Where You Read It First Partly Cloudy 75/51 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 10 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 TUFTSDAILY.COM Alert system test New rules regulate breaks records sexual activity in BY KATHERINE SAWYER Daily Editorial Board dormitory rooms A test of Tufts’ emergency alert system ran BY ELLEN KAN successfully yesterday, reaching more people Daily Editorial Board than any before. This is the third consecutive year Tufts There are lots of things roommates fight has been working with Send Word Now, the over — sharing food, where dirty clothes go external vendor behind the alerts. Dawn and how loud to play music, to name a few. Irish, director of communications and But a new university policy is looking to organizational effectiveness for University preempt conflicts that can arise over when Information Technology, said the system it’s acceptable to engage in sexual activity. improves each year. The Office of Residential Life and “I think that Send Word Now continues to Learning (ResLife) has added a new stipu- exceed our expectations in terms of delivering SHREYA GHANDI /TUFTS DAILY lation to its guest policy that prohibits any emergency communications to the commu- Dining Services annually raises food prices on campus in response to inflation and to sex act in a dorm room while one’s room- nity,” she said. provide modest raises to hourly staff. mate is present. The stipulation further Send Word Now sent 9,604 text messages states that any sexual activity in the room in under three minutes yesterday, according should not interfere with a roommate’s to Irish. Text messages are the fastest form Dining Services works to privacy, study habits or sleep. of delivery for the emergency alert. “In a real ResLife’s Assistant Director for emergency, that’s a statistic that matters, how Community and Judicial Affairs Carrie quickly those texts got sent out,” Irish said. minimize price hikes Ales-Rich explained that the change “If there were a real crisis, that would be the comes as a result of an annual review of method that most people would first hear BY SAUMYA VAISHAMPAYAN cial circumstances of the student body, residential policies that examines the pre- about it.” Daily Editorial Board the increase in meal plan prices this year vious year’s trends. The emergency alert also made 18,309 first is less than in previous years, Klos said. ResLife received a significant number of attempts to leave voicemails in five minutes. Dining Services says it is working to She said that while overall food prices complaints last year from residents both- Ninety-two percent of these attempts were curtail food price hikes in order to help usually rise by about four percent each ered by their roommates’ sexual behavior. successful and able either to receive an answer students deal with the recession. year, this year student charges went up Ales-Rich said that this was one of the or leave a message. Meal plan prices rise each year due to at a rate of approximately 3.5 percent, most commonly cited sources of conflict Irish attributed the test’s success in part to inflation in the cost of produce and food- and meal plan prices were held to a two- between roommates. the number of people in the emergency alert related supplies. Annual price increases percent increase. “There were incidents that occurred last system this year, which considerably topped are also necessary to give hourly staff The slight price hike has not deterred year, and in the past, where residents of the number of registered individuals in the modest raises, according to Director of students from buying meal plans. Klos rooms started to feel uncomfortable with past. “Last year at this time, we had about 53 Dining and Business Services Patricia what their roommates were doing in the percent of all those on our three campuses Klos. Taking into consideration the finan- see DINING, page 2 room,” Ales-Rich said. “This happened logged in and reporting updated contact info,” more often than we’d like.” she said. “This year it’s 71 percent, which is a The sex policy, Ales-Rich said, is intend- significant improvement.” ed as a tool to facilitate conversation and Geoffrey Bartlett, technical services manag- Candidate forgotten in Class Council election compromise between roommates, rather er for the Department of Public Safety, agreed than simply proscribe behavior. Ales-Rich that the test was successful. “It was a success The Class of 2013 yesterday elected four tomorrow in the rescheduled secre- emphasized that ResLife hopes students and the technology continues to exceed our students to the Freshman Class Council, but tarial vote. will be able to resolve the issues on their expectations in terms of how quickly it’s able the contest did not go off without a hitch. Twenty-one percent of freshmen voted own instead of allowing conflicts to reach a to get out a message to the Tufts community,” The Programming Board mistakenly left in the election, according to Elections point at which the office has to intervene. he said. candidate Smriti Choudhury, one of three Commissions Chair Kevin Terhorst, a senior. “We want to make perfectly clear that Bartlett agreed that the test went smooth- freshmen vying to be the council’s secretary, Habib, a junior, said she was surprised by the we do not want to hinder someone from ly. “We expect there were probably a small off the ballot. Another election will be held scarce interest in filling the positions. engaging in any personal or private activi- number of people who had problems and for the secretarial position from 9 a.m. to “We had a lot of people ask for applica- ty,” she said. “But when it becomes uncom- recognize that,” he said. “Those are known midnight today. tions,” she said. “We were surprised that we fortable for the roommate, we want to have factors in the use of this sort of technology, In the race for class president, Victor only received seven.” something in place that empowers the resi- many things we can’t control for, like being in Wang, running unopposed, snapped up the Terhorst said that though the turnout dents to have a good conversation with the a building with poor cell coverage.” position. was low, it was similar to that of prior roommate.” Improvements in technology continue Hilary Ludlow and Dan Kim came out years. Freshman Class Council elections in Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senator on top in a field of three students running 2008 received a 24-percent voter turnout; Bruce Ratain, who chairs the Administration see EMERGENCY, page 2 for vice presidential positions, Programming in 2007, about 30 percent of the freshman and Policy Committee, said that while his Board Co-Chair Sarah Habib told the Daily. class voted. committee has worked with ResLife before, Ludlow garnered the most votes and there- Terhorst attributed the low numbers in it was not informed or consulted about the fore received the vice president of social part to a lack of advertising and scarce fresh- policy change. programming spot. Kim came in second, man knowledge of the election. Ratain, a junior, said he felt that ResLife earning him the vice president of academic Aside from the ballot error -- which was should have done more to include students programming position. not the fault of the technology system -- when drafting the new guidelines. Freshman Julia Hajnoczky ran unopposed Terhorst said the vote, which was run by the “I understand the intent and prob- as class treasurer. online voting service VoteNet, ran smoothly. lem they are trying to solve, but putting Choudhury, Sharonne Holtzman and Rosiris Leon-Rivera will be on the ballot — by Alexandra Bogus see SEX, page 2 Tufts works to upgrade online presence BY KATHERINE SAWYER diverse and dynamic institution. and enticing,” Efi Georgiou, the senior art Daily Editorial Board “We really wanted to be Tufts and director of publications, said of the univer- not be anyone else,” Director of Web sity site. “We also wanted to meet target Tufts is giving its online presence a wide- Communications Bill Denneen said of the audiences’ needs externally and internally.” ranging makeover, with a recently updated new Tufts.edu. “We wanted to embody the The alumni Web site has not been Tufts.edu Web site and a revamped alumni global perspective and the forward thinking updated since 2000 and needed an over- site on the way. and bring those things into the site.” haul, said Andrea Schmitt (LA ’90), co-chair The refurbished Tufts.edu launched on In renovating the new sites, the university of the Alumni Council’s Communications Aug. 20. Administrators expect to unveil the is making an effort to meet the needs of its Committee. ANDREW MORGENTHALER/TUFTS DAILY Alumni Association’s new Web site on Oct. 5, Web audience. “The old Web site didn’t capture the The Send Word Now emergency alert system capping a year of work on both sites that the “We wanted to highlight the vibrancy of sent over 9,600 text messages yesterday. creators said will better represent Tufts as a the campus, wanted something dynamic see WEB SITE, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s Sections

WMFO is starting its The women’s soccer News 1 Op-Ed 11 own record label, and team beat previously it’s looking for Tufts undefeated and nation- Features 3 Comics 12 bands to fill out the ally-ranked Wheaton Weekender 5Sports Back roster. 2-0 yesterday. Editorial 10 see WEEKENDER, page 5 see SPORTS, page 16 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Thursday, September 24, 2009 ResLife sex policy aims to reduce roommate conflict Emergency alert SEX continued from page 1 test successful together a policy that meets everyone’s interests should involve a larger con- EMERGENCY versation,” he said. “A policy decision continued from page 1 like this has a real impact on students’ to improve success rates for contacting lives. Their input is needed to find a way individuals during emergency alerts, but to form a policy that is neither overly Bartlett stressed that word of mouth is restrictive [nor] cumbersome, but effec- still imperative in the event of a real crisis. tive in achieving its aims.” “Part of the answer is technology, but the ResLife saw a need to take the lead more important part is when you get an in addressing the issue due to its sensi- emergency message, spread the word and tive nature, according to Ales-Rich. “We take action right away,” he said. found in the past that when it comes During an actual emergency, Bartlett to sexual activity in the room, students explained, a significant amount of phone find it an uncomfortable topic to talk lines may not be working. In this case, about,” she said. administrators depend on reaching a The new regulation is not the only small “critical mass” of students in the change added this year to the guest pol- hope that they will let others know about icy in the ResLife handbook “Habitats.” the situation. ResLife now requires students to reg- “We want to reach an excess of people ister their non-Tufts overnight guests on a test day … because of the knowledge with their resident assistants and to that when we have to use it in an emer- obtain consent from their roommates KELSEY MARIE BELL/TUFTS DAILY gency, we may not have 100 percent of before hosting anyone overnight. Under a new ResLife policy, students are not allowed to engage in sexual activity while their phone systems,” Bartlett said. A number of students have taken roommates are in the room. Tufts’ emergency alert system now issue with the sex policy, according has 49,156 contact points, including to Ratain. He said the Senate plans to for them,” she said. think it’s necessary,” he said. “I think e-mail addresses and voicemail or text address these concerns with ResLife Sophomore Kristen Collins said she they are imposing something that should numbers. “Most people have about administrators. has concerns about the university codi- be decided between roommates.” three ways in which to contact them,” “We ... look forward to working with fying policy on such a private topic. “I Ales-Rich highlighted the need for Irish said. ResLife to find a policy that works best,” think that it is such a personal issue students to communicate before ResLife All phone numbers in the system he said. that it should be dealt with between becomes involved. “When roommates receive a call, and all cell phone numbers Alyza DelPan-Monley, a junior, sees roommates,” Collins said. “It is good share a room, they have to talk about it receive a text message. Faculty members the new policy as a useful tool for that there is a guideline in the event of and compromise about how the room is receive phone calls to their office phone decreasing tension between roommates. conflicts, but I don’t feel that [ResLife] utilized,” Ales-Rich said. “We don’t want numbers and cell or home phones. In “I know people who have had problems can enforce it too heavily.” to let a conflict get to a point where addition to calling and texting students, communicating with their roommates, Freshman Jon Levinson questioned someone from ResLife has to intervene Send Word Now sent an e-mail to every so having this in place would be good the need for any policy at all. “I don’t and have that conversation.” student’s Tufts e-mail account. Dining Services raises rates but adds aff ordable options DINING “We’ve seen a decline in participa- my,” Lampie said. “If anything, we have more lar grilled cheese sandwich, and intro- continued from page 1 tion in the campus retail operations [variety], especially in terms of produce.” duced grilled torpedoes, which are said that Dining Services has actually seen and MOPS, which seems in line with Dining Services will continue to provide a priced lower than our hot pressed sand- an increase in enrollment in the Premium the national and regional decline in selection of local produce and is constantly wiches,” Klos said. Plan, which offers unlimited access to both eating out,” she said. “We continue to adding to existing menus. “We have new TCU Senator Sam Wallis, a junior, worked Carmichael and Dewick-MacPhie Dining see strong participation at Carmichael, menu items, especially for vegetarians, and last semester with Dining Services to create Halls. This is partially because the freshman Dewick-MacPhie and Hodgdon.” as items come on the market, we are able a value menu for Hotung Café. Wallis at the class, whose members are required to pur- Klos also noted that more students are to source them and provide students with time chaired the Senate’s Task Force on the chase Premium Plans, was larger this year using JumboCash to pay for breakfast and additional options,” Lampie said. Financial Crisis, designed to help students than last. The plan costs $2,591; $46 more lunch, while conserving their meal plans To help students cope with ever-increasing cut back on spendintg. than last semester. for dinner. expenses, Dining Services teamed up with “Last year we created an ad hoc task force The dining halls have also grown in popu- Julie Lampie, Dining Services’ nutrition the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate and looked at the ways students are spend- larity in part because the costs of eating off- marketing specialist, said that while the uni- to create an array of affordable options now ing money on campus,” Wallis said. “[The campus remain steep. Klos said that fewer versity is taking measures to cut costs, the available at the campus center. findings] were implemented at Hotung, and students have frequented eateries on the food provided is not dropping in caliber. The Commons Deli and Grill menu added there were definitely value items offered.” Merchant Off-Campus Partners (MOPS) pro- “We have not changed the quality, and we several new less expensive items to accom- Wallis and the Senate continue to work gram, which allows students to pay for their have not deleted anything from the menu in modate student need. closely with Dining Services and Klos to food with JumboCash. response to what’s going on with the econo- “This year we brought back the regu- expand dining options for students.

