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VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 10
THE TUFTS DAILY
Send Word Now test run ‘a success’
Students on Tufts’ three campuses
received phone calls and e-mails yes-
terday as the Department of Public and
Environmental Safety tested its emer-
gency notification system.
Precise data will be released today as
to the number of students that the Send
Word Now alert reached. But Geoffrey
Bartlett, the Department of Public Safety’s
technical services manager, said, “We
judged the test as a success.”
Bartlett added, “I don’t have any sta-
tistics or details to give you yet, but in
general we found that the technology
met or exceeded the performance of the
March 26 test. That was the last time that
we tested the system.”
Send Word Now, Tufts’ commercial
Senate’s new Web site
promotes interaction
by Jeremy White
Daily Editorial Board
The Tufts Community Union (TCU)
Senate launched a redesigned Web site
this summer aimed at increasing visibil-
ity and streamlining students’ access to
Senate affairs.
TCU Vice President
Scott Silverman said that
he recognized the need
to revive a Web site that
was failing to connect
students to the Senate.
“It came to me early last
year that the … Web site
was not adequate in its
ability to provide updates and serve as a
mechanism of communication between
the Senate and the student body,” he said.
Silverman pointed to a wealth of data,
such as a schedule of Senate meetings and
a chart detailing the organization’s hier-
archical makeup, that the new site makes
available.
“There’s more information, it’s better
organized and it’s easier to access,” he
said.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
emergency alert system, was introduced
last school year. “[It] is one of many
responses that Tufts and many other uni-
versities had after Virginia Tech,” Bartlett
said, referring to the shooting at the uni-
versity on April 16, 2007. Tufts students
have to sign up to receive the phone
alerts, but most have done so. All stu-
dents receive Send Word Now e-mails.
Some students got their phone call a
few minutes sooner than others today,
a nuance that Bartlett said indicated the
limitations of the Send Word Now infra-
structure.
“The system doesn’t have the capacity
to phone everyone at exactly the same
time, so some people will receive the
message on different modalities at differ-
West Hall, other buildings
undergo summer facelifts
by Michael Del Moro
Daily Editorial Board
West Hall and a number of other build-
ings on campus received renovations this
summer, but some touch-ups were put on
hold for various reasons.
Last semester, Vice President of
Operations John Roberto told the Daily
that West Hall’s bathrooms were set for
overhauls, but only one bathroom in the
basement, a women’s room, was reno-
vated over the summer. The building has
eight bathrooms.
Director of Construction Management
Mitch Bodnarchuk said renovating the
bathrooms would have legally forced Tufts
to bring them up to date with handicap
accessibility standards, something the
university was hesitant to do.
“What happens here with the amount
of work that would need to have been
done to do the bathroom renovations, you
kind of run into code implications that
talk about accessibility,” Bodnarchuk said,
adding that West Hall’s historical appear-
ance led to reluctance to put an elevator
in the building.
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ent times than others,” Bartlett said. “In
an actual crisis situation, some modalities
won’t work as well as others.”
He said the hope was that in the event
of a real emergency, the first students
to be notified would communicate with
others.
According to Bartlett, each year the
university uses the system, student aware-
ness will increase, as will the software’s
efficacy and response speed.
“Going into it this year, at least 75
percent of the undergraduate population
should have already been familiar with
the system,” he said.
—by Jeremy White
and Giovanni Russonello
Bodnarchuk did say that there contin-
ues to be a desire to redo the rest of the
bathrooms and make them accessible,
like the new one.
Common areas and dorm rooms
received new paint jobs in West, and wood
floors were refinished.
This may not appease some discon-
certed students living in the all-sopho-
more dormitory this year, though.
“I thought all the bathrooms were being
done,” Bianca Velayo, a sophomore, told
the Daily.
Velayo does not use the shabbier bath-
room closest to her. “I go downstairs to
shower,” she said referring to the renovat-
ed bathroom. “It’s gorgeous down there.”
