Tufts Engineering Has Strong Female Presence, Study Finds

Today: Sunny and Wind THE TUFTS High 22 Low 10 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Partly Cloudy and Wind Since 1980 High 28 Low 17 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 15 DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007 Tufts engineering has strong Student mothers aim for housing BY ERIN BALDASSARI mute to school. That takes a lot of time,” female presence, study ﬁ nds Daily Staff Writer she said. Senior Yissy Perez, also a mother, said BY SAMUEL WEBB When analyzing these numbers, The Tufts Alliance for the Advancement that members of the administration were Contributing Writer Abriola and Davies decided that there of Mothers (TAAM) began circulating initially supportive when mothers came is no single reason for the SOE’s suc- a petition earlier this month request- to them last year to talk about housing, Compared to its peers at the nation- cess. “We decided it was a combina- ing on-campus housing in which Tufts but then seemed to imply that granting al level, the Tufts University School tion of a number of factors,” Abriola students who are mothers can live with their requests would tarnish Tufts’ repu- of Engineering (SOE) has been very said. their children. tation. successful at recruiting and retain- One of the most important, she said, Currently, the Office of Residential “They didn’t want ‘that’ image,” she ing female engineers, according to a is the general atmosphere at Tufts, Life and Learning (ORLL) does provide said. “[They] didn’t want to portray Tufts report published by two members of where engineering students often inter- some off-campus housing for graduate as a community college.” the Tufts community. act a lot with peers from the School of students and faculty members with fam- Stevenson said that the biggest Dean of Engineering Linda Abriola Arts and Sciences. This is particularly ilies. Though ORLL promises on-campus obstacle has not been whether or not and Director of Education and helpful for students who have a vari- housing to all undergraduate freshmen resources are available, but whether the Development for the School of Arts, ety of interests, she said, noting that and sophomores, because children are administration wants to allocate those Sciences, & Engineering Dr. Margery many engineers double major in a not permitted to live in the dormitories, resources for specialty housing. Davies wrote the report, which is called non-engineering field. “They come to student mothers cannot live on-campus Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman “Attracting and Retaining Women in Tufts because they feel they can pur- with their children. disagreed, saying that appropriate hous- Engineering: The Tufts Experience.” sue a balance,” she said. “We are not asking for free housing, es may not be available on campus. Nationally, the percentage of engi- SOE Freshman Claire Rollor agreed. just the same equal access that is pro- “There are a lot of regulatory issues neering bachelor’s degrees obtained “I didn’t want to be just a hardcore vided to all students regardless of gen- about whether or not particular places by women has hovered at around 20 engineer,” she said. “At Tufts I felt like der, sexual orientation, religion, creed or are safe environments for toddlers,” he percent for the past eight years, creat- I could express myself in other ways, disability,” mother and TAAM founder said. ing a job market dominated by men. like music.” Anne Stevenson (LA ’06) said . “You can imagine that a lot of our [on- But at Tufts, the numbers are much The success is also due to conscious Central to the request of the group is campus buildings] have stairways with more favorable. Last year, 26.8 percent efforts to enroll female engineering the feeling that it is impossible to effec- no protection for the stairs and no pro- of the engineering bachelor’s degrees students, Davies said. tively participate in student life if they tection for the space between two par- were awarded to women and this year According to the report, the accep- live too far away from campus. “If you’re allel stairs,” Reitman said. “Doorways, nearly 31 percent of SOE freshman are tance rate is 41 percent for female not on campus, you can’t really partici- elevators — there are all sorts of issues.” female. engineers compared to the overall SOE pate as a student,” Stevenson said at a Many houses also have lead paint, which Beyond that, Tufts boasts a 99 per- acceptance rate of 34 percent. TAAM meeting. makes them unsafe for toddlers, he cent four-year graduation rate for its Tufts also makes an effort to attract Beyond that, transportation and long said. female engineers, according to Davies. female engineering faculty. The SOE commutes are an issue, according to Perceptions of Tufts’ image, he said, This is particularly important has nearly doubled the national aver- Interim Director of the Women’s Center have nothing to do with the administra- because, according to Abriola, one age for female engineering faculty Susan Gilbert. tion’s stance. “I think that it should be reason that the national percentage of members, Abriola said. “Transportation is one of the biggest the university’s interest to provide any female engineers is so low is that many challenges. Many of the mothers are “get discouraged and drop out.” see ENGINEERS, page 2 living at home, and therefore must com- see MOTHERS, page 2 Campus Center brings Sex Fair back Curtatone elected mayors’ BY LAURA HILL Contributing Writer organization president Visitors to the Mayer Campus Center on Valentine’s Day opened BY JEREMY WHITE prospect of a new face in the the door to discover phallic bal- Daily Editorial Board governor’s office gives heart- loons, condom roses and a “vulva ening news to members who wishing tree,” which were deco- Supported by a strong back- criticize a rift that grew under rations for the “Sex Fair,” hosted ing for his progressive-minded former governor Mitt Romney. by VOX: Voices for Choice. leadership, Somerville mayor “I think, first and foremost, “The goal of the Sex Fair is to Joseph A. Curtatone was cho- this year will be to re-establish create a dialogue about sex on sen Jan. 13 to be the 2007 a strong working relationship campus,” senior and VOX mem- president of the Massachusetts between the cities and com- ber Megan Ault said. Mayors’ Association (MMA). munities of Massachusetts and Ault ran the masturbation The MMA, a subgroup of the governor,” Beckwith said. table, which was the most popu- the Massachusetts Municipal “[Romney] had delegated out lar booth at the fair, according to Association, provides a forum the responsibility of dealing VOX co-president senior Chelsea for the state’s mayors to con- with municipal issues, and Toder. front issues affecting their cit- with the occasional exception “People are a lot more enthu- ies and offer collective solu- was not fully engaged in work- siastic than I thought they’d be,” tions, Executive Director of ing with mayors on a regular Ault said. the Massachusetts Municipal basis.” The fair featured a world map Association Geoffrey Beckwith Curtatone stressed this dete- on which students could mark said. riorating relationship when the different locations they have “The association includes all he endorsed Deval Patrick in had sex, and another map, enti- of the mayors of the common- the 2006 gubernatorial race tled “Where have you touched wealth who meet on a regular because, according to him, yourself at Tufts?” Ault said that basis with a common agenda Patrick represents a golden the masturbation map helped to strengthen the cities and opportunity for progress. include a wider range of people. communities of the state,” he “Part of the excitement is “You don’t necessarily have to said. working in this atmosphere of be sexually active to participate At the MMA’s annual meet- hope and opportunity with the and feel involved,” she said. ing, a group of Curtatone’s new administration and work- Student turnout was high peers chose him to lead for the ing together to achieve a true ANNIE WERMIEL/TUFTS DAILY despite the inclimate weather. “In Displays like this at the fair yesterday aimed to inform students about sex. duration of 2007. partnership between the state some ways, maybe [the weather] According to Beckwith, this government and the munici- helped turnout,” sophomore contributed by running booths There’s something for everyone.” position puts him at the fore- palities,” he said. Morissa Sobelson said. “People that covered a wide variety of Sobelson worked at the HIV/ front of a host of issues includ- Curtatone also hopes that want to go somewhere warm and issues. AIDS collaborative and distrib- ing reducing reliance on the his visibility as president of the cozy — why not the Sex Fair?” Visitors could learn about uted AIDS awareness ribbons. property tax and finding a way MMA will help catalyze chang- According to Toder, VOX head- “reproductive rights or choice The Tufts Anthropology to combat high housing costs. es at the state level similar to ed up the fair and several other or sexual health,” Toder said. Although the MMA is a campus clubs and organizations “There’s an AIDS collective. see SEX, page 2 nonpartisan organization, the see CURTATONE, page 2