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WEB SITE able. Schmitt said that although about how it looks. It’s a fresh look The Tufts.edu redesign grew out things easily,” Bambrick said. continued from page 1 the constantly evolving nature of for Tufts.” of a process similar to that used Managing Editor of Web dynamic nature of the alumni and technology makes it difficult for Changes to the site include an for the alumni site, including focus Communications Georgiana the prestigious nature of Tufts,” the university Web sites to stay updated homepage that retains groups and usability studies con- Cohen added that the Tufts.edu she said. up-to-date, the Alumni Council’s the same large photo format as the ducted by development and com- changes were based on the needs Changes made to the alumni Communications Committee felt previous site but allows for more munications administrators within of the site’s visitors. “We really site were informed by a number that it was important to make the news content, a new “Get to Know the university. looked at how people used the Web of studies conducted several years effort to stay technologically cur- Tufts” page including a short list of “We built this site from the ground site, and we structured the Web ago through the consulting firm rent. university tidbits and a search bar up to make sure we had an architec- site based on what people wanted Sametz Blackstone Associates, The new Web site will feature incorporated throughout the site. ture to make sure people could find [and] needed,” Cohen said. Schmitt said. These studies were more photo and video content, and part of a broader marketing effort include a new Google.com calen- to help the Alumni Association cre- dar feature that will allow alumni ate a new branding message that to send information about alumni defined it as an institution separate events directly to their own Google from the university. calendars, according to Associate Using the preliminary results Director of Alumni Relations of these studies, the Alumni Mrinalini Jaikumar. Association hired the Web ven- “The new Web site will be much dor New City Media to build the easier to use and more interesting new site. for alumni to visit,” Jaikumar said. To identify how best to improve “We tried to incorporate new fea- the alumni site, New City Media tures and technology that alumni asked alumni to perform specific would want to use.” tasks on the site, in order to deter- The Tufts.edu renovation is mine what was easy and difficult also focused on staying current. to access, and the steps needed to Changes to the site are meant to find information. improve functionality and bet- The vendor used the testing ter represent the university as a results to design a more user- whole. “We wanted the site to bet- friendly Web site. “The function- ter support the Tufts University ality of the old site wasn’t great, brand, be more exciting, better and we’ve worked on that,” Schmitt reflect the Tufts experience and to said. “With the new site, alumni will be more user friendly,” Director of find information in a much more Publications Gail Bambrick said. central location than they could Denneen said that the response before.” to the new site after several weeks The budget to overhaul the alum- of use has been positive. “People ni Web site, which stands at around have been happy about finding $120,000, allowed developers to use things more easily,” he said. “We COURTESY TUFTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION the most current technology avail- have also gotten a lot of feedback Administrators plan to launch the new Tufts alumni Web site in early October. 3

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GRIFFIN PEPPER | EIGHT GIRLS AND A GUY Tufts joins forces with non-profit organization Demographics New student group raises money and awareness for Ugandan children at 86 BY CATHERINE CHEN Contributing Writer Brom Can college students make a differ- ence? A new campus group is answering this question with a resounding “yes.” Originally started by three college students, national non-profit organiza- ot everyone believes me when I say tion Invisible Children aims to help the I live in a house with eight girls. Or children of northern Uganda, where a at least they think I’m gay. But no, violent civil war has raged for 23 years. NI’m a straight man living in a house These children have fallen victim to the with eight girls. war; they are either displaced from their If you know me, this doesn’t come as a homes and forced to live in refugee surprise. I usually have more girl friends camps severely lacking in resources, than guy friends. I’ve never gone to a guy or they are abducted and employed as friend’s house for the weekend, but I’ve child soldiers. seen at least six girl friends’ houses. The three founders of the non-profit And all of this has been completely pla- were moved by these stories and decided tonic — lots of late night chats and study to film the plight of Ugandan children’s sessions and dinner dates. No hookups. No in their documentary titled “Invisible forbidden love drama. I had a long-distance Children: Rough Cut.” Following the tre- girlfriend throughout most of college. But mendous response to the film, the three now I’m a senior, and I’m single for the first created what is now the influential non- time in two and a half years. profit organization Invisible Children. You may wonder how eight girls would Currently, hundreds of high schools feel comfortable living with a single, straight and universities nationwide are involved man. As I told a friend’s hulking, overprotec- in raising money or contributing to the tive boyfriend last year, “I’m Griffin, and I’m cause in some way. The organization probably the least threatening man you’ll has also attracted the support of a num- ever meet.” I’m short, I’m personable and ber of philanthropist groups and well- I’m easy-going. And I’m not too creepy. known businesses like Guess and Apple. Over the summer I told a friend from Certain prominent artists, including home that I was living with eight girls. Fall Out Boy and Switchfoot, have also “You are either the luckiest son of a b---h helped to bring Invisible Children’s in the world, or the unluckiest son of a b---h cause to the attention of the public, as in the world.” We have yet to come to a con- has exposure on CNN and “Oprah.” clusion on that debate. Most recently, Invisible Children has But being the only man in 86 Bromfield expanded to Europe, officially making it Rd. means I get a perspective on life few an international charity organization. men are privy to. I get the girl’s perspective Some Jumbos can now count them- through a man-filter. And I hope to impart selves among the thousands who have a little worldly advice to all of my readers. At come together to help. Thanks to the the very least you’ll hear some fun stories. work of sophomore Katie Welch, Invisible I will say that my eight housemates are Children has added a Tufts University awesome. They’re beautiful, talented and chapter this semester. Working as a sub- smart. They’re gorgeous, accomplished committee under the umbrella orga- and intelligent. They’re stunning, skilled nization PANGEA, the campus chapter and savvy. will participate in Invisible Children’s KELSEY MARIE BELL/TUFTS DAILY Which brings me to my first lesson: “Schools for Schools” campaign. Invisible Children was founded to aid impoverished children of northern Uganda. compliments. “The idea is to pair schools on the Being single and living with eight breath- East Coast with one school in Uganda,” two years ago. raise money and awareness.” taking young lady-friends has offered an Welch said. “We’re paired with the “My high school was paired with the Ideas such as the Invisible Children opportunity to explore flirtation without Atanga Secondary School.” Atanga Secondary School as well, so I Bracelet Campaign and “The Rescue” fear of rejection or awkwardness. Or, at Whatever funds Tufts students raise got to actually go there and see it,” she represent the creative aspect of Invisible least, I don’t feel awkward. will go directly to the children of the said. “The children are refugees. They’re Children that Welch loves so much. The I feel like I’ve angered a few of my cute Atanga Secondary School, providing living in an IDP camp and going to a Invisible Children Bracelet Campaign housemates with apparent hyperbole and them with books, supplies and whatever school without classrooms or desks.” sells bracelets in the U.S. made by chil- redundancy. But hopefully they all realize else they may need. Atanga is located in Welch’s personal involvement with dren in Uganda and uses the profits to that compliments are intended to make an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Invisible Children began in high school help the makers. Participants in “The someone feel nice and appreciated. If I’ve camp, and the students who attend it as well. She was attracted to the cause Rescue” camped out in public spaces learned anything about compliments, the are refugees. for several reasons. around the world only to be “rescued” one piece of advice I could pass on to you is Freshman Alexandra Duncan only “I really liked that college students by prominent political or media figures how to take them. joined the Invisible Children group at had started [Invisible Children],” she who made public statements concern- One of my friends takes compliments Tufts this past week, but she is already said. “It shows you don’t have to be ing child soldiers. better than anyone I know. All she says is quite familiar with the program: She an adult to start something. I also Most importantly, these movements “Thanks, Griff!” and then carries on with her traveled to Uganda with Invisible thought the whole kids-helping-kids encourage youth participation and empha- conversation. Done and done. Declarative, Children in the summer of 2008 after thing was great. And I love the fact simple, and polite. starting a chapter at her high school that they use really creative ideas to see INVISIBLE CHILDREN, page 4 Some girls ask, “Thank you?” then start to giggle. As if it’s a question. Should I take that as a compliment? Yes. One of my housemates laughs uncontrollably Summer of science: Birds, bees, radioactivity when I compliment her. It’s not a joke. I think you look pretty. Take it. Make it Tufts students participate in hands-on research programs your own. Enjoy it. I didn’t use to compliment people this BY MARY BETH GRIGGS approach, assisting with research or seen and primarily funded by the Office often. I thought that telling a girl she looked Contributing Writer conducting it themselves. of Science of the U.S. Department nice was some form of verbal cheating. Senior Jen Shusterman was enrolled of Energy.” Its research fields include Now I’m embracing this ability, making the It’s already a few weeks into the start in a program at Brookhaven National physical, biomedical and environmen- most out of it. If someone puts that much of a new school year, but summer still Laboratory on Long Island, working in tal sciences, energy technologies and effort into looking nice, they deserve a little lingers in the minds of Tufts students. her field of nuclear chemistry on a far national security. acknowledgment. For many, especially seniors, there was more advanced level than she could Though Shusterman was taking Frankly, I push the limits to see how far a sense of urgency about finding some- have otherwise. classes and not performing indepen- I can go. I’m like a toddler in this way. I’ll thing to do over the summer that could “I took courses in nuclear radiom- dent research, she still worked with keep going until you force me to stop. But help them succeed in getting a job etry, got tours of the facilities and sat radioactive materials as part of her lab remember: I’m not too creepy. within their field of choice. in on a lot of interesting lectures,” work. It might be as simple as this: I was away Often, “real world” experience is Shusterman said. “One of our lectur- Shusterman’s secondary research from Tufts for so long, from my spring gained through internships in which ers was Gerhardt Friedlander, who told was on the ability of scientists to semester abroad through my long sum- students are given grunt work, stereo- us about his journey to the United recover radioactive elements from mer in Los Angeles. And now that I’m back, typically carrying coffee and pushing States from Nazi Germany and of his nuclear waste. I actually like my housemates and I’ve papers in order to get ahead. experience working on the Manhattan “When we use nuclear fuel, the remembered what I missed about Tufts. For students in the sciences, how- Project and at Brookhaven.” waste left over includes uranium and So they deserve a few compliments. ever, the world works a little dif- Shusterman was one of the last plutonium, which are highly radioac- ferently. From chemistry to biology, students to have this experience, as tive. If we can separate these out from geology to engineering, many stu- Friedlander passed away this week. the rest of the nuclear waste, then Griffin Pepper is a senior majoring in polit- dents gained experience in fields of According to its Web site, Brookhaven ical science. He can be reached at Griffin. their choice by taking a hands-on is “one of 10 national laboratories over- see SCIENCE, page 4 [email protected]. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY FEATURES Thursday, September 24, 2009 Students get hands-on experience over summer SCIENCE “One of my methods was continued from page 3 looking at a one-meter square there’s the possibility that we of vegetation for two minutes could reuse it,” she said. “It and recording species that I also makes for safer disposal saw. I would also follow a bee and cleaner waste, which is and record how long it spent better for the environment. pollinating which flowers Unfortunately it’s very hard to [and] how long it spent flying do, so I was specifically look- from flower to flower. It looked ing at ways to do this using pretty funny with me leaping electrochemistry.” over vegetation, trying to fol- According to Shusterman, the low a bee,” Weir said. internship experience changed After aiding with Butler’s her directional focus. “I had no research, Weir will now be uti- idea before I started that I’d be lizing the data she gathered in interested in nuclear chemistry, her own independent research but now it’s what I want to do project. “I would love to be after I graduate,” she said. able to do some outreach with Senior Emily Weir stayed a my findings,” she said. bit closer to home this sum- For part of the summer, mer, working here at Tufts as Weir also worked with another a research assistant to a grad- graduate student on a sepa- uate student. She spent the rate research project, looking KELSEY MARIE BELL/TUFTS DAILY majority of the summer study- at declining bird species. The plight of Ugandan children is illuminated in the film “Invisible Children: Rough Cut.” ing urban ecology, specifically, “We were asking questions how roof gardens and other like, ‘What’s causing this?’ and Group plans to screen film that started it all urban plant life are pollinated trying to learn more about the in the city, where the natural systems at work,” she said. INVISIBLE CHILDREN there, managed to build a my high school, we took the ecosystem must adjust to rapid From her second job, Weir continued from page 3 solid collection of approxi- money we made and gave it to land appropriation. remembers that there was less size the organization’s belief that mately 25 students. The the program that helped make According to Weir, the work independent data collection and every little bit can help. group’s first meeting was held wells in the area for clean sounded glamorous but started many more early mornings. Having been an active last Wednesday. water,” she said. “And Invisible off with tedium as all research “We got up early to escape member in her high school’s Sophomore Kavitha Narra, a Children actually sent us pic- projects must. the heat of the day, so it was chapter, Welch came to Tufts member of PANGEA’s Executive tures [of the well we funded]. “I spent a lot of time trying necessary to get up well before last year with the hopes of Board, is also excited about the They make sure to show you to get grants; I got part of my the crack of dawn,” Weir said. continuing her participation new Invisible Children sub- how [you]’re helping.” funding through the Garden In the end, both students in the organization. committee. Welch and the group plan to Club of America and part of agreed on one thing follow- “I was part of this at my “The group seems really start the year with their first big the funding through Colleen ing their experiences: While high school and came here together, so I think they’ll do event: a screening of “Invisible Butler [the Ph.D. student], who next summer seems far away, planning to join the club, but well,” she said. “They seem Children: Rough Cut,” the had budgeted for a research if research is appealing, figur- I realized there wasn’t one [to really dedicated and passion- movie that started it all. The assistant,” she said. ing out what to do early on join],” she said. ate, and I’m interested to see free viewing is on Oct. 5 in Weir chose this project can be beneficial. Weir found Welch’s disappointment what they’re going to do this Barnum 008 at 9 p.m. A rep- because there was already a it important to make connec- with this discovery, coupled year. Invisible Children is also resentative from the national strong body of scientific work tions with professors and grad- with her desire to continue a national group, so having that organization will also be pres- completed on the benefits of uate students throughout the contributing to the organi- support and those resources is ent to talk to the group after green roofs, stormwater reten- school year, and Shusterman zation, led her to create the really great.” the screening. Regular weekly tion and the urban heat island put a lot of weight on making Tufts chapter herself. She Welch agrees that having meetings will be held every effect, but not much research sure to apply to competitive showed the documentary to the connection to the larger Wednesday during open block on the potential for green roofs programs on time in order to some of her friends and, from organization is a benefit. “At in Braker 113. to house certain species. secure a spot.

