turnovers pose vexing challenge for struggling Jumbos BY STEPHEN JOHANSEN The offense, inconsistent at times, has translate these numbers into wins the past those games by a combined margin of 60- Senior Staff Writer also shown signs of brilliance. In week two, two weeks, as interceptions and fumbles 13. Jumbo senior quarterback Casey D’Annolfo have mired Tufts’ play. In close losses to Since then, Tufts has dropped 10-8 and 7- With half of the season already gone, the and receiver Brian VonAncken teamed up to Bowdoin and Trinity, the Jumbos commit- 0 games against Bowdoin and Trinity, the fate of the football team’s 2005 campaign is dismantle Bates 34-7 nearly three weeks ted nine turnovers – six interceptions and league’s two remaining undefeated teams, hardly certain, as the Jumbos’ statistically ago. VonAncken had five receptions for 100 three lost fumbles. giving up nine turnovers in the two losses. promising, but turnover-prone, play in the yards and three touchdowns, while “Of course turnovers make a difference,” Despite Bowdoin’s 4-0 record, Tufts first four games has evened their record at D’Annolfo’s 255 yards on 16 of 24 passes for coach Bill Samko said. “We have to work on appeared to have a chance to win, as the 2-2. four touchdowns and no interceptions protecting the football better. If we turn the Jumbos compiled over 350 offensive yards The Jumbo defense has anchored the earned him NESCAC Offensive Player of the ball over a lot like we did, we’re just not to more than double the Polar Bears’ own team thus far, boasting the NESCAC’s sec- Week honors. Running back Scott Lombardi going to win.” offensive effort. But Tufts also committed ond-rated pass and rush defenses based on and receiver Steve Menty have also Turnovers weren’t a problem in the first four turnovers to Bowdoin’s zero, which total yards allowed. The defense has given impressed this season, with Lombardi rush- two games. D’Annolfo threw two intercep- played out on the scoreboard in the shutout up a total of just 30 points in the first half of ing for 177 yards against Bowdoin and tions against Wesleyan to start the season, loss. the season, and its 7.5 average points Menty with 18 receptions for 230 yards and but those picks were the only two turnovers “Statistics are statistics – we dominated allowed is good for third in the NESCAC, just a touchdown on the year. for the Jumbos in its first two weeks of play. behind second place Amherst’s 7.0 points. Still, the Jumbos have been unable to Not surprisingly, the Jumbos won both of see FOOTBALL, page 22 22 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Thursday, October 20, 2005 Astros eliminate the Tufts wants to turnaround Williams’ streak FOOTBALL continued from page 24 Cardinals, join Series that game,” Samko said. “But we BY TODD ZOLEKI Biggio, which allowed Ausmus to made four or five mistakes. The Knight Ridder Tribune score the first run. Biggio then sin- turnovers were there, and we gled to left-center — his first hit off also had a couple of illegal proce- St. Louis Cardinals fans started a Mulder after going 0 for 14 against dure penalties that killed us.” rather desperate chant in the ninth him — to score Everett to make it 2- Last Saturday’s contest against inning on Wednesday night at 0. Trinity was a similar story, but Busch Stadium. That sucked some of the life out under starkly different circum- “Let’s go, Cardinals!” of the Cardinals crowd. The fans stances. Unlike Bowdoin, whose They had seen the Houston became even quieter when Lane four wins in 2005 are more than Astros blow a comfortable lead just smacked a solo homer to left with its win total for the last five sea- two nights ago in Game 5 of the one out in the fourth to make it 3-0. sons combined (the Polar Bears National League Championship Cardinals fans must have known had a 4-36 record between 2000 Series. But this time, the Astros it would be enough of a lead for and 2004), Trinity came into the wouldn’t blow any leads. They Oswalt. He had allowed two or game without a loss since the wouldn’t postpone their trip to fewer runs in 23 of his 35 regular- 2002 season and a streak of 25 Chicago for another day. The season starts. He’s a fierce competi- straight victories. During the Astros, a team that once played in tor, and he’s scared of no one. game — which went the entire 60 the mammoth Astrodome and He was asked Tuesday if Albert minutes before the outcome was wore some of the most hideous Pujols, who crushed that incredible a sure thing — the Tufts defense uniforms in sports history, beat the kept the NESCAC’s first-rated Cardinals, 5-1, to advance to their Flashbulbs lit up the offense at bay, holding the Trinity first World Series in franchise histo- offense to it’s lowest point total ry. ballpark as