Today’s weather: Where You partly cloudy Read It First 67/49 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 28 WEDNESDAY, October 15, 2008 TUFTSDAILY.COM SigNu brothers caught with drugs; two withdraw b y Je r e m y Wh i t e has learned. They were arrested judicial process, according to a scrutiny from its national orga- Continuing coverage Daily Editorial Board and faced threats of expulsion. member of the fraternity’s exec- nization after an infraction in Sophomore Adam Koltun said utive board. O’Hara and McNutt spring 2008, when TUPD discov- The Daily is investigating this Tufts University Police Dep- he has withdrawn from Tufts. could not be reached for com- ered a beer keg in the fraternity’s story, and further coverage will artment (TUPD) officers found Junior Andrew O’Hara has also ment. house. Having the keg there vio- follow soon. Keep an eye out for three brothers from the Sigma decided to withdraw while The charges come during lated university policy. upcoming issues. Nu fraternity in possession of junior Jacob McNutt has chosen troubled times for Tufts’ SigNu narcotics last month, the Daily to go through the university’s chapter, which has been under see DRUGS, page 2 Students lend a Senate to hold forum on recovered funds hand at Homeless invest in JPMorgan Chase; buy the country of Iceland. Those are just two suggestions students have given the Tufts Coalition’s 5K run Community Union (TCU) Senate on how to use the $714,291.72 it recovered last b y El l e n Ka n month from the embezzlement scandal. Contributing Writer senators will consider students’ more feasible ideas at a town hall-style meeting Somerville residents and a range of Tufts at 5 p.m. today in Hotung Café. community members turned out in record “This is supposed to be a campus numbers for the 13th Annual Somerville brainstorming session,” TCU President Homeless Coalition (SHC) 5K Road Race on Duncan Pickard said. “What I’m really Oct. 4, helping the SHC meet fundraising goals hoping to get … is just more ideas.” despite the negative economic climate. the Senate will not craft any definitive University President Lawrence Bacow and plans at the forum, which will be the first his wife, Adele, led a conglomerate of Tufts of two. students, faculty and staff members who ran still, some proposals have stuck out the race. Another group of students provided in the weeks following the Senate’s assistance. announcement that it had received res- “Adele and I have run this race many times. titution for the money allegedly stolen by It is always great to see so many Tufts students, former Office of Student Life employees faculty and staff turn out for the run. It gives Jodie Neally and Ray Rodriguez. Achieving me yet another reason to be very proud to be campus-wide wireless Internet access and President of Tufts,” Bacow told the Daily in an contributing funds to the Tufts Mountain e-mail. Club’s planned Trips Cabin have been two The SHC received less corporate sponsor- such ideas. ship this year due to the national financial “I’m sure [those] will come up [at the turmoil. While this meant that there were fewer meeting],” Pickard said. funds raised than the year before, the SHC still since the Senate is now looking at an raised enough funds to continue operations. unprecedented surplus, it makes sense Over 1,000 runners participated in the road to put the money at the student body’s race, 300 more than last year. “I was surprised Leaving warm disposal, according to Pickard. by the number of people. As I was approaching “For me, $700,000 is a lot of money to the finish line I saw a lot more people than I had weather behind have sitting around,” he said. expected,” said sophomore John Atsalis, who as for purchasing Iceland: “That’s a participated in the race. great idea,” Pickard joked. “It would solve The coalition raised more than $30,000, the housing problem.” which will go toward its operating fund. The Mitchell Duffy/Tufts Daily Students welcomed autumn’s dropping temperatures and falling leaves yesterday. They —by Rob Silverblatt see RACE, page 2 threw together a pile of multicolored leaves on the Academic Quad, then dove right in. Mass. voters could ban b y Christina Pa pp a s David Watson, executive write a ticket for cyclists,” Watson Contributing Writer director of the advocacy group said. “It’s a separate process from dog racing on Nov. 4 MassBike, said the discrepancy issuing a ticket to a motorist, and CambridgeStudents can often belaws found affectmight be amplifiedincreasing by bureau- cyclistit’s an administrative population burden, so b y Le s l i e Og d e n racing activists contest that the rules pedaling up the Hill or down cratic practices that prevent some most towns don’t want to do it.” Contributing Writer themselves are inhumane and the College Avenue to Davis Square. towns from enforcing cycling But Murphy saw no justifica- conditions at the tracks amount to But those heading all the way laws. tion for such a discrepancy. “We Is dog racing in Massachusetts a animal cruelty. The Massachusetts to Cambridge may want to take “Under current Massachusetts cruel, archaic pastime or a respon- State Racing Commission (MSPCA) extra precaution. law, there is a special procedure to see CYCLING, page 2 sible industry that supports the oversees the industry. With a recent rise in the num- livelihood of hundreds of people? Since 2002, more than 800 dogs ber of bicyclists on the road, the Voters will decide the fate of hun- have been injured while racing in city has come under scrutiny for dreds of workers and thousands of Massachusetts. Nearly 80 percent its enforcement of particularly greyhounds on Nov. 4 when they of these injuries have involved bro- strict cycling laws. vote on the Massachusetts state ken legs, while other injuries have “We have been enforcing ballot’s Question 3. included paralysis, cardiac arrest these laws for over a decade,” A number of animal rights groups and broken necks. Sgt. Kathleen Murphy of the have endorsed Question 3, “The Christine Dorchak, co-chair of Cambridge Police Bicycle Unit Greyhound Protection Act,” which the Committee to Protect Dogs, a said. “Now we’re suddenly getting will determine whether dog racing group that supports Question 3, press for it.” remains legal in Massachusetts. told the Daily that hundreds of dogs Many cyclists do not consider Passage of the referendum would will continue to be injured if grey- themselves bound by the same close the two pari-mutuel grey- hound racing continues. laws as motorists, Murphy said. hound racetracks in Massachusetts “[Dog racers] keep dogs boxed When such cyclists are pulled and potentially put hundreds of up in 32-inch-wide-by-34-inch- over, they frequently argue people out of work. high cages for an average of 20 semantics with police officers, Question 3’s opponents argue hours a day,” she said. According to she said. The rules of cycling in that greyhound tracks follow state- state records, one dog goes down Cambridge are stricter than those Ali mehlsak/Tufts Daily imposed regulations and thus, do of the surrounding towns, and the A man bikes in Harvard Square. Cambridge’s more stringent cyclist laws nothing wrong. Anti-greyhound see QUESTION, page 2 discrepancy causes confusion. have elicited complaints from some bikers. Inside this issue Today’s Sections Junior Jesse Faller led all Schools across the coun- Div. III runners at Open News 1 Editorial | Letters 8 try look to hotels to deal New Englands over the Features 3 Comics 9 with housing crunches. weekend. Arts | Living 5Sports Back

see FEATURES, page 3 see SPORTS, back page 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Police Briefs Tufts nutritionist leaves

