Where You Read It First Showers 52/37 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LIX, NUMBER 55 TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010 TUFTSDAILY.COM Marriage boycott event at Tufts draws students BY KATHRYN OLSON “[National Marriage Boycott] is Daily Staff Writer a student-driven movement that challenges DOMA and questions the Students responded enthusiasti- institution of marriage as a privilege cally to the Queer Straight Alliance’s rather than a right for everyone,” (QSA) launch yesterday afternoon sophomore Allister Chang, QSA co- of the Tufts branch of the National president, told the Daily. Marriage Boycott, a student move- Students participating in the ment centered on lobbying the U.S. movement’s Tufts launch at the Congress to repeal the Defense of Mayer Campus Center signed an Marriage Act (DOMA). online pledge stating that they The act, passed in 1996 under the would boycott marriage until DOMA Clinton Administration, stipulates is repealed. Pledging students were that the federal government cannot given an equality ring symbolizing treat same-sex relationships as mar- their commitment to the cause. riages for any purposes, thus deny- The supply of rings ran out within ing same-sex couples 1,138 federal the first hour of the event due to marriage-related rights, according to the movement’s website. see MARRIAGE, page 2

VIRGINIA BLEDSOE/TUFTS DAILY The two TCU presidential candidates last night engaged in a debate. Candidates diff er on best way to engage, involve students BY BRENT YARNELL on the need for the Senate “I’m seeing that every day Daily Editorial Board to better engage the student when I ask the simple ques- body but disagreed on how tion, ‘do you know what is The two candidates for Tufts best to do so. going on in Senate?’” she said. Community Union (TCU) Levine stressed the need for “The answer is usually ‘no.’” Senate president Lauren increasing Senate outreach to Levine promised to meet Levine and Sam Wallis, both the student body and efforts personally with students in DILYS ONG/TUFTS DAILY juniors, last night in the cam- to make Tufts feel like a more The Tufts launch of the National Marriage Boycott took place yesterday. paign’s second debate agreed cohesive community. see DEBATE, page 2 Turkle: Question the impact Students celebrate Earth Day on campus Students on Saturday gathered on the collecting signatures for a petition in sup- Academic Quad to participate in the annual port of making double-sided printing the of technology on society Earth Fest celebration organized by student default for printers in Tisch Library and organization Environmental Consciousness Eaton Computer Lab. BY MARISSA GALLERANI Richard Snyder (A ’55), former chairman Outreach (ECO). The Tufts Institute of the Environment Daily Editorial Board and chief executive officer of Simon and Earth Fest was part of a commemoration (TIE), with assistance from the Office of Schuster, suggested bringing to campus of Earth Day — which takes place on April Sustainability and ECO, also ran a cloth- Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor individuals who have attained career 22 every year — and marked the culmina- ing swap on the quad, according to Tufts of the Social Studies of Science and success by being willing to challenge tion of the ECO-sponsored Earth Week on Recycles! Coordinator Dawn Quirk. Technology Sherry Turkle, from the conventions. campus. Saturday’s festivities included a host Students had the opportunity to exchange Massachusetts Institute of Technology “This specific lecture came about of environmentally friendly activities, live per- apparel by donating used clothes in good (MIT), last evening noted that mankind through an e-mail where Dick was formances and a clothing swap. condition and picking up items donated by is still in the early stages of figuring out bemoaning that this generation seems ECO hoped that students would gain other individuals. how technology affects society and how to get all of its information from texts more awareness about the environment at Sophomore Rachael Wolber, a TIE intern to adapt accordingly. and tweets, what was happening to Earth Fest, while enjoying all the activities who helped coordinate the clothing swap, “Some opening questions are: How the world and who might lead us in an being hosted on the quad. explained that the swap was intended as a does technology change who we are, informed discussion,” Bacow said. “I “It was a celebration of Earth Day to substitute for the now-defunct Jumbo Drop, how we relate to each other, how we can’t think of anybody better to explain remind people to think about environmental a collection and yard sale for students to learn, and what are we not paying atten- this. It takes great courage to have issues, and to just have fun,” senior Heather recycle their possessions. tion to?” Turkle said. explored these subjects of computers Buckner, one of ECO’s officers, said. “The idea is that Jumbo Drop is not really To illustrate society’s preoccupation and people at a place like MIT, and The event was well attended, as the nice happening anymore, and people have a lot with technology, Turkle began by shar- that is something that Sherry has done weather drew a crowd to the outdoor event, of clothes that they would just throw away,” ing an anecdote about how the first well.” according to Buckner. Wolber said. “By purchasing new clothes, photos of the combined Congressional Turkle talked about the standard ben- “The fact that it was a really nice day you’re just creating more consumption and lunch after President Barack Obama’s efits associated with technology, name- brought a lot of people out,” Buckner stressing the environment. [Through the inauguration showed Senators John ly that it allows one to keep up with said. “People were having fun and walk- swap] you get to recycle your clothes, give McCain and Edward Kennedy on their friends, make new friends and experi- ing around.” back to campus and help the environment.” cell phones. ment with identity. As event attendees enjoyed free veg- Wolber added that the swap was a suc- Turkle was delivering the biannual “I just went to my fifth-grade reunion,” gie burgers and listened to live music by cess and hopes to be able to repeat it. Richard E. Snyder Presidential Lecture, Turkle said. “You didn’t have fifth-grade performers like percussion group B.E.A.T.S., “It went really well, we got a lot of in which she discussed the topic of reunions before, but now you do.” ECO staffed a number of tables offering clothes, everything was free,” she said. “This “CyberIntimacy/CyberSolitude.” Turkle She continued by noting that ado- individuals the opportunity to participate is definitely something we want to do again is the founder of the MIT Initiative on lescents in particular experiment the in sustainable art projects, such as making in the future.” Technology and Self, which she cur- most with their identities and that the “seed bombs,” using henna and tie-dying Quirk said that Tufts Recycles! next year rently directs, and is an expert on Internet could aid in this experimenta- t-shirts. plans to be more involved in the clothing the relationship between humans and tion. Students from the Experimental College swap to expand its reach and further encour- technology. Turkle pointed out, however, that tech- class Environmental Action: Shifting from age environmentally conscious practices. University President Lawrence Bacow nology was not necessarily unequivocally Saying to Doing, which is trying to reduce introduced the lecture by explaining paper waste on campus, set up a table — by Ellen Kan and Jenny White that the lecture series was started when see SNYDER, page 2

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Visiting the Hill this week TUESDAY and Nanoengineering at the WEDNESDAY Islamic culture and society, will “2010 Wellington Burnham “Blowing Hard and Shining Univeristy of Albany-SUNY, will “Luncheon Lecture — Dr. Laura be speaking. Lecture: The Next Financial Bright: Prospects for Wind and be speaking. Adams: Globalization in Central When and Where: 5:30 p.m. to Meltdown” Solar Energy” When and Where: 4:30 p.m.; Asia” 7:30 p.m.; Ballou Hall, Coolidge Details: Simon Johnson, the Details: Raimund Grube (F ’99), Pearson 106 Details: Center Associate of the Room Ronald A. 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Sponsor: Department of Multipurpose Room (LA ’94)” When and Where: 12:30 p.m. to Economics “Chemistry Seminar” Sponsor: Tufts Freethought Details: Al-Mutawa, creator of 2 p.m.; Chase Dining Center Details: Vincent LaBella, profes- Society THE 99, the world’s first super- Sponsor: Charles Francis Adams — compiled by Brent Yarnell and sor in the School of Nanosciences hero comic books based on Lecture Series Martha Shanahan Movement pushes Turkle examines how technology has changed society for repeal of DOMA SNYDER sense is that we can be some place and continued from page 1 not be able to do anything but think. MARRIAGE beneficial and that it is healthy to exam- Can we have a moment unshared? continued from page 1 ine its effects carefully. What are we expressing when we need extensive participation. “There are some caveats,” Turkle to share every detail of our lives with Participants also elaborated on the reasons said. “Why we focus on discontents is the public?” behind their decisions to boycott marriage not to deny any of the good points, but Turkle highlighted some findings and shared their personal experiences with it often illuminates very deeply held from the study, which included evi- the issue. values and commitments that we aren’t dence that teenagers preferred send- Students’ reasons for boycotting marriage focusing enough on. Discontents are ing text messages or instant messages included intrigue with the movement’s rebel- not about nostalgia; it is a way to iden- over face-to-face interaction in order to lious nature, the desire to separate themselves tify sacred spaces.” avoid the threat of rejection. from religious movements’ agenda of banning “Technology asks the question, ‘Does Her study also found that multitask- gay marriage and the belief that people should it serve our human purposes?’” she ing was not as beneficial as people have the right to love whomever they want. said. “This is a question that forces us once thought. Sophomore Matthew Schuman, who to determine what am I missing and “Every time you multitask, your brain knew little about DOMA until he spoke with if this technology really is serving my gets hit with a shot of dopamine, which QSA leaders and decided to sign the pledge, human purposes.” makes the multi-tasker feel like he or expressed his concern about the societal Turkle disagreed with the notion she is successful, competent and pro- implications of DOMA. expressed by some of her colleagues at ductive,” Turkle said. “New studies show “As a straight person, I’m given this whole MIT that technology is nothing but a that you may feel fabulous, but that you bag of privileges that my gay friends struggle tool. are draining your task proficiency in with everyday,” Schuman told the Daily. “I “It’s like the Winston Churchill quote,” every task that you do.” see that my friends feel awkward kissing or Turkle said. “We build our buildings, Turkle ended her lecture by warning hugging in public, and on a national level, and our buildings make and shape us. against accepting as a fact of life the