Carolina since the 2001 season. They won the series, four games “Look at Tufts’ defensive sta- MIKE CONROY/TUFTS DAILY Junior defensive end Chris Decembrele goes after the Trinity quarter- to two. Next up: the Chicago White tistics before entering the game catcher Yadier Molina back in the rain last Saturday. The defense has been clutch for the Sox in Game 1 of the Series on against us,” Trinity coach Charles Jumbos all season, but the team has faced trouble when it turns the Saturday night. Priore said. “They shut teams flied out to rightfielder ball over. Flashbulbs lit up the ballpark as down. They shut the rushing Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina Jason Lane to make the game down. People try to say the 18 romp over Middlebury. Lucey I think [Tufts vs. Williams] is flied out to rightfielder Jason Lane weather is an equalizer, but that’s threw for 186 yards and two probably an evenly-matched to make the final out in the bottom final out in the bottom of not really the case. They’re just a touchdowns on 14 for 17 passing game, and it’s going to come of the ninth. It was the final game in good defensive team.” as the Ephs trounced the winless down to who makes the least Busch Stadium history. the ninth. Up next for the Jumbos will be Panthers. mistakes.” Back in Philadelphia, fans and Williams. The team is looking to Trinity’s coach had some After Williams, the Jumbos will others had to notice. And wonder. three-run homer off Brad Lidge in turn around a slow start, and words of advice for the Jumbos. face Amherst and Colby, and The Phillies finished just one the ninth inning in Game 5 on doing a good job of it. After start- “Tufts will have to stop then wrap up the season at home game behind the Astros in the NL Monday, is one of the greatest hit- ing the season 0-2, the Ephs have Williams’ passing game,” Priore against Middlebury on Nov. 12. wild-card race. It probably cost ters ever. won their last two games and said, whose Bantams beat the While Middlebury is still winless general manager Ed Wade his job. Oswalt’s response? sophomore quarterback Pat Ephs 34-6 in week two. at 0-4, the Jumbos’ first three sec- Phillies president David Uh, no. Lucey was named last week’s “Offensively, passing is ond-half opponents all boast Montgomery surely knows that for- He said Pujols needs to play a lot NESCAC’s Offensive Player of the [Williams’] strength and even or winning records, com- mer Houston general manager longer before people start putting Week for his play in Williams’ 39- Williams can be effective with it. bining for an 8-4 mark. Gerry Hunsicker, a top candidate the “greatest ever” tag on him. He for the GM vacancy in was right. Philadelphia, played a major role in Still, the fact that Oswalt was SCHEDULE | Oct. 10 - Oct. 16 constructing this team. honest about it said something. He Those pieces Hunsicker helped wasn’t backing away from anybody. MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN put in place took command of He didn’t allow a hit through the Football @Williams Wednesday night’s game early, and first four innings Wednesday night. 1:30 p.m. never let up. He allowed just three hits in seven Houston took a 2-0 lead in the innings. @UMass- third, and Cardinals lefthander He dominated. Men’s Soccer Dartmouth @Williams Mark Mulder was at the center of All that talk about the massive 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. everything. momentum switch after Pujols’ Brad Ausmus hit a leadoff single killer game-winner Monday? Women’s Keene State @Williams to left and moved to second on Meaningless. The Astros simply Soccer 4:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. Adam Everett’s infield single. were the better team. Since May 27, Second baseman Mark when they were just 16-31, the Wheaton Field Hockey @Williams Grudzielanek fielded the ball clean- Astros had the best record in the NL 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. ly, but Mulder couldn’t get to first at 73-42. base in time. Roy Oswalt then “Our ball club has been prepar- @Brandeis @Emory @Emory chopped a bunt in front of the ing themselves for this kind of a ball Volleyball Invit. Invit. mound. Mulder fielded the ball and game almost all season,” Astros 7:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. had plenty of time to throw to third manager Phil Garner said before baseman Abraham Nunez for the Game 6. “All of the games have Men’s Cross out, but he looked to second base been important to us since mid- Country instead before ultimately throwing May. It’s almost like we’ve been to first to get Oswalt. playing the last game we’re ever Women’s It proved costly. Mulder going to play since mid-May for Cross Country uncorked a wild pitch behind Craig just this moment tonight.”