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BY CATHERINE SCOTT managed by Tufts students and will par- compared to a basic Boston recording the business side of music. Daily Editorial Board ticipate in a compilation CD. Russman studio’s fee of anywhere between $50 and “I feel like it’s something that I can is also working on hiring band managers $100 an hour. Tufts and local bands can own, with the help of Andy [Sayler] and The Tufts campus has always been full for individual bands, to work on booking pay to record a demo even without being others,” Russman said. “It’s a huge chal- of student bands — some looking for fun gigs at local venues and spreading the signed to the label. lenge, but I want to start it up and have with their friends, others taking a music word about bands’ EPs. Along with the new equipment, WMFO it succeed.” career more seriously. The WMFO radio Russman described the new label as also used the money to hire audio engi- station, a long-time staple of the Tufts a logical move. “It just flows naturally neers who will work with bands on and Searching for the sound music culture, now has the means and for WMFO to have a record label. We’re off the recording label. Sayler described When asked about what he was look- the manpower to aid those few serious already playing all ... students’ music audio engineers as the glue holding ing for in the bands playing on Friday, bands looking for a music career: The on our radio station. Why don’t we sign together any good recording studio. Russman described the key ingredient station is starting its own record label, them and get them to work for the sta- “Audio engineers are the guys on the as something that couldn’t be put into On the Side Records. tion?” he added. other side of the glass making everything words — an X-factor that moved him. Led by Executive Director Adam sound good. The music will sound ter- “I’m personally looking for an origi- Russman, a junior, the record label starts Fueled by funds, equipment and experts rible if the guy running the board doesn’t nal sound,” Russman said. “It doesn’t up this fall and will kick off with a live Junior Andy Sayler, the new general know what he’s doing,” Sayler said. even have to be a very developed or concert featuring student bands this manager of WMFO, oversaw the project Russman and Sayler recruited audio mature sound, but I have to see some Friday night in Hotung Café — an event over the summer. He said the record label engineers out of Tufts’ electrical engi- potential there.” that will hopefully lead to one lucky band has been in the works for over 10 years, neering department, in the hopes of Sayler is ideally looking for bands that being signed to the label. Russman and but said that the station only recently exchanging money and experience for consist of likeable members with a talent others have also been listening to demo acquired the funds and equipment nec- the engineers’ expert advice and work in for music. tapes for weeks now, looking for two or essary to put the plan into action. their studio. “We’re going to pick bands that we three bands to eventually sign. WMFO last spring received almost “We are paying the engineers who are like with people that are willing to sit in “We’re in such a position on campus $30,000 from the funds that the Tufts working with the bands, so it’s kind of a room for 10 hours and listen to a track where we can be looked at as a source of Community Union Senate recovered like an internship for them,” Sayler said. until it’s perfect,” Sayler said. up-and-coming music,” Russman said. from the campus’s recent embezzlement “However, they are just getting their start, The marketability of a band was less “That’s what college radio is about, scandal. This grant allowed the station to so we don’t have to pay them ridiculous important to Sayler, who said it’s the going underground and finding new upgrade its recording equipment to the amounts of money like we would in a label’s job to worry about getting people music. We want to help these bands get level of other basic studios around the normal studio.” to listen to their artists’ music. “I’d rather to the next level.” city. Thanks to the recovered funds, On The record label also came about in take a band that I like and figure out how The bands that win out will get a one- the Side can also charge less than Boston large part due to Russman’s drive to to make them marketable … than take year contract with On The Side, free recording studios. start a business through the WMFO sta- a band that’s marketable and figure out access to WMFO’s recording studio, the Sayler explained that the WMFO tion. He was assistant general manager chance to record an EP produced and recording studio can charge $30 an hour, last year, so he had experience handling see WMFO, page 8

ANDREW MORGENTHALER / TUFTS DAILY Students work with sound equiptment at the WMFO studio, where bands will soon begin recording with newly-created On The Side records. 6 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER Thursday, September 24, 2009

ALBUM REVIEW Raekwon’s long awaited follow-up exceeds expectations

BY MITCHELL GELLER don’t feel quite right, mainly due In the unlikely situation that Daily Editorial Board to their production. The two no one raps about cocaine ever tracks produced by the one and again (except Ghostface Killah Who ever said that the great only RZA (“New Wu” and “Fat who raps on a majority of these American novel had to be a book? Lady Sings”) feel right, as do the tracks, and, as long as his wit What if it wasn’t a book? What tracks that boast production by stays this sharp, can rap about the likes of J. Dilla, Marley Marl cocaine for as long as he wants), Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... and Icewater Productions. or about being a Mafia don, or Pt. II In an odd twist, however, the life in the projects ever again, it beats contributed by the oft- won’t matter. Raekwon started Raekwon revered Dr. Dre just don’t fit: Dre this particular game, and, if he is all about tight, clean, slowed wanted to, he could end it. down grooves, while the Wu-Tang The album draws to a close EMI hallmark has always been a dirty, with a riotous toast at the grimy sound. It is like RZA’s beats beginning of “Kiss the Ring,” a if it was a rap album? What if it were found in an alley some- song that samples Elton John’s was a sequel to a 14-year-old rap where, behind a dumpster, a long “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” album? Keep that in mind. time ago, and cleaned up for a and supplants Raekwon to the The year was 1995, and Corey second go around. position of Don Corleone, only Woods, better known as Raekwon Lyrically, this is the best work bigger. “Kiss the Ring” demands the Chef, a member of the anyone involved with this album that all pay respect to Raekwon, Wu-Tang Clan, released his debut has done in many years — not and few listeners could refuse. solo debut, “Only Built 4 Cuban quite since the first “Cuban Most listeners have never Linx…” The album was met with Linx,” but certainly close. On been to, let alone lived in, the near-unanimous critical and fan “Black Mozart,” one of the projects. Few movies have been acclaim, and “Cuban Linx” went standout tracks, Raekwon spits, made, and almost no books, on to spend the next fourteen “The goodies in the brown bag which capture as fully the ter- years being better than 99% of / By the radiator near the cook- rifying, the mundane and the newer hip-hop albums. During ies and the bundles of dope / regrettable state of the American this time Raekwon dropped hints Fishscalers, I live in elevators ghetto as this album. about a follow-up to the album, and gross / All this paper, profit According to one definition, and finally, in the second week maker lay there and post / Wit’ “The Great American Novel” is of September, 2009, “Only Built 4 them Adidas that Bruce wore, the holy grail of American writ- Cuban Linx… Pt. II” appeared on stay in a juice bar / All I know if ers: a story that fully, and faith- store shelves. you saw me you thought I was fully, represents a time and a It’s difficult to separate broke.” In six lines he gives his place in American life. If read “Cuban Linx Pt. II” from the audience everything they need rather than heard, the lyrics to original “Cuban Linx,” but it is to know. He pauses before the Raekwon’s “Only Built 4 Cuban important to do so for a few word “Adidas,” as though in con- Linx… Pt. II” might be her- of reasons. Firstly, the original WWW.MYSPACE.COM/RAEKWON versation, trying to remember alded as an astonishingly post- album was completely trail- Raekwon’s latest sends hip-hop imitators up in smoke. Bruce’s exact shoes. Suddenly, modern stream of conscious blazing. “Cuban Linx” more or when Raekwon remembers, so crime narrative, possibly a con- less created a new genre, Mafia- Linx… Pt. II.” from Busta Rhymes to Jadakiss) do we. tender for a “great American centric crime rap, now well The long and the short of paint a terrifyingly bleak, though On “Broken Safety,” one of the novel.” Instead, though, it’s a worn with lazy, boring imita- it is that “Only Built 4 Cuban astonishingly vivid picture of more boastful, less theatrical rap album and likely to be only tors. Also, everyone has already Linx… Pt. II” hits every mark. ghetto life. hip hop tracks, featured guest considered as such. said something nice about Over its 22 tracks, Raekwon and Everything is here and nothing Jadakiss raps, “F--k saving hip- “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. “Cuban Linx,” so it isn’t really his star-studded group of guests is missing. hop, we bringin’ the streets back.” II” isn’t just a must hear; it should worth talking about anymore. (including every living Wu-Tang That said, the album is not per- While Jadakiss isn’t a Wu-Tang be required reading. Which brings the current issue Clan member and a myriad fect; there is some excess fat that member, he certainly speaks for Who ever said that the great to hand: “Only Built 4 Cuban other heavy hitters of hip-hop, could be trimmed. Some tracks all of them. American novel had to be a book?

