THE TUFTS Where You Tufts’ Student Newspaper Read It First Since 1980 VOLUME XLVIII, NUMBER 48 DAILY THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 18, 2004 Law requires colleges to allow military recruiters on campus BY ZOSIA SZTYKOWSKI gy, according to Kelly Field, a don’t tell” policy on homosexuali- Daily Editorial Board reporter with the Chronicle of ty. “Some schools don’t want to Higher Education. have military recruiters on cam- A bill passed last month that HR 4200 also requires military pus because their stance is a vio- disallows some types of federal recruiters’ access to students to lation of the school’s nondiscrim- funding to colleges and universi- be “equal in quality and scope to ination policy,” Greenfield said. ties that ban military recruiters the access to campuses and to “This is similar to what would from their campuses has raised students that is provided to any happen when any recruiter legal, constitutional and ethical other employer.” comes onto campus and said ‘we questions. “There are no pros to this legis- only want to hire white people, or The bill, HR 4200, is an exten- lation,” said Kent Greenfield, a we only want to hire women,’” sion of the Solomon Amendment professor at the Boston College Greenfield said. “The schools are passed in 1996, which excludes Law School. Greenfield is the saying, ‘no we don’t want to treat colleges from receiving funds founder of the Forum for these recruiters equally if they from the Department of Defense Academic and Institutional discriminate against some of our if they bar military recruiters from Rights, a group of 25 law schools students.’” their campuses. that filed one of the first lawsuits But President of Tufts The new bill broadens the pre- against the government over the Republicans Nicholas Boyd said vious one to include funding from Solomon Amendment. the bill is not offensive to univer- the Homeland Security and Greenfield argues that both sities’ rights and policies. Transportation Departments, the laws are a violation of institu- “Colleges are free to make their Department of Energy’s National tions’ First Amendment rights. own choice in this matter,” he Nuclear Security Administration “What I’m fighting for is the right said. “Suggesting that colleges and the CIA. of educational institutions to should receive federal funds and Funding from these depart- make their own decisions,” he simultaneously have the right to ments is usually given to universi- said. avoid even the most minimal ties conducting research on Added controversy arises due JEFF CHEN/TUFTS DAILY defense, transportation, or ener- to the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, see RECRUITERS, page 4 A member of the Tufts ROTC unit prepares to leave for training.

NASA forensics Prof. tackles search for alien life BY JIM FORD tal geology; our aim is to perform verti- Contributing Writer cal chemistry,” Kounaves said. “We Is there life on Mars? One Tufts pro- want to find answers to basic questions fessor and his research team, many of such as ‘Is there water there?’, ‘How whom are undergraduates, are using long has it been there?’ and ‘Is the previously untried techniques to help planet theoretically habitable?’” answer this question. Though the team’s research would be Chemistry Professor Samuel groundbreaking, Kounaves said the Kounaves took on the project four underlying concepts are not too years ago when NASA created the advanced. “Because we know so little “Mars Scout Missions” program, under about the surface of Mars, the science which academic teams compete to of the project is very simple,” he said. design an original study of possible The project will include the contri- Martian life forms. butions of undergraduates. “It gives “NASA placed a $325 million limit on them an opportunity to work on cut- the mission and over 30 groups sub- ting edge-research early on in their mitted proposals” Kounaves said. “The careers,” Kounaves said, adding that goal was to create a landing device that his researchers come from varying aca- would land on the surface and perform demic backgrounds. “The project is analytical tests.” very interdisciplinary,” he said. Previous studies of Mars’ surface Junior Jason Kapit, who has been have been conducted by the Mars working on Kounaves’ team since the Rover, but Kounaves said his team is summer, agreed. “I am an engineering working on an entirely different physics major but I’m actually working approach to studying the red planet. on the chemistry of it right now. On the While the Mars Rover uses horizon- Mars lander there is a carbon dioxide tal X-rays to examine the geology of the tester and I am working on determin- planet’s surface, Kounaves’ team “will ing what temperature the lander JEFF CHEN/TUFTS DAILY be the first to drill into the ground and should be kept at in order for this tester Dr. Jim Hallock of NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board delivered actually perform wet chemical analy- to work properly,” he said. a lecture entitled “The Forensics of the Space Shuttle Columbia” to students yesterday at sis,” he said. noon in Halligan Hall. The event was sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and “The Mars Rover performs horizon- see MARS, page 2 Electronics Engineers.

INSIDE Red Bull pursues on-campus promotions, seeks to end mystery A review of ‘National BY KATHERINE LEVAN can suspended by wings, a this mysterious drink.” version that contains only 10 Treasure,’ directed by Jon Contributing Writer sculpture of a bull penned in a Much of the mystery sur- calories and three grams of Turteltaub. cage, and a steam liner, all of rounding Red Bull derives from carbohydrates. see ARTS, page 5 Red Bull is working to make which were constructed out of bans on the drink in some “In general we think that sug- itself the energy drink of choice Red Bull cans. The winner European countries after ary drinks are a major cause for for weary library-bound college receives a trip for two to the deaths supposedly related to the epidemic of obesity that we students by running campus 51st annual International Arts mixing the drink with alcohol have in this country,” said outreach campaigns, including Exhibition in Venice, Italy. or consuming it immediately Medical Director of Health one at Tufts this year. “Any student can enter. You after a heavy workout. Services Margaret Higham. Red Bull’s student brand can melt them, cut them up, Although Red Bull is often “As for caffeine, it would manager at Tufts is sophomore [and] build whatever,” Cohen used as a mixer or a chaser in depend on how much they were Elad Cohen, whose current said. parties or at clubs, recent taking a day and what symp- project is coordinating a con- Cohen has also worked on research in Brazil showed there toms resulted from that,” test where students use cans of Red Bull’s visibility at Tufts at is no physiological change to Higham said. Red Bull contains Red Bull to create works of art. the Entrepreneurial Conference the human body after consum- less caffeine than the average INDEX The contest is part of a and the Jumbo Jam earlier this ing a combination of Red Bull cup of coffee. nationwide grassroots market- semester. and alcohol, and researchers Hingham said the only way News | Features 1-4 ing campaign that employs stu- Red Bull use marketing tools attributed the popularity of the to feel truly refreshed is by “get- Arts | Living 5 dent brand managers to like contests to “target college combination to the placebo ting enough sleep. There’s no Editorial | Letters 10 encourage Red Bull consump- students and try to build cus- effect. shortchange stimulant that National 13 tion. Red Bull supports student tomer loyalty,” Cohen said. This does not mean that Red gives the body what it needs.” International 19 activities on campus, and “People don’t really under- Bull is a “healthy” energy drink, The beverage was first manu- Comics 24 stand [Red Bull],” Cohen said, however. It contains 110 calo- factured in Austria in 1987, and Classifieds 25 brand managers receive free who added that people have ries, 200 milligrams of sodium, derives its stimulant power Sports Back page Red Bull. Past entries to the Red Bull told him they thought the drink and 28 grams of carbohydrates, see RED BULL, page 2 tuftsdaily.com can art contest have included a was dangerous. “They think it’s although there is a low-sugar 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Thursday, November 18, 2004 CITY BRIEFS Education lobbying to REPORT FINDS SOMERVILLE POLICE INEFFECTIVE UNDER POOR LEADERSHIP govt increases nationally A report released Friday by former attorney general Scott Harshberger Tufts remains low on list of spenders found the Somerville Police BY DANNY LUTZ mittee. Department to be “disorganized, poor- Daily Editorial Board The study found that “a ly led and internally divided” under one percent increase in lob- current Police Chief George McLean. Bucking a national trend bying expenditures by a uni- Mayor Joseph Curatone commis- towards increased spending versity without representa- sioned the report, which also recom- on lobbyists, Tufts ranks low tion ... results in a 0.15 per- mends empowering the mayor to alter on the list of big spenders. cent increase in earmarks,” appointment procedure for future Colleges and universities while if the university is rep- police chiefs. “The [current] chief is not have come to rely more and resented by a senator, the perceived as a leader and he is seen as more upon federal grants, increase is on average 0.35 being controlled by a small core of forcing them to earmark percent. deputies concerned with their own more funds for lobbyists in Furthermore, colleges self-interest,” the report said. order to have a chance for with representation on an Harshberger also said police officers success in Congressional appropriations panel had had described their work atmosphere appropriations committees. returns varying from $11 to as being “governed by rumor, specula- National spending on lob- $46 to the dollar in 2003. tion, allegation, and conflict.” bying by institutions of high- Still, smaller colleges and Curatone and McLean have butted er education doubled universities are relying on heads in the past. When McLean between the years of 1998 expensive lobbyists to com- attributed this fall’s rash of burglaries in and 2003 to approximately pete with much larger state RACHEL GEYLIN/TUFTS DAILY Somerville to a $1.5 million budget cut $61.7 million. universities. Red Bull is making a push to become Tufts students’ energy drink of over the past three years, Curatone The rise in lobbying corre- Tufts, however, has yet to choice. called this response an “excuse.” sponds with a jump in put a marked financial Curatone has also barred police officers Congress’ spending on emphasis on lobbying. Out from speaking with the press without grants directed to a single of the 558 academic institu- clearance from the city. university or college. Since tions spending money on Red Bull maintains healthy But East Somerville City Alderman 1998, total spending of such lobbying, Tufts ranked 349 in William Roche defended McLean’s grants has quadrupled from expenditure. sales despite negative reviews effectiveness in reducing gang activity, $495 million to $2 billion. Tufts paid $60,000 to lob- which has recently plagued the area. These grants, called “ear- byists in 2003 compared to RED BULL most people don’t,” sopho- continued from page 1 Roche said Mclean “can’t please every- marked funds,” have colleges the top spender, the more Evan Lichtenstein said. body” and called departmental discord and universities in stiff com- University of California sys- from caffeine and taurine, a Still, Cohen said Boston has a necessary evil. petition for lobbyists. tem, which spent $1.24 natural compound whose been very receptive to Red Somerville, which is the 12th largest “[Hiring a lobbyist is] like million. metabolic affects remain Bull. “In Boston, Red Bull out- city in Massachusetts, has a police advertising,” Professor Most students on the Hill unclear. sells Coke in convenience department budget of $10.2 million Emeritus of Economics at remain unaware of spending And Red Bull maintains stores,” he said. and a staff of 88 patrolmen and 27 Pennsylvania State on lobbying, but some healthy sales, despite the fact As an energy drink, stu- superior officers. University Irwin Q. Feller expressed reservations when that it is rated “truly painful to dents are primarily concerned told The Chronicle of Higher the situation was explained drink” by the online industry with whether the drink serves magazine BevNet. its intended purpose. “It’s BOSTON PAPERS DISCOVER Education. “But then all the to them. other firms in that industry “Shouldn’t they just put Many have grown to like its refreshing and it’s lighter than STATE KNOWLEDGE OF BIG syrupy taste. “I like the fact soda,” Junior Will Heitmann DIG CONSTRUCTION LEAKS start advertising too. Then the money straight to the no firm can afford not to things [the money is marked that it has a set amount of caf- said. “Soda is a bit too sugary.” The Boston Globe recently uncov- advertise.” for] instead of to ask the gov- feine and you know exactly Heitmann said he drinks it “if ered information showing state knowl- ernment for them?” sopho- what you’re taking. I like the I know I’m going to the library edge of leakage related to the Big Dig more Miriam Leuin said. “It taste, even though I know and need to be attentive.” on roadways in more than 400 areas Shouldn’t they seems sort of round-about.” since as early as 1998. President Larry Bacow was State officials have consistently just put the money unavailable for comment at maintained that roadways under con- straight“ to the things time of press. Mars project provides a big struction as part of the Big Dig are safe Tufts’ low expenditure on for motorists. lobbying is particularly One of the most problematic areas is [the money is marked unusual in the context of career boost for students the I-93 tunnel directly below the Boston-area schools. Boston South Station train terminal on the Red for] instead of to ask University ranked fourth MARS research. The Mars project continued from page 1 Line, which according to documents nationally in lobbying, “provides a very good starting obtained by the Globe contains almost the government for spending $800,000, and Research assistants also block for me,” he said. “This 7,000 leaks in a single 1,000-foot sec- Harvard was seventh at learn from working closely will probably look very good tion. them? $520,000. with fellow students from on a resume.” Miriam Leuin The documents also show that the ” But Tufts Associate other fields. “I have learned a Kounaves said many of his Tufts sophomore 8-inch leak that flooded the I-93 tunnel Professor of Economics lot about the geology of Mars former undergraduate in September was caused by a chain of David Dapice said that while and also about the methods researchers have moved on to decisions made by the project’s private Not only has university academic spending on lob- for determining whether life such technical careers, manager, Bechtel/Parsons spending on lobbying bying has increased, federal exists on the planet,” Kapit including one at the Brinckherhoff, as far back as 2001. The increased, but the number of government spending on said. California Institute of company reportedly repaired a leak at institutions hiring lobbyists education has remained Technology and another that time without replacing the faulty has also more than doubled, minimal. We want to find working for the government. material, allowing this year’s more from 240 in 1998 to 558 in “Total federal support to Kounaves and Kapit agreed destructive leak. 2003. education is modest, about answers to basic ques- that Tufts provides excellent The company also established a Leak Universities hire lobbyists $13 billion to private [institu- opportunities for undergrad- Task Force early in 2001, a develop- to shape and polish requests tions] and $20 billion for uate research. “Lots of stu- “tions such as ‘Is there dents at other schools would ment which was not made public. for federal money and ensure public [institutions],” Dapice The Boston Herald also obtained a that they are filed in the gov- said. “That is $33 billion out water there?’, ‘How long give anything for the opportu- memo circulated within Bechtel/Parsons ernmental department most of over $2,000 billion in nity to do this kind of warning of imminent threats of leak- likely to dispense funds. spending.” has it been there?’ and ‘Is research,” Kounaves said. age in tunnels unless action was taken However, a study by Federal funds most often Kapit said it was easy for as early as 1998. researchers at the go towards projects like new the planet theoretically him and his fellow students to State Assistant-Inspector General Massachusetts Institute of buildings and facilities. seek out such opportunities. Jack McCarthy told the Associated Technology and the Occasionally, universities habitable?’ “From what I have experi- Press earlier this week to “keep the University of Toronto found will lobby for policy changes, enced and what I have heard, it is extremely easy to get focus on the real culprit in this matter that universities have a such as when Yale lobbied Samuel Kounaves” involved,” he said. “I don’t — and that is Bechtel/Parsons much higher chance of the government regarding Chemistry Professor Brinckerhoff.” receiving funds if their state prescription drugs for med- think I would have been able representative or senator is ical education during the to do this at any other —compiled by Katharine Clark from on the appropriations com- time of the Medicaid Bill. Kapit said he wanted to school.” The Boston Globe and The Boston pursue a career in NASA Herald