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WORLD IN BRIEF COMMUNIST PARTY TO NOMI- Special interest housing might be a solution for mothers NATE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN RUSSIA MOTHERS stigma on campus. “We’re invisible. It’s light. They are treated differently by continued from page 1 as if we don’t even exist,” she said at a other students and by the administra- Russia’s Communist Party (KPRF) will nomi- help we can,” he said. “There’s nothing TAAM meeting. tion. The biggest difference is that they nate a candidate for the 2008 presidential image-related or political.” Griselmarie Alemar, also a mother, don’t get housing.” election, party leader Gennady Zyuganov said He also said that he has no recol- echoed these sentiments in an inter- Stevenson said that they are almost Wednesday. lection of a meeting at which a group view. “Tufts likes to portray the image alone on campus in this respect. “We will form our team with a presidential of mothers requested housing. “There that they like to help the community,” “There is the Crafts House, [La Casa], candidate and go forward to the election,” was not a group that was saying we she said. “[But] we are part of the com- the [Capen] House, the International Zyuganov told journalists in Russia’s second want to go for housing. No group has munity, and they don’t really help us.” House. There is a niche for everyone. largest city. come to me to ask that,” he said. “I Alemar will be returning from medical They have forgotten us, or they’ve Russia will hold a presidential election in don’t know if there was a desire for that leave in the fall. pushed us aside,” she said. March 2008. or not.” Gilbert and Violence Prevention Reitman said that if student moms There has been speculation that President Instead, he said that he remembers a Program Coordinator Elaine Theodore want their own on-campus house, they Vladimir Putin, who is extremely popular in request for support, which he said the said that they understand the situation need to apply for a special interest Russia and is credited by many for ensuring administration has provided. that student mothers face. house, something he said he is not sure relative order and growth in the country, “There are a number of things that “I’m not sure students [who are not if they have done already. will nominate his successor or amend the we have done to help, including pro- mothers] would recognize the diffi- “The next step is going to be to talk Constitution to stay in power. However, he viding access to legal advice,” he said. culty of having a young child in addi- about a new special interest house,” he has repeatedly denied both options, calling “[We have used] Tufts networks that tion to the same academic pressures,” said. them undemocratic. were identified through legal counsel Gilbert said. Student moms “deserve “Do we have an appropriate space? I Several figures have been frequently men- or the vice president’s office to hook equal respect and equal treatment, don’t know. Could we address the safe- tioned as possible Putin successors, including [mothers] up with resources that could whether in housing or elsewhere.” ty issues? Potentially, yes. But [the] last First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev provide advice on financial issues or Theodore mentioned the transpar- [time] I knew we were talking about and Defense Minister and Deputy Prime other legal issues,” he said. ency of mothers at Tufts. “There is doing this, there was no group [of stu- Minister Sergei Ivanov. Stevenson does not agree that the [a perception] that this demographic dents] that was looking to do that.” The Communist Party, which still enjoys administration has done enough, say- doesn’t exist at Tufts,” she said. Student But it is exactly those types of houses substantial backing in some regions, won ing that student mothers suffer from a mothers “are really seen in a different that Stevenson is using as a justification. 18.3 percent of the State Duma vote in 2003, but was left behind by the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party, which gained over 37 percent. Curtatone is ‘excited’ for new position Knowing num- MOSCOW LOOKS TO CON- CURTATONE his peers have expressed confidence in STRUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH continued from page 1 his ability to lead, embodied in what has bers is helpful, TURKMENISTAN the “innovations, initiatives and posi- so far been an admirable track record. Russia is counting on a constructive part- tive things” already accomplished in During his tenure as mayor, Curtatone nership with Turkmenistan following the elec- Somerville. has, among other things, jumpstarted Abriola says tion of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov as Robert Trane, president of the the stalled development of Assembly ENGINEERS the Central Asian republic’s new president, Somerville Board of Aldermen, echoed Square and increased government trans- continued from page 1 the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. this sentiment and said Curtatone’s parency and efficiency, as manifested in Beyond the efforts that the SOE The People’s Council of Turkmenistan, the presidency will encourage other his role in developing the 311 customer makes to attract female instructors, country’s highest legislative body, approved communities to continue to look to service center that connects Somerville Abriola said that the campus is a Berdymukhammedov, 49, as the new head Somerville as an example. residents directly to city hall. naturally welcoming environment. of the Turkmen state immediately following “I think it brings a focus to some of “He’s been in office for a relatively “It’s a diverse community. There the announcement by the Central Election the things we’ve been working on in short period of time but he has carved are a number of women in impor- Committee that he won Sunday’s presidential the city and that we’ve put in place,” he out a long and well earned reputation tant leadership positions so I think election with 89.7 percent of the vote. said. “I think other cities and towns will for innovation, for strong management that helps us recruit other women,” Moscow seeks “to develop close coop- want to start adopting some of our poli- and for advocacy,” Beckwith said. she said. eration on the basis of equality and mutual cies.” Curtatone said he is excited and hon- Another finding showed that benefit, confident that Russian-Turkmen rela- Curtatone is partway through his sec- ored by his election. female engineering students at tions, based on traditions of friendship and ond term as mayor of Somerville and is “It’s only about my fourth year as Tufts slightly outperformed their mutual respect, will further advance peace the second youngest mayor in the city’s mayor,” he said. “It’s a great honor at male counterparts in the classroom. and stability in Central Asia,” the ministry said long history, only 38 on his first election this point in my career to be the repre- For the five classes that graduated in a statement posted on its official Web site. day in 2003. Despite his relative youth, sentative of such a prestigious body.” between 2001 and 2005, the average GPA for females was 3.30, as compared to 3.24 for males, according to ACCORD ALLOWS NORTH KOREA the study. TO KEEP NUCLEAR WEAPONS “That surprised me,” Davies said. Now that North Korea has agreed to shut Campus center hosts local sex shop “I didn’t expect there to be any appre- down and seal its nuclear facilities within ciable difference between the sexes.” 60 days, the hardest challenge ahead may SEX away more comfortable talking about According to Abriola, these be ridding the country of all of its nuclear continued from page 1 it.” findings can be used to make weapons, several analysts said Wednesday Collective was also among the many orga- Evan Woods, a sophomore represent- female recruitment even stronger. The accord signed Tuesday in Beijing nizations running booths. Anthropology ing the LGBT Center on campus, said Specifically, she found during the compels North Korea to list all of its nuclear students like sophomore Caitlin Felsman that one of the most important goals study that female participation facilities, weapons and atomic fuel stockpiles distributed information about sexual of the event was promoting safe sexual is particularly high in programs but doesn’t require it to hand over bombs cultures, habits and norms around the practices. involving teamwork and that pro- immediately. That would come in a later world. “We want to get involved in events “In school, they tell you, ‘Abstinence vide hands-on experience helping phase. on campus that aren’t solely academic,” Only!’ but people are going to have sex outside communities. U.S. officials say they think that North she said. and it’s important to be safe,” he said. “We saw that women were [more Korea has reprocessed about 110 pounds The fair also featured a booth for A local sex shop called “Hubba Hubba” involved] in those kinds of activi- of plutonium for use as material in nuclear Planned Parenthood to raise awareness ran a booth as well. ties,” she said. As a result, she said bombs, but they acknowledge that the about family planning options and to “We’re getting to meet new faces and that the SOE will work to build on estimate is based on extrapolating from the gain student support for legislation to getting the store noticed in a new area,” Engineers Without Borders and reprocessing of fuel rods at the Yongbyon improve health education in schools. Hubba Hubba salesman Ryan Martin other programs that allow for such nuclear reactor, which the country now has Other booths included a penis ring said. “It’s exciting, there’s an energy here interaction. That way “engineering pledged to shut down and seal. toss, a station for students to decorate that you don’t get in the store.” is more connected to their lives,” Under the accord signed by North Korea, suggestively-shaped cookies and a cot- Both students and organizers felt the she said. South Korea, China, Russia, Japan and the ton candy station. event was highly successful and VOX Beyond specific policy recom- United States, North Korea will allow moni- “We wanted to approach sex from members emphasized the importance of mendations, she also said that it is tors from the International Atomic Energy all angles,” VOX co-president and senior the light-hearted atmosphere. helpful just to have a better under- Agency to return to the country and verify Andrea Cote said. Toder believes the most essential standing of the numbers and to the shutdown of its nuclear facilities. According to Cote, students also could aspect is that the Tufts Sex Fair allows know how Tufts compares to other Still to be seen is how much access North pick up free t-shirts, stickers and food, students “to discuss a typically taboo schools. Korea allows the monitors, and whether but those were not the only things stu- topic in a safe and fun environment.” “I didn’t really ... appreciate how Pyongyang seeks to retain control of some dents could take from the event. “I think this is probably the most inter- we stacked up with some of the weapons-grade nuclear material. “I hope that if you’re having sex, you active Sex Fair they’ve had and I think schools,” she said. “When you’re come away with a new technique or VOX did a great job this year. It allows doing something good and you don’t something you didn’t know,” she said. students to have fun with their sexuality,” understand why, it’s good to step -compiled from McClatchy Newspapers “And if you’re not having sex, you’ll come junior Clara Goldfarb said. back and try to figure out why.”

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CAMPUS COOKING PETE MCKEOWN | DAILY TOWNIE Cookies are always good, especially when it’s cold outside

BY TINA YE were once rare treasures only to be brought By the way, it’s always a good idea to Daily Staff Writer out on extraordinary occasions. And after all, Google for cooking tips in addition to the nothing amplifies cheerfulness like a good recipe when making something new. Unless Cookies! They are sheer gustatory delights bout of potential cavities. I’m familiar with a particular recipe or the any time of year, but they are especially appro- So let’s talk about cookies and how to excel cooking technique it uses, I never work based priate for celebratory occasions, like Boston’s at producing them so that we may cheer- on an unfamiliar recipe alone. Recipes are first real snow of the season! (Finally...) Oh, fully devour them afterwards. Though there designed to give the basic procedure for Romance, Townie style and for the tabula rasa of a new semester. are thousands of different kinds of cookies, making something, but rarely have the extra- y the time this is read, Valentine’s Hooray! some general tips on cooking and baking that neous information that will help you do do it Indeed, sweets have always been a part of are always relevant and helpful do exist. So well. Allrecipes.com in particular has some Day will be over. celebratory rituals the world over. This makes before you get all floured up, read over these helpful videos and tutorials on preparing sense considering sugars, butters and spices cookie commandments. many common, popular foods. Hundreds of Tufts guys will have Bmissed out on my romantic genius, and for that I am sorry. The Cookie Commandments Many of you probably bought flowers, went One: If you are making cut-out cookies, which the recipe claims they will be done. Five: Don’t get baking powder and bak- on dates to expensive restaurants with those chill the dough in the fridge for about an You can tell cookies are done with a quick ing soda mixed up. Baking soda lacks acid to special, more expensive Valentine’s menus, or hour first. Yes, it’s time consuming, but go visual appraisal: they should be very light complete the leavening process, so it depends even did something stupid like trying to sur- play a round of Guitar Hero while you’re wait- brown on the edges. They will look slightly on the presence of another acidic ingredient prise her with a favorite home-cooked meal. ing or something. It will be worth it, because underdone in the center but cookies continue in the dough. Baking powder, however, is All idiotic ideas. It’s not your fault, because your dough will roll out evenly and not stick to cook for a short time after you take them essentially baking soda with acidic cream of the townie hadn’t yet revealed his 2007 love everywhere, thereby saving you much time out of the oven, so worry not. tartar built into it, so it is more often used in secrets. So here’s a list of a few of my date and frustration in the long run. You also Three: Cool the cookies completely before recipes that don’t have an additional acidic ideas — nights of bliss the likes of which you won’t have to flour it as much to prevent trying to move or decorate them. The heat ingredient. Recipes that include a mixture of will never forget — because if there’s one sticking, which is good because too much must dissipate for the dough to set and baking soda and baking powder are trying to thing a townie knows other than felonies, it’s flour can make the cookie dangerously dry. harden. Premature disturbance will cause achieve a ph balance for optimal leavening. In economically-friendly dates that make the Even if it isn’t for cut-out cookies, it’s generally physical breakdown on the cookie’s part and order to follow these proportions carefully (a ladies swoon. a good idea to chill the dough so the cookie numerous “Aw, damn”s on yours. requisite for good baking), I do recommend The first place, often referred to as doesn’t crumble as easily. If you’re really short Four: Don’t skimp on fat. The fat is what investing in a set of measuring spoons. In “heaven” in the Somerville community, is on time, wrap it in plastic wrap, flatten it out makes the cookie brown to tender, melt-in- baking, you can’t do it “to taste.” GoodTime’s Emporium. The only problem a bit, and stick it in the freezer for ten min- your-mouth deliciousness. It helps along the Six: This is not a real Cookie I have with this place is that is isn’t called utes. Maillard reactions, the chemical reactions Commandment, but so far, the best choco- “RidiculouslyAwesome Time’s.” Two: Don’t overbake your cookies! Why between sugar and amino acid that are late chip cookies recipe I’ve ever used is the For dinner, sample any of the delicacies is this a problem when you just follow the responsible for the tasty, toasty flavor mol- one on the back of those Nestle Toll House that the upscale, modernized menu has to recipe’s time and temperature of the recipe, ecules in caramelized onions, caramel candy, chocolate chip bags. Seriously. offer, from single slices of cheese pizza to you ask? Because oven temperature dials can roast beef and of course, cookies. So if it says Now, without further ado, here are two Buffalo wings (an aphrodisiac of epic propor- vary a bit — you can “set” the temperature to use a cup of butter, don’t use air-filled of my favorite cookie recipes. The first one is tions). Want to work off those calories? Try out to 350 degrees on some ovens, but on some whipped butter or reduced fat butter-like a basic sugar shortbread cookie recipe with a some laser tag, because nothing says “you’re it could heat to 340 and others, 360. That’s products. Margarine, however, is okay as a fun twist: it’s made into a cookie sandwich. the best” like a red beam of light blinding your enough to throw off the time by an entire five trade-off, and so is vegetable shortening. By Of course, feel free to stop at the cookie part cornea. Some say it’s damaging for future minutes. So a good rule of thumb is to check the way, if you want chewier cookies, melt and make cut-out cookies that you can then vision, I say it’s a laser of love. the cookies five minutes before the time at the butter instead of merely softening it. decorate with store-bought icing. Forgot a gift? Win her one of the many prizes GoodTime’s has to offer with tickets from their hundreds of video games. Who needs chocolates and roses when you can win her with fake vampire teeth and a top- notch Hackey sack? After this she’ll be won- dering how this perfect night could get better, and that’s when you sit down at the bar and start throwing around (one) dollar bills for every townie’s favorite game: Keno. Thank me later. Next stop, Lanes and Games in Cambridge. Lanes and Games is a dating mainstay, found conveniently on Route 2 between the Alewife T stop and a boarded-up strip club. That’s as TINA YE/TUFTS DAILY TINA YE/TUFTS DAILY five-star as it gets. Once inside, there’s both candlepin bowling and 10-pin bowling. I’d have issues with anyone who suggested can- Angel Whispers Chocolate Mint Cookies dlepin over 10-pin, but this might be due to my almost god-like ability at big ball bowling. TINA YE/TUFTS DAILY Ingredients: Ingredients: There’s a bar on the second floor, again 1 cup butter (used in 2 steps) 3/4 cup butter fully stocked with Keno, but make sure to 1/2 cup confectioners sugar 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar come early. You don’t want to get caught play- 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp water ing against the hardcore bowling league guys 1/2 tsp lemon extract or 1 tsp lemon 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips who don’t respect people who pick names like zest 2 eggs “poo.” 1/2 tsp salt 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Possibly my favorite place for a date is 1 egg, beaten 1 1/4 tsp baking soda Costco, found down Route 16 in Everett at 2/3 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt the Graceland Shopping Center. You can have 3/4 tsp lemon extract or 1 ½ tsp lemon 36 chocolate mint wafer candies or a sweet dinner and a movie date ... for free. zest (used in 2 steps) mini York peppermint patties They always have the newest releases show- 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1) In a large pan over low heat, cook ing on their unbelievable Plasma screens, so 1 1/2 tablespoons butter butter, sugar and water until butter is make sure to pull over a comfy lazy boy couch 1) In a medium bowl, cream together melted. Add chocolate chips and stir (found on aisle 43 next to the pastry shop). butter and confectioners’ sugar until until partially melted. Remove from The dinner is the real star of the night. Just light. Stir in the lemon peel, flour and heat and continue to stir until choco- walk to the frozen food section, where there salt. Cover bowl, and chill for about late is completely melted. Pour into a is a myriad of free samples. If you say you one hour. large bowl and let stand 10 minutes to don’t like a good bagel bite, then I say you’re 2) Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. cool off slightly. a liar. You can get a large drink of fountain 3) Flatten teaspoons of dough onto 2) Beat in the eggs, one at a time into soda, with free refills, for a meager 55 cents, cookie sheet pans, and bake for five chocolate mixture. Reduce speed to and there is no better drink than fountain to eight minutes, until light brown. low and add dry ingredients, beating Coke (except maybe good chocolate milk, Remove from oven and allow to cool. until blended. Chill dough about one but that’s a whole other column). If Costco 4) To make the filling, combine the hour. gets old after a few dates, Target is only about beaten egg, sugar, lemon zest, lemon 3) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 a football field away. TINA YE/TUFTS DAILY juice and butter in the top of a double degrees C). Do exactly as I say and be ready for some boiler. Chances are, you don’t have 4) Roll dough into balls and place on romance in your future. These locations are one. I don’t. But what works splendid- ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches foolproof ways to woo any lady with minimal ly as a substitute is a large Carmichael apart. Bake 8-10 minutes. While cook- fiscal damage. Sure, you could ignore my plastic salad bowl placed on top of a ies are baking unwrap candies and counsel and go to some trendy restaurant in simmering pot of water. Stir the mix- divide each in half. When cookies are Beacon Hill or a play or something like that, ture in the bowl over the water until brought out of the oven, press 1/2 mint but odds are, you’d rather being playing Keno, it becomes thick. If it doesn’t want to candy on top of each cookie. The mint crushing pins or sniping lasers. thicken, add powdered sugar to the candy will melt in a bit due to the heat That is the townie way. mix. Mixture will also thicken further of the cookie. Eat and enjoy! after it cools. 5) Sandwich cookies with one tea- Both recipes are courtesy of Allrecipes. Pete McKeown is a senior major- spoon of filling each. Eat! com. ing in English. He can be reached at TINA YE/TUFTS DAILY [email protected]. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Thursday, February 15, 2007 5