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WEEKENDER INTERVIEW | UMA THURMAN AND KATHERINE DIECKMANN ZACH DRUCKER AND CHRIS POLDOIAN | BAD SAMARITANS Uma Thurman and director Katherine Best column Dieckmann discuss ‘Motherhood’ of all BY JORDAN TEICHER time! Daily Staff Writer

The Daily got the chance to sit down with director Katherine Dieckmann and Academy Award nominated actress ike many of you, we saw Quentin Uma Thurman to discuss their new Tarantino’s bloodstained epic movie “Motherhood” (2009), which “Inglourious Basterds” (2009) this opens in limited release on Oct. 23. Lsummer. We’ve followed this movie Thurman was in town to receive the since it was a wee little script back in Boston Film Festival’s Film Excellence 2004. Ever since its premiere at Cannes Award and present “Motherhood,” the this past May, we’ve been subject to a festival’s opening film. The film follows promotional “blitzkrieg.” Everywhere we Thurman’s character Eliza as she faces looked we saw Brad Pitt’s cheeky grin. the challenges of motherhood on the As excited as we were, we left the theater most stressful day of her life. slightly underwhelmed. Why? We felt mis- led. We went into the theater conditioned Question: What does motherhood by all the trailers to see the Basterds kill mean to both of you? some “Nat-sees.” Instead, we only got about thirty minutes of the Basterds. All Uma Thurman: I’ve come up with a that build-up, but hardly any payoff. one-word answer, which I think covers These days, viewers are thirsty for everybody: growing-up. details about upcoming films, and ROTTENTOMATOES.COM Hollywood has become overly transpar- Katherine Dieckmann: I was saying “Either I crapped my pants or my kid just did.” ent. In the good ol’ days,the only way to earlier it’s about devotion and letting hear about a movie was to see a trailer. go, and if you do your job right, you pens to a woman’s psyche and sense of of storytelling and communication that Magazines like “Entertainment Weekly” raise children to be adults who leave self when she, by parenting, finds her- I’m probably most passionate about, so and insider Web sites like aintitcoolnews. you and hopefully still like to visit you. self having to give up so much time and I was very happy to be involved. com bombard viewers with minute details consciousness? And I thought that was about films long before the trailers are Q: Why did you create this project from an interesting subject to explore, but I Q: You see a lot of motherhood stories, released. So, hype is built up when deals both an acting standpoint as well as a wanted to do it in a comedic way. and they tend to be very generic, and are first signed — several years before directing and writing [standpoint] ... this one is a little more realistic. The films reach theaters! what drove you to make the movie the UT: It’s a real rarity these days, more more generic ones are always in the Each summer, there are films that end way you did? and more, to get to find a piece that’s suburbs so I was curious about your up imploding under their own incessant about the human experience at all — choice to move it to an urban setting promotion. This summer was no excep- KD: I wrote it because I was very frus- and the domestic, private, family side and especially New York. tion: “Brüno” (2009) was expected to take trated with the absence of movies about of who we are as people and as a cul- the world by storm, but people stormed mothers, and when I really had to sit ture and the way it is captured in the KD: There’s something about the urban out, repulsed. The film’s disappointing down and think about [it], when has smallest acts. I felt that Katherine’s peculiarity of life in New York — the earnings proved to Sacha Baron Cohen a mother been the subject of a movie? script so beautifully took me inside an idiosyncrasy of life in New York — that that lightning doesn’t strike twice, par- [Thurman’s character] is the subject, experience I had both shared and was lent itself really well to a comedy and ticularly when that lightning is phallic- not ... an ancillary character, but she is a part of, a private side I have never shaped. To pay to see an overhyped movie at the center of the movie. What hap- really discussed with anyone. It’s a type see INTERVIEW, page 9 is a gamble that often goes unrewarded. If we want to waste ten bucks, we’ll pay Gary Coleman to make us balloon animals. We TV REVIEW firmly believe that movies should earn their money by providing viewers with excellent entertainment. Mix of comedic talent converges on Hype for a movie will sell tickets the first weekend of a film’s release, but only truly special films will make money off of the NBC’s side-splitting ‘Community’ hype they receive from critics and viewers. Two of this summer’s most successful mov- BY MITCHELL GELLER ies were not on anyone’s radar originally. Daily Editorial Board “The Hangover” (2009) featured relatively unknown actors and went on to gross half “Community” (2009) is so funny, it almost a billion dollars. And, oh yeah, it’s still in isn’t fair. The commercials for the new NBC theaters. Plus, “Hangover” did some great comedy were grin-worthy, chuckle-induc- business for vodka companies and roofie dealers throughout North America. Come Community on, who doesn’t want to wake up to see a tiger in his bathroom? Similarly, “District 9” (2009), Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi thrill- er, is reaping the pesos after a relatively Starring Joel McHale, Chevy unpublicized arrival to the big screen. The Chase, John Oliver, Alison Brie film stars Sharlto Copley, a man who had Airs Thursday at 9:30 p.m. on previously never acted in a feature film. NBC It was made for $30 million, an eighth of the “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” (2009) budget. Plus, “District 9” didn’t ing at best. Prior to the pilot, it seemed likely force-feed self-congratulatory featurettes that the show squeezed all of its humor into down our throat during filming. Garnering 30-second spots that ran incessantly for the positive reviews across the board, “District past few months. 9” deserves its success. There’s a simple rule of thumb to be fol- Perhaps the greatest cautionary tale on lowed when trying to choose which new hype goes to James Cameron’s upcom- television show to watch: the more it’s WWW.POPTOWER.COM ing 3D magnum opus, “Avatar.” The film Yes…exactly like the Breakfast Club. advertised, the crappier it’s going to be. But has been in post-production for over this theory falls through with “Community,” academics who attend community col- trying to get a date with Britta (Gillian two years, which might help answer the which, despite being advertised constantly, lege. The show will do very little to boost Jacobs) by pretending to be a Spanish tutor. question, “Why is Michelle Rodriguez still is sure to split sides with a killer cast and attendance at these institutions, but what Eventually, the main cast comes together in movies?” “Avatar” is Cameron’s first well-written script. local schools suffer, the audience gains in for Jeff’s fake study group. In one of the major film since “Titanic” (1997) and will When “Friends” left NBC back in 2004, side-splitting wisecracks. highlights of the show, Abed (Danny Pudi) supposedly increase the numbers of the the network’s future success was in doubt. The level of talent in “Community” is likens the group to “The Breakfast Club” diminishing theatergoing population. Then, as if by some miracle, NBC regained astounding. Besides the hilarious McHale (1985) and delivers Judd Nelson’s famous The lack of real information and the total dominance through Thursday night of E!’s “The Soup,” the show also landed monologue from the film. plethora of insider talk has conjured up comedy. A solid line-up including “The John Oliver of “The Daily Show,” Alison Brie The jokes come hard and fast. Everyone a messianic image for the film. Footage Office,” “30 Rock,” “Scrubs,” “My Name is (Trudy Campbell of AMC’s “Mad Men”), holds their own, though McHale could eas- was finally released last month when Earl,” and the network’s go-to show, “ER,” Donald Glover (from Derrick Comedy, of ily carry the whole show. It’s also great to see IMAX theaters all over the world showed a won fans and critics. With the departure of Youtube fame), newcomers Danny Pudi (a Chevy Chase working again. 15-minute trailer during a preposterously “Scrubs” and “ER,” however, NBC needed frequent scene stealer) and Gillian Jacobs, Some of the humor isn’t convention- pretentious event called “Avatar Day.” The something new to fill a half-hour slot on veteran Yvette Nicole Brown and, most al (writers get a good, long, surprisingly trailer’s online now, and you can see for Thursday night. impressively, Chevy Chase. guilt-free laugh out of the not-so-funny yourself how hype can destroy a movie. Cue “Community.” Chase plays Pierce, an aging, sagging Asperger’s Syndrome), but it’s a nice change Here we are expecting another “Aliens” A single-camera comedy set at a com- businessman who claims to be back at of pace from the rest of the tried-and-true (1986), and we see cartoony blue leopards munity college, “Community” follows Jeff school to continue his education. Actually, NBC Thursday night line-up. And despite as the film’s extraterrestrial protagonists. (Joel McHale), a lawyer who has to go back he seems to be trolling for an eighth wife. All the show’s comedic risks, there’s some- to school after the state bar sssociation dis- of the principal actors play such commu- thing here for everybody — for the whole barred him for practicing without a valid nity college stereotypes, from the divorced “Community,” as it were. Zach Drucker and Chris Poldoian are soph- college degree. mother to the jock that peaked in high Oftentimes a show’s pilot is the weak- omores who have not yet declared majors. The premise is achingly simple but school to the professional who must return est episode of the season. If this pilot is They can be reached at zachary.drucker@ allows for endless jabs at underachievers, to school against his will. the worst it gets, NBC has a winner on tufts.edu and christopher.poldoian@tufts. academics and more often the wannabe The first episode concerns Jeff (McHale) its hands. edu, respectively. 8 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER Thursday, September 24, 2009

New student-run record label hopes TOP TEN | INTERRUPTERS

If Kanye West were to hop on be fun and exciting, but when one to take Tufts bands ‘to the next level’ stage to receive an award for Most lone bare bottom wanders onto the WMFO Notorious Interrupter, we’d grab that scene, things are guaranteed to grind continued from page 5 mic right out of his hand and scream to a halt. how to like them,” he said. out the following names. Here’s a list In terms of the type of music that the of interrupters we’d like to applaud 5. Joe Wilson screaming “you lie” record label will represent, both Russman for their ability to butt in. during one of Obama’s speeches: and Sayler agreed that anything goes. P.S. The Daily Arts Department would You know this is one of the top ten “I told them to bring [to the contest] also henceforth like to be referred to interruptions of all time when the whatever they think is best. That being as “Martin Louis The Daily, Jr.” U.S. House of Representatives formally said, I would like them to play origi- censures someone for it. nal stuff,” Russman said. “However, if 10. Scooby-Doo and the gang: Ah, they’re covering a song, they need to Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. 4. Interrupting cow joke: “Knock put a completely different spin on it. It gang, always stopping the ghosts and knock.” “Who’s there?” “Interrupting doesn’t show anything about talent to monsters just in time ... or interuppt- Cow.” “Interrupting Cow—” “Moo!” cover a song like it is.” ing the bad guys’ plots. And they The beauty of this joke is that the cow Most of the people who will be judg- would have gotten away with it, if it never lets the ending be heard. For all ing the bands this Friday have been weren’t for those meddling kids (and we know there is no ending. That cow associated with WMFO for some time. their little dog, too). is just so impoli—”MOO!” Because of this knowledge of bands on the Tufts campus, there could be 9. The shark in “Deep Blue Sea” 3. John Wilkes Booth: On April 14th, some bias when choosing bands for the (1999) that eats Samuel L. Jackson : 1865, the paying customers at Ford’s record label. What does an eight thousand pound Theatre in Washington, D.C. never “I’ve seen a couple of them perform Mako shark with a brain the size of found out how Tom Taylor’s purport- before,” Russman said. “I’ve met with a V8 engine and no natural preda- edly hilarious play, “Our American all of them, but I’m not very familiar tors think about? Ruining a poten- Cousin,” ended. Halfway through Act with them.” tially good movie, of course! About 3 Scene 2, John Wilkes Booth shot But Sayler indicated that knowing ANDREW MORGENTHALER/TUFTS DAILY 30 minutes into this initially promis- President Abraham Lincoln. Let’s just the band’s previous work wouldn’t help The extensive collection of music at WMFO will ing shark flick, a genetically-modified, hope that the audience, Mr. Lincoln them in getting signed to the record soon include recordings of student bands. hyper-intelligent Mako leaps out of included, got a refund. label this Friday. nowhere and devours Sammy right in “I’m hoping that they don’t play what write new songs before even getting in the middle of his most badass speech. 2. Yoko Ono: Not content merely to we’ve all heard before. I want to see the studio to record. Talk about rude. subject the world to her absurd con- some ideas for when we make the EP,” Russman didn’t seem worried about ceptual art, Ms. Ono felt compelled to Sayler said. the amount of effort and commit- 8. Dustin Hoffman in “The destroy John Lennon’s marriage and ment starting up a record label will Graduate” (1967): Dustin Hoffman his band. Although The Beatles were Bringing On the Side to the fore take. Instead, he seemed more worried wins for most crazy-romantic interrup- already in conflict by the time she What comes next? Sayler claimed that about sustaining the business after he tion of all time. He takes a cue from arrived on the scene, her succubus- he will eventually phase himself out and graduates. Scooby-Doo and the gang and earns like control over Lennon and her con- hand the reins of the record label com- “We really have to figure out the pro- extra points, whisking a girl away stant presence in the recording studio pletely over to Russman, simply because cess of training the next person to take from her wedding in his own vehicle was so not cool. he already has to run the WMFO station. over when I graduate,” Russman said. “In of choice: a big yellow bus. Russman, along with the help of indi- a business, you can’t skip a beat like you 1. TUPD : You’re busting a move, vidual band managers, will sit down with could with other student organizations.” 7. The iceberg in “Titanic” (1997) : making eyes at that cute stranger just the bands and work out how they want Sayler expressed less worry about find- For Jack and Rose, this goes down as across the packed room and watching their EP to sound. ing students to take over for Russman, the worst first date ever. your friend do a keg stand. In walk Sayler described the process after simply because, like so many campus the blue uniforms. Nothing like TUPD signing bands as a very personal, band- organizations, WMFO sees leadership 6. Streakers: What better way to stop to break up your Friday night fun. by-band-tailored experience. If bands changes every year. any event than with a little birthday Like Kanye West at the MTV Europe have songs to record already, then the “We know how to ensure continuity,” suit exposure? When you do this with Music Awards, we just want to get our process will happen within a matter of Sayler said, “We have a lot of experience a group of people (ahem, NQR), it can “sippy sippy” on. weeks; if not, then bands will have to with this.”