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EVAN COCHRAN | DOWN WITH THE FCC Can religion reduce college students’ stress? BY VALERIE SULLIVAN Step away Daily Staff Writer College students who take part in reli- from the gious activities have better mental and emotional health than students who do not Nair take part in these activities, found a recent study released by the University of have something to admit. First of all, my California at Los Angeles’ Higher Education Research Institute. last article blew and I’m very sorry The study reported that students who about that. The truth is that I didn’t real- integrated spirituality into their lives expe- I rienced significantly lower levels of psy- ly have anything to say last week, and there- chological distress as compared with stu- fore I failed to meet my usual expectations. dents who had little or no involvement in spiritual or religious activities. But today is a new day, my friends, and I Based on 3,680 college students at 46 have something new and daring to say. colleges and universities across the nation, the study cited religious activities such as NAME/TUFTS DAILY Students attend the Protestant Student Fellowship’s Sunday evening worship service During a period of great insecurity and reading sacred texts, attending religious (above). A recent study found that religious students have lower stress levels. confusion in my life, I shaved my chest. It services or joining religious organizations was a weak and unmanly move, I know, but on campus. I wanted to conform to some strange male Findings that religious and spiritual stu- A different study, covered recently in fit from spirituality. ideal that existed at the time which entailed dents have lower stress levels do not partic- TIME magazine, supports Glass’ sugges- Sophomore Justin Fanning questions me being not just toned but strangely hair- ularly surprise Daniel Dennett, professor of tion. The study found that meditation the link between spirituality and low stress less as well. philosophy at Tufts. increases the release of mood stabilizers in levels. “Everybody de-stresses in different These bizarre urges predictably came to a However, Dennett argues that there are the brain. ways,” Fanning said. “Some use religion tragic head during a family cruise in the non-religious activities that could also Using statistical evidence to support the and others simply choose other methods Caribbean. I used a fake ID to get ham- reduce stress. “There’s tremendous varia- connection between religious involvement that are out there.” Fanning relaxes and mered on good whiskey in the boat’s bar, tion in how people deal with stress and and students’ mental and emotional manages stress by swimming, drawing, bought a bottle of Nair in the pharmacy and there are many practices which can relieve health, the UCLA study stated that stu- watching movies and listening to music. brought it back to the cabin with me. stress,” Dennett said. “Meditation is a good dents who did not attend religious services He believes that both methods can be I weighed the pros and cons of going example. So is participation in vigorous had experienced feelings of depression equally successful for an individual. through with it, and having made my deci- exercise, or playing music.” twice as often than students who do. In fact, Fanning suggests that “being sion, proceeded to apply the toxic lotion Freshman Will Glass said that “there are “My prayer helps reduce stress in my non-religious relieves [students of] any over my entire chest and then waited entire- beneficial aspects [of spirituality or reli- life,” University Chaplain David O’Leary stress that may be caused by holding true ly too long to wash it off, causing the Nair to gion],” such as “self-evaluation, striving for said, speaking on his own experience. He not just remove all the hair from my chest a higher standard.” added that he believes everyone can bene- see SPIRITUALITY, page 4 but cover it with puffy, pink chemical burns that screamed with pain every time I put on a t-shirt as well. My week was pretty much screwed after Upcoming grads worry over future health insurance that: I couldn’t let my burnt chest bake in the sun and felt confined to walking around BY CYRIELLE JEAN-SICARD won’t attend graduate school in the fall, 30 after receiving a member’s student the pool in a shirt, so I spent a lot of my time Contributing Writer finding employment after graduation is enrollment form saying he or she is no in the bar just drinking and talking with a top priority. Salaries and the extent of longer a full-time student. older women. Which didn’t turn out to be May 2005. This date has various impli- employment benefits measure in as Individuals in the Boston area can such a bad time, but it wasn’t anything I cations for graduating Tufts seniors. No determining factors in the job search. then sign onto a Cobra plan, a type of couldn’t have done back home in Boston. more pulling all-nighters in Tisch and “Salaries and benefits as a whole, not policy which retains many Boston About now you might be thinking this more importantly, no coverage under just health insurance, are important to employers. Through this plan, persons story has no point other than emasculating parents’ health plans. me,” senior Andrea Frydl said pay the costs of an individual plan based me to the entire campus, but you’d be For most health insurance plans, stu- Director of Career Services Jean on the benefits given by their employers. wrong. Dead wrong. To begin with, I’m all dents are no longer covered on their par- Papalia agreed. “It’s rare that a student Former students can also join Harvard man and thus cannot be emasculated, and ents’ plans after the termination of their asks about health insurance,” Papalia Pilgrim non-group regional plans. These furthermore, I have a point. My point is that full-time education. Although the real- said. “We encourage students to look at plans are based on the member’s loca- I allowed my superficiality and vanity to ization of being responsible for the the overall compensation package, not tion to accessible Harvard Pilgrim facili- take control of my actions, and I paid a maintenance of their own health is just the salary. Although most full time ties. The closer a person is to Boston, steep price as a result. frightening to seniors, the actual effort professional positions offer attractive where new technology and the supply of Instead of spending a week in the of finding a career after graduation health insurance benefits, it shouldn’t be doctors are abundant, the higher these Caribbean skin-diving with manta rays and which offers full health as a benefit is too assumed that this is the case when con- treatment prices tend to be. naked chicks named Bambi, I drank a lot of time-consuming and painstaking for sidering offers.” Youth and previous good health also whiskey and passed out on the shuffleboard many. Many students are unaware of the can blind people to the immediate court. Twice. Which, once again, wasn’t that “It’s scary to think that I won’t be on actual costs and procedures involved in effects of having no health insurance. bad of a time. But the point remains, I let my parents’ plan when I graduate, but receiving medical treatment outside of Although “it’s definitely a concern” for insecurity rule my behavior and conse- I’m more concerned with having any job their parents’ health insurance plans. As senior Mike Doyle, “there will probably quently severely limited my potential for as opposed to a job necessarily with with other leading health care providers be a transition period or two where I will having a good time. health care,” senior Leigh Bernstein across the country, the insurance not be covered. Thankfully I don’t have Nowadays, I’ve gotten over all that bull said. provider Tufts uses, Harvard Pilgrim, see INSURANCE, page 4 and don’t really care or know what I look For many seniors who know they officially terminates coverage on Sept. like. Seriously. For example, I decided to shave my regal beard yesterday, but instead of shaving it off completely, I left a mous- CAPTURED | UNTITLED tache which I rocked around campus for the day. My friends told me that I looked great, like a young Tom Selleck in fact, but I’m clever enough to realize they’re just lying bastards looking for continued laughs. In all honesty, I probably looked like a porn star from the seventies, and while being a porn star isn’t the worst racket in the world, it’s nevertheless something I want to reserve for the future. After I shaved the moustache off, I thought back to my experience shaving my chest and reflected for a moment on how Kyle Bradbury is a I’ve changed since then. The guy who sophomore majoring shaved his chest on that cruise boat was in electrical engineer- never capable of having fun. He was so wor- ing. Kyle frequently ried about what other people thought of goes on evening him that he never got the chance to do or photo hunts with his say the things he wanted to. digital camera, and And conversely, the dude who rocked the caught sight of a moustache yesterday, me, had fun intro- snow-covered strag- ducing himself as Burt and offering people gler enjoying an early moustache rides. morning walk. He ran I guess what I’m saying here is that you to set his tripod and shouldn’t do anything disingenuous, took the above photo. whether it’s as small as giving a phony laugh “Captured” is The to a idiotic joke or as annoying as telling a Tufts Daily’s weekly group of potheads how much you like photo column, open to any University stu- see COCHRAN, page 4 dent. Please send your artistic and creative pictures to weeklypho- Evan Cochran is a senior majoring in English. [email protected]. He can be reached via e-mail at [email protected]. KYLE BRADBURY 4 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Thursday, November 18, 2004 Cochran: don’t Some stay on parents’ insurance for as long as possible INSURANCE In light of the current job market, this such as the medical school at the be disingenuous continued from page 3 knowledge of cautious employers is University of Connecticut, mandate that COCHRAN many regular health expenditures,” he nerve-racking to seniors dependent on students utilize the school’s own insur- continued from page 3 said. health insurance. The use of specialists ance. Yet many other universities do not weed, because then you’re just setting your- According to a National Health makes continuing treatment both neces- offer health insurance coverage. self up for future misery. Interview Survey, 31.5 percent of 18 to 24 sary and costly. Nonetheless, the abun- “If it weren’t for being on my parents Eventually your Wonderbra will be taken year-olds are uninsured. Additionally, dance of low-paying jobs in this econo- plan, my choices of medical programs off and the chick will find the sock you put within the same age group, men were my greatly influences some decisions. would decrease,” medical school-bound in your pants, and then you’ll be left sitting more likely than women to lack health The scarcity of well-paying jobs also senior Alyssa Lillo said. by yourself naked and wondering why insurance coverage. forces seniors to consider health care in Despite the security of coverage in you’re both putting socks in your pants and Yet youth also makes finding adequate broader terms. “Ideally I’d like to find a graduate school from their parents, wearing a Wonderbra. Which will be confus- medical benefits much more difficult. job that offers health coverage, but if I upcoming employment is of chief con- ing. Often not knowing the full potential of find a position that doesn’t, but it looks cern to seniors. But anyway, be yourself, watch the their new staff, employers are hesitant to like it will be a better stepping stone to Knowing that her peers, along with a Animatrix, don’t shave your chest, and your present new workers with extensive ben- where I want to go, I’d still take it,” Doyle growing number of Americans, are chal- life will be a happy one. efits. “It’s tough for employers too, if said. lenged by health insurance costs, Lillo is And obviously, it’s important to remem- they’re hiring people right out of college, As for students going on to graduate hopeful. “Because of the degree of public ber that all this advice is completely null often for a limited time or on a part-time studies in September, continuing with attention it receives, strides towards and void if you’re at a bar trying to get some basis, to offer health coverage,” Doyle their parents’ health insurance is an affordable health care are just around hot random ass. said. added benefit. Many graduate programs, the corner,” she said. Not all students agree with Students’ role important in opposition of bill RECRUITERS career fairs. Our job is to provide For those still opposed to the spirituality study’s findings continued from page 1 access to potential employers bill, Greenfield said universities and then let students pick.” can sue the governments in their SPIRITUALITY gious and I’m not stressed, but I obligations to contributing to the There has been no opposition own name and students can continued from page 3 don’t think they’re correlated,” he security interests of our country to Tufts’ policy so far, according protest when recruiters arrive on to [their] particular religious said. is ridiculous.” to Papalia. campus, as did students at Yale beliefs.” Freshman James Wiley agrees Some observers say HR 4200 Political science professor and the University of Fanning’s belief corroborates that the connection between was passed due to the military’s Kent Portney said the place of Pennsylvania. another facet of the UCLA study, lower levels of stress and religion current need for new recruits. military recruiters on campus Most importantly, students’ which notes that students who could be due to the interaction “As we know, the war and the should be more limited. role is in “pressing their own believed in the sacredness of life with people during religious activ- military are both extremely Portney said the CIA has been institution for a plain statement and spiritual experiences experi- ities. Wiley believes religion is strained,” said Adam Koeppel, responsible for “bad things” in that the institution’s standards ence higher levels of “spiritual dis- about the community it creates. member of the Tufts Democrats. the past. “To have them on cam- are clearly in favor of nondis- tress” — such as questioning reli- “More than the religion itself, “I don’t think this is ideologically pus is a tacit approval of the crimination,” Greenfield said. gious or spiritual beliefs, feeling the people you meet through reli- driven, I think it’s more need- things they’ve done,” he said. Koeppel said critics of the bill unsettled about religious or spiri- gion can [form a] community that driven.” Still, Portney said students should “define the argument in a tual matters, or feeling angry with can help you during periods of But Boyd characterized the interested in working with the moral sense,” which he says God — than those who reported stress,” Wiley said. legislation as the product of military should be given the would give them “the grassroots lower levels of spirituality to begin Junior Danny Lee, a Christian, some colleges’ anti-military opportunity to do so by their support they need to pull it with. said that “religion tends to play a mindset. “I wouldn’t be surprised schools. “I don’t think having through.” Freshman Ariel Gliksberg [larger] role in [his] life when [he’s] if the military was being shut out military recruiters on campus is Yet taking such a stance may agrees that religion could possibly stressed.” Beliefs that “God is of certain institutions with a proselytizing in any way because be easier said than done in the contribute to stress. Gliksberg bal- always there” and that even events paranoid fear of the military, per- the students who are interested current political climate. ances academics with his religious that we perceive disappointing haps sparked by the war in Iraq, already agree with the military,” “In an era of pro-military fer- activities, such as attending Hillel. “are part of His plan” help Lee to and this is a way of responding to he said. vor and patriotism, it takes peo- But Gliksberg points out that deal with stress. that,” he said. Greenfield agreed, saying that ple with extraordinary courage to “people who keep Shabbat on Lee admits he has never At Tufts, military recruiters are in the context of the restrictions stand up for this unpopular Saturday don’t use technology and noticed a correlation between given full access to students. imposed by the bill, “the place of view,” Greenfield said. “What I’m spend more time with their fami- lower levels of stress among stu- “Typically they don’t come on military recruiters on campus really fighting is that this legisla- lies, which could potentially dents who are more religious. “I campus, although if they wanted should really be where the edu- tion makes it impossible for us to relieve stress.” don’t know if I agree that that’s to we would let them,” Director cational institution wants them protest in the way we want to Overall, however, Gliksberg is true,” he said, “but I think it’s of Career Services Jean Papalia to be.” protest,” he said. skeptical of the study. “I’m reli- plausible.” said. “We usually see them at Arts|Living 5 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 18, 2004

THEATER PREVIEW Myths change, Cast of ‘The State’ teams up again as Stella come alive at the Balch Arena ‘Metamorphoses’: modern update to Ovid’s classic BY KATE DRIZOS Senior Staff Writer

Starring Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, and Midras, this weekend’s production of Mary Zimmerman’s “Metamorphoses,” Metamorphoses At the Balch Arena Theater Tickets are $7 Nov. 18 - 20 at 8 p.m. has quite a stellar cast. The Pen, Paint STELLA COMEDY and Pretzels (3Ps) show consists of ten David Wain, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter perform as Stella Comedy tonight at the Paradise Rock Club. episodes adapted from Ovid’s collection BY MAX DIONNE their dildo. devoured for meals. of poems of the same name, written in Senior Staff Writer You may recognize the names of the After “The State,” Black went on to 88 A.D. No longer merely a dramatic cry from members of Stella from their long and help create the show “Viva Variety” that Zimmerman originally wrote the play Marlon Brando, Stella has become a tour sordid comedic careers. Showalter, Black aired on Comedy Central as “Viva in 1996 as a college production for her de force of unique creepy comedy. and Wain first teamed up as New York Variety,” which, again, in this author’s students at Northwestern University. University students when they created humble opinion, he could have done She modernized Ovid’s language and Stella Comedy the groundbreaking sketch show “The without. reworked some of the characters to cre- State,” which was picked up by MTV and, In the post-”State” period Wain and ate an accessible and moving play for a At the Paradise Rock Club. in the author’s humble opinion, should Showalter co-wrote the instant cult-’80s present-day audience. The play has At 9p.m. and 11:30p.m never have been taken off the air. summer camp classic “Wet Hot since been performed on Broadway and Tickets: $16 Incidentally, showing that the author is American Summer.” It premiered at was nominated for a Tony in 2002 for not alone in his sentiment, the “The Sundance in 2001 and is now a regular Best Play. Created by David Wain, Michael Ian State” made the Wall Street Journal’s list midnight movie in many movie theaters The show’s director, junior Jessica Black and Michael Showalter, Stella of “The Top 10 shows on Television.” across the country. Fisch described the concept of the play Comedy is currently on tour throughout “The State” developed a devoted fan Showalter starred, Wain directed and as being “ten stories bookended by the the U.S. and will be performing tonight base due to its zany and distinctive Black was brought in, along with Janeane journey of one character.” at the Paradise Rock Club. brand of comedy that relied on outra- Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce and Paul While each story is independent from To give a sense of the trio’s style: If you geous situations and unexpected twists. Rudd to play the cast of bizarre camp the others in plot, all are connected by a asked them why they were performing in Mailmen would deliver tacos instead of counselors. Anyone who enjoys laughing common theme: love. The audience will a rock club, they would probably answer mail, excess cash would be used to pur- and has not seen this film should be see, however, that this sentiment is not very sincerely “because we are rock chase staggeringly large amounts of pud- limited to love between a man and stars!” and then try and get you to touch ding, and Muppets would be caught and see STELLA, page 9 woman. Ovid and Zimmerman also explore love of money, love of family, love for others in the tales. Not all of the stories have a lovely MOVIE REVIEW ending, however. “All of the characters make mistakes in not seeing or not hav- ing love,” Fisch said. “Some regain it, ‘Da Vinci’ rip-off gets history wrong, action right some don’t.” As suggested in the play’s title, meta- History and explosions morphoses also show up fairly frequent- ly in the stories. Almost every major abound in the world of character undergoes some sort of change during their scene, be it physical ‘National Treasure’ or emotional. BY SARA LUDOVISE Fisch also hopes the audience will Daily Editorial Board undergo a metamorphosis of their own Everybody knows the preamble ... no, during their time in the Arena. “If they not that preamble. Rather: “When in the are wary of the classic text, they’ll be course of human events it becomes nec- won over,” she said. It is this use of classic characters and National Treasure stories to deliver a timeless message that drew the director to the show in the first place. Zimmerman’s decision to work with poetry written in the first cen- Starring Nicholas Cage, Diane tury “made me think about whether Kruger, Sean Bean these myths still had any bearing,” Fisch Directed by Jon Turteltaub said. essary to track down a mind-blowing The metamorphosis of treasure of unbelievable wealth, make “Metamorphoses”, the playwright’s sure you do it with as many explosions modern interpretation of the ancient and evil conspiracies as text, helps make Ovid’s tales more possible.” TOUCHSTONE PICTURES accessible to an audience of mere mor- “National Treasure,” which debuts in Who needs a story or interesting characters when your movie has explosions like this? tals whose experience with Greek theaters tomorrow, makes no attempt to mythology likely consists of little more hide its traditional adventuring roots. movie trying to be a book that was trying ever, they had enough ties with the than semi-annual toga parties. Though its history can be traced back to to be an action movie. It borrows heavi- emerging colonial American govern- Sophomore actress Molly O’Neill the glory days of “Raiders of the Lost ly from the fast-paced style of “The Da ment that they shipped the entire treas- explained Zimmerman’s efforts to make Ark” (1981), it is more obviously mod- Vinci Code” and obviously attempts to ure off to the United States for no dis- the characters of Ovid’s text come to life. eled on something that doesn’t quite capitalize on Dan Brown’s conspiracy- cernable reason other than the fact that “Mythology typically relies on stereo- come from Hollywood. laden approach to history. running around the National Archives types,” she said, “but this interpretation When “The Da Vinci Code” was pub- The movie opens with a flashback makes for some pretty cool action lends itself to a deeper reading.” lished in early 2003, Dan Brown made reminiscent of “Indiana Jones.” scenes. Special efforts were made by the waves with a jarringly active writing Sometime during the Crusades, a group The hero of the story, Benjamin director and actors to make these char- style that played perfectly to the short of knights found an unbelievable treas- Franklin Gates (Nicholas Cage), comes acters from long ago feel as real as pos- attention span of the American public. ure and came together as the Knights from a family of treasure hunters. He sible. The director provided Ovid’s origi- His novel, unlike many other dragging Templar (Conspiracy Group #1) in order and his team are working to track down nal text in addition to Zimmerman’s tomes, is strikingly similar to action to protect it. the great treasure of the Knights Templar script in some cases to provide greater movies, with quick developments and The Templar later formed and their search takes them to a sunken insight into certain characters and tons of fast-paced events that kept his Freemasons (Conspiracy Group #2), ship in the middle of the Artic Circle readers hooked. who are never exactly explained in the see TREASURE, page 7 see METAMORPHOSES, page 9 “National Treasure,” then, is an action context of the movie. Apparently, how- 6 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKEND Thursday, November 18, 2004 What’s on this weekend Thursday, November 18 respect in a world of stereotypes ID (617-262-2437), and at 1 and 5 p.m. on Sunday. Tix Scholars. and minstrel effects." At the 11 Lansdowne St., Boston. $18; $9 for children At 9:30 p.m., Ray Corvair. CLUBS AND BARS Boston Center for the Arts, 539 “Bashment” Reggae beats with DJ Tremont Street, Boston (617-933- King Ilabash. COMEDY TOAD (617-497-4950), ARIA, (617-338-7080), 246 8600), through November 20. 1912 Mass Ave, Porter Sq., Tremont St., Boston. NYC hip-hop Curtain is at 8 p.m. on Thursday THE INTERNATIONAL (617-296- IMPROV ASYLUM, Boston. At 8 Cambridge. with guest DJs. and Friday, at 4 and 8 p.m. on 6270), and 10 p.m., "Big Dig, The End of At 7 p.m., “Greg’s Saturday Saturday, and at 7 p.m. on Sunday. 184 High St., Boston. an Error." Showcase.” THE ASGARD (617-577-9100), Tix $25; $15 for seniors and stu- “The Basement” house music with At 10 p.m., Natalie Flanagan Band. 350 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. dents. DJ Bradford James. MUSIC Ken Selcer Trio. T.T. THE BEAR'S PLACE (617-492- COMEDY LIZARD LOUNGE (617-547-0759), ARMOR FOR SLEEP, NUMBER ONE BEAR), CLUB CAFE, (617-536-0966), 209 1667 Mass. Ave., below FAN, THE SNAKE THE CROSS THE 10 Brookline St., Central Sq., Columbus Ave., Boston. “Non PARADISE ROCK CLUB, Boston. At Cambridge Common Restaurant, CROWN, AND SHANGHAI VALEN- Cambridge. Stop Video Show” with VJ Tom 8 p.m., “Stella Comedy Show.” Cambridge. TINE Kills, Blanche, Runner & the Yazbek. At 7:30 p.m., Galactic Fractures. perform at 6 p.m. at the ICC, 557 Thermodynamics, Headband. WANDA SYKES At 9:30 p.m., Shivaree, Ad Frank & Cambridge St., Allston; www.mass- JOSHUA TREE (617-623-9910), performs at 7:30 p.m. at the the Fast Easy Women. concerts.com THEATRE 256 Elm St., Somerville. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Chicken Slacks Soul Revue. Mass. Ave., Boston. Tickets $35.50; McGANN’S (617-227-4059), THE PHYSICISTS (617) 931-2000. 197 Portland St., Boston. Saturday, November 20 Harvard/Radcliffe Dramatic Club O’BRIEN’S (617-782-6245), At 10 p.m., Hip-hop, R&B, Reggae, presents Swiss playwright Friedrich 3 Harvard Ave., Allston. MUSIC & House with DJ Sparky. CLUBS AND BARS Dürrenmatt's 1962 work, "part spy “High Rocktane Karaoke.” thriller/romance, part satire on sci- Taking Back Sunday, Atreyu, PHOENIX LANDING, (617-576- AXIS (617-262-2437), ence and its catastrophic conse- PARRIS (617-248-9900), Funeral for a Friend 6260), 512 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. 13 Lansdowne St., Boston. quences," about three ostensible Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, Thursday, November 18 AVALON, “Boom Boom Room,” new wave, At 10 p.m., "Seductive Saturday" physicists locked up in an asylum. Boston. (617-262-2424), 15 Lansdowne one hit wonders, and disco with DJ Hip-hop and Reggae with DJ Glen. At the Loeb Drama Center, 64 DJ Lou. St., Boston. Vinney. Brattle Street, Cambridge (617- CLUB HOLLYWOOD (617-338- 496-2222), November 12 through SCULLERS (617-562-4111), THE ROXY, (617-338-ROXY), 279 8283), 20. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. on 400 Soldiers Field Rd., Boston. Friday, November 19 Tremont St., Boston. "Roxy 1-3 Harrison Ave., Boston. Thursday, at 8 p.m. on Friday and Lou Rawls. Saturdays," dueling DJs with DJs At 8:30 p.m., “Glitter Switch Drag Saturday, and at 7:30 p.m. on CLUBS AND BARS Massi and Play. Karaoke.” Sunday. Tix $12; $8 for seniors and TOAST, (617-623-9211), 70 Union students. Sq. Somerville. “Premier Night for CANTAB LOUNGE/THIRD RAIL THEATER IRISH VILLAGE (617-787-5427), Women.” (617-354-2685), 224 Market St., Brighton. COMEDY 738 Mass. Ave., Central Sq., ALL OF A KIND FAMILY “Left Saturday” with DJ Kelvin. ZUZU (617-864-3278), Cambridge. Melia Bensussen helms this IMPROVBOSTON THEATRE, 474 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. Upstairs: Little Joe Cook & the Emerson Stage production of her JUKEBOX, (617-338-ROXY), 275 Cambridge. At 8 and 10 p.m. Mittens. Thrillers. own adaptation of Sydney Taylor's Tremont St., Boston. Top 40 and “ImprovBoston Mainstage.” Downstairs: “Original Rock, Roots novel about five immigrant Jewish retro dance night. THEATER & R&B.” girls growing up poor on the Lower MUSIC East Side of New York in the early MATRIX (617-338-ROXY), SPELL #7 CLUB PASSIM (617-492-7679), 1900s. At the Cutler Majestic 275 Tremont St., Boston. BOB DYLAN Set in a bar frequented by African- 47 Palmer St., Harvard Sq., Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, “1984” 80s night with DJ Gibby. performs at 8 p.m. at the Mullins American artists and musicians, it's Cambridge. Boston (617-824-8000), November Center, UMass Amherst, "an intimate look into the lives of Arlo Guthrie, Rob Laurens. 13 through 20. Curtain is at 2 p.m. PLOUGH & STARS (617-441-3455), Commonwealth Ave., Amherst. nine struggling performers seeking and 8 p.m. (evening performance 912 Mass Ave, Cambridge. Tickets $35-$45; (617) 931-2000. acceptance, validation, and self- November 20 only) on Saturday At 5 p.m., Larry Flint & the Road Thursday, November 18, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 7