STATISTICS | STANDINGS Field Hockey Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Football Women’s Cross NESCAC Standings NESCAC Standings NESCAC Standings NESCAC Standings Country Rankings CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE POINTS As of Oct. 18, 2005 Team W L Pct W L Team W L T Pct W L L Team W L T Pct W L T Team W L Pct PF PA Rank, Team, Points Bowdoin 7 0 1.000 10 0 Williams 7 0 0 1.000 11 1 0 Tufts 5 1 0 .833 9 1 0 Bowdoin 4 0 1.000 69 49 1. Williams (197) Middlebury 5 1 .833 7 2 Middlebury 5 1 0 .833 7 2 0 Williams 5 2 0 .714 9 1 0 Trinity 4 0 1.000 146 6 2. SUNY-Geneseo (192) Williams 5 2 .714 8 3 Bowdoin 5 2 0 .714 8 2 1 Middlebury 3 1 2 .667 6 2 2 Amherst 3 1 .750 84 28 3. Wisconson-LaCrosse (187) Tufts 4 2 .667 6 4 Amherst 3 2 1 .583 6 3 2 Bates 4 3 0 .571 8 3 0 Colby 3 1 .750 92 58 4. Washington Univ. (176) Wesleyan 3 3 .500 7 3 Wesleyan 3 2 1 .583 6 2 1 Bowdoin 4 3 0 .571 7 3 1 Tufts 2 2 .500 58 30 5. Amherst (166) Amherst 2 3 .400 5 5 Bates 3 2 2 .571 7 2 2 Amherst 2 2 1 .500 4 3 2 Williams 2 2 .500 62 94 6. Colby (158) Conn. College 2 4 .333 6 5 Tufts 3 3 0 .500 4 5 1 Colby 2 2 3 .500 5 2 3 Bates 1 3 .250 44 118 7. Dickinson (155) Bates 2 5 .286 4 6 Colby 1 6 0 .143 5 6 0 Conn.College 1 4 0 .200 3 4 1 Hamilton 1 3 .250 34 126 8. Denison (135) Colby 1 6 .143 4 6 Conn. College 0 6 0 .000 3 7 0 Trinity 1 5 0 .167 3 5 1 Middlebury 0 4 .000 46 96 9. Middlebury (125) Trinity 1 6 .143 5 7 Trinity 0 6 0 .000 3 7 0 Wesleyan 0 4 2 .167 1 5 2 Wesleyan 0 4 .000 68 98 11. Tufts (123) Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Men’s Cross Country Scoring Scoring Scoring Player Rankings Player G A Pts Player G A Pts Player G A Pts Rushing Att Yds TD As of Oct. 18, 2005 Ileana Casellas-Katz 5 3 13 Mattia Chason 6 2 14 Ariel Samuelson 11 3 25 Scott Lombardi 93 356 1 Erika Goodwin 4 2 10 Mike Guigli 3 2 9 Sarah Callaghan 2 6 10 William Forde 14 68 1 Rank, Team, Points Lea Napolitano 3 3 9 Dan Jozwiak 2 4 8 Martha Furtek 2 3 7 Christopher Guild 23 67 0 Greg O’Connell 3 1 7 Lindsay Garmirian 3 0 6 Brian Cammuso 6 30 0 1. Calvin College (200) Brittany Holiday 4 0 8 2. Wisconsion-LaCrosse (192) Stacey Watkins 2 3 7 Bob Kastoff 1 0 2 Lauren Fedore 3 0 6 Tony Testaverde 4 19 0 Casey D’Annolfo 26 -19 1 Jeanne Grabowski 1 4 6 Sam James 1 0 2 Lydia Claudio 2 2 6 3. North Central College (183) Totals 168 518 3 2 0 4 Andrew Drucker 0 2 2 Joelle Emery 1 1 3 4. Nebraska Wesleyan (176) Tess Jasinski No. Yds TD Lizzy Oxler 0 0 0 Todd Gilbert 0 1 1 Maya Shoham 1 0 2 Receiving 5. Tufts (163) Ben Castellot 0 1 1 Kim Harrington 0 1 1 Steve Menty 18 230 1 Katie Pagos 0 0 0 13 186 3 6. Willamette University (153) Peter DeGregorio 0 1 1 Jessie Wagner 0 1 1 Brian VonAncken Jennie Williamson 0 0 0 6 81 1 7. Wisconsin-Oshkosh (152) Derek Engelking 0 1 1 Jen Fratto 0 1 J.B. Bruno 1 6 57 0 8. Wartburg College (128) Alex Bedig 0 0 0 Genevieve Citrin 0 0 0 Mark Jagiela Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% Totals 51 614 5 9. Haverford (140) Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% Duffy-Cabana (1-2) 13 58 .816 Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Brian Dulmovits 16 34 .680 Annie Ross 10. New York University (129) Rappoli 3 10 .769 9 46 .836 Casey D’Annolfo 102-51-8 614 5 David McKeon 1 2 .667 Totals 103-51-8 614 5 Thursday, October 20, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 23

SAILING COLE LIBERATOR | HOT PEAS AND BUTTER On a chilly and rainy weekend, women and co-ed teams sail below expectations Senior Zander Kirkland qualifies for national event It’s all about the call BY YI LI Contributing Writer hen I first inquired about writing for the Daily this The past weekend was one of mixed results for Jumbo sailing. Due to high Wsemester I was told that one winds and poor weather, all but two of of the most important parts of the column the team’s scheduled regattas were can- celled. Two home regattas and one on the was to have my own voice. Now one would road at Brown were called off because of think that having a title reflecting that poor weather conditions. At the Norm Reed Trophy, held at voice would be key. But if you take a Boston College, Tufts sailors battled their glance to the top of this page all you see is way to the top of ten teams. Seniors Tommy Leach, Brendan Shattuck, Zoe a kid who needed a haircut two weeks ago Bolesta, Alex Singer and Christine Ash, and the puzzling title, “Hot Peas and and freshman Francine Magasinn helped the team to a 9-1 victory. Butter.” Tufts sailed to a 14th-place finish in a field of 22 teams at the Yale Women’s The title comes from one of the video