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 THE TUFTS DAILY WEEKENDER 9 Family, devotion and sacrifices are the central themes in the film ‘Motherhood’ INTERVIEW them against something else that being looked down upon is continued from page 7 as opposed to when you don’t itself a kind of like a wonderful also makes the physical tasks have children, you’re just pur- conundrum. And in a way her you have to get through as a suing them whenever. Children frustrations have her agree with mother much more difficult ... are a fixed thing; they’re not the deriding of her own job — like doing laundry and getting going anywhere. So you have parenting. So she is in cahoots things in and out of buildings to find a way to manage your in devaluing herself. And the without a car. inspirations or your dreams or journey of the movie is her try- your desires or however you ing to take it back. UT: And in an urban environ- want to put it as a creative per- ment, by doing it there, in New son against a lot of pragmatic Q: There is a scene when Eliza’s York, you can get much more obstacles. I think women find husband defends himself and done. The distances you have; all kinds of ways to do that ... says “Well, I make sacrifices you don’t plan your life. or not. Some wither and have too.” It’s called “Motherhood” to shelve everything and hope but maybe it’s more about life, Q: What you’ve done here is they can find it later. I think it is it’s about family. So, can you created a woman who has sup- different for every person. talk about your thoughts on pressed her creative desires that? and then comes back to [them]. UT: Well, one of the things that ROTTENTOMATOES.COM What are your thoughts about I really love that Katherine had KD: That’s what I like about that “Now I know why tigers eat their young.” that? in there is that this woman is scene, that is done so beau- slightly frustrated because what tifully by Uma and Anthony Maybe for her to be able to UT: We all forget what we have KD: That is the main point of she is passionate about, what Edwards. It’s not just that she’s break out of that mode she’s so often in life. You get so caught the movie. The pragmatic facts she’s doing, is underappreci- not feeling seen, she’s so spun in and go like ‘Oh yeah, that’s up in the struggle that you don’t of motherhood, what’s involved ated. And she is underappreci- out by the pressures on her his take on it’ and that also necessarily always stop and go in motherhood, make it very dif- ated. The idea [is] to make art that she can’t see him and in has a weight and a truth to outside and be grateful. It’s a ficult or challenging for almost by viewing this passion or this that moment he forces her to it. There’s a way to be free of beautiful moment of realizing any woman to pursue her pas- essential human role of being see him. His point of view is it in a certain sense and get some gratefulness at the end of sions. They’re always pursuing a parent with ... meaning, and very valid too. It’s really valid. beyond it. the movie.

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Dear American Public, was exercising his First Amendment rights. with Kanye’s opinions, no one has the right to Last week one brave American voiced his He was acting as the citizen of a democracy. silence him. noble opinion and was shot down. A citizen He was setting an example for what it truly You, a member of the American public, of these United States stood up when no one means to be an active citizen. should be ashamed of yourself. What if else was brave enough and spoke his mind. Upstanding American citizens should Kanye West has been scared into complai- He did not sit idly by and allow wrongdoing not be shunned for speaking their minds, sance? What if he will, from now on, be sub- to go unnoticed. Rather, he acted in the face especially when it comes to the winner of missive to the status quo? Would you be proud of injustice without pause or hesitation. This the Female Video of the Year. As soon as of yourselves then? man had no stake in the conflict at hand, the award’s announcers, mere puppets of a Without Kanye West’s bravery, we would but even as a third party spectator, knew that mega-conglomerate spreading its agenda to never know that George W. Bush did not care silence would only condone the grave injus- the American youth, spoke the name “Taylor about black people. We would never know that tice. For days the media attacked him. Even Swift,” Mr. West knew something was wrong. Mr. West wished to be referred to as “Martin the President of the United States, Barack He jumped at the chance to set the record Louis the King, Jr.” Without Kanye we would Obama, harshly criticized this considerare straight and name his pick for the category: never know that Beyonce had one of the best hero, defiling his name and calling him a Beyonce’s video for “Single Ladies (Put A videos of all time. “jack—ss.” Ring On It).” So let Kanye West stand up. Let him speak When Kanye West spoke in support of “Beyonce had one of the best videos of all his mind. This is America. This is a democ- MIRROR.COM.UK Beyonce at the MTV Video Music Awards, he time,” said Kanye. While some may not agree racy. Kanye should have nothing to fear.

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EDITORIAL THE TUFTS DAILY GIOVANNI J.B. RUSSONELLO Internet commitment is long overdue Editor-in-Chief Hooking up on Tufts’ campus is often ronment in the 21st century. less would benefit Tufts students. Because impossible. By that, we mean hooking up The Internet is an integral tool for stu- access in common rooms, dining halls and EDITORIAL to the Internet. Tufts lags behind most of its dents. Most Tufts professors use the online classrooms is often unreliable, convenient Naomi Bryant Managing Editors peer institutions when it comes to provid- service Blackboard to post readings, class group-study spaces are limited. The campus David Heck ing wireless Internet to students. In 2006, announcements and homework assign- center and study rooms at Tisch Library are Alexandra Bogus Executive News Editor the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate ments that are otherwise unavailable. The excellent spaces to do group work, but they Services Committee found that Bowdoin Web is also crucial for research, as browsers are often prohibitively crowded — especial- Nina Ford News Editors College, MIT, Cornell, Dartmouth, Emory, and search engines have replaced books ly during that dreaded time of year when the Tessa Gellerson Ben Gittleson Harvard and Northeastern Universities and card catalogs. In a 2007 TCU Senate sur- most projects are assigned. Campus-wide Christy McCuaig already had campus-wide wireless access. vey only 7.2 percent of student respondents wireless would allow groups of students to Matt Repka Three years later, the Internet remains said that not having a campus-wide wireless work in comfortable, convenient locations Ellen Kan Assistant News Editors Harrison Jacobs inaccessible in many common rooms and Internet service was not an inconvenience at that are quieter than the campus center and Katherine Sawyer classrooms at Tufts, and it is only sporadi- all. The survey was unscientific and did not more openly available than Tisch. Saumya Vaishampayan cally available in campus dining halls. The use a proportionally representative sample, In the past, financial concerns were cited Robin Carol Executive Features Editor university has finally set a target date for but the dramatic numbers are impossible to as the main obstacle to extending wireless solving this problem, as reported in yes- ignore nevertheless. across campus. As Executive Administrative Marissa Carberry Features Editors terday’s front-page article, “Tufts hopes to Like the Internet, mobility is essential Dean for the School of Arts and Sciences Meredith Hassett Alison Lisnow put wireless access in all buildings within 3 to the modern collegiate lifestyle. Despite Leah McIntosh has reminded us, outfit- Emily Maretsky years.” what a worried parent may think, Tufts ting Wren with wireless Internet will be Kerianne Okie Administrators recently announced plans students do not spend all of their time expensive. Past estimates for instituting Romy Oltuski Christina Pappas to install wireless Internet in all Tufts build- watching reality television and hitting the a campus-wide network have reached as Charlotte Steinway ings within three years. Wren Hall is the proj- frats. We keep busy, rushing from classes to high as $2 million (although McIntosh has Julia Zinberg ect’s top priority, with most modifications extracurricular activities during the week. called that appraisal overly liberal). But the Sarah Korones Assistant Features Editors Carter Rogers scheduled to take place over Thanksgiving We do find ourselves doing our reading high costs of wireless would undoubtedly break. The Daily commends the project, over breakfast in Dewick Dining Hall, just be balanced by its benefits. Jessica Bal Executive Arts Editor although installing wireless across campus before class starts. In the past, many of us Our age group is known for multi- Emma Bushnell Arts Editors is something that Tufts should have done have wished that we could work in the tasking, working on the go and staying Matthew DiGirolamo much earlier. As university officials have common room of our dormitories but have constantly connected to the information Mitchell Geller repeated as incessantly as the refrain of been thwarted because the Internet is not superhighway. Allowing us to make use of Adam Kulewicz Catherine Scott a catchy song, the project will clearly be readily available there. these qualities should be just as important Josh Zeidel expensive. But widely available Internet Group class projects in particular under- to Tufts as providing us with access to any Charissa Ng Assistant Arts Editors access is fundamental to an academic envi- score the ways in which campus-wide wire- other educational tool. Benjamin Phelps Michelle Hochberg Executive Op-Ed Editor ERIN MARSHALL Vittoria Elliott Editorialists Ben Walkley Nina Grossman Opinion Editors Andrew Rohrberger Molly Rubin Erin Marshall Editorial Cartoonists Alex Miller Kayla Murdock

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PRODUCTION OFF THE HILL | INDIANA UNIVERSITY Karen Blevins Production Director Steven Smith Executive Layout Editor GOP health care fantasies Dana Berube Layout Editors BY NATHAN DIXON als. But many of these proposals are incom- fix a major distortion in the health care Caryn Horowitz Andrew Petrone Indiana Daily Student plete, and some are actually quite similar to market that hides the true price of cover- Amani Smathers Democratic plans. Most importantly, none age from consumers. And new tax credits Menglu Wang Representative Charles Boustany (R-La.) of the Republican plans are any clearer about are necessary to help the poorest insured Adam Gardner Assistant Layout Editors Brian Lim was in an unenviable position when he had funding than the Democratic bills most get more coverage. to give the Republican rebuttal to President Republican congressmen are trashing. But providing new tax credits and expand- Grace Lamb-Atkinson Executive Copy Editor Obama’s health care address. Opposition In his rebuttal, Boustany referred to ing old ones is expensive. Republicans sug- Rachel Oldfield Copy Editors responses are always dull and do few favors Democratic proposals as “government- gest they could pay for their plans with medi- Ben Smith for the politicians giving them. run health care.” Yet, the plan he outlined cal liability reform, usually just referred to as Elisha Sum Speaking for just a few minutes in a involved letting people purchase health tort reform. Ricky Zimmerman Sam Connell Assistant Copy Editors bland, dark room, the Louisiana Republican care across state lines and forcing insur- This would save money, but hardly Sara Eisemann was tasked with laying out the Republican ance companies to take on those with pre- enough. Katherine Evering-Rowe alternative to the Democratic health care existing conditions. Such a shift to regulat- One bill introduced by Republicans, the Ammar Khaku Niki Krieg proposals Obama had just gone on prime- ing health insurance at the federal level cheery-sounding Empowering Patients First Luke Morris time TV to promote. sounds much like the Democratic plans for Act, has plenty of good proposals, including Lucy Nunn His speech raised more questions about a national health insurance exchange. the expanded tax credits. The bill would also Regina Smedinghoff Republican plans than it answered. Boustany also said Republicans wanted provide federal grants to help states establish Ben Schwalb Executive Online Editor Obama has tried to frame the debate on to provide assistance to those who still can- risk pools that make covering those with pre- health care as though only greedy lobby- not access a doctor. The House Republican existing conditions feasible. Unfortunately, Christine Jang Online Editor ists and other special interests could gen- Health Care Solutions Group recommend- the bill claims most of its funding would come Michael Vastola Executive Technical Manager uinely oppose his health care plans. He ed extending the tax savings for employer- from fighting waste and fraud in Medicaid Muhammad Qadri Technical Manager exaggerates. A critical look reveals plenty provided coverage to those who purchase and Medicare. The rest would come from of flaws in the Democratic health care bills insurance on their own. The group also sug- tort reform with, the bill’s Republican authors BUSINESS introduced so far. gested providing new tax credits to low- and claim, no need for a tax increase. But is GOP opposition based on concern modest-income Americans. Republicans and Democrats alike seem Kahran Singh Executive Business Director about these flaws or cynical politics? Expanding the de facto tax credit for to think they can reform and expand health Benjamin Hubbell-Engler Advertising Director Republicans have introduced health care employer-provided coverage to those care without any sacrifice using bills that pay Dwijo Goswami Billing Manager bills and pushed plenty of their own propos- who purchase their own insurance would for themselves. Ally Gimbel Outreach Director The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub- lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and distributed free to the Tufts community. Correction P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 The credit accompanying a photo that ran with yesterday’s article, “Tufts hopes to put wireless access in all buildings within 3 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 years,” mistakenly identified the photographer as Michael Siege. In fact, the photographer’s name is Michael Siegel. [email protected]

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OFF THE HILL | LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY JACOB KREIMER | THE SALVADOR Professors should capitalize on paperless resources No, no BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT The Daily Reveille estoy en