ALBUM REVIEW Britney Spears musically hits us over the head one more time Greatest hits album ‘My Perogative’ makes for a poppy headache BY DAVID POLK and she has a new passion for like bad karaoke performances at Senior Staff Writer interior decorating — gotta leave a junior high talent show, and the time for that. previously unreleased “I’ve Just Listening to Britney Spears for She started out as a not-so Begun (Having My Fun)” has no the music is like watching a (but kind of) innocent Catholic memorable melody or catchy porno for the plot. schoolgirl who felt so “lucky” to beat to distinguish it from most be a “star.” Then, within the span of the other monotonous clatter My Prerogative: of a few years, she became an the Spears (and company) has Greatest Hits “outrageous,” her-against-the- come up with. Britney Spears music singing (and marketing) “Don’t Let Me Be the Last to machine. Now she wants every- Know” continues the bad ballad one to know that she doesn’t theme, with a flute intro that BMG International need “permission to make [her] takes the cake. The oxymoronic own decisions” and how “real” “Overprotected (The Darkchild she is. Remix)” sounds like an attempt For her, image has always Except those few vocaliza- to bridge the wholesome to been more important than tions, we wouldn’t know her horny, but, lyrically, really acts as music, and nothing makes that voice at all, since her concerts a good motivation for her to get more obvious than her new are lip synced and singing voice over herself. Syncopated drum- greatest hits album, “My so computer-enhanced that accents appear throughout, Prerogative.” Unfortunately, Spock from Star Trek could have making the song annoying to lis- though, image wears off fast, and sung them (that is, when she’s ten to despite the slight traces of when people forget about the not moaning or whispering or melody. crazy clothes (or lack thereof) groaning or giggling). Not to Previously sandwiched in and sexy videos, this music won’t mention that the first song on between other mediocre songs last any longer than Brit’s first the album, “My Prerogative” is on earlier albums, many of these marriage. Bobby Brown’s big hit, not hers. “greatest hits” provided the spark “My Prerogative,” (Jive Please, Scottie, beam this girl needed to sell records. Together, Records) which features 14 of her out of the studio! they burn a noisy hole in the hit singles, two previously unre- Of course, it would be disin- music-lover’s brain. leased songs, and a cover, also genuous not to admit that No one can argue that Spears includes a second disk featuring “...Baby One More Time” and isn’t the teen pop sex symbol of dance re-mixes of old songs for “Oops! I Did it Again,” both on our time; for years to come, she’ll die-hard fans. Even though they the album, are guiltily nostalgic be a staple of “I Love the ‘90s” appear in no particular order, pleasures and that the catchy and “I Love the 2000s.” one can track Spears’ progres- melody “Toxic” and cheesy bass Audiences will reminisce about sion from nice to naughty, bad to line of “My Prerogative” make dancing to “Oops” and “Lucky” worse. these songs fun to dance to (after at the prom and comedians will As her scantily clad album a couple of drinks). make fun of her Madonna (a.k.a. cover photo shows, most of the And, okay, the beats on “I’m A “Esther”) kiss and almost music only works when mixed Slave 4 U” and the R. Kelly-pro- Timberlake marriage forever. with Spears’ sexy, “bad” persona. duced “Outrageous” aren’t that So, go ahead and put So enjoy (or pity) the music while bad (except, no Britney, you “Greatest Hits” in your personal it’s hot, because at the ripe old aren’t outrageous — you’re from music museum, but please don’t age of 22 she purportedly plans Louisiana and started out on the play the entire exhausting album on taking a break from celebrity Mickey Mouse Show). all at once during your next to start a family with her latest But slower “Everytime” and party. That’s what headphones OFFICIAL SITE husband, Kevin Federline. Oh, “Sometimes (Radio Edit)” sound are for. Britney against the music: musician or mannequin?

TRAVELING LUSH Cowboy Hats in Boston? ‘National Treasure’ fails plot-wise TREASURE accents so everyone watching the movie The maiden voyage of a traveling lush to Sissy K’s continued from page 5 can identify the bad guys instantly. son than it makes for some neat explo- One of the reasons that Dan Brown’s BY NOAH ROSENBERG ered in as a birthday favor by the cash sions). books ended up being so popular was Daily Staff Writer collector who was clearly not related to After solving a series of clues, Gates because they were written as if the facts the uncharitable bar tender. realizes that the map to the famous in them were be true. Nobody really We glided over the Bunker Hill Bridge We handled our sixteen ouncers in treasure is on the back of the thinks that the next Pope is going to be through a haze of blue light in our stretch plastic cups like unwanted snow-globes Declaration of Independence and an agent of the Illuminati, but there are taxi as if on our way to a Boston-area at Christmas — with just enough tender- decides that he has to steal the enough real pieces of history woven in high school prom. The bridge abruptly ness to avoid dropping them in front of Declaration in order to protect it from with the obvious fabrications to make ran out and the bluish tinge was sudden- Grandma. The guy a few stools down anyone else who might want it. everyone feel that they are being let in ly replaced by the yellow twinkles of with the Red Sox hat munched on a pizza As an action movie fan, I’ve been dis- on some great secret of the past. headlights, and we soon found ourselves and was nice enough to give a slice to appointed plenty of times by the horri- Though “National Treasure” tries to dashing off into Faneuil Hall as anxious one of my friends, who told me I’d “defi- ble endings that dominate the genre. mirror this nonchalant interweaving of as a dozen mice that had just been let nitely be able to snag one since it’s your “The Matrix” (1999), “The Bone conspiracy theories and actual history, loose from their laboratory maze. birthday,” but I rejected the idea, eyeing Collector” (1999) and the entire “The the movie proves to be much less adept the hot dog and sausage stand strategi- Crow” franchise all come to mind as at the task. Facts aren’t so much stitched cally set up across the street. Sissy K’s decent movies that just lose it in their together as dropped. For instance, Gates With the trio in cowboy hats still last half hour. visits a recognizable and historical singing Tim McGraw, I formed my own “National Treasure” is the first movie American monument, like threesome to kick them offstage. in recent memory where the opposite is Independence Hall or the Old North Unfortunately, we would have to hear true: The opening minutes are just so Church, and the audience suddenly them out followed by another twenty bad that they can’t be redeemed. Some learns that there was also a secret 6 Commercial St. crackly-voiced daredevils before we 617-248-6511 of the action scenes — like when Gates Freemason treasure cache that just hap- would have our turn. It was a Thursday tries to steal the Declaration of pened to be hidden right beneath the night. And we were at Sissy K’s. Independence or when he leads his ene- building — it just hasn’t been discovered We were flanked on all sides by build- We marched up the wooden staircase, mies on a wild chase through the streets in the past 200 years. ings with glistening windows like choco- the synchronized thuds of our shoes of Philadelphia — are absolutely superb, Most of the appeal of “The Da Vinci lates in gold foil. Shedding a few of our masked by the modern bass pouring out with nail-biting tension and edge-of- Code” is lost simply because the story members along the way, the final six of of the large speakers bordering the your-seat drama, but the only way you’re reads more like your typical “Goonies” us found ourselves at Sissy K’s “restau- upstairs dance floor. We weaved in and going to see them is if you make it treasure hunt than a quest into the dark rant and nightspot” on Commercial out of the crowd as if looking for a famil- through the first painful twenty minutes. depths of American history. What’s left is Street. iar face and regrouped minutes later at In other words, this is one movie where a fine action movie, but the Brown fans I square-danced by three cowboys the staircase after failing to integrate it’s okay to arrive a half-hour late, just so that go into the theater expecting the wrapped around karaoke mics and made ourselves. To the credit of all but two of you don’t have to suffer through every- historically-justified conspiracy theories my way to the bar. I gingerly asked the us, we never really tried to mesh with the one acting surprised when the boat full of the advertising campaign are bound bartender for a free beer since it was my bobbing heads who’d still been in college of colonial-era gunpowder actually to be disappointed. birthday and she not-so-gingerly replied, when the music playing below was in the blows up. That’s not to say that “National “they’re only a daula fifty fa’ Christ’s new release section. The acting in “National Treasure” isn’t Treasure” doesn’t have its redeeming sake.” I gave her one of those “you’re Nevertheless, the second floor dancers superb, but no one in the cast is truly moments. The theft scene in particular right, but so what” looks reserved for were preschoolers compared to the horrible. Following in a long tradition of is extremely well done, and once the occasions like these and put two “daulas” loungers on the first floor. Plus, the long-legged librarians, Diane Kruger movie gets going, it’s a fun ride. on the counter. upstairs bar was nice; we didn’t have to plays National Historian Abigail Chase, The biggest problem is that the movie By now my buddies had all entered the wedge ourselves in between guys in flan- who is obviously present to redeem all simply doesn’t live up to its billing. Go bar after battling the cold and the nel who tossed wings up into the air like the women with a German accent who into the theater expecting a fun two-bit Marlboro guy who had tried (successful- peanuts and easily caught them in their have ever been maligned by “Indiana action flick and you won’t be disappoint- ly, I must add) to convince them to sign mouths in order to buy our round of Jones.” ed, but if you’re looking for a big screen their lives away for a free lighter. They tequila shots in little plastic fluoride Sean Bean, as the villainous Ian Howe, equivalent of “The Da Vinci Code,” you paid their five-dollar entrance fees and cups. Luckily not having to swish around is a perfect Machiavelli and the rest of might be better off waiting until the made their way over to me, the new his supporting cast of henchmen are Hollywood version of Dan Brown’s book twenty-two-year-old who had been ush- see LUSH, page 9 kind enough to speak in various foreign comes out in 2005. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING Thursday, November 18, 2004 Thursday, November 18, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS | LIVING 9 Some free fallin’ at Faneuil Hall’s Sissy K’s ‘nightspot’ LUSH our beers and each other, as continued from page 5 we joked and glanced around a the cups’ substance in our room full of few current and mouths for a minute, the (an overdose of) former col- process was a whole lot quick- lege students. er than the daily elementary I had to wince at the school image those cups thought that soon I’d be in that evoked and we headed back latter category, but then I real- downstairs. ized that I’d remain there the Initially disappointed with rest of my life, even well into the absence of “Free Fallin,” in my forties like so many of the the karaoke jukebox, we set- bar’s patrons. Until then, how- tled for “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ ever, you won’t catch me in a Feelin.’” Since we still had a cowboy hat in Boston, and line in front of us, we headed maybe not at Sissy K’s too back over to our post near the often either unless they add pizza guy. the Tom Petty favorite to their Once there, we embraced collection. Ovid’s words are still relevant METAMORPHOSES for the gods and goddesses continued from page 5 also helps differentiate them STELLA COMEDY stories. from the mortals of the tales. Stella Comedy’s unique style may irk some audience members. “Metamorphoses” is The costumes as a whole designed as an ensemble create what junior Luke piece, and as such every actor Brown, the costume designer, Stella provides a creepy brand of comedy in the cast of ten plays multi- described as a “vaguely his- STELLA nearly impossible to guess where explicit bits do not come off as ple roles throughout the pro- torical” feel without limiting it continued from page 5 the trio will end up. The one cheap or dirty, but are often dis- duction. Narrators, humans, to one identifiable era. Brown dragged into the street, covered thing that is certain is that they turbing — such as when a dildo gods, and goddesses con- intends the pieces to be in maple syrup and beaten with do not shy away from humor is used with the enigmatic men- tribute to the retelling of each “agents of metamorphoses” pool cues — and then should that would redden the cheeks of ace of a Pinter play. tale, and though a few major within the show. watch the movie. the average American, as sex There are those that may just characters make reprise Juxtapositions abound in Stella began in 1997 as a night- toys and humping feature be weirded out by Stella, but appearances, each story has “Metamorphoses.” The meld- club act at Fez in New York City. prominently during key plot when it works, the creepiness is its own distinct cast and plot. ing of ancient and modern, The show drew critical praise twists. so inexplicably hilarious that Surprisingly, keeping track simple and spectacular, heart- and soon become one of the Stella is also not for the homo- one’s laughter becomes impossi- of the names and faces of break and joy, gods and city’s premiere venues for off- phobic as often the pelvic ble to control. each character is an easily humans all contribute to the the-cuff comedy, with guest thrusts occur between men. For a better example, visit their surmountable hurdle. In a universal lessons the produc- appearances by Garofalo, Ben “Part of our show is that we’re Web site and watch some of the wise move on the part of the tion conveys. The audiences’ Stiller and David Cross as well as friends and the strange rituals of sketches available for download stage direction god, all the inability to pin down the pro- the NYC based sketch comedy male bonding,” Showalter told (http://www.stellacomedy.com). gods and goddesses enter and duction in any of these areas and improv troupe, “The Upright The Onion AV Club, “and there’s If you like what you see, and exit from Mount Olympus, allows it to transcend setting Citizen’s Brigade.” such a fine line between male granted these are not for every- which serves as the backdrop and time and exist simply as Stella’s style of comedy is bonding and gay sex.” body, then you can purchase to the action of the play. an agent of edification and marked by a sense that almost Strangely enough however, their DVD. Or if you’re so Slightly fantastic costuming emotion. anything can happen. When the troupe is not low brow, but inclined, go experience the hilar- watching one of their shorts, it is just plain strange. Sexually ity live and in person, tonight. 10 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Thursday, November 18, 2004

THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL JONATHAN A. GRAHAM Editor-in-Chief Solomon Amendment extension unnecessary