MINTY FRESH RECORDS WEEKENDER FEATURE | EZRA FURMAN AND THE HARPOONS From Hotung to Chicago, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons have caught their white whale with this indie record deal BY MIKE ADAMS show ... and we gave him a copy of the Furman explained the process. “It The band must have already decid- Daily Editorial Board CD we made, and he just called us a was funny, we were talking to him about ed on the “raw” aspect, because they few days after that, saying they wanted [how] maybe he was going to do this agreed to record and mix all fourteen Last Friday marked the one year to have a record contract, and we were album and he was like ‘I don’t know,’ tracks in just six days, or the approx- anniversary of Ezra Furman and the really bewildered.” and ‘I’m not too enthusiastic about it, imate length of the average Dave Harpoons’ first ever show at Hotung He later explained the band’s shock maybe, I’ll see what happens,’ and then Matthews live song. Café (you may remember it, it used by saying, “It’s just so surprising, we was like ‘I want to see you guys play Don’t get too excited, because the to serve sandwiches or something). thought we were just frivolously having live,’ you know, and see what you’re album won’t be released until some- Looking back at the past year, they our rock ‘n’ roll summer.” like,” Furman said. “So [on a] Thursday time in April, after it gains the Minty have had the kind of success that any In July, the band members returned [our manager] called us and said pretty Fresh seal of approval. band would kill for, especially a col- to their normal lives, trying not to worry much as a joke, ‘Do you want to come “They told me that it’s gonna be all lege band. With a very distinct, folk- about the pressures of being a real, to Chicago and play on Saturday night over the place,” Furman said, “in Best based indie sound à la Violent Femmes, signed band. They could afford to take for Brian Deck and see if he wants to do Buy and stuff ... yeah, Best Buy, Jesus they were quickly able to expand their a step back, too, because they managed the album?’ and we’re like ‘we’ll do it!’” Christ.” As Furman implied, the dif- appeal beyond the Tufts community. to get a very favorable contract that The story doesn’t end there, of course, ference between making an album as In a short amount of time, the band only binds them to two albums, and, as and the weekend drive to Chicago was an excuse to play a few shows over the has gone on tour, recorded two albums of a month ago, they have already got- a bit of a hike for a bunch of Tufts stu- summer and making an album that is and gotten signed to a well respected ten one out of the way. dents, especially since many of us often going to be sold next to the Nintendo indie label, all from the comfort of their lack the motivation to walk 200 feet to Wii is a bigger jump than anyone could dorm rooms and during winter vaca- Harpoons keep on truckin’ the nearest dining hall. have expected. tion. For any Harpoons fans out there who “In theory it was the stupidest thing Some might mistake it for arrogance, think this album will just be a re-pack- ever,” Furman said. “I mean we drove so With fame comes cheering, groupies but the band has been very nonchalant aged version of their old material, well, long in this car, and it was a stick shift, and Best Buy in the face of all their success. Singer you are mostly right, but the reality and only two of us knew how to drive Best Buy is not exactly the measure and frontman Ezra Furman sums up is far more exciting. It is true that of stick shift ... and then the other thing is, of success for the band that seems to the entire first half of the band’s exis- the fourteen songs they recorded in we went to Canada accidentally ... so it be lacking a clear vision for the future tence by saying, “To go on a tour we Chicago, eleven appear on “Bang Bang took a long time, adding like six hours amid all of their recent excitement. decided to make an album to have Bang,” but, as Furman explains, they to our drive; we were in the car for like Furman summed up his neuroses by something to sell ....” “sort of changed into different songs,” 24 hours straight ... maybe more.” saying, “whether with a band or alone, The album he is referring to, 2006’s which seems to be the nature of their “And we were just so tired and we just when I’m performing I just feel a little “Beat Beat Beat,” was recorded in cam- style of music, along with their overall got stuck at the last minute onto this bit vain when you’ve got people cheer- pus dorm rooms last spring, but one attitude, which involves living in the bill, you know. And we played a great ing and girls come up to you and they’re could never tell just from listening. moment and not trying to stay in one show, and he was convinced. He was like ‘I’m totally gonna be your groupie’ Since Furman had been writing songs place for too long. like ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve definitely got to and I’m just like, I dunno, I guess some long before the band formed, they were The band also had the pleasure of do this, I’m so into it!’ and it was such a people like that.” soon armed with an arsenal of 12 songs working with producer Brian Deck, triumphant thing,” Furman said. “To me it’s like you gotta put up with ready to be recorded. The album’s clar- whose list of accomplishments include that stuff to do the good stuff, which is ity and seamless production are no dif- “This Harness Can’t Ride Anything” Harpoons’ live shows will blow you out making people feel less lonely ....” ferent from a professional product for (2006) by Chin Up Chin Up, “Our of the water Although the band may not have the which one might dish out 15 bucks. Endless Numbered Days” (2004) by Those who have seen the Harpoons mindset of rock stars just yet, Furman Iron and Wine, and, most famously, perform know that the live show is still holds onto a sense of optimism, First comes the tour, then the record “The Moon and Antarctica” (2000) by really what wins listeners over, partly however hesitant he may be, that drives label Modest Mouse. thanks to Furman’s rambling charm him to accept these larger milestones, Like everything else that’s happened and unique stage presence. In order to and to propel his adopted band far past to them since, according to Furman, The Harpoons weathered the Windy give the new album some of the power its relatively modest beginnings. they got connected with their record City of their live performance, the band For now, the Harpoons have been label as an inadvertent result of their The story of how Deck became inter- recorded everything except for the offered some amazing opportunities, tour. “When we were in Chicago,” Ezra ested in the band begins with a casual, vocals while in the same room, enabling and if their streak of good fortune con- said, “[our manager] got these guys spur of the moment decision, but may them to feed off of each other’s energy tinues, they are in line to overstep from the Chicago record label called have ended up as one of the defining and adding an element which Furman Guster as that band you are proud to Minty Fresh Records to come to the moments for Furman and the gang. describes as “cool and raw and live.” say you went to the same school as. 6 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER Thursday, February 15, 2007

THEATER PREVIEW Dystopian vision in ‘No Elephants’ predicts more than just Jumbo’s downfall

BY WILL EHRENFELD mental function and force them into ser- Contributing Writer vitude by the all-white populace. Senior Will Shaw plays a character named sim- In the futuristic society where “Rain. ply “Blackie.” This character’s develop- Some Fish. No Elephants.” is set, there is ment forms the backdrop for the action perpetual rain, fish are endangered and throughout, with Blackie undergoing a powerful transformation over the course Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants. of the play. Shaw carefully brings his character Written by Y York from complete servitude to independence Directed by Downing Cless and free thought. “We see a black man as At the Balch Arena Theater a person with a full range of emotions Feb. 15-17 and 22-24 at 8 p.m. and thoughts and problems,” rather than strictly as a stereotype, which he inargu- Tickets $5 ably is when the character first appears, 617-627-3493 Shaw said. Along with racism, York tackles the elephants have become extinct due to issue of the environment with equal force. global climate change. These details set Global warming has brought the onset the backdrop for Y York’s exciting play. of perpetual rain to the Chesapeake Bay Upon walking into the Balch Arena area, where the play is set. Sophomore Theater for this show, the audience will Ben Samuels plays the protagonist Gene, immediately be confronted with an an eccentric, brilliant scientist with a pen- extremely fun and colorful set design. chant for fishing. He illegally sails into the Ted Simpson’s scenic design confronts the bay, only to find out that water has now audience with brash oranges and blues encroached past the Arlington National that mesh perfectly with the timbre of the Cemetery in Washington, D.C. The con- play. Virginia Johnson’s costume design stant rain is a glimpse at the many har- SARAH HALPERT/TUFTS DAILY is filled with kooky colors and a unique bingers of climate change’s devastating Will Shaw, Ben Samuels, Caitlin Johnson, and Madeline Schussel rehearse for their show combination of past and futuristic influ- effects. ‘Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants.’ ences. In this rainy future, Gene and his daugh- Director Downing Cless correctly char- ters are the only people left in the world fantastic work by the actors and crew, deformed foot. O’Neill manages to cap- acterizes the action as “always fanci- who have not been genetically engineered the show comes together in what can be ture the essence of the character, whom ful and fun-filled,” but also “subversive to be mindless drones. Society no longer viewed as both a comedy and a harrow- she says “acts as a catalyst for a lot of the and dangerous.” It is at first a ridicu- reproduces through pregnancy; instead, ing social commentary. One must not action because she is a point of real vul- lous and comical portrayal of the modern humans are manufactured in test tubes. forget, though, the deeper message that nerability for the family.” American family. At the same time, the Gene is the only person, or at least one of may be partially obscured by what is a This, of course, is because deformed show makes an important statement and very few, who can complete this process. really hilarious show. “Lurking beneath individuals are normally “eliminated.” It raises many pertinent questions, forming He refuses, based on principle, thereby the shimmering surface ... is the revela- is through Emily, along with Blackie, that a kind of “hybrid of ‘Father Knows Best’ threatening the very existence of this so- tory depth of the colossally horrific con- the audience gains a fresh look at the with ‘Dune.’ ‘Rain’ crosses yet another called human race. Samuels lends a lovely sequences of current-day systemic rac- problems at hand, as the characters trans- line, inducing a question or comment whimsical nature to Gene; making him ism and environmental denial carried to form and discover their new identities. perhaps with every laugh,” Cless said. excitable as he is principled. extremes,” Cless said. Will Shaw, who gives real life to the hero Y York’s fantastic reality plays on issues Three divisive and interesting issues What is particularly poignant about Blackie, summarized ‘Rain ...’: “The show that plague society today, such as racism. shape this intriguing play: racism, glob- “Rain...” is the inevitable fighting back, is feather tickling, frighteningly funny and Black people are chemically controlled al warming and genetic engineering. exemplified by senior Molly O’Neill’s gut-wrenchingly moving and poignant in with “stoppers,” pills that severely reduce Through Cless’ deft directorial touch and character Emily, a 12-year-old girl with a all of its wackiness.”