Paper isn’t obsolete — yet. If that comment seems self-serving Afrika in a newspaper, it probably is. That said, the advent of the information o here we are back on the Hill. Like age is gradually narrowing the uses many of us — it is Tufts after all — I for paper. Nowhere is this truer than had an opportunity this past sum- in academia. Smer to go abroad and try to see the In the old days, students learned application of all of the IR coursework I by the sweat of their brow — and a do at Tufts. For all of the due diligence staggeringly huge amount of paper. we give to solving problems of global Now, as computer and information poverty and health, I figured I should see technology continues its manic pace it firsthand. up the mountain of progress, uni- When I considered going abroad, my versities are finding innovative ways attention was pulled in one definite con- to operate without a “hard copy” of tinental direction. It seems that there is information. a stratification in just how good a person A myriad of sources — including, you are based on where you travel during despite what some professors tell you, the summer. Undoubtedly, when I say that legitimate scholarly works by experts I was working for an NGO in a developing — can be found on the Internet. country working on HIV/AIDS preven- Assignments and syllabi can be trans- tion, most of you already have an image mitted electronically, obviating the in mind. If I were to say I was dealing with need for professors to distribute colos- malnourished AIDS orphans, that image sal stacks of paper to their assorted becomes clearer. Add in the fact that it students. Tests can be administered at was a refugee population trying to rebuild computer centers, saving time, effort after a devastating war, and perhaps the and paper. Exams are instantly and MCT image is cemented. Likely, it is something automatically graded, so students ness — such as swine flu — the profes- vides too many advantages to be like this: bright-colored but tattered native immediately know how well they did, sor could grant access to recordings ignored. Unfortunately, some profes- clothing, skinny bodies and, of course, the and professors don’t have to waste of those lectures missed. That way, sors still do just that. most obvious detail about these imaginary time sifting through mile-high stacks students can receive the information The chief professorial complaint post-war refugee AIDS-affected orphans: of completed materials. they missed and return to class with with Moodle is “it’s hard to use.” This They’re black. This might be because your Paperless resources just make sense. little catch-up work dragging them is probably true. But learning how to mental picture automatically associated They save time and money for stu- down. It’s true there’s no substitute for use any new technology is necessar- these sad realities with Africa. dents and faculty. And they save the actually being in class, but sometimes ily going to involve a learning curve, Yet this mental picture is wrong. This planet — although it’s true electronic attendance just isn’t possible. and expecting professors to attempt it past summer, through the American resources (especially the Computer- Another example: Aside from occa- isn’t unreasonable. Teachers probably Jewish World Service, I signed up for an Based Testing Center) do consume sional glitches, Moodle — the univer- looked at the printing press and said eight-week program that works on AIDS huge amounts of energy, it’s less than sity’s online venue of communica- “it’s too hard to use” — anyone with a education in rural El Salvador. The prob- the energy and raw materials required tion between professors and students student job has seen some instructor lems Central America faces are grim: Most to produce paper. — provides an amazing opportunity sitting at a simple copy machine say- of its countries are still reeling from civil While professors are turning more for assisting students in assimilating ing the same thing. war, weak economic integration — even and more to paperless communica- information. Besides, the university offers training with the efforts of DR-CAFTA — and the tion, electronic resources can improve Assignments and syllabi can easily sessions in using Moodle — and the increasing risk of AIDS. Malnourishment the way we learn while being econom- be transmitted via Moodle. Not only thought of professors too lazy to attend is still a problem in the countryside, ical. Such measures are simple and does this save paper, but it provides a class is, to put it lightly, ironic. where farmers depend on income from effective, yet they are not nearly being an easily accessible and constantly The unwillingness of instructors to single crops to raise families. Why, then, universally employed. available copy of any information stu- put in the time or effort to learn more do we automatically picture Africa when Recording video of lectures, for dents need to complete their course- about technological means of bet- we hear about general developing world example, could prove extremely ben- work. Grades can be posted so stu- ter teaching is reprehensible. At least conditions? eficial. While some professors com- dents are aware of their standing in a minimal participation in Moodle This question has loomed large in my plain posting video of their lectures the course and what they need to do should be a requirement for every mind since May. Media and advocacy provides an incentive not to attend to improve. The most technologically class taught at the university. organizations have long been bombard- class, ways exist to avoid that pitfall. savvy professors can even administer Paper may not be obsolete yet, but ing us with images of starving Africans It would likely not be difficult for pro- quizzes and accept assignments over that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be and informing us of Africa’s dire need for fessors to block access to videos for Moodle, which, again, saves paper trying to maximize learning simply aid — perhaps to the point of so-called only those with specific permissions. and provides instant results. because we’re too change-resistant to “empathy fatigue.” My own sponsoring If a student misses class because of ill- In other words, this resource pro- reduce the use of it. organization uses full-color, high-contrast photos of starving black African children OFF THE HILL | TEXAS TECH on the cover of its publications because it knows these images spark donations. I had the option of being assigned to an African project, but I decided to go some- Palin’s charity more than publicity act? place where I could improve my Spanish BY HUNTER JONES who despised me. However, whether skills. Other participants in the program The Daily Toreador the winner likes Palin shouldn’t be a echoed the media’s implication that unless deciding factor in determining who we were literally feeding African children, Earlier this week, an unusual sale can dine with the former governor. we were not best devoting our time to was made on eBay. Author and Palin critic Joe save-the-world activities. Was I being a The New York Daily News report- McGinness attempted to win the auc- less-than-perfect international advocate ed Alabama resident Cathy Maples tion, but according to the Daily News, by opting to work anywhere but in Africa? paid $63,500 to dine with former Gov. Palin disqualified him. But in spite of Perhaps my time would be better spent on Sarah Palin. Palin started the auction his disappointment, McGinness sent a the other side of the Atlantic. to raise money for the Ride 2 Recovery congratulatory letter to winner Cathy This reasoning was soon followed by charity, which supports wounded vet- Maples. disgust with myself. Who am I to say that erans. To me, this said McGinness was El Salvadorian NGOs are in less need of The bidding began at $25,000 and disqualified because of a personal help than those working in Africa? This more than doubled in the short time bias against him by Palin. McGinness is not to put down studying abroad or the offer was online. According to The could’ve boosted the auction amount, doing service in Africa, but to call for a Associated Press, Maples, a defense but he wasn’t permitted. If Palin’s reality check: Is Africa such a popular contractor and staunch Palin support- intention was to raise as much money destination for idealistic young students er, said she “fully supports the mili- for Ride 2 Recovery as possible, why because there is real promise in work tary and the men and women fighting did she pass up the opportunity? there, or because helping to save those for this nation.” Although the idea of auctioning off a poor people is more vogue, glamorous or I love that Palin is helping veterans, dinner with Palin seems like a good fund- trendy than helping other poor people? but was that really her only intention? raiser, I think the intentions were greater After all, Brangelina and Madonna have There are a lot of ways she could’ve than raising money. This is something a continent of choice when it comes to raised money for veterans; why did Americans would expect Miley Cyrus to adopting poor orphans of color. Surprise! she choose this method? do, not a former governor. Poverty exists outside of Africa, and I One reason could be the amount of However, I applaud Palin for her fear that mass-media campaigns bringing publicity Palin is getting. She’s been willingness to donate her time for a awareness to one continent do so at the under less media fire since she left good cause. Whether her intention expense of others — and at the expense office, so maybe this was a way for was to raise money or gain public- of the developed, progressive parts of that her to regain some approval from the MCT ity, it still resulted in the benefit of continent. Maybe it’s time to re-think. American people. ability, professionalism, background our wounded veterans. All Americans Something else that caught my and other factors.” should respect that, but they should interest was Palin reserves the right to I can understand why this was part remember other reasons Palin chose Jacob Kreimer is a junior majoring in inter- decline the dinner if the winner fails of the fine print; I know I wouldn’t this method to demonstrate her gen- national relations. He can be reached at to meet “subjective standards of suit- want to have dinner with someone erosity. [email protected].

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Message from Group of Six Directors:

On Wednesday, September 16, what appeared to be campaign posters for a freshman Asian American running for a TCU Senate seat were found in Hill Hall. Upon checking, it was noted that the posters were not for a legitimate candidate but were created as a “parody” of a campaign poster for an official candidate, who is also Asian American. Many Asian/Asian Americans and individuals of other racial backgrounds have been angered, hurt, and offended by these posters.

The posters not only mocked an authorized campaign poster, but used negative and racist stereotypes that correlate with the discrimination and dehumanization of Asians. These posters go beyond affecting one individual or group, but offend all who have an understanding of how racist stereotypes impact our lives.

Some may argue that we need to “lighten up” and/ or “reclaim” the stereotypes and words that have harmed us and our communities. While it is one thing to mutually engage in this type of conversation, it is another to post stereotypical and racist language that is open to interpretation and hurtful to many. We cannot truly know how the content of these posters have triggered members of the Tufts community. For example, do we think about how language and accents are attached to racist stereotypes and discrimination?

Asians/Asian Americans come from very different backgrounds and have different beliefs. There is no homogeneous Asian/Asian American community, and we certainly all have very different ways we may regard ourselves as Asians/Asian Americans. While this is true, what we all share as a Tufts community is the responsibility to one another to voice our opinions thoughtfully and respectfully.

Just to let you know:

1) Our school deans, the Dean of Arts and Sciences, Robert Sternberg, and the Dean of Engineering, Linda Abriola, have sent a letter about this incident to all members of the AS&E community.

2) A Residential Life incident report was filed with the Dean of Student Affairs Office. The Dean of Students Affairs Division, which includes the Group of Six, is sponsoring a Community Conversation on Wednesday, September 30, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., in the Terrace Room in Paige Hall. This Community Conversation is open to all members of our campus community and we invite everyone to attend and participate.

Group of Six directors remain committed to ensuring that our campus fosters a supportive and welcoming environment for all students. Please feel free to seek us out.

