Today: Mostly Sunny High 30 Low 19 THE TUFTS Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Sunny High 32 Low 22 Since 1980 VOLUME LI, NUMBER 22 DAILY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006 Five car break-ins Black History Month ends, but The history of Black in as many days debate over its significance doesn’t History Month The celebration of black his- BY VICTORIA KABAK Members of the Tufts community hold varying views tory began in 1926, when Dr. Carter Daily Editorial Board Woodson, a historian, scholar and BY AARON SCHUMACHER “the history of people of African writer of black history known as the Five car-related crime incidents occurred on Daily Editorial Board descent should be yearlong.” “Father of Negro History,” started the Tufts campus in five days last week. Based Africana Center Director Lisa Negro History Week. on the close proximity of the acts’ times and As February — Black History Month Coleman argued that the month This period — the second week locations, police suspect a connection between — comes to a close, African-Americans still serves to highlight oft-forgotten of February — honored the birthdays them. at Tufts are weighing in on its chang- aspects of the past. of two Americans who were instru- The first incident occurred on Feb. 17 between ing and continuing significance. “This is a systemic and systematic mental in ending slavery, Abraham 9 and 11:30 a.m. in the Cousens Gymnasium Associate Professor of History way to recognize the historical and Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. parking lot. One student’s car, a 1999 Saturn, Gerald Gill, who teaches two courses contemporary erasure of the contribu- It was mainly black churches had its front passenger window smashed and its on African-American history in the tions of people of African descent and and segregated black schools that radio stolen. United States, said he believes that to bring attention to ongoing relations celebrated the week. But during Three days later, at nearby 4 Colby Street, sev- black history should be part of regular between and among distinct racial the civil rights era in the 1960s, eral items were taken from a 2002 Dodge Dakota history. groups within the U.S. and outside of when more blacks enrolled in pre- belonging to a Tufts employee. One flashlight, “I’m not happy that February is set the U.S,” she wrote in an e-mail to the dominantly white colleges and uni- four CDs, $5 in change and a pair of sunglasses aside for [celebration],” he said. Daily. versities, black students started a were all stolen between 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. Gill, who is African-American, said Coleman said the lack of acknowl- movement to extend the week-long “There was no sign of forced entry, so [the that the problem with celebrating edgment of minority contributions is history celebration to the full month employee] must have left the door unlocked,” black history in February alone is that unacceptable. of February. Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) students of all ages learn about events “If one could be sure that during In 1976, upon the bicenten- Sergeant Robert McCarthy said. from vastly different chronological all of the months the contributions nial of the founding of the United The following day, Feb. 21, a third car was bur- eras. of people of African, Asian, Latino States, Woodson’s organization glarized between 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. A graduate For example, slavery and the civil descent, women and LGBT people —the Association for the Study of student who had parked her ‘96 Honda in the rights movement occurred in two dif- were consistently institutionalized Afro-American Life and History — Elliot-Pearson lot returned to find the window ferent centuries, yet they and other and recognized we would not need put its name behind this movement smashed and the radio stolen. Twenty CDs were parts of black history are discussed in any of the months or weeks [of cel- and asked then-President Gerald also missing. such a short period of time that black ebration],” she wrote. “However, this Ford to officially make February the Cousens Lot, 4 Colby Street and the Elliot- history appears as if it constitutes a is not the case.” month of black history. Pearson lot are all on the Medford side of cam- very small part of the historical spec- Coleman added that Black History Their request was granted. Three pus. trum. Month is hardly just for blacks, but decades later, February is still known Another incident of damage to a car occurred “I still respect the month of February rather serves to raise awareness of and celebrated as Black History on Feb. 18, but nothing was stolen. Between 1:30 because of its historical importance,” ongoing racial issues in the U.S. Month. and 11:30 a.m., two cars — a Subaru and a ‘99 he said, but he added that he believes see BLACK HISTORY, page 2 Audi, both parked near Hill Hall — were vandal- ized. The passenger’s window of one of the cars and the driver’s window of the other were smashed. The owners of the cars, two undergraduates, did JP Morgan Chase & Co. CEO Dimon to Receive Light on the Hill Award not find anything missing. Tufts alumnus James Dimon (A ‘78) tion made Dimon’s award timely. “There was stuff in there they could have was chosen by the TCU Senate to An open award ceremony for Dimon taken,” McCarthy said. receive the 2005 Light on the Hill will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Mar. 28 in He added that he did not suspect a link Award. The award has been given to the Coolidge Room. between the vandalizations and the robberies, one alumnus each year since 1995. “He hasn’t been back on the hill ... but said that a sudden outbreak in robber- According to a Feb. 26 press release, for a while,” Katzin said. “It’s an honor ies suggests that the first three events may be the Light on the Hill Award is given to that he decided to come back for a related, especially given the lack of car robberies a distinguished alumnus who demon- student award.” in the weeks preceding the incident. strates “ambition, achievement, and Previous recipients of the award According to McCarthy, it is not uncommon active citizenship in his or her profes- include New Mexico Governor Bill for car-related incidents to come in waves. sional career.” Richardson, “The Late Show with David “Usually we get those in stretches,” McCarthy TCU President Jeff Katzin said that Letterman” Executive Producer Rob said. “We haven’t had them in a while.” Dimon was selected because of his Burnett, and actor Hank Azaria. Most recently, a series of break-ins occurred “illustrious accomplishment” in becom- Katzin said that the senate had during the 2004-2005 school year. ing CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co., a searched through different career fields “Last year we made an arrest for breaking into position which he currently holds. and was happy to give the award cars.” McCarthy said. Dimon had been the Chairman and to someone in the field of business McCarthy also said that the perpetrators of Chief Executive Officer of Bank One because of its increasing popularity on a rash of break-ins like this one are usually not for four years before it was bought campus. He specifically noted the grow- Tufts students, but rather young people from the by J.P. Morgan Chase. He spent a ing Entrepreneurial Leadership Program area. year and a half as President and Chief at Tufts. To combat the problem, TUPD has kept a Operating Officer of J.P. Morgan Chase “He was our first choice,” Katzin closer eye on the areas in question with increased before rising to CEO on Dec. 31, 2005. said. patrolling in the lots and areas where the break- Katzin said that this recent promo- — Marc Raifman ins occurred. At press time, the police had no COURTESY TCU SENATE suspects or leads.

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This is the true story of A new influx of Murrow material for Tufts’ Center seven strangers... you BY AUGUST HALES know the rest. Contributing Writer see ARTS, page 5 Thanks to a recent donation, Tufts’ Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy has bol- stered its collection of primary source material. The Center, located in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, has received a large collection of Murrow’s WWII-era telegrams and articles donated INDEX by Kyle Good, widow of late CBS News | Features 1 producer Mark H. Harrington III, Arts | Living 5 a colleague of Murrow’s. Editorial | Letters 8 Murrow was one of broadcast Viewpoints 9 journalism’s pioneer figures, per- National 11 haps best known for his report- International 15 ing from London during World Comics 20 War II, some of the first radio Classifieds 21 international broadcasts ever. Sports Back page Murrow’s career was the sub- ject of last year’s major motion see MURROW, page 2 STELLA DEYCH/TUFTS DAILY tuftsdaily.com Murrow’s passport (pictured) is on display at Tufts’ Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy. 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Now, a broader Black History Month celebration More Murrow for the Hill BLACK HISTORY strongly with people who say MURROW appease Germany’s advances. continued from page 1 the celebration of February is Black History continued from page 1 The papers also show Murrow “Veteran’s day is not only for racist.” picture “Good Night, and Good on the offensive against the Veterans,” she wrote. “Black Gill noted that support of Month at Tufts Luck,” directed by George British government’s censor- History Month is again a time black culture in February is no Clooney, which focuses on ship of the press during WWII, for education and reflection. It longer strictly limited to groups Groups at Tufts have been Murrow’s role in protesting 1950s referring to it as “well-mannered is for everyone and sometimes promoting black issues. sponsoring events celebrat- McCarthyism. though sometimes stupid.” most relevant for people who “McDonald’s is a major ing black history since the Although Oscar buzz sur- “He ... served as the eyes, ears are not of African descent.” supporter of Black History January birthday of Dr. Martin rounding the film (it has been and to some degree interpreter But Gill said that since many Month,” he said. “Nike does Luther King, Jr. — specifically nominated for six Oscars, includ- for his radio listeners. He carried non-blacks feel the month the same thing. Major corpora- the address by Dr. Charles ing Best Director, Actor and this on to a new medium of tele- does not pertain to them, they tions have linked ads to Black V. Willie, professor at the Picture) has focused much atten- vision in the immediate postwar are put off by it: “For most peo- History Month to [appeal to Harvard Graduate School of tion on Murrow’s career during years. He didn’t therefore pioneer ple who don’t have an idea of blacks].” Education, entitled “Dr. Martin the McCarthy era, the recently- a new form of advocacy jour- Black History Month, they may But Gill recommended that Luther King, Jr.’s Perspectives acquired articles shed light on nalism so much as ‘interpretive see it as divisive,” he said. those corporations could run on War and Peace.” his earlier career of international journalism,’” Snow said. Although the civil rights era similar ads throughout the More recently, Onyx, reporting. According to the Associated took place nearly a half-century entire year. “That’s something Tufts’ black literary magazine, According to Fletcher Media Press, Murrow was unique in his ago, freshman Jennifer Bailey, they can do year-round rather hosted its “Walk Through Relations Manager Terri Ann often unapologetic depictions of who is African-American, said than restrict those activities to History” program Saturday Knopf, the Murrow Center is “one the horror of war, lamenting that that many aspects of non- February,” he said. focusing on black television of the best-kept secrets of Tufts.” people had “lost the ability to blacks’ perceptions of blacks At Tufts, Gill said there are sitcoms. The center includes the most feel.” He questioned what he per- have not changed since move- those who promote black cul- While the Africana Center complete collections of Murrow’s ceived to be the tendency of the ment took place. ture throughout the school sponsors events during the work, including articles, letters, public to care less for atrocities year. “The Africana Center whole year, February is one books, and household items, committed by states on a large does programming the entire of its busiest months. After almost all donated by his widow, scale and more for isolated inci- year, not just the month of Willie’s address Jan. 25, the Janet Murrow. dents committed by individuals. Black History February,” he said. Africana Center officially “Tufts and Fletcher are very According to Knopf, in 1965 Coleman wrote that the kicked off Black History Month fortunate to have Murrow’s pro- then-Fletcher Dean Edmund A. Month is again a Africana Center attempts “to with “Black Violin” on Feb. 2, fessional papers and archives,” Guillon coined the term “pub- “ educate people to live in a featuring two acclaimed black said Crocker Snow, Director of lic diplomacy.” This term refers time for education diverse world.” violinists playing a fusion of the Murrow Center and found- to the use of communication to She added that “it is impor- hip-hop and classical music ing editor of the World Paper. advance the national interest of and reflection. tant to examine that which and providing a unique back- “It is a great resource for stu- the United States, reflectiveof the may have been overlooked ground to rap lyrics played by dents, researchers and contem- increasingly important interna- ” and the significance of these a disc jockey. porary historians of journalism. tional media in which Murrow Gerald Gill contributions to our contem- From the last week of The new acquisition fills in some had played such an important Associate Professor of History, porary society.” January to the first week of important gaps.” role. Tufts University Bailey said that racial differ- March, the Africana Center Many of Murrow’s papers were Gullion had asked Murrow to ences among people tend to presented and is still present- lost between office moves or were collaborate Fletcher School on foster misconceptions. ing its annual film series, a six- destroyed by German bombings a center that could create col- “Unfortunately, 40 years “I actually think difference week event with one to three in WWII. Harrington was able to laboration between Murrow’s after the civil rights move- is a beautiful thing,” she said. movies about black culture rescue the donated batch before network of journalists and ment, it’s sad that we haven’t “Differences make us who we every Wednesday at Tisch an office clean-up at CBS London Fletcher’s network of diplomats. reached the point where black are and make America so great. Library. in the 1980s. Unfortunately, Murrow died only history and American his- It’s only when differences are Some of these movies The papers range from tele- a short time later, and the center tory are one and the same,” partnered with hatred and fear explored the hip-hop music grams reporting early WWII sta- was established as a memorial Bailey said. “We have to have a that diversity becomes a nega- industry and its political and tistics to intimate articles detail- that has since housed Murrow’s month dedicated to 400 years tive issue and is viewed in a social context, black street ing the daily lives of Londoners professional papers and pro- of history.” negative light. Not acknowl- performers in New York under fire from German bomb- moted research and dialogue on Many blacks today, includ- edging differences is just as City, misconceptions of hip- ings. public diplomacy. ing Academy-Award-winning bad as racism.” hop culture, and how hip- According to Snow, “Murrow Renewed public interest in actor Morgan Freeman, say the Coleman echoed Bailey’s hop is seen and practiced in set a new standard for radio Murrow with “Good Night and month is offensive to blacks sentiments. “Far too often, Colombia. journalism during the Battle of Good Luck”’s Oscar buzz and the rather than celebratory. Gill, the idea of color-blindness Movies shown included “8 Britain with reporting that com- recent donation of additional though he has his problems and diversity are a way to flat- Mile,” starring Grammy-win- bined a vivid sense of being there papers has spurred the organiza- with the month, said he firmly ten out differences — differ- ning hip-hop artist Eminem, with an equal sense of his own tion of a panel discussion to take stands apart from that camp. ence becomes negative — and “Tupac: Resurrection,” a doc- moral and ethical reactions to stock of the state of international “I don’t find it offensive,” this leads to difficulties,” she umentary about the deceased what he was reporting on.” reporting today. Gill said. “I think those peo- wrote. “Flattening out differ- rapper, and “Hip-Hop Murrow exhibited less objec- The high-profile discussion ple who are black who say ence is one form of erasure. Homos,” about two openly tivity than expected in journal- will be take place Apr. 3 and will Black History Month is offen- It is covert, but nonetheless a gay artists trying to succeed ism today, calling for the British be moderated by Ted Koppel, sive don’t understand the full way to equate difference with in the rap industry. government to reconsider its former anchorman for ABC’s importance of it. I disagree negativity and silence.” request for Czechoslovakia to “Nightline.”

FROM THE DAILY ARCHIVES | FEBRUARY 28, 1997 ALEX SHERMAN/TUFTS DAILY From two different backgrounds, a connection Carol Vogul, the daughter of their Jewishness and that her mother two Holocaust survivors, and Ilona refuses to talk about the Holocaust, Kuphal, the daughter of an officer and that “many Jews really just of the Third Reich in Nazi Germany, don’t feel like talking about it.” She spoke together about what it said it was hard to understand the was like to be children during the Holocaust from any other perspective Holocaust. than that of the victims. Kuphal said she didn’t learn about Vogul also said she was amazed the Holocaust until she was 15 years by the number of Germans today old because nobody in Germany who feel so guilty about their spoke about it. When she found out, country’s history with the Holocaust she said it was “the biggest shock of that they refuse to have children my life.” She also said that she could because they believed Germans pos- not talk about it with her father sessed a “bad seed,” and that it was because he would get very defensive. genetic. She also said that she has Kuphal was also a co-founder of recognized that the Holocaust is not “One on One,” a discussion group just a German-Jewish experience. “It for children of the Holocaust — on has happened over and over again both sides — that was about “find- in different dimensions throughout ing connections.” history,” she said. “No one is safe Vogul said her parents loathed anywhere.”