had been removed from the ceiling. Sore loser The individual told officers that he had university with accolades Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) removed the detector because it was too b y Ca r t e r Ro g e r s seven years,” he said. “It was just time to do officers responded to a call at 1:40 a.m. on loud and he could not sleep. He was written Contributing Writer something else.” Oct. 12 reporting that someone had broken up and a report was sent to the dean’s office In his current job, Russell helps the NIH’s a window at 123 Packard Ave., the Theta for failure to leave a building during a fire The American Society for Nutrition Office of Dietary Supplements decide where Delta Chi fraternity house. When officers alarm. awarded Robert Russell its David Kritchevsky to put resources and perform research. arrived, the suspect, a Tufts student, was Career Achievement Award in Nutrition “NIH is the fundamental research source walking away with a female companion. No candles, pls — no, rly before he retired this summer from his posi- and funding source for medical research in Officers approached the individual and tion as director of Tufts’ Jean Mayer United this country,” he said. asked him what happened. He told them A TUPD officer heard a fire alarm going States Department of Agriculture (USDA) It is this research that separates the USDA that he had been with a group of friends off at 12:18 a.m. on Monday in the Hillside Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and the NIH. “Research is a minor part and they had all gotten into the party except Apartments. Students exiting the building (HNRCA). of the USDA portfolio. Their major things for him, according to TUPD Sgt. Robert told the officer, who had been called in for The American Society for Nutrition is a [have] to do with entitlement programs and McCarthy. emergency duty because of this weekend’s professional organization of nutritionists farming issues,” Russell said. “But [at] the According to the student, he started blackout, that there was a fire inside. TUPD and researchers dedicated to promoting NIH, which is a branch of [the Department knocking on the door, but pounded too officers responded along with the Medford nutritional research. Russell, who received of Health and Human Services], its business hard and broke a window. The student said Fire Department. the honor in April, is the third recipient of is research and medical research.” that he would take responsibility and pay for A student had lit a candle, which fell onto the Kritchevsky Award. Russell believes there are important issues the damage. a t-shirt and ignited it. The student put out Russell said he was selected for a vari- facing nutrition and nutrition research and the small fire and tossed the shirt into his ety of reasons. “When you’re recognized by says that obesity is one of the most impor- Lazy Sunday hamper, but the fire reignited and spread to your peers, it’s for the research you’ve been tant. “Almost any chronic disease … you the hamper. involved in — your own research — and can name is related to obesity,” he said. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm at The student gave a TUPD officer his for training others and supporting other “Cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, 3:28 a.m. on Oct. 12 at Latin Way. The alarm key, and the officer retrieved the hamper researchers,” he said. “In truth, I am very arthritis: [The] list goes on and on.” went off because of steam from a shower, and brought it outside. No damage had grateful.” “It’s the way our lifestyle has changed but officers had trouble resetting the alarm been done to the room, but the apartment Russell, a former professor of nutrition over the years,” he said. “We’re less active due to a problematic smoke detector. had filled with smoke. The Medford Fire and medicine, headed the HNRCA for seven and much more sedentary, part due to TV The officers went into the room where Department pumped fresh air inside. years, serving as associate director for the 18 and part due to the recent rise of computers the detector is located and found an indivual years before that. He has been president of and computer games. We sit in front of these sleeping on the floor. The smoke detector —compiled by Sarah Butrymowicz the American Society for Clinical Nutrition machines for untold hours a day.” and chair of the U.S. National Committee The HNRCA has a 30-year-old partner- to the International Union of Nutritional ship with Tufts and the Agriculture Research Sciences, according to a May article in the Service in the United States Department Greyhound racing faces ballot challenge Tufts Journal. of Agriculture. The center, located next to Russell stepped down from his position at the Tufts Medical Center, “explore[s] the QUESTION not] know that greyhounds are very fragile Tufts in July and now works for the National relationship between nutrition, aging and continued from page 1 by nature and when they collide when rac- Institutes of Health (NIH) on policy issues. health,” according to its mission statement. injured every three to four days. ing, many of them break their legs, backs “I’ve been at Tufts since 1981, and I’ve been The HNRCA has yet to select a new Detractors to Question 3 contend that and necks.” the director of the USDA HNRCA for the last director. such claims are a gross misrepresentation. Racing opponents also claim that dogs George Carney, the owner of one of the larg- are often fed a diet based on “4-D” meat, est dog racing tracks in the state, said that which comes from dying, diseased or dis- racetracks treat greyhounds well. abled livestock. NSP members help out at 5K run “To the best of our knowledge, the But Carney said that racetracks do not MSPCA has never had a complaint; in 40 feed dogs sub-par food, as such a diet RACE Follansbee was pleased with the run’s final out- years I’ve never heard from them. I think would hinder their performance. continued from page 1 come. “The event could not have gone more that is very important,” said Carney, who “Greyhounds are bred to run, they love to coalition provides case management, housing smoothly. With the support from the volunteers owns Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park. run — they are not house pets,” he said. “It’s and shelter services to the homeless popula- and the community, everything came together Grey2K USA, a national network of like a horse doesn’t have to be taught to run; tion of Somerville and surrounding areas. very well. It was a beautiful day and so far the humane-minded citizens working to pass it runs because it has been bred to and has a “We have very low administrative over- feedback has been great,” Alston-Follansbee stronger dog-protection laws, approved all natural instinct.” heads, so most of the money will go directly told the Daily. of the kennels at Raynham Park, according In 2000, a proposal similar to Question toward providing case management services The general sentiment appeared to be posi- to Carney. 3 came up for a vote and was defeated by a and shelters,” SHC Development Coordinator tive, despite a change in course due to con- He called it an “absolute lie” that grey- two-percent margin. Shannon Moriarty told the Daily. Moriarty is a struction and an overabundance of runners. “I hounds are typically caged for 20 hours per The Massachusetts Society for the Tufts graduate student. think it was exceptional, the turnout was greater day. “Why would a person keep a dog in Prevention of Cruelty to Animals–Angell Eighty percent of the coalition’s budget than before, the weather was perfect. Overall it those conditions if they expect the dogs to Animal Medical Center, the Greyhound comes from public sources, and the coalition was a wild success,” NSP Site Coordinator Leah go out and run and make money to sustain Protection Group and the Humane Society needs to raise about $400,000 annually for its Staub-DeLong (LA ’08) said. their livelihood?” of the United States have come out in sup- operating fund. The annual road race is one of While the SHC met its fundraising goals, But the Committee to Protect Dogs’ Web port of Question 3. “Over two dozen law- its biggest fundraising events. financial uncertainty remains for the organiza- site claims that Grey2K sets much more makers and almost every major animal Volunteers from various community orga- tion, especially if current economic conditions stringent standards than state-approved shelter in the state” have given their back- nizations and local businesses provided man- persist. “It is going to be difficult to sustain cages at Raynham Park and other tracks ing, Dorchak said. power support for the road race. Five Davis corporate sponsorship levels, so we appreciate meet. But Carney said that racetracks remain Square restaurants gave out brunch after the any support from and partnerships with com- Carney said that Question 3’s passage committed to the welfare of their grey- run. munity and student organizations,” Moriarty could threaten the livelihood of over 1,000 hounds, despite claims otherwise. The local chapter of National Student said. Massachusetts residents who work in the Raynham Park has contributed over $1 Partnerships (NSP) fielded a team of run- Staub-DeLong reiterated the need for the greyhound-racing industry. Question 3 pro- million to set up a fund to transfer retired ners and provided logistical support, using a SHC in the community. “They are an excep- ponents say the number of affected work- greyhounds into homes, he said. The pro- Leonard Carmichael Society van to bring traffic tional community partner, the housing and ers would be much lower. gram boasts a 100-percent adoption rate, directors to their stations. Tufts students and counseling services they provide are crucial to Massachusetts state regulations for he added. alumni accounted for most of the NSP repre- the community. So in light of the recent finan- racetracks dictate safety requirements for Proponents of the ballot measure sentatives at the 5K. NSP seeks to link strug- cial troubles, we are glad that the event was greyhounds. These regulations include say that the tracks are failing economi- gling local residents with student mentors and such a success and that they got the funding having an on-sight veterinarian to exam- cally anyway. Since 2002, gambling rev- resources to succeed. they need and we hope that they continue to ine the greyhounds before and after races, enues have decreased by 65 percent at SHC Executive Director Mark Alston- do so,” she said. commissioning random drug tests for Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere, dogs and consenting to unannounced Mass., and by 37 percent at Raynham inspections of the kennels and racing Park. In a 2006 interview with the Boston Cycling laws lead to predictability facilities. Herald, Wonderland Park President Richard Dorchak said that racetracks’ treatment Dalton said, “Without significant chang- CYCLING ans at a crosswalk and struck an elderly of greyhounds is still not up to par. “Perhaps es in how we do business, we are not continued from page 1 woman in Cambridge last month. “You people [do not] consider what [happens] going to be able to stay in business much stop the cars that break rules. We stop the really have to educate people about the to greyhounds,” she said. “Maybe they [do longer.” bikes that break rules,” she said. “We don’t rules,” Murphy said. stop pedestrians for jaywalking because She encouraged cyclists to be aware that’s a one-dollar fine, but that’s about it.” of state regulations and to follow simple SigNu executive: Drug bust comes at Murphy added that the regulations “are safety practices such as wearing helmets, not about the money.” attaching lights to bikes for night riding The members of Tufts Cycling, a team and biking on the correct side of the road. the ‘exact wrong time’ for fraternity that bikes recreationally and competes Cyclist safety has long been an issue in against schools in the Eastern Collegiate Massachusetts. The Bicyclist Safety Bill, DRUGS to get motivated,” he said. Cycling Conference, have not received any which aims to consolidate cycling and continued from page 1 Tufts’ Inter-Greek Council (IGC) citations, as far as senior captain Glenn motorist violations and institute manda- The member of the SigNu executive pledged to work with SigNu and pro- Ferreira is aware. The group is unlikely to tory police training in regard to cycling, board, who requested anonymity, said vide support. “It is unfortunate that we be affected by the Cambridge crackdown, has rattled around in the state legislature that the fraternity’s national organiza- have encountered this situation, but he said. for four consecutive sessions without a tion and the university administration we stand together always as a com- “We usually ride away from the cities,” consensus. are viewing the arrests as isolated munity and as a family and we will said Ferreira. “It’s nicer to bike out where Some cyclists are against strict regula- incidents. work together to ensure that this chap- there are less people and less cars.” tions because they enjoy the freedom of “Tufts and Nationals will under- ter and its members will be able to Watson believes that cycling laws and biking, Watson said, but he argued that stand, because they recognize we’re move on from these events and grow regulations are important because they safety is a higher priority. trying to step up and improve,” he said. in a positive direction,” IGC President greatly reduce unexpected actions on the “Cyclists should be following the law,” “This came as a huge surprise.” Jacob Maccoby and Press Secretary road. Watson said. “The law gives us the right to The executive added that the bust Jessica Snow, both seniors, said in a “Predictability is a good thing,” he said. use the road, but it also gives us responsi- might inhibit the fraternity’s efforts to statement to the Daily. “The more predictable cyclists are, the bilities. It’s just human nature that people move beyond past infractions. Koltun said he was not expecting the safer they are because motorists will be want the best of both worlds, but there’s “This came at the exact wrong time police to turn up at his house. “For me, able to better anticipate their actions.” got to be a compromise between safety because it came just as we were trying it was totally out of the blue,” he said. A cyclist failed to brake for pedestri- and freedom.” 3

Featurestuftsdaily.com What do you think this is, a Holiday Inn? Ally Gimbel | When Kiwis Fly Universities feel housing crunch, place students in neighboring hotels I break for photo ops