Sincerely,

Linell Yugawa, Asian American Center Tom Bourdon, LGBT Center Jane Etish-Andrews, International Center Steph Gauchel, Women’s Center Katrina Moore, Africana Center Ruben Stern, Latino Center 14 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS Thursday, September 24, 2009 Tufts will look to repeat ’08 Titans already in a hole after starting 0-2 INSIDE NFL victory at MIT Tournament continued from page 16 VOLLEYBALL on Tufts in the first game,” world for the Pats, but if they continued from page 16 Brandeis coach Michelle Kim want any hope of returning to deficit the team has suffered said. “Unfortunately, they the playoffs, they have a lot of this season. came back in the second, third wrinkles yet to be ironed out. “It was a really lack of focus,” and fourth, and we did not In addition to the Jets’ Tufts senior co-captain Brogie have as good a showing. They upset, there were a number Helgeson said. “We knew going changed their starting rota- of other unexpected results in that we were the stronger tion around, so that was a little on Sunday. Jay Cutler and the team, and we thought that we bit different, and they serve- Chicago Bears rebounded could win using half our skills. received much better. When from a disappointing Week But then we realized we need they were controlling the first One loss to upset the defend- to play our best all the time pass, they ran a much more ing Super Bowl Champion and we had a mental shift.” effective offense.” Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz “We were obviously just not “I think when we get a Field, while Chad Ochocinco on our game,” fellow senior rhythm going, when we get our and the Cincinnati Bengals co-captain Dena Feiger added. serve-receive passing going, Lambeau-leaped all over “We weren’t connecting. After our offense is unstoppable,” the Green Bay Packers in we lost, we said, ‘We know Helgeson said. Wisconsin. The Tennessee we’re better than Brandeis’ Leading the Jumbos’ Titans fell to 0-2 after their and we started to play.” defense, as she has done all once-vaunted defense sur- The Jumbos had already season, was sophomore libe- rendered 34 points to Matt beaten the Judges hand- ro Audrey Kuan, who finished Schaub and the Houston ily this year in three sets at with a match-high 26 digs. Texans, and the upstart San the Brandeis Invitational on Offensively, Feiger’s 41 assists Francisco 49ers took care of Sept. 12, and that dominance were delivered via Helgeson the Seattle Seahawks at home showed late on Tuesday. Down and junior Caitlin Updike, who thanks to two runs of 75 or 10-9 in the second set, the finished with 14 and 11 kills, more yards from running Jumbos responded with a respectively. back Frank Gore. four-point run, establishing a “Really right now all the hit- Out of all the squads that 13-10 lead on a kill by sopho- ters are playing well,” Feiger suffered big losses, the Titans more Lexi Nicholas. Brandeis said. “I feel like I can set any- should be the most concerned. battled back to tie the set at one and expect a kill from Their defense, which finished 18, but the Jumbos closed out them. They’re all doing a great the 2008 season ranked sev- by winning seven of the next job of putting the ball away.” enth in total defense and sec- 11 points to even the match. Last year, the Jumbos had ond in points per game, blew The Jumbos carried this two separate winning streaks a 14-point first-half lead, momentum into the ensuing greater than seven, including allowing Schaub to explode MCT set by opening with an 8-3 a 15-match run to begin the for 357 yards and four touch- Kerry Rhodes and the New York Jets held the New England Patriots to advantage. Brandeis came year. Perhaps the high point downs through the air. zero touchdowns en route to a 16-9 upset. back to claim a 15-12 lead during that streak was Tufts’ After two first-quarter behind solid play from junior victory at the MIT Invitational, touchdowns from running three weeks. This weekend gets easier for the Titans after Nicole Smith, who netted a where Tufts hopes to repeat as back Chris Johnson, the Tennessee will travel to take playing the Jets, as they have kill and a block during the run champions this weekend. Titans’ defense ceded scores on the Jets, where it will face a date with the Jacksonville en route to a nine-kill perfor- “Last year we had a really on consecutive drives. But a tough task in dealing with a Jaguars on the road — a team mance in the match. Brandeis great high being undefeated, more importantly, Tennessee surging Sanchez. that, albeit 0-2, always plays seemed to be in a good posi- and it was a great start to the forced zero turnovers and If the Titans can’t put pres- Tennessee tough — and the tion with a 20-19 lead, but season,” Helgeson said. “This allowed Houston to convert on sure on New York’s offense, Indianapolis Colts at home. Tufts ran away with six of year we already know our two fourth-down attempts. they might be facing an 0-3 The Titans are a good team, the next eight points, sealing strengths and weaknesses. We The loss to the Texans puts record, which would already and may in fact dig them- the set with a block by junior still have a lot to improve on, the Titans in an early hole give them as many losses as selves out of their early sea- Dawson Joyce-Mendive, who and we’re getting better as we as they prepare for a tough they had during the entire son hole, but the schedule is also contributed four kills in go. Last year we peaked early, stretch of games in the next 2008 regular season. It hardly certainly not in their favor. the set. and we slipped a lot at the end. Neither squad was able to It was the first time we won hold serve for long in the final [the MIT Invitational], and SCHEDULE | Sept. 24 - Sept. 30 set, as 10 combined service we have enough returners to THUR FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED errors marked a 25-21 Tufts repeat. We’re all coming back at Wesleyan victory. Trailing 19-17, the wanting that same victory, and Football 12:30 p.m. Judges fell apart, unable to hit we want come out strong and one of their next three service get to 11-1.” attempts inbounds. “I think that really any team Field Hockey at Wesleyan 12 p.m. “I think we were serving could win it,” Feiger added. tough and putting pressure “But I think we should win it.” at Conn. Coll Cross Country Invite Jumbos aiming for first Women’s at Wesleyan at Babson NESCAC win versus Wesleyan Soccer 12:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Men’s at Wesleyan Suffolk WOMEN’S SOCCER us how we are all so lucky to Soccer 2:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. continued from page 16 be out here and that we always they had, the Jumbos were able miss soccer when we don’t have Springfield Volleyball 6:00 p.m. at MIT UMass Boston to shut down a Wheaton offense it, so now is our time to take care (MIT Tournament) Tournament 7:00 p.m. that had scored at least three of business and play because it goals in five of its seven games. is so much fun.” Siegner said. at Duke Nelson at Duke Nelson Golf Invitational Invitational “I think we just came out Tufts will now hope to take (at Middlebury) (at Middlebury) really hard,” Siegner added. the momentum from its vic- “The level of play was consis- tory and build on it when it JumboCast Volleyball tent the whole game; there was visits Wesleyan on Saturday no let up as in the past, and we afternoon. The Jumbos are still just played hard for 90 minutes, searching for their first NESCAC which was our goal.” victory, but after their domi- STATISTICS | STANDINGS Tufts had the best oppor- nance yesterday it seems that it Field Hockey Volleyball Women's Soccer Men's Soccer tunity of the first half after is only a matter of time before (4-0, 2-0 NESCAC) (7-1, 2-0 NESCAC) (2-2-0, 0-2-0 NESCAC) (0-3-1, 0-2-0 NESCAC) Love-Nichols forced a corner, that win comes. NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL but a headed ball hit the cross- “Obviously we are happy with W L W L T W L W L W L T W L T W L T W L T Trinity 2 0 5 0 0 Amherst 2 0 6 1 Amherst 2 0 0 3 1 0 Amherst 2 0 0 3 0 0 bar and kept the game knotted the win tonight but we are not Trinity Tufts 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 5 2 Middlebury 2 0 0 3 0 0 Middlebury 1 0 1 3 1 1 Tufts 2 0 7 1 at zero going into halftime. going to get ahead of ourselves,” Williams 2 0 2 2 0 Williams 2 0 0 6 0 0 Trinity 1 0 1 3 0 1 Williams 1 0 5 3 Though senior Jesslyn Jamison Maxwell said. “We are just going Amherst 2 1 3 1 0 Wesleyan 1 0 1 2 0 2 Bowdoin 1 1 5 1 Bates 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 hit the post toward the end to look to Saturday and focus on Bowdoin 1 1 3 1 0 Conn. Coll. 1 1 6 2 Bowdoin 1 1 0 2 2 0 Williams 1 0 1 3 0 of the game, the Jumbos were that game.” Colby 1 1 3 1 0 Middlebury 0 0 5 1 Wesleyan 1 1 0 3 1 0 Bowdoin 1 1 0 3 1 0 Conn. Coll. 1 1 2 2 0 Hamilton 0 1 2 12 Colby 0 1 1 1 2 1 Conn. Coll. 1 1 0 1 1 0 able to capitalize on other Though the team remained Middlebury 0 2 1 2 0 Bates 0 2 4 2 Trinity 0 1 1 0 1 2 Bates 0 2 0 1 3 0 chances thanks to their ability reserved after the win, Tufts Wesleyan 0 2 1 2 0 Colby 0 2 4 4 Conn. Coll 0 2 0 3 2 0 Colby 0 2 0 1 2 1 to control the ball in the sec- will take a newfound swagger Bates 0 3 0 4 0 Wesleyan 0 2 1 6 Tufts 0 2 0 2 2 0 Tufts 0 2 0 0 3 1 ond half. to Middletown, Conn. thanks to G A Pts Offensive Kills SA G A Pts G A Pts Tufts’ inspired play can be its play yesterday. C. Updike 89 7 A. Maxwell 2 0 4 A. Lach 1 0 2 T. Brown 4 1 9 D. Joyce-Mendive 75 0 attributed to a pep talk from “I think we take in a lot of T. Guttadauro 2 0 4 C. Cadigan 1 1 3 R. Coleman 1 0 2 B. Helgeson 65 3 S. Nolet 1 1 3 S. Saropoulos 1 0 2 coach Martha Whiting; the play- intensity and a lot of confi- A. Russo 1 2 4 E. Lokken 41 6 A. Michael 1 0 2 D. Schoening 0 1 1 ers might have been dejected dence in ourselves because we M. Burke 1 1 3 L. Nicholas 20 0 J. Perkins 1 1 3 K. Ellefsen 20 0 J. Love-Nichols 0 1 1 B. Green 0 1 1 after starting out 1-3 on the sea- have been shooting all over L. Griffith 1 0 2 D. Feiger 14 5 W. Hardy 0 0 0 P. Tonelli 0 1 1 son and facing another tough the field but not always get- K. Eaton 1 0 2 F. Gamal 0 0 0 M. Blumenthal 0 0 0 M. Scholtes Defensive B Digs B. Morgan 0 0 0 M. Fitzgerald 0 0 0 0 1 1 A. Kuan 0 97 opponent, but they came out ting the result,” Siegner said. L. Sagerman 0 1 1 O. Rowse 0 0 0 J. Lewis 0 0 0 C. Updike 3 46 Totals 5 3 13 Totals 3 3 9 inspired and itching to prove “Right now everyone is really Totals 11 7 29 K. Engelking 0 42 themselves after their near miss pumped. Everyone is con- D. Feiger 16 42 Goalkeeping GA S S% B. Helgeson 7 36 Goalkeeping GA S S% Goalkeeping GA S S% against Amherst. vinced that we can just domi- M. Zak 2 8 .800 N. Shrodes 2 35 K. Minnehan 3 18 .857 P. Tonelli 9 14 .609 “[Whiting] just basically told nate from here on out.” Thursday, September 24, 2009 THE TUFTS DAILY SPORTS 15

INSIDE PRO CYCLING RORY PARKS | THE LONG-SUFFERING SPORTS FAN The power of the rainbow: cyclists to Orange battle it out at world championships and Black