that translates to me having a privilege they Technology is the same way.” intrusion of technology on individuals’ don’t have.” Turkle also discussed some of her privacy. Freshman Matt Sanda likewise was research with teenagers in four Boston- “The common idea … was, ‘If you unaware about the movement but decided area high schools, in which she asked have nothing to hide, then you have to sign the pledge. the question, “Do we know how to have nothing to fear,’” Turkle said. “And that “It was kind of an impulsive action on my a moment when something is not hap- we should just be good. This is me edi- part, but I feel that until all my friends and ASHLEY SEENAUTH/TUFTS DAILY pening?” torializing, but a citizen should not be everyone have the freedom to marry whoever Sherry Turkle delivered this semester’s “How many great authors wrote their good. We need to leave room for dis- they choose, it’s not fair that I get to have cer- Snyder Lecture. books on trains?” Turkle said. “The sent, real dissent.” tain freedoms that they wouldn’t necessarily have,” Sanda told the Daily. The National Marriage Boycott originated in Stanford University to protest the passage Levine and Wallis discussed their goals at last night’s debate of Proposition 8. Freshman Jessie Belfer, a DEBATE Levine promised to make commu- noted that a student two years from QSA member, decided to bring the move- continued from page 1 nity outreach a central theme of her now would benefit from his evalua- ment to Tufts due to her involvement with it weekly face-to-face fireside chats, tak- presidency, especially to marginalized tions of a professor this year and that in high school. ing place in dorm rooms, club meet- minority communities on campus. the program would grow naturally. “I live right next to Stanford, where the ings and culture centers, among other “Not everyone at Tufts feels com- Wallis explained that none of his movement started … and started going to locations. fortable here, feels like they have a proposals would require much extra Emma Goldman Society for Queer Liberation She also proposed releasing a week- home here,” Levine said. funding. meetings at the time they were forming the ly school-wide newsletter that would She said that many students came He described his personal leader- boycott,” Belfer told the Daily. “I wanted to summarize the discussions taking to Tufts because of its reputation as ship style as “bringing people up” and bring it to Tufts since then.” place in Senate meetings. a diverse community, but once here, said that his campaign platform origi- The Tufts branch is one of the first to form in “I want the newsletter to come from find that interaction between groups nated entirely from student input. Boston and was funded by a grant through the my personal e-mail address, so that is not easily facilitated. “I’ve seen presidents try to ram Tufts Progressive Alumni Network, the same any student feels that they could reply Levine pointed to the fact that things down the rest of the body … group that sponsors Jumbo Janitor Alliance, back to me,” Levine said. bias incidents have occurred every That’s a big mistake,” Wallis said. “I according to Chang. Wallis disagreed, however, and said year and that the university lacks a can motivate people and make them Chang explained that the movement was that Senate would best reach out to truly diverse curriculum. To support feel like these are their ideas.” meant to provoke thought. students by taking concrete actions her point, she highlighted the fact Levine similarly said she would “The boycott is less about the action that improved their daily lives. that Tufts does not offer students the make student input a greater factor in of marriage and more about stimulating “Students will know what is being chance to major in African-American Senate deliberations. people to think about the problem,” Chang done on their behalf when they can studies, Asian-American studies and “People don’t want to be told what’s said. “People generally don’t think of mar- see it every day when they wake up,” Queer studies. going on, they want to have input riage as a federal privilege, but it is. I didn’t Wallis said. “That’s good outreach, by Levine acknowledged that she could in what’s going on,” Levine told the see this as a separate-but-equal issue until showing them what we can do, not by not change these issues overnight but Daily. “They want it to be a back-and- I looked deeper.” talking about what we can do.” as president would seek to engage forth process. That’s the really big dif- Chang stressed the movement’s goals of Some of such actions he listed the whole campus in a dialogue that ference — being told versus having a education and raising awareness to create included sponsoring a bus to take would propel ongoing progress. dialogue.” continuous pressure to repeal DOMA. students into Boston, moving course She feels that her role as president Levine said that she hopes to spread “An indicator of the event’s success would evaluations online and changing the would be to facilitate a dialogue that this idea of inclusiveness to the entire be the educational aspect rather than the course registration system to enable would, eventually, continue on with- Senate. action,” Chang said. “That’s the base of getting students to get into classes that are out her. “The best thing I could do for the something done.” important to them. Wallis said that when discussing student body is to get Senate to realize Belfer added that bringing the movement Levine and Wallis both called for issues like diversity, previous Senates [that] we’re just 35 people out of 5,000, to Tufts will give students passionate about measures to increase on-campus have often gotten caught up in specif- and we need to listen to what other LGBT rights the opportunity to connect with security. Levine promoted expanding ic issues, like bias incidents. He pro- people are saying,” she said. the national network. the blue light system to more areas posed instead a dialogue that would Wallis believes that as president, “The national movement is focused on both on and off campus, while Wallis keep focus on the big-picture mat- his responsibility would be to set out creating a network of activists who can called for the creation of an indepen- ters. clear priorities for the body. come together around this cause as well as dent escort service. Wallis believes that his propos- “I’ve seen Senates where no clear providing a basis for local-level campaigns,” “Students often feel uncomfortable als, such as creating a database for priorities were ever outlined, no list Belfer said. about calling [Tufts University Police students to learn about on-campus of what we wanted to accomplish at Chang said that QSA plans on making the Department] late at night, especially research opportunities, would be the end of the year, so Senate didn’t do National Marriage Boycott pledge signing a if they’ve been drinking,” Wallis said. long-lasting and build on themselves. anything,” Wallis told the Daily. “What yearly event until DOMA is repealed. He argued that students would feel Addressing the effort to move course we’ll do, if I’m elected, is say, ‘Here’s Ellen Kan contributed reporting to this more comfortable calling a student- evaluations online, a project that he what we want to get done at the end article. run service. initiated and intends to continue, he of the year.’” 3

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BY ALEXA SASANOW Daily Editorial Board fanna ith a first name that my older Even with feedback from students sister couldn’t even remem- previously enrolled in classes and ber until well into my infancy, websites like RateMyProfessors.com, WI learned early on to resign it can be difficult to gauge the qual- myself to a life of names that sound nothing ity of a class before experiencing it like the one my parents gave me. By now, I firsthand. It can be even harder when have plenty, for the better and the worse. many classes are taught by adjunct You give someone a nickname when you professors — professors who are not like them, when you don’t, when you can’t on track toward permanent positions remember them, when there are too many at the university and whose reputa- of them … Desirable or not, everyone has a tions are unknown to the majority of nickname at some point in their life, and if students, as well as colleagues within you think you never have, you probably had their departments. a really good one. Adjunct professors proliferate in So why Nick? Why not Jeffnames or subjects such as sociology at Tufts Katnames or Fatsonames? Who is this Nick, as well as at universities all over the and how is it possible that everyone in the country. Over the last few decades, the English-speaking world collectively nomi- rise in adjunct professors has paral- nated him to represent the pretty common leled a falling economy — it is more practice of altering acquaintances’ names? cost-efficient to hire a few part-time This was at the center of a recent debate lecturers in the place of one full-time, I had with a couple of friends and perhaps tenure-track professor. According to was an externality of too much time spent The New York Times, only 27 percent together and too little sleep. After much of current college instructors are full- DANAI MACRIDI/TUFTS DAILY back-and-forth bickering, we did come to time professors, as opposed to 75 per- Offices in academic buildings like Eaton Hall see a high amount of turnover due to a large one satisfactory answer, satisfying enough cent in 1960. number of adjunct professors. to give the question a rest; clearly, Nicholas According to Department of must have been the most popular boys’ Sociology Chair John Conklin, an care, to keep technology updated, and Caitlin Slodden, an adjunct teaching name when the term came about and thus adjunct professor would have to teach you’re not able to charge students assistant at Tufts from the graduate Nick the most popular nickname. (It wasn’t. four classes per year to make even a more. Universities nationwide feel it’s sociology program at Brandeis, said. According to a few censuses, Nicholas was third as much as an assistant profes- a way for them to keep their costs Adjuncts don’t get the benefits of up there, but William and a few others took sor would make. down. I don’t think anybody’s out to full-time university staff unless they’re the cake in medieval times.) “To get courses taught, it’s cheap- shortchange students, but the pres- teaching three courses per year, which, What perhaps should have occurred to er for universities to hire adjuncts,” sure is very real.” according to Conklin, most of them us before we started patting ourselves on Conklin said. “There’s a lot of pressure “The problem is that adjuncts have are not doing. the back was the possibility that the nick of from Congress to keep tuition down, to teach so many classes, the pay is nickname has absolutely nothing to do with but costs are increasing, for health terrible and there are no benefits,” see ADJUNCTS, page 4 some guy named Nick. The lower case “n” with which it’s spelled, for example, could have been a nice visual aid. No, unfortunately, no one was chosen Twitter.com archive now a part of the as the namesake for the practice of pet- naming, nor is the word “nickname” a dem- onstration of its meaning. It comes from Library of Congress the Old English word “eke,” which means additional, and while the word “eke name” BY AMELIA QUINN to update sports events in a play-by- However, its lack of depth and real or “ekename” did not appear until around Daily Staff Writer play kind of way,” Julie Dobrow, direc- direction limits it to, at best, the world 1300, the practice of using additional names tor of the Tufts Communications and of social networking. In the case of to identify people with common first names The tens of millions of books housed Media Studies Program, said. “It’s also real-time crisis, Twitter is valuable in was in wide use throughout the early mid- within the walls of the Library of interesting to me that so many ‘ordi- its reach and ability to rapidly share dle ages since no one had last names. Congress in Washington, D.C. recently nary’ people tweet about the mundane news in unfounded ways,” he said. We see the remnants of eke names got a few unlikely companions: billions things of everyday life and that people “Yet, in normal times, any news or today in history books and most surnames. of 140-characters-or-less tweets. read them — to me this is the quintes- valuable talk is lost in the sea of tweets. Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great, for The entire Twitter.com archive, dating sential blurring of public and private.” This was quite clear in the Iranian example, are some of the best known eke back to March 2006, was gifted to the While Dobrow does not have her election crisis, which lost its presence names worldwide, and your last name Library of Congress, the world’s larg- own Twitter account, she does not dis- on Twitter a mere week afterward. probably derives from something similar. est library, by Twitter’s management on approve of the Library’s decision. “I “If one is careful in who and what If you’re a Mr. or Ms. Miller, your great- April 14. The archive consists of about actually think it’s a really interesting they follow on Twitter, much as they great-(etc.) grandfather may have been five terabytes of data and is still growing, and progressive idea,” she said. “What [are] for all media outlets, Twitter known on the street as Samuel the Miller; with about 50 million tweets being sent Twitter arguably can do is to show little is quite valuable,” Matthews said. if you’re a Klein, your ancestors may have out daily, according to CNN.com. slices of life, real-time — at least 140 “Twitter’s instant updates make it a been short … in Germany; if you’re a Mac The data will be accessible to any characters’ worth. I don’t know how useful communication tool, relaying or a Mc’Something, your ancestors prob- researcher with a Library of Congress many people tweet about big events key information far before television, ably didn’t do anything too cool because Reader Identification Card. No tweet that will ultimately have historical sig- print media or word of mouth can.” their eke names simply named them “son will be excluded, aside from those that nificance, like the election of Obama, Matthews, an archaeology major, of...” I like to think that all the Steins of are not public or are direct messag- the earthquake in Haiti or Chile, etc., sees the Library of Congress’ Twitter the world had grandparents who liked to es. Researchers have already begun but those tweets could in years to archive as an important way for future party, but then again, I also came up with to analyze the data for patterns and come provide some historical signifi- archeologists to analyze the past. “As the Nicholas hypothesis. important information buried in the cance. But even people’s everyday stuff an archaeology major, I value the The eke name’s transformation into the billions of tweets, using algorithms might be of interest to future cultural material culture and documentation “nickname” over time is what has hap- and other research methods, accord- historians. There will be a ton of things of a society of the past. Twitter, for pened to quite a few English words — ing to CNN. to go through to get to the gems, but better or worse, has emerged as a especially nouns that blend easily into the “If you think the Library of Congress that’s what historians do.” rather significant feature of modern articles that precede them. That is misdivi- is ‘just books,’ think of this: The While some people believe that society…[It] is a window into the pop- sion. The neke name got its “n” from the Library has been collecting materials Twitter is an important part of today’s ular culture, history, methodology, article it was most commonly used with, from the web since it began harvesting digital society, others are unsure about morality and minds of most of our most likely “an,” and through this process, congressional and presidential cam- its value. “I feel like a lot of tweeting world. If someone does not save this called metanalysis, “an eke name” became paign websites in 2000. Today we hold is self-righteous,” senior Alec Jahncke record for the future, this entire piece “a neke name.” more than 167 terabytes of web-based said. “It’s like oh, I just had this funny of the historical record is lost, a piece It may seem like a crazy mistake for information, including legal blogs, thought, let me tell everyone.” that defines much of our culture,” so many medieval people to be making, websites of candidates for national Jahncke does not have a Twitter Matthews said. but among people learning language com- office, and websites of Members of account and doesn’t plan to get one “Twitter records fall into the same pletely aurally, it’s not terribly surprising. Congress,” Matt Raymond, the Library any time soon. “Sometimes I wish I realm as the preservation of artifacts And words resulting from misdivisions pop of Congress’s director of communica- could share my witty observations of popular culture, buildings or even up more frequently in the English language tions, wrote in a blog post. throughout the day, but no, I don’t art. Tweets are part of our society than one might think; “an apron,” once “There have been some really inter- want one,” he said. “I just talk a lot, and will have value to those study- upon a time, was “a napron.” esting uses of Twitter — such as people spread the word the old-fashioned ing this society in the future. Imagine Besides, we’re talking about people who getting information out to the rest of way.” if the works of Mozart were simply jabbed each other with sticks on horses to the world from oppressed regimes that Gavin Matthews, a freshman with destroyed. Much of our understanding get their dates. I wouldn’t put it past them. attempt to cut off their people’s access two Twitter accounts (one personal and of the culture of the time would be lost. to outside information, or politicians one for his radio show), feels Twitter The same applies to tweets,” Matthews using Twitter to connect with constitu- has a long way to go before it reaches said. “Whether critical news reports or Romy Oltuski is a junior majoring in ents in ways that are ostensibly more its full potential. “Twitter is an experi- messages to friends, these tweets help English. She can be reached at Romy. personal, or use of this technology ment in a global group consciousness. define what our society is.” [email protected]. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Tuesday, April 27, 2010 University working to cut back num- ber of adjunct professors The Department of Romance Languages presents ADJUNCTS class? Who knows.” continued from page 3 “I don’t think sociology is unusual The 2010 Even if the adjunct professors teach as a department in our number of only one class per semester, however, adjuncts,” Conklin said. “If you com- LANGSAM-BARSAM-SIMCHES they can offer students a wider range pared us to English and the languages, Lecture of topics. there are probably more there than “I think it’s interesting to hire adjuncts here. I know they hire a lot of lecturers because you have a certain flexibility,” to teach writing to freshman and intro- Alex Alejos, a sophomore majoring in ductory language courses. It’s more sociology, said. “One of my professors mechanical; you don’t necessarily need was also a lawyer, and another was a tenured professor to teach those.” “The Novel without the Letter E more of an activist. Sometimes you get Conklin said Introduction to really interesting people when you get Sociology was a similarly mechani- them for short periods of time.” cal class, if only because the incred- and the Unlikely Collaboration of “Hiring adjuncts can definitely give a ible amount of subject matter to cover department that flexibility,” Conklin said. allows for very little in-depth analysis. “They can teach a course that no one else “If you start here in [a] basic lan- Borges and Georges Perec” in the department is an expert in. The guage class, you’re not going to be downside is that you can’t do a national majoring in that subject, and if you’re search for them. The positions pay so taking English 1, you’re not going to badly that you’re not going to relocate to be an English major,” Alejos said, “but by a new city to teach just one course.” if you’re taking Intro to Sociology, you While hiring adjuncts gives depart- might be building a foundation for a ments more flexibility, it also provides major.” Pablo M. Ruiz an environment that students looking Slodden noted that graduate students for advisors find difficult to navigate. do not teach the introductory classes Assistant Professor, Tufts University “I’ve only taken three sociology in many universities. “You want to put classes, but two of them were taught your best and brightest tenured profes- by adjuncts, and I feel like the depart- sors in. It’s a challenging thing to teach. ment is disconnected,” Daphne Amir, a It’s almost like an upper-level seminar sophomore who recently switched her is easier for a burgeoning professor major to sociology, said. “It’s under- to teach because it’s so focused; there standable that if you’re hiring people are such tight parameters. Whereas for who come from totally different places ‘Intro,’ it’s like, ‘Oh gosh, what isn’t off- that they’re not going to know each limits?’” Slodden said. Wednesday, April 28, 2010 other if they’re not here a lot.” While hiring adjuncts has both its Alejos felt that inconsistency in the detriments and benefits, Tufts is con- Olin Center, Room 011 department contributes to inconsis- sciously moving away from hiring new tency among students. 