WEEKENDER INTERVIEW | ZACK SNYDER The graphic novels of Frank Miller aren’t Greek to ‘300’ director Zack Snyder BY KRISTIN GORMAN people are looking for kind of Daily Editorial Board a metaphor that reflects the current political situation, but In 2005, Robert Rodriguez’s my intent was always to spark “Sin City” opened America’s a viewpoint. I’ve been asked eyes to new creative possibili- also, who is Bush in the movie? ties of how to put a graphic You know what, if you guys are novel on the big screen. Zack asking me these questions then Snyder, director of the new I can only hope that inspires film “300,” has conquered a debate and that in that way it different Frank Miller work, is a vehicle for change or dis- transferring Miller’s entranc- cussion at least. ing drawings to an innovative film about the epic struggle of Q : How do you think “300” the 300 Spartan soldiers. Best compares to other historically known for directing “Dawn based epics like “Troy” [2004] of the Dead” (2004), Snyder’s or “Alexander” [2004]? Do you recent endeavor allowed him think “300” is more authen- to enter into another realm tic or simply just following of creative film. In a confer- Miller’s vision? ence call, Snyder discussed the challenges of converting ZS : I think the two you just ref- a comic book to film as well erenced, I think in comparison as his valued interactions with to them you’re talking, with Miller. “300,” about a movie that rein- vents that genre. Those movies Q : When “Sin City” was adapt- have paved the way for me ed, Frank Miller was really to get at it from a different involved in the direction. How angle. Certainly what I’ve done involved he was in the making is inspired from what Frank of this film? WARNER BROS. PICTURES did ... With the two of us com- These 300 Spartans wouldn’t be talking about troop withdrawal. bining our aesthetics I think Zack Snyder : He was involved the reason I wanted to write world, as well as the graphic ‘Dawn’ I just tried to make a that this genre will be sort of in different degrees than in it, is because I have so much novel world, in the sense that film that looked cool, it was rocked by it. “Sin City.” He did have approv- respect for the graphic novel, it is a historical retelling of just a personal film; it wasn’t al, and we met and he wanted but I wanted to make sure that historical events which is dif- my intention to make a film Q : Were you ever intimidated to see if I was going to steal it didn’t turn into a movie. I ferent from the norm, what that did anything except sort of not just working with Frank, his book or not. We had long know that sounds weird, but you see in normal comic book of satisfy my sensibilities. but the massive undertaking of conversations about my phi- I mean it in the sense that I movies. The language that we It was my hope that people making this piece? losophy for filming, but he was didn’t want it to be Hollywood- chose to speak, to take Frank’s would enjoy that, I didn’t want super-supportive in the sense ized, so I really wanted to use frame and try and make them to second-guess anybody. And ZS : I was probably more ner- that he said, “This is your the dialogue and the scenes ... real, it did need color and lots then, I tried to do the same vous and intimidated of work- movie and you’re directing, just the shooting style itself. It of post-production, but in the with “300.” If I was going to see ing with Frank than by the but I am here for you; what- was all part of, in some ways, end it was all done out of ref- something cool, it would look massive project that was mak- ever you need, I’ll help you out the act of writing. erence to what Frank and Lynn like this. ing the movie, and that’s only with it.” had created. because I respect his perspec- Q : What actions did you take Q: Do you think people will tive so much and didn’t want Q : What were the challenges to faithfully resuscitate the Q : How does it feel from going draw parallels to current world to disappoint him. I will say in writing the screenplay? I intents of the story of the origi- from “Dawn of the Dead” to events into the subject matter that when I finally did show saw you did that along with a nal graphic novel? “300,” one of the most sophisti- of the small army? him the movie, he really liked few other people; how did you cated action films of the year? it and said to me that when address those challenges? ZS : It’s a colorful book. The awe- ZS : We didn’t really think about he was younger and saw the some thing about what Frank ZS : I’m knocking on a lot of it in the writing. It’s been original “[The] 300 Spartans” ZS : The biggest challenge in and Lynn [Varley] did with wood right now, by the way, brought up to me recently, of [1962] that this was the movie writing the screenplay, and the color is unique to Frank’s but the feeling is when I made course, and I understand that he had seen. Thursday, February 15, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER 7

Top Ten Dictators in Film This weekend we at the cinema’s most likable dictators Daily will be celebrating — once you get past the fact Presidents Day just like every his regime killed upwards of good American — by going to half a million people. the nearest car dealership and taking advantage of their great 8) Scar in “The Lion King” cash-back incentives. (1994) — Combining every When we get there you can possible stereotype Disney be sure we won’t see presidents could muster, this flamboyant, like Garfield, Fillmore and Taft dark-furred (skinned?), British plastered across billboards and feline represents everything balloons. What we will see is maniacal. With his bloodthirsty, Lincoln, Washington and FDR cackling army of hyenas that frisbees and t-shirts. goosesteps in tune with “Be Why’s that? Because America Prepared!” the Nazi imagery is loves winners (almost as much enough to leave any cartoon- as we love freedom). For a loving child “scarred.” great president to be a winner there has to be a loser: a King 7) Capitán Vidal in “Pan’s George III, Jefferson Davis or Labyrinth” (2006) — While Hitler. only a fascist general, and Since we have already therefore not technically a dic- counted down our favorite tator, Vidal marches through presidents of film last year, director del Toro’s visually mas- here’s a list of film’s least terful mixture of disturbing lovable losers, the dictators: fantasy and gory reality, ruling over his small country estate 10) Kim Jong Il in “Team in Franco’s Spain with more

America: World Police” malice than almost any other DISNEY (2004) — Never before has villain in cinema. such a psychologically probing ment with McFood intake, the wimpiest of Middle Earth Charlie Chaplin. On the brink investigation of the tyrannical 6) Emperor Palpatine in the Americans were deeply affect- creatures. of World War II, Chaplin played character been attempted as “Star Wars” trilogy (1977- ed, forever doomed to think a buffoonish Hitler clone that in the cinematic classic, “Team 1983) — Sure, Darth Vader twice about the ominous ques- 3) Commodus in “Gladiator” supposedly even attracted the America: World Police.” With is the villain that everyone tion, “do you want fries with (2000) — Sometimes it’s easy real Hitler’s attention. We’d writing that not only takes on remembers from the Galactic that?” and the lingering sus- to know when a character is venture a guess that he wasn’t “roneriness” and the desire for Empire, but he goes soft in picion that Ronald McDonald going to get killed in a movie. too happy with what he saw. human love, but also an anat- the final minutes of the tril- might have his sights on some- For River Phoenix’s spoiled brat omy lesson with metaphorical ogy. Emperor Palpatine, like thing more than fast food emperor, it was pretty clear 1) George W. Bush in impact, Kim Jong Il is given all good dictators, goes down domination. from the minute he stepped “Fahrenheit 9/11” (2004) a sympathetic stage with no with lightning shooting out on screen. Once he kills Russell — Calm down, no one’s call- strings attached. of his fingertips. Of course, 4) Sauron in “Lord of the Crowe’s family, the next hour ing Bush a dictator, though we’ve got to ignore the pre- Rings” trilogy (2001-2003) was just waiting around for Michael Moore calls him just 9) Idi Amin in “Last King of quels, where we learn that the — Most dictators would give him to get stabbed. about everything else in his Scotland” (2006) — Forest Emperor took over the galaxy up after they’ve been killed, documentary. If he was, could Whitaker is currently hoping to through yawn-inducing politi- but Sauron showed true dedi- 2) Adenoid Hynkel in “The we even be writing this? Then garner Oscar gold for his simul- cal maneuvers. cation. Coming back from the Great Dictator” (1940) — The again, we haven’t read the taneously charismatic and bru- dead as some sort of amor- tyranny and oppression that Patriot Act in a while. tal portrayal of the infamous 5) McDonalds in “Super Size phous evil spirit, he ultimately comes hand in hand with dicta- Ugandan dictator. His jovial Me” (2004) — After Morgan loses points for being defeated torships isn’t much of a laugh- – by Kristin Gorman, Sarah personality makes him one of Spurlock’s dangerous experi- by Hobbits, widely derided as ing matter — unless you’re Cowan and Greg Connor 8 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Thursday, February 15, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL STEPHANIE L. VALLEJO Editor-in-Chief Not another Iraq EDITORIAL On Aug. 22, 2002, at the Veterans of Yesterday, President Bush stated in a will provide no more “blank checks” to Anne Fricker Managing Editors Foreign Wars 103rd National Convention, news conference that there was no doubt wage war in Iraq. Bruce Hamilton Vice President Cheney said that there was that Iran is providing weapons to help It is the duty of our senators and rep- Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors “no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has Iraqis harm American soldiers, as report- resentatives to exercise caution, particu- Grant Reid Judy Wexler weapons of mass destruction.” ed by the Associated Press. larly considering the result the last time On March 18, 2003, in a televised Regardless of the validity of this state- Congress gave the president the authority Rob Silverblatt Executive News Editor address to the nation, George W. Bush ment, both Congress and the American to use force in the Middle East. It is imper- Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors declared that intelligence gathered by people are duty-bound to question it. It ative that tough questions be asked and Pranai Cheroo Jenna Nissan various governments had left “no doubt may be that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, answered before any kind of action can be Lilly Riber that the Iraq regime continues to possess president of Iran, has personally autho- taken. Kat Schmidt ... some of the most lethal weapons ever rized the sale of improvised explosive As yet, no formal action has been taken Jeremy White devised.” devices to the militias in Iraq in order to in the direction of Iran, and it is possible Alex Blum Assistant News Editors Four days later, General Tommy Franks further deepen the conflict and cripple that no formal action will be. At this point, Bennett Kuhn Christy McCuaig was quoted in the Minnesota Star-Tribune America’s military power. Conversely, the unquestioning patriotism and fear Ashley Pandya as asserting that there was “no doubt that these sales could have been authorized by for safety that many Americans and their Giovanni Russonello the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses rogue agents within the government, or leaders in Congress felt in the run-up to Matt Skibinski Executive Features Editor weapons of mass destruction.” they may not have occurred at all. the Iraq war has largely evaporated. For These veteran decision-makers were If these allegations turn out to have a this reason, and because of the change in Arianne Baker Features Editors Liz Yates wrong. Four years after those statements grain of truth, the United States has few control of Congress, it is likely that difficult were made, what was envisioned as a options. A wider war with Iran is both questions will be asked when determining Carrie Battan Assistant Features Editors Jessica Bidgood quick, cheap and popular military action politically repugnant and militarily unfea- a course of action. Many senators, par- Luke Burns to oust a dictator and spread democracy sible; the United States Army is stretched ticularly the myriad running for president, Sara Himeles has resulted in a quagmire of epic propor- to the breaking point. But President Bush will be only too happy to challenge further Greg Connor Executive Arts Editor tions. has expressed little faith in engaging dip- unpopular military action. Thousands of soldiers have died, Iraq lomatically with Iran directly. Finally, we as college students, voters Sarah Cowan Arts Editors Kristin Gorman has slid into chaos, and 20,000 addition- The Democratic Congress must now and individuals in the context of a greater al troops were recently deployed in an serve as a check on the leadership of the America must be willing to look with a Mike Adams Assistant Arts Editors Naomi Bryant attempt to stop the hemorrhaging. Every president. Congressional oversight of the discerning eye on the president’s propos- Jacob Worrel government official who had no doubt executive branch is one of the corner- als and the reaction of Congress. Whatever that Iraq possessed weapons of mass stones of American democracy, and one the ultimate outcome, it is critical that Kahran Singh Executive Viewpoints Editor destruction was a key player in the deci- that becomes even more important dur- both Congress and the American people Eli Cohn Assistant Viewpoints Editors sion to rush America into an ill-conceived, ing a time of war. Speaker of the House provide the oversight that this administra- John Erban Stephanie Sguigna ill-planned military conflict. Pelosi has already promised that Congress tion desperately needs.