eople love famous places. They’ll trav- el far and wide to see the country’s only roller skating museum (Lincoln, Neb.) or the world’s largest ball of twineP (Cawker City, Kan.). Any road trip will undoubtedly yield multiple tourist attrac- tions and distractions, with localities boast- ing things like “the best apple pie on this side of the Mississippi.” It was on my most recent road trip when I discovered that New Zealand, already pret- ty random in itself, is also home to many obscure roadside attractions. After a week driving on one of the few major highways (which are often unpaved), I blame this country’s general awesomeness for releasing my inner shutterbug and turning me into a huge sucker for all things nerdy. I began in Auckland. Though you won’t find the most esoteric stops here amongst the busy, over-commercialized streets, Auckland isn’t lacking in whacky venues. Take, for instance, the Sky Tower. Similar in design to Seattle’s Space Needle, the Sky Tower stands as the crowning glory of the Auckland skyline. Hovering at 328 meters, it is also the tall- est free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere. And, in true Kiwi style, you can bungee jump off the side of it. A more clandestine Auckland attraction that I found particularly amusing was tucked away on a tiny street corner in the Central Business District. It was a little white build- ing with Uncle Sam painted on the front wall, pointing at passersby and declaring, “I Want You.” After further investigation, my travel buddies and I found this little slice of home to be none other than the White House Last year, Tufts considered placing students in the local Hyatt. Rebekah Sokol/tufts daily “exotic dance” club. Clearly some Kiwis took Bill Clinton’s actions while president a bit too literally. Nice one, executive branch. b y Ma d e l i n e Ch r i s t e n s e n Colorado State University, Pueblo can’t guarantee upfront where it will Traveling up north from Auckland, I passed Contributing Writer and the University of Tennessee, be,” he said. through Wellsford and stopped at Utopia Chattanooga, have sent about 50 stu- Last year, Tufts offered rising soph- Café, a hippie coffee shop shaped like a For 387 of Boston University’s dents apiece to off-campus hotels. omores the option of living in rooms mystical tugboat. This place was so crunchy 16,000 undergraduates, living at the For those BU students — who with flat-screen TVs, free laundry that I nibbled on a vegan bran biscuit while Hyatt Regency in Cambridge is skew- are either volunteers, new transfers service, newspaper delivery and meditating in the outdoor prayer garden. ing the college experience. or part of a semester-long English maids to make the beds and take out In the nearby city of Whangarei, I vis- And according to a recent article in language program — living in hotel the trash. ited Clapham’s Clock Museum. I kid you U.S. News and World Report, they are rooms, advantages and disadvantages While these amenities might have not folks, an entire museum devoted to not alone. Several schools across the are both evident, BU’s Director of summed up a college student’s dream timepieces. If that weren’t enough, outside country are pushing students off cam- Housing Marc Robillard said. living situation, there was just one in the town basin stands the world’s largest pus and into hotels as student over- “[It’s] a pretty nice little setup for catch: These heaven-sent rooms were sundial, which is just a giant pole sticking flow is causing housing crunches. The students,” he said. “The disadvantage not cozy dorms nestled within the out of the ground — more like the world’s University of Massachusetts, Lowell, of it is it’s only for one semester … vibrant Tufts campus, but hotel rooms largest letdown. has placed about 250 students in a We’ll move them onto campus when Further up the coast, I passed through nearby hotel for the year, while both we know we’ll have space, but we see HOUSING, page 4 Kawakawa. Now if the name of this town isn’t enough to send you into a fit of imma- ture giggles, its acclaimed roadside attrac- tion will. Kawakawa boasts what are argu- Online books allow authors to more ably the world’s most photographed public restrooms. Designed by Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the readily keep their publications up to date toilets feature tile mosaics, sculptures, a liv- ing tree and a grass roof. Peering through my camera’s viewfinder, I pondered the irony of E-books cut physical and financial strains for some college students taking a dump in a piece of art. La u r e n Fl a m e n t Baraniuk’s brainchild Of course, it wouldn’t be New Zealand Contributing Writer marked the beginning of without at least one Lord of the Rings-themed a site that now receives tourist trap every 500 kilometers. Aside from When Rice University 552,000 visitors a month the actual Hobbiton set in Matamata, the engineering professor Rich from 194 countries. town of Waitomo offers travelers the luxury Baraniuk decided to publish Although the site began at of spending the night in a hobbit-hole motel. his work on digital signal “I think that putting books Rice, the vast majority of I was impressed with the circular doors and processing in 1999, he was online could be a good solution users now come from out- wild pigs traipsing in the front lawn, though concerned that the two-year side the institution. happy I didn’t have to check for Ringwraiths publication process would [to the high prices of textbooks]. From a legal standpoint, under the bed that night. make it impossible to keep the site operates around the I’ve given up on trying to escape this pen- the information up to date. My concern is that students don’t Creative Commons License, chant for all tourist attractions, despite the Instead, he found collabora- read as closely when they read under which authors can inherent tackiness that comes with wearing tors in his field and published post their work to be viewed a camera around my neck at all times. I’m his work online alongside online.” and reused. Nearly 1,000 willing to sidetrack an extra hour just to see theirs by creating an online authors have put their con- Tane Mahuta, the largest tree in the Southern network called “Connexions.” Alisha Rankin tent on the site. Hemisphere, and to fly all the way to Dunedin Not only did Baraniuk’s assistant history professor “There are many Creative to stand at the bottom of Baldwin Street, decision solve his own prob- Common Licenses,” said Joel allegedly the steepest street in the world. Yes, lem, but it also may allevi- Thierstein, associate Provost I do plan on taking another trip just to see a ate the inevitable strain — of Innovative Scholarly replica of Stonehenge in the Wairapa Valley, financially and physically Communication at Rice and yes, I will take enough photos of sheep to — that textbooks inevi- and executive director of fill an entire Facebook album. tably pose on col- Connexions. “Some are lege students. more open than others. Ally Gimbel is a junior majoring in English. She can be reached at Allyson.Gimbel@tufts. see ONLINE BOOKS, page 4 edu. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Students cite inconvenient location as factor in decision not to move into hotel for some disciplines than others HOUSING ed the ability of Tufts and of the hotel online books continued from page 3 to give you the resources that you need Onlinecontinued from page publications 3 typically more publishes beneficial its work in these at the Medford Hyatt Place. to be able to make that … trek kind of We use the most open license there is, online journals, which are readily According to Yolanda King, Tufts’ at the drop of a hat,” sophomore Ian which is the Creative Commons Attribution accessible to students through Tufts’ director of residential life and learning, Hainline said. License, under which you can reuse work subscription. Some faculty use Safari the move to consider housing Jumbos The idea of college students living in a for any purpose as long as you attribute the Books Online — which enables pub- in hotels was proposed as a new option hotel also raises concern for other hotel work to the author.” lishers to release portions of books — to solve the ongoing shortage of on- patrons paying for a tranquil night. Connexions works to create online for their classes. campus housing. “I also think that one of the bigger communities for specific areas of But departments with less rapidly “The numbers don’t necessarily go problems that I don’t think Tufts thought study. “One of the ways that our evolving course material are less likely up,” King said. “We don’t have enough about was that [you would have] college site addresses the change in educa- to turn to the online book world — housing to meet all the housing needs students who are very noisy and rowdy, tion is that it makes a community of and some believe online book viewing of the students.” especially if it’s your friends, and if the practice to develop around a specific might make reading more difficult. The hotel would have been connect- people who are paying for a hotel — discipline,” Thierstein said. “If there “I think that putting books online ed to campus by a shuttle, but the pros- even if [students] had an entire floor to is interest, for example, in electrical could be a good solution [to the high pects of life in a cushy hotel far from themselves — it just seems to me like engineering, they can come together prices of textbooks],” Assistant History campus was met with little enthusiasm it would’ve been a ridiculous situation, and look at each others content to cre- Professor Alisha Rankin said. “My con- from students. and the students versus Tufts versus ate new content and mix and match cern is that students don’t read as “The response was very low,” King the hotel would have been a huge, huge the content in the database.” closely when they read online. said. “Students prefer to still remain problem,” sophomore Julia Carlson While Tufts has yet to use net- “[But] a lot of it depends on the pub- close to campus and still remain a part said. “It would’ve been a mess.” works like Connexions, sites such as lisher of the book … if I had permission of the campus community.” After rising sophomores turned down Blackboard or Safari Books Online from a publisher, I would be happy to [put Unlike the distance that Tufts stu- the hotel offer, the university planned similarly allow teachers to post infor- my work online],” Rankin continued. dents faced, the BU hotel is still very to put incoming freshmen in the Hyatt mation and work for students. much within reach of the campus. if there had been too little on-campus “I would never discourage [using “[The hotel] is not further away from housing to accommodate them. As it books online]. I would encourage it “One of the ways that our the center of our campus than the was, there was sufficient room. depending on the particular book,” extreme west end of our campus or “I think it sounded great last year Computer Science Lecturer Ben site addresses the change the extreme east end of our campus,” because we were pre-frosh, and in the- Hescott said. “If I knew that the book in education is that it Robillard said. ory we heard of all the sweet deals and was completely available and that it For Tufts students, location appears stuff like the flat-screen TVs and the was saving the student money, then I makes a community of to be important, and many would not laundry service,” sophomore Jeremy would be all for it. Many times, what practice to develop around want to live too far away from campus. Guterl said. “But now that I’ve been they are leaving out are exercises or “I would feel isolated,” freshman here for a year, I think it would’ve gone solutions or things like that to try to a specific discipline.” Montana Brown said. “It would [feel] terribly. I don’t think it would’ve been a get you to buy the book.” much more like I was commuting than very social living situation at all.” The publication of updated versions Joel Thierstein like I was a part of Tufts.” According to King, the Tufts cam- of textbooks can be a slow process, Rice University Sophomore Desiree Muller agreed, pus offers many of its own amenities, which makes online publication a crit- saying that such isolation might be par- resources and opportunities that no ical resource, particularly in fields with ticularly evident at a school like Tufts. amount of nifty travel-sized shampoo quickly changing curriculum. For students, online textbooks pro- “I think in a small school like Tufts, bottles could replicate. “Computer science is changing vide a cheaper alternative to textbooks. campus life is really important,” Muller “The bigger piece is the disconnect quite a bit. In lower level classes, the “I think that having books online said. from the campus community,” she said. research doesn’t change that much so is only beneficial to my study habits, Despite the shuttle service that Tufts “They wouldn’t have the benefits of the textbooks are the best recourse for without any negative effects,” freshman would have provided, many students … the programs that go on within the outside material,” Hescott said. “For a Nitin Shrivastava said. “I feel that the still feel that the distance would have residence halls, but more importantly higher level class, there will be a basic specificity will not change, and if I need created a practical nuisance for them. ... the connection to the community. textbook for the basic material, but the to, I can still print it out myself, which “I thought that the notion of living Being able to attend meetings, being a current research published in online is still more cost-effective than buying there wasn’t terrible so long as you part of clubs, staying late at the library. journals and conference proceedings the book … [And] I wouldn’t be less organized it with your friends and all Again, the campus life, you can’t put is available for Tufts students.” inclined to study if it were a pdf versus had access to a car, but I kind of doubt- that in the hotel.” The computer science department a book.”