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BY THE NUMBERS ...seamstress ...model Tufts students take Technology: A gift on odd jobs to make and a curse? ...telemarketer ...newspaper some extra cash COMPILED BY PATRICE TADDONIO with a Tufts Daily Editorial Board delivery boy twist When it comes to productiv- ity in the workplace, technology is a double-edged sword. According to a recently-released study, technological Waiting tables? Washing dishes? Nah. These Tufts students find other ways to pay the bills tools intended to help make “getting the job done” an easier and faster BY STEPHANIE LEUNG thing I don’t want to be known for. To At Telefund, students must call process have instead impeded worker Contributing Writer this day, no one I know has come to alumni, parents of Tufts students, or productivity. In this installment of “By my shows.” friends of the University and ask for the Numbers,” the Daily explores the Scanning books, washing dishes Although few students at Tufts get donations to the institution. results of the study, and puts them in and waiting tables are common expe- paid to model or act, many do par- Senior Eugene Fayerberg, who has the context of previous research on the riences of college students around ticipate in the University’s shows and been with Telefund since this January, topic of time-wasting. the country trying to make a buck in productions, logging away the hours enjoys the job because of the conve- between parties and study sessions. without compensation. nient location, decent pay, and low Some Tufts students, however, have Sophomore Julie Hanlon is one of stress level of the job. $759 bil- found less typical ways to pay their those dedicated Tufts actresses, yet “It’s the closest job that I could lion Annual bills. she has managed to find a lucrative find and fairly well paying in com- amount of Senior Mari Pullen is the antithesis niche within the Tufts theater com- parison to other jobs,” he said. “I money that of the stereotypical, anorexic, atten- munity in order to pay the bills. could do research [for a professor], employees’ tion-craving model. She had never As a seamstress in the costume but I wanted a job that I wouldn’t get unproductiv- even considered becoming involved shop since the first semester of her all crazy about.” ity in the work- in “showbiz,” until the opportunity freshman year, Hanlon has contrib- “You just come and make a few place — “from apparently fell into her lap. uted to the designing and sewing of phone calls, whereas with research, Web surfing As a sophomore, she was asked to the costumes for almost every pro- you go to bed thinking you could’ve to watercooler be a fill-in model for a fashion show duction put on by Tufts in the past done something differently,” he chit-chat”— in Cambridge. two years. explained. costs American companies, accord- After some networking with clients “I already live in Aidekman,” Fayerberg also seems to identify ing to a study done by America at the show, Pullen went on to model Hanlon joked, “so I figured I might as with the mission of Telefund on a Online and Salary.com for other companies such as boston- well get paid to work there too.” personal level. 2.09 Hours the typical worker admits fashion.com, North Shore Magazine, “I get scholarships and I’m [on] to wasting each day (excluding and Michael’s of Boston. financial [aid], so when I ask peo- lunch) Today, Pullen usually takes three You just come and make ple for money, it’s helping me, and 1 Rank of “personal Internet use” on jobs per week, which include print it’s cool to help other students with the list of the most frequent time- shoots, promotional shoots, and run- a few phone calls, where- that,” he added. wasting activities way shows. Fayerberg’s job at Telefund has pro- 44% Workers for whom “personal “It’s hard to turn down jobs, but as“ with research, you go to bed vided fodder for some good stories as Internet use” is “their primary time- I try to take up as much as I can well. wasting activity at work” because of opportunities to get paid thinking you could’ve done some- Recently, he talked to a 1964 alum- and to meet people,” Pullen said. nus who asked if male students still The senior always bears time-man- thing differently. participate in panty raids, where they 16 Hours per agement in mind and, luckily, her ” sneak into the girls’ dorms and steal week workers agency allows her the flexibility to Eugene Fayerberg their underwear. spent on the take however many jobs she wants. Senior Although Fayerberg responded in computer while A runway show might be a nine the negative, he did enlighten the on the job in hour time commitment, and a pro- alumnus about the tradition of Naked 2005 motional job can take up to four “I also like spending even more Quad Run. 9.5 Hours per hours. time with all of these people,” she Thanks to boosts by the Tufts week workers Long hours aside, Pullen considers added. Telefund, the Tufts budget is able spent on the her modeling career to be fortunate, Hanlon has been involved with the- to afford daily deliveries of the New computer while on the job in 1994 as she had never expected to have ater productions since early elemen- York Times. The papers, however, 46 E-mails workers get each day, as such opportunities in her lifetime. tary school, but she didn’t become don’t just appear on your front steps of 2005 “I got lucky with being at the right involved with costumes until after magically. 50% Portion of those e-mails that are place at the right time,” Pullen said. taking a series of sewing classes one Ever since the premier of the cult- unsolicited “It was the kind of thing where the summer during elementary school. classic musical “Newsies” in the early ball started rolling, and I’ve been A class on costume design in high 1990s, the job of delivering news- running with it.” school helped to further hone her papers has acquired a romanticized However Pullen says that she does skills, and she is now a major part reputation. not consider modeling as a defining of the University’s various theatrical And while he may not embody factor in her identity. productions. the perception of the traditional “[Modeling] is something [I do] for “I’m most proud of the puppets I “Newsie,” senior Chris Healey is able myself,” Pullen explained. “It’s some- made in the production of “Avenue to manage the deliveries of the New Q,” put on last semester,” Hanlon York Times throughout campus, even said. without the cap and vest. Although clearly less glamorous Healey’s responsibilities include than strolling down the runway or finding two delivery people, one creating elaborate costumes, working uphill, one downhill, and send- for the Tufts Telefund can be a sur- ing monthly delivery reports to the prisingly interesting experience for Times. students. He also communicates with resi- 60% Workers who say they “always or dential facilities and TUPD to ensure frequently feel rushed,” as of 2005 that the fobs work between certain 83% Workers who felt “extremely or hours and are assigned to the desig- very productive” in 1994 nated delivery people. 51% Workers who felt that way in Healey, a member of the ultimate 2005 frisbee team, attained both positions 40% Workers who described them- from the previous delivery manager, selves as “very or extremely success- a frisbee player that graduated last ful” in 1994 year. 28% Workers who described them- The delivery managers usually ask selves as such in 2005 fellow frisbee players to be delivery people, and many go on to become managers. 2/3 Portion of the work American The job does not seem to entail a workers set out to do on a given day lot of stress, as the only real com- that they actually complete (as of plaint Healey might receive from stu- 2005) dents is that there are “too few or too 3/4 Portion workers actually com- many papers in a location, in which pleted in 1994 case the Times would switch, add, or 82% Workers in 1994 who said “they subtract locations,” Healey said. accomplished at least half their daily “It’s not a particularly grueling planned work” job,” Healey continued, adding that 50% Workers who said so in 2005 he started out as a delivery person two years ago, which is more diffi- cult. The information cited above comes BOTH PHOTOS COURTESY MARI PULLEN “You deliver first, which means from Reuters and accounting.smart- Senior Mari Pullen (pictured, above and right) usually takes three modeling jobs per week, getting up early and hauling papers pros.com. which include print shoots, promotional shoots and runway shows. around in the cold,” he said. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Tuesday, February 28, 2006 When Tyler talks... Judging by Duckworth’s quips during his interview with the Daily, “Real World: Key West” fans have plenty to look forward to. Wait, aren’t you that guy from ‘The Real World’?

Tufts alumnus Tyler Duckworth stars in the Key West installment of MTV’s popular reality show Personally, I’d just like to wear a pair of jeans and a ALL PHOTOS COURTESY MARINA SHAW Tyler Duckworth (LA ‘04) strolls by a toy store. The “Real World: Key West” star, who grew up in the conservative Midwest, majored big shirt with a picture of in comparative religions and minored in mass communications and media studies at Tufts. “ BY MARINA SHAW His sense of humor — inappropriate, Rules Challenge] Gauntlet’ or ‘Inferno,’” Stalin and Lenin giving homoerotic Contributing Writer dry and refreshingly honest — is the Duckworth laughs. most shocking thing about Duckworth. “And now I’m one of them. I pretend glances to each other from across a Sitting at Anna’s Taqueria in Davis It’s most likely the reason that MTV cast to be embarrassed about such affilia- Square eating a burrito, Tyler Duckworth him in the provocative show. tions, but secretly, I find a huge amount big, Communist table. (LA ‘04) describes his day’s activities thus Additionally, as an openly gay male, of satisfaction in knowing all their inside far. Duckworth’s stories of growing up in the gossip,” he adds. Duckworth, ” “Well, I was bored this morning after conservative Midwest were quite the sell- But “The Real World” is in fact, a pow- on his preferred red-carpet attire the gym, so I downloaded a bunch of ing points for a show that clearly tries to erful catalyst for social activism. As a Clay Aiken songs from season two of incite controversy and promote diversity staple in the lives of young people over American Idol. It’s kind of embarrassing amongst each cast. the past decade, and the beginning of to say, but man, does he have a voice that But while Duckworth jokes about his reality television, former “Real World” goes on forever. Is it weird that I want to upcoming red-carpet experience, he cast members have been able to go on go to one of his concerts with a shirt that is also admittedly scared. Red-carpet to effect social change in communities says, ‘I’m a Clay-Mate’?” events and Hollywood-type notoriety are across the country. From promoting Only a year ago, Duckworth was like a far cry from Duckworth’s childhood in HIV/AIDS awareness to sex education any other Tufts student, grappling with Burnsville, Minnesota. And although he and political activism, past cast mem- multiple midterms and desperately wish- “never took this whole Real World experi- bers have used their notoriety for good ing Spring Break would come sooner. He ence too seriously,” he is just now real- causes. had little time to download ‘American izing how “massive” the show really is. Duckworth is adamant about using his Idol’ songs and design corresponding “I honestly thought it would be a fun newfound fame to spread knowledge and outfits. However, fresh from a whirlwind experience... nothing more, and perhaps understanding about such issues as “gay few months in Key West as a cast member even less. It’s a great way to meet a ton of rights, body image, youth involvement in of MTV’s popular series “The Real World,” people in the production world and plus, politics, and the importance of education Duckworth has some time to take it easy. it’s five months on a beach, on an island. to teens and college students across the He took this opportunity to reflect on It’s only now, after the show, [that] I see country,” he says. his experience while spending his day how many people are fans of the show,” And now, the 23-year-old may very well shopping in Boston. Walking around Duckworth says. become the most visible Tufts alumnus It’s kind of embarrassing to H&M for what Duckworth calls some Duckworth’s sense of humor, confi- among the 18-24-year-old demographic. “good Midwestern bargain shopping,” dence and enthusiasm are evident to Duckworth is insistent that he does say, but man, does [Clay the soon-to-be television star searches anyone he meets, but as he tries to not have dreams of becoming an actor, for an outfit for his first red-carpet event “understand his place in his new world, unlike many of his cohorts. Nor does Aiken] have a voice that next month, where he will debut “as gold- and a new career,” he finds himself both he intend on becoming a “career chal- “ medalist swimmer Amanda Beard’s arm nervous and excited. lenger.” (What he means by this is that he goes on forever. Is it weird that I candy,” Duckworth said. “I feel lucky to have a great Tufts edu- will not spend the next decade appear- “Personally, I’d just like to wear a pair cation. All these incredible doors are ing on the popular “Real World” spin-off want to go to one of his concerts of jeans and a big shirt with a picture opening, and I think the people I have “challenge” series in which cast members of Stalin and Lenin giving homoerotic around me, and the people who shaped from different “Real World” seasons com- with a shirt that says, ‘I’m a Clay- glances to each other from across a big, me at Tufts, have given me an incredible pete against each other in challenges for Communist table,” Duckworth jokes. advantage as I figure out what to do next,” cash rewards.) Mate’? His newfound fame became evident says Duckworth, who was a comparative Rather, Duckwoth says, his dream is during a recent trip to Medford’s White religion major and a communications to work for NBC Sports as a producer for Duckworth, ” Hen convenience store. The cashier, rec- and media studies minor. gymnastics and figure skating events, or on his music taste ognizing him as “the new ‘Real World’ Many in the university setting may to develop his own satire show. His ulti- guy” she had seen on the casting special be wondering what would entice some- mate hope for the show, however, is that that aired last week, asked, “Were you body to go on a reality television show. “America sees that I was really just being lying when you said were obsessed with But Duckworth, like many others of this myself in Key West.” Michelle Kwan?” generation, actually loves to hate reality As “The Real World: Key West” premiers “Michelle is my role model, my hero. television. on MTV tonight, the young star launches No one can ever replace her,” he says, “I was there on my couch every into a life of fame — and he’s likely to letting out a hearty laugh as he left the Monday night talking [badly] about these be recognized by mini-mart cashiers for store. stupid people on ‘The [Real World/Road some time to come. For more on Duckworth (pic- tured here, second from left, with friends from Tufts and Key West), check out I pretend to be embarrassed the next page. about such affiliations, “but secretly, I find a huge amount of satisfaction in knowing all their inside gossip. Duckworth, ” on being a part of MTV reality shows’ inner circle Arts|Living 5 THE TUFTS DAILY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006

SARA FRANKLIN | IMAGINE THAT!: THOUGHTS ON SEX, PLEASURE, AND This is what happens when a Jumbo stops being polite THE TABOO BY KATE DRIZOS Daily Editorial Board

Before reality television was a ubiqui- tous genre, rife with bachelors, survivors and runways, there was the original. By

Real World: Key West Premieres tonight at 10:00 p.m. on The Politics of MTV Penetration now, most Tufts students and their Gen Y peers are familiar with the MTV show that sends in its cameras to “find out what hap- pens when people stop being polite and teve Greenberg, the first start getting real.” In tonight’s debut of the “Real World”’s openly gay Orthodox rabbi, seventeenth incarnation, the montage of voices opening the show will include that came to speak at Tufts a cou- of fellow Jumbo Tyler Duckworth (LA ‘04) S (see “Wait, aren’t you that guy from ‘The ple of weeks ago. I was in complete Ral World’?,” page 4). This season introduces Tyler and his awe of his courage in coming out in a six roommates to the sunny (albeit hurri- MTV cane-prone) city of Key West, Florida. For Tyler Duckworth takes a break from storm-proofing the house. predominantly anti-gay community. Duckworth, spending a prolonged period of time in an area that increasingly func- However, what I found most interest- tions as a rowdy spring breaker’s paradise few permanent residents of the same age the patented MTV predilection for detailed proved difficult. group as the castmates, Duckworth said, accessorizing and an aviation theme allud- ing about his talk was not what he had “Key West is at a crossroad,” he said. “It’s “there was so much drama this season ing to Key West’s history. become a place for people to get wasted.” because we were left with each other.” There must be something in the pan- overcome, but rather his interpreta- The city’s culture, or lack thereof, in turn The shared Real World mansion — handle water, because like their less-than- affected the Real World experience of the always the eighth star of each season’s entrepreneurially-inclined Miami coun- tion of Leviticus and how he did not seven strangers. Since there were relatively debut — features a pale yellow exterior, see REAL WORLD, page 7 read it as a barring of homosexuality. I won’t go into all the details, but the THEATER REVIEW ALBUM REVIEW point that I wanted to discuss was his view on penetrative sex. He believes that Leviticus reads that male-to-male Othello a success sodomy is a negative action because Hawthorne Heights reach a new low penetrative sex is an act of violence BY COURTNEY KLINE and power, not because it is a homo- Contributing Writer sexual act. Therefore, he concludes that homosexuality is not forbidden Shakespeare is Shakespeare is by the text, but instead, it is violent, Shakespeare. And yet, every time we power trip penetration that is looked think he is nothing more than an over- down upon. This got me thinking pret- ty intensely about two things: The Othello relationship between penetration and power, and about the reasons that our society struggles so much with homo- Directed by Jason Slavick sexual sex. At the BCA Plaza Theatre through Here’s the thing with penetrative March 11th sex — in literal terms, someone is Student tickets are $20 always giving and someone is always receiving. Put more graphically, some- one is entering a body, and someone’s rated and under-talented man of little body is being entered. If you take out variation and few real classics, there is the human part of this equation — the something eternal, something brilliant emotions, the soul, the passion — this about this 400-year-old playwright that is what penetrative sex is reduced to. shocks even the most modern audience. It is an invasion of a corporal ori- Yet again, a new production will push fice. The only time when society, as out your ill-conceived prejudices — this a whole, seems to see penetration time, while you watch a company of as an “invasion,” carrying the nega- actors use dazzling subtleties and clev- tive connotation that the word often er drolleries performing director Jason does, is in cases of rape. But when a Slavick’s rendition of “Othello” at the BCA heterosexual couple has sex, because Plaza Theatre. it is consensual, most of us do not Yet again, you will be a believer. consider the invasiveness of the act. The play begins on the streets of Venice, VICTORY RECORDS But these societal views seem to have where two men, a craven Roderigo and a Giving Hawthorne Heights zero stars just means you don’t understand them, you con- gaps. Consensual sex does not mean devious Iago, are arguing about a certain formist. that one partner does not have, or Venetian beauty-turned-bride named want, more power than the other. In Desdemona. Although Roderigo wants BY MIKEY GORALNIK sons. Their debut on Victory Records, terms of equal giving and receiving to claim her as his own, Desdemona Daily Editorial Board 2004’s “The Silence in Black and White,” during sex, this can become problem- has recently married the famed Othello, rode the commercial strength of sin- atic, especially if the “receiver” is the known for his exotic birth and his fearless It’s not every day that you find a record gle “Ohio is for Lovers” to interminable less powerful of the two partners. attributes in battle. Hearing this, Iago, so bad it drives you into a brief period MTV rotation and giant record sales. In an ideal world, sexual partners a fellow soldier sopping in bitterness at of acute, introverted sorrow. When you They performed to thronging crowds at would always be on an equal play- Othello’s promotion of another ensign prominent times on last summer’s Vans ing field, and issues of power would — Cassio — to lieutenant, agrees to help If Only You Were Lonely Warped Tour, and are currently on a not enter the picture. But the fact is, Roderigo break up this recent union. Hawthorne Heights 40-date arena tour with international sex is often about power. Consider Iago develops a trap implicating Cassio phenoms Fall Out Boy. Let’s continue to role playing. If someone seeks to be as Desdemona’s lover by using his own say that as heralded purveyors of emo dominated, they are submitting to wife Emilia’s role as Desdemona’s mis- Victory Records music, Hawthorne Heights sound exact- their partner’s powerful role. If some- tress, Othello’s trust and confidence in ly, identically, TO A “T” like every other one dominates, they are putting their Cassio, and other lucky factors to fuel his band in their genre. partner in a vulnerable state. True plans. do, it serves not only to remind us of the If you have heard one of these bands, role playing, because of this game Soon, Othello believes that Desdemona, many detestable qualities of pop music you literally have heard them all. Some of power, is something I have never his keen and radiant bride, is nothing but and the music industry, but even to fur- guy’s girlfriend broke up with him, so he see FRANKLIN, page 7 a town whore. With this false belief, he ther sully and mar its once good name. wrote a one-draft poem about it in his resolves that he must dispose of this “If Only You Were Lonely,” the second journal during math class, and, coinciden- once promising union and happy rela- record from suburban tattoo-and-all- tally, his three to four best friends bought tionship, not by divorce, but by murder. black-clad Ohio emo quintet Hawthorne guitars, drums and studio time on the Sara Franklin is a sophomore majoring The “complications” between Othello Heights, is such a record. same day. In the cafeteria, our players are in history. She can be reached via e-mail But where to begin? First, Hawthorne see HEIGHTS, page 7 at [email protected] see OTHELLO, page 7 Heights is one of emo-pop’s favorite 6 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS|LIVING Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY ARTS|LIVING 7 Metaphorical and actual storms unfold this season in Key West