BY EVAN COOPER bands dominate the color scheme. a España. An outstanding climber and Daily Editorial Board The honor and prestige associated stage-racer, Valverde shares Cunego’s (and Blue) with donning the rainbow jersey for uncanny ability to turn it on near the Imagine that after every World Cup, a season have few parallels in sports. end. With wins in La Fleche Wallonne, here are very few college-age Boston all the members of the winning soccer A victory at the world championships Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Clasica de sports fans that can feel my pain. team were awarded the honor of wear- can elevate the status of a rider’s career San Sebastian to his name, Valverde They can try to empathize, but any ing a special jersey for the next four forever, even if he never wins another is clearly a gifted one-day racer as Tcomforting words they might have years, highlighting their achievement. noteworthy race. well, and he will certainly be looking to offer are eventually unveiled as hollow Picture the World Series champions This year, the world champion- to improve on the three medals — and meaningless. “Hang in there,” they spending the next baseball season in ship is being staged in Mendrisio, two silver and one bronze — that he say. “It’ll get better.” a specially designed uniform to honor Switzerland, where it has been held already has. Words like those are like Donald Trump their victory the previous year. If you only once before, in 1971. It was there Other names to watch out for serving a homeless man at a soup kitchen can grasp the magnitude of such a prac- that the Belgian Eddy Mercx, consid- include Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck, and saying, “Cheer up, Scruffy, every- tice, then you have some idea of the ered by many to be the greatest cyclist who took second at this year’s Tour de thing’s coming up roses.” I would rather prestige behind the rainbow jersey. of all time, won the second of his three France and soloed to victory at Liège. be pitied or openly mocked than have to Every September, as the road rac- titles, a feat matched by only three Schleck, though, does not have quite hear some hollow encouragement. ing season draws to a close and all other riders. as strong a team as his rivals. Also on And yet, when I tell my Red Sox-fanatic the Grand Tours and Monuments of The competition began Wednesday this list are Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert, friends that I will always be dedicated to cycling have wrapped up, there still with the under-23 men’s and elite Spain’s Samuel Sanchez, Norway’s the Baltimore Orioles and plan to be bur- remains one race that is as hotly con- women’s time trials, while the elite Edvald Boasson Hagen and Australia’s ied beneath an orange and black tomb- tested, if not more so, than any other: men’s time trial kicks off today and Cadel Evans. stone, all they can tell me is, “Don’t worry the world championships. the men’s road race on Sunday. The Thursday’s time trial will be con- about how things are going right now. Just like the World Cup, the world men will contest a hilly 13.8-kilometer tested over three laps of a rolling You’ll be back in it soon.” championships of cycling are held at circuit 19 times, totaling 262.2 kilo- 16.6-kilometer circuit. Though it is “Easy for you to say,” I think to myself. a different location every year. Each meters of racing with 4,655 meters of never possible to rule anyone out com- Sure, it wasn’t all that long ago when country is allotted a certain num- elevation gain. The course features two pletely, the outcome is as close to a the chants of “1918” at Yankee Stadium ber of riders to send based on how significant climbs per lap, with the sec- sure thing as anything in professional could make many Sox fans cringe and try that country did in high-profile races ond coming just 2.5 kilometers from sports can be. Defending Olympic and to hide beneath their seats. But the fact throughout the year. Much like in the finish. two-time world time-trial champion that their beloved franchise had gone 86 soccer, for this one race a rider’s alle- Such a demanding course all but Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland has years without a world championship was giance is to his country rather than to precludes the possibility of a group dominated the time-trial scene the mostly irrelevant to fans my age. It was a sponsored team. finish, as the climbing will undoubt- past several years, racking up wins at just a number. Every year the race course is a little edly take its toll on the majority of the various grand tours and shorter stage My friends didn’t have to live through different, favoring riders with different field. Additionally, the proximity of races. The winner of the event in 2007 those years, so when Pedro Martinez was strengths. Some years the course itself the final climb to the finish will make and 2008, Cancellara chose to sit out winning Cy Young Awards and Manny is not overly challenging, giving the it nearly impossible for regrouping to last year after taking home the gold Ramirez’s home runs routinely found I-90, sprinters a shot at glory. Other years, occur once the leaders crest it for the at Beijing. Though rivals Bert Grabsh it seemed only a matter of time before like in 2009, the course is much more final time. (Germany) and Bradley Wiggins (Great they would hoist a World Series banner. selective, with lots of climbs through- Due to the course’s selective nature, Britain) will give it their best shot, it is Aaron Freakin’ Boone was certainly some- out, favoring a better-rounded rider the list of favorites is decidedly not likely that the Swiss machine will one to be hated, but he wasn’t Bucky with the ability to both climb and out- slimmer than in other years. Italy’s be denied a third title. Effin’ Dent 2.0, a tragic manifestation of sprint a small group of competitors. Damiano Cunego, who took second Picture it now: Kobe Bryant and an age-old curse. To them, the miracle of Either way, the prize is the same: the at last year’s championships behind the Lakers taking to the hard-court 2004 was almost inevitable, and they were rainbow jersey. compatriot Alessandro Ballan, is atop at the Staples Center in rainbow- positively stunned when Boston couldn’t The winner of the world champion- the list. A former winner of the Giro laden uniforms; the Phillies’ Ryan pull another three-games-to-one deficit ship gets to a wear a custom-made jer- d’Italia, his list of achievements also Howard jogging down the first base out of their rear ends in last year’s ALCS sey for the next year that features the includes three victorious editions of line after a towering shot, wearing against the Tampa Bay Rays. rainbow stripes, indicating the world the Giro di Lombardia and one of his new Technicolor — but still baggy Just as younger Red Sox fans don’t real- champion. The jersey is a variation of Amstel Gold. — baseball pants. Maybe something ly know the torture that the team has the ones his teammates wear, with the Challenging Cunego will be Spain’s about the rainbow stripes just doesn’t put its older supporters through, I really names and logos of the team’s spon- Alejandro Valverde, fresh off his first- scream “champion” in every sport, but don’t have much of a connection with sors still in place, but the rainbow ever Grand Tour victory at the Vuelta in cycling no colors are more revered. the Orioles’ glory days of the 1960s and ’70s. I can smile and nod when my family talks about Brooks “The Human Vacuum Cleaner” Robinson at third and the genius Games of the Week of Earl Weaver, but I only understand win- ning baseball in theory. LOOKING BACK (SEPTEMBER 18) | VOLLEYBALL VS. WESLEYAN Of course, I do have the Ravens to look forward to during the football months. After a five-match road trip to open the season, it was finally time last Friday for the They won a Super Bowl in 2001 and are Tufts volleyball team to return home. generally a strong franchise with good Only when the Jumbos arrived it was not the familiar hardwood of the antiquated ownership and a wizard of a general man- and charming Cousens Gym of years past that greeted them. Instead, when the Jumbos ager. But, as my friends from New England played host to NESCAC foe Wesleyan, they were standing within the new and improved like to remind me, one Super Bowl in the Cousens facility, which was heavily renovated during the offseason. past 10 years isn’t nearly as good as three, Wanting to do the new court justice, and not to mention build on the four-match especially when you throw in a few hor- winning steak it already had going, Tufts was all over the Cardinals from the start. With ribly embarrassing playoff performances 25-19 and 25-15 wins, the Jumbos found themselves up two sets rather quickly before and the comedy of errors that was quar- Wesleyan was able to climb back from a six-point deficit in the third to grab the set 26-24 terback Kyle Boller. and avoid a sweep. And don’t get me started on the NBA. Undaunted, the Jumbos battled through a close fourth set and, after securing a 20-16 lead I attached myself to the Washington thanks to a three-point run, went on to take the set 25-21 and christen their new home court Wizards out of necessity, and I have slow- with a win. ly grown to love them. But when your In doing so, the Jumbos opened their NESCAC play on a strong note, and they only team’s greatest accomplishments in the added to the good mood with a 3-0 win over Conn. College the following day, improving past 30 years include managing to stay their conference record to 2-0. eight games over .500 for a season and Though Tufts’ 2009 schedule is road-heavy, the new but familiar Cousens Gym set- giving upwards of $100 million to an inju- ting could prove a key factor later in the year if the Jumbos are able to clinch the NESCAC ry-prone player who calls himself “The regular season title — as they did last year with a perfect 10-0 record — and host the Hibachi,” you begin to wonder how much

conference tournament for the second straight season. ANNIE WERMIEL/TUFTS DAILY money a certain team would charge for just one of their 17 championships. Why do I tell you all this? Mostly to LOOKING AHEAD (SEPTEMBER 27) | NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. ATLANTA FALCONS vent, but also to put my future columns into some sort of context. I know what it Coming off a 16-9 upset at the hands of the New York Jets this past Sunday, the New means to lose, and while there are plenty England Patriots (1-1) are looking to right the ship at home against the undefeated Atlanta of cities who do it better than Baltimore, Falcons (2-0), while trying to avoid losing two games in a row for the first time since Nov. I like to think my pedigree gives me a 12, 2006. unique perspective on sports as a whole. But the task will not be easy. The Falcons are tied for fifth in overall defense so far this So, when I bash the idea of Red Sox season, and the Patriots, much to their dismay, weren’t even able to score a touchdown Bandwagon — I mean, “Nation” — or last week in the Meadowlands. The two stats make Atlanta look like the favorite, but the when I declare my open hatred for Dustin Falcons know that the 1-2 punch of Tom Brady to Randy Moss that was so explosive in 2007 Pedroia, don’t take it personally. When is just waiting to reignite. The humiliation of losing to the Jets could provide that spark for you grow up in Baltimore and most of New England. your new friends boast about six major But the matchup at Gillette Stadium will also be a momentous one for second year sports championships in eight years while quarterback Matt Ryan, who will be playing his first football game in New England since easily ignoring the pain that preceded his glory days at Boston College. Ryan has started this season right where he left off in his those championships, it’s hard not to be highly-successful rookie campaign, already racking up a passer rating of 108.5, completing just a little annoyed and (maybe) just a 43 of 63 attempts for 449 yards, five touchdowns and only one interception in the two little jealous. games this season. With Ryan and newly-acquired tight end Tony Gonzalez, Atlanta boasts a prolific offensive attack, one that could be particularly potent against a New England team that has had major problems rushing the passer this season. Rory Parks is a senior double-majoring in MCT international relations and Spanish. He can be reached at [email protected] 16 INSIDE Inside Pro Cycling 15 SSportsports Long-Suffering Fan 15 tuftsdaily.com

WOMEN’S SOCCER Tufts hands nationally ranked Wheaton first loss of year

BY ETHAN LANDY Daily Editorial Board

Yesterday afternoon brought another test versus a top team in New England for the Tufts women’s soccer team. But unlike the previous games, the Jumbos passed this one with flying colors, earn- ing a 2-0 victory over the previously undefeated and nationally ranked No. 13 Wheaton Lyons (7-1). Tufts was coming off a 1-0 loss to NESCAC foe Amherst, which at the time was ranked fifth in the nation and is currently the third ranked team in New England. The Jumbos had also suffered a crushing 2-1 overtime loss in their first game to Middlebury, the No. 4 team in the region. Similar to Saturday’s setback against the Lord Jeffs, the opening 45 minutes of Wednesday’s contest was back and forth. But Tufts took control in the second half and scored twice to deliver the upset versus the Lyons, who were also ranked second in New England, and bring its record back to .500 for the year at 2-2. “We just came out really hard,” senior Ali Maxwell said. “Everyone was step- ping to the ball, winning the ball and once we got it trying to possess it and play to feet. Just take care of the ball and get some good scoring opportunities.” JOSH BERLINGER/TUFTS DAILY Maxwell delivered what would be the Sophomore Alix Michael scored the second of two Tufts goals in the team’s 2-0 upset of the nationally ranked No. 13 Wheaton Lyons. game winner in the 55th minute for the Jumbos after senior co-captain Cara faked out a defender before depositing goal, but specifically what we were going Love-Nichols, ratcheted up the pressure Cadigan dribbled toward a defender the pass to Michael, who launched a to do,” sophomore Laney Siegner said. on the Wheaton goal towards the end of and cut into the middle of the field. shot from 30 yards out that found the “So we avoided the 10-minute mental the half. Cadigan found Maxwell with the pass, back of the net. lapse that we have been having in the On the defensive side, Wheaton fresh- and the latter chipped the ball over For Tufts, it was a welcome sight to see beginning of the second half.” man forward Cassey Muse gave Tufts the head of Wheaton senior keeper its offense finally click. The Jumbos were The Jumbos also looked strong some trouble, but a backline led by Nolet Lindsay Leddy to score the first goal of also relieved to solve the second half in the first half, keeping possession managed to keep the Lyons from getting the game. woes that have plagued them for much more effectively than they did against any good looks on goal. Sophomore Alix Michael would ice the of the season. Amherst and spacing well in the mid- With senior goalkeeper Kate Minnehan game for Tufts less than 10 minutes later. “I think today we talked about it at field. A number of subs in the latter part stoning the Lyons on the few chances Junior defender Sarah Nolet controlled halftime, not just coming out hard in the of the half, including Siegner and soph- the ball down the center of the field and second half, because that’s always our omores Lauren O’Connor and Jamie see WOMEN’S SOCCER, page 14

VOLLEYBALL INSIDE THE NFL Upsets mark exciting Week Two in NFL

BY ZACH GROEN 148 yards and a touchdown. Senior Staff Writer Yet, despite the positive yard- age, Sanchez’s most impres- Although it was only the sive play came when he took second week of the 2009 NFL a nine-yard sack late in the season, there was a play- fourth quarter. off-like atmosphere in the Unable to find anyone Meadowlands on Sunday. All downfield, the rookie was week long — and through- smart enough to realize that out the offseason — the New the Patriots had no timeouts York Jets had taken shots remaining and elected to take at the once-fearsome New a sack in order to keep the England Patriots. Upon his clock running, rather than arrival in New York, first- hurl the ball out of bounds year head coach Rex Ryan and stop time. Though he is told the New York media, “I just in his first year, Sanchez never came here to kiss Bill appears to have the poise of a Belichick’s, you know, rings.” veteran, and his high football It’s still a little early to draw IQ could prove to be essen- any conclusions, but if any- tial down the road for the thing can be gathered from youthful Jets. the Jets’ 16-9 victory against When the Patriots got the ANDREW MORGENTHALER/TUFTS DAILY the Patriots on Sunday, it’s ball back in the final minutes, Freshman Brittany Neff and the Tufts volleyball team earned their seventh straight win on Tuesday at Brandeis. that Ryan’s “talk big, play big” the Jets’ defense backed up coaching style is working. Sanchez’s heroics, stymieing Though the Jets did not, any hope of a New England Jumbos come back against Judges in safety Kerry Rhodes’ pre- comeback. The win was cer- game words, “embarrass” the tainly impressive for a New Patriots on Sunday, they did York team with a first-year to win seventh in a row manage to keep Tom Brady head coach and quarterback, BY JEREMY GREENHOUSE Brandeis rolled in the first from 11 Tufts miscues. When and company out of the end but perhaps the biggest story Daily Editorial Board set 25-12 at Red Auerbach the Jumbos weren’t getting in zone — the first time the coming out of the game was Arena on Tuesday, setting the their own way in the open- Patriots did not score an how vulnerable the Patriots For a moment, it appeared Jumbos back on their heels. ing set, Brandeis junior Paige offensive touchdown since seem to be. New England is as though the Tufts volley- But Tufts responded in kind, Blasco dominated with six kills a 21-0 loss to the Miami a Leodis McKelvin fumble ball team’s six-game winning winning the next three sets and senior Lauren Polinsky Dolphins in Week 14 of the away from being 0-2 in the streak would come to an end. 25-22, 25-22 and 25-21 to take served up three aces. It was 2006 regular season. AFC East, which would put But good teams always find a its seventh straight match. only the sixth set Tufts has lost After attempting a mere five them in the cellar of a divi- way to win, and ultimately the The Judges took advantage all year, and the thirteen-point passes in the first half, rookie sion they once dominated. Jumbos showed exactly why of the Jumbos’ errors in the margin was by far the largest quarterback Mark Sanchez The loss isn’t the end of the last year’s success wasn’t just a first four points of the match exploded in the second, com- fluke. and won the first set with help see VOLLEYBALL, page 14pleting 11 of 17 passes for see INSIDE NFL, page 14