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TV Review Devin Toohey | Pop Culture Gone bad Strong cast carries cop drama ‘Life on Mars’ Getting past strange premise to transatlantic success political

b y Ca t h e r i n e Sc o t t (kind of) Daily Editorial Board ne of my English professors With the recent success of TV shows says that the entire act of read- like “The Office,” writers and direc- ing or watching a story is sado- tors have started “Americanizing” masochistic. You want to see Othe characters happy … but at the same Life on Mars time really can’t wait till the next horrif- ic turn in their lives. I’m starting to feel that way about the state of the country. Now, truly and logically, I want to Starring Jason O’Mara, Harvey Keitel, see Obama win the election. I’m pretty Michael Imperioli, Gretchen Mol sure that if he were to lose, the event Airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on ABC would be the final nail in the coffin of the American Dream. However, I cannot popular British television shows with help but imagine the cultural renais- increasing regularity. The newest vic- sance that might occur if we were to tim of America’s transatlantic theft is get four years of McCain, if our country the short-lived cop/time travel series, were to go further down the rabbit hole “Life on Mars.” and the economy to sing its swan song. Canceled after only two seasons on Let’s begin with the very simple the BBC, the show has been picked stuff: Never has the news been sharper, up by ABC as one of only three new more exciting, at times depressing, yet television shows airing on the net- leaving me waiting with baited breath work this fall. The show stays true to abc.com for the next installment. It’s every- its predecessor in the pilot and prom- The ‘70s were much better suited for cop dramas. Good thing time travel exists… thing that “24” used to be and more. ises to take the beloved show to a new Forget Jack Bauer, it’s all about Rachel level of success and popularity in the he wakes up, his SUV has turned into and Chris Skelton (Jonathan Murphy) Maddow. Journalists may hate Bush, States. a yellow muscle car, his pants are now also join Tyler in the new era; Carling but he’s starting to seem like the first The show opens in 2008 with Sam flared, and the World Trade Center is a buffoon, and Skelton is the inse- Terminator as opposed to McCain’s far Tyler (played by Jason O’Mara) and towers still loom in the distance. It is cure newbie. Rounding out the pre- more deadly, shape-shifting T-1000. his girlfriend Maya chasing after a now 1973. dominantly male cast is Gretchen And what about our comedians? serial killer. The killer tricks them and Tyler is still a cop, but he is no lon- Mol as Annie Norris, also called Could you imagine what “The Daily escapes, and when Maya goes after ger the head of detectives. He now “No-Nuts” Norris. Clearly, the ’70s Show” would be like were Barack to him — alone and not paying atten- answers to an aggressive, law-bend- were a simpler time, before all those become our commander-in-chief? tion — she is abducted. Tyler figures ing ruffian Gene Hunt (Harvey Keitel), sexual harassment lawsuits. Sure, we might still get a few great out where the killer has taken his girl- who is on a mission to keep criminals The 1973 killer Tyler is chasing moments, but once Dubya leaves the friend, but when he gets there, he is off the streets at any cost. Type-cast office in January, it will be like when distracted and gets hit by a car. When cops Ray Carling (Michael Imperioli) see MARS, page 6 SD-6 was taken down in the middle of season two of “Alias” (for those of you who don’t get this reference: shame on Theater Review Movie Review you). Poor John Stewart will be a hero who has finally gotten what he wanted: his villain vanquished once and for Princess Leia goes to all and the triumph of good over evil. Except, stories usually tend to end after the dark-comedy side that part … until the sequel. Will “The b y Emm a Bu s h n e l l Daily Show” have to go into retirement, Daily Editorial Board only to return like King Arthur in our country’s greatest moment of need? At the beginning of her one-woman per- As for “Saturday Night Live”… let’s formance, Carrie Fisher, sprinkling glitter just say Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin has put all about and frolicking across the stage, me in a moral dilemma. On one hand, the fact that we live in a country where Wishful Drinking that woman is probably the third or fourth person with the greatest chance of becoming president makes me phys- ically nauseous. On the other hand, it’s Starring Carrie Fisher almost okay just because every second Directed by Tony Taccone of Fey’s impression is pure rapture. For the first time in years, “Saturday Night At the Boston Huntington Theatre Live” is not only watchable, but some- from Oct. 10-26 thing I’ll go out of my way to watch.

Rottentomatoes.com Then there’s the economy itself. asks the audience to join her “on a journey.” With few quality scares, ‘Quarantine’ resorts to the classically horrific old-man-in-a- Sure, depressions suck. But just stop Though the line is delivered as facetiously bathrobe. and think of all the cool stuff that came as possible, what the laughing audience out of the Great Depression! There’s doesn’t realize is that Fisher’s narrative will the Golden Age of Hollywood! And the truly take them for a ride. ‘Quarantine’ is a lot like rabies: ugly, creation of the superhero and the rise “Wishful Drinking,” written and per- of the comic book! And don’t forget formed by Fisher and playing at the scary and well-worth staying away from Bonnie and Clyde! How awesome were Huntington Theatre Company through they? I mean, isn’t it about time we had Oct. 26, is essentially an hour and a half b y Mat t h e w DiGi r o l a m o ing a popular Spanish film, “[REC]” another attractive, fun-loving band of of Hollywood gossip and tragedies wittily Daily Editorial Board (2007), adopting the exact same plot outlaws roaming from one end of the transformed into Fisher’s own unique brand and visual style. country to the other? And, best of all, of self-deprecating humor. This year, “Cloverfield” popular- The film stars Jennifer Carpenter when we’re old and going senile, we To give a better idea about how and why ized the “first-person point of view” (Deb in Showtime’s “Dexter”) as can complain to our grandkids about the play came into being, Fisher tries to offer shooting style. This technique has Angela Vidal, a reporter who is cov- how tough we had it growing up! Heck, an explanation: “This show is a pathetic ering the night shift at a fire depart- we may soon be able to start complain- attempt to make up for the lack of atten- Quarantine ment for a special interest piece. She ing to our own grandparents with the tion at my birth,” she says, an event during and her cameraman Scott Percival way the economy is going! which her father, the singer Eddie Fisher, (played by Steve Harris) follow There you have it. While I can totally fainted and took away all of the nurses’ firefighters Jake and Fletcher (Jay understand the desire for things to attention. This is just one of many personal Starring Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Hernandez and Johnathon Schaech) finally start going right, for Obama anecdotes Fisher manages to steer toward Harris, Jay Hernandez as they go about their usual busi- to win and get us out of the hole dug laughter, avoiding the just plain sad. Directed by John Erick Dowdle ness through the night. When the by the last eight years, and although Her ability to speak nonchalantly about fire department gets a call, Vidal I support the cause about 96 percent, her life — to sit in an armchair and share appeared more and more over the and Percival follow their crew and I am simply asking you to stop for a jokes about being bipolar or to display pic- past few years in films to varying suc- the two firefighters to a building moment and think about what will tures of the many women her father dated cess. For example, George Romero’s where a woman has been screaming be lost in the process. A moment of and/or married — relies on her audience’s “Diary of the Dead” (2007) tried to incessantly. silence, folks. readiness to laugh at her jokes. Half of the use the technique in a zombie film, The landlord of the building time those watching can’t believe she’s actu- though the experiment ultimately leads the pair to the woman, who ally speaking so lightly about waking up failed. “Quarantine” (2008), directed then brutally attacks the group and Devin Toohey is a senior majoring in clas- by John Erick Dowdle, tries to take sics. He can be reached at Devin.Toohey@ see WISHFUL, page 6 another crack at the style by remak- see QUARANTINE, page 6 tufts.edu. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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QUAFirst-personRANTINE filming style is continued from page 5 injures one police officer. As the group tries to leave the building to get medical atten- tion for the police officer, they find that they have been locked in. The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) has taken control of the building and deemed it “quarantined:” No residents may enter or leave the building, and anyone who tries to escape will be ter- minated. From here, the audi- ence discovers that the peo- ple in the building are being infected with a mutant form of rabies which makes them aggressive and homicidal. It should be noted that the “monsters” in this movie are not zombies in the slightest; even though the rabies takes over the brain and nervous system, the people who are infected are very much alive. The scary part is that rabies actually can affect humans in real life, and it can lead to Rottentomatoes.com Courtesy Kevin Berne some similar effects after a What’s scarier than rabid people Not the Princess Leia you once knew, Carrie Fisher performs in front of her star-struck fans. greater period of incubation who lock you in? A sub-par movie and infection. about it. Or a remake. Fisher tells audience members that lawyers The film does its best to maintain realism, but there it is used as a flashlight, and are some blatant slips. For sporadically turns on and off are waiting should they want a post-show divorce example, after the CDC cuts when it is involved in a rough power to the building, charac- action scene. WISHFUL scroll across an enormous screen fact, Fisher announces at the start ters are still able to use an ele- Unfortunately, most of the continued from page 5 behind her. Though this scene that by the end of the show, the vator. This is just one example film’s twists, including the next to her dead, drug-abusing, could be funny without any out- audience will know her so well of the many plot points that ending, are given away in the gay, Republican friend, so they side knowledge of Fisher and her that many will (according to her) make no sense. trailer. It is a shame that film simply laugh out of disbelief. unusual life, those laughing hard- “feel the need to divorce (her), The film provides quite a companies are taking so much Similarly, her chatter about est will already know the story and for that reason there is a team few “jump scares” that are mystery away from their films Hollywood life is entirely depen- and will better appreciate hearing of lawyers waiting in the lobby.” prevalent in most horror mov- in favor of profits by show- dent on the audience’s ability to how she speaks about it. Though highly entertaining, ies; these come at various, ing too much in the trailer. be in on the joke. Though she To her credit, Fisher manages Fisher’s performance should not well-timed points that truly Another disappointing facet does dip into recent events at to pull off a performance entirely be viewed with any expectations freak out audience members. of the movie is its lack of clo- times (referring to her mother- about her own life without looking of deep, emotional revelations. The amount of gore and blood sure. The ending doesn’t pro- father-Elizabeth Taylor love tri- arrogant or pathetic. She actively She has led an eccentric life is minimal, though still pres- vide any answers, while the angle as a precursor to Jennifer- pursues audience participation, packed with comedic episodes, ent in the film. trailer gives us an additional Brad-Angelina), the bulk of her turning on the house lights fre- but no real emotional conclusions The plot is generally thrill- scene that should have been laughs are earned by retelling the quently and inviting people up can been drawn by the end of the ing, though most of the time a included in the movie. audience what they already know on stage to help her figure out evening. Of course, the show is a viewer will have an easy time The bottom line: People in a repackaged, funny way. how the $300 sex doll of herself performance, not a therapy ses- figuring out where the story who get a kick out of cheap For instance, the show opens as Princess Leia is supposed to sion, so a lack of personal soul is going and what might hap- thrills and not-so-good horror with Fisher singing “Happy Days work. sharing can be excused. It appears pen next. Anyone who gets movies should grab a buck- Are Here Again” as real head- By reeling audience mem- that this performance is Fisher’s motion sickness should avoid et of popcorn and enjoy the lines about traumatic things bers into her show, and, argu- way of proving to the world that this film; many people left flick. Everyone else, on the happening in her life (her par- ably, her life, she appears to be not only does she know how to the theater because they were other hand, would probably ents’ divorce, her second hus- sharing a few laughs with friends look at her life in a comedic and about to get sick. The camera have a better time staying band announcing he’s gay, her as opposed to standing on stage healthy way, but she wants to jumps in and out of focus, quarantined in the safety of announcing she’s bipolar, etc...) alone firing jokes into a crowd. In share the experience with others. darts all over the place when your dorm.

