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VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 29

THE TUFTS DAILY ThUrSDAY, October 16, 2008
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TUPD investigation led to drug accusations

Three SigNu brothers and one other student implicated, faced with expulsion, sources say
by Jeremy White
Daily Editorial Board
A directed investigation by the Tufts
University Police Department (TUPD)
targeting alleged student drug dealers
appears to have laid the foundation for
the expulsion cases brought over the
last few weeks against three Sigma Nu
brothers and a fourth unnamed stu-
dent.
According to interviews with some
of the accused students, TUPD officers
approached the suspects at various
times and convinced at least one to sign
a statement admitting his involvement
in distributing drugs, even though he
was never caught in possession of any.
TUPD Sgt. Joseph Tilton, who was
involved in investigating the students,
confirmed that their cases were part
of an “ongoing investigation,” but
declined to provide any further details.
Of the three SigNu brothers, only
sophomore Adam Koltun lived in the
fraternity’s house, where TUPD and
Somerville police officers confronted
him on Sept. 23 and requested to search
his room. After he gave the officers
permission to enter, they found small
amounts of cocaine, marijuana and
some “dealing paraphernalia,” Koltun
said.
The two other brothers, juniors
Andrew O’Hara and Jacob McNutt,
were not residents of the SigNu house
and face expulsion despite not having
been found in possession of any drugs,
according to a member of SigNu’s exec-
utive board who requested anonymity.
None of the students were arrested,
but were instead brought to the TUPD
see DRUGS, page 2

Some now facing key

’09-’10 ResLife decisions
by Michael Del Moro
Daily Editorial Board
Sophomores who were forced
into triples last year and are con-
sidering using their housing lot-
tery advantage must decide by
tomorrow whether to request a
boosted number for next year or
to wait to use it for their senior
year.
Last year, 120 members* of the
Class of 2011 were placed in forced
triples as a result of the univer-
sity’s housing shortage, accord-
ing to Office of Residential Life
and Learning Director Yolanda
King. As compensation, ResLife
awarded them with advantages
for the annual housing lottery,by
which students claim on-cam-
pus housing. Students can use
the advantage for one year. Sixty-
six students* elected to use their
advantage for their sophomore
year, King said.
The students who request lot-
tery boosts this month will have
until Oct. 31 to make a binding
decision on whether they actually
want to use the advantage now,
or if they want to defer until next
year.
A number of students are frus-
trated that they must make a criti-
cal housing decision just under
five months before the housing
lottery and more than 10 months
before they will be moving in for
next school year.
“It’s definitely too early,” said
sophomore Jeff Gaudet, who has
not yet used his boosted number. AAlok Kanani/tufts daily
He added that the October dead- A Health Service worker administers a flu vaccine during yesterday’s clinic, the second this week. Each
line is part of the reason he will year, the office offers free immunizations to all students. The service was well received yesterday, with
students lining up outside of the Professors Row office. For those brave enough to go under the needle,
see HOUSING, page 2 a lollipop followed.

Senate holds meeting to discuss use of recovered funds

Forum one of several vehicles for campus discussion
by Tessa Gellerson
Contributing Writer
The Tufts Community Union
(TCU) Senate’s forum yesterday
was just one facet of a broader
campaign to garner input from stu-
dents on how it should make use
of the more than $700,000 it has
recovered from the embezzlement
scandal.
“These funds really belong to the
student body, not just to the Senate.
We’re trying to play a leading role
in figuring out what to do with the
funds,” TCU President Duncan
Pickard said.
“The administration has prom-
ised us that the money is being
returned with no strings attached,
and it’s up to the Senate to spend the
money as we see fit,” TCU Treasurer
Matthew Shapanka added. He said
that could mean budgeting part of
it and saving the rest.
A section of the Senate’s Web site
provides background on the funds,
lists projects they could go toward
and explains the ways students can
provide feedback.
Pickard sent the student body
a mass e-mail on Oct. 8 stating,
“It is my goal that we will have a
Senators and students meet to discuss the future of the recovered funds.
campus-wide conversation about
what to do with this money.” He
said the Senate has already gotten
over 50 responses to the e-mail.
The ultimate aim is to develop
a plan — or multiple plans — that
can be put to a Senate vote or a
student referendum.
In addition to yesterday’s forum,
a second town hall meeting has
been scheduled for Nov. 13 in
Hotung Café. Sarah Rauh said.
The Senate has been encourag-
ing students to come to senators’
office hours, or to make their opin-
ions heard by directly e-mailing
Meredith klein/tufts daily
senators.
“The [Senate’s] Allocations Board
is reaching out to all of our student
groups,” Shapanka said.
Attempting to expand student
involvement, the Senate has also
set up a Facebook.com group for
online discussion.
“I heard about it on Facebook.
Actually, I got an invite from one
of the Senate members,” freshman
Using the group, which has
approximately 500 members, stu-
see SENATE, page 2
DiBiase calls for Mayer renovation
by Rob Silverblatt hall meeting yesterday dedicated
Daily Editorial Board to receiving students’ input on
how the body should allocate the
As former Tufts Community over $700,000 it has on hand after
Union (TCU) President Neil restitution for alleged embezzle-
DiBiase sees it, the elusive third ment in the Office of Student
phase of campus center con- Activities. DiBiase proposed last
struction could soon become a night that the TCU Senate invest
reality – with the help of some in improving the campus center
recovered funds. as a show of commitment.
The construction could double He said that trustees, alumni
the space in the campus center and other donors care about the
and turn it into the type of cen- campus center, but a show of stu-
tral social space that many feel is dent support may convince them
lacking at Tufts, he says. to start pumping funds into the
“It’s embarrassing,” DiBiase project.
said of the Mayer Campus Center “I’ve talked with a few members
in an interview with the Daily. “It’s of the Board of Trustees. I think
really embarrassing for a school this really is a game changer,”
of our caliber.”
The TCU Senate held a town see EVENT, page 2
WEIGH IN @ tuftsdaily.com
The Trail | Blogging the 2008 Election
Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain squared off
last night in their final debate before Election Day. The candidates
traded words on policies as well as campaigning strategies. To read
more, go online to tuftsdaily.com and check out our elections blog,
“The Trail.”

Inside this issue Today’s Sections

The MFA renovations
The local food move- aim to foster connec- News 1 Op-ed 11
ment is gaining traction. tions with the commu- Features 3 Comics 12
nity. Weekender 5 Sports Back
Editorial | Letters 10
see FEATURES, page 3 see WEEKENDER, page 5
2 The Tufts Daily News Thursday, October 16, 2008

For sophomores with tenative plans, October deadline is inconvenient

housing
continued from page 1
surely not use his advantage next
year.
“I feel like it’s early because
students haven’t planned out the
next two years completely,” he
added.
Gaudet said many rising juniors
have yet to make study abroad
decisions that will affect their
housing situations. He added
that most deadlines for programs
abroad are not until the begin-
ning of second semester.
King said ResLife actually set
the early deadline in part as a
favor to students. “We’re just
doing it earlier to get students
thinking about the process for
themselves,” she said.
When asked what motivat-
ed ResLife to put the deadline
in October, King said, “We just
picked the deadline to give stu-
dents ample time for planning so
they can make a decision.” She
added that if students need more
time to make their decision, they
can receive an extension. October
30 is the latest possible date stu-
dents can indicate their desire
to use the lottery advantage next
Andrew morgenthaler/tufts daily year, according to an e-mail to the
Some students found themselves in triples in dorms across campus last students from ResLife.
year. Pictured here is South Hall, which houses a number of freshmen. Last year, ResLife waited until
January to ask freshmen living in
forced triples if they wanted to
use their lottery advantages.
Sophomores who decide this
week to use their advantage for
junior year will receive their new
lottery number during the week
of Oct. 20, King said.
Gaudet, who intends to live in
Sophia Gordon Hall his senior
year, plans to study abroad in
Spain for the fall semester of his
junior year.
Gaudet has “no idea” where
he will end up living next year,
but is hoping for an off-campus
apartment. His junior-year lottery
number will probably not secure
him on-campus housing without
the advantage, he said.
Sophomore Michael Cavicchi
has a less clear picture of his plans
for the next two years. “I have not
decided yet [whether to request
a lottery boost] because I don’t
know if I want to live off-campus
next year,” Cavicchi told the Daily,
adding that he has not yet deter-
mined his study abroad plans.
“I don’t like how early it is. I
guess I understand that they need
it to be early. I think students are
kind of in a rush to figure out what
they’re going to do with housing,”
Cavicchi said.
Other students are less con-
cerned about the deadline.
Sophomore Swati Shah thinks
the deadline is “a little early” and
may make it difficult for students
deciding between studying abroad
or not studying abroad. But for
Shah, who has already worked out
abroad plans, the deadline is not
as bothersome.
Shah intends to use her
advantage for her senior year.
Like Gaudet, she hopes to live
in Sophia Gordon Hall. She will
study abroad next year, and plans
to live in off-campus housing if
she is not abroad for the whole
year.
If a student is unable to secure
off-campus lodging for extenu-
ating circumstances, “we would
have to sit down and talk to the
student” on a case-by-case basis,
King said. But she added that stu-
dents should have “plenty of time
for their planning.”
*Editor’s Note: The statistics that
ResLife provided to the Daily this
year conflict with related numbers
that the office provided last year.
In February of last year, ResLife
indicated that 148 freshmen had
received lottery boosts, not 120.
ResLife also indicated at that time
that 63 had elected to use their
advantages for sophomore year,
not 66.

Reitman: Actions of individuals should not be conlfated with those of groups

drugs
continued from page 1
office for interrogation.
The board member said that the
fourth student is not a member of
SigNu.
O’Hara and Koltun have withdrawn
from Tufts in order to avoid going
through the judicial process of expul-
sion, while McNutt is appealing the
charges against him.
McNutt said that TUPD approached
him on Sept. 25 outside of a class and
brought him to the station for ques-
tioning. He was not carrying any illegal
substances but, at the urging of TUPD,
he signed a statement in which he
“admitted to helping out my very close
friends with small bags of marijuana,”
he said.
“They showed me a folder, acted like
they had evidence, but never actually
showed me the evidence. They told me
if I didn’t cooperate, I would have to
deal with Somerville police, and they
were trying to keep this within the
school,” he said.
McNutt said that the following
Tuesday, he met with Judicial Affairs
Officer Veronica Carter, who informed
him that by signing the statement he
had affirmed his intent to distribute,
which constitutes grounds for expul-
sion under the alcohol and drugs bylaws
in the Pachyderm, Tufts’ student hand-
book.
McNutt said he has chosen to remain
at school and potentially fight the
charges, given what he sees as a paucity
of evidence against him.
“I was found with nothing and fully
cooperated with the police, so I had
hoped there would be some consider-
ation of that,” he said.
Dean of Student Affairs Bruce
Reitman said that providing specifics
about the students, including the iden-
tity of the fourth student, would consti-
tute a breach of their privacy that the
Office of Student Affairs would “never”
carry out.
Reitman said that he will remain
unable to provide specifics on the mat-
ter until all four of the expulsion cases,
at least one of which is still pending,
have concluded.
“This is all part of one investigation,
so even though there’s more than one
student involved, it’s all part of the
same case,” he said.
Reitman said that TUPD had
approached his office and Judicial
Affairs alleging the accused students’
involvement in the distribution of ille-
gal drugs. The charge of intent to dis-
tribute is a weighty one that carries
more severe consequences than lesser
drug charges, Reitman said.
“It’s not the first time that there have
been students who have been accused
by the police, either the Tufts police
or off-campus police, for distribution
of drugs,” he said. “It’s not unusual for came as a huge surprise.”
students to be accused of possession. Reitman cautioned against conflat-
It’s more infrequent for accusations of ing individual transgressions with the
distribution.” actions of an organization to which
The SigNu executive board member those individuals might belong.
said the charges against the brothers “If somebody’s a member of the chess
add to a recent string of events — club, but the chess club isn’t involved
including the discovery of a keg and necessarily in whatever it is the indi-
of marijuana in the house in separate vidual is accused of, we wouldn’t give
incidents last semester — that have that information because it’s not fair
attracted the attention of the frater- to the organization,” Reitman said. “I
nity’s national organization. don’t know at this point whether there’s
“[Nationals] consider us a high-risk any reason to think this is more than
chapter right now, so they’ve moved in individual behavior.”
to correct it,” he said, noting increased Although these incidents may reflect
oversight on activities such as recruit- poorly on Tufts’ SigNu chapter, the fra-
ment and a semester-long ban on par- ternity should be able to move on,
ties at the SigNu house. Director of Fraternity and Sorority
But the board member said that the Affairs Patrick Romero-Aldaz said in an
Tufts administration and the national e-mail.
organization have decided to catego- “I have full faith that with the assis-
rize the late-September busts as exter- tance of the national headquarters and
nal from the fraternity. their alumni volunteers, Sigma Nu will
“Tufts and Nationals will understand handle these proceedings as required
because they recognize we’re trying to by their policy and address this situa-
step up and improve,” he said. “This tion swiftly,” he said.
Correction
Yesterday’s article “SigNu brothers caught with drugs; two withdraw” contained factual inaccura-
cies. Not all of the brothers were found in possession of narcotics. According to the Daily’s most
-recent information, one was caught with marijuana and cocaine. Additionally, the brothers were
not arrested. They did meet with Tufts University Police Department officers who were investigat-
ing the case. The Daily will continue to investigate this story and work to bring our readers the
latest, most up-to-date information.