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THEATER REVIEW CARYN HOROWITZ | Senior thesis project ‘Sigh’ poignantly THE CULTURAL CULINARIAN explores depths of human emotions Sign of BY MICHELLE BEEHLER the times Daily Editorial Board very April, you can find people on Tomorrow night, the topic of melan- this campus in the midst of a seri- choly will be addressed in senior Brenann ous quarter-life crisis. Seniors, you Stacker’s thesis project, “Sigh.” The title Eknow what I’m talking about. Within perfectly describes the performance, the span of 10 minutes, I oscillate between which seeks to explore the depths of being unbelievably ready to graduate to human emotions and shows that some- walking up to my freshman-year dorm times words just aren’t enough. and hugging the outside of the building, “Sigh” is a blend of poetry and other wishing I could go back four years. This works on melancholy put together by crazed state is nothing new to Tufts in Stacker, who bridges the gaps with her April, but that doesn’t make it any easier own original writing. Stacker was inspired to deal with. after reading Sarah Ruhl’s “Melancholy My emotional state is manifesting Play” and Sarah Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis. itself in interesting ways. The usual sus- “There was something similar about how pects are all here: headaches, not being Sarah Kane was saying it [the meaning of able to sleep, an inability to concentrate melancholy] and the way that Sarah Ruhl because my mind is racing — but there was, and I just thought, what if we put are now some new friends joining the those two together? What would it make? party that is my emotional frenzy. When Because there were two different tones I get stressed, I do every possible task, about the same thing,” Stacker said. DILYS ONG/TUFTS DAILY except that paper I have to write or To see what would happen, Stacker cre- “Sigh,” which stars sophomore Emily Pantalone (above), blends poetry and other forms studying for that test I have tomorrow. ated the titular character Sigh (sophomore of writing to convey the performance’s exploration of depression. I have a habit of stress cooking — I’ve Emily Pantalone) who finds her identity in made some of my most elaborate meals being despondent. Sigh struggles to stay away, in order to remain in her dejected Acting as an outside observer, Shade when I’ve got a lot on my mind. melancholic and to determine what the state. Sigh’s decision to associate with her (played by Stacker) is an alternate version But this time around, I barely have the emotion is despite the insistence from own unhappiness creates a cycle from of Sigh, who exists outside of the cycle patience to cook. Even boiling water to other characters that what she is experi- which it is impossible to escape, bringing Sigh is trapped in. The singing voices, make pasta is too much work. The most encing is actually depression. the characters back to the beginning only sung by junior Carolyn Berliner, also rep- complicated thing I’ve cooked in the past Sigh recreates a memory of Reque after finally reaching what they hoped was two weeks were frozen potstickers that I (junior Andrew Squier), who has passed the end. see SIGH, page 6 threw in a pan. Normally, no matter how much I am unable to focus or calm down from being over-stressed, I can always MOVIE REVIEW ALBUM REVIEW focus on food, but with May 23 looming ever closer, even that’s been thrown out the window. ‘Back-up Plan’ entertains To make up for my lack of cooking toler- ance, I’ve been eating out a lot and order- ing take-out. That’s also been different for with love story in reverse me. Last month, I went to a McDonald’s for the first time since middle school, and BY SMRITI CHOUDHURY and is the perfect spring flick. I recently had KFC for the second time Daily Staff Writer Audiences should not expect this to ever. (I did not get the Double Down — I’m be a typical Lopez film. Straying from stressed, but I haven’t totally lost it.) Although it never ceases to stray far performances in movies such as “The The fast food and take-out have been from the predictable boy-meets-girl Wedding Planner” (2001) and “Maid unsatisfying, leading to more impatience storyline, the romantic comedy “The in Manhattan” (2002), Lopez shows and stress, which results in more take- some maturity in her acting, proving out. It’s a vicious cycle that I can’t seem to The Back-up Plan she is indeed a triple threat who can break, and I’m guessing more than a few sing, dance and even act. After star- of you have found yourselves in a similar ring in horrendous C-rate movies like situation recently. Whether it’s because of MYSPACE.COM Starring Jennifer Lopez, Alex the infamous “Gigli” (2003), Lopez the impending doom — or maybe joy? I’m makes a complete turnaround with “Congratulations” is one trippy album. starting to oscillate again — of graduation, O’Loughlin fashionable on-screen attire, appro- or because of fast-approaching finals and Directed by Alan Poul priate facial expressions and believ- end-of-the-semester work, April certainly able emotion in her dialogue. ‘Congratulations’ is the cruelest month. Back-up Plan” attempts to take a fork In his first leading role, O’Loughlin Well, it turns out that maybe April isn’t in the plot by beginning a relationship also stages a believable performance presents complex totally to blame. It’s actually the fast food. in reverse. From the artificial insemi- as “the perfect man” who surprises I blame the Colonel, the King and the nation of twins to marriage, the movie audiences by supporting Zoe and con- follow-up for MGMT Golden Arches for my emotional state. follows a skeptical woman named Zoe tinuing their relationship despite her BY JOSH ZEIDEL A new study from the University of (Jennifer Lopez), who makes up her pregnancy. Of course, O’Loughlin’s Daily Editorial Board Toronto found that exposure to fast food mind that she will never find “the one” character symbolizes the ideal man can lead to impatience and stress, even and thus decides to get a sperm donor for any woman — one who will stand On its sophomore album, outside of the food realm. Researchers in order to have children. But things by her through anything in the name “Congratulations,” psychedelic-elec- Chen-Bo Zhong and Sanford DeVoe get complicated when Zoe coincident- of love. tro-pop duo MGMT proves the scope showed people symbols and logos from ly meets dairy farm owner Stan (Alex O’Loughlin, an Australian, made of its collective musical genius. The popular fast-food restaurants. Exposure O’Loughlin) the day of her insemina- his first big break into the United to these logos caused the test subjects to tion. With such a crazy premise, this Congratulations read faster and worry about saving time, see BACKUP, page 6 romantic comedy is full of laughter MGMT though the participants were under no sort of time crunch or pressure to com- plete the study. Additionally, seeing fast- food logos made the participants want to Columbia Records spend more money on instant gratifica- tion versus saving for the future. band also proves that it’s been get- The participants in the study had these ting increasingly high on fame and reactions whether or not they were con- LSD. In fact, “Congratulations” sciously or unconsciously exposed to the might just be the soundtrack to a logos. Meaning, if you are watching TV psychedelic experience that oscil- and see a logo for a fast-food restaurant lates rapidly between the elation or drive by a place quickly on the highway, and despair of a sudden rise to fame. you will have the same response: stress In this sense, the album rings auto- and impatience. The logos subconsciously biographical. make us think of things associated with But who are MGMT? Strictly the brand, which in the case of fast food is speaking, only principal songwrit- a hurried, on-the-go, harsh lifestyle of the ers Andrew VanWyngarden (vocals, real world. guitar, keyboards, drums) and Ben The exact same thing that is looming on Goldwasser (vocals, keyboards, syn- the other side of May 23. thesizers, drums) are MGMT, but And now I’m oscillating again. they currently tour with bassist Matthew Asti, guitarist and back- ing vocalist James Richardson and Caryn Horowitz is a senior majoring in ROTTENTOMATOES.COM history. She can be reached at Caryn. Lopez and O’Loughlin light up the silver screen with charming chemistry. see MGMT, page 6 [email protected]. 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS & LIVING Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Without radio-friendly singles, MGMT leaves listeners dissatisfied MGMT then the introductory track, continued from page 5 “It’s Working,” sets the tone drummer and backing vocalist for the entire surreal experi- Will Berman. ence. Told from the perspec- VanWyngarden and tive of a person waiting for a Goldwasser met each other psychedelic drug to kick in, the during their freshman year at befuddled narrator questions Wesleyan University and began at the beginning, “How will experimenting with electronica I know if it’s working right?” and avant-garde rock, although only to decide later, “My mind’s they still claim that they never affected, it’s empty now as I lay seriously intended to start a down/ I feel alright, my heart band. is racing/ … no, it’s working in Self-releasing a few demos your blood.” and EPs as The Management, From that point on, the the duo changed its name to album’s lyrics devolve into some MGMT shortly after graduating pretty mystifying metaphors, college in 2005; it signed with resembling the incoherent free Columbia Records in the fall associations of hallucination. of 2006 to record and release Here and there, the occasional its highly acclaimed, major- line about fame emerges, but label debut album, “Oracular for the most part, the music Spectacular” (2007). The sin- is far more revealing than the gles on this album — “Time to words. In this arena, MGMT Pretend,” “Electric Feel” and pulled out all of the stops. “Kids” — rocketed MGMT to “Congratulations” sounds international fame, as it broke like a densely woven audio the Top 40 in five countries. tapestry, shimmering with lay- With “Congratulations,” the ers of the group’s usual syn- boys attempt to come to terms thesizers, electric and acous- with their massive success, and tic guitars, bass and drums, they don’t seem to be handling but incorporating a plethora it well. For starters, MGMT of sound effects, echoes, dis- bucked the standard music tortion, stately string sections, MYSPACE.COM industry trend of highlighting sitar and flutes. Musically, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser put a less commercial spin on MGMT’s sophomore album. a few songs from the album the strongest track on the LP as radio-friendly singles. The is “I Found A Whistle,” with album’s closing title track. The really there/ And all I need’s a bers on “Oracular Spectacular” group refused to release any. its gentle beat and achingly song “Congratulations” sums great big congratulations.” did. By eschewing the concept As Goldwasser explained in sweet chord progression over- up the plight of the nouveau- But does MGMT really of individual standout tracks an interview with NME.com, laid with a wailing theremin. famous pair over a plodding deserve its requested pat on and singles, the group has “We’d rather people hear the Other notable songs include backing of acoustic guitar, bass the back? To be sure, this album essentially created an album of whole album as an album and the genre-shuffling “Flash and drums: “It’s hardly a sink offers incredible production background music, with a few see what tracks jump out rather Delirium” and the 12-minute or swim/ When all is well if the complexity, some remarkable shining moments of brilliance than the ones that get played epic “Siberian Breaks,” worthy ticket sells.” And later, “I’ve got composition and ambitious that peak out from behind the on the radio — if anything gets of an EP all to itself. someone to make reports/ That tracks. But to put it simply, the psychedelic swirl. All in all, played on the radio!” The duo seems to resur- tell me how my money’s spent/ songs on “Congratulations” do “Congratulations” is a vague If “Congratulations” only face from all the confusion, To book my stays and draw my not grab the listener in the disappointment that falls short works as a cohesive whole, dazed yet introspective, on the blinds/ So I can’t see what’s same way that the better num- of earning its title.