REAL WORLD any fraternity. In contrast, Duckworth, show’s producers during their scheduled continued from page 5 who sees MTV’s initial branding of him weekly interviews with the individual terparts in Season Five, the Key West as the “really smart, mean, gay person,” castmates. As an experienced producer housemates, too, were asked to start a was a member of Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) himself, he knew what the Key West inter- business as their house project. Unlike during his time at Tufts. rogators wanted him to say and reveled in Miami’s bakery/boutique that never “What they cast me as and what I ended keeping it from them. was, however, the Key Westers saw their up being were two different things,” he Ultimately, Duckworth classifies the assignment through, ultimately opening continued. Key West season as a “documentary” a tanning salon. For Duckworth, the reality television rather than another half-hour addition Within the reality television tendency to experience began as an aside when he to the modern barrage of “reality tele- quickly identify characters as “the meat- unceremoniously submitted an audi- vision.” head” or “the sorority girl,” Duckworth tion tape (which includes shots of the With no one telling the castmates takes issue with the idea of oversimplified Memorial Steps and Tisch Library roof) when to wake up or what to do, no demographic modifiers to describe him- to MTV. Once he had been cast as a alcohol provided (contrary to reality self and his roommates-turned-business Real Worlder, the subsequent four-month television urban legends), and no set partners. Acknowledging that many asso- residency in Key West “was really about agenda, the unfolding of the Key West ciate MTV’s casting with an attempt to fill getting to know six other people and season will be an honest depiction of certain subcategories of race, personality really investing in the process,” said the emotional and literal hurricanes or sexuality, he personally found himself Duckworth. and placidity the seven roommates and his roommates far too complex to As part of this process, his time on the experienced boil down to a lowest common denomi- show allowed Duckworth to “understand A director for the show advised nator descriptor. production and be a part of an amazing Duckworth: “Let this be a fun part of your Duckworth cites his roommate John social experiment.” An alum of Roberta life, don’t let it be your life.” At 10 p.m. MTV as a prime example of this: While John Oster Sachs’ Producing TV Programs for tonight, the fun part of this Tuftonian’s Togetherness is an important part of any suc- comes off initially as the stereotypical Social Change course, Duckworth often life takes its place in the infamous MTV cessful tanning salon business. “frat boy” type, John is not a member of found it amusing to interact with the Tenspot lineup. Hawthorne Heights aren’t misunderstood; they’re just bad Franklin explores HEIGHTS continued from page 5 sheet into the body of this article, a few sex and power choice snippets will have to suffice. Lines sitting together and alone (no one under- as trite, meaningless and juvenile as these FRANKLIN stands them anyway), when someone puts make it embarrassing to be called a writer: continued from page 5 two and two together: “Let’s not rehearse, “Between the sadness and the smile / Lies but make a song out of your poem! We the flicker of the fire / You always said this been able to allow myself to give in got instruments, right? If we make a lot of never hurt you / I always said you were a liar to. Playing with power is a dangerous money, you can BUY her back!” / With all the towers and the wires / There game, and can become harmful to the This is the most logical way to account for still lies a little silence / Two hearts and one minds of one or both of the partners. music this unoriginal and vapid. Listening connection / One voice lets emotion out.” The only way that role playing can to the songs reveals Hawthorne Heights’ Even more upsetting than the fact that be truly harmless is if the two sexual laughable lack of ability and personality in Hawthorne Heights are getting rich off of partners are already equals in one several waves. The first is their instrumen- teenage poetry that wouldn’t make the cut another’s eyes. tation. Opener “This Is Who We Are” kicks in most high school literary magazines is Penetrative sex is an incredibly inti- off with their attempt at being “ferocious,” that this was actually written by someone mate act where bodies come together AKA guitarist Micah Carli’s recycled power in his mid-to-late twenties. like puzzle pieces. If partners do not chords and drummer Eron Bucciarelli’s cut- The song plays on to its hackneyed end, think of each other as equals, the and-pasted hardcore fill. The first eight bars shedding no discernible light on “who we physical invasiveness of penetration could have come from any band with two- are,” but at least not revealing any more is bound to take on a power com- weeks training and a fat recording budget, (read: different) levels of blatant plagiarism ponent; someone will be taking up not to mention every band now on the or musical inability. Then the next song, power in an act of domination and radio. “We Are So Last Year,” begins with another someone will be surrendering their Then, singer/guitarist/frontman JT rim shot from Bucciarelli and another stale power and submitting to that of their Woodruff opens his mouth, revealing a riff from Carli. The unlistenable vocals soon VICTORY RECORDS partner. Your hate only makes them stronger. whole new level of derivative insipidness. start griping a one-dimensional analysis of You know when your friend who thinks the one that got away, littered occasionally he has a good voice tries to sing prettily? with an amateur metaphor and a dueling what you will about Britney Spears, R. Kelly In an ideal world, sexual Cross that awful noise with faceless alt- vocal harmony. Then the next song. And and most of the rest of today’s top 20, but at rock vocals and pour sugar on it, and you the next. Eventually a pattern starts to arise, least they don’t have any delusions: They’re partners would always be have Woodruff’s unconvincing and whiny revealing the dominant level of unimagina- not passing themselves off as being inter- voice. Carli’s backing vocals come next. His tive musical idiocy on “...Lonely.” Not only ested in anything other than selling records on an equal playing field, metalcore retching is perhaps the only part does every song sound stolen from another and making bank. of Hawthorne Heights that isn’t standard; band, they all sound the same. Hawthorne Heights, on the other hand, and issues of power would his throaty scream is so contrived and so And this is what we are rewarding nowa- want to be tortured, tatted, moshing stereo- ridiculous that it is actually SUB-standard. days: Wannabe bad-asses ripping each other types and still have their pictures pinned up not enter the picture. But off and whining about their girlfriends. “... in every 14-year-old Hot Topic-girl’s room. But what they’re saying is more impor- Lonely” is a universally bad record, but Neither identity is inherently better than the fact is, sex is often tant than how they say it, and while it would there are teams of people working around the other, but judging by their music, you be more persuasive to simply paste the lyric the clock to sell millions of copies of it. Say sure as hell can’t be both. about power

My point here is that penetrative sex Epstein shines in Shakespeare’s classic tale of paranoia is a risky game whether is it between heterosexual or homosexual partners, OTHELLO the story takes place. Mistrust, smallest and subtlest expres- transcend their settings and regardless of whether the penetrative continued from page 5 fear, prejudice — all become sions in a flicker of his eyes or absorb our attentions. This object is a penis or an artificial replica and his Desdemona impli- commonplace in a city where a tone in his voice is by far the play, however, would have (i.e. dildo, strap-on, butt plug, etc.). cate — like in any good an almost McCarthy-like most crafted skill in the play, been enhanced with a touch of So why do we, as society, have such Shakespearean drama mania has advanced among and he far outshines even the accessorizing on this Spartan issue with homosexual men engaging — almost every other inno- the citizens. play’s namesake, Othello him- stage, although its starkeness in penetrative sex? If we are to accept cently misled character. At the This theme is significant as self. did not really detract from the consensual penetration as a non- final bloody scene, Lodovico well in the over-vigilance of In fact, although Othello, play itself. invasive act, which we seem to do for speaks words of wisdom over our modern world — where played by Tony Molina, is The costumes, too, were a heterosexual partners, we should be an injured Cassio, Iago and jumping to conclusions and believable in his part, and bit dull but appropriate. For able to accept it for homosexuals. And the lifeless bodies of Roderigo, acting on this misguided Desdemona, played by most of the play, the men were if we are going to struggle with the Emilia, Desdemona and faith has proved injurious to Susanna Apgar, portrays a flat dressed in military wear that concept of invasion on principle, then Othello himself. Although the numerous citizens and non- character with all the indepen- looked like it had been res- the morality of penetration should tangled web of lies has final- citizens combined. dence of a modern woman, no cued from the Falklands War, have more to do with whether or not ly sorted itself, Iago’s deceit Furthermore, Iago’s lies one usurps Epstein’s spotlight and the women wore elegant partners consider each other equals has taken the lives of three of are particularly pernicious, as Iago. but subtle skirts and dresses. than with the sex of the partners. Venice’s most staunch citizens because they involve some Adding to the acting com- Thus, even those expect- Rabbi Greenberg argues that — all three led astray by Iago’s truth, a kernel of reality in pany’s formidable abilities is ing much from this produc- homosexuality is not forbidden in the false reality and his ruinous a sea of mirrors and smoke. a cleverly designed set, whose tion will finally be content- Torah. He argues that the misuse of abilities of persuasion. Thus, too, it is easy to see background consists of a num- ed with this timeless play. sex as an act to gain power is what These catalysts are one of that false actions taken on ber of red and black swinging Shakespeare crafted an exem- we, as society, need to be wary of; it is the reasons “Othello” is par- the basis of actuality are even doors. They are used at times plary theme, one that cannot penetrative intercourse during which ticularly relevant in today’s more believable to an easily- as entrances for actors, or as be tarnished in our state of one or both partners take advantage chaotic world. In many other swayed audience. props for Iago to rotate round paranoia or become stagnant of the vulnerability that is inherent Shakespearian works, misun- Iago’s character is remark- and round, as he spins his in our changing world. Jason with sexual giving and receiving that derstandings and untruths are ably represented by the actor treacherous web. Slavick and the cast of “Othello” is a violation of the principles of inti- parts of particularly amusing who plays him, Jonathan The rest of the set — or deserve to be commended for macy. So why don’t we stop worrying plots that end well. Yet treach- Epstein (whose other the- lack thereof — consists of a bringing us sight in our time so much about who’s doing who, and ery in this play is particularly ater achievements include small platform mid-stage. of blindness, and urging you to try, as a society, to respect those who devastating. Prospero in the Boston Even though it is becoming en retire your high school preju- have reached a point in their relation- The director of the play, Theatre Work’s “The Tempest” vogue in our era to place little dices and reawaken a love for ships where the givers and receiv- Jason Slavick, believes that this — another role that serves as emphasis on props and sets, the classics. After all, there’s ers are indistinguishable from one is because of the paranoia that its play’s central protagonist). instead to placing our faith a reason why Shakespeare is another, those who are enjoying the pervaded Venice at the time His ability to express the in actors and their abilities to Shakespeare is Shakespeare. healthiest, most admirable sex of all. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL | LETTERS Tuesday, February 28, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY EDITORIAL PATRICE H. TADDONIO Editor-in-Chief Tufts should shine more light on Murrow Center Walking up Packard Ave. past nate affiliation with one of the greatest infancy of broadcast journalism, EDITORIAL Gifford House and the Fletcher School journalists of all time, rather than rel- the field has witnessed only a few David Cavell Managing Editors complex, Tufts students might notice egating the Center to mere archive sta- talents even remotely as fearless or David Pomerantz the small sign marking the Edward R. tus, especially when the news industry courageous as he was in the more Jennifer duBois Editorial Page Editors Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy is changing for the worse every day. than 40 years since his death in 1965. Mark Phillips — and they probably won’t give it a The broadcast journalism spectrum Even Ted Koppel, the longtime host Assaf Pines second thought. But contained within doesn’t seem to have room for figures of “Nightline” and a legend in the Seth Rosenberg that small building is one of Tufts true such as Murrow anymore. world of investigative journalism, has Kathrine Schmidt Executive News Editor treasures: possibly the most signifi- We have to choose today between retired. cant repository of Edward R. Murrow’s screaming heads from either side of According to the Museum of Bruce Hamilton News Editors papers on the planet. the political divide or bland automa- Broadcast Communications’ Web site, Daniel Lutz Kelly McAnerney Murrow was the most influential tons that primarily read the headlines “Murrow frequently used the airwaves Anthony McGovern journalist of the mid-20th centu- or hand the broadcast off to whatever to revivify and popularize many dem- Marc Raifman ry, bringing American listeners and pre-produced segment is slated next. ocratic ideals such as free speech, citi- Kristen Sawicki viewers on-the-ground reports from You can no longer have an opinion zen participation, the pursuit of truth, Judy Wexler London during the Blitz. And, as made and still be considered objective or and the sanctification of individual Jamie Bologna Assistant News Editors famous over the past few months in even credible. So seems the state of liberties and rights, that resulted from Chris Charron George Clooney’s Oscar-nominated broadcast journalism today. Murrow’s a broader liberal discourse in England, Laura Herman film “Good Night, and Good Luck,” unique talent was to merge his natu- France, and the United States.” Victoria Kabak Aaron Schumacher he delivered blistering but informed ral ability to report the news with New York Times TV critic Jack Gould Rob Silverblatt attacks on McCarthyism. his compelling and often demanding wrote of the legendary Mar. 9, 1954 The Center recently acquired a host political commentary. broadcast in which Murrow challenged Arianne Baker Features Editors Rebecca Dince of new primary material, including a Maybe the Internet and the 24-hour Senator McCarthy’s methodologies Alexandra Dretler sizeable collection of Murrow’s tele- news cycle don’t allow for journalistic that “last week may be remembered as Sydne Summer grams and articles that was donated brilliance, maybe worries over politi- the week that broadcasting recaptured by the wife of CBS producer Mark H. cal correctness have forced broadcast- its soul.” Courtney Chua Assistant Features Editors Anne Fricker Harrington III. ers to water down their commentary, In the Edward R. Murrow Center for Elizabeth Yates That acquisition will strengthen the or maybe the drastic polarization of Public Diplomacy, Tufts has a match- Center’s already incomparable collec- America’s polity has created a vacuum less opportunity (and duty) to remind Blair Rainsford Executive Arts Editor tion of everything Murrow. of trust in the media. the world of a time when TV news was Gregory Connor Arts Editors It’s absurd that the Murrow Center No matter what the cause, it’s not merely trusted, but admired as a Margarita Reznikova is, as the Fletcher School’s Media beyond question that the golden age beacon of truth and courage. Kelly Rizzetta Relations Manager Terri Ann Knopf of broadcast journalism has come and Hopefully, if Tufts ever decides to Stephanie Vallejo says in today’s News article, “one of gone. broadcast its existence, the Murrow Kate Drizos Assistant Arts Editors the best-kept secrets of Tufts.” While Murrow certainly had an Center can help broadcast journalism Mikey Goralnik Tufts should proudly tout its fortu- advantage in being present for the recapture its soul once more. 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‘Fifth of July’: a critical view BY BENJAMIN HILB Tufts productions. The other newbie on Tufts’ stage is obviously no newbie to the stage. A critical review of a complex Callie Oppedisano seized power- show can, in this context, convey fully her opportunity to awe us but bits and pieces. So, as many of with wowing consistency of char- Fifth’s other varying elements have acter. Her continuous, fluttering been remarkably covered by Kate chuckles and repeated return to Drizos and Sarah Butrymowicz in that semi-sophisticated-Southern the show’s respective preview and tone of voice constituted a reliable review, I will take to the juicy guts set of symptoms around which she of its performance: the actors. was able to work believable varia- As critical carrion crow out to tions of “being.” She rocked the rollick and roil around fresh car- stage like an old-fashioned rock- casses, I pick and peck at the eight- ing chair, producing a dependable person pool of talented Tufts per- sway sufficient for success both formers. And though you shoo me in portraying an old auntie and away, I’ll be sure to snatch enough grounding the cast dynamic. freshly-dead flesh of performance In the middle of an impressive to tide me over till the next depart- inscription in Tufts theatre his- ment show... tory is Brendan Shea, whose droll In the way of individual presen- depiction of dead-headed hippie- tations, then — always a touchy rocker Weston Hurley provided subject — suffice it to say, first relieving hilarity amidst a tempest and foremost, that no player plays of tense situations, lightening the through a drama department major density of the harsh themes that without working extremely hard undergird the play’s movement. and sacrificing egregious amounts But his clownish capacities proved of valuable time and energy for the a double-edged sword, for where love of performance alone. we might’ve glimpsed the tragi- That said, let me take my criti- cally stupid side of the drugged- cal license, it being free in the first MARA GITTLEMAN/TUFTS DAILY out rocker, we were left too totally place and subject itself to criti- isn’t “for the birds,” but for another without organic legs couldn’t have build could have stood more vigor with his huggable teddy-bear inno- cisms, and pick a little at outstand- voraciously vociferous bird to cri- been bettered by a professional, his in order to make Talley’s conclud- cence. ing elements of the show’s acting. tique as s/he sees fit. I am limited exploration of Ken Talley’s despair ing resolve that much the sweeter The clown catered too much to Let me note that what I leave out to 1000 words, mind you. left some of its painful depth in all his enveloping sadness. But the audience’s sympathy — howev- I’ll begin by briefly addressing unplumbed, thereby diminish- Beers, a freshman, has but begun er vital much of that sympathy was Benjamin Hilb (LA 05) graduated Jeff Beers, the play’s lead performer. ing the otherwise perfectly played his acting career at Tufts, making with a degree in English. Where his embodiment of a body touch of his eventual hope. Beers’ him a hell of a prospect for future see FIFTH, page 10