Large surpluses avoided DiBiase hopes donation would show student commitment
senate
continued from page 1
dents have called for a variety of initiatives
ranging from campus-wide wireless Internet
access to broader handicap accessibility.
The recovered funds are restitution for
the nearly $1 million that former Office of
Student Activities employees Jodie Nealley
and Ray Rodriguez allegedly embezzled.
The Senate received a check for $902,338
last month and has $714,291.72 left after
forgiving the debts of six student groups,
three of which the body believes were directly
embezzled from.
The Senate feels comfortable spending the
available money since it operates on a year
to year basis. According to Shapanka, the
Treasury normally maintains a year-end sur-
plus of between $50,000 and $200,000, and
directly allocates the rest of the over $1 mil-
lion that come in annually from the Student
Activities Fee.
Since the Treasury is fiscally sound this year, Shapanka said. “We met our
Shapanka said the Senate considers it mis-
guided to guard a surplus of over $700,000.
“It’s not in line with the zero-based budgeting
principle,” he said.
event
continued from page 1
he said. “I really think putting
money and saying, ‘This is a stu-
dent commitment … Where is
the commitment from the [trust-
ees] and the administration?’ is a
really powerful statement.”
DiBiase’s idea was one of a
string presented at yesterday’s
meeting, which took place in
Hotung Café. Popular sugges-
tions such as the implementa-
tion of campus-wide wireless
Internet access and providing
funding for the Tufts Mountain
Club’s planned Trips Cabin also
surfaced. So did fresh propos-
als for a scholarship fund and
increased lighting on campus.
“I think it was a worthwhile
meeting,” TCU Treasurer Matt
goal, which was to solicit feed-
back from members of the com-
munity.”
The campus center’s phase
one was the construction of the
building; Jumbo Express and the
bookstore were added during
phase two. But plans for the third
leg have dragged as the univer-
sity prioritizes other initiatives.
“I don’t think that the university
is not committed to these issues,”
DiBiase said. “But I think that by
demonstrating student desire
and commitment to this project
through the recovered funds, I
really think that we can demon-
strate to the administration that
this is something that students
really feel passionate about.”
DiBiase said schools such
as Boston University and
Northeastern University have
recognized the need for a cen-
tral space conducive to social-
izing, and Tufts students have
been eager for the university to
follow suit.
“It has kind of been the ele-
phant in the room that students
bring up every year and nothing
has happened,” he said.
According to DiBiase, the
construction could assuage
many student concerns about
social life. “There’s a reason
that students go to off-campus
parties … instead of staying on
campus,” he said. “And there’s a
reason that students think we’re
a fragmented community.”
DiBiase, now the treasurer for
the senior class council and a
trustee representative, helped
oversee last year’s expansion of
Hotung, which he called a good
start for a new vision of the cam-
pus center.
“I think Hotung is sort of the
beginning of that conversation,”
he said. But he wants to see
much more expansive work,
with parts of the building being
gutted to create new spaces.
“I think that we really need to
go back to the drawing board,”
he said.
The Tufts Mountain Club
has been one of the most
active groups in petitioning
the Senate for a portion of the
recovered funds, and members
showed up clad in matching
outfits to yesterday’s meeting.
Sophomore Brian Gilling, the
director of the Trips Cabin proj-
ect, said it was a good oppor-
tunity to spread information
about the planned supplement
to the Loj, a New Hampshire
house that the group operates.
“We were looking [to] bounce
ideas off of everybody,” he said.
“I think it went well for every-
body,” he said, referring to the
various students who proposed
projects.
As for DiBiase, he hopes the
meeting will be a springboard
for a long-overdue project. “I
think it’s an idea that’s been
talked about for years, but the
student body has never had the
ability monetarily to show our
commitment,” he said.

Local food movement
expands, attracts modest
Jumbo following
Shoppers can choose locally grown produce at the weekly farmers’ market in Davis Square.
by Sarah Bliss
Daily Editorial Board
This article is the first in a two-part series
chronicling the expansion of the local food
movement both on a community-wide scale
and among Tufts students. This installation
focuses on the Davis Square farmers’ mar-
ket and the efforts of students who promote
locally grown food. The second part, which
will run tomorrow, will address local food in
Tufts’ dining halls and eateries, as well as the
barriers to expanding its presence on campus.
Nestled behind bunches of celery, a few
honey-buying stragglers and a heap of but-
ternut squash, Al Stoddart manned his veg-
etable stand last Wednesday afternoon, jug-
gling his role as a business-minded farmer
with waves of passing market-goers.
“You notice I don’t put up any signs,”
Stoddart, who goes by Farmer Al, said. “I have
a good relationship with the people. They
know my stuff, and they come back.”
Tucked back toward the end of market’s
spread, another stand displayed an array of
Blue Heron Organic Farm squash and pump-
kins, two byproducts of the turning season.
“What you’re seeing here is reality,” said
Ellery Kimball, a farmer at Blue Heron. “We
do it all: all of the tractor work, the planting
and the harvesting.”
While the Davis Square farmers’ market
brings freshly plucked corn and neighbor-
ly conversation to Somerville locals every
Wednesday afternoon, the Tufts support
base, a modest squad of eco-heads and food-
ies, is eclipsed by an overwhelming number
of students who dish up daily at Dewick
and have yet to wander behind Starbucks in
pursuit of local food since setting foot on the
Hill.
Professors feel that e-mail lingo and poor
grammar lead to overly casual exchanges
by Katherine Seim
Contributing Writer
With the advent of Internet shorthand
and mile-a-minute G-chat logs, habit lends
itself to overlooking capitalization and proper
punctuation — a trend that many Tufts’ fac-
ulty members have not ignored.
“[One email] I got was ‘Hey Kel, you needz
to fix the Power Points, as they is messed up.’
That was the e-mail I got from someone,
presumably pre-med,” Kelly McLaughlin, an
associate professor of biology, said.
“I would never send an e-mail to one of my
students with, ‘Hey Bob.’ I think that’s just a
common courtesy,” she added.
According to Dean of Undergraduate
Education James Glaser, e-mail often yields a
more relaxed correspondence.
“I think e-mail does lead to more informal-
ity. Lots of rules of grammar and writing are
tossed out the window when you’re writing
see E-MAIL, page 4
Features
“I wonder if people who haven’t had the
experience of going to a farmers’ market don’t
really understand that there is a qualitative
difference between an interaction that results
in your walking away with a bag of spinach
produced at a factory farm and purchasing
spinach from a person,” said Ann Rappaport,
a lecturer in the urban and environmental
policy and planning department.
Rappaport said that the benefits of buying
local food extend well beyond the realm of
taste and include a much-needed departure
from food that travels many miles. and awareness of where your food is coming
“The first thing that I think of immediately
is the implication in terms of climate change.
The food that gets transported from literally
all over the globe is coming by plane in some
cases,” Rappaport said. “You are burning up a
lot of fossil fuel to do that, and so local foods
mean less fossil fuel. It’s really a simple equa-
tion, and I think that is, in many respects,
something we can lose sight of.”
The “local food movement” has also
enhanced the strength of community ties and
the direct gains received by regional farmers,
according to Kathleen Merrigan, an assistant
professor and the director of the Agriculture,
Food and Environment Program at Tufts’
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and
Policy.
“It’s a real economic opportunity for farm-
ers because the more middlemen that are
cut out of the process, the more dollar value
that goes back to the farmers,” Merrigan said.
“Provided the food is well kept, it can be
fresher, and in some cases more nutritious.”
Still, buyers beware: Merrigan cautioned
that local food isn’t always better in terms of
transportation and quality.
“Just because it’s local doesn’t mean it’s
necessarily the best. I am a big advocate for
Casual e-mails from students to professors often create bad impressions.
tuftsdaily.com
Meredith Klein/Tufts Daily
local foods, but I want to be an intelligent
advocate. Not all local is the same,” Merrigan
said. “Just because a guy is local doesn’t mean
he is an environmentally sound producer.”
On the upside, the exchange that occurs at
a farmers’ market is a fundamental piece of
keeping small communities thriving, accord-
ing to Rappaport, a concept notably absent
when selecting fruit and vegetables from seri-
ally numbered bins at the grocery store.
“For the students that are buying for them-
selves, it creates a great sense of community
from … as well as an assurance that money
is going to stay in your geographical area,
which can be a huge thing,” she said.
Merrigan also argued that buying locally
revitalizes the consumption of seasonal pro-
duce, and that students may experience a
different way of stocking their fridges.
“Anyone that goes down to the Davis
Square farmers’ market knows that it is a fun
place to be. You can get cooking tips, you can
expand the fruits and vegetables that you
wouldn’t normally eat,” she said. “You can
pick up a bitter melon and say, ‘What’s this?’ It
can push you outside of your comfort zone.”
Senior Tai Dinnan is a member of Food
Education and Action for Sustainability at
Tufts (FEAST), a collaborative effort between
students, the Fletcher School’s Center for
International Environment and Resource
Policy, Dining Services, and the Tufts Institute
of the Environment (TIE) that works to pro-
mote sustainability and environmentally
friendly food purchases on campus.
A long-time advocate of buying locally
produced goods, Dinnan said that awareness
about the blessings of local food has grown
see FARMERS’ MARKET, page 4
3
Michael Sherry | Political Animal
The final
debate
L
ast night marked the final debate
between Barack Obama and John
McCain. I jotted down my thoughts
as I watched. For the full expe-
rience, cut out this article and read it
while you watch a recording of the debate.
Bonus points if you actually do that and
are not my mother.
9:10 - A feisty discussion on the tradi-
tional Democratic Achilles heel: taxes.
Obama sticks to his “95 percent of people
will get a tax cut under my plan” mantra.
McCain is extremely aggressive, in keep-
ing with his do-or-die situation.
9:15 - Bob Schieffer joins a long line of
doomed debate moderators bravely try-
ing to pin down the candidates on the
inevitable cuts they will have to make
because of the huge expense of the fed-
eral bailout plan. Neither, of course, will
name specifics, fearing to offend con-
stituencies which have come to depend
on the money. This question will never be
answered point-blank by any candidate
within a month of Election Day, ever.
They straight up ignore Schieffer. McCain
names a few subsidies and tariffs, which
is at least something, but they are not
really government programs.
9:20 - McCain finally responds to the
“just like Bush” charge. If he had con-
fronted it that aggressively two months
ago, the polls might have been a lot dif-
ferent today.
9:22 - The look on McCain’s face while he
waits for Obama’s response, pen in hand,
is like a bird of prey waiting to strike. He
has never been this aggressive before, and
it’s alternately effective and off-putting.
9:26 - McCain repeats his old canard
that if Obama had agreed to do town
hall meetings with him back in June, the
campaign would not have taken such a
negative turn. It’s a bizarre argument.
But McCain’s attacks on the Obama cam-
paign’s negativity are forcefully argued.
9:35 - It all comes out: Ayers, ACORN,
“the destruction of the fabric of American
democracy.” Obama tries to downplay
the connections, then shifts to his more
respectable associates. The way McCain
tackles this topic makes it seem almost
cathartic for him.
9:43 - If I hear one more time about how
great it is that Sarah Palin has a special
needs child, I’m going to scream.
9:53 - Obama, who has seemed off his
game in the face of McCain’s strong show-
ing, slips back into his usual self-assured
form in responding to McCain’s attack on
a Colombian trade agreement. “Actually,
I understand it pretty well.” Cool as a
cucumber again.
9:59 - “Joe the Plumber” is the most
catered-to voter in American history, beat-
ing out Joe Sixpack and Hockey Mom.
10:06 - Ah, a question on the Supreme
Court, where both candidates must pre-
tend they would consider nominating a
justice who disagrees with them on Roe v.
Wade. Never, never, never.
10:24 - Oh sh-t, he mentioned Palin’s kid
again. Sorry everyone, I can’t watch the
rest of the debate as I’ve thrown a brick
through my TV.
My verdict? McCain had his strongest
debate showing so far. In the first half, he
was dominant, but Obama regained his
cool as the discussion moved into the last
half-hour or so. If McCain’s other debate
performances had been this good, he’d
likely be a lot closer to Obama in the polls.
McCain’s forceful separation of himself
from the president (“Senator Obama, I am
not George W. Bush. If you wanted to run
against President Bush, you should have
run 4 years ago.”) will be the clip of the
night and will be quoted by every news-
paper and pundit in the next three days.
The McCain campaign has reason to smile
tonight, but it may be too little, too late.
Michael Sherry is a senior majoring in
political science. He can be reached at
Michael.Sherry@tufts.edu.
4 The Tufts Daily
The Microblog
What did you do when the power went out?
New meaning was given to “do it in the dark” on Sunday, when most of Tufts’ cam-
pus experienced a power outage. Without the luxuries of light, television or computers,
students trying to work — or procrastinate — found themselves in a predicament. Steve Maher, a graduate student and teach-
The police cars and other public safety vehicles stationed around campus lent to the
chaotic atmosphere. Their lights, combined with glowsticks, flashlights and cell phone
backlights, permeated the darkness. So what was Tufts doing while the transfer sta-
tion was being repaired? The Microblog sheds some light (har-dee-har-har) on that
question.
What were you doing during the power outage?
“I went to Davis Square and did my homework, and at night
I used battery-powered ‘candles.’”
— Priya Larson, freshman
“I was playing basketball over by South.”
—A lex Hammershaimb, senior
“I took a shower by flashlight, and then I was at a ska con-
cer.”
— Matt Pardo, sophomore
“I spilled a lot of stuff.”
— Amanda Johnson, freshman
“We told ghost stories in the basement of Bush.”
— Kyle Cherry, freshman
“I was in Tower Café doing a writing fellows session ... Then a
guy came in and said there was a power outage and we had to
leave. We finished the session on a ledge outside.”
— David Shottland, junior
“I came to campus, collected people and took them off
campus.”
— Sanaa Hafeez, sophomore
— by Robin Carol
Domestic Politics
Lunchtime Speakers
Seminar in American Politics: Decision
2008, Campaign for the Presidency
Austan Goolsbee, Professor of Economics at
University of Chicago, longtime economic adviser
to Barack Obama.
Thursday, October 16, Noon-1:15
RSVP required to Douglas.Foote@gmail.com.
For information on the remaining fall speakers,
visit the calendar at activecitizen.tufts.edu
Features
For professors, formalities are important
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an e-mail,” Glaser said.
ing assistant in the psychology department,
suggested that e-mails remove the degree of
authority more tangible with personal inter-
actions, and said that this results in inad-
equate caution when addressing professors.
“People feel much freer to be infor-
mal with e-mail than they do in person.
Everybody’s dehumanized [behind an email
address],” he said.
With some correspondences, e-mail can
allow students to be brasher in dealing with
their professors.
“There have been people who weren’t very
respectful. They would get downright nasty
about a grade, and I would say, ‘Let’s meet in
person’, because I think with e-mail, people
can misconstrue things,” Maher said.
For Maher, a face-to-face meeting is both
preferable and convenient.
“How big is Tufts’ campus? Not that big.
You could walk for five minutes and actually
meet the person you want to get instruction
from, who’s grading you. People can meet
face to face and talk. It still works, just like it
did ten thousand years ago,” Maher said.
Associate professor of psychology Keith
Maddox said that he has received e-mails in
which students address him by first name
alone. While he would rather that new stu-
dents refrain from addressing him on a first-
name basis, informality from more well-
known students is more acceptable.
“I will actually make a statement when I
first meet a group of students. I’ll say that my
name is ‘Professor Maddox’. [An acquaintance
of mine] told me, ‘You’re Dr. Maddox. You’ve
earned this title. You need to have respect for
it and have other people respect it,’” Maddox
said. “It is important in some ways because
you’re in a situation where you want to be
friendly with your students and be able to
connect with them. But in a lot of cases, you’re
also going to be grading them and evaluating
them, and they have to be able to see you as
an authority figure.”
Still, many students make a point to exer-
cise caution in e-mail correspondence and
have benefited from making a habit of par-
ticular formalities.
“I don’t think I would ever do that auto-
matically and assume it’s fine,” senior Sarah
Cotterill said. “By default ... I just write ‘Dear
Professor So-and-so.’ I don’t think there’s yet
to be a circumstance where I’ve even debated
calling a professor by [his or her] first name. I
would just err on the side of caution.”
It is to the student’s benefit to address their
professor respectfully instead of casually, and
e-mail is no exception, McLaughlin argued.
“You don’t get a chance to make impres-
sions. One of the courses I’m involved with
Many farmers’ markets offer more
affordable options than students realize
FARMERS’ MARKET
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since her time at Tufts began. theory, and I think a lot of Tufts students, even
“I quickly realized that the general popula-
tion wasn’t really aware of the politics of local
versus organic versus conventional versus
international,” Dinnan said. “There wasn’t
a large awareness about farmers’ markets
and the areas where you could buy local, but
in the last four years, across the nation and
especially on college campuses, things have
changed.”
Those working the produce stands every
Wednesday have picked up on the growing
trend as well. Maury Bouchard, an employee
at the Nicewicz Family Farm in Bolton, said
that in recent years he has seen dramatic
growth in the popularity of buying locally.
“This year especially we have noticed. We
do 11 markets in six days at our farm; I per-
sonally do two of them, and I’ve noticed at
this one and the Belmont market dramatic
improvements,” Bouchard said. “I think peo-
ple are hearing terms like ‘eating locally’ and
‘carbon footprint’ more and are just getting
educated and want to buy local.”
When asked if he felt the market is a pop-
ular stop for the local student population,
Bouchard said that some members of the
Tufts community do regularly attend.
“If I had to guess, though, I would say it’s
mostly women over fifty, but other groups are
certainly well represented,” he said.
A weekly shopper at the Davis Square oper-
ation, senior Nora Chovanec underscored the
accessibility of the farmers’ markets to stu-
Thursday, October 16, 2008
is Bio 13, and there’s between 300 and 400
students. You do have to be very careful about
how you are presenting yourself,” McLaughlin
said. “I don’t think students realize the conse-
quences might be a little bit more severe than
they realize. If you start off the semester by
alienating the faculty members, that’s not a
very good idea.”
McLaughlin added that carelessly worded
e-mails also have the potential to stain future
professional endeavors, compromising grad-
uate school and job applications.
“I think people don’t realize that e-mail is
a formal record if you apply for a job. What
if [students] send something to a professor
thinking that they had this very casual rela-
tionship, and then later they ask this professor
for a letter of recommendation? One thing
that is going to be in the professor’s mind is
that the student wasn’t very professional,” she
said. “We don’t know what you’re going to be
like in the future. We can only speak to what
you’ve done since we’ve known you. I think
you do have to be very cautious.”
The lack of e-mail etiquette could be a
direct result of schools not addressing the
subject in the first place.
“No one ever sat me down and said, ‘This
is how you write en e-mail to a faculty mem-
ber or when you’re applying for jobs,’ [in] the
way someone did sit me down and say, ‘This
is how you write a cover letter when you’re
applying for jobs,’” McLaughlin said.
Susannah Krenn, assistant director of
Career Services, said that questionable e-mail
handles alone can reflect poorly on an indi-
vidual on many levels.
“One of our career counselors used to
work in Human Resources for a large Boston-
based company. She noted that when an
email application came in from a LazyBoy@
aol.com, she wasn’t exactly in a big hurry to
hire the candidate,” Krenn said in an e-mail
to the Daily.”
But some argue that a professor’s teaching
style is to blame for the casual nature of e-mail
correspondence between students and fac-
ulty. According to junior Michael Birnkrant,
students’ e-mails likely mimic the tone the
professor uses in class.
“There are professors who are trying to get
on the students’ levels, which elicits an aura
in which they seem to welcome an informal
exchange with students,” Birnkrant said.
Glaser said that a certain degree of infor-
mality can foster a positive relationship
between students and their professors, but
that students should use good judgment.
“In a place like Tufts, we really care that stu-
dents are getting a close connection with their
teachers,” Glaser said. “That’s what you get
here, which you don’t get at any other place.
I think informality is fine. Students should be
aware, though, that their e-mails reflect upon
them, and create impressions.”
dents’ budgets.
“I think people support buying locally in
though they are college students, can afford
the price of locally grown food,” Chovanec
said. “I think if more people knew about it,
they would come more.”
And while certain items undoubtedly are
more expensive at the market, many have
been able to match their purchases to their
budgets with relative ease.
“Some things are cheaper and some are
more expensive,” senior Lizzie DeWan said. “I
think it probably does add up to be a bit more
expensive, but I don’t eat meat, so I am saving
by not buying meat.”
Moving forward, the potential for increased
awareness about local food availability is
present, but difficult to address, according to
Dinnan.
“The simple thing would be to just flyer,”
Dinnan said. “It’s hard, though, because there
is a population of Tufts students eating in
the dining halls and then there is population
living off campus, so you could have a table
flyer at Dewick, but if you are touting local
food, you can’t expect many of those people
to be going to the farmers’ markets if they are
already eating at Dewick.”
Sophomore Victor Band has yet to visit a
farmers’ market in Boston, although he did
occasionally attend one while living at home.
Band said he doesn’t prefer local food exclu-
sively to other dining hall options.
“I eat whatever tastes better, whatever is
there,” Band said.