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MARS intimidating, and Imperioli’s continued from page 5 ladies’ man routine is hilari- The Scene | Art at Tufts and down seems familiar — so ous. Mol also fleshes out her familiar that he thinks the character well. Shy, yet smart beyond 2008 criminal may, in fact, and sassy, the Annie Norris be a copycat. Using his great character provides contrast in Arts editor Jessica Bal sat down with WMFO DJs Rebecca Goldberg and Rory Clark, both sophomores, detective skills, he tracks a male-dominated world. to get the inside scoop on the pair’s two-hour radio show entitled “Nothing If Not Classy.” To view this down the 1973 killer, only to The alternate reality of the article and more from the WMFO DJ Spotlight series, visit the Arts blog, “The Scene,” on discover that the present-day ’70s is so drastically different www.tuftsdaily.com. killer was his neighbor as a from the present day, that it young boy. To top it all off, in could almost be considered 1973, Tyler hears noises and another show. From the cos- voices that resemble an emer- tumes to the cars, the store- gency room — a direct link fronts to the music, the show’s to his present-day comatose creators spared no expense to diagnosis. fully capture the essence of Despite its far-fetched those years. premise, the show enjoyed Although the show seems a fairly strong following in to send a message that the Britain, and it looks like it present day is much better might be the next crossover than 25 years ago (the flagrant hit, as about 15 million people disregard for citizens’ rights, tuned in for the premiere. The no cell phones or comput- acting is excellent — different ers), several scenes suggest from most TV shows. that some positive elements This is O’Mara’s first main- have been lost. Maybe it’s the stream TV role after many music — a time when talent guest roles on popular shows, and passion in the business such as “Grey’s Anatomy” and actually meant something — “The Closer.” He has the cha- or maybe it’s the rebellion and risma necessary for a leading protests that have shifted to man, as well as good looks, apathy. comedic timing and dramatic Though the show’s overall impact. message is still in the works, The rest of the cast is equal- the talent and dramatic poten- ly impressive. Keitel’s no-non- tial come across as clearly as a sense act can be incredibly pair of bell-bottoms. Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y advertisement 7

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editorial THE TUFTS DAILY The Reagan Revolution is dead o b e r t i l v e r b l a t t R S. S Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin recently invoked White House officials are planning to invest try begins to assess the financial wreckage, Editor-in-Chief Ronald Reagan in the vice-presidential $250 billion in the banking industry and Reagan’s beliefs about government regula- Editorial debate. She spoke about how she does not purchase huge equity stakes in many of tion are about to be a causality of the mort- want to spend “our sunset years telling our America’s largest banks. If the banks eventu- gage crisis. Rachel Dolin Managing Editors Kristin Gorman children and our children’s children about ally recover, the government plans to sell its It is increasingly clear that the 2008 elec- a time in America, back in the day, when equity for a profit, or at least break even. tion will usher in a new era of government, Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors men and women were free.” The original By pumping so much money into the whoever wins. As the presidential candi- Jason Richards quote referred to government health care banking industry, the Bush White House dates debate tonight, we hope that Senator programs, which Reagan felt were a path is effectively placing a huge portion of the John McCain (R-Ariz.) will use his time to Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor to socialism. If Reagan felt Medicare rep- economy under government ownership. As describe how his economic policies are Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors resented socialism, one would shudder to a result, much of the hands-off approach rooted in the reality of the current crisis. Too Pranai Cheroo think how he would feel about the govern- argued for by Regan will cease to exist. Along often, McCain has reverted to the standard Nina Ford Ben Gittleson ment’s recent bailout plan. The plan calls with injecting its capital, the government Reagan mantra of deregulation, and that Gillian Javetski for the government to inject $700 billion would impose a strict level of regulation in is at the root of the mortgage crisis. In this Jeremy White into the economy. Rep. Daryl Issa (R-Calif.) order to profit from its stake in the firms. new era, no longer will the government that Alexandra Bogus Assistant News Editors called the plan “a coffin on top of Ronald In the new era of government ownership, governs least govern best. If the conserva- Michael Del Moro Reagan’s coffin.” Issa could not be more banks would be forced to limit executive pay tive movement hopes to be relevant in this Executive Features Editor right: The bailout plan represents the death and golden parachutes (excessive severance new climate, its leaders must move beyond Carrie Battan of Reagan’s ideas about regulation. packages). Additionally, both presidential finding the heir to Ronald Reagan. Rather, Jessica Bidgood Features Editors Many economists have recently argued candidates are proposing a larger regulatory the party must focus on which new conser- Robin Carol that direct investment is the only way for the burden on companies to prevent reckless vative ideas will propel the country forward Kerianne Okie United States to stave off impending finan- lending in the future. No longer will the into the future. Charlotte Steinway cial doom. British Prime Minister Gordon market be allowed to police itself, and gone This election, it will not be enough for Sarah Bliss Assistant Features Editors Brown and other foreign leaders are directly will be the feeling that any intervention McCain to repeat his claim to have been “a Meghan Pesch investing in banks to get credit flowing. from the government would merely stifle foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution.” The Mike Adams Executive Arts Editor Yesterday, The New York Times reported that innovation in the markets. As the coun- revolution is dead. Jessica Bal Arts Editors Grant Beighley Nate Beeler Sarah Cowan Catherine Scott Emma Bushnell Assistant Arts Editors Matthew Digirolamo Jyll Saskin Executive Op-Ed Editor Thomas Eager Executive Sports Editor Sapna Bansil Sports Editors Evans Clinchy Philip Dear David Heck Carly Helfand Noah Schumer Scott Janes Assistant Sports Editor Jo Duara Executive Photo Editor Alex Schmieder Photo Editors Laura Schultz Rebekah Sokol Annie Wermiel James Choca Assistant Photo Editors Emily Eisenberg Aalok Kanani Meredith Klein Danai Macridi Tim Straub