EDITORIAL The recent extension of the Solomon have traveled to MIT to take part in the The vast majority of colleges and uni- Mark Evitt Managing Editor Amendment threatens to increase the ROTC program based there. Tufts does versities, including Tufts, do allow the strain between traditionally liberal uni- not bar its students from participating military to recruit on campus. While a Sarah Dalglish Associate Editors versities and the U.S. military. The in the military, yet avoids outright sup- few law schools do not allow military Denise Ho amendment’s extension calls for the port of armed forces’ policies conflict- recruitment, the military has not com- halt of federal funding from a number ing with those of the University. pletely blocked off to their students. At Jordana Timerman of departments if a college refuses to let These policies are well within the the University of Pennsylvania, inter- Benjamin Rubinstein Editorial Page Editors the military recruit on campus. rights of the universities. Likewise, the ested law school students could still Verónica Aguilar Private colleges and universities government can create a policy it thinks find military jobs through the pride themselves for their autonomy will help find more soldiers when sup- University’s career services office. Keith Barry News Editors Patrick Gordon from the government, which gives them plies are short. The Solomon Universities are not closing their doors Jillian Harrison the ability to disagree with government Amendment extension, however, will to the military en mass; the government Daniela Perdomo policies without punishment. The cause further resentment towards the is overacting with this recent extension Kathrine Schmidt Solomon Amendment threatens this by military and its efforts to recruit on of the Solomon Amendment. Katharine Clark Assistant News Editors punishing institutions that take issue campus. Forcing private institutions to Bribing institutions is a counter-pro- Daniel Lutz with the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t comply with military recruitment will ductive way to garner sincere support Zofia Sztykowski Tell” policy towards homosexuals. find more protestors than soldiers. and new soldiers who want to serve. Julia Lifschultz Features Editors Many universities, including Tufts, have The government is using the heaviest The U.S. armed forces are strained with Patrice Taddonio anti-discrimination policies that pro- tool it wields with private universities stagnant occupations in Iraq and tect against discrimination based on — the promise of funding. Schools that Afghanistan. New troops and new ideas Stephanie Christofides Assistant Features Editor sexual orientation. wish to obtain federal money to study are needed if Iraq is to be stabilized or Jess Keiser Arts Editors Colleges and universities have been the development of nuclear energy or Osama Bin Laden finally caught. The Sara Ludovise in conflict with the military since the methods to improve transportation will military needs to work positively with Alissa Green Vietnam War era. Tufts’ policy barring have to comply with the new regula- universities to gain the most talented Blair Rainsford ROTC on campus stems from this peri- tions. Yet, these studies are not directly recruits. Requiring universities to allow Maura Allaire Assistant Arts Editors od, when violent anti-war demonstra- related to the military. Why should their recruiters on campus will not generate Dave Cavell tions appeared at campuses across the financial support be linked to support much cooperation, and the military’s Seth Keim country. Since then, ROTC students for the military? predicaments will continue to grow. Paula Fortner Viewpoints Editors Leah Roffman

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BUSINESS Courtney Skay Executive Business Director Leslie Prives Business Managers Thomas Singer Colleen Hall Office Manager Sari David Advertising Managers Shasta Jean-Mary James Gronek Receivables Manager Christy Ren Marketing Managers Michaelann Millrood OFF THE HILL EDITORIAL | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Abercrombie’s discrimination unacceptable The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub- lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and and programs to promote diversity and pulled the contested shirts from the distributed free to the Tufts community. BY AILY ROJAN D T prevent discrimination in its workforce. shelves. EDITORIAL POLICY Editorials that appear on this page are written by the Editorial Mike Jeffries, chairman and chief Since then allegations of their cloth- Page editors, and individual editors are not necessarily respon- (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES — Clothing executive of Abercrombie & Fitch said, ing bearing negative stereotypes and sible for, or in agreement with, the policies and editorials of retailer Abercrombie & Fitch agreed to “We have, and always have had, no tol- promoting elitism of certain peoples The Tufts Daily. The content of letters, advertisements, signed pay $40 million Tuesday to settle a class- erance for discrimination,” CNN report- and cultures have not stopped. columns, cartoons, and graphics does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Tufts Daily editorial board. action federal lawsuit filed by black, ed. In March the governor of West Virginia Hispanic and Asian employees and job Considering this lawsuit and other demanded that the retailer stop its sale LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters must be submitted by 4 p.m. and should be handed applicants that accused the company of allegations of racist behavior that have of shirts that spoofed the state saying into the Daily office or sent to [email protected]. All let- promoting whites at the expense of been brought against the company in “It’s All Relative in West Virginia.” ters must be word processed and include the writer’s name minorities. the past, that statement may difficult for To many t-shirts such as these seem and telephone number. There is a 350-word limit and letters The U.S. Equal Employment some to believe. harmless, but to those they mock, offend must be verified. The editors reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, space, and length. Opportunity Commission who joined In April 2002 the company released a and alienate they are anything but. the private plaintiffs in the suit accused series of t-shirts that protestors said This lawsuit and other complaints ADVERTISING POLICY the company of violating portions of the negatively portrayed and mocked Asian against Abercrombie & Fitch and the All advertising copy is subject to the approval of the Editor- in-Chief, Executive Board, and Executive Business Director. Civil Rights Act of 1964 through the culture. One shirt that was protested stereotypes they have chosen to pro- A publication schedule and rate card are available upon exclusion minorities in recruitment and read: “Wong Brother Laundry Service — mote through their clothing shows that request. hiring and also because of its use of a Two Wongs Can Make it White” and despite what some unaffected by it may virtually all-white marketing campaign. included caricatures of two men with believe, classicism and racism continue P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 The settlement will also require the slanted eyes and conical hats to be prevalent and powerful forces in [email protected] company to implement new policies Following the protests the company our society. Viewpoints 11 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 18, 2004

n Nov. 2, John Edwards’ Republicans had “exploited” with one of them, as I recently theory of the “Two Hispanic moral conservatism, did, you will likely hear more OAmericas” was proved and a Guardian editorial casual- than a few stanzas of true. Unfortunately for Edwards ly mentioned that one could Longfellows’ “Paul Revere’s and his well-coiffed cohort, the expect the Republican “hege- Ride,” and receive an intensive grinning young senator wrongly mony” to be, “in many cases, account of Boston’s role in the identified our two nations as anti-black.” Revolutionary War. divided over economic status. “Ugh, morals!” These articles Liberals seem to think of The real division is a moral one. snarl. “How infuriatingly nine- evangelical Christians as mod- It was amusing to read the teenth century. If only these ern-day cave-people who only apoplectic frothing that filled country boors would let us read the Bible and won’t be op-ed pages on the day or two enlighten them!” For all you happy until our fifty states are after the election. The liberal gun-toting, heart-voting conser- zealously theocratic. This fallacy mourning confirmed what vatives out there, let me trans- stems from the anti-intellectual everyone already knew; first, late: the left thinks you are idiots anger of 20th century Christian that American and British news- who would elect a broomstick fundamentalism. But 21st cen- papers are written in a decided- so long as it promised to believe tury evangelicalism has rapidly ly leftist tone, and second, that in God. and energetically engaged our the condescending prophets of I am a conservative, and society intellectually, in fields the declining left are, like their before all you leftist columnists spanning every realm of politicians, abrasively out of and professors send your apolo- American culture. The left is just touch with the majority of gies, let me assure you that I now beginning to feel the effects American voters. thoroughly enjoyed your ranti- of the evangelical passion for Paul Krugman of The New ng. I wasn’t offended, in fact, politics, and I can assure you York Times called our President your words added to my already that this influence will only a “radical that deeply dislikes extravagant post-election glee. grow in the immediate future. America as it is.” Maureen Your impression of Red America That thought scares many lib- Dowd issued a typically is so badly wrong, so stupidly erals who ask, “How dare these manic proclamation selfish and achingly distant people legislate morality?” that “We’re enter- from reality, that I feel sure that Their implicit disgust at an ing another dark the great Democrat Decline of “imminent theocracy” is misin- age.” Jackie ’04 will only continue. formed and foolish. Moral judg- Ashley of the I grew up in Newt Gingrich’s ments have always directed leg- Guardian agreed, district in suburban Atlanta dur- islation. Roe v. Wade is the legis- warning that the ing the resurgence of the lation of a moral conviction that election pre- Republican Party. The GOP had a mother cannot be stopped sented “bad just taken the U.S. House, and from ending her pregnancy. news for the the “Contract with America” was Evangelicals oppose that verdict enlighten- being preached far and wide by with a conviction of their own ment.” Bob the party faithful. As an evangel- that every life deserves to live. Herbert advised ical Christian and a home- Does the liberal have more a Two that Democrats schooled student, I was very right to legislate her morality should start near the heart of the evangelical than the evangelical? Is the holding “teach- right and I can promise the evangelical’s moral conviction ins” on the patronizing leftists out there less important? That the evan- Americas campaign trail, that the “moron” caricature is gelical is guided by words from citing one false. Mt. Sinai, and not just by whims biased survey to Many evangelicals I know of personal opinion, should BY MATTHEW DYSART support his quote Paine and Jefferson as if make no difference. In fact, a conclusion that the statesmen lived next door, “compelling secular interest” there is “a fair and can enumerate the can be found in nearly any amount of clue- Constitutional amendments moral judgment he would wish CORBIS lessness in the even faster than they can list the to legislate. An evangelical ranks of the val- books of the Bible. Their chil- needs no theocracy to influence ues crowd.” A dren study government, science, America politically. Times editorial and art with the same fervor Since the election, Democrats Matthew Dysart is a member of the Class of 2004. opined that they bring to church, and if you ever do a “Freedom Trail” run see EVANGELICAL, page 12 American occupation: think rampaging elephants BY OE AMSEY as a large pottery shop and open air mar- blows his horn arrogantly into the open beyond serious doubt that it is incapable J R ket. Contrary to the dominant image, I air. and/or unconcerned with meeting the Most Tufts folks by now will concede would cast the American military pres- It goes without saying, of course, that needs and respecting the rights of the that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was some- ence not as a clumsy shopper who (acci- this American elephant entered the mar- Iraqi people. Its failures — perhaps it thing between a mistake and a crime, dentally?) broke a pot while running ket without the community’s consent would be more correct to say crimes — and that the case for war in Iraq was Sunday errands (and now feels awful and under false pretenses — busting a have not been simply honest mistakes or based upon misinformation, if not out- about it), but rather, as an elephant — a huge hole through the back wall, and results of logistical mismanagement. right lies. fitting image for an occupation by demolishing large parts of the merchan- Rather, they have been predictable There were no WMDs or active WMD Abrams tanks — an elephant rampaging dise and infrastructure — meanwhile results of established policies and the programs in Iraq. There were no through the market. decimating the human staff, crushing hubristic fallout from the American Saddam-al Qaeda terror links. The Abu Picture this elephant thrashing about men, women, and children alike. imperial dream that their tanks and Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal and the the shops, stampeding through the Say this is your tyrannical Uncle Sam’s bombers would be viewed as “libera- recent reports of U.S. soldiers executing aisles, smashing out windows, toppling elephant. What is the proper response to tors.” unarmed Iraqis in Falluja cast doubt on carts and shelves, driving away cus- this situation? Is it giving Uncle Sam a The vast majority of Iraqis today view whether American forces are respecting tomers, knocking out the entire street’s chance to manage his elephant and train the U.S. soldiers in their country not as Iraqis human rights. The war in Iraq has electricity, interrupting traffic, and forc- him to use his trunk to repair what he “liberators,” but as occupiers. Most want made the United States more hated and ing people back into their homes. As this has damaged? Should we wait until the U.S. troops out. By now they have real- less secure, and uses up U.S. tax dollars chaos and violence drag on, some locals people calm down before removing the ized that despite Bush’s born-again rhet- that could be better spent elsewhere. For begin to loot the wrecked shops, others beast? Do we blame the Iraqis for incit- oric, it was not concerns with human most Tufts students, I think this is more organize to drive the elephant out by ing the beast’s wrath and then use the rights or democracy that drove the or less uncontroversial. shouting, throwing rocks and marching animal to teach them to behave? No, I United States to topple Saddam Hussein The most common defense of the on the animal, while still others decide would imagine, most sensible people and occupy Iraq. Rather, many now sus- occupation I get today is a metaphorical that they will kill the beast using rifles would agree, the thing to be done is to pect that the U.S. government’s own one: Iraq is a pot in a store, they say: “We and homemade bombs. Others attempt get the elephant out of the goddamn geopolitical interests — with respect to broke it, so now we’ve bought it.” And to treat the wounded and bury the dead, market altogether, as soon as possible — Europe, to Middle Eastern oil, and to the then, “Iraq is now ours to fix.” I hear it while fearfully tuning their ears to the sooner! — before he wreaks more havoc state of Israel — drove it to invade, in the again and again. “We can’t just leave it elephant’s every move. To the elephant, and causes more violence. hopes of establishing a U.S. puppet state broken.” just about any movement appears hos- There are limitations to this metaphor, in the region. Iraqis are now opposing In this Viewpoint, I would like to offer tile. He does not understand Arabic, and of course. But it seems to me a much and resisting this neocolonial plan in a radical revision of this ubiquitous he lashes back at any movement, any more useful one than the broken-pot myriad ways. cliché. perceived threat to the dominance of shopping cliché presently in use. The U.S. response to this resistance what he now considers his turf. He flat- For the more literal among us: The A more fitting metaphor, as I see it, see OCCUPATION, page 12 would cast Iraq not as a single pot — but tens anyone who gets in his way. He U.S. occupation has demonstrated