Welcome to the...
Museum renovations hope to improve
aesthetics, foster community connections
by Sarah Cowan and Adam Kulewicz
Daily Editorial Board and Contributing Writer
These are exciting times at the Museum
of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston. Construction is
booming, galleries are changing and works of
art are on the move as part of a $500 million
campaign, “Building the new MFA,” which is
scheduled to be completed by late 2010.
When the renovation — conceived by the
esteemed London-based architecture firm
Foster & Partners — is complete, there will
be a large new wing for American art, a spec-
tacular glass courtyard connecting the existing
building to the new wing, and a refurbished
corridor along the center of the museum,
anchored by the two historic entrances on
Huntington Ave. and Fenway.
The campaign will also include the addition
of learning facilities, the already-completed
relocation of the Jean S. and Fredric A. Sharf
Visitor Center, the Ann and Graham Gund
Gallery for special exhibitions, new areas for
conservation, refurbishment of the European
and Ancient World galleries and a large new
area for contemporary and modern art.
Kelly Gifford, public relations manager at
the MFA, told the Daily, “What we’re really
doing with Foster & Partners is creating
more space for artwork, so the main mis-
sion of the museum is to bring people and
art together and the main mission of this
expansion is to create more space and more
galleries for the displays of the museum’s
collection.” This new space adds 52 new gal-
leries in the American Wing alone and frees
up space for Art of Europe to take over the
Evans Wing and contemporary art to fill the
West Wing. “It’s kind of like a ripple effect,”
Gifford said, “with the main goal being to
get more of the collection out and to make it
easier for visitors to find it.”
“Open, accessible and transparent”
According to Gifford, the MFA and Foster &
Partners’ collective aim is to make the muse-
um more “open, accessible and transparent”
to the community of Boston and the world.
The construction of Foster & Partners’ struc-
ture, already well underway, will be a stunning
addition to the MFA and is certain to achieve
that goal. It will blend well with the surround-
ing community and propel the MFA’s struc-
ture into the likes of the most famed museums
of the world.
The glass structure designed for the
American Wing will be physically trans-
parent, fitting into MFA director Malcolm
Rogers’ larger scheme for accessibility. Since
Rogers’ arrival at the MFA, he re-opened
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the Huntington Entrance (since closed for
renovations), extended museum hours to be
open seven days a week (some of the longest
opening hours of any art institution in the
country), and instated free admission for
children aged 17 and under. The extensive
online database is another attempt to open
the museum to a wider community, now
with 350,000 of the 450,000 works in the col-
lection accessible online.
Making history: from Copley to Fenway
The MFA’s “Building Project Fact Sheet”
outlines the history of the MFA, starting from
its 1876 opening as a brick and terra-cotta
site in Copley Square, a space the expanding
collection outgrew. In 1909, the MFA officially
relocated to a grand, “Beaux-Arts structure on
Huntington Avenue” designed by architect
Guy Lowell. Over the years, additions were
made to the granite building including the
Evans Wing, also designed by Lowell, in 1915.
In 1981, famed architect I.M. Pei completed
the West Wing, which became, and remains,
the museum’s main entrance. During the
construction of this wing, the doors to the
grand Fenway entrance were closed and never
reopened. Several years later, the Huntington
Ave. entrance was also closed to the public.
I.M. Pei’s structure served as a fine base
for museum visitors with its light-filled entry
area, large gallery spaces and spacious retail
shops and dining venues. However, as the
other entrances to the museum were per-
manently closed, according to Gifford, many
visitors entered through the West Wing, saw
only part of the collection, visited the gift shop
and left without ever getting to the heart of the
museum’s collection, laid out along the central
axis stretching between the Huntington and
Fenway entrances.
Continuously striving “to bring people
into direct encounters with works of art,” as
Gifford put it, and recognizing that its setup
was insufficient, the MFA decided to expand.
In May 1999, the museum commissioned the
celebrated architecture firm Foster & Partners
to create a master site plan for the renova-
tion. Foster & Partners unveiled its schematic
designs in February 2002 and construction
began soon after.
A celebrated firm for a celebrated museum
Foster & Partners is an international firm
“with project offices in more than 20 coun-
tries,” according to its Web site. Its works,
characterized by sensitivity to location and
dramatic use of natural light, include “the larg-
est single structure on the planet,” the Beijing
Airport, and the recently completed Hearst
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Headquarters in New York City, which incor-
porates a six-story art deco building (original
to the site) with a tall office tower in a spec-
tacular light-filled atrium.
Gifford explained that after the museum’s
international search, Foster & Partners was
the best fit. “They have an incredible record
of creating new expansions to very old build-
ings that complement and enhance the way
that the building looks and the way that visi-
tors access them,” Gifford said. As the Hearst
Headquarters and its Web site suggest, Foster
& Partners is “guided by a sensitivity to the
culture and climate of place,” and the firm
seeks to tastefully integrate its structures with
the surrounding area. Therefore, when it set
out to design the new MFA, Foster & Partners
returned to Guy Lowell’s original master plan,
which called for the museum to have a cen-
tral plan, with a central corridor anchored by
the entrances on Huntington and Fenway.
This original plan was the basis on which the
firm expanded.
Building the new MFA
Foster & Partners’ plan includes the
reopening of the Huntington and Fenway
entrances and the relocation of the Jean S.
and Fredric A. Sharf Visitor Center to the cen-
ter of the building. This project will restore the
original layout of the museum, and will guide
the flow of visitors directly into the heart of
the museum’s collection (Art of Europe, Art
of the Ancient World, etc.).
In the visitor center, now open, the
wall opposite the information desk will be
removed and visitors will walk into a glass
courtyard, The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family
Courtyard, on the other side of which will be
the new American Wing. Two large walls of
glass stretching from the existing structure to
the new wing will make this space usable all
year round and it will be decorated with statu-
ary and surrounded by beautiful landscaping,
allowing for a smooth transition between the
two buildings.
A new wing celebrates American art
Once visitors pass through the glass court-
yard, they will enter the four-story American
Wing. Arranged chronologically and mixing
painting and sculpture, the new galleries will
give the visitor an understanding of each
respective period in both forms of art.
According to the MFA’s Web site, the first
floor will display “prehistoric Native American
and pre-Columbian collections,” the second
floor will hold works from the Colonial Period,
the third floor will show work from the 19th
century, and the fourth floor — a large space
5
with high ceilings — will display works from
the 20th century.
The wing, which will face Forsyth Way, will
consist of three parts: a central structure of
mostly glass walls and two pavilions on either
side with facades of glass and granite panels.
The design is bold, but at the same time subtly
elegant. And, to link the new American Wing
with the original structure, granite for the new
addition will be from the same area in the
same quarry in Maine from which the gran-
ite for the original Beaux Arts structures was
taken at the beginning of the 20th century.
With its glass walls, the central part of the
new American Wing will blend the museum
with the surrounding community (one of the
goals of the campaign). The structure will be
aesthetically pleasing and an embodiment of
the transparency principle, allowing pedestri-
ans on street level to see into the museum and
visitors inside the museum to look out toward
downtown Boston.
A great reorganization
While the Harvard Art Museum, also under-
going renovations, closed its doors to the pub-
lic for construction, the MFA made the deci-
sion to stay open during renovation. “When
we commissioned to do the master site plan
our director made a firm commitment that
the museum would be open during the reno-
vations,” said Gifford. “So from the outset we
knew we wanted to keep the museum open.”
One phase of the building campaign already
complete is the reopening of the entrance on
Fenway. Renamed the State Street Corporation
Fenway Entrance in honor of the company’s
$10 million gift — the largest in the MFA’s his-
tory — the area features handicapped ramps,
a wider porch and staircase, two reflecting
pools and large sculptures by Antonio López
García, acquired by the MFA during his exhibi-
tion this past spring. These changes make the
entryway more accessible and highlight its
dramatic classical design and prime location
on Fredrick Law Olmsted’s famed Emerald
Necklace Park.
Additionally, the current parking lot and
loading facility facing Huntington Ave. will
be relocated to make the approach to the
MFA less cluttered and allow visitors to bet-
ter appreciate the beauty of the classical and
contemporary structures intertwined.
A building for the ages
When the construction is complete, the
additions will be visually spectacular, but will
hold a value that far exceeds their aesthet-
see RENOVATIONS, page 8
6 The Tufts Daily weekender Thursday, October 16, 2008