OFF THE HILL VIEWPOINT | BROWN U. NOTE FROM A VIEWPOINTS EDITOR Of beauty and truth A call to arms... er, pens BY MAHA ATAL be a society that privileges truth. instead. The Brown Daily Herald Though examining the films Without a professional field for that have captured the nation truth, there is no counterweight Having recently joined the Tufts Daily as an editor for One Saturday night, I saw might tell us about what we find to the misinformation, deliber- the Viewpoints section, I was under the impression that my “Capote” at the Cable Car beautiful, it does not follow that it ate or accidental, that begets responsibility would largely consist of reading and editing Cinema. Though the film’s sub- necessarily shows us what is true violence. The violent reaction an abundance of submissions from the Tufts student body ject is dark, I was optimistic as about our world. In fact, most to the Jyllands-Posten cartoons and faculty. I left. On the walk back and in popular films probably show resulted from a fetishization of As I’m sitting in the Daily office at 1:30 p.m., however, I’m the hours since, I pondered the us the opposite — the fantasies controversy. The prolonging of slowly beginning to realize that the virtually empty mailbox power of the non-fiction writer to that we desire to see realized on the crisis through media cover- for the Viewpoints Yahoo! account was not an anomaly last tell truth in a way that is beauti- the screen. Cinema most often age of the reactions to the car- week, but was rather a continuation of a marked lack of ful or entertaining, to realize the threatens, or even nullifies, the toons only perpetuates the cycle articulated opinions proffered by the Tufts community. Keatsian thesis that beauty and idea of truth. of controversy. So rather than sifting through a database of opinion piec- truth are interwoven and mutu- Perhaps more than with any We no longer live in the age of es from other colleges, I’m writing a plea to the community ally defined. generation before us, our culture the trusted TV news anchor. The at large: Please air more of your problems and grievances This theme is prevalent encourages us to question every- Cronkites, Rathers, Jenningses and praise in the open forum that is the Tufts Daily. among “Capote’s” rivals for this thing. Enlightenment thinkers and Brokaws have retired from I know that Tufts students have a lot to complain about. year’s Best Picture Oscar. George assumed that absolute truth was service, and those who have Having just been screwed over by the lack of housing Clooney’s “Good Night and Good available to the reasoned mind. replaced them do not hold the options for juniors going abroad and forced to deal with Luck” directly elevates the jour- Today, we are cynically convinced same cultural authority. flaky landlords and barely-inhabitable apartments, I could nalist through his depiction in an that such truth is unattainable easily write a novel on how inexcusable it is for Tufts to not artistic mode. Ours, then, must and, therefore, prize controversy see JOURNALISM, page 10 offer guaranteed housing for four years. In fact, I sort of just did. I know the social scene sucks. I know that there are stu- OFF THE HILL VIEWPOINT | COLUMBIA U. dent groups out there who feel slighted or unheard. I know that there are some of you who think the curriculum needs restructuring. Real soup man isn’t so harsh You can even forgo the college-student angst and write BY C. LAUREN ARNOLD This did not hold true, however, screen name followed by the about something positive, or (gasp!) nonintellectual: There’s Columbia Daily Spectator at his more tempered Soup Man words “WE DON’T RESPOND really nothing I would love more than a comprehensive franchises peppered across the TO ALL E-MAILS” flashing in red analysis of “American Idol.” Al Yeganeh is an enigma. Al Northeast. capital letters. I took my chanc- What we need you to do, however, is write us an articulate Yeganeh is a man who does busi- One of these franchises opened es and dropped him a line to and provocative piece that is between 700 and 1000 words. ness outside the realm of cli- up over Columbia University’s request an interview. You can even curse in it. Or so I’ve been told. chés like “the customer is always winter break in what used to be “if you look at my web site It’s frustrating to publish Viewpoints from other schools right” or “patience is a virtue.” Soho Cupcake at 112th Street (www.therealsoupman.com),” when there are issues begging to be tackled by members of Al Yeganeh is a man who makes and Broadway. The staff is exu- he replied via e-mail, “you see i the Tufts community. It’s even more frustrating to publish rules. berant and accommodating, and do not live in united state any- Viewpoints that are far below the standard of thought that Yeganeh, the real-life even offered me a 10 percent more. i just stopped by at New the Tufts community is capable of generating. You all talk acclaimed soup vendor who discount with a CU ID. But has York for a few days. i live here, in in class, and you whine to your friends — so make the leap. inspired the “Soup Nazi” char- the true character of Al Yeganeh Europe working on my book and Talk and whine to us. acter on Seinfeld, has been mak- been lost in our commercialized, global franchising deals.” I found It would be fantastic if at this time next week, the ing rules for the customer since enfranchised world? this information both interest- Viewpoints mailbox was full of interesting and intelligent the beginning. They are simple, The man himself is not ing and puzzling, for though my works. I know you’re capable of it. All we need you to do is really: “Pick the soup you want,” unreachable, only distant. In e-mail had received a response, produce it and send it to [email protected]. “Have your money ready,” and the contact section of his origi- my question concerning an — Marissa Weinrauch, Viewpoints Editor “Move to the extreme left after nal Web site, thesoupman.com, ordering.” When these rules were he provides an America Online see SOUP NAZI, page 10 enforced at his original Soup Kitchen International, located at VIEWPOINTS POLICY The Viewpoints section of The Tufts Daily, an open forum for campus editorial commentary, is printed Monday through Thursday. Viewpoints welcomes submis- Eighth Avenue and 55th Street, sions 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 are also soup would be denied those who 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 did not follow them to the tee. the desired day of publication. 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 section do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Tufts Daily itself. 10 THE TUFTS DAILY VIEWPOINTS Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Kasey’s performance ‘danced courageously into its own darkness’ says Hilb FIFTH of them was Kasey Collins, whose with which the receiver is helpless, sity, whilst the suavely assertive (if friendship, to name but a few. continued from page 9 characterization of Gwen Landis the swell of performative drive that sly) businessman that grounded In closing, let me direct my criti- landed solidly on stage in service of is the material of the actor’s art, the his stage-persona acted as a leash cal eye at me. Of course this review to the show — leaving untapped the most moving performance the repetitive thing around which one that let Kasey go without letting lets down a little — it’s not about the downfall of his out-of-tune play offered. Her cool confidence builds varied techniques. her go too far. Aristotle and Kasey scandal. It’s on the play after, about tale-telling. We smiled along with fluidized the action as it danced Having touched Kasey’s superla- exemplified the strong coupling the day after — the fifth of July a cute voice when we might’ve courageously into its own dark- tive expressions, we connect auto- that often feeds fine artistry. — the spectacular fireworks having moved further with that voice into ness. In the midst of her character’s matically to the fortified frame in And fine artistry “Fifth of July” screeched, exploded and stunned. its nonsensical discord with reality. quick shifts, I dare say we quavered which they were delivered: Aristotle was. Not since Sheriden Thomas And we’re left, like the characters If he found everything so far out, with her as fragile bodies, and, Kousakis’ representation of John two years ago put up Lauro’s “A in “Fifth,” to the dirty aftermath man, we might have been able to through the build of a tremulously Landis. Aristotle’s high-strung Piece of my Heart” has the Tufts’ of that inspirited critic’s dream, find him farther out. Not that the vulnerable voice, followed her to Hollywood suave functioned both stage seen such socially significant that inspired culture’s imagination, seeds for such finding weren’t in flushes of that raw feminine full- to fire Kasey’s histrionics and to drama so stirringly presented. A where everything is less perfect the portrayal’s soil, as it were; but ness she isn’t afraid to release. suture them to the reality of each review of the elements of this par- than we’d hoped, everyone less for the sake of thicker dramatic We witnessed an instability of scene in which they were freed. ticular production indeed stands free than we wanted to believe, irony, they might’ve sprouted into beauty that did something more The taut, cocaine-eyed side of irrelevant next to the imperative reality so much more real, but not clearer view. than embody the capricious coun- his character no doubt held the questions the production raises without traces of something like Also tallying another notewor- try singer Gwen Landis, though it energetically wired rhythm that — questions of consciousness, hope in the face of our impossible thy stage-taking to a superb series did that so well. It signaled the gift helped thrust Kasey into her inten- conscience, history, war, sexuality, responbility: to move on. Reconnecting with the Seinfeldian past Journalists are a social necessity SOUP NAZI claimed no involvement with the selection of the JOURNALISM jailed. Why then, should they not continued from page 9 location. He did let me know, however, that while continued from page 9 turn to fiction, when there does not interview had not. he was running the 55th Street store, the bus We encourage our journalists to be seem to be a market for truth? I contacted him again regarding the possibility tours would stop by, and the “real life Kramer,” radicals, to be inflammatory — we Our culture has ceased to believe of a phone interview. This time the response was Kenny Kramer, who ran the tours, would “hide prefer the theater of “Crossfire” or in truth except, paradoxically, in half-irritable in true Soup Nazi style, but maybe a somewhere and... sent tourist to buy the soups.” “The O’Reilly Factor” to informa- fiction. Today’s journalists, who little contrived. “at first I was going to refuse to serve those tion. Stephen Colbert ironically travel, research and look for broad “visit my web site..... see media rules,” [sic] he tourist,” Yeganeh explained, “but when i find boasts that he provides “truthi- trends underlying events, cannot, directed me. “if cnn or fox news and wall street out these poor innocent tourists spent so much ness,” blanket statements that have or perhaps no longer try to, think journal did it y not you ? r u any better?.....” money in this expensive new york town and paid the semblance of certainty, that above national or ideological loyal- Despite this low blow, still somehow evading the big $ for that tour, i felt so bad and start to sell feel like truth without being true. ties to reveal possibilities for com- question, his America Online lingo intrigued me. them soup and even used to give them large soup And “truthiness,” with its sound- mon ground among peoples. If I felt like I was having an instant message conver- for price of small.” byte catchiness, outsells truth by they cannot think in cosmopolitan sation with some crazed soup world leader. And I then asked how the evolution of his enterprise miles. There is a reason the New terms, who else will? it felt good. has affected his concept of soup in a positive or York Times can charge online for Political leaders can make policy, He signed his e-mail “AL.” I felt we were getting negative way. Yeganeh neglected to comment “for Thomas Friedman’s or Maureen writers and entertainers of all types so close. some reason,” but did mention, almost apolo- Dowd’s diatribes but not for the can communicate, intellectuals of I checked the media rules, which proscribe getically, that he is “not shy to give an interview to paper’s arguably superior news many molds can analyze and make use of the word Nazi in questioning, ban fol- anybody, as long as writer is fair and balanced.” analysis. connections. Journalists are a rare low-up questions, and mention once more that I felt as though we had bonded. I wanted to An institution that should be and essential component of society “[o]nly some of the questions e-mailed will be give him a hug. I wanted to eat his soup. I wanted the bulwark against governmental because they can, and must, do all answered.” to add him to my buddy list. lie-mongering or ideological dis- of these things. The best ones can Taking my chances, I sent him a list of ques- Al Yeganeh is no Soup Nazi. He is very much tortion has become both victims understand and interpret the world tions. In the tone of one of the questions he a Soup Man, even a Soup Mensch, who takes and confederates of these forces. from multiple and often compet- decided to answer, however, I found someone his soup and private life seriously and hints at Journalists who venture into the ing perspectives without losing far from a Nazi — someone more like the Jewish mourning the changes that come with enfran- more dangerous reporting zones the ability to discern the merits grandmother who makes her crazed world leader chisement and large-scale profit. He tries to come become victims of warring powers, and failings of each view. They can son some excellent soup, kvetches a little, but still off with a tough man attitude, but his love for kidnapped, killed and tortured as communicate these findings and shares so much love. soup shines through the facade. symbols of their states. the possibilities for moving society In reference to the possibility of a connection Currently, Al Yeganeh is working on a book Those who stay home and try to forward to audiences in meaning- between the Morningside Heights (NYC) Soup detailing his soup-life story. Al Yeganeh recom- tell the truth without allowing their ful ways, and, if they do so con- Man franchise and the nearby Tom’s in terms mends the cauliflower and garlic soup. Al Yeganeh sources to become part of public sistently enough to earn our trust, of stops on the Seinfeld fan bus tour, Yeganeh is an enigma with a screen-name. political dialogue find themselves they can in fact make changes. National 11 THE TUFTS DAILY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006

A big cleanup job Foes of ports deal see UAE as wobbly ally in war against terror BY ANDREW ZAJAC been enough to fuel a raging debate about Knight Ridder Tribune the country’s fitness to own a company moving freight in and out of six American Opponents of a deal that would allow ports. a United Arab Emirates-owned company A 35-year-old federation of seven emir- to take over some operations in a string of ates ruled by tribal sheiks, the UAE occu- U.S. ports see the tiny Middle East nation pies a land area about the size of Maine as a wishy-washy soldier in the war on on the east side of the Arabian Peninsula, terror. For evidence, they can point to across the Persian Gulf from Iran. the Sept. 11 commission’s less than glow- The UAE is a major oil producer as ing assessment of the UAE’s anti-terror well as a transportation and trade hub for efforts. much of the Middle East, East Africa and In the two years before the 2001 attacks, South Asia. the commission said, the UAE was “both a A staunch, though quiet, American valued counterterrorism ally of the United military ally, the UAE allows the United States and a persistent counterterrorism States use of an air base and more vis- problem.” its to its ports by Navy ships than any In the nearly 4 years since the attacks, other country, according to the Defense the U. S. government says the UAE has Department. done much to shore up its anti-terror Many of those ships dock at the deep- bona fides, especially in combating money water Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, which is laundering, where it had been notoriously serviced by Dubai Ports World, the state- TIM ISBELL/KRT lax. The State Department calls the UAE “a owned firm that is seeking to take over Cleverson Serra cleans the remnants of a shopping center south of the I-10 exit at key partner in the war on terror.” operations of U.S. ports in New York; Diamondhead, Mississippi, Wednesday morning, February 22, 2006. A new restaurant But the UAE doesn’t march in com- Philadelphia; Newark, N.J.; Baltimore; called P’Zazz is in the planning stages at this location in hopes that the eatery will plete lockstep with U.S. foreign policy, Miami; and New Orleans. signal a period of rebirth for Diamondhead and the surrounding Coastal area. and that independence, coupled with the Sept. 11 commission’s mixed review, has see PORTS, page 14 Despite assured privacy, addicts still wary of Internet treatment BY ELISE ACKERMAN try’s largest provider of sub- gram’s growth is that insurance Knight Ridder Tribune stance-abuse treatment, with 87 companies are reluctant to pay facilities in 21 states. for it. Five years ago, Barry Karlin And CRC’s eGetgoing program Addicts receive group coun- sensed a huge business oppor- is the only accredited Internet- seling from home, logging on tunity where most people saw based addiction-treatment pro- twice a week for an hour-long only devastating social blight. gram in the United States. session led by a counselor. The There were more than 16 mil- The only thing missing is the group communicates through lion people in the United States addicts. headsets and microphones, who needed treatment for drug Even in the heart of Silicon using screen names of their or alcohol addiction, but only Valley, where the pull of the choosing. There is streaming one in five addicts who sought Internet has proven strong video of the counselor, but no help could get it because the enough to transform activities photos or video of group mem- number of programs was lim- as diverse as driver’s education bers. Protecting privacy is para- ited and the cost was so high. and dating, the tug of meth- mount, Karlin said. Enter the Internet — or so amphetamine, cocaine, heroin Still, the sense of community Karlin imagined. and alcohol is proving stronger and trust can be very strong. Rather than undergo the than offers of cheap and con- “I learned more from eGetgo- shame and awkwardness of fidential treatment. Since the ing than I did in my entire life,” face-to-face group counseling program started in 2001, only said C.R. Watt, a woman who programs, addicts could find the about 1,000 addicts have logged completed the program more support they needed in cyber- on. Meanwhile, the company than a year ago, but has contin- KAREN T. BORCHERS/KRT space. Karlin calculated the size has continued to fill available ued to attend an aftercare group C.R. Watt was arrested twice for DUIs and agreed to attend online coun- of the potential market for drug slots at more traditional inpa- hosted by the system. seling for alcohol addiction provided by eGetgoing. treatment — online and offline tient and outpatient programs. Watt said the straight talk — at $12 billion. “It’s an entirely different and support she found in her AA places for so many years,” 24 interactive sessions and a Today, the company Karlin mode of providing treatment,” Internet group enabled her to she said. “There’s no movement year of free aftercare sessions founded, CRC Health Group of said Karlin, who says the main change the way she thought there.” Cupertino, Calif., is the coun- obstacle to the Web-based pro- about her life. “I had gone to The program costs $1,200 for see ADDICITION, page 14