Rachel Dolin Executive Sports Editor Andrew Bauld Sports Editors ROXY SPERBER Evans Clinchy Thomas Eager Andrew Silver Kelley Vendeland

Sapna Bansil Assistant Sports Editors Lauren Ebstein Ben Simon

Ford Adams Executive Photo Editor Jo Duara Photo Editors Sarah Halpert Anjali Nirmalan Vanessa White Josh Wilmoth

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PRODUCTION Jason Richards Production Director Marianna Bender Executive Layout Editor Karen Blevins Layout Editors Dana Berube Julia Cheong Ally Gimbel Maris Mann-Stadt Ali Qadri Adam Raczkowski Annie Steinhauser Amy Ni Assistant Layout Editor Michael Vastola Executive Technical Manager Joel Harley Technical Managers Niraj Shrestha Kelly Moran Executive Online Editor Sophie Gao Online Editors Angela Lam Amit Chaturvedi Assistant Online Editors

Ross Marrinson Executive Copy Editor Chantel Gibson Copy Editors Caryn Horowitz Neil Padover Jyll Saskin Rebekah Sokol Denise Wiseman

BUSINESS Leslie Prives Executive Business Director Zach Dubin Business Manager LETTER TO THE EDITOR Nicolas Gortzounian Receivables Manager To the Editor, that liberal or democratic states generally of speech and religion, alternative ways of Eli Blackman Head Ad Manager While Daniel Halper’s column “What’s are peaceful toward one another, but come life would be stamped out by social stig- The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub- a neocon?” (Feb. 5) does address the way into conflict with non-liberal states. The mas. Spreading democracy through mili- lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and in which “liberalism” has come to connote notion of converting a country to democ- tary force, without any immediate need to distributed free to the Tufts community. different or additional ideologies than its racy or imposing a political system upon a protect against genocide or other forms of EDITORIAL POLICY classical definition, he wrongly equates the culture, no matter how liberal or open that violence on a grand scale, is also a type of Editorials that appear on this page are written by the Editorial neoconservatives’ drive to spread democ- system might be, however, is fundamen- tyranny, as it seeks to impose a certain way Page editors, and individual editors are not necessarily respon- racy abroad with traditional liberalism. tally non-liberal. This inherent contradic- of life that should really be developed by sible for, or in agreement with, the policies and editorials of The Tufts Daily. The content of letters, advertisements, signed Traditional liberalism holds individual tion stems from the fact that if freedom is the people who are to live it. columns, cartoons, and graphics does not necessarily reflect freedom as the highest good. And while thrust upon a people from an outside force, Democracy is, by nature, for, of and by the opinion of The Tufts Daily editorial board. the neoconservatives within and outside it loses its validity as a political system the people. What’s more, the neoconser- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the Bush administration may use the lan- in which individuals and society have are vative thrust in the so-called “war on ter- Letters must be submitted by 4 p.m. and should be handed guage of liberalism to gain support for free to develop in a self-commanding way. ror” has resulted in serious disregard for into the Daily office or sent to [email protected]. All let- their political goals (for example, spreading “Freedom” becomes an empty concept. Americans’ civil liberties and freedoms on ters must be word processed and include the writer’s name “freedom” to Iraq), it is uncertain whether Truly free individuals are what liberal the part of our federal government. Thus, and telephone number. There is a 350-word limit and letters must be verified. The editors reserve the right to edit letters their motives are founded on classically reformists like John Stuart Mill desired I would urge Mr. Halper to reconsider his for clarity, space, and length. “liberal” ideology or a more geopolitical within a democratic framework. However, equating modern neoconservatives with ADVERTISING POLICY power struggle. Mill also feared a “tyranny of the majority” more traditional liberal thinkers. All advertising copy is subject to the approval of the Editor- It is true that in the realm of international or “tyranny of opinion,” in which despite Sincerely, in-Chief, Executive Board, and Executive Business Director. affairs, liberal thought includes the notion legal protections for individuals’ freedom Jason Yeager, sophomore A publication schedule and rate card are available upon request. CORRECTION P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 The viewpoint piece, “Diversity of thought must not be ignored” (Feb. 14) incorrectly stated that the Richard E. Snyder Lecture [email protected] was to take place yesterday. It is scheduled for Wednesday, March 14. Viewpoints 9 THE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, February 15, 2007

NEIL PADOVER | MMAN,AN, II’M’M AAWKWARDWKWARD

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been born in 1985 is being Malmost certain that there are some technologies I will never experience.

Some of them are so innovative I cannot

even foresee their creation as I write this, but

others have existed in some dreamlike form

for ages.

I’m talking, of course, about teleporta- tion. Teleporting has been a dream of mine ever since I first saw it being done on “The Jetsons” and the occasional “Star Trek” epi- sode (I channel surf, I’m not a Trekkie). The cold, hard truth is that I hate traveling. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love new places, being exposed to a different culture, MCT new topography, and fine cuisine. It’s the getting there part that really irks me, which is what has prompted my friend Saadon to No easy solutions dub me the “quintessential non-traveler.” BY PEDRO ARROYO tional gap simply a “race” gap, there is no for one of two reasons: either racial parity is I’m a pretty inexperienced driver, so doubt that it is greatly “racial-ized.” achieved or such programs are replaced by when I made the trip from my house in In an editorial published Tuesday, Feb. To call for an end to affirmative action even more aggressive models. New Jersey all the way to Medford, Mass. 13, Ashley Samelson said, “... there are a lot within our current social reality would be to If we want to get rid of affirmative action alone last May, I thought I was a king. I had of students, liberal and conservative, white, allow the aggregate of the effects of racial and programs, then we have to abolish the condi- braved I-95 straight to the Tufts campus. black or purple, who don’t like affirmative class oppression and disadvantage to domi- tions that give rise to the need to have to take And when I passed the campus center in action.” nate the admissions process even more than affirmative action in the first place. my sister’s 1995 Volvo, I rolled down the Ashley, you are right, and I’d like to add they do today. Let’s level the playing field. I mean really windows and pumped up my music. When my name to the list. I do not like affirmative A shift in that direction would predict- level the playing field. Let’s give every child in I pulled into my driveway on Conwell action any more than you do. ably create winners and losers, and we can America a chance at a quality education. Avenue I had a sense of contentment, of When The Primary Source or anyone else predict who those winners and losers might Let’s give every child in America access real-world achievement I had never felt examines the issue of affirmative action in be. It is no coincidence that the battle against to the private tutors and Kaplan courses so before. the college admissions process and con- affirmative action is waged by those who many Tufts students enjoyed on their way And then I decided to pull into the garage cludes that it is a distasteful practice that falls have most to benefit from the fundamentally to securing their greater “merit” which they and proceeded to tear the entire bumper far short of our egalitarian ideals, I cannot unequal distribution of wealth and resources now cherish as validation of their greater off the car and damage the right headlight. help but agree. in America. entitlement. Let me repeat that in case you didn’t catch But here’s where I do disagree. I disagree It is irresponsible to suggest that we Let’s make kids from Chestnut Hill go to it: I crashed into my garage. Rest assured, with the notion that if we would just get rid of should eliminate policies aimed at alleviat- school with kids from Mission Hill and see the $500 in damage was well worth it just so affirmative action everything would be ok. ing a demonstrably serious injustice without if Beacon Hill continues to refuse to aggres- I could tell this story. It wouldn’t be. To argue otherwise is to at the same time offering an alternative solu- sively address education in Massachusetts. As bad of a driver as I am, I’m a worse ignore the reality and complexity of the prob- tion. Let’s end the apartheid system of education backseat driver, and an even worse passen- lem before us. The most disturbing com- Why is such an alternative withheld? by which some students enjoy the amenities ger-side driver. I think I have a condition ponent of this new wave of anti-affirmative We can only conclude that the critics fail of Choate while other students go through called BSDT, Backseat Driver Tourette’s. I action sentiment is that it is entirely reaction- to grasp the gravity of the problem at hand metal detectors on their way to classrooms believe this because I can be carrying on a ary. Totally lacking is a careful and deliberate or that they wish to perpetuate an imbalance with 40-plus students. completely normal conversation and still discussion of what the alternative to affirma- that benefits them. No critique of affirma- The sad reality is that America does have manage to randomly interject my own feel- tive action programs should be. Amidst all tive action can be taken seriously unless it an educational crisis and it needs to be ings on the driver’s actions. It usually goes this discussion of what’s wrong with affirma- includes an alternate model that addresses actively addressed. If not affirmative action, something like, “That’s so great that you tive action and with the college admission the underlying conditions that affirmative what kind of action will solve our problem? and Beth ... stop sign ... are getting back process, we’ve forgotten to focus on what’s action seeks to resolve. Otherwise, such a While I have your attention, one last together ... yield ... I think it’s important that wrong with America’s educational system. critique must be considered part of the con- thought: if you’re at Tufts and you’re embit- you two ... PEDESTRIAN ... talked it over So, in case we’ve all forgotten, there is a servative agenda that has steadily eroded tered because you didn’t go Ivy, you might and decided to ... red light ... work it out.” huge and multifaceted educational gap in equality within the United States for the past need to gain some perspective. I’ve taken three international flights in America caused by structural features that three decades. the past year and a half. I’m already pretty are within our collective power to transform. I, for one, would like to see the end of jittery on planes as it is, but there’s some- And though it would be overly simplistic to affirmative action within my lifetime. But if Pedro Arroyo is a junior majoring in thing I’ve realized in traveling abroad: when the point of inaccuracy to call this educa- affirmative action does end, I want it to be sociology. the stewardess comes on the little micro- phone during turbulence, it sounds a whole lot scarier in a different language. When OFF THE HILL | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA they’re busy telling us politely to buckle our seatbelts and enjoy this new Hilary Don’t have to date a Jew to be a Jew Duff movie, all I’m hearing is “Watch out Y URI CASTANO mass-produce Jewish babies. logue group mediated by the acting director b—ches, this plane is going down!” Daily Pennsylvanian This woman’s comments were somewhat of Penn Hillel, Rabbi Michael Uram. I take the Greyhound bus a lot from jarring for the many interfaith children in the Uram’s presentation cited data from the South Station to Port Authority in New York, Sometimes I wonder whether I’m killing audience, including me. They would have 2001 National Jewish Population Survey and if there’s anything I’ve noticed over the Judaism. been equally controversial if presented to the (NJPS), which helped me explain the basis past four years in terms of where they could “Every time you intermarry you are large Jewish population here at Penn, regard- of the aforementioned Holocaust survivor’s use some improvement, it would be their killing the Jewish people.” This is how less of parentage. accusation. security. one Holocaust survivor chose to end her Now, more than ever, American Jews are The NJPS reported that between 1996 and There is none. speech to an audience I was in last year at a religious and ethnic minority trying to pre- 2001 47 percent of Jews married a non-Jew. It Believe me, I’ve gotten on the bus with Yad Vashem, the Holocaust-remembrance serve their traditions in the face of assimila- also noted that 74 percent of Jews with inter- the wrong ticket several times, and I don’t museum in Jerusalem. tion. Of the many demographic concerns married parents also intermarried. think it’s because of my charm. One time I suppose that woman would have facing a shrinking American Jewry, intermar- This poses a problem because, across last semester I was standing in line when a looked at me, the product of an interfaith riage is tantamount. the board, from lighting Shabbat candles to big guy with a puffy jacket asked if I could marriage, and seen an empty space where I learned more about these issues in a attending a synagogue, intermarried Jews watch his bag while he ran to the store. a real Jewish child could have been — one conversation I had a week ago as part of the People have done this for me in the past, so that would date Jewish girls, marry one and Jewish Renaissance Program, a student dia- see JUDAISM page 10 I said, “Sure.” As the line moved forward I kept kicking his bag ahead, further and further, until I VIEWPOINTS POLICY The Viewpoints section of The Tufts Daily, an open forum for campus editorial commentary, is printed Monday through Thursday. Viewpoints welcomes submissions from all members of the Tufts community. Opinion articles on campus, national, and international issues can be roughly 700 to 1000 words in length. Editorial cartoons see PADOVER, page 10 are also welcome. All material is subject to editorial discretion and is not guaranteed to appear in The Tufts Daily. All material should be submitted by no later than 1 p.m. on the day prior to the desired day of publication and must include the author’s phone number for verification purposes. Material may be submitted via e-mail ([email protected]) or in hard-copy form at The Tufts Daily in the basement of Curtis Hall. Questions and concerns should be directed to the Viewpoints editor. The opinions expressed in the Viewpoints Neil Padover is a senior majoring in English. section do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Tufts Daily itself. He can be reached [email protected]. 10 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Thursday, February 15, 2007 TV is better than traveling any day PADOVER bomber, at least he’s really chill. continued from page 9 I just don’t think I was made for travel. was at the very front of the line, about to My psyche wasn’t designed for road-trips burritos board the bus. I told the attendant, “This or plane rides. Call me American, but I was 2 isn’t my bag. I was watching it for someone built on instant gratification. I would love on line.” She stared at me, and like a robot to go to point B, but it’s so far. So, until tele- just said, “You’re not supposed to do that.” I portation is at our fingertips, I’ll just chill at agreed with her and promptly boarded the point A. bus. Maybe I’ll watch a documentary on the pm-close And that’s the day I realized how easily Discovery Channel later about point B 4 anyone can be implicated in a would-be though, since I won’t be going there any- bombing. When the guy finally got his bag time soon. I’ll make some popcorn, maybe and boarded he sat right near me. I apolo- some hot chocolate. We can make an eve- gized for leaving his bag out in the cold, but ning out of it. What do you say? Oh, you’re he shrugged it off and just gave me a fist- busy? That’s cool, maybe some other time. pound. So, I thought even if this guy was a Man, I hate being awkward. 7 bucks Tolerance is key for Judaism to thrive JUDAISM The mission of Hillel is to embrace inclusiv- continued from page 9 ity. All Jews are welcome at Hillel, whether or report weaker connections to Judaism and not they are kosher, heterosexual or dream of evening inspiration lower levels of Jewish involvement. Only 33 a Jewish wedding. This tolerance is present in percent of children of intermarriages are being the fact that, for example, “there is no policy raised Jewish, according to the study. that you can’t sit in Hillel library and eat a The data clearly demonstrates that Jewish cheeseburger,” Uram said. enjoy 2 burritos for $7 intermarriage is damaging to the perpetu- While many Jews still wouldn’t feel comfort- ation of American Jewry. The question that able doing this, this is an admirable stance. remains in my mind is “Do I care?” The fact “We respect the fact that every student is that I date non-Jews and do not prioritize on a journey and our mission is to help them *regular-sized only. not available with online ordering. marrying a Jewish woman would suggest to on that journey, not to provide them with some that I don’t. an endpoint,” explained Uram. This progres- I don’t seem to be in the minority either. sive approach to Judaism has transformative The NJPS reports that zero percent of Jewish potential. college students with only one Jewish parent Tolerance stands to increase Jewish involve- date “only Jewish woman” and 59 percent say ment and participation. Students with any it is “not important at all” for them to marry a level of Jewish exposure can come to under- Jew. stand and connect with Judaism in an indi- Though I am not willing to change my vidually unique and meaningful way. dating practices or marriage ideals, I am Jews who are comfortable being Jewish in still invested in Judaism. Some branches of their own way will likely pass their heritage Judaism view marrying a practicing Jew as down to their children. From this perspective critical to supporting a Jewish household, but there is no reason why intermarriage should everyone has a different idea of what it means automatically preclude Jews from maintain- tufts university to be Jewish. ing their traditions. The Jewish community needs to approach Whether or not my wife is a Jew, I want to 340 boston avenue, medford this issue inclusively. The way to keep Jews in remain Jewish and teach my children about the community is to stop accusing those who Judaism. If we are rebuffed by the Jewish com- open 10am-11pm everyday choose to marry outside of it of “killing the munity, however, we may just become just Jewish people.” another statistic. 339.674.9740 / boloco.com Thursday, February 15, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS 11