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Questions and concerns should be directed to the Viewpoints editor. 12 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Thursday, November 18, 2004 OFF THE HILL | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Jim Henson’s gift to the world: Muppets and imagination BY NEIL FLINCHBAUGH of one of TV's most violence-ridden eras. Daily Northwestern For example: there was a time when I actually considered myself to be He-Man. (U-WIRE) EVANSTON, Ill. — How great Who wouldn't want to be the guy? He kicked are the Muppet Babies? I have so many fond ass. He had a big green cat. And She-Ra? Oh, memories of that old cartoon, it's damn what a twin sister. One night I had a dream near unhealthy. In fact if I were to go to a of turning into He-Man after eating my veg- shrink tomorrow, he'd probably label me as etables and then single-handedly destroy- some sort of Muppet deviant. ing an entire army of invading aliens. I wore But I simply cannot help it. I think the the same disgusting red boots every day for Muppet Babies are freaking awesome. an entire summer. And I had every He-Man The whole concept of muppets is action figure ever made. unquestionably brilliant. Jim Henson, you Harmless idolatry, you say? Not quite. are one pimptastic genius. Muppets: sure, Once I stabbed my dad in the stomach with they're animal puppets. But they're more my He-Man sword, really hard, and he than just puppets, they're Muppets. Who threw it away. knew that changing one little letter would What about my childhood fascination prove enough to spawn such a joyfully cre- with the WWF — harmless? Sure, if by harm- ative animated series? I mean let's face it, less you mean running the length of our these people redefined the face of Saturday attic at full speed and dropkicking my dad morning cartoons for seven — that's right, I right in the chest as he was kneeling down said seven — straight seasons. on the floor. The show provided us with so many But the Muppets provided me with only memories: the best of imitateable actions, like pretend- Nanny's striped socks. Fozzie's flat jokes. ing to do all those things instead of really Rowlf's jazzy piano skills. Animal's uncon- doing them. Wakka wakka wakka! trollably murderous frenzies. Bunsen and There's no question, the MB's are awe- Beaker's scientific misadventures. Gonzo's some, and anyone who doesn't like them is shameless advances on Miss Piggy, and his a total butt-Muppet deserving of nothing big nose. Scooter and Skeeter and their ... but scorn. I mean, what sane, rational, actually I'm not sure why Scooter and Democratic-voting person among us can Skeeter were on that show. But Piggy resist the inspiration fostered by this time- became the quintessential "superficial less theme song: pork-bitch," and Kermit, let's face it, Kermit “Muppet babies, we make our dreams is the man no matter how you look at it. come true. Muppet Babies, we'll do the But more importantly, Muppet Babies same for you! When your world looks kinda impressed the importance of using your weird, and you wish that you weren't there, imagination. What a great message for a car- just close your eyes and make-believe, and toon to convey, and especially in the midst you can be anywhere!” All legislation, conservative or not, is directed by some moral judgement EVANGELICAL the idea that human life begins after birth. continued from page 11 A pro-life, pro-traditional marriage have with great fear and trembling con- Democrat wouldn’t get far in the party sidered how best to win the “values today. As noted in a recent New York voter.” Eliminating the leftist condescen- Times article, “No prominent opponent of sion would be a great place to start. abortion has come anywhere near the Contrary to public opinion, evangelicals podium of a Democratic convention since are voracious readers, and they are 1992, when abortion rights groups acutely aware of the demeaning treat- blocked a speech on the subject.” Until ment they receive from the media. You Democrats willingly re-examine their can’t win a voter who feels denigrated platform on certain moral questions, their and abused by your party. political fortunes will suffer. But I’m not sure that an attitude check I offer this advice hopefully, knowing will suffice. Core convictions about that Republicans and evangelicals aren’t human fundamentals still divide the par- correct on every issue, and could well use ties. Human life issues will only grow in a moderating influence. But I’d rather importance. The Democratic Party has have a morally sound political frame- become closed-minded and morally care- work than well-meaning but ultimately less, too quickly writing a blank check to destructive permissiveness, and as of any scientific practice that depends on 2004, America agrees. American military presence in Iraq as destructive as elephant in marketplace OCCUPATION extremism, the bombings of U.S.- continued from page 11 trained Iraqi police stations all follow has been predictably and overwhelm- from the continued daily humiliation ingly violent. Consider the recent Johns and provocation of an unjustified and Hopkins Medical study, recently pub- brutal American occupation, which lished in the British medical journal, itself is responsible for the vast majority The Lancet. This study estimates that of the violence. 100,000 Iraqis have already been killed as a result of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation, 84 percent by U.S. and The vast majority of Iraqis today coalition forces, most as a result of U.S. bombing. Such a total indicates the view the U.S. soldiers in their potentially genocidal nature of the U.S. military occupation. Recall: over 2 mil- country not as “liberators,” but as lion Vietnamese were killed in Vietnam, along with 56,000 Americans. Already in occupiers. Iraq, 1,200 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis are dead. What will these numbers be a year from now? Two years? Four years? The U.S. military’s armored elephants In short, though the U.S. invasion and are not fit or able to secure or recon- occupation has indeed caused and struct, let alone democratize Iraq, even exacerbated many of the problems in if the elephants directing them were Iraq today, it does not follow (as the principally concerned with such liberal “clumsy/guilty shopper” metaphor niceties — which, they are not. That is implies) that the U.S. military presence why I support an immediate withdrawal can “fix” them. How can the U.S. mili- of U.S. troops from Iraq. Bring the tary fix the problems in Iraq? It IS the troops home now! Then we can start main problem in Iraq. The destabiliza- talking about what to do with these tion of the country, the resurgence of mad, murdering elephants of ours, and anti-American violence and religious how to prevent their next rampage. National 13 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 18, 2004 Library, museum tout Clinton’s achievements, address scandal BY STEVEN THOMMA ally ruin Clinton and other Knight Ridder Newspapers Democrats, waste taxpayers’ money on fruitless investigations and LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former undermine his 1996 re-election. President Clinton opens his presi- The museum offers none of the dential library and museum today, contrition that Clinton has offered a celebration of his accomplish- many times for engaging in the ments and a defiant slap at those affair with former aide Monica who impeached him and tried to Lewinsky. Rather, it blames remove him from office. Republicans, says they were The museum boasts of an era of engaged in “politics of personal prosperity while he was president destruction” and singles out for- from 1993 to 2001, when the econ- mer House Speaker Newt Gingrich omy created 23 million jobs, the and former independent counsel government balanced the budget Kenneth Starr for criticism. and deficits turned into surpluses. “We have our perspective. If Mr. But the museum also casts a Starr gets his own library, he’ll get dark light on the period, as Clinton his perspective,” former White uses it to put his spin on his House Chief of Staff John Podesta impeachment for lying under oath said during a walkthrough of the to conceal an extramarital affair. museum. A museum section titled “The Financed by private donations, Fight for Power,” unveiled in a pre- the $165 million, three-story view tour yesterday, portrays the museum and adjoining library sit KAREN SEGRAVE/KRT on the shores of the Arkansas River The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas opens today. Clinton uses a museum impeachment as the culmination of section of the library to tell his side of the story of his extramarital affair and subsequent impeachment. a decade-long vendetta by Republicans who sought to person- see CLINTON, page 16 Bush taps close advisers for Cabinet positions Virgin Mary BY DAVE MONTGOMERY “pit bull in size 6 shoes,” cur- sandwich for Knight Ridder Newspapers rently serves as deputy White House chief of staff and will WASHINGTON — President replace Alberto Gonzales as bid on eBay White House counsel. Bush has Bush tapped two longtime con- BY ROBERT NOLIN fidantes from Texas for key posi- nominated Gonzales, another Knight Ridder Newspapers tions in his second-term admin- Texan, for attorney general. istration, nominating yesterday The latest appointments DANIA BEACH, Fla. — For true domestic policy adviser spotlighted the president’s believers, religious symbolism can Margaret Spellings for educa- reliance on an elite circle of be found almost anywhere, but tion secretary and promoting female advisers who also perhaps never in such an unlikely presidential assistant Harriet include first lady Laura Bush, — or humble — venue: a plain, Miers to chief White House Secretary of State nominee grilled cheese sandwich. lawyer. Condoleezza Rice and Karen White bread from Publix and Both have had Bush’s ear Hughes, who remains his long- Land ‘O Lakes American cheese, since his earliest political days distance confidante from her slapped together and fried up for a as Texas governor. home in Austin, Texas. Florida woman’s breakfast 10 Spellings, a former education Unlike the others, Spellings PAUL MORSE/THE WHITE HOUSE years ago, produced what she lobbyist from Houston who was and Miers are virtually unknown Bush selected Margaret Spellings (left) as education secretary and Harriet believes is an image of the Virgin instrumental in shaping the to the general public and keep a Miers, right, as the White House’s chief counsel. Mary. president’s principal education low profile. Friends and associ- “I think she protects me,” Diana initiatives, was named to ates say both are indefatigable, Duyser said Tuesday. “I guess I’m replace outgoing Education extremely loyal to Bush and After Bush became president requires states to test students lucky because of her — I’ve had a Secretary Rod Paige. In a cere- combine intelligence with com- in January 2001, Spellings joined annually in reading and math in lot of wins at the casino.” mony in the Roosevelt Room, mon sense. the White House team to over- third through eighth grades and Duyser, 52, isn’t the only one Bush introduced her as an Spellings, 46, joined Bush 10 see his domestic agenda. She’s at least once during the 10th who trusts in the crust. Since she “energetic reformer” who’ll be years ago as political director of perhaps best known in through 12th grades. Since win- offered the aging, triangular sand- charged with expanding on the his first gubernatorial campaign Washington for her role in help- ning re-election Bush has made wich for sale last week on the No Child Left Behind Act, which and went on to become his chief ing to craft the No Child Left expanding the act a top second- Internet auction site eBay, she has passed early in his first term. education adviser in Austin, Behind Act. term priority and wants to had bids of up to $22,000. Miers, a former Dallas lawyer helping to get his school initia- The act, which passed whom Bush once described as a tives through the Legislature. Congress in January 2002, see APPOINTEES, page 18 see VIRGIN MARY, page 16 Stock market approves Kmart, Sears merger BY GRETA GUEST to improve profits and merchan- Knight Ridder Newspapers dise. But it reported yesterday a 13 percent drop in sales for the DETROIT — While Kmart exec- third quarter ended Oct. 27, indi- utives touted yesterday’s historic cating that Kmart has not fixed its combination with Sears as a story core retail problems. of one-plus-one-equals two, Kmart fell into Chapter 11 some experts in the retail world bankruptcy in January 2002 after wondered if two wrongs can a failed effort to compete with make a right. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. It has since As Kmart Holding Corp. pre- rebuilt its finances after reorgan- pares to merge with Sears, izing in May 2003, but sales have Roebuck and Co. in the coming continued to decline. months, the underscoring ques- And Sears has had its own tion will be whether the com- share of problems competing bined company can fix years of against other retailers such as problems within both of the Wal-Mart, Target Corp., Home retailing icons. Depot Inc. and Lowe’s. The Wall Street gave the deal two majority of its 870 stores are in thumbs up — driving up both America’s malls, where foot traffic stocks and the stocks of compa- has been drooping for the past 10 nies doing business with them. years as more people shop off the Kmart’s newly minted chief mall. executive officer Aylwin Lewis The combination of Sears, said during a news conference based in Hoffman Estates, Ill., that the retailer has made “great progress” over the past 18 months see MERGER, page 17 14 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Thursday, November 18, 2004 Thursday, November 18, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL 15 Social Security a ‘very House, Senate close ranks to protect difficult issue’ for Bush two of its controversial members BY MIRIAM HILL private accounts, workers BY JAMES KUHNHENN Knight Ridder Newspapers would be putting less money Knight Ridder Newspapers into the public portion of the PHILADELPHIA — President system now, immediately WASHINGTON — Tom DeLay, Bush has promised to change increasing the burden on the the bare-knuckled conservative Social Security, but experts government — and on taxpay- Republican leader in the House caution that there is no easy fix ers. of Representatives, and Arlen for the federal retirement pro- “There will be costs,” the Specter, the moderate pro-abor- gram. president told reporters during tion-rights senator from Most agree the system is in his first post-election news Pennsylvania, are starkly differ- trouble. Among other reasons, conference. “But the cost of ent Republicans under attack baby boomers are aging and doing nothing ... is much from opposite ends of the politi- living longer, and there might greater than the cost of reform- cal spectrum. not be enough younger work- ing the system today.” But their Republican col- ers to contribute to the system When Bush appointed a leagues rallied to their sides this when those older folks start panel in 2001 to come up with week in a dramatic demonstra- collecting benefits. ways to fix Social Security, he tion of Congress’ instinct for self- Those pressures, along with insisted, “modernization must preservation. increasing Republican control include individually con- In the House, Republican law- of Congress, make the timing trolled, voluntary personal makers on Wednesday changed a ETE SOUZA/KRT ripe for some kind of change. retirement accounts, which decade-old rule to permit DeLay U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (left, R-Penn.), whose ascension to head the “I think it’s front and center will augment Social Security.” to retain his post as majority Senate Judiciary Committee might be in jeopardy, leaves a committee the week after the election,” The World Trade Center leader if he’s indicted in his home hearing with outgoing chairman, Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Tuesday. said Catherine Gordon, princi- attacks pushed Social Security state of Texas in connection with pal in the investment counsel- far down on the president’s an investigation into political Republican session. viduals face an uncomprehend- ing and research department at agenda. Now that he is focus- fund raising. DeLay, long a target Senate Republicans who are ing world outside the Congress,” Malvern, Pa.-based mutual- ing on it again, he may recom- of liberals and Democrats, has falling in behind Specter are get- said Ross K. Baker, a congres- fund giant Vanguard Group Inc. mend one of three solutions claimed that the Texas probe is a ting pressure from constituents sional scholar at Rutgers One likely approach, which proposed by the panel, which vendetta by a Democratic district who’ve been motivated by University. “It creates a bond the president has supported in included financial, budget and attorney. activist groups to oppose him. among them and causes them to concept if not in great detail: Social Security experts. Senate Republicans, mean- “I’ve heard about it at my kids’ set up protective mechanisms to personal savings accounts, All three proposals included while, firmed up their support for volleyball banquet, at church. prevent outsiders of all kinds — which would allow participants personal accounts, funded by a Specter, who’s come under attack The level of intensity is pretty from interests groups to the pres- to invest part of their Social portion of current Social from conservative and anti-abor- high,” said Sen. Sam Brownback, ident — from tampering with the Security contributions in stock Security wage taxes, depending tion groups as he prepares to R-Kan. workings of the institution.” and bond mutual funds. on the plan. assume the chairmanship of the But safeguarding the institu- The DeLay and Specter cases That, supporters say, could Workers would be allowed to Senate Judiciary Committee. tion often trumps such dangers. also showcase the differences provide a higher rate of return choose investments in person- Both cases illustrate Congress’ House members will go to great between the House and Senate. If than is provided by the current al accounts from a short list of determination to protect its own, lengths to protect those who the House runs on sheer political system, ensuring higher bene- stock and bond index funds, even if that has risks. House wield power and protect their muscle, then DeLay represents it fits for participants when they managed by private compa- Republicans are being accused of members’ interests. The Senate in its rawest form. He dispenses retire. nies. The limited choices were hypocrisy for changing rules they relies more on tradition, and its rewards and punishment. He was But personal savings designed to keep costs low and once claimed distinguished members are willing to with- the driving force behind the con- accounts alone will not solve to reduce the risk that partici- them from Democrats. stand a great deal of pressure to gressional redistricting effort that the system’s problems. In fact, pants will invest poorly. “It’s a slippery slope,” said Rep. avoid changing their hidebound cost four incumbent Texas personal savings accounts, if Even so, Gordon, the Christopher Shays, R-Conn., one ways. Democrats their seats on enacted without other Vanguard principal, said, per- of the handful of Republicans “Democrats and Republicans, Election Day and led a fifth to changes, could even aggravate sonal savings accounts would who voted against the DeLay rule liberal or conservative, House the situation: By investing in require educated investors. in a closed-door House members or senators, these indi- see REPUBLICANS, page 18 16 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Thursday, November 18, 2004 Grilled cheese Virgin Mary up for bid on eBay VIRGIN MARY shelf. Over the years, she said, continued from page 13 the sandwich has miraculously “People have e-mailed me: Can never decayed. “It doesn’t fall we eat her?” said the jewelry apart or crumble or anything,” designer. she said. Duyser said she fixed the sand- Three people, making six bids wich in the fall of 1994. No oil or each, hiked up the sandwich’s butter, just fried up plain on the value from $15,000 to $22,000. skillet. “I went to take a bite out of Sunday, however, eBay officials it, and then I saw this lady looking pulled the item from the site, back at me,” she recounted. “I thinking it was a joke. hollered for him,” she said, gestur- Tuesday, they relented, eBay ing to her husband Greg. “It scared spokesman Hani Durzy said from me at first.” the company’s San Jose, Calif., Indeed, the diagonally cut, thin headquarters. The Virgin Mary sandwich bears the image of a full- Grilled Cheese Sandwich was once faced woman whose cascading again on the block. locks are formed by the charred “In the grand scheme of things, bread. But the face seems more it’s probably one of the more barroom portrait than religious unusual things up on the site right icon. now,” Durzy said. Duyser, a non-practicing Duyser said she has no plans for Baptist, said she’s “not religious, any profit she may realize from the but I believe there’s something sandwich. And anyway, there’s there.” always the possibility of another ANDRES GONZALEZ/KRT Duyser encased the sandwich visitation. “Maybe she’ll come to Kiana Duyser, of Dania Beach, in a plastic box, nestled it among me in something else,” Duyser Florida, put half of a ten-year-old cotton balls and kept it on a said. sandwich up for auction on eBay. Library holds 80 million pages of records CLINTON other Democrats, costing individ- edits were done by the president. continued from page 1 uals “tens of thousands of dollars He read every little bit of this,” near downtown Little Rock, where in legal fees” and “wasting” mil- Podesta said. Clinton served as governor. It’ll be lions in taxpayers’ money. There is, obviously, more to the dedicated today in a ceremony “In this combustible climate, museum than impeachment. attended by President Bush and the Congressional Republicans The main hall lauds the achieve- former Presidents Carter, George took the politics of personal ments of Clinton’s terms, from eco- H.W. Bush and Clinton. destruction to a new level, using nomic growth to foreign-policy Once dedicated, the library’s 80 the subpoena power to investigate gains. It opens with a scoreboard million pages of records and 21 mil- Democrats ... and attempt to noting such improvements during lion e-mail messages will be turned change popular public policies by the Clinton years as the spread of over to the U.S. National Archives discrediting the president and democracy, the reduction in and Records Administration. members of his administration nuclear warheads, the increase in Clinton and the Clinton personally,” the display says. international trade and improve- Foundation worked with the “The fight for power culminated ments in literacy and health. archives in deciding how the muse- in two government shutdowns The lobby features an armored um would interpret his legacy. and an impeachment battle ... 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood that was It interprets the impeachment attempting to deny the very legiti- used as a presidential limousine. as part of an ugly power struggle. macy of the president’s election.” It’s part of an exhibit about Secret “In the 1990s, it became com- It mentions Lewinsky briefly, Service protection of the president mon right wing practice not just to and says that Clinton in that includes a video of agents attack Democrats’ ideas, but also September 1998 “acknowledged training. “The threat is ever pres- to question their motives, morals that he had not been forthcoming ent,” the video says. and patriotism,” the museum dis- about the relationship.” Another highlight is a full-scale play says. “The civility that once It quotes Gingrich as saying he replica of the Oval Office as it prevailed on Capitol Hill gave way pursued the impeachment appeared the day Clinton left to character assassination. The “because we can.” It doesn’t repeat office. It includes a replica of his politics of personal destruction Clinton’s later admission that he desk, family portraits, a display of was central to the Republican engaged in the affair “because I medallions from military bases he strategy.” could.” visited while in office and busts of After taking over the House of Podesta said Clinton was inti- Presidents John Kennedy, Harry Representatives in 1994, the dis- mately involved in selecting the Truman, Franklin Roosevelt, play says, Republicans used inves- exhibits and editing the texts that Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham tigations to go after Clinton and accompanied them. “The final Lincoln. Thursday, November 18, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL 17 Merger will decreases Sears, Kmart’s costs MERGER continued from page 13 and Kmart, based in Troy, Mich., under Sears Holding Corp. creates a $55 billion retailer with 2,350 stores plus 1,100 specialty retail stores that Sears operates. But it’s still a fraction of Wal-Mart, with sales of $256 billion a year and smaller than Atlanta-based Home Depot with annual sales of $65 billion. “This combination makes a ton of sense,” said Lewis, who joined Kmart on Oct. 18 and will become president of Sears Holding and chief executive officer of Sears Retail. “There is no doubt in my mind that we would have had a tremendous winning streak as a Martha Stewart Living is having all sorts of problems standalone company. I think the Omnimedia Inc., which rose 6.3 because of its global structure. I combination of these two great percent to $18.49, and May think there is such a thing that American retailers will allow us to Department Stores Inc., up by 7.8 you can get so big that you cannot turbocharge our business.” percent to close at $30.75. control your destiny.” The $11 billion deal makes Companies that could see Lampert, who will become sense from a financial standpoint increased competition from the chairman of the new Sears as the retailers expect to save $500 Sears-Kmart merger posted Holding, did not offer specifics million annually starting in the declines for the day. Wal-Mart fell about plans for what the new third year of the merged entity, 1.1 percent to $56.24 and Target retailer would be like, but did say but it adds more confusion to the Corp. closed down 0.7 percent to that the company would sell retail strategy of both brands, $51.02. Lowe’s Cos. Inc. also fell “nonproductive assets. We want analysts said. Kmart is best 0.7 percent to $57.67 and Home to make sure we stay focused on known for its apparel brands such Depot Inc. dropped 1.67 percent the biggest opportunities.” as Jaclyn Smith and home goods to $42.28. With a stockpile of $3.1 billion from Martha Stewart Everyday. Kurt Barnard, president of in cash, Kmart can buy the time it Sears’ biggest brands are in appli- Barnard’s Retail Consulting needs to experiment with new ances such as Kenmore and hard- Group in Nutley, N.J., said he concepts and cross-promotions ware like Craftsman. thinks the biggest merger in retail at both retailers, McTevia said. Sears sales have been stagnant history has a good chance of suc- While hundreds of Kmart’s for the last few years, but the cess. 1,430 stores will be converted to company has remained prof- “This is a great deal made in the Sears Grand concept, which itable. But in October, Sears heaven. First of all, it will create combines general merchandise reported sales and profit losses tremendous economies of scale with food items, both stores will for the third quarter — and its and much bigger price clout with continue operating as separate stock had fallen 31 percent over vendors and give Wal-Mart a run brands, Lampert said. the past year. for its money,” Barnard said. “This is going to be an enor- Sears caters to a middle-class “Sears and Kmart will look more mous undertaking. We are going merchandise mix and shopper, like Target and Kohl’s and give to need the best of the Kmart while Kmart customers fall into them a run for their money.” team as well as the Sears team. the poorest demographic, said Some retail observers have There will be a lot of work to do in Howard Davidowitz, chairman of long speculated that a merger converting Kmart stores into Davidowitz & Associates, a between Sears and Kmart would Sears stores where appropriate, national retail consulting and happen as Kmart Chairman bringing Sears products into investment banking firm in New Edward Lampert held a large Kmart stores,” Lampert said. York. stake in both. He is Kmart’s largest Alan Lacy, Sears chief executive “If you are Wal-Mart and shareholder and has about a 14.9 officer, who will become vice Target, you are having a party,” percent stake in Sears. chairman and chief executive Davidowitz said. “You are taking a Jim McTevia, chairman of officer of Sears Holding, said company that had a management McTevia & Associates, an there will be “head count” challenge, and you are making it Eastpointe, Mich.-based turn- changes, but did not specify how infinitely more complicated. around firm, who predicted the many positions would move from Competitors don’t believe, from merger two years ago, said he Troy to Hoffman Estates, where retail point of view, that this is thinks the new retailer will take a the new company will be based. going to work. I think it is more of chunk of Wal-Mart’s business. Kmart has about 144,000 employ- the same ... more cost cuts, more “I think you are going to see ees with about 2,000 at Troy head- sales of real estate, more sales of Sears become a one-stop shop quarters. Sears employs 249,000 divisions.” where people can go to get the people in the United States, Wall Street sent Kmart shares high end and the low end,” he Canada and Puerto Rico. It has up $7.78 to $109 and Sears stock said. “I think the new Sears will be 4,800 at its headquarters and rose $7.79 to $52.99. Other retail- the kind of size you need to com- operates 30 stores in Michigan ers joined in the rally, including pete effectively. I think Wal-Mart with 6,500 employees. 18 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Thursday, November 18, 2004 Nation’s largest teachers union supports Spellings APPOINTEES teachers union, the National husband said Wednesday. “I swear continued from page 13 Education Association, sent concilia- there’s not a job she couldn’t do, but I extend annual testing to high tory signals after an acrimonious know she has a passion for this job.” schools. relationship with Paige, who once Bush announced his appointment “We’ve made great progress in our called it a “terrorist organization.” of Miers in a statement shortly after schools, and there is more work to The group issued a statement saying the Spellings nomination, describing do,” Bush said in nominating Spellings’ nomination “offers a great the longtime aide as “a trusted advis- Spellings. “We must ensure that a opportunity” for a new accord er, on whom I have long relied for high school diploma is a sign of real between the administration and the straightforward advice.” achievement, so that our young peo- education community. Before teaming with Bush, Miers ple have the tools to go to college and The nomination exchanges one was president of the Dallas Bar to fill the jobs of the 21st century.” former Houstonian for another. Paige Association, a former member of the Spellings pledged that she’d vigor- served as administrator of the Dallas city council and a member of ously pursue Bush’s goal of ensuring Houston school system before joining the prestigious Dallas law firm Locke “that each and every child has the the Bush administration as the first Liddell & Sapp. After winning the skills and qualities necessary to real- black education secretary. Spellings gubernatorial race in 1994, Bush ize the American dream.” grew up in a middle-class home in named her to his transitional team Spellings worked closely with Sen. Houston and helped finance her edu- and later appointed her chairwoman Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and other cation at the University of Houston by of the Texas Lottery Commission dur- Senate leaders in helping to forge the working at a supermarket. ing a period of turbulence for that bipartisan support that led to passing “Whatever she takes on she does agency. the act. Although Kennedy has since well,” her mother, Peg Dudar, said in Her appointment to replace criticized the administration for a telephone interview. Spellings is an Gonzales, which doesn’t require inadequately funding the initiative, accomplished pianist and gourmet Senate confirmation, will put her in his spokesman, Jim Manley, said cook, and she exercises relentlessly. charge of all major legal matters the Spellings had “strong bipartisan sup- She and her husband, attorney-lob- White House confronts. She also will port within the halls of Congress,” byist Robert Spellings, each have two oversee all judicial nominations, suggesting that her nomination will children from previous marriages. assuming Gonzales’ role in trying to win easy confirmation in the Senate. “She’s got more common sense win Senate approval of some of Bush’s Similarly, the nation’s largest than anybody I’ve ever known,” her more controversial nominees. Republicans say Spector in no danger of losing chair REPUBLICANS power. Republican lawmakers now has 55 Republicans but requires 60 continued from page 15 will permit indicted leaders and com- votes to overcome filibusters, which retire. House Republicans think his mittee chairs to remain in their posts can be used to block nominees. leadership is key to their success. if a committee of party leaders deter- While discomfited by his com- “Everything is being played out at mines they should. ments, Senate Republicans said the margins, and power and holding Conservative activists have been Wednesday that Specter was not in power is the bottom line,” said Dan agitating against Specter since Nov. 3, danger of losing the chairmanship. Palazzolo, a political scientist and when he said Bush administration Palazzolo said that underscored the student of Congress at the University judicial nominees who oppose legal difference between the House and of Richmond. “He demonstrated his abortion would face difficulty in the Senate. ability to keep the majority intact.” Senate. “The Senate is protecting the indi- As a result, Palazzolo said, the Conservatives said Specter’s vidualism and the autonomy from House has much less regard for tradi- remarks disqualified him from outside partisan forces,” he said. “It’s tion or precedent. A rule that becoming chairman of the Judiciary clinging to some norms about senior- Republicans used 10 years ago to Committee, which sends judicial ity, reciprocity and respect for a col- shame Democrats for their own ethi- nominees to the Senate floor. Specter league. ... They have built a cocoon cal lapses is now jettisoned because it has said he was simply acknowledg- around him and insulated him from is an impediment to Republican ing the reality of the Senate, which it.” International 19 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 18, 2004