Smoking could be tied to genes BY KAWANZA NEWSON cal phenylthiocarbamide, which people Knight Ridder Tribune describe as bitter or having no taste at all. The study, published in the journal A single variation in the gene for taste Nicotine and Tobacco Research, tested may protect a person against cigarette blood samples of 384 Wisconsin smokers smoking, a recently published University and 183 non-smokers for phenylthiocar- of Wisconsin Medical School study shows. bamide, which has two primary genetic The new finding brings the research- variations — PAV, which dictates bitter- ers one tiny step closer to understanding ness, and the tasteless variant AVI. why people smoke, information needed The people with the tasteless gene vari- to help develop individualized treatment ant were more likely to smoke for taste strategies that enable smokers to quit, than people with PAV, who reported not they say. liking the bitter taste of cigarettes. “If a person smokes for taste and not However, people who could taste the for relief of negative moods, then perhaps bitterness and continued to smoke report- they shouldn’t be given an anti-depressant ed smoking for reasons other than taste. to help them stop,” said Timothy Baker, a “There are multiple genes and multiple University of Wisconsin professor of psy- mechanisms that are associated with vari- chology and author of the study. ous stages of smoking use,” said Pamela For years, researchers have known that Madden, an assistant professor of psy- genetics play a role in smoking, but have chology in the department of psychiatry been uncertain about the genes respon- at Washington University in St. Louis. sible for dictating smoking habits. Madden said that though a person may For example, people report smoking for initiate smoking because of taste, other a range of reasons, including relaxation, to genetic, environmental or life experiences prevent weight gain and taste, Baker said. play roles in why people become persis- RON BASELICE/KRT A cigarette, like beer, has a bitter taste tent smokers. Cheri Duncan, a pulmonary rehab coordinator, poses beside a model lung at the Martha people seem to love or hate. “There are some people who may be Foster Lung Care Center in Dallas, Texas. Duncan works with patients who enter pulmonary Taste differences are genetic and stem more tolerant of nicotine than others,” she rehab but still smoke. from how a person reacts to the chemi- said. 12 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL 13 Jurors influenced by TV shows demanding prime-time-style evidence BY MELISSA DRIBBEN tion.” it an issue.” Blake, says she underestimat- citing published reports about Knight Ridder Tribune The opportunities for lawyers Laguzzi, who was an assis- ed how crime shows influence crime labs that either bungle to fall short have grown dramati- tant district attorney in the city jurors’ thinking. Samuels learned procedures, fabricate results, or Rarely are the cops and law- cally — so to speak — with the before going into private prac- after the trial that about half the fail to perform tests. yers as good-looking, efficient proliferation of crime shows. tice, says she understands the jury watched such shows. She “The public is relying on DNA and articulate as they appear on When you can’t turn on the tele- prosecution’s predicament. The believes that may have inflated as the gold standard, but it may television. vision without seeing CSI, SVU microscopic bits of hair and their ideas about evidence and not be right,” he says. Most viewers are smart or some other acronymed legal/ blood and carpet fibers that contributed to Blake’s acquittal. Emotional biases can also enough to understand that. But criminal/courtroom drama, you Rumpelstiltskin scriptwriters “Now, when I voir dire (vet) make jurors susceptible to somehow, the spectacularly pop- have to wonder, is it aggravated weave into gold are a lot easier potential jurors, I ask if anyone the CSI effect. “The public has ular CSI shows have managed to sensory assault? to collect on a set than on the feels they have a high expecta- ambivalent feelings about the smudge the line between small- Still, viewers can’t get enough; street. tion and can’t separate TV from police,” Levenson says. “That screen fiction and real-life fact. and that can become a prob- reality,” Samuels says. “Someone tends to make people want to For the last few years, jurors lem when they become jurors would have to be a moron to say, look for nonpolice evidence.” have been exhibiting something and expect central casting in the ‘I can’t.’ But all we can do is ask. Other legal experts caution legal experts have identified as courtroom. However unfair it may They see these shows every week against giving too much weight the “CSI effect.” Loosely defined, “It’s obviously a very varied and it has an effect. It’s naive to to the importance of CSI and it is a jury’s increasing demand group of individuals who are have been for juries to want think it doesn’t.” similar dramas. for scientific evidence of guilt lawyers,” notes Christopher While defense attorneys fre- “It’s only one of many factors,” — and it has changed the strate- Diviny, chief of the major trials Jimmy Smits to present the quently use the CSI effect to poke says Michele Nethercott, cochair gies that lawyers must employ. unit of the Philadelphia District holes in cases, they must also of the National Association of Across the country, prosecu- Attorney’s Office. The mani- closing argument, lawyers deal with its downside — when Criminal Defense Lawyers’ tors must now explain why they fold, unscripted ways that those forensic evidence is produced, forensic committee and a public don’t have photos of a “ferro- individuals look and speak and say that there’s a critical it’s likely to be accepted as incon- defender in Baltimore. traced” palm or the finding from behave, Diviny says, “won’t be trovertible proof of guilt. Nethercott, who says she a “Dazor Speckfinder” to nail the reflected in the entertainment difference between expect- “DNA evidence is sometimes “hates that show,” believes the perp. media.” more persuasive than it ought purported effects of “CSI” have “The popularity of these However unfair it may have ing the verbal eloquence to be,” says Steve Bogira, author been “somewhat exaggerated.” programs has an impact,” says been for juries to want Jimmy of “Courtroom 302,” a chronicle The bottom line is that no matter Laurie Levenson, a professor at Smits to present the closing argu- of an “L.A. Law” and the of the year he spent reporting in how seriously jurors take their Loyola University School of Law ment, lawyers say that there’s Chicago’s Cook County Criminal oath to consider the facts objec- in Chicago. “There is a blurring a critical difference between technological razzle-dazzle Courthouse. “The lay public feels tively, everyone is influenced by of fiction and reality.” expecting the verbal eloquence that if someone’s DNA was found a multitude of factors, regardless In the two years that of an “L.A. Law” and the techno- of a “CSI.” on the scene, then he must have of his or her television habits, Philadelphia lawyer Carina logical razzle-dazzle of a “CSI.” committed the crime, and if it she says. Laguzzi has been a defense “On a show like ‘CSI,’ they do wasn’t, he didn’t.” “You’ve got jurors who, for attorney, “I don’t think there’s all these amazing investigative But it’s insulting, she says, to Technology has been critical, reasons having nothing to do been one opening statement techniques,” Levenson says. “But imply that jurors are too feeble- of course, in identifying innocent with the CSI effect, are reaching from the D.A.’s office where they I don’t know of a prosecutor’s minded to figure that out. prisoners on death row. Since verdicts that don’t seem based don’t stress that this is real life, office in the country that has the “I don’t think juries want a big 1973, DNA tests have resulted on rational evaluation of the evi- not a TV show.” resources, or the technology.” TV production. I think they want in the release of more than 120 dence.” In some respects, it’s an old “The CSI effect for us is very to make sure the cops did their inmates facing capital punish- And that’s why an attorney’s dilemma for lawyers, who have real,” Diviny says. “It is some- job. And I don’t think there’s any- ment in 25 states. ability to play the room can be so always felt pressure to live up thing we have to account for in thing wrong with holding offi- And public awareness of this important. “A good trial lawyer to the images and expectations the type of evidence we produce cers accountable if they didn’t.” trend, says Richard C. Dieter, is always an actor,” says King of evoked by movies and televi- and the way we present it.” Although “CSI” has been on executive director of the Death the Criminal Defense Lawyers sion. For example, prosecutors the air since October 2000, the Penalty Information Center, has association. “You really have to “Since ‘Perry Mason,’ we’ve often will explain why there are effect has caught some prosecu- driven the demand for solid, sci- believe what you are saying or no been having to compare our- no fingerprints in a case, even tors unaware. entific evidence of guilt. one else will.” selves,” says Jack King, staff attor- when the defense attorney Los Angeles Assistant District “People want to see that extra No wonder that, at the associ- ney for the National Association doesn’t bring it up, Diviny says, Attorney Shellie Samuels, one level of proof,” he said. ation’s quarterly meetings, act- of Criminal Defense Lawyers. “because there’s a good chance of the prosecutors in last year’s Dieter concedes that foren- ing courses are regularly offered. “CSI is only the latest incarna- that one of the jurors will make murder trial of actor Robert sic evidence can be misleading, And well attended. 14 THE TUFTS DAILY NATIONAL Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Online treatment programs take off Port security critics have a number ADDICTION people into recovery.” continued from page 11 McCaffrey, who is a member of CRC’s of concerns about UAE’s allegiance — compared with $3,000 or more for a board of directors, said eGetgoing can PORTS crack down on potential vulnerabilities typical 12-week outpatient drug-treat- prevent relapse and facilitate long-term continued from page 11 in the financial markets and is cooperat- ment program. sobriety by enabling long-term, low-cost ing in the international effort to prevent Like many mental health profes- access to counseling. Abu Dhabi possesses most of the country’s money laundering, particularly by terror- sionals, Robert Brooner, a medical psy- However, Jeffrey Schaler, a psycholo- oil and is the wealthiest emirate, as well as ists.” chologist at the Johns Hopkins Bayview gist who teaches at American University’s the capital, but Dubai is the UAE’s com- Kattouf said the go-go atmosphere of Medical Center in southeast Baltimore, School of Public Affairs in Washington, mercial engine. Dubai, not any tolerance for terrorism, was initially skeptical about the benefit D.C., said the problem with eGetgoing “The business of Dubai is business,” has led to weak financial regulation. the Internet could bring to tradition- is not its use of the Internet as much as said Theodore Kattouf, who served as U.S. “I do not believe that the UAE know- al psychotherapy. But Brooner said he the premise that drug users are sick and ambassador to the UAE from 1998 until ingly permits terrorists to use its terri- recently tried eGetgoing and was sur- need treatment. 2001. tory,” Kattouf said. “But its desire to make prised by its sophistication and ease of “It’s only a metaphorical disease,” At the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, the itself the major hub for international trade use. said Schaler, the author of “Addiction Is UAE effectively had no anti-money-laun- means that Dubai’s maintained an open a Choice.” He noted that eGetgoing is dering law and much of the funding for door policy. We know that even in the most based on the principles of the 12-step the attacks flowed through its financial democratic societies, it’s hard to close the EGetgoing tries to address program first developed by Alcoholics institutions. In addition, two of the 19 sui- door to those who would do us harm.” Anonymous and that there are free 12- cide hijackers came from the UAE. Kattouf noted that even before the Sept. the stigma around addiction step programs all over the country spon- The UAE “had a reputation for being 11 attacks, the UAE cooperated with U.S. sored by churches and other groups. ‘wide open,’ with few regulations on the anti-terror efforts. — and the hopelessness it can “The idea that you are not going to control of money and a woefully inad- In July 2001, for instance, the Emiratis have access so you have to go online is equate anti-money laundering program,” arrested and extradited to France Djamel inspire — by defining drug ridiculous,” Schaler said. “They are sell- according to the Sept. 11 commission’s Beghal, a French national who confessed ing water by the river.” report on terrorist financing. to planning an attack on the U.S. Embassy dependence as a treatable med- Douglas Lehrman of North Castle in Paris. Partners, a private equity firm with But the UAE doesn’t always go along ical condition. offices in San Francisco and Greenwich, with the United States. Conn., said demand stayed strong as At the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, It does not support U.S. sanctions CRC grew from one treatment center against Iran, even though the U.S. has Still, Brooner said he is not surprised in Scotts Valley, Calif., to 87 facilities the UAE effectively had no anti- branded Iran a state sponsor of terrorism. that droves of addicts aren’t turning to around the country. During the three The nation has twin motivations for the Internet for confidential counseling. years North Castle owned CRC, revenues money-laundering law and much maintaining decent relations with Iran. Many have to be forced into face-to-face quadrupled to $230 million. North Castle The UAE has an unresolved dispute counseling. recently sold its stake in CRC. of the funding for the attacks over three Persian Gulf islands occupied “It’s not that they don’t want to go pub- Meanwhile, CRC now treats approxi- by Iran in the early 1970s, and it fears its lic,” he said. “They are trying to persuade mately 22,000 people a day. flowed through its financial insti- much larger neighbor, said William Rugh, themselves that they are just using a Steve Barnes, managing director at who served as U.S. ambassador to the UAE little more than they did before and they Bain Capital investment firm, said he tutions. from 1992 to 1995. Compared with Iran, will slow down. The disorder is designed believes CRC will continue to expand, the UAE has “a minimal military capability to preserve and protect itself.” with growth fueled in part by the com- and a very small population,” he said. EGetgoing tries to address the stigma pany’s ability to provide information At the same time, however, Dubai, in around addiction — and the hopeless- and counseling over the Internet. Bain But following the attacks, the UAE over- particular, has a sizable Iranian popula- ness it can inspire — by defining drug Capital closed its acquisition of CRC this hauled its banking laws, adding regula- tion and extensive trade ties with Iran. dependence as a treatable medical con- month in a deal valued at $720 million. tions to combat money laundering and “They like to have good relations with dition. “Health care is something you see new oversight of charities, which had been everybody,” Rugh said. “This is a chronic illness that requires many individuals using the Internet for,” conduits of terror financing. That shouldn’t be read as being soft on management,” said former drug czar Barnes said. “There is a need in the A 2005 State Department report on terrorism or an unwillingness to root it Gen. Barry McCaffrey at a company marketplace for more treatment for sub- international money laundering said that out, he said. event last fall. “If we approach it from stance abuse, and CRC is the leading while there’s still room for improvement, Said Rugh, “They abhor terror because that perspective we can absolutely get company in this market.” “the United Arab Emirates has sought to it’s bad for business.” International 15 THE TUFTS DAILY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006 U.N. agency: Iran is stonewalling on nukes BY MATTHEW SCHOFIELD AND this point in time in a posi- JONATHAN S. LANDAY tion to conclude that there are Knight Ridder Tribune no undeclared nuclear materi- als or activities in Iran,” says Iran is defying internation- the report, by IAEA Director al demands to halt uranium General Mohamed ElBaradei. enrichment and divulge all The report was certain to bol- aspects of its nuclear program, ster the United States and its including whether its military European allies in their drive to was involved in what may have have the U.N. Security Council been nuclear warhead-design step up pressure on Iran to work, a U.N. nuclear agency halt its uranium enrichment report Monday says. work and accept restraints that Unless Iran cooperates, U.N. guarantee that it can’t develop International Atomic Energy nuclear weapons. Agency investigators may never Enrichment is the process be able to determine wheth- that produces low-enriched er its program is strictly for uranium for power plants and peaceful purposes, as it claims, highly enriched uranium for the report says. nuclear bombs. “Although the Agency has not ElBaradei delivered the confi- seen any diversion of nucle- dential report to the 35 nations ar material to nuclear weap- that sit on the IAEA board of DOMINIC BUETTNER/KRT ons or other nuclear explosive Mohamed M. ElBaradei, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency, said that investigators may never devices, the Agency is not at see IRAN, page 18 be able to determine whether Iran’s nuclear program is strictly for peaceful purposes.