From the Office of the Tufts Daily Top Ten | Alternative Sources of Energy in Case of Blackout

Dear Carrie Fisher, After losing power for an extended

period of time this Sunday, Tufts, like the
rest of the world, has been forced to exam-
As you probably read in yester- ine alternative energy sources. As usual,
day’s review of your one-woman that got us here at the Daily thinking about
what we could do on a small scale to save
show, “Wishful Drinking” (I’m (or create) energy. The Arts section had
assuming you follow the Daily some suggestions of our own:
religiously, as you should), you
ask during your set how exactly 10. Impose mandatory blindness: In case
one goes about using a Princess you haven’t seen the movie “Blindness,”
which came out last week, the basic plot
Leia sex doll. of the movie sees (haha, get it?) everyone
Well, I’ll tell you. A Princess in the world going blind. If no one at Tufts
Leia sex doll is no ordinary sex had sight, we wouldn’t need electricity to see
doll, especially because they go stuff, because we wouldn’t see. Though, the
for around 300 bucks a pop implications of this are pretty radical … we’d
probably evolve into a post-apocalyptic wan-
(note the hilarious pun). Before dering tribe of subterranean mole-people.
romancing your Leia, make Did I say radical? I meant awesome.
sure to take the time to take her
out somewhere extremely public 9. Befriend Andrew W.K.: Party Hard! Party
and have a very loud conversa- Hard! Party Hard! Party Hard! Party Hard!
tion with her. In fact, just yell, 8. Expand ‘Do It In The Dark’: Why does
preferably in Swedish. Then doing it in the dark have to apply only to
take her shopping and treat her sex? From now on, ‘it’ is everything you do
to the finest gold-plated lingerie on a day-to-day basis. Making an omelet?
money can buy. If she agrees to Do it in the dark. Shaving? Do it in the dark.
Your physics problem set? Do it in the dark.
wear it, that’s a good sign. As a plus, it will be a very smooth transition
At the end of the night, you’ll to sex.
probably get some — as long as the female dirigible is willing to put out, but
don’t expect that. If she doesn’t feel the dynamic is working, just spend some 7. Find a method of turning Kevin
more quality time with her to prove that you’re a decent, upstanding guy. Let Federline’s undeserved sense of accom-
plishment into useable energy: This really
her follow you around the next day, perhaps allowing her to sit on the back of shouldn’t be that hard. Attach some elec-
your riding mower as you do some landscaping; chicks love that. Your neigh- trodes to his brain and play back “Po Po Zao”
bors will think it’s adorable how well you two get along. for him a few times. His opinion of himself
See what interests you have in common, but whatever you do, don’t make her will go off the charts.
feel objectified. That’s just wrong. Fictitious sci-fi babes are people too. People with
6. Do away with the Daily’s sports sec-
no feelings, who would be dead if they had an “inside.” tion: Let’s face it — the sports coverage
Hope this helps. shows up after the Sudoku, so nobody
actually gets far enough in the Daily to read
P.s. — pass the word on to George Lucas that we’re all clamoring for an R2D2 it anyway. Think of how much energy we
sex doll next. Thanks. could create during the next blackout by
compiling all of the paper we would have
used for hopscotch coverage (or whatever
Sincerely, they write about these days) and burning
The Daily Arts Department it for fuel.
5. Find Madonna’s source: Where does
she get all her energy from? The woman
has reinvented herself about 17 times while
still maintaining a body like a Greek sculp-
ture, not to mention the massive amount
of press attention and strife she’s had to
go through in her life (divorce #2 was con-
firmed yesterday).
4. Art history majors on treadmills: Let’s
face it — art history majors are desperate for
jobs, and the career fairs offer no answers,
so why not start a need-based system of
employment and hire all the art history majors
to generate power by running on treadmills?
All of that pent-up energy that usually goes
into reading and writing papers could be put
to good use, and in an entertaining way (ever
seen someone try to run in skinny jeans?).
We could even stage it in a museum and tell
them that it’s modern art.
3. Emo tears: If we can get all the obliga-
tory self-loathing musicians into one room,
their collective emo tears might be able
to power a small turbine. Heck, if Gerard
Way, Robert Smith, Morrissey and all of
Hawthorne Heights were left in a room, they
might just drown themselves while powering
a small city.
2. Eliminate all techno music: Trance,
house, electronica: All heinous examples of
over-use of energy through lights and speak-
ers at the expense of human energy. Mr. DJ,
stop pushing buttons for a second and pick
up a guitar. Oh wait; you can’t actually play
music, can you? Though night clubs might
lose some business, stoners in search of an
escape can just turn to harder drugs, where
the lights and music are already provided.
1. Screw it, just light a candle: We all know
that text message was intended for LOLcats
anyway. “Pls don’t use candles?” How else
will we read the Daily? Come on, this is Tufts
... We doubt there’s anyone dumb enough
on this campus to actually start a fire from
their candle during a blackout ... right?
— compiled by the Daily Arts Department

American Red Cross

Blood Drive César Chávez

(March 31, 1927 – April
23, 1993)

Cesar Chavez was born to first generation

Mexican immigrants in Yuma, Arizona,
Latinos In History

where they owned a business and a

ranch. However, as a result of the Great Depression,
they were forced to move to California where they
became part of the migrant community.
After Chavez completed the eighth grade, he joined
OCTOBER 20nd – 24th 2008 his parents full-time in the vineyards. In 1944, Chavez
joined the navy and served in World War II. Chavez
then returned to California and began to work in the
fields once again. This time, he began to fight for
Latinos In History

Monday, 10/20 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. change.

In 1952 Chávez was hired as a community
organizer, and in 1958, he became the director of the
Tuesday, 10/21 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Community Service Organization (CSO), a Latino civil
rights group. Chávez urged Mexican Americans to
register and vote, and he traveled throughout
Wednesday, 10/22 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. California to spread awareness of workers' rights.
Four years later, Chávez co-founded the National
Farm Workers Association (NFWA), later renamed the
Thursday, 10/23 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. United Farm Workers (UFW), with Dolores Huerta.
In 1965, Chavez and the NFWA led a strike of
California grape-pickers to demand higher wages. The
Friday, 10/24 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m strike lasted five years and attracted national attention.
In the early 1970s, the UFW organized strikes and
Hodgdon Hall Lounge boycotts to get higher wages from grape and lettuce
growers. During the 1980s, Chavez led a boycott to
protest the use of toxic pesticides on grapes. These
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Today, Chavez is hailed as one of the greatest
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fully supports blood donation, we do not condone the FDA's policy
barring blood donations from men who have had sex with another
man. We acknowledge that this policy discriminates against gay
and bisexual members of the Tufts community.
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TV Review
New supernatural show hits its
worst ‘Hour’ during premiere
Catherine Scott
by
Daily Editorial Board
The only thought that comes to mind
while watching the premiere episode of
“Eleventh Hour” is “Oh Lord, not another
Eleventh Hour
Starring Rufus Sewell and Marley
Shelton
Airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on CBS
weird-things-happen, we-are-all-connect-
ed, ‘X-Files’ rip-off.” Regardless, CBS intro-
duced “Eleventh Hour,” a new show about
a brilliant scientist and female cop/side-
kick who investigate wacky, scientific, pos-
sibly supernatural occurrences. Now, if this
seems familiar, it’s not only because of its
resemblance to “The X-Files,” but also to
the new show “Fringe,” which features all
the same paranormal shenanigans. While
“Eleventh Hour” has strong acting, even
that can’t compensate for the show’s weak
premise.
“Eleventh Hour” opens with an excit-
ing car chase in which a young man
tosses a biohazard waste container out
the window. After crashing into a tree,
flying out the windshield (wear your seat
belt, kids) and being caught by the police,
the man fleeing the scene reveals that he
was hired to burn the containers, which
actually contained terminated fetuses.
Enter Dr. Jacob Hood (played by Rufus
Sewell) and his bodyguard Rachel Young
(Marley Shelton).
Weekender Interview | Seann William Scott
Scott preps for his next fight scene with his 12-year-old co-star.
Seann William Scott holds back his
maturity in his new movie ‘Role Models’
by Mitchell Geller
Daily Staff Writer
Seann William Scott’s new movie “Role
Models,” about two immature hooligans
who are sentenced to 150 hours of manda-
tory community service for a Big Brother
program, hits theaters Nov. 7. Best known
as Steve Stifler of the “American Pie” series,
Scott sat down with the Daily to divulge
some details about his upcoming movie,
including such life-changing experiences as
being slapped by a 12-year-old and abused
by a gorilla.  wasn’t approved.” So I’d say to Bobb’e, “Say
Mitchell Geller: What was it like working
with Bobb’e [J. Thompson, Ronnie Shields in
the film]? I noticed that you guys had really
great chemistry.
Seann William Scott: Well, we liked each
other a lot. We became good friends and he’s
just funny. I mean I was just blown away; he’s
like a little Eddie Murphy. He really has that
energy. But after the first couple days I think
he was just able to relax a little more. He’s just
a good kid, but really funny. And you can tell:
People know how to swear well. That’s my
only talent in comedy: I know how to swear.
He’s actually better than me and he’s only 12
... It was interesting, too, because, you know,
with a kid, he’s still learning. He has like that
really sharp sense of humor and really, really
The Tufts Daily
Rufus Sewell is about to be beamed up à la “Star Trek.”
Hood is a scientist working specifically
for the FBI and, because he is supposedly
the best, he is assigned a bodyguard. Young
follows him wherever he goes, and Hood
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quick and so ... as much as I want to impro-
vise he may talk over me so we had to figure
it out. I actually had to make sure I wasn’t
laughing because every time he swore it was
funny and I would always encourage him
to swear … They had to approve the script
because he’s a kid and whatever. And he had
a guardian, a woman who’s like his teacher
who had to make sure he was treated well,
so if we improvised a little bit sometimes
we’d go a little bit too far. We had to be care-
ful because I say the weirdest things around
kids and she’d come over and say, “Well that
this.” He’d say, “Yeah? I won’t get in trouble?”
I’m like, “Just say it just happened, like you’re
an actor. What is she going to tell you, not to
act?” So it was great. But actually when he
slapped me in the face, he was doing it half-
assed and I was like I’m going to get slapped
20 times if he doesn’t just rock me. I said,
“Bobb’e, just go for it” and he’s like, “Really!?”
and I’m like, “Don’t get excited for it, just get
it right.” He’s like “OK!” and I literally couldn’t
hear out of my left ear. He slapped me so
hard all I could do is make sure I didn’t cry.
We actually had four different moments in
the movie, I don’t think they’re in there any-
more, but he like slapped me like probably
40 times throughout the whole movie. They
were like, “it will be so funny if we have like
see SCOTT, page 8
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holds onto a panic button just in case
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see ELEVENTH HOUR, page 8
Album Review
Kweller rides his
‘Horse’ into town
to play Paradise
by Zach Drucker
Contributing Writer
Known for his hooky, melodic, Beatle-
esque rock songs, Ben Kweller will unveil
a separate side to his artistic talent with his
forthcoming album, “Changing Horses.”
Still in the opening leg of his latest three-
month tour, Kweller is performing one
night only tonight at 9:00 p.m. at Boston’s
Paradise Rock Club.
Kweller, now 27, caught the attention
of bands and critics alike when, at the age
of 19, he released several short EPs. He
gained recognition via the Internet with
his promotions team, Team BK, and his
One Minute Pop Songs, videos he record-
ed exploring his musical roots and his life.
To date, he has performed with musical
acts such as Guster, Gomez and Ben Folds,
and has recorded three studio albums.
Set for release in early 2009, “Changing
Horses” is being categorized as alterna-
tive country, a genre unfamiliar to most
Kweller fans. Kweller, however, said in an
interview with the Daily that he has been
writing country songs for “years and years”
and he had first collected all the “country
songs that would pop out of me” and
then simply compiled them for “Changing
Horses.” “It’s not like I woke up one day
and said ‘I’m making a country record,’” he
said. “It’s been something that I have been
planning on doing for a long time.”
Kweller also noted that several of his
previous albums include singles with
“country twang” and cited country influ-
ences, relating some of his songs to coun-
try icons such as Hank Williams, Roger
Miller, Waylon Jennings and Leon Russell,
as well as more contemporary country
artists like Garth Brooks. Yet Kweller also
called some of the music on his album
“gospel-ly” and “bluesy,” and he person-
ally would not label “Changing Horses” as
alternative country.
see KWELLER, page 8
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Mikey Goralnik | Paint The Town Brown
10.11.2008,
Les Savy
Fav!
I
generally consider it a bad thing for
musicians’ performances to sound
like their records. Why would I leave
the house to see and hear something I
already paid for when I bought the record,
especially when there are so many witty
pictures on the Internet that I could be
looking at instead?
I like my concerts like I like my medical
procedures: experimental. I want to see a
band explore its material, fleshing out the
synchronicities that lie hidden in the mix
and adding dimensions to the songs that
I like on record. I want obscure covers.
I want improvisation. I want something
more than what I already paid for (or ille-
gally downloaded).
Les Savy Fav’s show at The Middle
East made me reevaluate these priori-
ties. Though the Brooklyn band devoted
their hour-long set to precise renditions
of their reams of recorded material, I left
knowing that I had seen both an elite live
performance and a potentially legend-
ary live band.
One of the reasons LSF can crush a live
show while carbon-copying their mate-
rial is that their material is so good. I
don’t like their second album, “Go Forth”
(2001), but the rest of their four LPs play
like greatest-hits compilations. When my
town-painting companion leaned over
to me midway through their set and
informed me that LSF were only playing
their “bangers” for the spoiled Boston
crowd, I agreed before I realized that their
entire catalog is made up of “bangers.”
Then again, I don’t think I’d say that the
peculiarly abrasive LSF writes “bangers.”
At times, like during the dynamic “The
Sweat Descends,” Harrison Haynes’
sharp rhythms brought to mind dan-
cier bands like LCD Soundsystem, and
watching Boston’s hyper-hipsters wile
out during this tune and other high-tem-
po numbers was definitely a highlight of
the show (for the lulz). More often than
‘bang,’ though, LSF’s songs alternately
stab and stomp in ways that, frankly, few
other bands’ music does.
Most of this stabbing-stomp mecha-
nism comes from the mesmerizing guitar
of Seth Jabour. With a crisp, saber-sharp
tone completely of his own, he’s one of
the few guitarists that I know of who so
clearly stands out despite almost never
soloing. “Rome (Written Upside Down),”
where Jabour cleanly breezes between
precisely syncopated licks, displayed
Jabour’s penchant for subtly, ever-so-
slightly dominating a song.
Alternately, during songs like “The
Equestrian” and “Tragic Monsters,” Jabour
played rhythm guitar in his singular tone
until the bridge, where he went off on
finger-spraining fret board maneuvers
that were somehow catchy. In addition to
being a rousing live guitar player, I’d also
rank him near the top of my underrated-
guitarist list.
I think one of the reasons he goes rela-
tively unnoticed — and the other reason
LSF can kick ass live just by playing their
songs well — is because he’s in a band
with Tim Harrington. ‘Charismatic front-
man’ does not begin to describe LSF’s lead
singer/jester, the wittiest (and bawdiest)
between-song banterer around. Not only
does his costume-changing, crowd-infil-
trating energy wear off on the audience,
but he has an absolutely incredible voice.
Part animal howl, part screed, he can
make anything sound infuriating, or
by channeling his female doppelganger
on songs like “Patty Lee,” maniacally
sexual. His energy — primal, creative
and genuine — is unlike anything else
on stage anywhere.
Harrington’s anima is what sets LSF
apart as an elite live band. Nonetheless,
it is crucial to remember that behind
the bald, bearded man wearing a wed-
ding dress and sweating profusely is an
incredible band playing incredible songs
— songs that I’d gladly pay to see and
hear over and over again.
Mikey Goralnik is a senior majoring in
American history. He can be reached at Michael.
Goralnik@tufts.edu
8 The Tufts Daily weekender Thursday, October 16, 2008