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The result was a techni- BAULD from 1981-82 into the 1982-83 continued from page 15 ble-digit rebound games, com- cal foul that gave the Tar Heels continued from page 15 season, but the Celtics have tion should go to Webber, who has pared to Wallace’s 24 at the same two free throws and the national season that was only made always been about excel- posted as many double-digit scor- point last season. championship, as the Fab Five left worse by a pointless entry lence: they’ll top 24 in only ing games in his 14 matches as a In stepped the 6’10” Webber Michigan without having brought into the playoffs where the one season. Piston as he had while playing for who, despite always yielding a a national title to Ann Arbor. team lost in the first round In some ways a record the Sixers earlier this year. Overall, couple of inches to the opposing Nearly 10 years later, the Fab to Indiana for the second losing streak would make a Webber is averaging 13.1 points center, made Detroit forget about Five’s back-to-back Final Four year in a row, the Celtics still fitting bookend to those 16 and 7.0 rebounds per game since Wallace. Having posted three appearances were struck from the grabbed Gerald Green and World Championship ban- joining Detroit. double-doubles since donning a record books when it was revealed Ryan Gomes to complement ners hanging from the rafters. The emergence of Webber as Pistons uniform for the first time that booster Ed Martin gave Al Jefferson and Delonte They say that pride comes a low-post threat who can score on Jan. 17, Webber has become the Webber and three other former West, but missed out yet before the fall, but when and rebound has been instru- steady low-post presence Detroit Michigan players $616,000 in ille- again on that turnaround you’re this bad you’ve got to mental for the Pistons, who have has been seeking to relieve the gal payouts while they were stu- player. If we screw up this find a reason to be proud. struggled all season to fill a void at burden on power forward Rasheed dent-athletes. Detroit often took season and start winning, we So the 2006-07 Boston the center position. Detroit found Wallace all season. out its frustration on Webber, as he can kiss any shot at a future Celtics season is as good as itself with a hole in its frontcourt Webber himself may be the one was booed during his trips to the franchise player goodbye. over. And while most New when Ben Wallace — a starter on reaping the most benefits from Palace of Auburn Hills, 30 miles At the time of this column England sports fans are the Pistons for six seasons and a his move to the Pistons, as it has from Ann Arbor, as a visiting NBA going to print, the Celtics have checking off their calendars dominant persona on the Detroit afforded him the opportunity to player. lost 18 consecutive games. until Red Sox pitchers and teams that went to back-to-back make amends with his home- But since his homecoming, With any luck, loss Number catchers report for Spring NBA Finals in 2004 and 2005 — town city. While starring as part of Webber has been embraced by 19 is in the books and the Training, I’m counting the left last summer after agreeing to the University of Michigan’s Fab Pistons fans, who gave him a road to topping the current days down until June 28, a four-year, $60 million contract Five in the early 1990s, Webber standing ovation when he watched NBA record of 24-consecutive 2007, when the fate of the with the Chicago Bulls. committed one of the most infa- Detroit play Minnesota from the losses set by the Cleveland Celtics dynasty may very well In Wallace’s place, the mous gaffes in modern sports his- stands on Martin Luther King Day, Cavaliers still remains open. be decided. Here’s hoping the Pistons had been starting Nazr tory, calling a timeout with the just before signing on with the The Cavaliers completed that luck of Red may still be with Mohammed, giving him a five- Wolverines down two to UNC in Pistons. Webber’s play has only task over a two-season stretch the team. year deal during the off-season, the 1993 NCAA Championship further helped resurrect his image but without much success. By Jan. game even though Michigan had in the eyes of his hometown. Hopkins says he aims to unretire and fight B ERNARD FERNANDEZ and methodically took apart the Liakhovich on Nov. 4, however, McClatchy Newspapers division’s top star, Antonio Tarver, and Maskaev apparently has en route to a 12-round unani- decided to stage his next defense Bernard “The Executioner” mous decision in Atlantic City against mandatory challenger Hopkins finally can celebrate a Boardwalk Hall. Samuel Peter or former WBC happy occasion the way most Hopkins had announced heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko. people do. beforehand that, win or lose, the So Hopkins set his sights on “I had me a slice of cheesecake Tarver fight would be his last. He something lighter, if not neces- at the MGM Grand Monday night,” had promised his late mother, sarily lower. the Philadelphia boxing icon said Shirley, he’d retire from the ring “As a promoter myself (as a from Las Vegas on Tuesday. “It by his 41st birthday, and although partner in Oscar De La Hoya’s was my first dessert in, like, three he missed the deadline by five Golden Boy Promotions), I can years. I love sweets, too. It’s just months, he figured that was close understand Maskaev’s thinking,” that, when you’re a fighter, you enough. Hopkins said. “Maskaev didn’t got to be disciplined.” But Hopkins, who put on the want to risk the embarrassment Hopkins (47-4-1, 32 KOs), the extra pounds under the strict of losing to a bulked-up middle- former longtime middleweight supervision of noted fitness guru weight. He didn’t want to be the champion, allowed himself to Mackie Shilstone, felt so fit at his next John Ruiz. Ruiz (the former fall off the cheesecake wagon new weight that it wasn’t long WBA heavyweight titlist) was just this once because he’s offi- before he began talking about ruined by losing to Roy Jones. No cially an active boxer again. On resuming his career. With four true heavyweight wants to live Saturday, he and former undis- fighters from former Soviet Union with that for the rest of his life. puted junior middleweight countries holding the most rec- If I had Maskaev, I would have champ Winky Wright (51-3-1, 25 ognized heavyweight titles, he told him the right move would KOs) signed contracts to stage a indicated he wanted to move be to leave Bernard Hopkins the 170-pound bout on July 21 at a all the way up to heavyweight (bleep) alone.” location to be determined, and to challenge WBC champ Oleg Undeterred, Hopkins then televised by HBO. Maskaev and bring one of those told Richard Schaefer, CEO of It will mark the first fight for belts home to the United States. Golden Boy Promotions, to get Hopkins, 42, since June 10 when American Shannon Briggs him a fight against as big a name he bulked up to light-heavyweight dethroned Belarus’ Sergei as possible. 14 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Thursday, February 15, 2007 Big questions loom for Roddick after Federer Tufts opti- BY DARREN SABEDRA Roddick might have taken a motion a run at the U.S. Open. Connors was as feisty as any- McClatchy Newspapers step back. “I’m proud of him,” Connors one. He won eight Grand mistic about “I think Roger wanted to told the New York Times dur- Slam titles, including five U.S. Shortly before the Australian set the record straight that ing the Open. “The way he’s Opens. In 1991, Roddick was Howe Cup Open last month, Andy Roddick he is clearly the best player,” playing and the way he listens in the stands when Connors was assessing his chances of Sampras, the winner of a and the way he goes about made his legendary last stand, WOMEN’S SQUASH beating the big bully of men’s record 14 Grand Slam titles, his practicing, you don’t find a dramatic run to the Open continued from page 16 tennis, Roger Federer. “There’s said. “Roddick does have a big someone who’s had his success semifinals at age 39. before the Howe Cup now is still a long way to go,” he said, game, but he seems uncom- to be willing to continue to do Rekindling the stories must to rest up,” Thys said. “We are “but I’m a lot more optimis- fortable playing Roger. They that.” be great, right? Well, if they are, playing very hard and we have tic.” play similar games, but Roger Roddick wouldn’t know. a lot of girls winning going into Roddick didn’t come close is that much better at it. “It’s just great having “I don’t remember one time the tournament.” to conquering Mount Federer Roger has that extra gear to where he’s been talking about Their first opponent on in Australia. In fact, his 6-4, impose his will. Roddick really a mentor and adviser his matches, what he did,” Friday will be Vassar, which is 6-0, 6-2 defeat to the Swiss in doesn’t.” Roddick said. “That’s prob- ranked directly behind Tufts, at the semifinals was worse than That said, Roddick has who has been there ably the part that’s surprised No. 21 in the nation. Although expected. played better under Connors’ before, who kind of me the most. I ask him a lot they’re not underestimating But as Roddick, 24, returns tutelage. He is coming to the of questions about it. [But] he Vassar, the Jumbos are con- to San José this week for the net more. He uses his back- gets what you’re going kind of focuses on what I have fident they can play three SAP Open, two questions hand with more power and through a little bit.” to do.” matches and get to the finals loom: Will the Federer debacle precision. And, except when So, what are the workouts in the tournament. After a dif- ruin Roddick’s year? Or will the he plays Federer, he is winning like? Extremely vocal? ficult season, in which it was -Andy Roddick, on Coach Jimmy United States’ top player keep again. “It’s weird,” Roddick said, forced to play shot-handed, the Connors building on the progress he In two Grand Slam tourna- “because he’s not as loud and team is excited to finally have a has made since tennis legend ments with Connors on his boisterous as you all might full lineup for the culmination Jimmy Connors started coach- side — last year’s U.S. Open think. He’s pretty demure. Very of the season. ing him last summer? and this year’s Australian Open But for everything Roddick straightforward, very involved The answers should begin — Roddick has reached a final has achieved in tennis, he has with the whole process.” to emerge when Roddick steps and a semifinal. In the four won only one Grand Slam tour- Connors doesn’t travel with Their first oppo- on the court at HP Pavilion. Grand Slam events before nament (the 2003 U.S. Open) Roddick to every tournament, nent on Friday will His opening-round match Connors arrived, Roddick and is 1-13 against Federer. so it’s unclear whether he will Wednesday will be his first on failed to advance beyond the It’s anyone’s guess whether be in San José this week. It be Vassar, which the ATP Tour since the loss to round of 16 and twice lost in Connors (who shares coach- also was uncertain if Connors Federer on Jan. 25. the first round. ing duties with Roddick’s would make it to Australia last is ranked directly “I don’t think it’s back to the Not surprisingly, Roddick brother, John) can do anything month because his mother, behind Tufts, at No. 21 drawing board for Andy at all,” said of Connors, “It’s just great about either. If not for Federer, the woman credited with mak- Jim Courier, who was ranked having a mentor and adviser Roddick might have won the ing him a champion, had just in the nation. No.1 in the world in the early who has been there before, past two Grand Slam events. died. But Connors was there, 1990s, said. “Andy didn’t play who kind of gets what you’re Instead, he is searching for in time for Roddick to out- his best tennis. Roger played going through a little bit.” answers. last Marat Safin in the third As for now, the crew is taking incredibly well. It would be Connors, 54, hooked up with Connors was unavailable for round. these final days in stride, both way too soon for Andy to panic Roddick last July in Los Angeles. comment for this story. But, “For him to be here in the mentally and physically, as it based on one match.” Soon thereafter, Connors, who after Roddick’s loss to Federer flesh, we’re really happy,” prepares for the biggest tour- Pete Sampras isn’t so sure spent a record 160 consecu- at last year’s U.S. Open, he told Roddick said at the time. nament of the season. about that. Like others, Sampras tive weeks at No. 1 in 1974-77, the Times: “I’m going to give Time will tell if Connors, “We’re focusing on length said he thought Roddick was was in Roddick’s hometown of him a game, no matter who Roddick’s fourth coach since and being consistent with on the verge of beating Federer Austin working with his pupil. he plays. This is not building a 2004, is the man to lead him to length,” Barba said. “We’re also after relatively close losses at The week in Texas had game from the ground up. This consistent greatness. Because focusing on ending the point so the 2006 U.S. Open and the immediate results. Roddick is tinkering here and tinkering in today’s tennis, consistent we’re not worn out this week- year-ending Tennis Masters won his next tournament, in there to give him the opportu- greatness means only one end.” Cup in Shanghai. Cincinnati. It was his first title nity to beat Roger Federer.” thing: finding the key to beat Lauren Ebstein contribut- But now Sampras suspects in nearly a year, and set in During his playing days, Roger Federer. ed reporting to this article. Thursday, February 15, 2007 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 15