Intersectional, six points behind 13th- games that is in heavy rotation at my placed Harvard and just ten points from COURTESY OF ZANDER KIRKLAND apartment: NBA Street 2. If you’re not cracking the top ten. Junior captain Senior Zander Kirkland placed second at the New England Single Handed Sailing familiar with the game it’s basically street Emily Randall and sophomore Chloe Championships on Oct. 8-9, qualifying him for the Nationals, which will take place in ball on steroids, a mix between that classic Starr manned the A division boat to the Hawaii on Nov. 18-20. video game, “NBA Jam,” and the AND1 15th spot, while juniors Gretchen Curtis Currently standing at tenth in the nation While the event is national in scope, tour. To add to the insanity is Bobito and Jen Giroux finished tenth in the B and fourth in the New England region, the New England region remains one of Garcia, who announces the game. Think division. the team will send its top crews to the the best in the country, and Kirkland will of a male version of Rosie Perez, but “[It was] not nearly as good as we regatta. likely see some familiar faces in Hawaii. annoying in a good way. His commentary hoped,” Randall said of the team’s per- Tufts sailors have been active in non- “New England is one of most competi- consists of random one-liners such as formance overall. team events as well. Senior Zander tive districts out there,” he said. “It’s “banana lukies” and, you guessed it, “Hot The Yale Intersectional was one of Kirkland qualified for the Intercollegiate going to be a jump up at Nationals, but Peas and Butter.” But it works because his three qualifiers for the ACC tournament. Sailing Association Single-Handed definitely some of the players at the top craziness perfectly matches the game. The Jumbos were missing their top duo Championships for the fourth time in as will be from New England.” Mr. Garcia reminds me of just how of sophomores Kaity Storck and Lindsey many years. Kirkland placed second in In other sailing news, Storck and sen- important the announcer is to the sport- Gibbons-Neff, as the pair was sailing in a the New England Single-handed ior Bryan Prior participated in the ing event. It’s not an easy job, as the non-collegiate regatta. Championship at the University of Hinman National Team Race at the announcer has to provide the listener with Next week, the women’s team will Vermont on Oct. 8-9, which, along with Larchmont Yacht Club this past week- information and entertainment in a fluid compete for the Stu-Nelson Trophy at the other top-four regional champions, end. The Hinman is a non-collegiate race and captivating manner. Not only do Connecticut College, where the Jumbos, qualified him for the national event, to that takes placed biennially and qualifies announcers have to cater to the emotions currently ranked seventh nationally and be held in Hawaii on Nov. 18-20. teams for the World Championship. of each individual sport, but they also fourth in New England, will have a While Kirkland also participates in As with the weekend’s other races, the must find the perfect words for that time- chance to qualify for the ACC team sailing, this is a solo event that weather was a factor in the three-day less moment. One of the most important Tournament. The team will need to place presents a new set of challenges on the event, as Friday’s midday and Sunday parts of announcing is the call of a great among the top five New England teams water. afternoon’s races were cut short due to sports play, because it will forever be tied to qualify, and although there will be “This is something I do on the side; it’s high winds. Prior said the high winds on with the moment. heavy national competition at next definitely a solo thing,” Kirkland said. the water made it more of a fleet race. Any Red Sox fan still feels his lunch weekends regatta, only eight other New “You’re out there on the boat by yourself, Prior’s team, the “Large Mountain coming up when he hears Vin Scully’s clas- England teams will be competing. With just battling the other sailors. I definitely Ligers,” was tied for first going into the sic voice go up three octaves while saying, the current fourth-place ranking in the miss the crew when I’m out there alone; final day of the three-day race, but was “Little roller up first ... it’s behind the bag.” region, the lady Jumbos have high hopes they’ve got an extra set of eyes looking eliminated in the quarterfinals by And we all feel a little patriotic after Al for qualifying. out for you. When you’re sailing with a Storck’s team “Route 3 Split.” Storck, sail- Michaels yells out “Do