Renovations to increase museum accessibility

RENOVATIONS
continued from page 5
ics. They will, as the MFA desired,
connect the museum with the sur-
rounding community.
Following a motto of “art is
for everyone,” announced by
Malcolm Rogers in a video about
the renovations, the MFA seeks
to be a place where all people,
regardless of their knowledge of
art, can feel comfortable.
Foster & Partners’ brilliant plans
for addition and reorganization
will realize that goal and reflect the
MFA’s commitment to cultural pro-
gramming, already a great resource
in the Boston art community for
film screenings, lectures and events
designed for college students. The
new buildings will not be sensation-
alist or out of place; rather, they will
be welcoming and appropriately fit
in with the existing structures.
The MFA is not changing its
identity, but is making an effort to
integrate with the times. As Gifford
put it, “We have one of the best
encyclopedic collections in the
world, so we don’t want to change
that, we just want to make it easier
for people to come in and walk
around the museum and also see
more artwork … We opened our
doors in 1876 so there’s always
room for innovation.” Indeed,
these long-awaited changes will be
a welcome change to an already-
celebrated museum.

Scott reveals worst job and source of acting

Big hassle publicity
A young Kweller tries his best to hide his inability to grow facial hair.

enlightenment: a gorilla and a projectile pinecone Kweller’s ‘Horses’ gallops

SCOTT
continued from page 7
Because [your character] Wheeler’s Minotaur job obvi-
ously isn’t so great; he loves it but I don’t think any of us
into new alt-country territory
four different times when he slaps you” and I’m like, would really want to have that job. KWELLER
“You’re not even rolling camera or film on this you just continued from page 7
want me to get slapped.” There were other times when SWS: What job ... I’ve had some really bad jobs. Well, “People probably call it alt
he hit me so hard I was just like, “Dude now you’re doing they weren’t bad… country because they can’t think of
it on purpose.” He was like “What? You told me just to anything better, or because I come
go for it.” And I was like, “No, don’t go for it anymore. MG: Weirdest job maybe? from a rock ‘n’ roll background,”
Hold back!”  Kweller said. “It’s actually just deep
SWS: Well, there’s a time when “American Pie” [1999] was in country and western and very
MG: Did you and Paul Rudd hang out a lot before the about to come out, I worked at the L.A. Zoo selling chur- traditional folk music.”
film to get down the chemistry? ros. It was like two months before the movie came out Kweller recorded his previous,
and I was like “I hope this movie works,” and I was like self-titled LP (2006) independent-
SWS: Not really at all. We met a couple times. Well, we making churros and all that stuff … I actually had this ly; he played each instrument on
met a few times. It was a really great experience because moment with this guy, Enrique. I said, “Enrique, watch his own and pieced together the
we really got to kind of develop the movie through a the churros for a while. I haven’t seen any animals and separate parts. For his new album,
really interesting process and a lot of great writers and I’ve been working here for, you know, two days now.” We Kweller reverted back to playing
when David Wain and Ken Marino came on, they really had an interview for “American Pie” for Rolling Stone; with a good old-fashioned band,
shaped out the script … and one of the first times I got to I’m like, “I’m working at the zoo,” and like all of the kids his “favorite way to record music”
shape the character I got to play. But really, the first time are working on other movies. So I’m like, “Enrique I gotta because he likes to play “with
we hung out was when we were on set.  go look at some of the animals.” So I walked and, all of a other humans.”
sudden I’m walking by the gorilla and I get rocked in the “There is just something that
MG: In general, do you like doing comedies more than back of the head and I’m like, “what the…?” And all of a happens in the studio that is really
other types of movies? Last year you did “Southland sudden, I look down and there’s like a big pinecone. And magical,” Kweller said. “You have
Tales” [2006] and that was a big departure for you… I look at the gorilla and the gorilla’s got a pinecone like people playing off of each other
throwing it up and I’m like, “Holy sh-t, the gorilla threw and reacting musically to what the
SWS: I do, only because it seems the comedies are the a pinecone at me!” And this is a true story. And then all other person’s doing.”
ones that are actually going to be put out in theaters. of a sudden he chucked it at me again and I’m like, “No The uniqueness and core of
Because I liked “The Promotion” [2008] and it was way gorilla.” And I literally had a moment … because I Kweller’s usual music will still be
only out in theaters for like two weeks and I was like, was still kind of like … I turned down a couple TV shows retained in Changing Horses and
“Sheesh! you know it’s like you work on a movie for a because I was like “I don’t want to do TV, I want to do will simply be enhanced with a
year and a half?” And then … “Southland Tales” was movies.” Because of the buzz of “American Pie,” I got slightly different genre. The soft
interesting ... I mean I would love to do dramas but I the TV show “Popular,” they offered me that. And I was melodies, natural flow and raw
think that I have a lot of work to do in this genre and I like “I don’t want to do TV, you do a TV show every single emotion that characterize Kweller’s
do … Just listening to the screening yesterday it was so week; how am I ever going to get anybody to think of songs will remain evident through-
rewarding to hear kids laugh. To be part of a movie for me any other way?” And I looked at the gorilla for like out his fourth album. He implied
two years and it finally comes out and you never know, a minute and all of a sudden I was like “You’re right, that Changing Horses, however,
it could be crap, and all of a sudden it actually seems to gorilla.” And I took my little apron off and I walked away,
be working and it’s really rewarding.  and I got “Final Destination” [2000] the next day. And I
think it’s all about the gorilla. I think we had a moment.
MG: What’s the worst job you’ve ever had in real life? But yeah, that was a weird job.
New CBS series tries to copy
J.J. Abrams, gets confused
ELEVENTH HOUR
continued from page 7
on the panic button, however,
begs the question of what good
it really does.
Supporting this theory is a
scene in which Young is awak-
ened by her panic buzzer, jumps
out of bed scantily clad, races
down the hallway and kicks in
Hood’s door only to find him
gone, then races down to the
lobby, where she discovers that
the only reason her beeper went
off is because Hood sat on it.
As you’ve already guessed, this
scene was just an opportunity
for some gratuitous skin action
from Shelton.
The doctor figures out that
the biohazard wastes are all
identical fetuses and that some-
one is planning to use them
to produce clones. After track-
ing down the source of all the
money and the mother soon
to give birth to a clone, Hood
and Young manage to thwart
the experiment and save the
mother, yet let the mastermind
behind this scheme escape. The
pilot ends with Hood receiving
a phone call, telling him there’s
a new situation. Young says,
“What kind?” and Hood replies,
“A delicate one.”
Obviously, the dialogue is
not superb, a factor which does
not help the multiple inane plot
points, such as Hood using the
library instead of the Internet to
track down the killer, and cops
would have “heavier” subject mat-
ter, including a song about his
friend who passed away and sev-
eral songs about drug addiction.
As for the tour, Kweller said
it has been “really fun” and that
his “fans have been so wonder-
ful [and] have really enjoyed the
new material.” He has been espe-
cially excited about Whitley, an
Australian singer who has been
opening for and touring with
Kweller, and some future collabo-
rations, including one with Bright
Eyes’ lead singer, Conor Oberst.
Raised in Texas, Kweller has trav-
eled all over the United States and
is eager to return to Boston, as he
insists he “can’t wait to play the
Paradise again.”
Tonight’s concert will give fans
a chance to experience Kweller in
a small venue, filled with mostly
student-age fans from all over the
Boston area. Kweller will be pre-
viewing his new album while mix-
ing in some old songs with a new
“Changing Horses sound.”
Don’t miss Kweller’s pit stop
in Boston tonight, as it is a rare
and exciting opportunity to expe-
rience his new sound before he
jets off to Europe to play for audi-
ences who have never even heard
of alt country.
opening and sniffing containers
clearly labeled biohazard. The
list goes on and on. The case in
question centers on cloning and
the moral crises it presents, but
this topic is less than controver-
sial, nearly turning the show into
a bad “CSI” re-run.
Though the plot and dialogue
make the show almost unbear-
able to watch, Sewell and Shelton
are two fine actors who do their
best with what they’re given.
Sewell provides a little mystery
to Hood and, during a scene that
reveals some of the skeletons in
his closet, the actor manages to
convey real emotion. The same
can be said for Shelton; her por-
trayal of a tough girl despite her
Barbie-doll looks sets a positive
example for female cop char-
acters. Shelton — aka Wendy
Peffercorn from “The Sandlot”
(1993) — does a tremendous job
in spite of the fact that her looks
don’t mesh with the character.
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer,
the guy behind TV smash hit
“CSI” and the “Pirates of the
Caribbean” movies, this show
more than likely will flop before
the end of the season. As it will
inevitably compete with J.J.
Abrams’ relatively original new
show “Fringe,” “Eleventh Hour”
doesn’t stand a chance. Even
though both Sewell and Shelton
have large fan followings, their
popularity and good acting won’t
be enough to save this already-
sinking ship.
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10 The Tufts Daily Editorial | Letters