Perfect on-screen chemistry, comedic timing ‘Sigh’ explores melancholy SIGH just a way to say, this isn’t real, make for fun romantic comedy continued from page 5 she’s [Sigh] real.” resent another fractured version Junior Jared Trudeau, the com- BACKUP their acting chemistry and of Zoe, as a woman who had of Sigh. Together, the three per- poser and musical director of the continued from page 5 physical compatibility is their never had a loyal man in her formers collectively recreate dif- production, based the framework States as a gritty cop in the delivery of comedic scenes. life. Lopez also brings a dash ferent stereotypes of melancholy. of his music on seven pitches he Emmy-winning police drama O’Loughlin and Lopez react of spontaneity into her role “The reason I’m singing instead thought sounded like a speck of “The Shield” (2002-2008). For to one another like sugar with a hint of attitude. Similar of talking is because there are light, an image he took from the his debut on the American and spice. Lopez delivers to Lopez, O’Loughlin brings a certain moments when you can’t show’s original stage directions. silver screen in “The Back-up her trademark sass, while unique facet to Stan by thank- express something with words, But the use of only seven pitches Plan,” O’Loughlin proves that O’Loughlin gives an innocent, fully not overplaying the “per- or when something is either too allows for a certain amount of he is an actor worth watch- yet witty performance. fect man” image. heightened or too suppressed, freedom within its limitations, ing. Although Stan is far from Director Alan Poul was suc- All in all, with the steamy and music can kind of let that creating a constrained playful- a sophisticated character, cessful in his casting choic- chemistry between Lopez and out,” Berliner said when discuss- ness that is cultivated in many O’Loughlin gives a believable es, as these actors brought O’Loughlin and the constant ing her role as the voices. When aspects of the show. performance, with a slight a sense of reality to the sto- comedic revelations through- the characters are unable to speak, Of working within the frame- subtlety in his dialogue and ryline. Poul’s plot mostly out the film, “The Back-up Berliner’s voice sings for them, work he created, Trudeau said, actions that keeps audiences follows the typical romance Plan” is triumphant in ful- capturing the emotions in the per- “You can do lots of different guessing what his next move movie of boy-chasing-girl and filling its expectations as a formance in an alternate form. rhythmic patterns and lots of with Zoe will be. boy-eventually-getting-girl, romantic comedy. Whether Despite acting mostly as a voice different textures. Some of it is Not only is the pairing of but the plot twister of insemi- one is looking for a good in the performance, Berliner’s just vocals, some is just piano. Lopez and O’Loughlin pleas- nation before boy-meets-girl Friday night movie with the costume and physical appear- So despite having a limited tonal ing to the eyes, but the two could not have been carried girls, a mother-daughter night ance also play an important role palette, I still can do as much as I actors also have a great on- out by anyone other than or a date with someone spe- in breaking down the stereotypes want with it.” screen chemistry that is always Lopez. Lopez brings a genu- cial, “The Back-up Plan” will of sadness. Berliner designed her Stacker compares the per- fun to watch. Complementing ine feeling to the character not disappoint expectations. character’s physical appearance formance with the work of Tim around the glamorous interpreta- Burton. “It’s very realistic but tion of melancholy depicted in a little off. There’s a little bit of old movies, instead of the darker crookedness,” she said. “The slant and more depressed grey sweat- nature of the show allows for the pant costume of sadness that the audience to view the topic of mel- character Sigh embraces. ancholy from a fresh perspective, “My character is going to be in a to really delve into the emotion in gown with gloves and pearls. The order to understand and come to movie star look of old Hollywood, terms with it. of the woman at two o’clock in “It’s a defense of melancholy,” the morning at the piano who Stacker added. “Who defines one you know is really depressed, person’s light and dark?” but she’s there anyway,” Berliner “Sigh” will be performed said. “And she’s singing, and you Wednesday night in Balch Arena just want to know what’s wrong, Theater at 7:30 p.m. The perfor- but there’s beauty in it. So this is mance is free.

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EDITORIAL THE TUFTS DAILY Sam Wallis for TCU president KERIANNE M. OKIE Editor-in-Chief This year’s campaign season for Tufts — are qualified to be the next TCU presi- but unlike Levine, his means for accom- Community Union (TCU) president has dent. However, the Daily believes that Wallis plishing these goals are based in practical- EDITORIAL seen a great deal of controversy surround- presents a far stronger platform because he ity. Wallis’ proposed reforms include better Caryn Horowitz ing the candidates’ questionable campaign offers not only a clear picture of what his allocating resources to which the Senate Grace Lamb-Atkinson techniques and practices. Numerous stu- specific goals are, but also has made clear already has access and reformatting the way dents have criticized junior presidential how he can successfully implement them. that groups go through the TCU budgeting Managing Editors candidate Sam Wallis’ campaign for using While Levine’s aims to improve the Tufts process so that they can more easily col- Ellen Kan Executive News Editor spray chalk to advertise, as it resembles community by addressing issues of student laborate with each other, allowing groups to Michael Del Moro News Editors Harrison Jacobs spray paint, and some believed that his happiness and diversity representation rep- plan ahead to hold more large-scale events Katherine Sawyer campaign team had vandalized the cam- resent improvements that would be extreme- with broader student appeal. Plans that are Saumya Vaishampayan pus. Meanwhile, members of junior candi- ly beneficial to the Tufts community, such based on reforming procedures within the Marissa Gallerani Assistant News Editors Amelie Hecht date Lauren Levine’s campaign have under- widespread, broad goals would be difficult Senate, as these are, will ultimately impact Corinne Segal gone criticism for using the TCU Treasury’s for a student to implement. Many past TCU student life as a whole. Martha Shanahan signatory e-lists to promote her campaign, presidents have set out to accomplish general Some have argued that Wallis’ project- Jenny White which would constitute a violation of Tufts goals that aimed to change the climate of life oriented ideas could be accomplished by a Brent Yarnell Elections Commission’s (ECOM) policies. on campus, and it has become evident that it senator and do not require the position of Carter Rogers Executive Features Editor Most recently, Wallis has also been engaged is simply unrealistic for a student president to TCU president. However, Wallis’ experience Marissa Carberry Features Editors in an appeals process to contest ECOM’s take on such broad reforms, especially when working with administrators, his knowledge Robin Carol Emily Maretsky ruling that his decision to fly back from he or she only has one year to potentially of the inner workings of the Senate and his Mary Beth Griggs Assistant Features Editors Israel — where he is studying abroad this implement such changes. desire to encourage specific plans makes Emilia Luna semester — for the remainder of his cam- Wallis’ campaign presents a much-need- him just the type of executive that the Senate Alexa Sasanow Derek Schlom paign was a violation of spending limits. ed transition from the tendency of past pres- needs to actually achieve its goals and create Amid so much controversy and con- idents to put far too much emphasis on substantial changes. While Levine’s cam- Catherine Scott Executive Arts Editor fusion surrounding campaign rules and discussing large, overarching issues and not paign focuses far more on addressing the Jessica Bal Arts Editors Adam Kulewicz whether or not the candidates have been enough on actually implementing concrete student body as a whole, Wallis has wisely Charissa Ng violating them, much of the discourse and changes to our campus. His track record realized that in order to actually implement Josh Zeidel debate about the upcoming elections has speaks to his ability to not only propose posi- positive changes, the Senate must be more Michelle Beehler Assistant Arts Editors focused on the campaigns themselves tive changes, but also to actually ensure that effectively utilized. He has shown through Zachary Drucker Rebecca Goldberg while ignoring what really matters: the such changes are made. He has successfully his previous achievements that he is capa- candidates’ qualifications, platforms and led numerous initiatives to improve life on ble of pushing the Senate to maximize its Niki Krieg Executive Op-Ed Editor ability to lead successfully. While it is campus, such as increasing the availability resources and power to best help the stu- Crystal Bui Op-Ed Editors Nina Grossman tempting to examine the surface of these of wireless Internet in dorms and creating dent body that elected its members. Laura Moreno campaigns and pay attention to these con- a Judicial Review Board. With the position Wallis represents a refreshing approach Andrew Rohrberger troversies, when choosing whom to vote of TCU president, he will be able to oversee to the presidency. We believe that, if elect- Devon Colmer Cartoonists Erin Marshall for this Wednesday, students must move several ongoing projects — such as working ed, he will offer the Tufts community a Alex Miller past their preconceptions and focus on the to move course evaluations online — that much-needed balance between improving Lorrayne Shen candidates themselves. would improve student life. student life while remaining reasonable Louie Zong Wallis’ platform does boast broader goals and realistic with his goals. We encourage Vittoria Elliot Editorialists There is no question that both Levine Rebekah Liebermann and Wallis — with their extensive experi- similar to those in Levine’s campaign — such students to vote for Sam Wallis for TCU Marian Swain ence on Senate and with the TCU Treasury as creating a greater sense of community — president on April 28. 