you believe in mir- The co-ed team will be heading to girl, she calms you down and makes ing with her younger brother John, came acles? Yes!” The type of emotion that these Providence, R.I. this weekend for the rational decisions when you get excited. in second in the race, beating a team that calls invoke, even in people who weren’t Sherman Hoyt Trophy at Brown. This will be different.” was the runner-up at Worlds last year. even born when the moments happen, epitomizes the power the announcer has. But what makes a good announcer? It’s not one specific type of person, but a mix of different personalities that can find its Seven Questions with Bryan McDavitt own voice. The announcing booth usually consists of two people, the color man and Full Name: Bryan Thomas McDavitt Junior Bryan McDavitt is as close as it gets the play-by-play guy. The first is usually a Nicknames: Davz, Mac to Deion Sanders on the Tufts campus. A former player or manager who provides Birthdate: July 18, 1985 member of both the baseball and football those nuggets of information and stories Zodiac Sign: Cancer teams who has started each and every of the good old days to pass the time. Favorite Athlete: David Ortiz game over the past three years, McDavitt The play-by-play guy is usually a pol- Favorite Tufts Athlete: Courtney Evans was recently honored with the Rudolph J. ished media professional, not a former Folbert Award for the best multi-sport athlete, who calls the actual game and athlete. I caught up with “Prime-Time” provides much of the transition. While McDavitt at the most recent home volley- there is much debate over the cream of the ball game and naturally, Seven Questions crop, here are some of my picks for the ensued... best: As far as play-by-play guys are con- cerned, Bob Costas gets my vote. Costas is the ultimate professional, a man who with Bill Granger, who’s been pulling ridiculous 5. Are you a switch-hitter? always seems to have the right thing to say amounts of tail since taking the job as the and the perfect composure for the job. shoe holder during the home football games. I’ve dabbled with the idea in baseball, but it He walks the fine line of regulating the just didn’t pan out. As for off the field, broadcast while making sure that he’s 3. What’s with you and chicks in absolutely not — not that there’s anything always secondary to the game. But what Spandex? wrong with that. puts him above other greats such as Marv Albert, Mike Tirico, and Jack Buck is his Well, I mean, come on. With studs 6. Is there any sketchier place on campus versatility. Costas is just as comfortable 1. What’s most satisfying: hitting the like C-balla Evans, Dana Fleisher, Kelli Harrison, than the DU basement? calling the seventh game of the World game-winning home run, kicking the Kay Lutostanski and Katie Wysham roaming Series as he is the 100 meter dash in the game-winning field goal or making a the court, how could you not be a superfan of I may not be the one you want to ask that to. Olympics. game-saving interception? that squad? Ryan McGeary will probably have some better The color man can be divided into two input. groups. The first is the type of guy who Well, seeing as I've never come close to kick- 4. Football... baseball... DU... country begins studying a week before an astrono- ing a game-winning field goal in only four music!?!? “The Notebook”!?! What the 7. What’s your preferred way of staying my exam. The second is the type of guy games as the kicker, it's tough to hell is going on here!?! in shape between the baseball and foot- who maybe goes to class once a week say...However, I think I'd still prefer to hit a ball seasons? before the exam. My ultimate “first guy” is walk-off homer because there's no feeling like Hey, you can't hate on a guy for being a little Hubie Brown. rounding the bases knowing the game's done diverse in his hobbies. Not to mention, if you For any of you who know Tim Lind, my off- There is no one that prepares harder for and you just finished it. don't want to sit around and watch Rachel season conditioning program is left entirely up games or has a higher basketball IQ than McAdams for a couple hours, there may be to him because of his slim physique and excel- 2. Has winning the “best two sport ath- something wrong with you. (On a side note, if lent overall physical condition. lete” award made you any more of a see LIBERATOR, page 21 it weren't for Kevin Kistler raving about “The player with the ladies? Is that even possi- Notebook,” I never would have watched it in ble? the first place.) — by Aman Gupta Cole Liberator is a senior majoring in It's tough to say because it’s stiff competition history. He can be reached via e-mail at [email protected] Thursday, October 20, 2005 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS | CLASSIFIEDS 21