PRODUCTION Marianna Bender Production Director Emily Neger Executive Layout Editor Kelsey Anderson Layout Editors Leanne Brotsky off the hill | syracuse university Jennifer Iassogna Julia Izumi Amanda Nenzen Andrew Petrone Race calls for change in Republican strategy Muhammad Qadri Daniel Simon Amani Smathers b y Ji m m y Pa u l record of proposing important legislation. tax-and-spend liberal like Obama should Steven Smith Daily Orange From campaign finance to climate change have the voters’ approval when it comes to Katie Tausanovitch and immigration reform, he has shown the the economy, regardless of Bush’s approval Adam Raczkowski Executive Technical Manager The gloves are off, the brass knuckles ability to work with both Democrats and ratings. are out, and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Republicans to improve America. McCain needs to focus on issues of sub- Michael Vastola Technical Manager and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) are in an intense This bipartisan record will appeal to vot- stance and stop trying to link Obama to men throw-down this month before Election Day. ers. It will come in handy when dealing with like anti-war activist William Ayers and con- Louise Galuski Online Editors While McCain would love to battle over for- the financial crisis, since no singular bill will troversial pastor Jeremiah Wright. Hena Kapadia eign policy and Obama’s naïve intentions to completely solve the problem. “It won’t have an impact on how people Minah Kim meet with evil dictators, this year the compe- Most importantly, McCain needs to hit vote,” said Laura Perdiue, a junior and infor- Matt Skibinski New Media Editor tition will come down to economic policies. hard on Obama’s economic policies, or lack mation studies and marketing major. Most presidential elections have one key thereof. Obama often makes the ridiculous Yes, the associations certainly do exist, but Kelly Moran Webmaster issue that stands out in voters’ minds. In claim that he will only raise taxes on those only the Republican base seems to mind. Caryn Horowitz Executive Copy Editor 2004, Americans were primarily concerned families in the highest tax bracket. But Politico. Independent and undecided voters do not with the war in Iraq. At the time, one of Sen. com has reported that under the Illinois sena- care. They want to hear specific proposals for Grace Lamb-Atkinson Copy Editors tor’s policy, small firms would face tax rates the next four years. Michelle Hochberg John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) reasons for losing the Ben Smith election was his inability to articulate a realis- approaching 50 percent. His policy would This election won’t come down to Obama’s Christopher Snyder tic, comprehensive alternative to the foreign cripple American businesses, something questionable acquaintances. It won’t be Elisha Sum policy of President George W. Bush. McCain must quickly point out. decided by “Saturday Night Live” sketches, Ricky Zimmerman McCain is in danger of following in Kerry’s Left-wing economic policies are more Sarah Palin’s reading material or Joe Biden’s Brianna Beehler Assistant Copy Editors footsteps. Unless he is willing to settle for disastrous now than ever before. After all, uncanny ability to put his foot his in mouth. Casey Burrows second place, it is time for McCain to take these are the policies that will take money During the last debate and his final cam- Alison Lisnow Rachel Oldfield initiative and promote a distinct economic away from hard-working Americans only to paign appearances, McCain must get his act Mary Jo Pham vision for this country. “McCain is in huge be wasted by an inflated federal government. together on the economy. Otherwise, he will Lily Zahn trouble,” said Gabrielle O’Leary, a freshman McCain needs to make the case that his lose this election, leaving Republicans with and psychology major. “He doesn’t appeal to fiscally conservative platform would be ben- nothing to do but lament the fact that they the middle class and seems out of touch.” eficial to middle-class Americans. He must did not nominate Mitt Romney. BUSINESS This perception some Americans have is promise to keep taxes low and cut federal something he must debunk in the weeks spending. Voters are unsure how effectively Malcolm Charles Executive Business Director ahead. McCain will combat the financial crisis. Note from the Editor: Dwijo Goswami Receivables Manager McCain needs to show compassion and “People are more confident in Obama and You might have noticed that the paper Brenna Duncan Head Ad Manager empathy, something he has failed to do so the Democrats to deal with the economic looks slightly different this week and far. 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Men’s Tennis Schuman takes home C singles title at Wallach Invitational b y Au s t i n Gl a s s n e r his former high school teammates, sopho- however, as he succumbed 6-1, 6-1 to Sheng. said. “[The Tufts players] just got unlucky hav- Daily Staff Writer more Alex Gumport from Amherst, in the first Wilner admits that it wasn’t just the injury that ing to play a tiebreak. It was, however, nice to round. Still, the first year managed to collect cost him the match, though. know that they were playing well enough to be After a weekend of play at the Wallach himself and won 2-6, 6-3, 10-7. “He was just a much better player than the up there with the top-tier talent.” Invitational, a tournament marking the men’s “I kept telling myself, ‘Settle down, settle other kids I faced in the tournament,” Wilner “There’s nothing to worry about,” coach tennis team’s last official competition before down, a new set is coming up,’ and next thing I said. “He had an all-around game that would Doug Eng said. “They still split sets and even entering the winter offseason, the Jumbos put knew I was up a break and eventually won the be tough for me even if I was 100 percent.” had several match points. They’ll do fine in up a flurry of mixed results, which included a match,” Schuman said. Meanwhile, Landers found himself in the D the spring.” title in the C singles bracket, courtesy of fresh- Once past the mental road bump of being bracket finals after defeating Bowdoin sopho- On the doubles side, Landers and sopho- man Garrett Schuman. down a set in the opening round, Schuman more Michael Power in a grinding three set more Paul Kohnstamm managed to reach the Junior Dan Landers found himself in the had to struggle past a physical obstacle as well, battle 6-4, 2-6, 10-7 in the quarters and trump- quarterfinals of the A bracket after one vic- finals of the D singles bracket, and junior as he felt worn out and somewhat under the ing Skidmore freshman Max Bevan in a 6-1 tory, while the remainder of the Tufts doubles captain Bryan Wilner survived through to weather as the tournament wore on. Still, he 6-3 romp in the semis. But Landers faltered teams floundered in the early rounds. Still, the semifinals of the C bracket before being pulled through to win his next three matches against Bevan’s teammate in the finals, losing the squad expects better play all around once knocked out. en route to the finals, in which he defeated to freshman Luke Granger 6-1, 7-6 (5). the spring portion of the season kicks off. It wasn’t an overpowering style of play sophomore Tony Sheng of Amherst 7-6 (8), The rest of the Tufts singles competi- Once more, two of the team’s up-and-coming or a repertoire of tricky spins that allowed 6-2. Schuman won all five tie breaks he found tors, while failing to make it out of the first doubles talents, freshmen Sam Laber and Kai Schuman to win over the weekend at the himself in during the tournament, including round, did put up a fight, as most managed Victoria, were unable to attend the tourna- Bates-hosted tourney. Instead, it was his one during the first set of the final. to split their first two sets against their ment due to sickness and other personal rea- brains and consistency that helped him to Wilner narrowly missed making it an all respective opponents. sons. Eng stressed the importance of health take home the C bracket title after winning five Tufts final in the C bracket of the competi- Instead of playing a full third set at Wallach, for the upcoming spring season. matches, including a trio of three-setters, over tion, falling to Sheng in the semifinals. Wilner the tournament decided to have super-tie- “We will be pushing an extra 10 percent the course of the weekend. played through a knee injury, but it was hardly breakers that award the third set and the in the spring season, and we should have a “I played smart and was willing to sacrifice noticeable on day one of the tournament, match to the first player to notch 10 points good season if we can stay healthy,” he said. looking good in order to win the match,” when he won his first two matches in com- (or however many necessary to win by two), “The NESCAC’s the best it’s ever been this Schuman said. manding fashion, winning 24 games while which some consider akin to a coin flip that year, but in turn our team is the deepest it’s Schuman got off to a rocky start, though, surrendering just six to his opponents. shouldn’t define the outcome of a match. ever been, so it should be interesting to see dropping his first five games against one of The junior was less impressive on Sunday, “That’s not how you play tennis,” Wilner how it plays out.” Charles River will present some new challenges Plansky Inivitational awaits MEN’S CREW continued from page 12 Tufts Saturday; NESCACs loom than they started. Overall, I’m pret- ty pleased with the rows heading WOMEN’S XC “That’s what killed us,” Morwick into the upcoming weekend.” continued from page 12 said. “I think we’re potentially a The disparity in Sunday’s results so it’s almost kind of crucial to get better team than both Colby and between the finishes of the crew’s out hard, but there’s a really fine MIT right now, but we can’t drop off four- and eight- man boats might line between getting out hard and a minute between our second and appear to be a cause for concern, killing yourself. third runners. Somehow, that will but the Jumbos remain confident “I wouldn’t say I regretted it in have to tighten up.” in their approach of filling out the the next two miles, but I definitely Tufts squeaked out a one-point four boat with their top rowers. think my splits and my overall lead over MIT, a non-conference “The four guys in the Open Four time could have been better if I regional threat, but the Jumbos will boat are the best four guys on the had conserved in the beginning,” need to post a series of solid perfor- team,” Bayless said. “At any given McNamara continued. “But it’s mances if they hope to beat out the time, there are six guys who can be still early in the season, and we’re Engineers for a ticket to the NCAA in the four, but whoever they may still learning from our mistakes Championship race. be, those guys are our fastest, top [before NESCAC Championships]. “As it turned out, we ended up guys who will put together the best If I can learn now, that’s where it’s being the fifth [Div. III] team,” finish we can throw out there.” going to matter.” Morwick said. “We beat MIT, which Still, some competitors take a courtesy Susan St. Thomas But Saturday’s race wasn’t all was ranked 12th in the country last different approach. The men’s Varsity Four boat warms up prior to its third place finish at good news for the Jumbos: After week, and we were only a couple “In the eights, some teams, such the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta Sunday. The Jumbos now look ahead Tufts’ frontrunners, the next group points from Colby. It’s just going to as WPI or Bates for example, tend to this weekend’s Head of the Charles Regatta. followed far behind. Over a minute be really close. We still have some to focus more on filling those teams separated Wilfert from Tufts’ No. 3 issues to address if we’re going to with their top guys first,” Bayless “One of the things about the paring for this weekend’s regatta, runner, senior Amy Hopkins, who beat them later in the season.” said. “The competition is definitely Charles is that the course is very expect nothing but the Jumbos’ ran a 19:37 time for 116th place The Jumbos will work on sort- different between the two races, complicated, especially for the best effort in the renowned race. overall. Hopkins was followed by ing things out on Saturday at the and it was the level of competition coxswains,” Etedali said. “There “It’s definitely one of the most freshman Anya Price in 128th and Williams’ Plansky Invitational, [in the Open Four] and the level of are many turns, and sometimes exciting regattas we get to partici- junior Lisa Picascia in 152nd. where MIT will get another crack our four guys in that boat that led they can be extremely tough to pate in the fall, and for that matter, The gap sunk the Jumbos three at Tufts on the course that will to the top finish.” navigate. Also, there are so many all year round,” Etedali said. “There points below league rival Colby, be home to the NCAA Regional Coming into the Head of the boats on the river at once, so that is lots of anticipation building up which snuck into the top five at Championship. While many of Charles this weekend, the Jumbos makes it even tougher to navigate. to [this weekend’s regatta], so we Regionals last year to bump Tufts Tufts’ runners are familiar with have plenty to focus on in prac- Our coxswain did a great job this need to be concerned with staying off the list, ultimately inhibiting the course — the team ran there tice. The Charles River presents past weekend, however, so that is focused in order to show everyone the Jumbos from taking a trip to three times in 2007 — the invita- some unique challenges with another plus for us heading into the work we’ve done so far this sea- Nationals. While the Mules’ top run- tional will be the Jumbos’ first 6k difficult, tight turns and limited the big race this weekend.” son. I expect us to have a good row, ner, sophomore Emma Linhard, race of the season after a rainout space available to navigate the With solid coxswain work and using all the improvements we’ve took a modest 57th place overall, at Conn. College re-routed Tufts course, as hundreds of boats will the determined focus that the made, and show that we’re looking only 25 seconds separated Colby’s to the 5k Codfish Bowl at Franklin be competing. team has been putting into pre- pretty good for the spring.” No. 1 through No. 4 runners. Park in Boston. Jumbos to give all seniors on roster a chance to row at Head of the Charles WOMEN’S CREW was our best practice of the season, and in two seniors [Meredith Forbes and Lang been completed, the team can now look continued from page 12 now that’s the new standard.” Clancy] who hadn’t really been in the var- ahead expectantly to the annual Head of were so close. We were kind of frustrated “At the varsity level we showed that sity, so that was also great for them and the Charles regatta, an important inter- about that, but it was a great race, espe- there’s an awareness of what the rowing they did really well.” national institution in the sport and a cially because it was our first race, and stroke should be like, and when we put Tufts as a team fielded four boats out crowning experience for all rowers this everyone else raced last weekend, so they eight people together who grab the ini- of 21 in the Women’s Open Eight, which fall, especially the seniors. Indeed, the have a little bit more experience.” tial concept, the boat goes pretty well,” included a standard JV boat and one that team has decided that all 10 of its seniors Changing its strategy from past years, Caldwell said. “I suspect that if we row consisted entirely of freshmen; those two will compete over the weekend, regard- the crew put its top eight erg-scorers in the essentially that group of people through boats finished 10th and 11th in the race, less of whether there might be under- Varsity Eight boat, a choice made in part this week and they have four or five days respectively, a testament to the ability classmen that are technically faster or due to the absence of several rowers who together they’ll develop some more confi- and potential of the experienced freshman better in the water. had done varying levels of training with dence and push themselves a little further. class that arrived on the crew earlier this “We’re really excited because all the the varsity earlier this season but were sick I think they had a very efficient, but also fall and performed well in its first colle- seniors are going to row in it, which is over the weekend. fairly cautious row, on Sunday that they giate race. huge because some of them have never “We changed our lineup Saturday morn- can, given a stable platform … be able to “It’s unusual for us to have a boat- rowed in it before,” St. Thomas said. “And ing, so we rowed in that lineup once [dur- push themselves harder this week simply load of experienced freshman,” Caldwell the freshmen know that their chance will ing practice] which was good,” St. Thomas because they know what other people in said. “Normally this time of year we’re come, so we’re going to put up the fastest said. “And one of the big things that we the boat are capable of doing.” still teaching walk-on freshmen how to varsity that we can which may or may not struggle with in the spring is setting a good In putting together its varsity boat on hold onto the oar, how to put a boat in be the lineup from this weekend, and then rhythm and getting a good pace, and we Lake Quinsigamond, Tufts started a wide the water, and other rudimentary things. all the seniors in the second entry and definitely had that down in the first five range of class years partially due to the And what we’re doing this year is just an whatever freshmen can duke it out for the strokes and we had the rhythm the entire aforementioned absences. extension of the varsity program; they last couple of spots.” race and it was something we were really “We had two freshmen [Kathleen Holec just mixed right in and that changes “For me to deny a senior who’s been proud of. and Hannah Ward] in the varsity, and things drastically. with the program three or four years “So we just basically looked at our erg they have really stepped up and they “It seems with this group of freshmen the opportunity because there might scores and we took the fastest eight erg are such an integral part of our boat too; that we can throw any combination of be an underclassman who’s better than scorers and put them in a boat, which is they are really in tune with the race plan, freshmen out there and they will row they are is a bit shortsighted,” Caldwell something we’ve never really done before, and I’m really impressed with them,” St. competently and they will be reason- said. “When you think about how many and it just clicked,” she continued. “It Thomas said. “We had been trying out ably competitive, and that’s exciting,” hours and years those folks have given definitely bodes well for those people that some [other] freshmen in the [varsity] he continued. the program, I don’t think that would be were switched in; I think that that Saturday boat and then on Saturday we switched With its first race of the fall having very fair.” Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y sports 11