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Tuesday, April 27, 2010 THE TUFTS DAILY OP-ED 9 Yes on 3 BY CHARLES SKOLD AND NADIA NIBBS student body will advance the conversa- tion about minority issues to all areas of A yes vote on Referendum 3 in the upcom- campus. This is exactly the type of dialogue ing student body election will reform the com- and debate that needs to move beyond its munity representative system so that they are circles in various community groups and ultimately voted on by the entire campus and enter into, and be received into, the larger are granted fiscal voting rights on the Tufts campus exchange. Community Union (TCU) Senate. It will also Any question of whether putting the com- create the Director of Community Affairs munity rep vote to the entire campus would (DCA) position, an executive level position result in simply a popularity campaign is on Senate that will be charged with address- irrelevant to the current debate in that the ing minority issues and bringing together same question must be asked of any elected different groups on campus. TCU Senator. Perhaps that question should In an April 26 op-ed, Christopher Snyder be asked, but again, let us press forward advocated the rejection of both this and with the issue at hand. a competing Referendum 4 in the name Referendum 3 will bring legitimacy to the of addressing “real” issues on campus. entire community rep system. The student Snyder’s effort to frame this referendum in body’s voice will be legitimized in electing the context of a larger Senate-student body the community reps. The community reps’ disconnect is fine, but should not distract voices will be legitimized through fiscal vot- from the present issue at hand: adequate ing rights on the TCU Senate. The voices and legitimate community representation of the communities they represent will be on the TCU Senate. legitimized by engagement with, and inclu- Referendum 3 does indeed address real sion in, a larger campus dialogue. issues on campus, namely ensuring that Snyder is right that neither Referendum both the student body and the individual 3 nor 4 will resolve his reportedly greater community reps will have louder voices on pet issue of whether or not Senate cares the TCU Senate and across Tufts. about the student body. They do not intend Snyder is concerned that a majority-white to. They specifically address minority rep- campus would choose which individual gets resentation on the TCU Senate and across to represent the views of minority commu- campus through the community rep system. nities. It is true that the entire student body However, looking forward to how Referendum will get to vote on the individual community 3 will give stronger voices to students in TCU reps, but this should not be a cause of con- Senate and across campus, it sure looks like a cern to anyone. Referendum 3 allows the step in the right direction. space for groups seeking community rep- Maybe TCU Senate is responsive to the resentation on the TCU Senate the oppor- student body; maybe it is not. Let’s have that tunity to identify their own core group of discussion. But let us also have the discus- leaders whom they believe could adequately sion of minority issues on campus, their represent pertinent issues facing their com- greater relevance to the entire student body munities. Upon identifying these leaders in and their representation on TCU Senate. a fashion that best facilitates the maximum Let’s also have a campus-wide vote on sena- voices heard within their own communities, tors and community reps that bring all these these students are then able to contest in a issues to the forefront. And let’s vote yes on general student body election to not only TIEN TIEN/TUFTS DAILY Referendum 3 to make it happen. represent the needs and concerns of their body can have an opinion on the student voted on by the greater student body, they communities, but also to create cohesion they trust to gradually diminish insularity. should have full fiscal and non-fiscal voting between their community and the larger This voting procedure will actually legiti- rights on Senate. Charles Skold is junior majoring in politi- Tufts student body. A general election pro- mize not only a community rep’s voice on Referendum 3 will result in a more, not cal science. Nadia Nibbs is a junior major- cess does not mean, then, that minority Senate but also their right to a fiscal vote, as less, “substantive debate about minority ing in International Relations; she is a TCU issues are determined by a majority popu- proposed in Referendum 3. If a community issues,” as Snyder said. Putting an individ- senator and was a member of the Diversity lation, but instead that the whole student rep has been vetted by their community and ual community rep’s vote to the entire Task Force.

OFF THE HILL | UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN Spain provides example for U.S. health care

BY SARAH MELECKI universal health care is only going to make us stronger. The as much money paying less than people who have a lot of The Daily Nebraskan doctor actually had to come to my hotel room in January money? It’s like someone reinvented the wheel! while I was staying in Madrid, and not only did he speak Once you get past the initial shock of realizing that peo- Here’s the thing about living in another country: You fluent English but he also made a quick and painless visit ple who, for whatever reason, don’t make as much money don’t realize quite how much you love the United States that treated my illness right away. don’t pay as much into the system, then you can look at until you leave it. Then again, you also come to realize just Just this Monday, I ended up in the emergency room how much you actually have to pay. For someone who how much you hate it while you’re away. (a product of traveling on airplanes between countries makes more than 53,000 euro (about $70,700), the total tax It was big news over here in Spain when the health care much too often in the past two weeks) and had no prob- rate is 43 percent. High? Yes. bill was signed. People weren’t exactly excited, though. lem whatsoever. I’ve been to the emergency room in the But what exactly are you getting out of these taxes? This Instead, they seemed to be thinking the same thing I United States before, and thus have something with which is what no one in the United States ever stops to think have been ever since I was old enough to understand to compare my visit. I saw very little difference between the about. Do you think there are potholes in the roads here? I how to take care of my fellow citizens: Why hasn’t this two countries. haven’t found them. been around forever? Why is the United States just getting It took me about the same amount of time to see the Are people going bankrupt because they get unlucky, around to instilling this vital right to its people? doctor in both countries. The main difference between happen to get cancer and can’t afford the bills? Unheard When they ask me about the health care bill, all I can say the two nations is that in the United States, my bill had of. People in Spain, and the rest of Europe for that matter, is, “We might be a little behind the rest of the world, but always been more than $100 after insurance took care of take care of one another. A person’s 43 percent of income we’re moving in the right direction.” And all Spaniards can a significant portion of it. In Spain, my bill was 35 euro, tax goes to making sure you live a healthy, comfortable, do is nod in agreement, because the system is going to take the equivalent of about $47, and I was never even asked to productive life and your friends and neighbors do as well. its time restructuring, and the citizens are going to take their produce an insurance card. Of course, if you make less than 17,000 euro a year (the time warming up to the idea of universal health care. Getting prescriptions has also been easy. I simply take equivalent of about $23,000), you pay only a 24 percent tax. In all honesty, what Congress passed isn’t what I had my written prescription from the doctor to any pharmacy And here’s another difference between the United States hoped it would be. But here’s the thing about Congress: (and there are literally two on every block) and ask to have and Spain. Why do you make less than 17,000 euro a year? They move slowly. And they’re meant to move slowly. There it filled. I pay so little per prescription, also! Today, for In the United States, the automatic assumption is that you is a reason it takes so long to get anything done … and it example, I had to get two prescriptions and paid 24 euro are lazy, fat and no good. has less to do with the fact that Congress is full of a bunch for both, the equivalent of just more than $32. That is not Not so in Spain. The assumption is you started out from of idiots than the system being smarter than those idiots, a co-pay: That is the actual cost of the prescription. I’ve less than others and you weren’t lucky enough to be able to and it has to sort out all of the good ideas from the bad. never once been asked to produce an insurance card, and make it to the top right away, or you have had a difficult life And when the bad ideas get through — for example, not I’m not even a citizen! because of family issues, illness, whatever. The assumption giving health care to all of our citizens — the system has to So, I know exactly what the Republicans in the room are isn’t that you screwed up, but you simply need a little help. go back and fix that, too. But in Spain I’ve seen universal thinking — Yeah, but their taxes are so high! First of all, the And honestly, who doesn’t need a little help every once health care in action, and I’m happy to report that we’re in income tax rate is progressive, so those who don’t make as in a while? Hopefully this new health care bill will make the for something great. much don’t pay as much. Ingenious! Who would have ever United States a bit more like the best parts of Spain, with Having seen the doctor in Spain twice now, I can tell you thought of a thing like that? I mean, people who don’t have the right to pursue a life of happiness for all of us. LET THE CAMPUS KNOW WHAT MATTERS TO YOU. 