SPORTS BRIEFS INSIDE THE NBA ANDREW BAULD | YOU CAN’T STEAL FIRST FOOTBALL Webber resurrects career and After another stellar regular season that returned no dividends in the playoffs, the San Diego Chargers have final- image with his homecoming ly parted ways with head coach Marty Schottenheimer. Barely a month after losing to New England, Schottenheimer’s fir- Losing to win ing came in the wake of the expulsions of several coordinators and assistants on the Chargers’ staff. Schottenheimer had one he Boston Celtics have been year remaining on his contract. one of the most storied fran- BASEBALL chises in NBA history. Marked While New England is getting a belated T gift from the snow gods, Red Sox pitch- equally by their historic victories as well ing sensation Daisuke Matsuzaka had his first catch as a member of Red Sox Nation. as their memorable rivalries, would Photographers, mostly from Japanese organizations, snapped pictures for the 20 anyone have thought that in 2007, the minutes they were allowed to watch, some having waited hours the day before for greatest foe to the Green would be win- the chance to catch a glimpse of the star as he arrived in Florida. Matsuzaka arrived ning a single game? on Tuesday in Fort Myers, although the remaining pitchers and catchers will not I know it’s been written to death. arrive until Friday. I know there are two camps in this debate, and those individuals are firm- BASKETBALL ly entrenched: either you will never accept defeat, or you hope that as The ubiquitous NBA All-Star Game hits Las the losses pile up, the closer the team Vegas this weekend. While the East and may get to scoring Greg Oden or Kevin West rosters continue to be in flux, as inju- Durant in next year’s draft. As fans of ries prevent stars from playing, the peren- MCT ESPN.com’s “The Sports Guy” already nial Slam Dunk Challenge and Three-Point The newest member of the Detroit Pistons, Chris Webber, drives to the basket against know, he has coined the term “fantank- Shootout on Saturday night should provide Tim Thomas of the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday. ing” for those fans who fall in the latter some quality entertainment. Nate Robinson category. will defend his aerobatic prowess against BY SAPNA BANSIL 12 wins in 27 contests since acquiring After seeing the Celts in action last Dwight Howard, Gerald Green, and Tyrus Daily Editorial Board Iverson, dropping them to seventh in Friday, I am now a full-fledged resident Thomas, while Dirk Nowitzki will face-off the West and just two games above .500 of the U.S.S. Fantanker. against Gilbert Arenas, Damon Jones, Jason When the Philadelphia 76ers initi- heading into last night’s game against Never in all my years of fandom have Kapono, Mike Miller, and Jason Terry. ated a mass exodus of superstar talent the Minnesota Timberwolves. I ever actively rooted for one of my from their floundering team earlier this Instead, the greatest beneficiary of teams to lose. Nothing trumps pride HOCKEY season, the consensus was that of all the Philadelphia’s fire sale has been the in my book, pride in one’s team. And I players up for grabs, point guard Allen Detroit Pistons, who spent just $1.87 would expect even players, no matter Heading into last night’s contest against Iverson was the biggest prize to claim. million to land castoff Chris Webber how bad their team may be, to have the Chicago Blackhawks, the Pittsburgh Ultimately, on Dec. 20, the Denver after the Sixers bought out his contract the pride to continue playing as hard as Penguins continued to take the NHL by Nuggets surrendered a starter, a 12th- on Jan. 10. Since signing the former possible. But the Celtics are a different storm, with just one loss in their last year pro, and two first-round draft picks University of Michigan star, the Pistons story. 10 games. The pundits considered the for the seven-time All Star, hoping that a have won 11-of-14 games, including I’m not saying the Celtics aren’t try- Penguins — boasting young talents such as pairing of Iverson and the NBA’s leading seven in a row, to catapult themselves ing. They are actively working at a spe- Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Jordan scorer, Carmelo Anthony, would give to first place in the Eastern Conference cific goal each night, be that focusing Staal — were a team on the rise, but no them the edge in a cut-throat Western and up their mark to a season-high 14 on blowing a fourth quarter lead or one could have predicted Pittsburgh would Conference. games above .500. pacing themselves to trail the entire maintain its early-season winning ways So far, however, Denver’s investment Webber’s addition has added a spark length of the game, from the very sec- through February. The Penguins’ continued has not paid off well. Iverson, limited by to a Detroit offense that seemed blasé at ond the ball is tipped. success has come in spite of a dry spell by an ankle injury that will sideline him for times during the season, as the pistons I never wanted to see it come to their second-year star, Crosby, who has this year’s All-Star Game, and Anthony, have increased their output by exactly this. This is the team of Bird and failed to light the lamp in his last seven suspended 15 games for an on-court two more points per game since coming Auerbach. And it’s sad that in the sea- games. brawl with the New York Knicks on Dec. to terms with the five-time All-Star. Much son of Auerbach’s death, the team he 16, have only been in the same backcourt of the credit for the offense’s revitaliza- built would disgrace his memory with — compiled by Andrew Bauld and for six games, in which the Nuggets have the worst record in team, and perhaps Sapna Bansil gone just 2-4. Denver has mustered only see NBA, page 13 league, history. But then I got to thinking: What would Red do? During the 1978-79 season, the Celtics finished in last place in the Atlantic with a 29-53 record. Their .354 winning Games of the Week percentage was the worst at the time since the 1949-50 season when they LOOKING BACK (FEB. 13) | VIRGINIA TECH 81, NORTH CAROLINA 80 (OT) finished at .324. But Red had a plan. It was déjà vu all over again in Chapel Hill on Tuesday night. Thanks to only a slightly better record Having already stopped a 13-game North Carolina winning streak in January, No. 25 the season before, in the 1977-78 draft, Virginia Tech completed the season sweep of the fourth-ranked Tar Heels in an 81-80 the C’s used their sixth pick to draft a overtime thriller on Tuesday night. The Hokies rallied from seven points down with under college junior out of Indiana State by seven minutes to play in regulation, to take a brief 72-71 lead with under three minutes to the name of Larry Bird. It was a risk, play. Nigel Munson converted one of two free throws to even the score at 73 in the final since Red knew that Bird would stay in minute, sending the contest to overtime. college for one more year. Through a Zabian Dowdell, who scored a career-high 33 points in the upset, converted all four rule that has now been changed thanks of his free throw attempts and was 17-of-19 from the charity stripe on the game. North to Red, the Celtics retained the rights Carolina phenom Tyler Hansbrough, who scored 22 points thanks largely to sinking 14- to Bird and signed him one year later. of-18 free throws, had an opportunity to tie the game at the line with 12 seconds to play, ROBERT WILLETT/MCT Of course the gamble paid off, and but only downed one freebie. the following season Bird led the Celtics Virginia Tech’s Zabian Dowdell (1), Deron to a 61-21 record, a 32-game improve- The win propelled the Hokies into a three-way tie for second place in the ACC with Washington (13), and Jamon Gordon (22) Carolina and Virginia at 8-3. The Tar Heels travel to Chestnut Hill to take on first-place ment that remains the best single-sea- celebrate the Hokies 81-80 overtime victory son turnaround in NBA history. The Boston College on Saturday night in a contest that will most likely decide the ACC regular over North Carolina on Tuesday. season title. Green captured first place that season, before losing to Philadelphia in the Conference Finals. Could this be the same hope for this LOOKING AHEAD (FEB. 17) | NESCAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND generation of Celtics? Would Red con- done this continued floundering in the It’s that time of year ... February Madness! hopes of capturing an Oden or Durant That’s right, friends -- the brackets on the back page were no mirage. Saturday marks the first round for next season? I don’t think he would of the NESCAC men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. So sharpen your pencils, pull up your Div. III encourage his team to tank, but let’s power rankings, and start rooting for those Cinderella stories ... at least on the men’s side. say he’d probably see the glass as half On the women’s side, there’s at least one favorite to get out the pom-poms for: the second-seeded full if the losses continued. We have Jumbos. Tufts hosts Middlebury on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. at Cousens Gym and is hoping to to swallow our Celtic pride this season Xerox its 61-50 triumph over the Panthers on Feb. 2. In the win, senior Valerie Krah scored 21 points in the hopes of reclaiming our former and broke the Tufts All-time three-point record. The Jumbos held Middlebury to 27.9 percent field goal glory next season. shooting in the win. Right now the only thing winning Expect favorites Bowdoin and Williams to pick up victories, but sixth-seed Amherst, who thumped could do for the Celtics is hurt them. Bates, 65-51, in January, has an opportunity to hand the third-ranked Bobcats an early exit on their LAURA SCHULTZ/TUFTS DAILY Case in point: after a lackluster 2004-05 home court. Junior Khalilah Ummah The 3 vs. 6 matchup is ripe for an upset on the men’s side as well, as the No. 6 Jumbos travel to see BAULD, page 13 and her team will need to Williams, a team they defeated, 82-65, just two weeks ago. Don’t expect top-seeded 23-1 Amherst to take it to the hoop against lose its second- straight game this weekend, but seventh-seeded Bowdoin is hungry for another win over Andrew Bauld is a senior majoring in Middlebury this weekend No. 2 Trinity after defeating the Bantams, 75-69, in January. at the NESCAC tourney. English and political science. He can be reached at [email protected]. 16 INSIDE Inside the NBA 15 Sports Games of the Week 15 THE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, February 15, 2007 Jumbos seek repeat of last year’s NESCAC Tournament showing