EDITORIAL
THE TUFTS DAILY Too soon for sophomores to decide
Robert S. Silverblatt With the year barely underway, the Office their troubles. The on-campus debate as to work with students who are unsure about
Editor-in-Chief of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) whether the office botched the lottery last their plans and give them an extension,
Editorial is already expecting some sophomores to year will continue to underlie the deadline the very setting of the deadline is at best a
map out much of the rest of their time at discussion, but is largely irrelevant here. What nuisance. It is unfair to expect students, who
Rachel Dolin Managing Editors Tufts. We at the Daily think the process has is important is how the office moves forward, are supposed to being reciprocated for poor
Kristin Gorman been far too rushed. and it is for that reason that it is misguided living conditions last year, to make housing
Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors Last year, Tufts compensated the 100-plus to undercut the boost by requesting such choices before the rest of the student body is
Jason Richards students it placed in forced triples with a one- prompt decisions. required to.
Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor
time lottery boost. Most chose to use it for this The singular advantage of the boost is that The university needs to fix its housing
year, but some elected to hold onto it for either it lets students tailor their higher numbers to situation. For example, more dorm rooms
Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors their junior or senior housing arrangements. their individual plans and use them when it are needed to ensure that forced triples
Pranai Cheroo While the boost was more or less fair compen- would be most beneficial. As such, the only do not happen again. The university also
Nina Ford
Ben Gittleson sation, we cannot agree with ResLife’s decision reason sophomores would use the advan- needs to best utilize the dormitories it has by
Gillian Javetski to impose such an early deadline. tage for the upcoming year would be if they maintaining the buildings and making every
Jeremy White Burgeoning enrollment is a problem plan to live on campus. But with their junior room livable. ResLife, however, first needs to
Alexandra Bogus Assistant News Editors outside of ResLife’s control. Certainly, the year approaching, they may very well choose help the sophomores that were affected by
Michael Del Moro office derives no pleasure from packing three to live off campus or even in another country last year’s enrollment situation. The sooner
people into doubles and has an interest in while doing an abroad program. ResLife adjusts its deadline accordingly, the
Carrie Battan Executive Features Editor assuring that students are compensated for While ResLife has admittedly offered to better off those students will be.
Jessica Bidgood Features Editors
Robin Carol Don WRIGHT
Kerianne Okie
Charlotte Steinway
Sarah Bliss Assistant Features Editors
Meghan Pesch
Mike Adams Executive Arts Editor
Jessica Bal Arts Editors
Grant Beighley
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 Off the Hill | Cornell University
James Choca Assistant Photo Editors
Emily Eisenberg
Aalok Kanani
Meredith Klein
Sinning against our bodies, ourselves
Danai Macridi
Tim Straub by Ariela Rutkin-Becker bet that some of the ways and some of the from being the best people we can be, an
Cornell Daily Sun explicitness of this objectification would idea I’d personally like to ascribe to, we need
shock the average Joanne Six-Pack. This to have a long conversation with ourselves.
PRODUCTION I started thinking a few weeks ago about objectification takes place in ads that one This conversation could include issues such
Marianna Bender Production Director the idea of sin. Fitting, considering that on might rationally assume have nothing to do as why we buy the things we do, why we
the holiday of Yom Kippur, Jews apologize with body image to begin with. How about doubt our natural bodies as much as we do,
Emily Neger Executive Layout Editor
for sins committed by each individual and the vintage ad for a Pitney Bowes postage and why we make unhealthy choices with
Kelsey Anderson Layout Editors on behalf of the larger Jewish community. meter asking “Is it always illegal to KILL a our bodies. And maybe that conversation
Leanne Brotsky Yesterday was Love Your Body Day, anoth- woman?” How about Maker’s Mark bour- will lend itself to apologies.
Jennifer Iassogna
Julia Izumi er holiday. LYBD is sponsored by National bon, which ran a series of ads frattily lament- When we apologize to our bodies, we
Amanda Nenzen Organization of Women and celebrated ing, “Your bourbon has a great body and fine apologize to our larger body as women.
Andrew Petrone across the nation. On its website, NOW character. I wish the same could be said for We apologize for not stepping in as that
Muhammad Qadri friend made excuses not to eat — again.
Daniel Simon writes: “Women and girls spend billions of my girlfriend.”
Amani Smathers dollars every year on cosmetics, fashion, Even products that are inherently healthy We apologize for not using a condom that
Steven Smith magazines and diet aids. These industries have propagated unhealthy standards for time and suffering thereafter. We apologize
Katie Tausanovitch can’t use negative images to sell their prod- women, like the 1950s ad for Pep vitamins for perpetuating cosmetic companies’ falsi-
Adam Raczkowski Executive Technical Manager ucts without our assistance. with a satisfied man exclaiming “So the fied advertisements of ourselves (see Dove’s
Together, we can fight back.” harder a wife works, the cuter she looks!” “Evolution” ad on YouTube). We apologize
Michael Vastola Technical Manager Yom Kippur and Love Your Body Day both And these are only advertisements with text for letting anyone else dictate what “beauti-
Louise Galuski Online Editors provide opportunities to actually do what we accompaniments. Most ads don’t even need ful” is.
Hena Kapadia should be doing every day: pondering our text. The female model, looking as though Yom Kippur marked my spiritual new
Minah Kim actions and pondering our bodies, respec- she is addicted to heroin and has never year, but Love Your Body Day, in many ways,
Matt Skibinski New Media Editor tively. As far as I know, these two holidays eaten in her life but still very much wants to marks my body’s. Last year, on LYBD, my fel-
have never historically been linked together. have sex, ironically speaks for herself in her low Women’s Resource Center companions
Kelly Moran Webmaster They should be. While Yom Kippur obliges silence. gathered as this year’s sex columnist and I
Caryn Horowitz Executive Copy Editor its observers to reflect on their past actions Back to the idea of sins, though. We cer- shaved our heads. While it meant different
in the context of how they have treated oth- tainly cannot censor advertisers for portray- things for both of us and feels minimizing
Grace Lamb-Atkinson Copy Editors ers, Love Your Body Day turns this reflection ing us as someone else’s disposable toy. To to confine that experience to one sentence, I
Michelle Hochberg inward and encourages us to think about me, these advertisers sin against human was constantly amazed at how a lack of hair
Ben Smith
Christopher Snyder how we have treated our selves. progress, against human potential for a more on my head made me appreciate previously-
Elisha Sum For some reason, though, Yom Kippur has equitable society. But we, too, sin in our com- unloved parts of my body.
Ricky Zimmerman gotten more press. plicity. And a final note about “original sin”: The
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 The Tufts Daily OP-ED 11

Generation Yupster and the dawning of the age of antithesis

by Cory Siskind
As an expatriate Tuftonian sta-
tioned in Washington, D.C. on
the eve of an election, I have
had ample time to reflect on the
relationship between politics
and my generation. Washington
is abuzz with such a case of elec-
tion fever that even young peo-
ple, with their traditionally low
voter turnout, are not exempt
from the symptoms. It is custom-
ary to discuss politics at a rally, in
the workplace, at a dinner party,
in a convenience store, out at
a crowded bar, with your cab
driver, in whispers at the movie
theater or while you are being
mugged. Politics is the subject of
greetings, pick-up lines, coffee
breaks and pillow talk.
During my time thus far
in Washington, I have hap-
pened upon an interesting vot-
ing demographic. After careful
observation, I have come to sev-
eral conclusions about the life
and habits of these members
of the “echo boomer” or “mil-
lennial” generation. A bizarre
combination of hipster common
men and yuppie elitists has mor-
phed many “Generation Y-ers”
into Generation Yupsters. The
first element of the Generation
Yupster dichotomy is a desire
to distance oneself from a privi-
leged upbringing and be consid-
ered a common man (or, shall
I say, “person”). But the Yupster
also strives to be an elitist and
exclusivist with regard to tech-
nology, environmental ethos,
politics, etc. It is this conflict of
values, the everyman versus the
elitist, which causes a clash of
identity and aptly characterizes
Generation Yupster.
Housing location is crucial to
a Yupster. After finishing their
expensive private-college educa-
tion, Yupsters tend to promptly
move into lower-income areas.
This is not only because the
Yupsters’ parents have stopped
funding them, but also because
they derive great pleasure in
referring to themselves as “gen-
trification pioneers.” While vis-
iting a friend’s apartment in a
higher-income area, Yupsters
may refer to the apartment as
“bourgie” (for bourgeois) or
swanky, always with the slight-
est hint of derisiveness. When
asked if they ever attend town
hall meetings or community
events in their neighborhoods,
however, Yupsters will most likely
look away and mumble some-
thing resembling, “Totally would
… real down-to-earth people,
you know … not like from [insert
wealthy part of town here] … but
you know … Heroes is always on
at that time … ”
It is obligatory for all Yupsters
to not only care about the envi-
ronment and lead eco-friendly
lives, but also to condemn others
for being “part of the problem
and not the solution.” Yupsters
tote canvas bags for groceries,
eco-friendly water bottles and
organic clothing, often pur-
chased at substantially higher
prices than the environmentally
unfriendly alternatives. If you ask
Yupsters why they are sitting in
near-darkness in their houses,
they will probably look all the
way down their nose to tell you
that energy-saving light bulbs
may take a while to actually light
a room, but they are certainly the
way of the future.
Yupsters enjoy the feeling of
moral superiority they get from
making eco-friendly purchases.
In the frozen yogurt shop where
I work nights and weekends,
we receive lavish praise for our
eco-friendly policies. We proudly
advertise our use of corn-based
biodegradable spoons and
cups. We do not, however, men-
tion that they are available only
upon request because they cost
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eleven times as much as regular,
planet-killing cups and spoons.
This does not seem to bother
our Yupster clientele, as Yupsters
rarely remember to ask for them
anyway.
Yupsters also thrive off knowing
things before you do. For Yupsters,
products of the Information Age,
knowing is being, and knowing
first is being the best. Be it a new
phone, bar, Web site or musician,
Yupsters love the sounds of their
own incredulous voices as they
tell you all about something they
cannot believe you have lived
this long without. Be it Pandora,
Zipcar or Netflix, there are cer-
tain services of which all Yupsters
must be aware. Ignorance of the
latest “it” thing is a severe faux
pas.
So how do Yupsters, with their
strong yet oft-antithetical value
system, view the upcoming elec-
tion? They see Obama as a strik-
ing, Kennedyesque figure and
welcome his platform with open
arms. They shiver with disgust
when McCain supporters chant,
“Drill, baby, drill,” and they are
utterly horrified at the notion
that McCain does not under-
stand how to use a computer.
The fact that they are going to
vote overwhelmingly Democratic
is a surprise to no one.
The real shock for Yupsters will
be when the results are in and the
election is over. As almost every
reputable poll states, Obama is
predicted to win in November.
His victory will automatically
cause great divides in Generation
Yupster. Yupsters are a generation
whose political consciousness
matured almost entirely under
one president. Yupsters have got-
ten so accustomed to decrying
their leadership that they cannot
imagine the presidency as any-
thing less than despicable. They
do not flinch at the depiction of
Bush with a Hitler mustache on
T-shirts, and they never fail to
laugh at a joke about his intel-
ligence (or lack thereof).
Now, they have spent the last
20 months rooting for the dark-
horse candidate. Obama is seen as
a demigod among Yupsters, who
proudly wear Che Guevara-style
silhouettes of his face splashed
across their chests. Where will
their allegiances fall if Obama
becomes the next commander in
chief? Do they love Obama more
than they hate the presidency?
Can one man reverse the eight
years that Yupsters have spent
hating the presidency, scoff-
ing at signs of patriotism and
cementing their negative image
of America?
Hold on a sec, I’ll have to look
that one up on my iPhone.
Cory Siskind is a junior major-
ing in international relations and
minoring in history. She is cur-
rently taking the semester off to
intern in Washington, D.C.

Is higher education ready to support preschool teachers?