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BY ADAM PARDES years during his first stint with the Broad Anaheim Ducks in the first round last year, onds left in regulation to knot the score Senior Staff Writer Street Bullies. It was in those 2000 playoffs didn’t earn a lead in regulation over the at 5-5 and send the game into overtime, that Boucher lost to the New Jersey Devils Avalanche until Game 4. That being said, where the Sharks outlasted the Avalanche Unpredictable. in seven games, en route to the Devils’ San Jose managed to pull off two clutch thanks to a power-play goal by Devin That’s the best word to describe the second-ever Stanley Cup trophy. This overtime victories that helped it clinch Setoguchi. Two games later, Pavelski Stanley Cup playoffs year in and year out. time around, Boucher stood on his head the series. In what was one of the most notched an overtime-winner of his own While some favorites move on, others all series long, and the Flyers’ revamped physical series of the playoffs thus far, when he fired a screened wrist shot past are sure to fall by the wayside and allow defensive core, led by grizzled veteran several side stories developed that earned Colorado goalie Craig Anderson halfway underdogs the chance to earn champion- Chris Pronger, helped to shut down the the attention of hockey fans everywhere. through the extra stanza. Finally, with ship rings. No matter what teams advance Devils, leading to a five-game upset of Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle, who won the series on the line, the U.S. Olympian to the later rounds, their path is never easy second-seeded New Jersey. gold with Team Canada in the Vancouver scored twice in Game 6, including the and is always full of surprises. Devils netminder Martin Brodeur, who Olympics just a few months ago, took the game-winner in the final period to elimi- This year is no exception, with 12 open- holds the NHL record for most regular sea- blame for a 1-0 overtime loss to the Avalanche nate the Avalanche and propel San Jose ing-round games going past regulation, son wins, picked up his 99th career playoff in Game 3. Boyle attempted to make a pass into the second round. including a Game 5 triple-overtime thriller victory in Game 2 but will have to wait until to his defense partner behind the San Jose In addition to the exciting series that between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the next year to try to reach that magic number net, but the puck deflected off of the stick of have already ended, the fourth-seeded Ottawa Senators. Grinder Matt Carkner 100. The Devils scored more than two goals Colorado’s Ryan O’Reilly and slid right past Phoenix Coyotes and fifth-seeded Detroit picked up the winning goal for the Senators only once in the series, giving Brodeur little Evgeni Nabokov, ending the game and leav- Red Wings will battle in a winner-takes- to force a sixth game, in which the defend- offensive help along the way. ing spectators everywhere stunned. all Game 7 tonight in Arizona. The ’Yotes ing Stanley Cup-champion Penguins elim- The Flyers’ special teams unit stole the Instead of ignoring the media and getting managed to stave off elimination with inated Ottawa in its own building. Pascal show, posting an impressive 27.6 per- down on himself, Boyle answered all report- a decisive 5-2 victory at Joe Louis Arena Dupuis scored halfway through the first cent power-play conversion rate and an ers’ questions with great poise and maturity, on Sunday, forcing tonight’s matchup to overtime thanks to hard work in the cor- even better 87.5 percent penalty-kill rate. and he acknowledged that bad breaks hap- decide who will move on to the confer- ner by Jordan Staal, lifting Pittsburgh to its Last year, both the Flyers and the Devils pen and must not define a series. ence semifinals. third straight conference semifinals. were eliminated in the first round by the Without missing a step, Boyle opened The Stanley Cup playoffs never follow However, the biggest surprise from Penguins and the Carolina Hurricanes, the scoring just a minute into the Sharks’ analysts’ expectations or predictions, and the East was that the last team to qual- respectively. next game and notched the tying goal late the regular season statistics of each club ify for the playoffs, the seventh-seeded In the West, the top-seeded San Jose in the third period of Game 6. Aside from are generally discarded come April and Philadelphia Flyers, was the first club to Sharks have clinched a second-round Boyle’s blunder in overtime, the biggest May. Favorites are only favorites on paper, clinch a semifinal matchup. spot after a hard-fought series against the story coming out of San Jose has been the and the players on the ice are the only Flyers goaltender Brian Boucher saw Colorado Avalanche. The Sharks, who lost emergence of Joe Pavelski as Mr. Clutch. ones who will decide who takes home the his first playoff action as a starter in 10 an embarrassing series to the last-seed In Game 2, Pavelski scored with 32 sec- hardware at the end of the day. Matchup at Bowdoin will Rout over Wheaton tempers disappointment determine NESCAC seeing of loss to Trinity WOMEN’S LACROSSE transition game and our fast- MEN’S TENNIS continued from page 12 break situations, so it forced us continued from page 12 said. “We were back on our heels, to play a settled attack all the Though the loss to Trinity and they were rearing to go. They time,” Johnson said. “When we wasn’t particularly close, the were able to set the tone in the were holding the ball, they forced Jumbos could take some conso- game, and we reacted to them us to play to our weakness. We’ll lation in the fact that they routed instead of going out and playing work on our attack this week a lot Wheaton, 9-0, earlier in the week. our game.” more, [because] I’m sure we’ll see Tufts swept the Lyons in both the The Jumbos took an early Middlebury again soon.” doubles and singles categories, 2-1 lead on Saturday before the While the Jumbos finished earning its first shutout victory of Panthers went on a four-goal the game ahead of Middlebury the season. run that included two goals 32-28 in shots, Tufts committed “We didn’t know much about from Middlebury senior Dana over twice as many fouls as the Wheaton going into the match; Heritage, who finished with a Panthers, 14-6. Tufts also had we knew they had a very good game-high four tallies. The con- more turnovers on the day, a sign record but didn’t have many high- test went back and forth until the that the team was rattled by the quality victories, so we didn’t 16:51 mark in the second half, Panthers’ intensity. know what to expect,” senior when the Panthers had anoth- “It is definitely a wake-up tri-captain Daniel Landers said. er four-goal spurt, sparked by a call,” Kopp said. “Because we “But coach [Doug] Eng told us drive to the goal from sophomore were taken aback by their play, to expect a tough match, and we Chase Delano. we were flustered and anxious, went out there and got a pretty The Jumbos rallied late in the which caused us to throw the ball lopsided victory, which we were game on the strength of two goals away and take bad shots. pretty happy about.” from senior co-captain Jenna “We’re happy that this hap- In the doubles matches, Abelli that narrowed the Panther pened now before NESCACs and Victoria and Fountain combined lead to three. But Middlebury potentially the NCAAs,” Kopp to take out their Lyon oppo- was able to control possession continued. “We need to come out nents 8-4, while Lutz and fresh- in the closing moments and run hungry and keep the momentum. man Ben Barad had even less down the clock, ensuring the [This game] forced us to reevalu- trouble against theirs, emerging Jumbos’ first loss to the Panthers ate ourselves and motivates us to with an 8-1 victory. The tightest since 2007. play the best that we can.” match came at the No. 3 spot, “We started to play with more The loss moves Tufts’ record at which Landers and freshman urgency when we realized we were in 2010 to 10-3 overall and 5-3 Mark Westerfield pulled out an behind, but we just didn’t have a lot in-conference. A matchup this 8-6 triumph. of time,” senior Emily Johnson said. Friday on the road at Bowdoin In singles play, the Jumbos “They had a lot more energy during will be crucial in determining simply dominated Wheaton, the game, and I think that they were whether the team will clinch a winning each match without SCOTT TINGLEY/TUFTS DAILY coached really well this week.” first-round home game in the dropping a set. The closest calls Freshman Andrew Lutz registered the only point for Tufts in its loss to Johnson, who leads the NESCAC Tournament. The team of the day came in the No. 2 and Trinity on Thursday, defeating his opponent at sixth singles. NESCAC in scoring with over four plans to get back to its high- 3 pairings, as Victoria and Barad points per game, was limited to scoring ways against a dangerous needed a little time to adjust to NESCAC play in their last two Landers said. “Colby lost a lot of only one goal and one assist by Polar Bears squad that needed their opponents’ games. regular-season matches against players, and we beat them 5-4 a Middlebury defense focused three overtimes to beat Williams Victoria barely took the first Colby College on Friday and last year, so we are hoping to get a on stopping the Jumbos’ high- over the weekend, and that, at set over Wheaton senior James Bates College on Sunday. For pretty decisive victory over them. octane transition attack. Over its 5-2, sits one spot ahead of Tufts Little with a score of 7-6 before Tufts, these two matches will be Going into the Bates match, it’s a nine-game winning streak, Tufts in the conference standings. moving on to an easy 6-2 vic- the most important of the season; toss up; we are definitely under- had averaged 16 goals per game, “We want to win to get home- tory in the second, while Barad with just a 2-4 conference record, dogs to them, and they beat us but Middlebury effectively exe- field,” Johnson said. “We haven’t battled senior Kyle Hudgins to the Jumbos will need to win both last year, but hopefully we can cuted its strategy on Saturday, really looked at Bowdoin yet, but a 7-5 victory in the first before to guarantee themselves a spot at win some matches and surprise slowing down the Jumbos’ offen- if we focus on ourselves like we cruising to a 6-1 victory in the the NESCAC Championships. them. We aren’t expected to win, sive assault. usually do, we’ll hopefully bring next frame. “We are going to go out and play but it shouldn’t be as lopsided as “They were taking away our some energy and get the win.” The Jumbos will continue hard against Colby and Bates,” it was last year.” 12 INSIDE SSportsports Inside the NHL 11 tuftsdaily.com