BY SAM KRUMHOLZ events all year Senior Staff Writer “These are three freshmen who are really, really good, and I think we could Senior tri-captains Chloe Young- all be in the top six,” Swett said. Hyman and Jess Bollinger, as well as the Also integral to Tufts’ success will elite diving squad, will lead Tufts to the be the performances of Bollinger and western part of the state this weekend Young-Hyman. Both swimmers have for the three-day NESCAC tournament anchored the Jumbos all year, and both held at Williams. are experienced in championship meets. With a fourth-place showing at last Young-Hyman is shouldering a heavy year’s conference tournament, the squad workload, swimming the 50-, 100- and has a tough road ahead of itself if it 200-yard breaststroke in addition to the wants to equal that performance. 100-yard freestyle. Young-Hyman quali- “We would like to swim and dive fied for Nationals last year with a fifth- well and give a 100 percent effort this place showing in last year’s NESCAC weekend,” coach Nancy Bigelow said. 100-yard breaststroke race and hopes for “Williams, Middlebury and Amherst a similar performance this year. seem to have a pretty solid lock on the “This could potentially be my last top three places, but I think fifth would meet, and I just want to go in and have be a very, very, respectable showing for fun and enjoy the experience,” Young- our group.” Hyman said. “This is also my last shot As has been the case throughout the at qualifying for Nationals, but it’s also season, the diving crew is expected to more importantly a team competition.” be at the forefront of the competition. Young-Hyman is seeded third in Junior Kendall Swett has won most of the race, behind All-American juniors DAILY FILE PHOTO her diving competitions this year, never Amanda Shapiro from Wesleyan and Shown here swimming against Brandeis earlier this season, sophomore Hannah Robinson falling lower than second place. Swett Kelly Norsworthy from Colby. Young- and the rest of the Jumbos will need to race their best times this weekend at NESCACs if transferred to Tufts this year from Lake Hyman also has a good chance of mak- they want to equal last year’s fourth-place finish. Forest College following a season where ing the final heat in the 50-yard breast- she was an All-American in the one- stroke, where she is seeded in the top 400 IM.” last meet for the individuals who failed and three-meter dives, winning the Div. eight. For the team to swim well, however, to qualify for Nationals. The Jumbos III national championship in the latter. Bollinger, too, has a busy weekend it will depend on strong performances will enter the meet fully tapered and She will be competing in both of those ahead of her, where she will be compet- across the board, not just among the top in a position to shave several seconds events at the NESCAC championships, ing in races with distances ranging from swimmers. off their times from earlier this season. where she is favored to bring two first- 200 to 1650 yards, swimming all three “We will need all of our front-line kids Like last year, there will be a dogfight place finishes back to Medford. longer-distance freestyle events, as well to swim their best, girls like [freshman] for places fourth through sixth, where “I’m just trying to relax and have fun as the 400-yard individual medley and Meredith Cronin, [sophomore] Michelle Tufts, Connecticut College and Colby are and compete better than I have all sea- the 200-yard backstroke. Bollinger is a Caswell, [junior] Tia Bassano, [sopho- extremely close. son, as well as preparing for the upcom- strong threat to place in the top eight in more] Katie Swett, [senior] Eva Johnson, “The main goal is to have fun. We’ve ing Nationals,” Swett said. both the 1,000- and 1,500-yard freestyle [freshman] Emily Japlon and [junior] all been working extremely hard, and it’s The Jumbos’ trio of freshmen divers, as well as the 400-yard IM. Claire Pigula,” Bigelow said. “Everyone hard to go into a final meet and place Lindsay Gardel, Kelsey Bell and Kara “Jess Bollinger has been swimming is going to have to swim and dive well concrete goals,” Young-Hyman said. “It Lindquist, will compliment Swett. The very well all year,” Bigelow said. “I think to score points. All 24 competitors are would be really exciting if we could place rookie divers have all made their pres- she will have an even better meet than going to be key.” fourth, and if we all swim our hardest ences felt this season, consistently fin- the one she had her freshman year when The NESCAC championship is the cul- and have our minds in the game, we have ishing in the top five in both diving she made the B-cut for Nationals in the mination of the team’s season and the a good shot.” League hoop tourneys open Saturday Team drops ﬁ nal home match of season Why wait for March Madness when you have this weekend’s opening round of the NESCAC Tournament? Williams plays host Tufts finds itself unable to beat an undermanned Bates squad to men’s and women’s first round contests, with six other schools BY KAITLIN O’REILLY to five games and [freshman Engman and was defeated in hosting one opening matchup. The Tufts women host Middlebury, Contributing Writer Stefanie Marx] went to five three games, 9-0, 9-0, 9-2. while the male Jumbos are off to Williamstown. Here’s a peek at games. At the end, I think The team’s regular num- the brackets: It was not a happy ending I was just tired from prac- ber one throughout the sea- for the women’s squash team tice and the weekend but it son, senior co-captain Julia Men’s Basketball NESCACs on Tuesday evening. was really close, which was Avrutin played in the second great.” position, but was also edged WOMEN’S SQUASH The most competitive out by a 10-8, 9-4, 9-6 match Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 (7-14) matches came from Marx with junior Charlotte Gerrish. home team in at highest at same venue at Belmont, Tuesday and Thys, playing in the third “Jules played really well bold remaining seed and fourth spots, respective- even though she went to 1 Amherst Bates 6 ly. Marx took the first two three,” Thys said. “Bates is a 8 Bates Tufts 3 games from her opponent, really strong team, and we senior Schuyler Haynes, had a good chance to beat 4 Middlebury 1) Engman (B) def. Barba (T) before Haynes rebounded to them.” 5 Colby 2) Gerrish (B) def. Avrutin (T) win the last three, and ulti- For Thys, Avrutin, and mately the match, 5-9, 3-9, senior Morgan Glasebrook, 3) Haynes (B) def. Marx (T) 10-8, 9-7, 9-3. the loss was a disappointing Champion 4) Blomstedt (B) def. Thys (T) 3 Williams Playing in her final home end to their home careers. 6 Tufts 5) Lemoine (B) def. Herrmann game of her squash career, But the Jumbos must hold (T) Thys also put up an admirable their heads high as they pre- 2 Trinity 6) Webel (B) def. Leis (T) fight against Bobcat sopho- pare for the Howe Cup, the 7 Bowdoin 7) Tufts def. Bates by default more Sarah Blomstedt, hold- team national tournament 8) Tufts def. Bates by default ing a 2-1 lead after the third held at Yale this weekend. Women’s Basketball NESCACs 9) Tufts def. Bates by default game. Unfortunately for the Last season, playing in the C Jumbos, Thys could not pull Division of teams ranked 17- out the win, with Blomstedt 24, Tufts fell to Hamilton 5-4 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Hosting its final match of taking the decisive final sets, in the finals of its bracket. The home team in at highest at same venue the season at Belmont Hill 9-7 and 9-6. Jumbos believe the odds are bold remaining seed School Tuesday night, Tufts Tufts was also hampered in their favor to get over the 1 Bowdoin fell to 10th-ranked Bates, 6-3, by a depleted squad of its hump this time around. dropping to 7-14 for the sea- own. Despite battling an ill- “We have a really good 8 Trinity son. ness, sophomore Jessica chance at winning this week- 4 Williams The match could have eas- Herrmann, playing in the end,” Thys said. “We have ily gone in the Jumbos’ favor, number five spot, managed beaten all the other teams in 5 Wesleyan as they recorded default victo- just six points against junior our division at least once this ries in the seventh, eighth and Caroline Lemoine, falling in season so we have a really 3 Bates Champion ninth positions, due to the three games, 9-5, 9-1, 9-0. good shot at winning the C 6 Amherst Bobcats’ undermanned crew. Additionally, junior Micela division, which is our goal for But with two close five-game Leis, who has been fighting the weekend.” 2 Tufts contests going Bates’ way, the an injury the entire season, With three days between 7 Middlebury Bobcats took all six matches fell to sophomore Margot Tuesday’s match and the start played on the courts. Webel, 9-1, 9-4, 9-1. of the Howe Cup on Friday, Note: Teams are rebracketed after the first round of the tourna- Still, the team was content Playing in the number one the squad will use the time to ment, with the lowest remaining seed playing the highest remain- with its performance. spot for the first time since the rest and nurse any wounds. ing, and the two middle seeds playing one another. “The match against Bates NESCAC Tournament, sopho- “The most important thing went really well,” senior co- more Victoria Barba squared- captain Liz Thys said. “I went off against Bates senior Kelsey see WOMEN’S SQUASH, page 14