by Valora Washington and
Marta T. Rosa
Teaching since 1997, Denise delayed
completing college when she had her
first child. For the next 10 years, Denise
continued to accrue “continuing edu-
cation units” and “professional devel-
opment points” that did not count
toward a bachelor’s degree. About
three years ago, Denise again attempt-
ed to return to college and finish her
bachelor’s degree, but was told that
she would have to complete several
remedial courses in order to fulfill the
requirements. Since she only makes
about $23,000 annually as a preschool
teacher, she cannot afford to take all
the courses needed.
Denise’s story is similar to those
of thousands of early care and edu-
cation professionals in Massachusetts
and across the nation. Will, and how
will, higher education respond to our
national need to prepare teachers of
young children?
The paradox is clear. On the one
hand, states are urging the people who
work with our children to acquire a
bachelor’s degree. On the other hand,
for most preschool teachers in com-
munities, higher education seems
inaccessible, unaffordable, irrelevant
to their needs and unresponsive to
the realities of life for today’s young
children. Desperately needed change is
moving very slowly, frustrating both the
“on-the-job” early educators who have
historically not been required to have
college degrees as well as the young
college graduates who feel unprepared
when they enter the “real world.”
Recognizing this dilemma, eight
national organizations ask every col-
lege president and teacher education
administrator: What is the current
state of your early education teacher
preparation programs? And how can
we make them better?
Finding answers really matters —
not just to people like Denise, but more
importantly, for our children’s future.
Increased teacher skill is a key factor in
closing the “achievement gap” — a gap
that begins well before kindergarten.
The people caring for our young are
not “babysitters” — they are important
professionals whose impact is proven
to extend beyond the early years and
into the elementary and high school
grades. Early experiences matter, and
the skill of the staff providing those
experiences has a lasting impact on
children’s future income and life cir-
cumstances.
It is no small matter that many high-
er-education programs are typically
unprepared to provide a relevant and
high-quality experience to people who
choose this demanding occupation.
Typically understaffed and under-re-
sourced, early education departments
have very high numbers of adjunct fac-
ulty, few faculty with actual hands-on
experience working with young chil-
dren and few incentives to teach class-
es at times or locations convenient for
working adults. Much work is needed
to improve their capacity to work with
both the diversity of the teachers and
the diversity of today’s children.
Eight national organizations have
issued a frank analysis and clear rec-
ommendations that can support high-
er education’s efforts to reinvent its
role and relevance for young learners.
These recommendations are remark-
ably resonant with the work of Gov.
Deval Patrick’s Readiness Task Force
and the Department of Early Education
and Care.
There is no question: Teachers and
providers who work with young chil-
dren must be better educated and
supported. But until higher education
options improve, a bachelor’s degree is
a necessary but insufficient element of
change.
Massachusetts faces a defining
moment: We must both establish high
public expectations for the educa-
tion and care of our youngest chil-
dren while providing professionals
like Denise with a real opportunity to
achieve those expectations.
To get started, Massachusetts needs
key champions for children — knowl-
edgeable and passionate people such as
Massachusetts Secretary of Education
Paul Reville, who will take these rec-
ommendations and coordinate a com-
prehensive effort in this state. Their
work must help ensure that there are
stronger links between teacher com-
pensation and their credentials: The
average preschool teacher like Denise
makes a paltry $23,000 annually.
Massachusetts must be open to
learning from other states, such as New
Mexico and New Jersey, where there
has been considerably more progress
and success in higher education’s work
with early educators. And, even in the
midst of the recent economic down-
turn, Boston and Massachusetts must
sustain their important investments in
initiatives like Boston’s Thrive in Five
School Readiness Roadmap and the
state’s promise of universal preschool
for all.
Finally, the very small Massachusetts
scholarship program for early educa-
tors must be significantly expanded
in order to create more success stories
like Michelle and Louisa.
With her high school diploma in
1993, Michelle worked with infants and
toddlers by day and went to school
at night. She earned her associate’s
degree in 1996. Unable to afford more
college, Michelle became a center
director and an early enrollee in the
Massachusetts scholarship program.
Her bachelor’s degree will be awarded
in January 2009. Michelle earns about
$27,000 a year.
Louisa finished high school in the
Dominican Republic. For 23 years,
she has been working in family child
care centers. During these years, she
received a National Child Development
Associate Certificate because it was
paid for by a federal grant. Although
she was working as a lead teacher, she
needed to complete several English as
a Second Language classes. With the
aid of the Massachusetts scholarship,
she anticipates an associate’s degree
in 2009. Louisa earns about $26,000 a
year.
We are optimistic and hopeful that
leaders within higher education, gov-
ernment and early education and care
want to work together to achieve these
important goals. People like Denise,
Michelle and Louisa — as well as the
children they teach — are depending
on it.
Valora Washington is the president of
the CAYL Institute in Cambridge. Marta
T. Rosa is the senior director of govern-
ment relations at the Aspire Institute at
Wheelock College.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Inside the ALCS
Rays one win from World Series
by Evans Clinchy
Daily Editorial Board
To watch David Ortiz leg out a triple
as he led off the bottom of the seventh
inning at Fenway on Tuesday night was to
know that something wasn’t right with the
Boston Red Sox.
The hit, Ortiz’s first in four games of the
American League Championship Series,
bounded to the wall in the right field corner,
sidestepping Fernando Pérez and rolling a
good 40 feet into right-center as Pérez dog-
gedly chased it down. For virtually any other
player in baseball, it was a sure-fire inside-
the-park home run, but the laboring Ortiz
hobbled his way
around second base
and barely made it
to third. For the Sox’
DH, who was 0-for-
12 in the series and
hadn’t homered —
inside the park or out
— since Sept. 22, it
must have been frus-
trating. Even when he
finally did something
right, it still looked
really wrong.
That one hit was a
microcosm of the ALCS to date, as the Red
Sox keep laboring while the Tampa Bay Rays
continue to make it all look so easy, leaping
out to a 3-1 series lead with another blowout
win in Game 4. The Rays, who have outscored
Boston 31-15 in the series, now have ace Scott
Kazmir on the hill at Fenway ready to finish
things tonight.
But Boston has been here before. Of the 10
teams in baseball history to win a seven-game
series after starting out down 3-1, three have
been the Red Sox in the ALCS. But it’s hard to
put any stock in historical background now,
even considering that these very same Red
Sox came back from down 3-1 against the
Cleveland Indians last year.
Because really, these aren’t the same Red
Sox anymore. Manny Ramirez, who hit
.409/.563/.727 in last year’s ALCS against his
(other) former team, is now out West, playing
for a team that just suffered a fate similar to
the one that may befall the Sox tonight. Mike
Lowell, the MVP of last year’s World Series, was
scratched from the ALCS roster and is now out
Phillies head to World Series
With a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers last night, the Philadelphia Phillies clinched the National
League pennant in five games and are headed to their first World Series since 1993. A leadoff home run
from reigning MVP Jimmy Rollins gave Philadelphia a first-inning lead it wouldn’t relinquish, and another
masterful game from ace Cole Hamels ensured the victory. The Phillies will now enjoy a five-day layoff
before traveling to either Tampa Bay or Boston for Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night.
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for the year with a hip injury. Ortiz continues
to play, but one has to suspect injury problems
with him as well. Jacoby Ellsbury, who was 7
for 16 in last year’s World Series, is still hitless
in this year’s ALCS.
But perhaps the biggest concern is with
Josh Beckett, the Red Sox’ unhittable ace in
last year’s postseason, who continues to insist
that his once-strained oblique is perfectly fine
while continuing to post numbers that would
suggest otherwise. He’s winless in two starts
this postseason, allowing 12 runs on 18 hits
in nine-and-one-third innings. His velocity is
way down and his pitch counts are way up.
In Game 2, the Rays turned Beckett’s last start
into Tropicana Field’s version of the Home
Run Derby.
Beckett’s not alone there.
When the series moved to
Fenway, the Rays were all
over the supposed new ace
Jon Lester — Rocco Baldelli,
Evan Longoria, Carlos Peña
and B.J. Upton all homered
in Game 3. Game 4 was more
of the same, as Longoria and
Peña went deep again and
MCT Willy Aybar joined in too.
In the franchise’s first LCS,
Tampa Bay is now the only
team in LCS history to score
at least nine runs in three straight games, a
testament to the Red Sox’ pitching staff’s piti-
ful effort. Meanwhile, Matt Garza and Andy
Sonnanstine, 24 and 25 years old, respectively,
have each turned in gems at Fenway, bringing
the Rays to within one win of the World Series.
Now manager Joe Maddon turns to Kazmir,
who allowed five runs after four-and-one-
third innings in Game 2, to put the icing on the
cake. Maddon made the decision yesterday
to bump James Shields from his scheduled
Game 5 start, meaning Kazmir will take on
Daisuke Matsuzaka tonight and Shields, if
necessary, will wait for Beckett on Saturday in
St. Petersburg.
Kazmir, who missed April with a strained
elbow, has been shaky for much of the year.
His ERAs in July, August and September were
4.18, 4.02 and 5.19 — good, but not Kazmir
good. With Matsuzaka on the hill against
Kazmir for Game 5 at home, Boston certainly
still has life, but it’s a long climb back from
down three games to one. No one knows that
better than the Red Sox.
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sports
Too little, too late to overtake Owls
Women’s Soccer
continued from page 16
to feel like we can score goals and
have a lot of shots.”
“It was nice to finally have every-
thing clicking and to be able to move
the ball and see some results score-
wise,” Maxwell said. “That was defi-
nitely a really positive aspect of the
game.”
Tufts’ offensive success came in
large part from the performance of
freshman Jamie Love-Nichols, who
scored two first-half goals to give
her a team-high four on the season.
Love-Nichols combined with Hardy,
who chipped in with a tally at the
29:48 mark on a feed from sophomore
Audrey Almy, to put the Jumbos up
3-1.
“[Love-Nichols] is really playing
well,” Shoham said. “She’s possess-
ing the ball and taking quick shots.
She has a rocket for a shot, and she’s
taking shots from all over and making
them count.”
But the Owls came right back, coun-
tering with two quick goals of their
own to tie the score at three apiece
going into the half. Senior midfielder
Michelle Boland shot her second goal
of the game by Jacobs, who left the
game just two minutes later. She was
replaced by senior Alissa Brandon,
who was called up from the JV squad
after Saturday’s injuries.
Despite a solid effort from Brandon,
Owls freshman Sam Saltalamaccia
beat her just three minutes later for
Keene State’s third goal.
But ultimately it was the two sec-
ond-half scores for the Owls — the
first from freshman Bridget Hennessey
and the second from Boland to give
her a hat trick — that did the Jumbos
in.
“They didn’t really have many
Criezis solidifies reputation as top racer
SAILING
continued from page 16
England, three Jumbo sailors raced in
the NE Singlehanded Championships
hosted by Yale University. In a field of
33 boats, junior Andrew Criezis came in
sixth with 100 points, freshman Andrew
Foster took 14th with 167 points, and
sophomore Jamie Altreuter landed in
16th with 182 points.
For Criezis, who has steadily solidified
his mark as one of the top singlehanded
racers in the country by finishing fourth
at New Englands last year and seventh at
Singlehanded Nationals, the sixth-place
finish is not good enough to gain eligibility
for the National Championship, for which
only the top four finishers qualified. Still,
Criezis was satisfied with the way he per-
formed against stiff competition.
“I felt pretty good,” he said. “I was really
fast and could keep up with the guys at the
front, but I wasn’t as consistent … I was
glad I could keep up with the top sailors
and give them a run for their money.
“There was light air and challenging
conditions,” he continued. “After the
first day, I was in fifth, but I couldn’t put
together a good string of finishes at the
13
shots, but both the goals they scored
in the second half came pretty early,”
Hardy said. “We didn’t get pressure
on early enough, [and] they were just
kind of surprising quick shots from
pretty far out that we couldn’t really
do anything about.”
Thanks to Keene State senior goal-
keeper Samantha Hirsh, who made
eight saves in the game, Tufts did not
score until the 84th minute, when
sophomore Bailey Morgan came off
the bench to fire her first goal of the
season.
“It’s definitely great having so
many people get involved in the scor-
ing,” Maxwell said. “It really makes
us a more dangerous team. I think
it’s really nice to have such a deep
bench, especially in the games when
people are getting tired to know you
have people who can come in and
step up and get the job done. They’ve
been doing a great job for us all
year.”
Unfortunately for the Jumbos, the
goal from Morgan was not enough
to spark a late-game comeback, and
with the loss the team dropped to 6-3
overall. With a 3-2 NESCAC record —
which places Tufts fifth in the con-
ference standings — the squad now
faces back-to-back games this week-
end against league foes in nationally
ranked No. 1 Williams Saturday and
Wesleyan on Sunday.
“Obviously we’re expecting
[ Williams] to play really good, bal-
anced soccer and be really danger-
ous on the counter-attack,” Maxwell
said. “That’s probably their biggest
weapon.”
“We’ll probably work on defending
and playing possession and just refo-
cusing on the game,” Shoham said.
“We can play a lot better than we’ve
been playing.”
end and didn’t qualify.”
One of the top sailors Criezis faced
was junior Thomas Barrows from Yale,
who finished third overall. Barrows,
who grew up sailing with Tufts junior
Nate Rosenberg, represented the U.S.
Virgin Islands at the Beijing Olympics
in singlehanded competition over the
summer. Criezis understood full well
the implications of what he accom-
plished over the weekend.
“I was competing with an Olympian and
giving him a run for a spot in Nationals,”
he said.
Overall, Tufts’ roster saw much success
this weekend. The women’s team placed
second at the Women’s Olympians Trophy,
juniors Reeve Dunne and Nereus Patel
won the University of New Hampshire
Invite, and numerous freshmen achieved
solid outcomes in some of their first colle-
giate regattas, including freshman Nicolas
Russo-Larsson, who pulled out a second-
place finish in the A division of the Protest
Trophy at Roger Williams with classmate
Jordana Hanselman.
“We’re all pretty happy,” Hornos said.
“We know that we’re doing well and we’re
pretty optimistic.”

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TOM FRESTON
THE BIRTH OF MTV: NEW MEDIA IN THE 1980s

Everyone who knew anything

said it was an idea

destined for failure.

T H U R S DAY, O C TO B E R 1 6 , 2 0 0 8

LECTURE
4 : 3 0 – 6 : 0 0 P. M .
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Tom Freston has had a long and illustrious career

in the media and entertainment industry. He cur-
rently is a principal in Firefly3, a consulting and
investment company in the media industry. He
served as president and chief executive officer of
Viacom Inc. and subsequently as its president and
co-chief operating officer, overseeing Viacom’s
cable network businesses (MTV, Nickelodeon,
Comedy Central, BET, and others), Paramount
Pictures, and Famous Music Publishing.

Mr. Freston served as chairman and chief executive

officer of MTV Networks from 1987 to 2004, leading
that division of Viacom through a period of contin-
ual creative and business growth as well as expan-
sive international activity. Mr. Freston joined MTV
Networks in 1980 and was one of the founding
members of the team that launched MTV: Music
Television. Among his achievements, he helped
create the classic “I Want My MTV” ad campaign.
Prior to Viacom, Mr. Freston ran a textile business
in India and Afghanistan for eight years and was
an advertising executive.

Mr. Freston is on boards of DreamWorks

Animation, The American Museum of Natural
History, The Asia Society, Emerson College, and
Product (RED). He is also chairman of The ONE

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Upstarts upset NFC East titans in Week 6 It ain’t over...