Potable pipes pose problems in La Paz Taiwan kills reunification council BY TIM JOHNSON Progressive Party in December’s local Knight Ridder Tribune elections. Monday’s action signaled that he plans to mobilize his pro-indepen- Tossing a thunderbolt across the dence followers by stirring up tensions Taiwan Strait, the president of Taiwan with China, even at the cost of antago- on Monday scrapped a dormant advi- nizing the United States, Taiwan’s long- sory body on unifying the island with time military protector. China in defiance of warnings from Taiwan is a self-governing island Beijing and Washington not to stir up off the mainland’s shore. China says trouble. Taiwan is a renegade province, and it The move, while largely symbolic, is threatens to use military force to bring certain to rile China and test the Bush about reunification. administration’s ability to keep a snug Washington doesn’t support inde- rein on the pro-independence Taiwan pendence for Taiwan, and it has called leader. on Beijing and Taipei to respect a frag- President Chen Shui-bian said he ile status quo across the strait. China had decided to terminate the National maintains some 700 ballistic missiles Unification Council, an inactive poli- aimed at Taiwan and it passed a law last cymaking body, and scrap 15-year-old year enshrining its right to attack. guidelines on how to achieve eventual Chen said the move to suspend the reunification. The actions are to take council was prompted by “China’s per- effect Tuesday. sistent military threat and its attempts “The National Unification Council to use nonpeaceful means to unilater- will cease functioning and the budget ally change the status quo in the Taiwan no longer be appropriated,” Chen said Strait.” after an hour-long meeting of Taiwan’s Monday’s action marked a disavowal top security agency, the National by Chen of one of five pledges that he Security Council. made when he came to office in May DIEGO GIUDICE/KRT Chen said the move “does not involve 2000. The pledges, which came to be Construction of part of a potable water network by French company Suez in El changing the status quo, but it is based known as the “five noes,” were prom- Alto city, the poorest city of Bolivia, near La Paz. To anti-globalization activists on the democratic principle of sover- ises not to declare Taiwan’s indepen- around the world, what has become known as the water wars, and their immi- eignty resting on the people.” dence, change the island’s name, hold a nent end in Bolivia, are a celebrated case of poor people defending themselves Chen faces sagging popularity after against wrong-headed free-market policies. a blistering defeat for his Democratic see TAIWAN, page 19 Five suspected terrorists killed Traffic, crime raise stress in Mexico City BY HANNAH ALLAM ly known. “The five were killed BY JAVIER GARCIA Knight Ridder Tribune because they refused to surren- Knight Ridder Tribune der,” he said in a phone inter- Saudi security forces shot five view. “They are believed to be Mexico City is not the largest suspected militants to death terrorists, but as for how much city in the world and it’s not the Monday during an early-morn- they are linked to al-Qaida, we’ll most polluted. But it could well ing raid in connection with have to wait and see the results be the world’s most stressed-out last week’s foiled attack on the of the investigation.” capital, even by the high-stress world’s largest oil-process- The shootout was just the lat- standards of places like London, ing plant. A sixth suspect was est incident in a three-year bat- Bangkok and Los Angeles. arrested in a separate raid. tle between Saudi forces and al- Virtually everyone has heard Lt. Gen. Mansour al-Turki, Qaida-linked rebels who want about the traffic horrors of this a spokesman for the Interior to overthrow the royal family. sprawling megalopolis of some Ministry, said Saudi forces con- Despite the kingdom’s crack- 20 million people. Vehicular ducted the raids Monday after down on militants, Islamist traffic indeed is a major con- surveillance on two suburban extremists have become increas- tributor to the city’s high-stress homes in Riyadh, the capital. ingly brazen, as illustrated by quotient, but is by no means the At one site, a man was Friday’s attack on the highly only factor. Mexicans also are LUIS J. JIMENEZ/KRT Laura Ru’z Martinez, 25, who recently bought her first car, a Ford Ka, detained without incident. At fortified Abqaiq oil-processing stressed out about their jobs, in Mexico City, is one of many Mexicans that are buying economy cars the second home, security forc- plant, the first on a Saudi oil pollution, corruption and — in a in record numbers. es and the five terrorism sus- facility. city many consider a dangerous pects exchanged fire for about The attack was thwarted when place to live — crime. city like this.” repeat the mantra: “Severe road two hours, according to the Saudi forces prevented two sui- “Here everything is stressful On a typical morning in chaos.” Saudi-owned satellite chan- cide bombers from entering the — theft, traffic, demonstrations. Mexico City, the traffic is intense, More than 2 million vehicles nel Al-Arabiya. Al-Arabiya also complex. The guards’ gunfire We live a very fast life that stress- rendering tempers highly com- are registered here. There are reported that police later confis- made the cars explode outside es us very much,” said Manuel bustible. Traffic reporters at 135,000 taxis and buses on the cated weapons from the home. the compound, which is near Guerrero, a 37-year-old lawyer. radio stations helpfully offer road. Al-Turki said the identities of “The stress is always present, alternatives to drivers, but to lit- the five men weren’t immediate- see MILITANTS, page 19 but it is the price of living in a tle avail. The reports incessantly see MEXICO, page 19 16 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 17 Art thieves nab a Picasso, Monet, Matisse and Dali in Rio heist BY COLIN MCMAHON a book of Picasso engravings illustrating Knight Ridder Tribune poems by Pablo Neruda. The works are among the most precious For Carnival this year, six young men examples of modernist European art that decided to go as art thieves. Rio has to offer. The Dali, for example, is As thousands of Brazilians and foreign the only painting by the Spanish surreal- tourists donned wigs and masks and cos- ist on public exhibition in Latin America, tumes to party on the streets outside, a said museum director Vera de Alencar. band of robbers executed a daring and The robbers ignored the museum’s violent heist of a Rio de Janeiro museum. other works. But they took the time to They stole four paintings worth up to $50 rob museum visitors, including tourists million: a Monet, a Matisse, a Picasso and from New Zealand and Australia. And a particularly prized work by Salvador on the way out, they assaulted a security Dali. guard who showed up for a shift change The theft, which occurred at the and tried to wrestle the Picasso from one Chacara do Ceu Museum just before of the robbers. closing time Friday, is a blow to Brazil’s The robbers then fled through a path cultural collection. in the woods, police and witnesses told “This is very serious, for such an impor- the Rio de Janeiro media. Then, taking tant Brazilian museum to have this loss,” advantage of the Carnival crowds, they said Christina Penna, a private art cura- disappeared and, police believe, they tor in Rio. escaped in the van. “I think they knew what they wanted,” Jean Boghici, who was a friend of Dali’s said Penna, who worked with the Chacara and runs a gallery in the Rio de Janeiro do Ceu Museum when she was curator of neighborhood of Ipanema, said Monday a national project to catalog the works of that an unscrupulous collector probably Brazilian artist Candido Portinari. “This commissioned the robbery. Or perhaps is a museum with plenty of things in it, the thieves might try to extort the muse- and they went past everything else and um before returning the works. went straight for what they wanted.” Selling the pieces on the black market The robbers approached the museum would be difficult, Boghici said. as visitors. While two of them waited in a “We can only hope the bandits turn the van by the front gate, the other four paid paintings over to someone who will take their entrance fee and started toward the care of them,” Boghici said. “These things galleries. are often recovered.” Then upon announcing the robbery, Indeed, the Dali and the Matisse were they brandished guns and at least one stolen once before from the same muse- grenade. They overpowered the security um. That happened in 1989, and the guards, who worked for a private firm works were quickly found. and were unarmed. They herded visitors Though some government officials and museum staff into the security office, criticized the museum’s safeguards where they disconnected the closed-cir- after the weekend robbery, security at cuit security cameras and ripped out the Chacara do Ceu is typical by Rio any videotapes that might have captured standards and in line with the norms them on film. set by the federal police, experts said. And they collected their loot: Pablo The country’s art curators and museum Picasso’s “The Dance”; Dali’s “The Two directors have asked the government to Balconies”; Henri Matisse’s “Luxembourg provide more money for security, but Garden”; Claude Monet’s “Marine”; and little has been done. 18 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL Tuesday, February 28, 2006 IAEA says information is ‘inadequate’ IRAN It says Iran also has failed to clarify continued from page 15 “the role of the military in Iran’s nucle- governors before a meeting March 6. ar program, including ... information Knight Ridder obtained a copy. available to the Agency concerning The board voted Feb. 4 to report alleged weapons studies that could Tehran to the Security Council, which involve nuclear material.” has the power to impose sanctions. But The report is referring to intelligence it agreed at the insistence of Russia and provided to the IAEA by the United China, which have major commercial States that came from a laptop com- and political ties with Iran, to allow a puter obtained by the CIA. month for diplomatic efforts to resolve The intelligence concerned what’s the crisis. known as the “Green Salt Project,” Talks between Russia and Iran over which allegedly involves research into the weekend appeared to make no enriching uranium by a process other major progress on a proposal to have than the one that Iran claims it’s pur- Russia host a joint venture that would suing. produce low-enriched uranium for It also dealt with “tests related to Iranian power plants. high explosives,” which are used to State Department spokesman Adam detonate the highly enriched urani- Ereli said in Washington that he wasn’t um cores of nuclear bombs, and “the aware of any deal. design of a missile re-entry vehicle,” Iran says it has the right to enrich the report says. uranium for peaceful purposes under The same officials appeared to be the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the cor- involved in all three efforts, it says. nerstone safeguard of the global system Iranian officials called the laptop designed to halt the spread of nuclear information baseless and denied the weapons. existence of the project at meetings Tehran admits that it hid its program with IAEA officials in January and from the IAEA for 18 years, including February, according to the report. technology and know-how purchased It says IAEA officials are waiting for from a Pakistani-led international more information from Iran on the smuggling ring. matter and “other topics which could ElBaradei’s 11-page report offered have a military nuclear dimension.” no evidence substantiating U.S. and The United States, the European European charges that Iran’s program is Union, Russia and China, along with a cover for a military-run nuclear weap- other nations, have demanded that ons project. But it calls “regrettable, and Iran reimpose a more than two-year a matter of concern, that ... uncertain- suspension on uranium enrichment ties related to the scope and nature of work that it ended in January. Iran is Iran’s nuclear program have not been defying the demand, according to the clarified” after three years of investiga- report. tion. It started tests earlier this month by Of greatest concern, the report says, feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into is the “inadequacy” of information on a single centrifuge and then a 10-cen- Iran’s work with centrifuges, devices trifuge system at its key research facil- that spin uranium hexafluoride gas into ity in Natanz, in central Iran. enriched uranium. Another top concern Iranian experts are preparing to test was a document purchased from the a 20-centrifuge system, and they plan smuggling ring outlining procedures to install the first 3,000 machines of an for machining uranium metal into the industrial-scale plant at Natanz in the explosive spherical core of a nuclear fourth quarter of this year, the report warhead. says. Tuesday, February 28, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY INTERNATIONAL 19 Chen shuns Employment insecurity, poverty cause high levels of reunification anxiety for the eight million inhabitants of Mexico City TAIWAN MEXICO department does not keep the problem soon enough. opposite — he is becoming continued from page 15 continued from page 15 exact data on the total number That, they say, means many more independent. The stress referendum on independence, Drivers could be behind the of patients with stress prob- children develop maladies affects us worse as parents.” alter the unification council steering wheel for up to 10 lems, but Fray Bernardino that become entrenched and And businesses as well, or guidelines and incorporate hours. Alvarez has 400 resident are harder to correct as they apparently. the idea of “two states” into “The stress produced by patients, 30 percent of whom grow. In 2004, 40 percent of the Taiwan’s Constitution. getting late to work in the are treated for stress-related world’s companies reported Earlier on Monday, the state- morning causes anxiety and, issues. an increase in stress levels run Xinhua News Agency in as a consequence, aggres- The city’s children are a In Mexico City compared with the previous China carried a statement from sive driving,” said Bernardo particular concern to experts. year, according to the 2005 an unidentified senior Chinese Baranda, coordinator of Doctors say stress afflicts proper, with a Grant Thornton International official warning that Chen’s urban mobility at Mexico many kids, even those under Business Survey, conduct- “secessionist activities ... will City’s Center for Sustainable 12 years old. And more than population of ed by Salles, Sainz-Grant inevitably result in a serious Transport, which monitors six million Mexico City resi- Thornton, S.C., a Mexico City crisis in the Taiwan Strait and the performance of the trans- dents are young — from ages more than 8 mil- accounting firm. destroy peace and stability in port systems in the capital. 14 to 29, a period where stress Mexico tied for second the Asia-Pacific region.” In Mexico City proper, can be particularly aggres- lion, traffic, noise place, with Hong Kong and Former President Lee Teng- with a population of more sive, experts say. Turkey, behind Taiwan. hui established the National than eight million, traffic, Major issues for young- and security con- Respondents attributed the Unification Council in 1990, noise and security concerns sters: poor adaptation to increase to greater pressure and it held 14 meetings. It are clear triggers of stress, school and a negative fam- cerns are clear on staff. The firm surveyed became dormant once Chen experts say. And the prob- ily environment. In a coun- 6,300 companies in 24 coun- was elected, and its annual lem is compounded by such try where poverty forces both triggers of stress, tries. budget was reportedly only phenomena as family issues parents in many families to To combat stress, Mexico’s $22,000. and work — including con- work outside the home, a experts say. Ministry of Health has The 1991 guidelines, which cern about losing one’s job lot of children spend a large launched an education cam- set a condition of unifying with because of tardiness. part of their day alone, which paign designed to make peo- China only once the mainland “A person suffering stress causes emotional disruption, Some parents say they ple understand that having a had moved from communism shows extreme anxiety,” said doctors say. believe their children adjust healthy lifestyle can help give to democracy, were adopted as Dr. Alberto Lopez Diaz, chief “We were working in naturally. them the fortitude to con- the blueprint for cross-strait of community psychiatry at schools where we have con- “I bring my child to school front stress, which ministry policy. Fray Bernardino Alvarez psy- tact with minors, and many of in the morning, and my officials call inevitable. Chen said in a speech Jan. 29 chiatric hospital. “He could them, a big percentage, dis- mother goes to get him in The campaign urges resi- that he was considering abol- fall into major depressive play behavior disorders and the afternoon,” said Laura dents to exercise, eat health- ishing the council and apply- manifestations, even getting, depressive manifestations,” Hinojosa, a 34-year-old secre- fully, engage in recreational ing for U.N. membership for in some cases, to suicide.” Lopez said. tary and single mother. “This activities to alleviate work- Taiwan. The remarks drew a Fray Bernardino is one of Further, some experts is a very Mexican custom, and place pressures, and try to rebuff from Washington, which seven Mexico City psychi- say, while it is not difficult I have not seen changes in respond with kindness and publicly warned Taiwan not to atric hospitals operated by to detect stress in children, his behavior. I don’t feel that patience when traffic is at its rock the boat with China. the Ministry of Health. The parents often fail to notice he is very stressed; quite the zenith. Suspects killed in shootout MILITANTS continued from page 15 the Persian Gulf Coast. The Saudi branch of al-Qaida later claimed responsibility for the operation and warned of more to come. The Interior Ministry identi- fied the dead Abqaiq attack- ers as Abdullah Abdulaziz al- Tweijri and Mohammed Saleh al-Ghaith. Both were on a list of the 15 most-wanted terror- ists in the kingdom that was issued last June. Now, just four suspects remain at large; 10 have died or been killed, and one was arrested. It was unclear what the would-be bombers intended to target in the huge Abqaiq compound, which processes two-thirds of Saudi Arabia’s oil. Analysts have speculated that Saudi militants may be trying to mimic the success of insurgents in Iraq, whose frequent sabotage of pipelines has severely hobbled Iraq’s oil production and export. 20 THE TUFTS DAILY COMICS Tuesday, February 28, 2006 CROSSWORD DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU

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Saudi security forces shot five suspected militants to death Monday during an early-morning raid in connection with last Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every week's foiled attack on the world's largest oil-processing plant. digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk. — An unedited version of our International page last night Tuesday, February 28, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS | CLASSIFIEDS 21