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Team faces a challenge: How to stay Old timers might not remember strong without outside hitter Harrison much, but they still get the job done VOLLEYBALL challenge the Jumbos to keep up that per- continued from page 24 fect record as the team matches up LIBERATOR Lou Pinella and Mike Piazza, additions are the teams that are motivated to play against some of the best programs in the continued from page 23 to the baseball broadcasting lineup for their best volleyball against us and we country. Hubie. This self-proclaimed “basketbal- the playoffs this year. Sweet Lou shows always have to respect that fact as it has The Jumbos will play Emory, the No. 3 laholic” understands even the smallest some flashes and might be alright after a been proven over and over,” Thompson team in the nation and host of the tourna- nuances of the game and can translate season or two, but right now it’s a strug- said. ment, on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles them so well that I always leave games gle of dead air and obvious comments Senior co-captain April Gerry led a bal- are 21-2 and one of their only losses came feeling like I slept at a Holiday Inn last that make even Tim McCarver look anced Jumbo attack with 12 kills. She was against No. 1 Washington University in St. night. respectable. And as for Mike? Well, being aided by sophomore Kay Lutostanski’s 11. Louis. The second category of color men is, a Mets fan, I can honestly say that as an Freshman Kaitlin O’Reilly had another Aside from the Eagles, the Jumbos will for me, defined by Bob Uecker. Uecker’s announcer, he’s a great hitter. strong match posting 39 assists and 11 digs. also face a stout test in Millikin University, work in “Major League I and II” would Then there are the exceptions, the who has received votes for a top-25 rank- be enough to get him honorable men- ones who are so bad they are good. ing. tion here, but the former catcher gets the Basically these are the old timers. These Aside from the Eagles, the “It will be challenging,” Thompson said. Purple Heart for persevering through 32 are the guys that have been around for “We are looking forward to pushing our- years of Brewers games. so long that they are clearly playing with Jumbos will also face a stout selves to be a better team. We are not He mixes criticism with a razor sharp less than a full deck. It starts with mixing going to get away with service errors and wit that has produced some of the great- up a name here and there, and eventual- test in Millikin University, passing errors against teams like these. We est one-liners in broadcasting history. ly turns into a full blown case of broad- can not afford to give away points. These These include his foolproof advice on casting Alzheimer’s that makes you pret- who has received votes for a teams are consistent and will make us how to catch a knuckleball. Just “wait ty sure the man at the mike has no idea earn every point.” until it stops rolling.” where he is half the time. top-25 ranking. The Jumbos will be the only New Below these respective giants, You either love them, like Harry Caray, England team represented in a field com- announcers range from excellent to hor- or love to hate them, like Brent prised mainly of Southern and rible. While a poor announcer can’t ruin Musberger, but either way it’s always The Jumbos were once again without Midwestern teams. a game, he can make it uncomfortable. entertaining to hear what is going to junior outside hitter Kelli Harrison, who “New England teams don’t get respect Everyone has sat through a game with a come out of their mouths next. sustained a concussion in practice on out of our region,” Thompson said. “We bad announcer and gotten that uneasy And at the end of the day that is what Friday and has missed the Jumbos’ last are hardly recognized in the national polls feeling in his stomach. Maybe it’s not as announcing is all about: entertainment. three matches. Tufts will be without its and the other regions overlook us. We bad as your junior prom experience, but No matter the style of the announcer, as leading scorer when the team travels to the want to go down there and show these it definitely is awkward. long he adds instead of takes away, he’s Emory National Invitational this weekend, other teams how good we can be.” The guest announcer is always an done a good job. Hopefully