Engineers arrive in Military claims success in Mosul Fallujah to rebuild city

BY DOGEN HANNAH ground. and rocket-propelled grenades clashed FALLUJAH, Iraq — The first steps toward Knight Ridder Newspapers “Fallujah is secured,” said U.S. mili- with government forces. reconstruction in Fallujah were taken on tary spokesman Lt. Col. Steve Boylan. He After initially intense fighting in the Wednesday, and they were taken at a run, BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. and Iraqi offi- acknowledged, however, that “there are mostly Sunni Muslim city of Mosul, while crouching. cials claimed near-victory in their cam- still pockets of fighting that are occur- insurgents have given way to two Two dozen members of the 1st Marine paign to dislodge insurgents from two ring. ... There’s still holdouts that they brigades of U.S. and Iraqi forces, which Engineering Group crunched over gravel, key cities yesterday, even as fresh rebel [U.S. and Iraqi forces] are going after.” include special Iraqi units dispatched charred shell casings and broken glass, attacks peppered Iraq with violence Despite the military successes in from Baghdad and American soldiers rifles outward and bounding down a war- elsewhere. Fallujah and Mosul, violence continued redeployed from the Fallujah offensive. torn street that was once a commercial Reports also emerged yesterday that elsewhere in the country yesterday. The counterinsurgency operation strip. as many as 60 Iraqi police recruits were In the mostly Sunni Muslim town of focused on securing police stations in They duck-walked past the sounds of a abducted as they returned from training Baiji, about 150 miles north of Baghdad, half of Mosul, then moved on to stations nearby gunfight as it floated through eerily in Jordan earlier this week. Neither Iraqi militants reportedly attacked a U.S. con- in the other half yesterday. Troops empty streets. nor U.S. officials could immediately voy with a suicide car bomb, leaving at encountered “relatively little” evidence One gravelly voice broke the silence in a confirm the incident. If true, the abduc- least 10 civilians dead and nine injured. of insurgents who’d slipped into Mosul lull: “Does the word ‘apocalyptic’ apply?” tion would be the insurgents’ biggest Three U.S. soldiers reportedly were from Fallujah, the U.S. commander in As sporadic firefights continue convuls- seizure of government forces. wounded in the explosion and subse- Mosul said. ing Fallujah, military civil affairs officials In Mosul, about 225 miles north of quent gunfire. A U.S. military “We think that most of the insurgents already have tentatively moved into town, Baghdad, U.S. military officials reported spokesman had no immediate informa- we’re faced with here are local,” Brig. unable to wait longer for a mixture of facing only light resistance as U.S. tion on the report. Gen. Carter Ham, of Task Force Olympia, humanitarian and public relations reasons. troops reclaimed police stations and The road between Baghdad and its told CNN. They bring with them civil engineering neighborhoods that had been overrun main airport again came under attack U.S. and Iraqi forces were fighting expertise and suitcases full of contracts by insurgents last week. yesterday. In the morning, a suicide car pockets of insurgents on Mosul’s west worth more than $23 million — for solid In Fallujah, about 40 miles west of bombing on a convoy of armored vehi- side, with 90 percent of the city stable, waste and sewer equipment, landfills, new Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi forces warily cles injured three private security the Iraqi minister of provinces, Judge schools, sewer pumps and well water patrolled neighborhoods and continued guards. In the afternoon, gunmen Wael Abdel-Latif, told Knight Ridder. drilling. No one knows how much of the their treacherous building-to-building, sprayed another convoy with machine- However, a nighttime curfew remained work will go toward repairing damage street-by-street search for rebel gun fire. No one was injured. in effect and bridges over the Tigris inflicted in the seizure of the city and how diehards, weapons caches and home- In Iskandiriyah, a roadside bomb tar- River remained closed, he said, to “cor- much will address accumulated problems made bombs. Intense mortar and geting an Iraqi national guard convoy ner the terrorists and not allow them stemming from years of local neglect. artillery barrages and close cover from killed two soldiers and wounded three. any reinforcements, any food, any U.S. aircraft backed up troops on the In Ramadi, gunmen armed with rifles weapons.” — James Janega/KRT

French newspaper reports cirrhosis of liver killed Arafat BY MATTHEW SCHOFIELD fered from “intravascular coagu- Knight Ridder Newspapers lation,” a blood clotting condi- tion that can be a sign of late- PARIS — Palestinian leader stage liver failure and can be Yasser Arafat died of cirrhosis of consistent with cirrhosis. the liver, but French doctors Le Monde, citing “very good were loath to say so because of a sources,” reported that doctors common public belief that the couldn’t make an indisputable disease is the result of alco- diagnosis, however, since the holism, a French newspaper blood abnormality “is not a dis- reported yesterday. ease as such, but the symptom of The doctors, who weren’t a pathology, which in a patient of named because they were violat- his age is either of infectious ori- ing French law by discussing gin or of cancerous origin.” Arafat’s case, described Arafat as Doctors found no evidence of “a true water drinker” and not an cancer. alcoholic, according to the Dr. Sherwin Kevy, of Harvard paper, Le Canard Enchaine. The Medical School’s Center for weekly, whose name means “the Blood Research, said the two connected duck,” is well known diagnoses would be consistent for political satire and accurate with each other and would YOMIURI SHIMBUN/KRT investigations. explain the brain hemorrhage Cargo containers, carrying evidence related to 10 Japanese believed to have been abducted by North Korea, Allegations that Arafat was a and coma that Arafat reportedly are carried away from a government-chartered plane at Haneda Airport on Monday. Family members of heavy drinker — forbidden in suffered in his final days. abductees are skeptical of the evidence Pyongyang provided to prove their relatives had died in North Korea. Islam — would have clouded the Cirrhosis is a scarring of the mourning that began Nov. 11, liver. Scarred cells can’t perform when the 75-year-old died. their functions, so a severely Abductee families doubt N. Korean proof The report that Arafat was suf- scarred liver stops filtering blood fering from cirrhosis was bol- and producing the proteins the THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN A senior Foreign Ministry that the tests might not provide stered by an article in another body needs to function. official said: “I guess North a conclusive result, Hosoda French newspaper, Le Monde, TOKYO — Documents and Korea cooperated with us in its said: “I don’t know. There which said that Arafat had suf- see ARAFAT, page 21 other articles presented by own way, but that means noth- should be various ways to test North Korea on Japanese ing unless it leads to some the remains.” abductees are questionable and progress. The abductees’ fami- He added: “I’m disappointed only intended to support lies will never be satisfied with the talks ended without making Pyongyang’s claim that eight of this.” any progress. We were strongly U.S. Ambassador heads U.N. the 10 Japanese believed to Because North Korea provid- criticized by the abductees’ have been abducted to that ed a great deal of material, some families.” group to Africa to discuss Sudan country are dead and two did Japanese government officials Kim Chol Jun, who North not enter the country, accord- believe that North Korea has Korea says was Yokota’s hus- JON SAWYER from one of the middle seats. ing to Japanese government been much more cooperative band, refused to provide hair Knight Ridder Newspapers “I’m calling for a vote of confi- officials. than in the last two round of and blood samples because he dence,” said John Danforth, U.S. During six days of bilateral talks. belongs to “a special organiza- NAIROBI, Kenya — The ambassador to the United talks that ended Sunday in However, most government tion.” He also refused to provide ambassadors of the U.N. Nations and spearhead of the Pyongyang, North Korea pre- officials consider the material a photograph. Security Council were on a mis- idea of taking the council out of sented documents and photo- unreliable until it is proved A government source said it sion half way round the world, New York for only the fourth graphs concerning six of the credible. would be difficult to scientifi- aimed at sparking peace in time in half a century. abductees, and ashes it said For example, the ashes that cally determine whether Kim, Sudan, but first they had to Danforth’s fellow ambassa- were those of abductee Megumi North Korea insists are Yokota’s Yokota and Kim Hye Gyong, make it out of the front gate at dors laughed but there was Yokota. will be DNA-tested. Yokota’s North Korean daughter, U.N. headquarters in New York. nervousness too — concern that Mitoji Yabunaka, chief of the At a press conference are all related. The charter bus carrying the meetings Thursday and Friday Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Tuesday, Chief Cabinet When Yabunaka told the ambassadors tried to squeeze in Nairobi are as much a test of Oceanian Bureau, who headed Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said abductees’ families that Kim through the security gates in the Security Council’s own rele- the Japanese delegation, report- it would take a week to 10 days had said he belonged to a spe- front of U.N. headquarters, first vance and power as of the will- ed the results of the talks to run the DNA tests. cial organization, the family from one angle and then from ingness of Sudan’s many fac- Prime Minister Junichiro However, it is difficult to test members said they did not another, finally backing out on tions to end wars and ethnic Koizumi and family members of ashes for DNA. to First Avenue on Tuesday. the abductees Monday. Asked about the possibility see NORTH KOREA, page 21 A familiar baritone rang out see SUDAN, page 23 20 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Thursday, November 18, 2004 Thursday, November 18, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 21 Cirrhosis cited as main cause of death ARAFAT continued from page 19 The disease is frequently associated with alcoholism but has many other caus- es, including viral infections, inherited dis- orders, and, in Northern Africa, parasites. The doctors didn’t single out a cause. “The causes of his death were many,” said one quoted by Le Canard. Another noted, “His living condition these past three years did not help matters.” Until he was hospitalized, Arafat had been confined to a few rooms in a presi- dential compound in Ramallah since December 2001. He got little exercise and suffered frequent illnesses. Yesterday’s news stories were the first since Arafat’s death to quote doctors famil- iar with his care amid a rising clamor among Palestinian leaders for a better explanation of what killed him. Many Palestinians believe he might have been poisoned by Israel while some Israeli news results.” reports have suggested that he had AIDS. Libdeh said only official records would “To an uninformed public, cirrhosis stop the rumor that Arafat was poisoned. means alcoholism,” said a doctor who Le “We are willing to accept whatever the Canard said had access to Arafat and his records tell us,” he said. “But we must be medical file during the nearly two weeks able to see the records.” he spent in a military hospital in suburban Michel Barnier, France’s foreign minis- Paris. “For that reason, it was not possible ter, has rejected an official Palestinian to mention it.” request for the records, saying the privacy The reports won’t satisfy Palestinian law “protects all the most famous people authorities. Hassan Abu Libdeh, the chief and all the most anonymous.” of staff for Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, But he said he could report, again, that said the Palestinian leadership wouldn’t Arafat wasn’t poisoned. Doctors told offi- accept second-hand reports. Qureia cials that before Arafat died, he said. ordered an inquiry Wednesday into The Canard story said doctors realized Arafat’s death, directing a commission to shortly after Arafat arrived by French mili- take testimony from Palestinian and other tary transport from Amman, Jordan, that Arab doctors who treated him. Arafat had “what is called mechanical cir- “I don’t think official documents come rhosis,” or a severity of cirrhosis that made in newspapers or magazines,” Libdeh said. it difficult for the liver to function. “They come in the form of official records. “The most likely scenario is that there With all due respect to French privacy law, were multiple causes of death,” the story the Palestinian people sent their president said. Arafat’s coma “was caused by the [to France] to find out what was wrong aggravation of the cirrhosis, and the result with him. They have a right to know the of that was a hemorrhage.” Members of the Japanese parliament expect calls for sanctions to be louder NORTH KOREA The delegation was unable to report the continued from page 19 details of the talks to or ask for advice from believe it. government officials in Japan while they Documents provided on abductees were in North Korea because the tele- Kaoru Matsuki and Yaeko Taguchi are also phone conversations might have been of questionable value. wiretapped. A Liberal Democratic Party member Both the ruling and opposition parties said, “North Korea only provided data that in Japan expressed their dissatisfaction supports its claim in an attempt to end the with the results of recent working-level abduction issue.” talks with North Korea. The material provided on Yokota was Pyongyang reiterated its previous asser- particularly abundant and detailed. tion that eight of the 10 Japanese believed Given that Yokota’s parents are the lead- by Japan to have been abducted by North ers of the group of abductees’ families, the Korea were dead and two had not entered government and other family members the country. No progress was seen toward suspect North Korea may have been trying the return of the 10. to weaken public interest by proving that An executive of ruling coalition party Yokota was dead. New Komeito said, “Calls for economic Ryutaro Hirata, from the families’ liai- sanctions will become louder now.” son group, said: “North Korea told the Former Economy, Trade and Industry Japanese delegation it didn’t have any Minister Takeo Hiranuma, the head of the decisive evidence because the special lawmakers’ group the Parliamentary organization burned it all, so it had to look League for Early Repatriation of Japanese for old documents. I don’t see much Citizens Kidnapped by North Korea, criti- proof.” cized Pyongyang’s response, saying, Meanwhile, North Korea acceded to “Nothing has changed from two years ago many of Japan’s demands as to how the [when North Korea admitted its abduc- talks should be conducted. tions of Japanese].” The Japanese delegation received an House of Representatives member explanation from Jin Il Bo, a senior official Yoshihide Suga, who compiled the Liberal from the People’s Security Ministry — Democratic Party’s economic sanctions North Korea’s state police — who is in plan, indicated his intentions by saying: charge of the task force that is reinvestigat- “The information presented by North ing the fates of the 10 abductees. Korea was insufficient and we don’t see It was Jin’s first appearance at the dis- any sign that they plan to conduct a seri- cussion table, and meant that the Japanese ous investigation. Pressure for economic delegation was able to ask more intensive sanctions is increasing.” questions. Minshuto (the Democratic Party of The delegation also met officials at a Japan) lower house member Jin hospital where some of the abductees are Matsubara, who also is a member of the believed to have stayed. nonpartisan lawmakers’ group on the The delegation spent nearly 50 hours in abduction issue, said, “If North Korea discussions and field research. doesn’t show sufficient sincerity, the Diet In addition, North Korea treated the should move toward economic sanctions Japanese delegation surprisingly well. immediately.” It dispatched a Mercedes-Benz to take It was expected that in an emergency Yabunaka and the others from the airport meeting of the group set for Tuesday, the to downtown Pyongyang on the first day of hard-line opinion that the government the talks, and made no objections to the should impose sanctions would be pre- delegation returning to Japan on a sented. Japanese government-chartered plane. But some are cautious about imposing But some say that giving in to Japanese sanctions. An LDP executive said: “Even if demands was a tactic to soften criticism in economic sanctions are imposed, the situ- Japan. ation won’t improve. Instead, it may hard- 22 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Thursday, November 18, 2004 Thursday, November 18, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 23 Human rights groups criticize U.N. for being to lax with Sudanese government SUDAN the ambassadors stood in a tran- since by the wholesale pillaging continued from page 19 sit lounge outside a Taco Bell. of African villages by the Arab cleansing that have claimed two The television monitors over- Muslim militias known as “jan- million lives over the last 20 head were tuned to CNN, as it jaweed.” years and driven 1.6 million happened to a report about this Charles Snyder, the State individuals from their homes very trip. Department’s lead negotiator on just this year. At that point the ambassadors Sudan, said late Wednesday that That concern was manifest were debating a draft that representatives of the Sudan during the running diplomatic included references to two government and the southern maneuvers that marked the 16- Security Council resolutions on rebels had pledged to sign a hour flight from New York to Sudan earlier this year but memorandum of understanding Nairobi. The council ambassa- stripped of explicit reference to Thursday that would commit dors, aides and a half dozen the region’s growing violence. them to complete the peace reporters were flying on a spe- Shortly before touchdown in process by Dec. 31. Sudan’s gov- cially outfitted Boeing 757 used Nairobi, Danforth’s aides circu- ernment was also promising to as the back-up plane for the vice lated yet another draft, this one make an appeal to the world for president and the secretary of making clear that any U.N. help in resolving the Darfur cri- state. action would be “subject to a sis, he said. Snyder called the Danforth wants the resolution further decision by the council.” signals cause for optimism but to focus on resolving the On arrival in Nairobi ambas- added, “that assumes they do north/south war, but he also sadors were hopeful that they what they say they’ll do.” wants strong language on had the makings of a deal, Human rights groups and Darfur, the region where Sudan’s although Chinese Ambassador Sudan specialists have decried government stands accused of Wang Guangya said he would this week’s Security Council trip genocide by the State have to consult further with as the latest in a series of what Department and U.S. Congress. Beijing. they view as toothless gestures. Sudan’s allies on the council dis- What happens in Nairobi this They want the United States and pute that characterization, week will be a test for Danforth the United Nations to be oppose the imposition of sanc- himself, the former Missouri tougher on the Sudanese gov- tions, and are using the general senator who became President ernment. desire for a consensus vote to Bush’s special envoy for Sudan in “They’re going down the press the U.S. delegates for soft- 2001 and in July was named U.N. wrong road,” said John er language. ambassador. Prendergast, a National Security “It would be disastrous to Sudan’s government and lead- Council official under former come all the way to Nairobi and ers of the principal southern President Bill Clinton and now a have abstentions,” said rebel movement have for more Sudan specialist with the Ambassador Abdallah Baali of than a year been on the verge of International Crisis Group. “It’s Algeria. “We must speak with a final peace treaty, one that has quite clear from the draft ideas one voice.” Baali is a leader of remained tantalizingly out of circulating that this will be Sudan sympathizers among reach. Leaders of both sides will another milquetoast resolution, council members dubbed the take part in this week’s meetings. of the kind that Jack Danforth “Darfur Four” — Algeria, China, Danforth hopes to nudge the seems to be specializing in.” Russia and Pakistan. treaty past the finish line with a Jemera Rone, Sudan specialist Algeria and Pakistan are pre- Security Council resolution that at Human Rights Watch, said dominantly Muslim, as is the holds out the promise of hun- Sudan’s government had ignored government of Sudan. China dreds of millions of dollars in U.N. calls since May to disband and Russia have extensive busi- international aid once peace and prosecute members of the ness interests in Sudan and a comes. “janjaweed.” She cited a Human long record at the United But in the meantime Sudan Rights Watch report on Sudan’s Nations of opposing interven- has been wracked by the out- forcible relocation of individuals tion in the internal affairs of break of violence in the western in Darfur displacement camps member states. region of Darfur, a conflict that as recently as last week. As the jet refueled at the U.S. began in February 2003 with “I don’t think it was a bad Naval Air Base in Rota, Spain, at rebel attacks on government idea” to go to Nairobi, Rone said, 3 a.m. yesterday, Spanish time, facilities but has been marked “but not all good ideas work.” 24 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Thursday, November 18, 2004 CROSSWORD DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU

FOX TROT BY BILL AMEND

DILBERT BY SCOTT ADAMS

NON SEQUITUR BY WILEY

HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (Nov. 18) — Your temper may flare at a situation where you feel out of control. It’s like trying to stop the tide by grabbing handfuls of waves as they come in. Accept what’s so, for starters.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — You can’t Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Rebellion may afford to sign up for an expensive class right now, be stirring within you, don’t take it out on your but situations change. Save your money and finish co-workers. Use it to motivate yourself to be up what you’ve begun. even more creative.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Don’t make Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — The more a lot of noise about it, just firmly maintain your you ponder, the more things you see that proba- position. Stay secure without drawing much bly aren’t going to work. Don’t be discouraged, attention to yourself. this is the reason you’re doing this review.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — The thrill of Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — You’re possible new adventures could definitely get in headed for a roadblock, and possibly some frus- the way of the boring old routine you’re supposed tration. Just when you figure out how to do to follow now. Don’t let that create a problem. something, somebody else won’t let you do it. Be patient. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Love clashes with business temporarily. It’s a difficult choice. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — You’ll see, Put big purchases on hold for a while, and take pretty soon, how important it is to keep financial care of your family first. matters private. If you lose, you’ll get kidded. If you win, they’ll be jealous. Just don’t bring up the Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Continue to matter at all. voice your considerations. Don’t let yourself be bullied. If you don’t mention something that Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Continue to you’re not comfortable about, nobody will. support your dream, but you can be forgiven if you’re a little elusive about explaining what it is. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Do what’s You shouldn’t show your critics or competition needed to make sure services promised are unfinished work. being provided. This exercise pays more than just money; it’s good for your reputation. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Fantasies turn into plans that turn into innovations that really happen. Somebody’s going to transform your life. If you don’t do it, who will?

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TODAY TOMORROW University Chaplaincy Chaplain's Table- Religion and the Arts "Romanesque Church Portals: Visions of the End of the World" Speaker: Janis Manzo, A' 02, Graduate Student Art History, UMass Amherst. 5-7 p.m. Macphie Conference Room, Thursday 11-8-04. LATE NIGHT AT THE DAILY

Noon Hour Concert Series Title: Biber, Casadesus, Schumann. Performed by: Anatole Wieck, Violin/Viola/Viola D'amore and Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta, Piano. Goddard Chapel, “Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake 12:30-1:00 p.m. Thursday, 11-18-04. analysis of the obvious.”

— Alfred North Whitehead Thursday, November 18, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS | CLASSIFIEDS 25

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We put on the full court DALLAS — Ohio State actually wel- self as long as you’re not talking about press and swooped back for a two-point comed NCAA gumshoes to Columbus this someone else,” Tressel said. “So I think for win. It wasn’t the most impressive of wins, Down by two with fewer than week. us to be able to say that we understand but then again, neither were some of the ESPN would have been another story. our responsibilities, we take them seri- Patriots’ wins in their unbeaten streak. As five seconds remaining, we The sports media giant, which broke ously and we feel good about who we are long as you get it done, right? the latest round of allegations regarding is not unfair to anyone, and it certainly is A few more tune-up wins and it was missed an easy layup, recovered former Buckeye Maurice Clarett, had pre- fair to us.” playoff time. In the semifinals, we went up liminary discussions about a GameDay Actually, Ohio State did target Clarett against the international basketball team. the rebound and got fouled, broadcast this weekend. and ESPN. Luckily for us, it was IM basketball, not IM Eventually, ESPN chose Brigham Besides denying Clarett’s claims of soccer. We took a 10-0 lead, and after some missed the first free throw, Young-Utah instead of Michigan-Ohio receiving cash from boosters or being confusion on their part — they didn’t seem State, which is probably a good thing. paid for non-existent jobs, Geiger noted to realize that there’s no shot clock in intra- intentionally missed the second, “It probably would have been our judg- that Clarett once criticized the school for mural basketball and that we could thus ment, had we been asked, to ask them to not allowing him to attend a friend’s run the four corners in the final few min- recovered the carom, and go someplace else on this particular day,” funeral. utes — we pulled out the victory. athletic director Andy Geiger said in an “The young man who he wanted to The win vaulted us into the champi- missed another shot as time impromptu 50-minute news conference. visit in terms of a funeral had been dead onship game rematch against School Bus. Geiger said far, far more this week. So for 10 days with 12 bullets in him,” Geiger If we were the Pistons, they were the expired. did football coach Jim Tressel. said. “He had five days off in the interim Lakers, with two big guns (Hara and Ludd, To borrow a phrase, the empire struck where he could have gone...and yet we and role players like Elad Cohen, better back. were called liars, and we were pretty well known as that kid you see hawking Red And that was that. I’m not sure what The bottom line: Ohio State is not yield- whipped by him.” Bull all over campus). Unfortunately, this went wrong. Maybe School Bus, like ing any ground or conceding any possible Geiger also apparently has problems wasn’t the 2004 NBA Finals. George W. Bush, just had God’s mandate to wrongdoing or violation. separating the broadcast and promotion Jamil (back from his concussion but tak- win. Maybe the loss was our comeuppance The Buckeyes are portraying them- aspects of ESPN from the journalistic arm. ing care to not come too close to me on the for playing for the t-shirt. After the loss, ref- selves as the aggrieved party, put upon by He said ESPN’s agenda was a “mystery” to court) had an unconscious first half, eree Randy Newsom told me, “I couldn’t a disgruntled former player with a credi- him. knocking in three pointer after three point- believe you guys lost, but I’m glad you did. bility problem and overzealous national That’s not the only mystery in er. We made our comeback in the second You were too good for this league anyway.” reporting. Columbus. half, of course, and we had our chances. Yeah, that’s probably true. But we want But I missed a clean look at a trey. We blew the t-shirts to prove it. So, after taking a hia- a 3-on-1 fast break. We had a technical foul tus this semester, we’ll be back, upgraded called against us for hounding the inbound and improved in ways you can’t even fath- passer. Down by two with fewer than five om. School Bus, be afraid, very afraid. We’re Squad to remain focused at Nationals seconds remaining, we missed an easy coming for ya. CROSS COUNTRY “I think it’s true that for the first time continued from page 28 that when we go, 20 teams are going to away, he promised me that.” be looking at us and saying, ‘That’s a Indeed, in a large, densely packed good team, there’s Tufts, look out,’” race, staying tight and minimizing their Putnam said. “And that’s great because Coach, players have the off-season to delta is of the utmost importance for the I’ve worked 21 years for that kind of Jumbos. atmosphere and we should be proud.” reflect on the fall’s ups and downs “The difference from eighth place to And with Brigham, Bromka, and 23rd is so slight that a juxtaposition of McNamara running in their final cross FOOTBALL 57 catches. two or three spots can make a big differ- country meet, the Jumbos don’t want to continued from page 28 Brown led the defense with three inter- ence,” Putnam said. let this opportunity get away. supportive of [junior] Casey D’Annolfo ceptions, and sophomore Chris And it’s hard to say exactly who will “In past years maybe we were a little and never let individual concerns cloud Decembrele and Lawrence had 73 and 72 finish where. Tufts is ranked fifth, behind overwhelmed by the plane ride or the his role as a captain of this team.” tackles, respectively. The duo also com- Calvin College, Wisconsin-La Crosse, atmosphere of the race,” Brigham said. “Those guys held the group together,” bined for 17 tackles for loss and six-and-a- North Central College, and Haverford, “This year I feel like we’ve done it the coach continued. “They did exactly half sacks. but McNamara admitted that the rank- enough to know exactly what to expect. what was necessary to fill the role of cap- “I still think this was a good team,” ings are fickle. We’ve been talking everyday about how tains.” Samko said. “They took care of each other “Who’s to say we’re not going to beat we’re going to run. We’re confident, The Jumbos were led offensively this and motivated each other. They did a ter- Haverford?” Putnam said. “Who’s to say hopeful, and excited.” season by senior Steve Cincotta, who bat- rific job dealing with outside influences.” someone won’t beat us? How can you “I think we’re less excited about travel- tled through injuries for the second “It was a frustrating season, and it’s know if they’re better than us if we ing and totally excited about what we’re straight year to gain 424 rushing yards. going to be a long winter for me, but we’ll haven’t raced them?” going out there to do,” Putnam said. Casey and D’Annolfo, splitting time at be better next year, mark my words. I real- Still, Tufts’ high ranking will mean that “They feel like they have one step left on quarterback, threw for over 1,100 yards. ly respect this team though — there are a many teams will be looking at them as a the agenda. They’ve had this day marked Senior Kevin Holland had a productive whole bunch of individuals that I have bona fide contender. down for 12 months.” year at wide receiver, gaining 592 yards on good, strong positive feelings about.” 26 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Thursday, November 18, 2004 Ferrigno used team funds to Hockey opens new season tomorrow purchase questionable laptop MEN’S SOCCER mous player, “C,” said. continued from page 28 “I was pretty baffled when I and in past years, Ferrigno was told that he used the money requested that his Tufts soccer for a computer,” said Conroy, players work as counselors at who had worked at the spring the camp for two weeks during camp in previous years but was the summer. Players who abroad this past spring. “[The worked for both weeks were computer] was used to watch paid for both weeks, but those game footage, but it was 18 kids who worked only one week sitting around a 15 inch laptop.” were not compensated at all, Last spring, Ferrigno request- players said. ed that his players paint his According to the players, office in Halligan Hall, again Ferrigno told the team mem- under the auspices of team bers that their time staffing his bonding. The players said that camp would be used to pro- they were broken up into sever- mote team chemistry and work- al groups and were never ing in informal captains’ prac- together as a team. tices before the official presea- “It was completely ridicu- son began. lous,” player C said. “He called “I dropped my training and it team bonding, but it was pret- the end of my summer at home ty unanimous throughout the to come. We were told that it team that it was just a scheme.” would be time to bond and “It was totally mandatory,” work together as a team, but we senior Brett Wong said. “There were no direct threats, but we were all split up from the start Tufts’ hockey team, assumed that it would affect our and didn’t train,” player A said. shown here at prac- playing time.” “It was an excuse to have Tufts tice at the Malden Another incident players players market his product.” Forum on Tuesday complained of was that after Senior captain Scott Conroy night, opens its 2004- the summer camp ended this was one of several players who 2005 season tomor- year, there was a one week did not attend the camp this row at Norwich. The interim period before the pre- fall. Jumbos return season officially began. Players “I knew it wouldn’t pay. I had numerous players said that Ferrigno told them an internship at the time and from last year’s 8-15- that it would be a good idea to that was more important to me 1 campagin. Look for stay and train together, saying than working for no pay,” a preview in tomor- that he would provide a field, Conroy said. “There weren’t row’s Daily. consequences for me, but I balls, and a goal with which to don’t think it affected me the play. KELLY O’BRIEN/TUFTS DAILY same as it might have a sopho- According to players, more or junior [who had not Ferrigno then did not provide attended] who not been in the these resources. The players SCHEDULE | Nov. 15 — Nov. 21 program as long as I had.” asked Athletic Director Bill Players cited two incidents Gehling if they could use the MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN that occurred last spring that Tufts fields. He responded by made them feel exploited. saying that that would be Men’s Cross NCAA Champs @ Over spring break last year, against NESCAC regulations for Country Wisconsin-Eau Claire Ferrigno employed several Tufts pre-season training. players for another camp ses- “I was excited about their Women’s NCAA Champs @ sion. The players were told that enthusiasm and desire, but it Cross Country Wisconsin-Eau Claire money would be paid into a was in violation of NESCAC conference rules [regarding Tufts soccer fund for their work. Lopata St. Louis, preseason training].” Gehling Men’s According to these players, Basketball Ferrigno told them that the said. “They were specifically Classic @ MO team would get to decide how told not to play there.” to use that money. Players say After a fruitless search for Women’s Tufts Tufts that after the camp, Ferrigno local Somerville fields on which Basketball Invitational Invitational bought a laptop with the funds to play, the players, led by sen- without consulting the team, ior captain Matt Sullivan, used @ Norwick @ St Michael’s Hockey claiming that it would be used the Tufts fields despite 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. for the squad to watch game Gehling’s warning. film. After this was discovered, Squash @ @ @ Harvard “We were told money would Ferrigno took disciplinary Dartmouth Dartmouth go to the team. Then he bought action by stripping Sullivan of a laptop, which in no way his captaincy, a move that was helped the team. It was his per- widely criticized by the rest of JUMBOCAST sonal computer,” a third anony- the team.