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Continued from page 24 yard backstroke event. Continued from page 22 Many of the high-ranked European cou- “We’re a very strong team in terms of “Estacio is [a senior], and he and Jon too great. After falling twice during her warm- ples struggled with their complex routines depth, and we definitely have a lot of peo- have always been competing with each up, Cohen reluctantly tip-toed back onto the and suffered disastrous falls on the night ple who are capable of [scoring points for other since freshman year,” junior Mike ice with eyes full of fear and doubt, instead of of the Original Dance, the second of three the team],” Kapit said. “We gave Williams a Kinsella said. “Estacio usually wins a lot, their usual fire and confidence. This translat- required dances. These falls meant a one- run for their money this time.” and this was Godsey’s last event in the ed into a fall on her opening jump sequence point deduction for each skater who hit Williams, heavily favored to win the NESCAC, and Godsey ends up taking it. and near-miss on her second. But Cohen the ice and opened the door for U.S. skat- meet, did so with 2068 total points to Tufts’ So after the race, they were all up on the quickly recovered and successfully complet- ers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto to move 1522, taking the top spot for the sixth time podium, and I don’t think Estacio was tak- ed the rest of her program with unparalleled into second place behind Russian favorites in the seven years the meet has been held. ing it so well. It looked like he was going to grace and dazzling presentation, hanging on Tatyana Navka and Roman Kostomarov. “Obviously, they’re extremely strong,” cry. [Our team] got up close to the podium, for the silver medal. The young Americans skated well enough Kapit said. “You know every year going in and when they announced Godsey’s name Slutskaya was confident going into the in the free dance to stay in second, earning that they’re going to be the best competi- we all went nuts.” free skate, sitting behind Cohen by only hun- the U.S. its first medal in Olympic Ice Dancing tion. They’re really one of the best teams in Baker took second in both the 50- and dredths of a point. But an uncharacteristic fall since 1976. The Russians won the gold and the country.” 200-yard freestyle and third in the 100-yard near the end of her routine ended all chances the Ukrainian team of Yelena Grushina and Still, Tufts more than showed it could freestyle events, while Bettencourt took sec- for gold and dropped her down to third place. Ruslan Goncharov took the bronze. compete with the powerhouse Ephs. The ond in the 500-yard, third in the 200-yard At 27 years old, Slutskaya’s Olympic story In the men’s competition, Yevgeny Jumbos’ 800-yard freestyle relay team fin- and fourth in the mile freestyle events. mirrors Michelle Kwan’s all too closely. Both Plushenko of Russia was considered a shoo- ished second to the Ephs by less than three- In addition to Godsey’s triumph, women have won silver and then bronze in in for gold and proved it on the ice, tak- tenths of a second in a race with times aver- Bettencourt also provided drama of his Games in which they were heavy favorites, ing an astounding 28-point lead in the free aging around seven minutes. The Jumbos’ own. In his second-place finish in the 500- and both of their illustrious careers have skate over second-place finisher Stephane 200-yard freestyle relay team also nearly yard freestyle, he trounced his previous best ended without the ultimate prize. Lambiel of Switzerland. Plushenko, who was upended the Ephs, losing by less than two- of 4:44, setting a new Tufts record in 4:33.17 American skaters Kimmie Meissner and in a comfortable lead after the short program, tenths of a second. in the preliminary race, good enough for Emily Hughes both had respectable show- manipulated the new system by incorporat- Godsey, senior Brett Baker and junior a national “B” cut and qualifying him for ings in their first Olympic Games, finishing ing just enough difficulty to secure him the Greg Bettencourt all had outstanding races. Nationals. sixth and seventh, respectively. The two teen- gold. Like Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle of Canada In addition to placing fourth in the 50-yard Bettencourt will be joined at Nationals by agers are now setting their sights on the 2010 made several errors in his program but was and fifth in the 100-yard backstroke, Godsey Godsey, Baker, Kapit, Kinsella, junior Justin Olympics in Vancouver. nonetheless able to capture the bronze. earned the only Tufts individual race victo- Fanning and freshman Andrew Shields, all Ice Dancing, often mocked for its lack of American contender Johnny Weir fell from ry of the meet, beating out Amherst senior of whom will be headed to Minneapolis in athleticism, has grown tremendously as a second place after the short routine to fifth Rick Estacio, the meet’s fifth overall point mid-March. sport due to the new judging system imple- after a sloppy and uninspiring free program. mented in these Olympics. Seeking to pull Fellow Americans Evan Lysacek and Matt the highest scores, dancers pushed them- Savoie were two of the best performers of selves, sometimes beyond their limits, to the night, but finished in fourth and seventh Jones a bright spot in mixed weekend perform the most difficult and innovative places, respectively, due to low scores in the choreography ever witnessed in an Ice Dance short program. MEN’S TRACK ished sixth, followed by Kantos in ninth and Continued from page 23 Lacey in 17th. All three are currently provi- National qualification mark of 49.20. sionally qualified for Nationals. However, Tufts was represented by two other Tufts only the top 10 times on the qualification list Young guards are a breath of fresh air All-Americans this weekend as Mahoney are given bids to the competition. Currently, and senior Matt Fortin took the track. Fortin Lacey holds the 10th fastest 5000 time, ROFFMAN Raymond Felto — were all fantastic college clocked in at 4:20.60 in the mile run for 19th barely making the cut, while Kennedy and continued from page 23 point guards. place, while Williams junior Mike Davitian Kantos are ranked 16th and 18th respec- of the fundamentals and inspirational work Paul is currently playing the best of any of took third place. Both are currently provi- tively. ethic. Second pick Dwight Howard’s rebound- these guys; his numbers are slightly better sionally qualified for Nationals in the mile, The Jumbo relay teams had a mixed day. ing prowess is beyond impressive now and than Jason Kidd’s, and that’s without team- with the fifth- and seventh-fastest mile The 4x400 meter team finished seventh and could eventually rival or even exceed Charles mates even close to the likes of Vince Carter times amongst Div. III runners, respectively. provisionally qualified for Nationals, but the Barkley’s. That’s right: the Round Mound of or Richard Jefferson to score or draw the The rivals took the top two spots in the Div. Distance Medley Relay (DMR) squad was Rebound might have a tall, skinny successor. defense. Perhaps most impressively, Paul has III New England Championship. not at full-strength and finished in 10:35.18. I have been thoroughly unimpressed with already emerged as an on-the-court and off- Mahoney fared well in the 800, qualify- “The only member of this weekend’s team third pick Ben Gordon through the first 36 the-court leader and has the formerly lowly ing for the finals in seventh with a time who’s a part of the team that we’re going to minutes of each game in which he plays, Hornets poised for a playoff berth. of 1:54.93 during his preliminary heat. He try to qualify for Nationals was [senior] Kyle but the guy somehow morphs into a genu- Channing Frye, the eighth pick in 2005, held on to seventh place during the final, [Doran], to try and give him experience run- ine superstar in the fourth quarters of close could also become a perennial all-star if Larry dropping his time to 1:54.02. Juniors Daniel ning the leadoff leg,” Mahoney said. “The games. His late-game spectaculars were good Brown ever decides to play him more than Sullivan and Nate Cleveland finished 18th DMR will try to hit a Nationals qualifying enough to win him the Sixth Man of the twenty minutes every other night. and 24th, respectively, in a field of 32. time this coming weekend [at the ECAC Year award as a rookie, and his knack for I’ve thrown a lot of names at you in the last This weekend’s meet was a good indi- Championships].” game-winning theatrics will only improve few paragraphs, but the most exciting thing is cation of the high-caliber competition Junior All-American Fred Jones was a with time. that so many of them are point guards. And the Tufts middle distance runners will bright spot this weekend, placing second Magic Johnson privately tutored fourth now is the perfect time for talented point face in the upcoming NCAA National in the long jump with a National provi- pick Shaun Livingston, loudly proclaimed his guards to enter the league, because nam- Championship. Williams junior Tyler Gray, sional qualification distance of 7.09 meters, talent and assured us fans that we are watch- ing Steve Nash as MVP last year marked a who out-sprinted Tufts’ Trevor Williams surpassing his previous qualification mark ing the development of a truly great point return to the glorification of the guys whose for the 600 meter crown at New Englands, of 6.99 meters set during the Div. III New guard. And I can promise you the same thing highlights are no-look bounce passes instead came in third this past weekend in a good England Championship. about fifth pick Devin Harris — this guy is of slam dunks. Prior to last year, and not time (1:52.79) enough for automatic quali- Jones, who holds the third-longest tri- learning how to harness his athleticism and counting MJ, nine of the last 10 MVPs were fication for Nationals. ple jump in the country this season (14.45 use it to make his teammates better, and I either power forwards or centers. No wonder Mahoney noted that the Nationals bids meters), finished fourth in that event with couldn’t be more excited about his future. people think the game has gotten boring! of many provisionally qualified Tufts ath- a jump of 14.31 meters. Sophomore Dan Sebastian Telfair, Stephon Marbury’s cous- Dominant 300-pounders have been clogging letes are far from secure. Marcy, ranked sixth in the country, came in in and the 13th pick out of high school, could up the middle, slowing down the game and “At this point, only [Matt] Lacey in the 5k, eighth. wind up making a few all-star teams as well, lulling everyone to sleep with their drop- [junior Fred] Jones in the jumps, [sopho- NCAA-bound Jones will shift his prac- and so could the Celtics’ Al Jefferson (hope- steps. more Dan] Marcy in the triple, and [Matt] tice regimen to be in peak condition for fully I’ll win some points with the locals by But Devin Harris and Chris Paul are nei- Fortin in the mile are in a comfortable Nationals. pointing this out). ther slow nor predictable. Neither is T.J. Ford, position for qualification,” Mahoney said. “I’ll definitely switch my training,” Jones 2005 presented us with another great top Mo Williams, or even shooting guard Dwyane “All the other provisionally qualified guys said. “This is probably the last week I will five. Top pick Andrew Bogut will either live up Wade. They’re fast, they’re spontaneous and probably won’t go because they are too low be training hard. The following weeks I will to the hype or be a tall white center we can call they’re on the verge of ushering in the most on the list.” be resting in order to peak at the right time. “Bogus” — so we win either way. Bill Walton exciting NBA era in decades. And the last The familiar long distance trio of senior That’s why you see a lot of jumpers with bet- says that second pick Marvin Williams has three drafts provided all of these point guards tri-captain Matt Lacey, junior All-American ter distances as the season comes to an end. “tremendous upside,” and if Bill Walton says with athletic swingmen and forwards who Josh Kennedy and sophomore Chris Kantos They rest up, and then they can bust out a so, it must be true. And the third, fourth and can catch and finish their passes. It’s show- took to the track for the 5000. Kennedy fin- good jump.” fifth picks — Deron Williams, Chris Paul and time, redux, but without the short shorts. 22 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Tuesday, February 28, 2006

OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATING RECAP Multi-sport athletes may be Arakawa flew under radar, stunned world on the decline at Tufts BY KELLEY VENDELAND Daily Editorial Board MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES “[Div. III schools] don’t own Continued from page 24 you; they understand that aca- When the curtain closed on the sports in high school, as their demics come first,” Ross said. “I women’s figure skating competi- athleticism translated across looked at some D-I schools, and tion Thursday night, the world was the board. For some, choosing most athletes here could play stunned by multiple surprises after a single sport to continue at the at a bad D-I school, but here two weeks of predictable results. collegiate level just didn’t cut it. we get more playing time, have By now, anyone who watched the “I was recruited for softball more fun and get a good educa- medal ceremonies at the Palavela and was just going to play soft- tion.” Arena can hum a strong rendi- ball, but I had played a sport all Athletic Director Bill Gehling, tion of Russia’s national anthem, three seasons in high school, a multi-sport high school ath- as Russian skaters claimed the top and I wanted to be part of a lete who extended his athlet- podium in the Pair’s, Men’s, and team my first semester here,” ic career on the soccer team Ice Dancing events. Ross said. “So I called [coach] at Tufts, sees this flexibility as But in the final ladies event, Martha [Whiting] and asked for a unique feature and often a Shizuka Arakawa of Japan emerged a workout regimen and I showed recruiting draw of Tufts’ athlet- from the shadows of the media up the first day.” ics programs. spotlight to skate a seamless pro- Sophomore Derek Engelking “I’m very much in favor of gram and capture the gold medal. also found he wasn’t ready multi-sports athletes,” Gehling Her victory signified a huge upset to focus on just one sport. said. “Allowing someone to over gold medal favorite Irina Originally recruited as a track compete in multiple sports is Slutskaya, and thus ended Russia’s runner, Engelking joined the an advantage that Division III hope of sweeping all four figure soccer team in the fall instead schools have, and we can shoot skating events in Torino. without planning on continuing ourselves in the foot if we dis- Arakawa entered the free skate with track. courage that.” in third place after her perfor- “I thought track would be too mance in the short program on much, but when winter came Feb. 21, trailing American Sasha around I talked to [track coach] We joke that Cohen in first and Slutskaya in Ethan Barron and decided it second by a slim margin. was really something I wanted there’s one week In the past few years, Arakawa to do,” he said. “It does require a “ has made strong showings on the lot of sacrifice, but it’s definitely off between seasons; international circuit, most notably worth it.” winning the World Championships Whiting, who has several play- that’s our offseason in 2004. However, with the spot- ers on her team pulling double- light on Cohen, Slutskaya, and the BARBARA JOHNSTON/KRT duty, supports the flexibility of ... I love it — I’m in Michelle Kwan story, she slipped Japanese figure skater Shizuka Arakawa skated to gold after American ” Sasha Cohen and Russian Irina Slutskaya both fell in their final programs. programs that allow student- under the radar in the Winter athletes to play multiple sports. the zone all the time. Games. “We expect them to be Matt Lacey The lack of attention may have triple-triple jump combinations. after skating brilliantly in the short focused on soccer in the fall, senior track and XC runner been Arakawa’s greatest advan- In spite of this, she pulled in front program, but the pressure of main- and I think that’s their priority tage. She calmly sailed through a of her competitors with an eight- taining that tenuous spot proved then, too,” Whiting said. “But conservative yet solid free-skate point lead. when my players are in season Gehling, however, noted that program, leaving out her planned Cohen had been in first place see FIGURE SKATING, page 21 for a spring sport, I tell them to the prevalence of multi-sport focus on the sport that they’re athletes at Tufts is declining, in. Our players will be lifting and attributes this to some SCHEDULE | Feb. 27 - March 5 and playing pickup, but that’s shifts in the demands placed on not their concern; their focus is out-of-season athletes. MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN on the sport that they’re playing “Sports have become year- Men’s Endicott right now.” round, even at the youth level, @Cortland St. Multi-sport athletes are so athletes are starting to spe- Basketball 6:00 p.m. largely a Div. III trend, as the cialize at a young age,” Gehling pressures of big-name athletic said. “Even at Tufts, out-of-sea- Men’s CSA Singles CSA Singles CSA Singles Championship Championship Championship programs and the possibility son training has become a big- Squash @ Amherst @Amherst @Amherst of professional careers usually ger part of the athletic expe- force Div. I athletes to choose rience. It can’t be required Women’s CSA Singles CSA Singles CSA Singles Championship Championship Championship a single sport. The restrictions [because of Div. III regulations], Squash established by Div. III and tight- but more and more students @ Amherst @Amherst @Amherst ened by the NESCAC — short- do participate, which may have Men’s er playing seasons, later start some impact on students play- dates and limits on out-of-sea- ing more than one sport.” Swimming son competition — allow Tufts But to Tufts multi-sport ath-

Men’s ECAC IC4A athletes the opportunity to play letes, it’s all part of the game. Championship Championship multiple, and even back-to- “We joke that there’s one week Track and Field @ Ursinis @ BU back, sports. between seasons; that’s our off- This more flexible athletic season,” said senior cross coun- Women’s Trinity Last philosophy has attracted many try and track runner Matt Lacey. Chance Meet Track and Field @ Yale 6pm student-athletes looking for an “Practice is just built into what athletic career incorporated I consider every day, so I don’t Endicott into a broader collegiate experi- even think about it. I love it Jumbocast @Cortland St. ence. — I’m in the zone all the time.” 6:00 p.m.

STATISTICS | STANDINGS Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Ice Hockey NCAA Div. I Men’s NBA Scoreboard NESCAC Standings NESCAC Standings NESCAC Standings Basketball AP Ranking ATL 104 WAS 98 CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE GOALS as of Feb. 26, 2006 NJ 102 MEM 108 Team W L Pct W L Team W L Pct W L Team W L T Pct GF GA Rank, Team (Previous) Amherst 8 1 .889 23 2 Bates 8 1 .889 18 7 Middlebury 16 2 1 .889 90 29 1. Duke (2) TOR 94 PHX 111 Trinity 7 2 .778 18 5 Bowdoin 8 1 .889 22 2 Williams 13 3 3 .813 78 54 2. Villanova (4) MIA 101 HOU 94 Bates 6 3 .667 20 5 Wesleyan 7 2 .778 18 6 Bowdoin 10 6 3 .625 67 49 3. Connecticut (1) Tufts 6 3 .667 20 5 Williams 7 2 .778 21 4 Colby 11 7 1 .611 71 53 4. Memphis (3) PHI 92 MIL 110 Bowdoin 5 4 .556 16 9 Amherst 4 5 .444 10 15 Trinity 9 7 3 .563 63 52 5. Gonzaga (5) DAL 104 DEN 89 Williams 5 4 .556 17 8 Trinity 3 6 .333 8 15 Amherst 9 9 1 .500 67 64 6. George Washington (7) Colby 4 5 .444 11 14 Tufts 3 6 .333 10 13 Hamilton 8 9 2 .471 71 73 7. Texas (6) NY 93 POR 91 Conn. Coll. 3 6 .333 13 11 Colby 2 7 .222 10 15 Wesleyan 6 9 4 .400 44 41 8. Illinois (14) SA 121 SAC 115 Middlebury 1 8 .111 12 12 Middlebury 2 7 .222 14 10 Tufts 6 11 2 .353 61 79 9. Pittsburgh (9) Wesleyan 0 9 .000 6 17 Conn. Coll. 1 8 .111 9 15 Conn. Coll. 3 15 1 .167 44 84 10. Tennessee (8) DET 84 UTA Late CLE 72 GS Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Individual Statistics NCAA Div. I Women’s CHA Late Player PPG RPG APG Player PPG RPG APG Player G A Pts Basketball AP Ranking Dan Martin 17.6 6.9 1.1 Jess Powers 11.6 3.6 2.5 Matt McCarthy 18 17 35 as of Feb. 15, 2006 LAC 32 Jake Weitzen 15.1 5.4 2.6 Valerie Krah 10.1 2.4 1.6 Greg O’Connell 9 23 Rank, Team (Previous) Greg McCarthy 14 13 27 Final Olympic Medal Count Ryan O’Keefe 11.6 3.0 1.1 Laura Jasisnki 7.2 6.3 0.7 1. Duke (1) Libby Park 5.9 5.0 0.6 Ken Cleary 9 17 26 Dave Shepherd 10.0 3.2 4.0 2. LSU (2) Brian Kumf 9.0 5.7 1.1 Jenna Gomez 5.9 4.7 0.5 Joe Milo 12 7 19 1. Germany 29 16 Jeremy Black 7.8 3.1 4.5 Khalilah Ummah 5.7 4.8 0.2 Ross Gimbel 10 6 3. North Carolina (3) 7 2. United States 25 Brian Fitzgerald 5.4 6.0 1.0 Julia Verplank 5.2 2.5 1.7 Matt Dalton 3 4 4. Maryland (4) Jack Thompson 2 5 7 Jason Grauer 2.4 1.7 0.4 Kim Moynihan 4.4 2.3 1.1 5. Tennessee (5) Brian Bailey 2 5 7 3. Canada 24 Taryn Miller-Stevens 2.1 2.4 2.0 Pat Sullivan 2.2 1.6 0.3 Pat Walsh 1 6 7 6. Connecticut (6) Dacson Sears 2.2 0.9 0.3 Marilyn Duffy-Cabana 2.0 1.7 0.9 Team 84 130 214 7. Ohio State (7) 4. Austria 23 Aaron Gallant 1.4 0.4 0.2 Katherine Miller 1.3 2.4 0.6 Goalkeeping GA Svs. Sv % 8. Rutgers (8) Ross Trethewey 0.8 0.6 0.3 Anna Weber 0.0 0.3 0.0 James Kalec 61 579 .905 9. Oklahoma (9) 5. Russia 22 Carl Onubogu 0.6 1.8 0.2 Stacy Filocco 0.0 0.0 0.0 Issa Azat 12 172 .935 10. Baylor (11) Team 83.1 42.0 16.5 Team 56.4 40.1 10.5 Matt Ninnemann 14 146 .912 6. Norway 19 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 23