if you made but hope to see her back on the court by the The Jumbos will start the tournament especially dangerous thing because at it this far down the column you also NESCAC Tournament. with a Friday morning test against best he is very green and at worst he is found it mildly entertaining. Well that, or “It’s obviously going to hurt to not have Meredith College, before playing an after- just plain bad. Two good examples are the crossword puzzle was already done. our huge force on the outside, but what noon game against Heidelberg. They will we’re really going to miss is not having her conclude the tournament against Millikin down there because we’re not a whole team and Emory on Saturday. without her,” Wysham said. “I know our team is looking forward to Given Harrison’s impressive statistics the challenge,” Thompson said. “In the Jones could clean Vikings’ mess and imposing court presence, the team is event that we do make the NCAA tourney, BY RANDY GALLOWAY road lizards from an Atlanta escort serv- a surprising 6-0 this season with Harrison we will be seeing teams like these and we Knight Ridder Tribune ice. not on the court. But this weekend will want to be prepared.” Right away, we have an insult to the Who you gonna call in these dire foot- street-working women of the Twin ball times? Cities. The local girls weren’t good May I suggest Mr. Jerry Jones of Irving, enough? Texas? The unsuspecting boat crew quickly Soccer team sprints toward the end But actually, I’m late with that idea. became upset, and a 3-hour cruise was Jim Souhan, a columnist for the cut to an hour. The captain returned to with a stretch of NESCAC games Minneapolis Star-Tribune, demanded in port, and ordered everyone off his two print last week that Mr. Jones be used as ships. MEN’S SOCCER tie and a 4-5-2 overall record. a spiritual guidance counselor for Graphic details soon hit print of lewd continued from page 24 “During the last 25 minutes [of regula- Minnesota’s out-of-control bow-wows. behavior and such. said. “I just kind of cleaned up the garbage tion] and both the overtime periods, we Funny, huh, how times do change. The police got involved, then the FBI. I guess.” dominated the whole time,” Jozwiak said. Recapping the latest story that has the Something about the Mann Act, which is “The goal was really crucial because it “Mattia had a chance, Guigli had a NFL laughing. a federal law that makes it illegal to came with just a few minutes left after we chance, everybody had chances. We just It must have seemed like a good idea transport two-legged darlings across had completely dominated the team,” couldn’t find the goal. Their goalie played at the time. state lines for the purpose of prostitu- Gilbert added. “It had been frustrating not nice and came up with a lot of big saves.” NFL team has an open week on the tion. to score. Greg had a great shot and Dan Tufts now will focus its attention on the schedule, so, hey, why don’t we do the Mann Act? These are football players, was there to tap it in.” last three games of its season. These final manly bonding thing: not lawyers. How were they supposed to With the score knotted at one, the three road matches versus NESCAC oppo- Rent out a couple of party boats for know? Jumbos headed into overtime with the nents will determine the Jumbos’ seeding some lake cruising. So we’ve now got a big stink up north. momentum of finally finishing one of in the playoffs. Tufts will start this stint on Lots of booze, bring your own drugs, There is much outrage about the football their shots. Junior forward Mattia Chason Saturday against perennial NESCAC pow- and does anybody know any good hook- team being an embarrassment to two and senior tri-captain midfielder Mike erhouse Williams. ers? cities, and one entire state. Guigli both had solid scoring chances in “We’re preparing as we usually do,” And so two weeks ago, off they sailed, Even worse than the Mann Act, the the extra periods, but came away empty Gilbert said of the team’s strategy for this at least 17 of them since identified as Vikings were also charged with a Dog Act handed. But despite their continued dom- weekend. “For most of the season, our members of the Minnesota Vikings. violation on Sunday, the next game after ination of the Corsairs in the extra period, focus has been to get better with each Also aboard were about 30 females, this story broke publicly. They played the golden goal eluded the Jumbos, send- game. But now the focus is totally on win- most of whom have been IDed as fly-in like poodles in losing 28-3 to the Bears. ing the team back to Medford with a 1-1 ning.”