WOMEN’S LACROSSE ALEX PREWITT | LIVE FROM MUDVILLE Loss at Middlebury snaps Tufts’ nine- The Golden game winning streak ticket

BY BEN KOCHMAN Daily Editorial Board few months ago, during the college football season, I watched as for- After winning nine straight games, the mer Notre Dame receiver Golden women’s lacrosse team hoped to continue ATate put up an absurd 244 yards in its stretch of dominance last Saturday at a 37-30 win over Washington on Oct. 3. On nine catches, Tate abused the Huskies defense WOMEN’S LACROSSE — OK, maybe this isn’t quite the feat, but 244 (10-3, 5-3 NESCAC) yards is 244 yards no matter what, especially at Middlebury, Vt., Saturday given that the most Washington gave up all year to any individual receiver besides that was 138 — which prompted me to turn to my Tufts 4 5 — 9 friend and boldly predict that Tate would have Middlebury 6 7 — 13 a better pro career than quarterback Jimmy Clausen. This statement was immediately met Middlebury, Vt. against a Panthers team with disdain and shouts, and I was banned that had endured its first three-game from talking for the rest of the afternoon. losing streak since 1984. But in a game Here’s why I’m right: in which the Jumbo offense — which This past weekend, during the three-day entered the game leading the NESCAC extravaganza of boring that was the NFL Draft, in goals per game — was held to single Tate was selected without much hype at No. digits for the first time since March 20, 60 overall, going to the Seattle Seahawks to the team was unable to prevail, dropping play with former USC coach Pete Carroll. the game 13-9. In Tate, the Seahawks got, in my opinion, The Jumbos faced a fired-up the receiver with the most upside at incred- Middlebury squad looking to defend its ible value. Though he was the fourth wideout home turf and hurting from two major taken, I stand by my statement that he’ll have defeats at the hands of the Jumbos in a great pro career. the past two years. On April 26, 2008, the Need proof of his abilities as a receiver? Just Jumbos snapped the Panthers’ 76-game YouTube the Fighting Irish’s game on Oct. 18, NESCAC winning streak in style, taking 2009 against USC, during which he burned the contest 15-7 at home. Last year, the the Trojans’ highly touted safety, Taylor Mays Jumbos beat Middlebury once more — — don’t get me started on Mays blaming this time 12-7 on April 8 — in another ALEX DENNETT/TUFTS DAILY Carroll for not getting drafted until the second game in Medford. Sophomore midfielder Steph Perez had a goal in the women’s lacrosse team’s 13-9 loss at round — for two touchdowns. Fastforward to On Saturday, however, Tufts had to Middlebury over the weekend. The setback was the Jumbos’ first since March 20. the end and watch Tate truck Mays in the end wake up early and make the four-hour zone, then rewind the clip to see Tate absorb a trek to Middlebury, where the nation- outcome of a 2010 NESCAC game is a wins, we were a team that they were out hit in traffic and somehow manage to get one ally No. 16 Panthers were able to flip feeble proposition. to get,” senior co-captain Alyssa Kopp foot down to score. He’s a freak of an athlete, the script against the No. 5 Jumbos, and “We were the first team to beat them one who ran a 4.36 and a 4.37, unofficially, at prove once again that predicting the in the NESCAC, and coming off our two see WOMEN’S LACROSSE, page 11 the combine. Oh yeah, and he’s a .318 lifetime hitter on the baseball team whose 45 runs last MEN’S TENNIS year is the third-highest in program history. With freakish speed and an uncanny, almost NFL Blitz-like ability to break tackles, Strong Wheaton win nullified by Trinity rout it’s no secret that Tate was a top prospect after he left South Bend following his junior BY JESSE WEINBERG rival Trinity, losing 8-1. doubles matches, as their No. 2 and No. year. But his 5-foot-10 stature might surprise Senior Staff Writer The Bantams got out to a quick start 3 tandems each downed their respective some people, especially given that Tate joins in the doubles matches with the No. 1 Tufts opponents by scores of 8-3. a Seahawks receiving corps with a 6-foot-2 T.J. The men’s tennis team continued its Trinity duo of sophomore Anson McCook In the singles matches, Trinity was Houshmandzadeh, a 6-foot-4 Reggie Williams busy schedule last week with matches and senior Spencer Feldman defeating the nearly as successful, taking all but one of and a 6-foot-5 Mike Williams. Do I smell a against Wheaton College on Tuesday Jumbos’ pairing of sophomore Kai Victoria the pairings. McCook handily defeated hybrid between Wes Welker’s size and Randy and junior Jake Fountain 8-5. After com- Fountain 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 1 spot, while Moss’ deep-threat capability? MEN’S TENNIS ing out of the gates slowly, Victoria and Bantam junior Rich Bonfiglio dropped Sure, the argument can be made that Tate is (6-7, 2-4 NESCAC) Fountain battled back to make the match Victoria 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 2 match. just a product of a system, that his 1,496 yards at Hartford, Conn., Thursday competitive, but the Bantams hit key shots Things got a bit more interesting in the and 15 touchdowns last year were simply the down the stretch and managed to outlast No. 3 pairing, however, as senior tri-cap- result of the pass-happy Charlie Weis trying to their Tufts opponents. tain Andrew Rosen put up a valiant effort boost the stock of Clausen (What else would it Tufts 1 “Against Trinity, we went down an early against Trinity sophomore Dan Couzens. be? It’s not like they won that often). It’s a fair Trinity 8 break in the first game of the match, and After dropping the first set 6-3, Rosen point, and I’ll accept it. But it’s not like Carroll it was difficult to come back from that,” came back to take the second stanza 6-2, doesn’t have a history of getting the most out and Trinity College on Thursday. The Fountain said. “However, we got back to setting up a dramatic tiebreaker which of his quarterbacks and consequently spread- Jumbos got back to their winning ways 5-4 on their serve, and we had two oppor- he lost, 11-9. The lone win for the Jumbos ing the wealth around to a deep receiving against Wheaton at the Voute Courts, tunities to break, but we didn’t due to came from freshman Andrew Lutz in the corps. Tate entered an ideal situation, one in drubbing the Lyons 9-0. On Thursday, some lack of focus and some really good No. 6 spot, in which he defeated senior Ian which he’s instantly set up to succeed. however, the Jumbos were given a dose shots from Trinity, and that was the turn- Malakoff 7-5, 3-6 (10-8). With Tate, Seattle instantly got better. The of reality when they made the trip south ing point of the match.” Seahawks have a home-run threat in the to Hartford to play against NESCAC The Bantams went on to sweep the see MEN’S TENNIS, page 11 return game, a deep threat to complement Houshmandzadeh and an instant option for the Wildcat offense, should Carroll decide to go down that road. And in adding Russell Women’s tennis rebounds in a big way versus Middlebury Okung, Leon Washington and LenDale White, among others, on draft day, Seattle The No. 17 women’s tennis team on However, the Panthers fought back against Aiello 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7). Stewart and McCooey instantly becomes a favorite in a below- Saturday tended its two-match slide with a Tufts’ second doubles team of first-years also faced tough tie-breakers, but the team as average NFC West. hard-fought victory against No. 15 Middlebury Lindsay Katz and Janice Lam and the No. a whole was able to win three out of four tie- And maybe, to further refute my argument, College. The NESCAC matchup raised Tufts’ 3 tandem of Hollender and junior Edwina breakers in the contest. Sophomore Jennifer you can say that Clausen will immediately be record to 11-5 overall and 6-2 in confer- Stewart, taking the rest of the doubles in LaCara, Katz and Lam each won quick, two- given a chance to succeed in Carolina, that ence play. Despite losing two of their three decisive 8-4 and 8-0 wins. set matches to seal the deal for the Jumbos. his situation will ultimately breed a battle- doubles matches, the Jumbos rode a strong Despite the disadvantage partway through “We had much more confidence in our tested QB ready to burst onto the national singles effort, in which they won five out of the match, the Jumbos collected themselves singles game,” Hollender said. “We knew scene in the next few years. But just like Allen six matches, to clinch the win. and came out ready to win in the singles what we had to do and stepped it up.” Iverson was talking about practice, I’m talk- “Everyone fought really hard for each matches, not dropping a set against the With the season winding to an end, the ing about long-term success here, and Tate other,” first-year Lauren Hollender said. “It Panthers in any match but the No. 2 spot on Jumbos will face their last regular-season and has that potential. was really an all-around team effort.” the ladder. conference game against No .11 Bowdoin this You’ll never hear a complaint about his After going 0-for-3 against national No. 2 “We just know that’s what happened, and weekend. Despite the difficult matches these work ethic, any illegal transporting of alcohol Amherst in the doubles matches last week, there’s nothing we can do to change what past few weeks, a victory over Middlebury or any shady dealings in Georgia. Only pure, the Jumbos struggled again in doubles on happened in the doubles,” Hollender said. gives Tufts the confidence to head into the unadulterated excitement. Saturday. The nationally ranked duo of junior “We just try to move forward and know that post-season with high hopes. Oh yeah, and did I mention he’s a freak? co-captain Julia Browne and senior co-cap- we’re capable of winning, and everyone did “Every team in the NESCAC is tough, but I Just go watch; YouTube never lies. tain Meghan McCooey notched the first a great job of that this weekend.” think after this week we’re in a good place,” point for Tufts with an 8-4 set at the first Browne led the way for Tufts at No. 1 Hollender said. “We just need to keep it doubles spot. singles, defeating Middlebury sophomore Tori going and fight for every point.” Alex Prewitt is a sophomore majoring in —by Sarah Nasser English and religions. He can be reached at [email protected].