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD All-New Englands yield mixed results for partial Tufts squad BY KELLEY VENDELAND weekend the team had specific Daily Editorial Board goals in mind. “We were trying to qualify as The Jumbos fielded a slimmed- many as we could for Nationals,” down squad at this weekend’s All senior Patrick Mahoney said. “The New England Championships. Div. III New England meet is our team meet, where we try to score as MEN’S TRACK many points as possible. This was at BU, Friday and Saturday more focused on qualifying indi- All-New England vidual runners and four-man relay Championship teams.” Freshman Will Forde represent- 11th of 33 teams ed Tufts in the 200 meters, facing off against strong Div. I and Div. Only 16 Jumbos competed in the III competition, including Williams weekend’s events, which brought freshman Devidas Seferis and Bates the best of New England in all three senior Joel Colony, both of whom Divisions to Boston University. Tufts bested Forde in the Feb. 18 Div. earned an 11th-place finish with 21 III New England Championship. points, falling 10 points short of sev- Though Forde finished 28th out enth-place finisher and perennial of 31, his time (22.99 seconds) rival Williams, the 2006 Div. III New improved upon his New England England Champions. Championship mark by 0.32 sec- Div. I University of Connecticut onds. ran away with the meet, earning In the 400 meters, senior tri- 161.50 points, 70.5 points ahead of captain and All-American Trevor runner-up Southern Connecticut Williams claimed 20th in a field of State. 30. He finished in 49.59 seconds, Last weekend at the Div. III New narrowly missing the provisional MIKE CONROY/TUFTS DAILY Senior Matt Fortin clocked in at 4:20.60 in the mile, good for 19th in the Div. I- and Div. II-stacked field. He England’s, the Jumbos were focused see MEN’S TRACK, page 21 is currently provisionally qualified for Nationals in the event with the seventh-fastest mile time in the country. on a team-oriented attack, but this Loss of Walls, 4x400 issues have Jumbos scratching heads LEAH ROFFMAN | BASELINE BANTER WOMEN’S TRACK Ephs at the top on the Div. III performance In the 5000, Ades had hoped to improve Continued from page 24 list. her seed time for Nationals, but found her- second school record this season and Tufts currently holds the thirteenth spot self in a tough race and finished in ninth comes on the heels of Beck’s 17:09.18 per- on the list and needs to be top-10 to earn (17:50.60). formance in the 5,000 meters set two weeks a trip to Minnesota in two weeks. Last “She just got a little impatient, and I ago at the Terrier Invitational at BU. year, Tufts had the eighth-fastest time with don’t think it was the ideal race situation Things weren’t as smooth for the 4x400 3:56.08 after the bank penalty. That time is for her to run fast,” Morwick said. “She’ll relay. The team of freshman Aubrey Wasser, now 3:58.62, and Morwick would like to it try it again next week.” Hardwood Renaissance senior tri-captain Rachel Bloom, sopho- drop under 3:56 this weekend at the Trinity Ades still ran her second-fastest time more Kaleigh Fitzpatrick and freshman Last Chance Meet. ever, but will need to improve her standing ’ve got good news: the NBA is about to Jackie Ferry was seeded in the fastest heat “We’ve just got to get there and we could on the performance list to go to Nationals, experience a renaissance of grand pro- of the day, which included Northeastern, have easily have done it without that mis- as she is currently 18th in an event that UConn, and Williams. Wasser led off hap,” Morwick said. took 15 runners last year. Iportions. against tough competition and was in last That task looms a little larger as the Freshmen Evelyn Sharkey and Susan It’s about time, too, because we have to through the first lap, coming through in team is one of the last groups that still Allegretti finished within in .06 seconds of start reconciling with a mighty significant 30 seconds. Around the final turn, Wasser lacks a qualifying time, as most teams have each other in the 1,000, running 3:07.03 past. Oscar Robertson averaged a triple-dou- stumbled and fell into the infield and already reached their desired time. and 3:07.09, respectively finishing in 17th ble in the 1960’s; Moses Malone became the didn’t get back up, taking the team out of “We’re going to be doing it by ourselves and 18th. Uang competed in the high first guy good enough to enter the big leagues the race. this weekend,” Morwick said. “Everybody jump, clearing 5’1” for thirteenth and right out of high school in the 1970’s; Magic Williams ended up finishing last in the who’s going to be doing it already has a junior Kate Makai took 17th in the 500 and Larry Legend gave us countless clas- stacked heat, but its time of 3:50.43 has the time.” (1:21.25), a season best. sic duels in the 1980’s; and in the 1990’s, Air Jordan became the first man to fly. But the basketball gods did not forget about our generation, nor did they ask us to Top Ten | Sports Families be content with the likes of Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady. For the first time in years, the Coaches always tell young athletes that hard work and deter- league is full of fantastic youngsters who offer mination result in success. But as this edition clearly indicates, real promise for the seasons ahead. Consider athletic prowess is not all about nurturing your inner athlete. this column part of my relentless pursuit to Nature plays a significant role. These athletic relatives prove good make people at Tufts half as excited about the genes often translate to success in sports. And the members of NBA as I am. the athletic gene club are... Since the guys drafted in 2003 are the old- est ones still bound to their rookie contracts, 10. The Manning Brothers: Peyton and Eli, spawn of Archie, let’s start by looking at them. This draft was have connected with receivers for 274 touchdown passes in their one for the ages — it was at best the deepest combined 10 seasons. Their respective teams both made the and most talented draft ever and at worst the playoffs last year, but neither managed to make the Big Game. most fruitful draft of the last decade. Four of the top five picks are already bona-fide stars, 9. The Alou family: Felipe and his brothers Matty and Jesus all and seven of the top eight are great players for had lengthy major league baseball careers. After retiring as a playoff teams. Too bad Darko mars the land- player, Felipe went on to manage the Montreal Expos and San scape a little bit; blame Detroit and its inex- Francisco Giants. His son Moises now plays for the Giants. plicable overestimation of Tayshaun Prince. In any case, everyone remembers that this 8. Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter: These two aren’t just pre- draft yielded LeBron, Melo, Chris Bosh, and mier NBA players, they’re also first cousins. D-Wade. But the talent did not end there. People often forget about Chris Kaman, 7. Brett and Bobby Hull: Legendary father Bobby played 23 sea- an emerging inside presence for the Clippers sons of pro hockey between 1957 and 1980. His son Brett has and possessor of perhaps the ugliest haircut played in the NHL since 1986. Both were Hart Trophy recipients, ever to make it onto national television. Kirk and they will have adjacent plaques in the NHL Hall of Fame. Hinrich is averaging 15 points and over six assists per game as the Bulls’ starting point 6. Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf: When these two tied the knot, PAUL J. BERESWILL/KRT guard, and T.J. Ford, Milwaukee’s point guard the tennis world pre-engraved trophies for their kids. And that Eli Manning’s face might express his feelings on what who returned from back surgery, has elevated commercial is just adorable. seems to be a family habit: losing in the playoffs. the Bucks from the doldrums of the league into an over-.500 club. 5. Tiki and Ronde Barber: The identical twins talk on the phone baseball scene. Luke Ridnour, David West, Boris Diaw, Mo every day and are among the elite players at their positions in Williams and Kyle Korver are also products of the NFL. 2. The Walton family: Deadhead dad Bill played for UCLA and this draft. In fact, the draft was so deep that 10 seasons in the NBA before taking up the mic in the broad- the Mavericks managed to pick up their cur- 4. Ray and Chris Borque: Papa Ray played 21 seasons for the cast booth. Son Luke now plays for the Lakers while other sons rent second option and 2003 ACC Player of Boston Bruins before finally winning the Cup in 2001 with the Chris and Nate also play Div. I basketball at San Diego State and the Year, Josh Howard, with the last pick of the Colorado Avalanche. His son Chris seemed to be following in his Princeton. first round. father’s footsteps after a successful start on the Boston University Though 2004’s draft was not as deep, the hockey team, but left school after his first season to join the 1. Giorgio and Manuela di Centa: Italian siblings and distance top five picks are all future all-stars. If his back Moncton Wildcats, members of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey cross country skiers, these two are the first son and daughter of holds up, Emeka Okafor could elicit compari- League. Italy. Giorgio grabbed the gold in the 50km skate race and in sons to Tim Duncan because of his mastery the 4x10km relay event this year in Torino, be he still has some see ROFFMAN, page 21 3. Roger and Koby Clemens: The Rocket saw his first pitch to catching up to do with his sister. Manuela has won two gold, son Koby launched over the left field fence for a homerun in a two silver and three bronze medals in her marathon Olympic Leah Roffman is a junior majoring in simulated game this week. Roger’s career is now in its 11th twi- career. political science and philosophy. She can be light hour, but we could be seeing a new Clemens enter the pro —by Kristy Cunningham and Andrew Bauld reached at [email protected]. 24 INSIDE Men’s Track 23 Baseline Banter 23 Sports Top Ten 23 THE TUFTS DAILY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Jumbos to face Endicott in round Tufts finishes second behind Ephs one of NCAA Tournament on Friday

The Div. III NCAA tourna- The winner of the Tufts- at NESCACs, upends rival Amherst ment bracket was released on Endicott contest will face the BY STEPHEN JOHANSEN inaugurated in 2000, the Jumbos during trials, and thus we got more Monday morning, and it pits winner of the game between Senior Staff Writer knew they had to make a state- people put into the finals and con- Tufts against Endicott in the Cortland St. and UMass- ment. solation races,” Kapit said. “Once first round. The teams will play Boston. Tufts played UMass- The Tufts men’s swimming and “We were an underdog; you we got there, we maybe had an on Mar. 3 in Cortland, NY. Boston in the regular season diving team had something to prove could say that,” senior quad-cap- edge. Those numbers certainly The 19-9 Gulls received on Feb. 2 and won 90-81. at the NESCAC Championship tain Jason Kapit said. “We wanted to helped us against Amherst. the automatic bid by winning Tufts and Endicott shared establish ourselves as something to Indeed, if the Jumbos proved the Commonwealth Coast four common opponents dur- MEN’S SWIMMING be reckoned with in the NESCAC.” anything at last weekend’s meet, it Conference. With a 65-56 win ing the regular season. Both at Williams, Friday, Saturday and over Colby-Sawyer on Sunday, teams lost to Amherst (Tufts Sunday And they did, finishing second was that team depth is more valu- and beating out a strong Amherst able than race victories. Endicott claimed its third con- did so twice), and both teams NESCAC Championships team that was set to upstage the Although senior Jon Godsey secutive CCC crown. beat Bates, but Tufts also Jumbos once again. Although was the only Tufts swimmer to win After its 94-86 over- defeated Keene State and 2nd of 10 teams Williams handily won the meet, an individual race, compared to time loss to Amherst in the Wheaton College, two teams 1. Williams, 2068 points Tufts finished in a record second Amherst’s four individual victories, NESCAC title game, Tufts that beat Endicott by wide 2. Tufts,1522 points place, eclipsing the third-place the Jumbos’ team depth led them was placed in Pool C, where margins. 3.Amherst, 1354 points Lord Jeffs by 168 points. The team past the Lord Jeffs. In fact, in the 21 it had to rely on one of the The Lord Jeffs are the No. also qualified seven swimmers races that the Jumbos didn’t place 18 at-large bids reserved for 1 seed in Tufts’ region, which for Nationals and helped second- first in, they notched 21 finishes teams that did not win their gives them a first round bye. It meet at Williams last weekend. year coach Adam Hoyt take home between second and sixth place. conference tournaments. Tufts also sets up a possible Sweet Having failed to ever place higher NESCAC Coach of the Year honors. earned a No. 4 seeding in its Sixteen rematch between Tufts than third in the meet, which was “We had some very good swims see MEN’S SWIMMING, page 21 region. and Amherst.

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Another meet, another broken record for Beck ‘Offseason’ is an BY ALEX BLOOM unknown word for Daily Editorial Board some Tufts athletes While some last-minute kinks threw a wrench in the Jumbos’ stride, the numbers BY LIZ HOFFMAN Daily Editorial Board kept coming down at the All-New England WOMEN’S TRACK at BU, Friday and Saturday Junior Annie Ross is back in uniform, but with some adjustments — she’s trad- All-New England Championship ed her goalie gloves in for a bigger one, replaced her shin guards with stirrups, 17th of 32 teams and swapped her vantage point between the posts for one in centerfield. Championships, held this weekend at As the goalie for the women’s soccer Boston University. team and the starting centerfielder for The team took 17th in the 32-team field, the softball team, Ross is one of many but the focus of the weekend was on quali- multi-sport athletes at Tufts for whom fying individuals and relays for Nationals the spring season brings a new sport, rather than team placement. a new position, and a new set of team- Despite being caught off-guard by the mates. loss of its anchor leg, the Distance Medley Balancing an off-season training regi- Relay (DMR) team rebounded to run men with the hectic schedule of an in- the third-fastest time in school history. season athlete isn’t always easy. Sophomore Catherine Beck was thrown “[My schedules] definitely conflict, but into the mix after illness ended the season both my teams and the two coaches are of classmate Laura Walls, who has held very understanding,” Ross said. “They the mile-long anchor leg of the relay for know that when I’m in soccer season, I’m the past two seasons. Beck was joined by just doing soccer stuff and when spring sophomores Katy O’Brien and Joyce Uang comes around, I just focus on softball. and junior Sarah Crispin, and the team It’s hard missing off-season training and took third in the event in 12:01.14, a time being with the team, but they under- that puts the relay sixth on the 10-team list stand that whatever season I’m in, that for the NCAA Championships. takes precedence.” O’Brien led off in 3:36 for the 1,200 leg Most Tufts athletes played several and handed off to Uang, who hit 59.7 sec- onds in the 400 leg. Beck took the baton see MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES, page 22 for the 800, running 2:16.3 and turning in a negative split. Crispin, who usually runs the 800 and owns All-American distinction in the event, ran the mile leg of the relay Young-Hyman earns in 5:07. The team’s time improves upon a previous season best of 12:03.15, set two all-NESCAC honors weeks ago at the Valentine’s Invitational, also at BU. With her third-place finish in the 50- The loss of Walls shook up the weekend, yard breaststroke at Friday’s NESCAC especially since coach Kristen Morwick Championship meet, junior Chloe Young- would have entered her athletes in differ- Hyman earned a spot on the 2006 All- ent races had she known that she wouldn’t NESCAC swimming squad. have her anchor. Finishing with a time of 30.24 sec- “It literally threw everything we were onds, slightly slower than her preliminary thinking of doing into complete disarray,” time of 30.22, Young-Hyman broke the Morwick said. Tufts record of 30.81 seconds set last The DMR will be running this weekend year by then-freshman Allison Palomaki. at the Trinity Last Chance Meet, but the As all top-three finishers in each event legs have not been decided. O’Brien will MIKE CONROY/TUFTS DAILY receive All-NESCAC recognition, Young- be running the open 800 to try to improve Sophomore Catherine Beck pulled double-duty for the Jumbos this weekend. She came to Hyman’s performance automatically her time for Nationals and senior tri-cap- the rescue in the mile leg of the DMR and ran a Tufts record 4:55.39 in the open mile. qualified her for the award. tain Becca Ades will run in the 5,000. The Young-Hyman followed up her Friday Nationals lineup remains a toss-up until bested Kathy Whitcomb’s 1977 record of the race and took the lead with two laps night accomplishment by swimming after this weekend, as Morwick waits to see 4:56.14 and puts her third on the perfor- to go as the pace slowed down. Freshman the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:07.15 on who qualifies in each event. mance lists for the NCAA Championships, Katie DiCamillo of Providence then surged Saturday, reaching a National B quali- “We’ll just have to see,” Morwick although she missed qualifying automati- ahead and started her final sprint, winning fying time to give herself a chance at said when asked about the situation for cally by .39 seconds. For Beck, undercut- the race by just .15 seconds. Nationals. She improved upon that time Nationals. “It’s not ideal in any way. We ting the five-minute barrier was accom- “On the last straightaway, I felt like I in the championship finals, finishing in kind of rolled the dice with Laura Walls plishment enough. was closing the gap and narrowing the 1:06.94. being out.” “It feels pretty great,” Beck said. “It’s distance, but there just wasn’t time to get Tufts finished fourth in the NESCAC Beck, in what has become the norm something I never really expected to back up there,” Beck said. championships, compiling 931 points rather than the exception this season, set achieve. It was just really exciting to do First place or not, it’s the runner’s behind Williams (1,878.5), Middlebury a record of her own this weekend, as she that, regardless of the school record.” (1,583) and Amherst (1,353.5). took second in the mile (4:55.39). Her time In a fast field, Beck hung back during see WOMEN’S TRACK, page 23