STATISTICS | STANDINGS Field Hockey Football Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Coed Sailing Rankings Final NESCAC Standings Final NESCAC Standings Final NESCAC Standings Final NESCAC Standings as of Nov 2 2004 CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE POINTS CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL Rank, Team (Previous Rank) Team W L Pct W L Team W L Pct PF PA Team W L T Pct W L T Team W L T Pct W L T 1. USC (1) Middlebury 9 0 1.000 15 1 Trinity 8 0 1.000 310 52 Williams 7 1 1 .833 12 2 2 Middlebury 7 0 2 .889 13 0 3 2. St. Mary’s (6) Bowdoin 6 3 .667 10 5 Amherst 6 2 ..750 192 125 Middlebury 6 1 2 .778 12 3 2 Amherst 6 0 3 .833 9 2 4 3. Yale (2) Williams 6 3 .667 14 3 Colby 6 2 .750 158 65 Bowdoin 6 3 0 .667 10 6 0 Tufts 5 1 3 .722 7 4 3 4. Brown (11) Wesleyan 6 3 .667 11 4 Williams 6 2 .750 183 111 Wesleyan 5 3 1 .611 9 6 1 Bates 4 3 2 .556 9 4 2 5. Georgetown (9) Tufts 5 4 .556 10 6 Middlebury 4 4 .500 167 169 Bates 5 3 1 .611 10 4 1 Bowdoin 4 4 1 .500 9 6 1 6. Dartmouth (7) Trinity 4 5 .444 8 7 Wesleyan 3 5 .375 131 222 Amherst 5 4 0 .556 10 5 0 Williams 3 5 1 .389 9 5 3 7. Hobart/William Smith (5) Colby 3 6 .333 9 7 Bates 2 6 .250 138 204 Tufts 4 5 0 .444 8 6 1 Conn College 3 6 0 .333 9 7 0 8. Boston College (4) Amherst 3 6 .333 5 8 Bowdoin 2 6 .250 149 217 Trinity 2 7 0 .222 3 9 2 Colby 2 5 2 .333 7 5 2 9. Harvard (10) Conn College 2 7 .222 5 9 Tufts 2 6 .250 75 139 Colby 1 7 1 .167 5 7 2 Trinity 3 6 0 .333 7 6 1 10. Kings Point (3) Bates 1 8 .111 3 11 Hamilton 1 7 .125 132 331 Conn College 1 8 0 .111 3 11 0 Wesleyan 1 8 0 .111 3 11 0 11. Tufts (8) 12. Stanford (12) Final Individual Statistics Final Individual Statistics Final Individual Statistics Final Individual Statistics Scoring Player Scoring Scoring Men’s Cross Country Player G A Pts Rushing Att Yds TD Player G A Pts Player G A Pts Rankings as of Nov. 2 2004 Dana Panzer 12 9 33 Steve Cincotta 111 424 1 Todd Gilbert 5 7 17 Ariel Samuelson 4 0 8 Rank, Team (Region) Jason Casey 60 157 1 Mattia Chason Sarah Callaghan 3 2 8 Lea Napolitano 6 5 17 4 1 9 1. Calvin College (GL) 3 2 8 Brendan Georges 49 176 0 Ben Castellot 4 1 9 Martha Furtek 3 2 8 Jeanne Grabowski 2. North Central College (MW) Jennie Sachs 2 1 5 Brian Cammuso 51 175 1 Mike Guigli 4 0 8 Jen Baldwin 3 1 7 3. Wisconsin-La Crosse (MW) Illeana Katz 2 0 4 Casey D’Annolfo 33 -11 1 Bob Kastoff 1 3 5 Becky Greenstein 1 4 6 Kathleen Martin 1 2 4 Totals 315 924 4 Dan Jozwiak 2 1 5 Lauren Fedore 2 1 5 4. Haverford College (ME) No. Yds TD Stacey Watkins 1 1 3 Receiving Greg O’Connell 1 0 2 Sarah Gelb 2 0 4 5. Tufts University (NE) 57 592 1 1 1 3 Kevin Holland Alex Bedig 1 0 2 Lindsay Garmirian 1 1 3 6. Willamette University (W) Jayme Heller 11 209 3 Tracy Rittenour 1 1 3 Steve Menty Matt Maloney 1 0 2 Catherine Benedict 1 0 2 7. College of New Jersey (A) Chris Roy 8 107 0 MeghanBecque 1 0 2 Mike Lingenfelter 0 2 2 Annie Benedict 0 1 1 Brian VonAncken 7 80 1 8. DePauw (GL) 1 0 2 Ben Kallechey 0 1 1 Cate Meeker 0 1 1 Lizzy Oxler Totals 103 1108 5 9. Wisconsin-Stevens Point (MW) Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% Goalkeeping GA Sv Sv% Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD 10. WIlliams College (NE) Matt Sullivan (8-5-0) Meg McCourt (6-3-2) 14 47 .770 Angela Rappoli (3-3) 9 37 .804 Jason Casey 103-56-8 577 2 20 75 .789 Annie Ross (0-0-1) 3 10 .769 Duffy-Cabana (7-3) 11 44 .800 Casey D’Annolfo 78-72-3 531 3 Scott Conroy (0-1-1) 5 19 .792 Totals 181-128-11 1108 5 Thursday, November 18, 2004 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 27 BEN HOFFMAN | THE LEFTY GROOVE INSIDE THE NBA Faded IM New-look Lakers get off to a shaky start BY ADAM COOPERSTOCK Glory Contributing Writer The Los Angeles Lakers had a success- ahahahahahaha. Sorry, that’s just ful 2003-04 season. They finished second me sobbing at School Bus’ tale of in the Western Conference and advanced to the NBA Finals, where they fell to the Hheartbreaking defeat in the Detroit Pistons in five games. They failed recent B league intramural basketball to win the finals despite having arguably the two best players in the league in championship (“Basketball team School Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. Bus rolls through season only to wreck in However, the season was merely a prel- ude to the activity that would occur final,” Nov. 11). within the team during the off-season. The ongoing feud between O’Neal and See, I happen to know something about Bryant escalated to a fever pitch, and School Bus and an undefeated team rolling this was a major contribution to coach into an intramural basketball champi- Phil Jackson’s resignation shortly after onship. Only it wasn’t School Bus that was the season’s end. The Lakers explored “seemingly unbeatable” heading into the several candidates to replace Jackson 2004 spring finals. Back then, a team unlike and finally settled on Rudy Tomjanovich. no other in the history of intramural B As far as players, the Lakers were in a league basketball entered the champi- situation where either Bryant or Shaq onship game undefeated. had to leave the team before the next (Yes, it was B league, and yes, we know season. The team’s front office preferred we would have gone around .500 in A Kobe’s longevity to Shaq’s dominance, league, and no, we didn’t care, we just and signed Bryant to a seven year, $140 wanted championship t-shirts). million deal. They put O’Neal on the My team, Indian-American Dynasty open market, and Shaq landed on the (IAD), didn’t just beat teams, we dissected Miami Heat in exchange for Lamar them. Our offense wasn’t always great. But Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant. our defense was Detroit Pistons nasty. Let’s Shaq and Kobe both arrived in L.A. in meet the core of the roster. Be aware that 1996. Kobe was a rookie that the Lakers I’ve added an inch to everyone’s real height, obtained in the draft through a trade, just like they do on NBA rosters, and three while Shaq was already a star when he inches for me. was signed from the Orlando Magic. Josh (5’11”): Clutch combo guard who However, while it took Kobe until the was good at everything and did a little bit of 1999-2000 season to make a major everything — shot, passed, brought the ball impact, Shaq’s mark was made immedi- up, crashed the boards, and played D. As ately. O’Neal averaged at least 25 ppg MICHAEL GOULDING/KRT added bonuses, he looks like the fifth and 10 rpg every season until his last Without Shaq in L.A., the Lakers are off to a .500 start. Unless Kobe Bryant can get his Beatle, is a Philadelphia Eagles fan, and season in L.A., when his scoring average teammates involved more effectively, the Lake Show will no longer be a threat in the actually lives in Zeta Psi. dropped to 21 ppg. At the end of last sea- Western Conference. Short Aman (5’9”): Member of the son, the Lakers decided, partly because Frisbee team aka the Tufts Emen. Scrappy of need and partly because of desire, to Lakers’ starters’ shots. Free from the well. There was Penny Hardaway in on offense, pesky on defense, did the little send Shaq elsewhere. The results thus far confinement of Jackson’s triangle Orlando, Kobe in L.A., and now he has an things and even played hurt, Willis Reed have been less than flattering. offense, he has chosen to try and run the emerging star in second-year guard style. The Shaq-less Lakers are off to a 4-4 team mostly by himself despite the fact Dwyane Wade in Miami. Tall Aman (6’3”): Another member of the start, which is good for third place in the that the attention he is given by oppos- The departures of O’Neal and Jackson, Tufts Emen, former club volleyball player, Pacific Division and enough for the last ing defenses ultimately frees up his as well as guards Gary Payton and Derek and defensive stalwart who also carried us playoff spot in the West if the playoffs teammates. Fisher and forward Karl Malone, mean offensively at times, particularly in the started today. Three of those victories Without O’Neal the Lakers have a gap- that only Bryant, Devean George, Slava semifinals. came over the Houston Rockets without ing hole in their front court that has been Medvedenko and Kareem Rush remain Ben (6’0”): The top point guard and Tracy McGrady, as well as the weak New inadequately filled. In addition to Odom of the Lakers team that won three three point threat, with the exception of the Orleans Hornets and Atlanta Hawks. and Grant, the Lakers brought Vlade straight NBA titles. With so few key play- said semifinals when he shot 2-23. The Lakers dealt Shaq with the expec- Divac back from the Sacramento Kings, ers from the recent past left, this Lakers Received a tryout with the Charlotte tation that Bryant would be able to com- but he has been injured and unable to team pales in comparison to the Lake Bobcats. pensate for his loss, but Kobe has only contribute so far. However, none of these Show of a few years back. Mike (6’4”): The weak link on the team. done this to a certain extent. He’s averag- players, individually or combined, can While L.A. will be in playoff con- Good skills gone to waste due to mental ing 28.3 ppg, which about equals his replace Shaq’s contributions on both tention, it is unreasonable to expect the frailty, physical injuries, and just plain apa- career best, but has been shooting a ends of the floor. Lakers to have the kind of success that thy. Just kidding; he was actually one of the career-low 38.9 percent from the field, O’Neal is arguably the most dominant they have had in the past several years. It MVPs of the team. the lowest field-goal percentage among NBA player of all-time, certainly of the isn’t even a guarantee that they’ll be Rishi (5’11”): probably one of the nicest the Lakers’ starting five. past several years. One All-Star and two making the postseason anymore in the people on campus. Nifty ball skills, good In addition, Bryant isn’t doing enough fairly talented veterans cannot fill the very strong Western Conference. While shooter. to allow his new teammates to con- void left by his departure. He has Bryant gives them hope, the Lakers may PK (6’3”): Quick, athletic, and long. tribute. His assists per game are at their brought teams success wherever he has have a tough road ahead in asserting Played at a frenetic pace. lowest level since the 1999-2000 season, played by putting up great numbers as themselves as one of the NBA’s elite Jeremy (6’5”): Extremely athletic mem- and he has taken over a third of the well as letting other players help out as teams. ber of the club volleyball team. A good and willing passer who also flat-out dominated at times. I honestly think other teams were THURSDAY’S TOP TEN | ATHLETES TURNED MUSICIANS intimidated just seeing him glide to the basket in warm-ups; you just don’t find Here in the Daily sports department, we’ve often thought about quitting to pursue our burgeoning musical careers. So when players that athletic in B league. Ron Artest said recently that he had contemplated retiring to pursure his rap career, he was, of course, an inspiration to us all. We started out the season with several And he’s not the only one. Numerous athletes have shown that they’re more than just dumb jocks by hitting the recording stu- blow-out wins marked by suffocating dio. So in honor of them, here’s Thursday’s Top Ten ... defense, perfect rebounding, and oppor- tunistic offense. Then, like any dominant 10. Joey Harrington — This quarterback is a pianoman. team is prone to do after not being chal- lenged for awhile, we lapsed into a short 9. Bronson Arroyo — Played and sang in the Drop Kick Murphies stretch of lackluster 40-29 wins in which we song that has become somewhat of a Red Sox anthem. were never in danger of losing, yet could never quite convince the other team to give 8. Doug Flutie — Played drums with the Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews, up. and the Bare Naked Ladies as well as playing Vegas with his broth- In the stretch run, without Jeremy, we er as a member of the band, “The Flutie Brothers.” prevailed in a double overtime game against Elliott Wiley’s team in which Elliott 7. Kevin Millar — The rally-karaoke-guy video helped the Red Sox broke the world record for most shots taken to many a late game win. in a game. Then, in a match-up of unde- feated teams, (ALERT: lame metaphor 6. Barry Zito—He’s pretty and musical, oh and one hell of a ahead which would so be used on ESPN) pitcher. we sent School Bus back to the garage. Full disclosure: we were down eight, and 5. Allen Iverson — He boasts street cred and the rapper swagger. they were without Andrew Hara, leaving them with only one top-notch A league- 4. Jack McDowell — This Eddie Vedder fan traded in his glove for quality player, track hurdler Jamil Ludd. a microphone in 1999. And when he went down with an injury (Fullest disclosure: Jamil was lying on the 3. Ron Artest — He will be ready to devote all his remaining ener- ground because I had accidentally and gy to the Indiana Pacers once his album drops on Nov. 23. simultaneously given him a concussion 2. Shaq — He joined Poc-Fu, Moc-Fu, and Chip-Fu of the Fu- see HOFFMAN, page 25 Schnickens on their 1993 album. Way to go Shaq-Fu! 1. The 1986 Chicago Bears and their “Superbowl Shuffle.” Ben Hoffman is a junior majoring in English. He can be reached via e-mail at — by Kristy Cunningham, Andrew Silver and Ben Hoffman [email protected] 28 INSIDE Inside the NBA 27 Sports Thursday’s Top Ten 27 THE TUFTS DAILY THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 18, 2004

MEN’S SOCCER Players accuse coach Ferrigno of exploitation BY DAVID POMERANTZ The Tufts Daily contacted eight of the Middlebury. mous player “A” said. Daily Editorial Board 14 non-freshman players who were on Athletic Director Bill Gehling defend- “It was absolutely a consensus,” the team prior to this fall. Three refused ed Ferrigno’s performance this season. anonymous player “B” said. “Across the Coach Ralph Ferrigno has been to comment, saying that they felt the “I think Ralph did an excellent job board, players feel like he doesn’t look exploiting his players for personal gain issue should be handled by the team and coaching the team under difficult cir- out for his players or care how they are in several incidents over the course of not publicly. Three spoke on the condi- cumstances this year.” Gehling said. doing off the field, socially or academi- the last year, five members of the men’s tion of anonymity, citing concerns that “After coming back from a year of strug- cally. If you like and respect a coach, you soccer team claim. speaking openly would endanger their gling physically, the team outperformed play for him as much as the guys on your The list of accusations includes coerc- playing time next season. Two, both what I considered preseason expecta- team. We played for each other only. It ing players to staff the soccer camp departing seniors, spoke openly. tions.” was obvious that guys did not respect which Ferrigno directs without compen- Ferrigno declined to comment on any The physical struggles to which [Ferrigno].” sation, having players paint his office of the allegations. Gehling refers is an illness that has “They only appeased him so they under the auspices of team bonding, Ferrigno has coached at Tufts for the debilitated Ferrigno over the last several wouldn’t get benched.” and using team funds to buy an iBook past 15 years, compiling a successful years. In addition to his position at Tufts, laptop. 126-74-17 record. This year’s team fin- Every player quoted agreed that Ferrigno is the director of the Lightning Other grievances include a general ished 8-6-1 (4-5 NESCAC) before losing Ferrigno had lost the team. Soccer camp for Grades 1 to 12. This year feeling that Ferrigno does not care about in the first round of the NESCAC tourna- “No one has any respect for, or com- the wellbeing of his players. ment in an overtime game against mon ground with, the coach,” anony- see MEN’S SOCCER, page 26

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Great opportunity awaits at Nationals

BY BEN HOFFMAN year, and fellow senior co-captain at Nationals last year, with Daily Editorial Board Brian McNamara agreed. Kennedy finishing a team-high “One of the top four Div. III “[Top four] seems trivial, but 54th overall. Only Lacey and teams in America.” the top four get to go up on stage freshman Chris Kantos have When the dust settles late in front of everyone and get huge never run in a national meet Saturday morning on the 2004 NCAA plaques,” McNamara said. before. Div. III Cross Country Champ- “That’s what we’re aiming for.” “The freshman was born to ionship meet and the Jumbos’ Tufts has never finished higher run,” Putnam said. “He just loves season, Tufts hopes it can use than seventh in Nationals, but to race. You can see it in his eyes. that phrase to describe itself. both Connie Putnam and the He’s from St. Paul, so it’s in his The men’s cross country team entire squad feel like this year backyard and he’ll have some qualified for a return to really could be different. supporters there.” Nationals, held at the University “You only get this shot once “And the way Lacey has been of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, by virtue every 365 days, and that’s if you’re running, it might not matter [that of victory in last weekend’s New a good program,” Putnam said. he’s never raced at Nationals England Champion-ship at “With some minor exceptions, before],” McNamara said. Southern Maine. this is probably the most talented “It was disappointing not to be “This is what we’ve been wait- group I’ve ever taken out, and the able to run last year, so I really ing for and talking about all sea- group with the best chance to do need to take advantage of the son,” junior Matt Lacey said. “I’m something special.” opportunity. We missed out my really confident we can do it, fin- It’s certainly the most experi- freshman year and I’ve been ish top four.” enced group Tufts has ever sent waiting ever since,” said Lacey, Last season, on a day when no to Nationals. Brigham and who has been a frontrunner for Jumbo ran his best race, Tufts fin- McNamara have both run twice the Jumbos all season and whose ished a somewhat disappointing in cross-country Nationals personal goal is to finish top 35, 11th out of 24 teams. It was an before, with Brigham finishing which earns All-American status. improvement over 2001, when 11th in the country sans team- “I think I can sit just outside that the Jumbos tanked at Nationals, mates two years ago to earn All- for the first few miles and move finishing 23rd out of 24 teams. American status. Tufts expects up. But equally as important, Still, the Jumbos are aiming high- big races from both, particularly Kennedy needs to be with me, as er this year. Senior co-captain Brigham. well as Nate, unless he’s ahead. Fifth-year senior Peter Kennedy’s not going to let me get Nate Brigham said at the begin- BEN THAYER/TUFTS DAILY ning of the season that the squad Bromka, junior Matt Fortin, and Senior co-captain Brian McNamara will run in his third cross country wanted to finish top four this sophomore Josh Kennedy all ran see CROSS COUNTRY, page 25 national championship race on Saturday in Wisconsin.

FOOTBALL Despite results, Samko plays up positives BY CHRIS MUNSEY did and expect not to be affected by it,” Senior Staff Writer Samko said. “I thought the offensive line would be the strength of the team this The football team wrapped up its sea- year, but we ended up losing three players son last Saturday with a 10-6 loss to on the line. The injuries put us in a situa- Middlebury. With the loss, the team fin- tion of having to practice with just 64 guys ished the year with a 2-6 record. Despite at times, and that hurts you too.” the way the season turned out, coach Bill Senior offensive lineman Rich Aronson, Samko was not unhappy with his players. who Samko described as a potential All- “The record is disappointing,” Samko American, and freshman Kevin Anderson, said. “But I’m not disappointed in the the team’s projected starting fullback, people. They always played hard. There were both lost early in the year. were only a few games that we were really That the Jumbos were able to remain out of.” competitive with so many players missing It was an up and down season for the time is a testament to the leadership of Jumbos. The team lost three games by the coaching staff, and especially the four points or less, but also had one of the team’s captains, seniors Donovan Brown, biggest wins in the school’s recent history Jason Casey, Dave Hatch, and Chris with an Oct. 30 upset of Amherst. Lawrence. “We’re capable of competing with most “Those guys were awesome,” Samko teams in this league,” Samko said. “When said of his captains. “After the you lose by one, two, and four it’s pretty [Middlebury] game, I thanked each one of frustrating. I can point to four plays that them for the job they did. Hatch played could have made our record 5-3. But you extremely well game in and game out. have to make those plays.” Chris Lawrence is as good as anybody Coming off of a 5-3 record last year, the we’ve ever had here. Donovan Brown was coaches were optimistic coming into this always upbeat and had a good year. season. Unfortunately, Tufts was plagued [Jason] Casey was in and out of the lineup, KELLY O’BRIEN/TUFTS DAILY by injuries all year, and ultimately had 12 and he handled it very well. He was always Junior quarterback Casey D’Annolfo did his best to run an offense which was often stagnant players who required surgery. this season. Tufts finished 2-6 on the season. “You can’t lose as many players as we see FOOTBALL, page 25