by Alex Prewitt
Daily Staff Writer

I
So much for the NFC East asserting its had a hard time figuring out what
dominance over the rest of the league. In a to write about this week. I haven’t
weekend of firsts, the Washington Redskins, written anything about football or
Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants all fell my Giants, and with six weeks of
victim in abysmal games to even worse the season in the books, it’s finally
teams, as two 4-1 squads and one perfect starting to get a little interesting. At
5-0 team made a mockery of their own sup- the same time, the baseball season is
posedly superior division. approaching its climax, as the World
Now, after failing to show up in “gimme” Series is only a few games away.
games and with their So which am I going to talk about?
weaknesses exposed, the Both.
predicted power shift to Let’s begin with the Giants, who
the NFC has squeaked to looked like their old, familiar selves
a halt after Week 6, allow- on Monday when they got pounded
ing lesser teams to emerge by the Browns 35-14. They looked so
in the cracks of the gar- bad with Eli throwing three picks that
MCT bage heap dumped by the I’m sure the telephone lines have been
NFC East. jammed all week for Mike and the Mad
Two weeks after throttling the Cowboys Dog — er, I mean, just Mike.
in their most impressive win in years, the But I’m not upset that they lost. Not
Redskins were embarrassed by the previ- even a little bit. And there are two rea-
ously winless St. Louis Rams, 19-17, on sons why.
a last-second 49-yard field goal by Josh First, it’s still early in the season.
Brown. Really early. Everyone in New York
In the first five weeks of the season, the had been dreaming of a repeat cham-
Washington offense, led by quarterback pionship through the first four games
Jason Campbell and his coming-of-age of the season, with the Giants out-
story, had committed zero turnovers. But scoring opponents by an average of
MCT
Sunday was a different story: The Redskins 32-12, but four games are not enough
coughed the ball up three times, a fact that Dallas quarterback Tony Romo is hit by Washington defensive end Demetric Evans in the to judge a team. A few years ago, the
lead to their demise. Cowboys’ 26-24 loss to the Redskins two weeks ago. The Cowboys have now lost two Chargers started the season 4-0 and
In coach Jim Haslett’s first game at the of three and Romo is out for a month with a broken pinky. then didn’t even make the playoffs.
helm, the Rams converted only one of the ing kickoff when running back J.J. Arrington, the Super Bowl MVP was an 80-yard drive At one point last year, the Redskins
fumbles into a score, but one particular play fresh off a four-game stint on the disabled to pull his team within 17-14, capped off by lost four straight games, and they did
gave them the momentum they needed to list, busted 93 yards up the left sideline for a three-yard scoring pass to Plaxico Burress, make it.
seal the game in the waning seconds. an Arizona score. It was an uppercut the fresh off a one-game suspension for a viola- But hey, I don’t even need to draw
With the Redskins in St. Louis’ red zone at Cowboys would never recover from. tion of team policy. on other teams. The Giants them-
the end of the first half, a batted Campbell Like Portis, Dallas running back Marion Across the sideline, Browns quarterback selves lost six of their last eight games
pass dropped into the hands of offensive Barber provided the sole offensive spark Derek Anderson, who was in jeopardy of in 2006 and eight of their last nine in
lineman Pete Kendall, who scurried two for his team, hauling in 11 catches for 128 losing his starting position heading into the 2004. So even though they’ve looked
yards before having the ball deftly poked out yards, including a 70-yard scoring jaunt week, had his most productive game of the like a commanding, confident team
and scooped up by name-of-the-year can- with two minutes left in the fourth quarter. year to date, racking up 310 yards through this year, I’m not penciling them in for
didate Oshiomogho Atogwe, who rumbled From there, it all went downhill, as quarter- the air and two touchdowns. Receiver the Super Bowl — or even the playoffs,
75 yards for the score, giving his squad a back Tony Romo — after 321 yards passing Braylon Edwards, one of the biggest busts for that matter — just yet.
10-7 lead heading into the break. and three touchdowns — broke his pinky, thus far this season, fed off Anderson’s suc- The second reason I’m not angry is
Despite Clinton Portis’ third straight which will postpone his return to the grid- cess, hauling in five passes for 154 yards and overconfidence. So what if the Giants
100-yard game and two touchdowns, the iron for at least a month. one score. lost to a pretty bad Browns team?
offensive line that was so impenetrable After starting the season 3-0, the Cowboys The key to this game was simple: Sometimes it’s good to be humbled;
against Dallas was helpless against a have lost two of their last three games, and Anderson was the better quarterback on just look at the Patriots last year.
delayed blitz, which knocked Campbell with a loaded schedule featuring the upset- the field Monday night, while Manning Is there any question that they got
on his back four times. minded Rams and the Giants in the next was marred by mistakes, capped off by an too confident at the end? Check out
With the loss, Washington falls to 4-2, three weeks and no Romo under center, awful throw off his back foot which was Tom Brady’s response to Plaxico’s
and even though the Redskins have piled Dallas could soon be deposited to the cellar intercepted and returned 94 yards for a 23-17 Super Bowl prediction: “We’re
up impressive wins over division rivals, the of the NFC East. Cleveland score. only going to score 17 points? [chuck-
weak Rams have dealt them a severe dose With their division rivals falling on With the NFC East’s best crumbling under le] OK. Is Plax playing defense?”
of humility. Sunday, the Giants had the opportunity the pressure of sitting atop the NFL, pre- No, Tom. It was Osi, Strahan and
Meanwhile, across the division on Sunday, under the national spotlight on Monday season favorites such as the Indianapolis Tuck playing defense. I think you met
the Cowboys were knocked off their horses, night to remain undefeated and move to Colts decided to show up for the first time them ...
falling to the Arizona Cardinals 30-24 in two games ahead in first place in the NFC all year. The Peyton Manning-led squad But wait, there’s more from the
overtime, the first game in NFL history that East. Instead, New York suffered from its blasted the league’s best defense, blowing mouth of the golden boy: “I wish he’d
ended in a blocked punt returned for a own issues in its first loss of the season, out the Baltimore Ravens 31-3. said, like, 45-42 or something like
touchdown. 35-14, in what was a coming-out party for With the Colts of old back on the scene that. At least he’d give us a little more
Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald the Cleveland Browns’ offense. and winning at home for the first time this credit for scoring a few points.”
hauled in three ridiculous catches on deftly Giants quarterback Eli Manning season, and the Redskins, Cowboys and Oh really? Your offense deserved
placed passes from Kurt Warner, leaping was picked off three times, a complete Giants all losing to mediocre teams, the cur- more credit, hmm? Perhaps it would
over the helpless Cowboy secondary for 79 180-degree turn from his stellar first four tain was pulled back on the NFC wizards, have been wise to give some credit to
yards and a score. games of the season in which he was inter- allowing familiar AFC faces to emerge in the the Giants’ defense.
The tone for the game was set at the open- cepted just once. The lone bright spot for sixth week of the NFL. The Patriots were so caught up
in who they were and what they’d
accomplished that they didn’t take
Games of the Week their opponents — even their Super
Bowl opponent — seriously. It was lit-
LOOKING BACK (ocT. 11) | TRINITY 28, FOOTBALL 27 erally unfathomable to Tom Brady that
he would be knocked on his ass a few
The football team had a chance to give Trinity its first home loss in seven years Saturday afternoon. times. I never want the Giants to be
That chance just barely slipped away. that way, and after getting shredded
The Jumbos pulled ahead late in the fourth quarter and led 21-14 with 25 seconds to play, but a by a quarterback about to lose his job,
nine-yard pass from senior tri-captain Eric McGrath to sophomore Michael Galligan put the Bantams I think they’ll remember how to work
back in the game. Junior Anthony Fucillo then put the Jumbos back in front, leading a touchdown for a win.
drive to open the first overtime, but that's when things went astray. So how does all of this relate to
Freshman kicker Adam Auerbach took the field to attempt the extra point, but the kick never baseball? Because four games in base-
happened, as a botched extra point left the Jumbos just six points ahead. McGrath led the Bantams ball, just like in football, constitute a
on another scoring drive in the ensuing series, and the extra point from senior Adam Cox sealed small sample size, and overconfidence
the 28-27 Trinity win. is a flaw that can plague any team.
McGrath finished with 470 passing yards, eclipsing Trinity's all-time single-game record. While the Rays look poised for the
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Series, it’s still anything but certain.
All the Red Sox have to do is win
LookING Ahead (oCT. 18) | mISSOURI tIGERS at tEXAS lONGHORNS three straight games. Do you know
how many times the Sox won three
The top-ranked Longhorns (6-0, 2-0), fresh off of an impressive 45-35 toppling of the then-No. consecutive games (not including
1-ranked Oklahoma Sooners last weekend, come into Saturday evening’s showdown against Big 12 rival overlap, so a four-game streak doesn’t
Missouri hungry to affirm their standing as the best team in the country. count twice) this year? 17!
Horns junior quarterback Colt McCoy drastically improved his status as one of the nation’s best field The Rays are a young team that’s
generals in college football with his outstanding performance in the Red River Shootout this weekend, scored 31 runs in its last three games.
throwing for 277 yards and going 28 for 35 with one TD throw on the day. Do you think maybe they’re already
The Tigers will also have to account for a tough Texas running game that features senior running back giving themselves a bit too much cred-
Chris Ogbonnaya, who capped the final scoring drive against the Sooners with a 62-yard scamper and it? With Dice-K, Beckett and Lester on
goal-line bruiser Cody Johnson, who tallied three scores in the game. the mound — and the Red Sox’ résumé
Missouri (5-1, 1-1) comes into the prime-time showdown still reeling from a tough 28-23 loss to of historic comebacks — they had bet-
Oklahoma State. Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Chase Daniel, who threw three second-half ter not be.
interceptions against the Cowboys on Saturday, will look to help the Tigers rebound.
A Texas win would allow the team to assert iteself as the No. 1 team in the nation, while a Missouri win
MCT is essential for the team to remain in consideration for a top BCS bowl bid. David Heck is a sophomore who has not
yet declared a major. He can be reached at
David.Heck@tufts.edu.
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Women’s soccer Sailing

Owl offense keen as it swoops Flood of top five finishes

past injury-riddled Jumbos, 5-4
by Carly Helfand
Daily Editorial Board
After the women’s soccer
team’s six-game shutout win-
ning streak came to a close
Women’s Soccer
(6-3, 3-2 NESCAC)
at Keene, N.H., Tuesday
Tufts 3 1 —4
Keene St. 3 2 —5
with a loss to Amherst on Oct.
4, the Jumbos were hoping
they could start it up again
when they recorded a 1-0 vic-
tory at Brandeis three days
later.
Now, the Jumbos are on
another streak — but this
one, a two-game losing slide,
isn’t exactly what they had in
mind.
After a handful of injuries
to key players over the course
of the last week left the Jumbo
roster tattered for Tuesday’s
matchup with the non-con-
ference Keene State Owls,
Tufts suffered its third loss of
the season, 5-4, after a pair
of early second-half goals put
Keene State ahead for good.
Tufts was playing short-
handed, as four players were
sidelined for the contest.
Among them were the reign-
ing NESCAC Rookie of the
Year, junior tri-captain Cara
Cadigan, who will miss the
remainder of the season with
a torn ACL, and starting junior
goalkeeper Kate Minnehan,
whose return this year is
questionable after she frac-
tured her hand in Saturday’s
showdown with Middlebury.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Hannah Jacobs started against
Keene State after sustain-
ing a rib injury shortly after
Minnehan’s exit on Saturday,
Junior forward Whitney Hardy knocked in one of Tufts’ four goals
against Keene State Tuesday.
but she was forced to leave
the game after in the 36th
minute.
“She was still hurting,”
senior tri-captain Maya
Shoham said. “She wasn’t
playing to her potential, so
instead of making it worse,
she came out so that hope-
fully she can go on Saturday.”
The Jumbos, however,
have managed to look past
the obvious setbacks, and
they arrived in Keene, N.H.
Tuesday looking for the vic-
tory.
“Everyone is really posi-
tive,” junior Ali Maxwell
said. “Even though we’ve had
injuries, the people that are
healthy have really stepped
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up. We’re still the same team,
and we’re still going out there
trying to win.”
But beyond the final score,
the game was a promising
one for the Jumbos, who
posted their highest offensive
output of the season and out-
shot the Owls 25-11 despite
the absence of Cadigan, who
led the squad last year with
a school record-breaking 19
goals.
“It’s always a reinforce-
ment that we can score with-
out Cara,” junior tri-captain
Whitney Hardy said. “Some of
the freshmen are starting to
really step up. It’s really nice
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for Tufts over weekend
by Philip Dear
Daily Editorial Board
With numerous top-five fin-
ishes over the holiday weekend,
the sailing team is hitting its stride
and simultaneously solidifying its
reputation as one of the top teams
in the nation.
Some of Tufts’ big guns headed
to the Coast Guard Academy over
the weekend to partake in the Hap
Moore Team Race. As team racing
is one of Tufts’ strong points, the
nationally ranked No. 6 Jumbos
emerged successful from the
regatta, sailing to a third-place fin-
ish out of 11 teams.
The team-race format lends
itself well to crews with good cohe-
sion and teamwork, as opposed to
relying on each individual boat to
take on a fleet by itself. Team races
are essentially round robins, with
squads sailing against one anoth-
er in a head-to-head format. The
best three-boat combination wins
the race. The Jumbos won seven
of those 10 head-to-head battles,
losing only to Boston College, St.
Mary’s and Roger Williams, the
national No. 1, 3, and 4 teams,
respectively.
In the second day of racing, the
11 teams were split into a Gold
Division of the top six and a Silver
Division of the remaining five
based on their Saturday perfor-
mances. At the end of the day, the
Jumbos sat atop all of these teams,
winning the Gold Division and
exacting vengeance on the three
teams that had beaten them the
previous day.
“We went over what our weak-
nesses were [on Saturday] to tight-
en everything up,” junior Tomas
Hornos said. “Sail cleanly, no stu-
pid mistakes … Every team in the
Gold was stacked. We knew what
we had to do, and then we just
[went out and did it].”
The three Tufts boats were sailed
by seniors Peter Bermudez and
Francine Magasinn; Hornos and
senior tri-captain Lara Hwa; and
senior tri-captain Baker Potts and
classmate Christina Kelly. With the
thought of missing out on Team
Race Nationals last spring still
fresh in their minds, these team
leaders believe the successful out-
ing will set a precedent.
“Our goal is definitely to make
Nationals,” Hornos said. “We’ve
been good at team racing, which
shows we have more depth than
most schools. We need to clean
up, go over more specific case sce-
narios and be ready for every situ-
ation. [We need to] solidify all the
rules [and] get our boat handling
down perfect. We’re pretty confi-
dent.”
Elsewhere on New England
waters, Jumbo sailors showed the
team’s immense depth from top
to bottom. Several freshmen had
standout performances this week-
end, in particular the class’ top
sailing recruit, Massimo Soriano.
He skippered Tufts’ B-division boat
with fellow freshman Emily Shaw
crewing in the Barnett Trophy
at Casco Bay, which is hosted by
Bowdoin College.
Not only did Soriano excel, but
he won the B division with an
astounding 30 points, compared
to the next-best score of 41. He
hid his inexperience on the col-
legiate circuit well, winning five
of the 12 total races in which he
sailed. Soriano’s 30 points marked
the best score of any boat in either
division, and his performance
helped lead the Jumbos, whose
other boat was sailed by seniors
Robby Moore and Amanda
Harwood, to a second-place over-
all effort in the regatta.
“Massimo is showing a lot of
potential; he’s definitely one of the
best freshmen,” Hornos said. “He’s
really committed. He’s shown he
can do well in regattas so far; he’s
got a bright future.”
On the other end of New
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Browne and McCooey to compete today in

Day 1 of national tennis tournament in Ala.
Sophomore Julia Browne and junior
captain Meghan McCooey of the wom-
en’s tennis team will both be in action
today when the National Small College
Championships begin in Mobile, Ala.
Browne is the No. 1 in the singles
draw, which features the winners of
the eight ITA regional tournaments held
across the country in late September.
The New England champ will kick off
first-round play today with a battle
against freshman Kalla Schaefer of the
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at
10:30 a.m.
“I feel really honored to be able
to go to this tournament,” Browne
said. “As far as being seeded first, it
doesn’t really mean that much because
there [are] only eight people in their
draw, and all eight of them won their
regional tournaments. The fact that
I’m seeded first doesn’t mean I’m
better than anyone else. Yes, it’s nice
when people expect you to win, but it
also gives you a little extra pressure.
I’m just going to do my best and try to
take advantage of the opportunity.”
The roles will be reversed for Browne
in the doubles draw, where she and
her partner, McCooey, will face off
against the top-seeded duo of junior
Lauren Caire and senior Katie Tabb of
Washington and Lee at 2:30 p.m. Unlike
Caire and Tabb, a seasoned doubles
tandem that reached the quarterfinals
of the NCAA Championships during
the spring, Browne and McCooey have
only been paired together since the
beginning of this season. Their inexpe-
rience as a team hasn’t hurt them so
far, however, as the duo has lost just
two of 11 matches this fall.
Recent history might also suggest
that Tufts could give the Generals’ pair
a tougher-than-expected fight. In the
first round of the NCAA singles cham-
pionships last May, McCooey came
from behind to upset the then-second-
seeded Tabb 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 as part of
a tournament run that saw McCooey
reach the semifinals.
“Meghan and Julia are capable of
beating any team out there as long
as they continue to be aggressors, go
for their shots and get to net,” coach
Kate Bayard said. “One thing that’s
going to help them is that they won’t
be intimidated by the fact that they’ll
be playing the top seed.
“It’s going to be exciting to see,”
she continued. “I know they’re up
against a really strong team, but if
Meghan and Julia continue to play the
way they’ve been playing, it’s going
to be a great match that could go
either way.” Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily
Junior captain Meghan McCooey follows through on a forehand during Tufts’ 8-1 win over
—by Sapna Bansil NYU on Saturday. McCooey will team up with sophomore Julia Browne in doubles today.