Women’s Tennis Evans Clinchy | Dirty Water

Violets are blue after Jumbos sweep in singles Psyched out

n 1957, the psychologist Leon Festinger proposed what he called the theory of cognitive dissonance — the idea that humans experience a stress Iwhen they hold two contradictory beliefs at the same time. This stress, Festinger theorized, causes us to deny our past beliefs or to rationalize in one way or the other. Usually, it leads to confirmation bias — in other words, backwards logic that causes us to justify our preconceptions, even if we know deep down they were wrong. Festinger observed a cult in the ’50s that believed the apocalypse was coming in the form of an alien invasion. When it didn’t happen, the cult leaders changed their minds and decided that they actu- ally believed the aliens were benevolent and deliberately spared Earth. This sort of logic shows up everywhere. It’s the origin of the phrase “sour grapes” — the fox in Aesop’s fable couldn’t reach the grapes, so he instead complained that they were too sour. It’s the reason the clichéd sitcom line “You can’t quit: You’re fired” isn’t really that funny. It plays into the talking points of every Republican politician — once the public realized every other reason for the Iraq invasion was a lie, Karl Rove backtracked and made up some nonsense about democratization. Steven Smith/Tufts Daily Lately I’ve been thinking about this idea Junior Laura Hoguet stretches to hit a volley during her team’s 8-1 victory over NYU at home Saturday. With the win, the Jumbos improved as it applies to sports. Sports fans love con- to 2-0 in dual matches, heading into a pair of tournaments this weekend that will conclude the autumn portion of the season for the firmation bias — there’s nothing more fun squad. than deciding preemptively to hate a given athlete (or team) and then going back to b y Sa p n a Ba n s i l “I was impressed with how confident the Browne and McCooey cruised to an 8-1 make up reasons later. Daily Editorial Board freshmen were, once again,” coach Kate victory at first doubles over the NYU tan- Hate Duke? It must be because they’re Bayard said. “One of the good things about dem of Elizabeth Stachtiaris and Tu. Browne all rich, white preppies. Hate the Lakers? The women’s tennis team completed having a young team is that they don’t nec- and McCooey had only played together Must be the fans that show up in the second a sweep of its two fall dual matches on essarily know what to expect, but they just in the team’s two individual tournaments quarter, or Phil Jackson’s smugness or Kobe’s Saturday when it routed non-conference go out there and focus on their own strat- this fall, reaching the finals of the ITA New ball-hogging. The Yankees? All that money! foe NYU 8-1 on Vouté Courts. egy. They do a great job of staying in the England Championships and the semifinals Tiger? That stupid fist pump! moment and taking it point by point.” of the Middlebury Doubles Tournament. Of course, the real reason we have such Women’s Tennis After suffering an unexpectedly quick exit This weekend, the duo will head to Mobile, strong feelings is that all those athletes are (2-0, 0-0 NESCAC) at the season-opening ITA New England Ala. for the ITA National Small College just so darn good, and nobody likes losing. on the Voute Courts, Saturday Championships and a loss in the team’s Championships, and Saturday’s experience But it’s no fun to hate someone just because dual match against MIT, junior captain was intended to give them a tune-up for the they’re good, so we go back and make up nyu 1 Meghan McCooey got back on track in a tough competition ahead. other reasons later. Make sense? Tufts 8 big way Saturday, cruising past NYU senior “We played one of our best matches,” Yeah, usually it does. In theory, at least. captain Stephanie Tu 6-2, 6-2. Browne said. “We just played exactly how Because that’s the way sports fans are — Coupled with their 7-2 victory over “She really stepped it up in terms of her coach has been teaching us: attacking a just dying to be contrarian, dying to resent MIT on Oct. 2, the Jumbos’ weekend win style of play,” Bayard said. “She not only lot at net, taking advantage of any ball we something. Anything. improved their record to 10-1 in their won that match, she played it with aggres- thought we could cut off at net, and just I’m not writing this to be condescending. last 11 fall dual matches. This season’s sive, confident tennis and by going for her playing really aggressively and taking con- (Note to everyone that just laughed and said sweep was all the more impressive con- shots. I saw her coming to net a lot and just trol. I think it was a really good match to “there’s a first:” Shut up.) I’m as guilty of this sidering the youth on the squad’s roster, really playing with a lot of confidence out play before we go off to Nationals.” logical backwardness as anyone else. But I which featured four freshmen and just there. It was really nice to see.” Tufts’ lone loss of the day came at third also think that this line of thinking has its two upperclassmen. Browne and sophomore Edwina Stewart doubles, where the tandem of junior Laura limits. Or so I’m beginning to discover. “It was definitely quite an accomplish- rounded out the rest of the singles lineup, Hoguet and Pritchard fell 8-4 to NYU soph- The latest trend in Boston, my sources ment because we have such a young team,” winning their matches at first and third omore Sara Joo and junior Clara Smith. tell me, is to hate the Tampa Bay Rays. I sophomore Julia Browne said. “We all stayed singles, respectively. The Jumbos will split their squad this mean, how could anyone not? The Red really positive and really focused on our On the doubles side, Bayard contin- weekend, as Browne and McCooey will Sox win the World Series, they come back goals, and I think it showed in both of our ued mixing and matching her lineups, head to Alabama, while the rest of the with a team that on paper looks even bet- dual matches, which we won pretty con- this time pairing Lavet with classmate Nat team will participate in the New England ter than before, they’re picked by everyone vincingly…We were all really proud that we Schils at second doubles. Also partnered Women’s Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament under the sun to win it all again, and then could do that, and we’re hopefully going to with McCooey and Stewart at other points at Amherst. a bunch of kids nobody’s ever heard of carry that momentum into the spring.” throughout the fall, Lavet had no trouble At the Davis Cup-style event in prove that it only costs $43,745,597 to The Jumbos recorded victories in every playing with Schils, downing NYU senior Amherst, Mass., Tufts will feature pair- win 97 games and beat out the defending one of their six singles matches, all in a Amanda Freedman and sophomore Lisa ings of Lavet and LaCara, and Stewart champs. What just happened? dominating, straight-set fashion. The bot- Mijovic 8-3. and Schils in the first flight and Pritchard So naturally, we go looking for something tom half of the singles lineup, consisting of “Jen [Lavet] is someone who works and Hoguet in the second. to hate about the Rays. And that’s when it freshmen Jen Lavet, Jen LaCara and Katie really well with everyone,” Bayard said. “It “I think that it’s going to be a great oppor- hits me — there’s nothing. Pritchard, went virtually unchallenged in its was neat to see her out there with another tunity for the whole team to put together Think about it! You’ve got Scott Kazmir, matches, dropping just a combined eight freshman. [Lavet] and [Schils] had played everything that they’ve been working on who’s pitched like a superstar for four years games. For Pritchard, the match represent- together before the year started, that first all season,” Bayard said. “Everyone’s going and people are finally starting to notice. ed her collegiate debut in singles, and the week of school before we started practicing, to play singles and doubles, so it’s a lot of You’ve got Carlos Peña, who’s been smack- Scituate, Mass., native showed no sign of so I knew they were comfortable playing tennis in a few days. It’ll be a really good ing the cover off the ball his whole career nerves, trouncing Violets freshman Nandita together as a team.” opportunity for people to play some really but had to wait until the wrong side of 30 Pandit 6-0, 6-2. Paired in a dual match for the first time, tough competition.” to finally play in October. You’ve got Joe Maddon, an intelligent, likable guy who, in his fifth try, finally managed a team to a fin- ish somewhere other than last place. See how much I’m using the word “final- MEN’S XC “We were happily surprised with the per- a lot that we are looking to build on and ly?” As much as it pains me to say it, these continued from page 12 formance of our freshman Connor Rose,” improve on. are feel-good stories. These are people that omore Duriel Hardy in fifth and just a Carberry said. “He is the kind of kid who has “It was a good chance to see where I’m supposed to hate, and yet I just can’t. secondFaller behind takes Stonehill sophomore sixth Kevin overall been developing in over field the whole of season, 300 and somefrom of our NESCACall divisions and Div. III rivals are, We’re looking at a shrewd GM, a smart busi- Gill in fourth. it culminated into a very good race.” like Williams and Amherst,” he continued. ness model, good pitching, good defense “You’re not supposed to see Div. III run- “Connor ran well,” Welch said. “We put “They’re running strong, but nothing too and a whole bunch of great young talent. ners finish in the top 10 in a race like that, him in a tough position, asking a freshman surprising or nothing that we don’t think This is what a baseball team should be. and that is what Jesse did,” Carberry said. to step up to the varsity race in Open with we can be with or be ahead of in a couple of So I’m watching the ALCS this year, and “He ran a solid PR at a course that he is 300 plus guys stepping up to the starting weeks time. This is where we were this time it’s just not the same as it was back in ’03 familiar with. He’s ready to go on to the big- line, but he kept his head on his shoulders last year and this time two years ago, and and ’04. Not without the Yankees. Baseball ger meets.” and ran a tough and smart race. It’s good to we have been in the top five in the region just isn’t as much fun without someone in “I think [Jesse] definitely showed that he see him stepping up when we ask him to. both times.” that visitor’s dugout you can really despise. is on another level and that he is the one to Despite the success, the Jumbos are The team moves on to the Plansky And really, honestly, there’s just no way to beat and the one that everyone is chasing at looking to further improve their perfor- Invitational at Williams College Saturday, despise the Tampa Bay Rays. Believe me. this point for the other teams in the region,” mance when they compete in the NESCAC before taking a week off prior to NESCACs. I’ve tried. Welch said. Championship in three weeks and later in “As a whole, I think [the meet] was a Freshman Connor Rose also ran a suc- Div. III New England Championships. success,” Carberry said. “We are looking to cessful race as a first-year, finishing sixth for “We could have run better,” Welch said. be ready for our conference meet and our Evans Clinchy is a senior majoring in the Jumbos and 184th place overall in the “I think we’re still on an upward trajectory regional meet, but this was a good stepping English. He can be reached at Evans. varsity race. of improving week to week. We still have stone in the right direction.” [email protected]. 12 Inside Women’s Tennis 11 Dirty Water 11 Men’s Tennis 10 Sportstuftsdaily.com

Men’s Cross Country Men’s Crew

Faller leads all Div. III runners, in Open Four race Tufts finishesb y Sc o t t Ja n e s third helps Jumbos take 19th place Daily Editorial Board b y La u r e n Fl a m e n t After a couple weeks of tough practice and Daily Staff Writer a modest showing at its first regatta of the fall a week earlier, the men’s crew team came into Tufts junior Jesse Faller was the first Div. Sunday’s Quinsigamond Snake Regatta look- III athlete to cross the line in Saturday’s Open ing to put together a solid performance to New England Cross Country Championships build on in the future. at Franklin Park in Boston, claiming sixth The Jumbos did just that, as they took third place overall with a time of 24:55. place out of 11 teams in the Open Four race and placed 12th out of 21 teams in the Open Men’s Cross country Eight event. In the four, the Jumbos finished All-New England Championships at 18 seconds behind first-place Bowdoin with Franklin Park, Saturday a time of 15:26. In the Open Eight event, the team posted a 14:49 finish, 92 seconds behind 19th out of 47 teams WPI’s A boat, which came in at 13:17. Despite posting a performance that was by 6. Jesse Faller, 24:55 no means dominating, the Jumbos feel that 71. Nick Welch, 25:55 they have made strides in preparation for the 132. ryan Lena, 26:34 upcoming Head of the Charles Regatta this 147. Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot , 26:44 weekend in Cambridge. 172. christopher Brunnquell, 26:59 “We came off of the water on Sunday defi- nitely feeling like we had made a few improve- ments from last week’s race … through prac- Faller led the Jumbos to a 19th-place tice this week,” senior co-captain Nahv Etedali team finish out of 47 New England said. “Still, we’ve got some areas that need schools. Junior co-captain Nick Welch improvement and a few issues to work on for was the second finisher for Tufts, cross- the Head of the Charles this weekend.” ing the finish of the 8,000-meter course “I think it was a pretty good race and we in 25:55 for 71st place. were certainly pleased with the results,” Tufts junior Ryan Lena finished 132nd senior co-captain Robbie Bayless added. “We with a time of 26:34, and sophomores Jerzy faced some different competition, especially Eisenberg-Guyot and Chris Brunnquell in the Open Four, so there were some new, rounded off the scorers for Tufts, as they faster boats that we went up against that we finished 147th and 172nd, respectively. hadn’t seen before. Coming in third place was Tufts checked in fifth among the Div. III a pretty solid performance and it means we’re schools present and third in the NESCAC, getting closer to where we want to be.” behind only Amherst and Williams. After a couple of pedestrian finishes at the “[The race] gave us a lot of confidence,” Textile River Regatta in their first races of the assistant coach Mark Carberry said. “We are year, the Jumbos used the Lake Quinsigamond in the position where we now know where a race to continue refining their skills as indi- lot of other NESCAC schools line up, against vidual rowers, as well as to work on becoming us and against the other schools in the con- a cohesive unit in the boat. Building on its ference. We know that we are right there but current upward trend, the team hopes to be that we need to work a little harder and get in top shape for the spring season. the guys healthy, and we should be ready to “In the four, we got a little bit better power go for NESCACs.” courtesy Peter Ruso in our stroke this week,” Etedali said. “The set Faller’s performance earned him the Junior Jesse Faller was the top Div. III finisher at the 2008 New England Championship also felt a little bit more organized,” he con- NESCAC Performer of the Week for the sec- Race on Saturday, coming in sixth overall with a time of 24:55, just one second out of tinued, referring to the side-to-side balance of ond time this season; the first came after fourth place. the boat. “It was definitely a good show after a his winning performance in the Codfish week of hard practice.” Invitational just two weeks ago. up to the hype. training together and really improving as a “The guys who were in the Open Eight “It’s a nice surprise, but obviously being “It was very exciting to be the top NESCAC group, so I think our team is shaping up for boat also rowed real well,” Bayless said. “Even NESCAC Athlete of the Week doesn’t really and Div. III runner,” he continued. “Nick a good postseason.” though their place wasn’t as high [as the Four matter in the middle of the season because and I have both been training hard together, Faller finished right behind Brown soph- boat’s finish], they finished much stronger it’s the actual NESCAC Championship that and it’s been exciting to progress with him. matters,” Faller said. “I hope that I can live Our second pack of runners have all been see MEN’S XC, page 11 see MEN’S CREW, page 10

Women’s Cross Country Women’s Crew McNamara secures sixth at All New Shot at medal slithers Englands as Tufts grabs 14th away at Snake Regatta b y Ca r l y He lf a n d tors from Div. I, II and III. “Steph was like 5:20 at the mile b y Th o m a s Ea g e r on Colby, which was right in front Daily Editorial Board McNamara, whose 17:58 mark and Amy was like 5:35 — for both Daily Editorial Board of them and is one of our big was a vast improvement on her of them, that’s too fast. Especially competitors, so we were really Although the women’s cross former personal record, was fol- for Steph to go out as far as 20 — Following a lineup change pleased with that. country team posted a 14th-place lowed by sophomore Amy Wilfert, that’s a 16:40 pace, and she ended the day before Sunday’s “We definitely reached all the team finish at All-New England who also scored a huge PR with up running 17:58. I think they both Quinsigamond Snake Regatta in goals that we had for the day an 18:27 mark to land 21st place knew maybe they would have had Worcester, Mass., the women’s — there’s nothing to be upset overall in the 5,000-meter race. more left at the end of the race if crew team notched a fourth-place about,” she continued. “I don’t Women’s Cross country McNamara and Wilfert ben- they hadn’t gone out so fast.” finish out of 21 boats, barely five know the last time we medaled All-New England Championships efited from the strong pool of But in a race like Saturday’s, seconds behind third-place fin- at that race. Still, it was a big at Franklin Park, Saturday competition as they faced such with over 300 participants, run- isher Wellesley. improvement, and that’s all you strong New England runners as ners must strike a balance Clocking in at 15:58.083, the can really ask for.” 14th out of 45 teams Amherst senior quad-captain between gunning too fast early Varsity Eight boat improved four “Where we are now based on Elise Tropiano and Middlebury on and managing to maintain slots from last season’s eighth- the results we saw this weekend, 6. Steph McNamara, 17:58 senior tri-captain Alexandra Krieg their ground while holding off place finish, crossing the line we’ve got a good solid squad,” 21. Amy Wilfert, 18:27 in addition to strong Div. I run- their competitors. McNamara led 71 seconds behind winner and coach Gary Caldwell said. “We’re 116. Amy Hopkins, 19:37 ners from Boston University and Tropiano through the first two regional powerhouse Bates and probably top-10 material like we 128. Anya Prince, 19:47 Boston College (BC). miles before losing some steam 35 ticks behind runner-up Holy were last year.” 152. Lisa Picasia, 20:04 “This meet, you have such and relinquishing the Div. III lead. Cross. Despite narrowly losing While Tufts outpaced some great competition so you just “I definitely think that was to local rival Wellesley, Tufts boats that initially jumped ahead, go after it and use the people probably a bad idea,” McNamara was satisfied with its efforts in placing itself in position to medal, Championships for the second around you to try to better your said. “It was a pretty poorly paced the water. the Wellesley crew still edged out year in a row on Saturday, this own time and get a good race race, but it’s hard to judge. The “Our main goal for the day Tufts to take third place. year’s results yielded some pretty in,” McNamara said. “I was really BC girls started out really fast, when we set out was to catch the “[Wellesley] was a real sur- significant differences. fortunate for that.” and the first mile itself is fast by boat in front of us, which we did, prise for us because, beating Among them was the perfor- Both McNamara and Wilfert, nature, so you’re going along and and that was great,” senior co- Colby, we thought that we would mance of sophomore Stephanie however, were at a disadvantage it’s hard to judge the pace that captain Steph St. Thomas said. be close to medaling, which we McNamara, who bested last year’s down the stretch from expending you’re going. You also want to try “We passed WPI, who started were,” St. Thomas said. “It’s hard time of 19:23 by nearly a minute too much energy at the get-go. to establish position in the race, right before us, and they’ve been to be five seconds off and we and a half, vaulting from 48th to “They went out really hard,” pretty competitive with us in the sixth place in a field of competi- coach Kristen Morwick said. see WOMEN’S XC, page 10 past. We also closed a huge gap see WOMEN’S CREW, page 10