Velayo said that there is a general dis-
satisfaction among West residents about
their bathrooms. She also said West could
use foosball and billiards tables, perks in
many other dorms.
Ryan Orendorff, a sophomore and
West Hall resident advisor, said he felt less
inconvenienced by the lack of renova-
tions.
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Survey: Few grads
feel ‘very active’
TUAA director underscores
alumni’s high-response rate
by Gillian Javetski
Daily Editorial Board
Only four percent of Tufts graduates
consider themselves “very active” in
the alumni community, according to a
recent survey conducted by the Tufts
University Alumni Association (TUAA).
As part of its rebranding effort, the
TUAA reached out to alumni this summer
with an extensive questionnaire, inviting
around 10 percent of living graduates to
offer feedback on their involvement with
the university and their opinions on how
the association conducts business.
“The purpose of [the survey] was to
take a look at the alumni organization’s
identity, its messaging and its visual
appearance to the outside,” Director
of Alumni Relations Tim Brooks said.
“We have a desire to keep Tufts alumni
together but have never taken a market-
ing or branded study to reach our con-
stituents and communicate with them.”
Since 2005, the TUAA has conducted
upwards of half a dozen alumni surveys
in various formats, Brooks said. This
one, the TUAA’s first to be written with
an outside communications contracting
company, elicited responses from about
1,300 of the 9,000 alumni who received
it.
The total number of living Tufts alum-
ni is approximately 90,000, according to
Brooks.
“Considering that most schools expect
survey responses from fewer than one
percent of the people [the surveys] were
sent to, the number of responses was
very high,” Brooks said.
The survey covered an assortment
of topics, including how active Tufts
alumni are in university matters and
how often they are in touch with other
graduates.
The questionnaire revealed that less
than half of graduates feel involved in
the alumni community.
When asked, “How active do you con-
sider yourself in alumni programs and
activities?” four percent responded “very
active,” 29 percent responded “some-
what active” and 67 percent said “not
active.”
But Brooks guessed that the true level
of involvement among alumni is actually
higher. “What we found is that people’s
own perceptions of how active they are
can vary greatly,” he said. “The numbers
[from the survey] were a bit deceiving in
that people have a different understand-
ing of what being active means than
what it means to [those who work for
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TUAA.]”
Brooks said that he would call one-
third of Tufts alumni active, one-third
“fence sitters who may become involved
at different points in their lives,” and the
other third unlikely to become involved.
“A lot of schools are lucky if they
get 10-percent alumni participation. In
terms of [alumni involvement], we’re in
a prestigious group of schools,” Brooks
said.
The survey results also asked par-
ticipants what benefits of belonging to
the alumni community they considered
valuable.
Seventy-eight percent said main-
taining a connection to the school, 75
percent keeping up correspondence to
friends and 62 percent retaining profes-
sional and networking connections.
“We learned that Tufts alumni are
interested in staying connected and are
in touch with other alumni on a regular
basis,” said Costa Nicolaou (LA ’00),
the chair of the TUAA’s Marketing and
Branding Committee.
According to the survey results, around
75 percent of respondents said they
communicate with other Tufts alumni at
least once a year.
The survey did not look at specific
TUAA programs, but Nicolaou said a
program evaluation is “the next phase of
committee tasks.”
Brooks agreed. “In terms of program-
ming, we are going to take a full assess-
ment in the future of our programs from
top to bottom and evaluate where these
programs are in their own history,” he
said. “For now, we’re trying to craft a
program that gives people opportunities
… that cater to a wide variety of tastes.”
The TUAA hired Sametz Blackstone
Associates to compile the survey. This
marks the first time that TUAA has hired
an outside group to help design a sur-
CONSTRUCTION
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“The bathrooms look pretty good except
for the fact they don’t have shower curtains,”
he said.
Orendorff moved into to his dorm room
on August 17, while some minor renovations
were still being completed, but everything
was done within a few days of his arrival.
“They did a fantastic job in terms of what
I can see from the renovations,” he said.
According to Orendorff, West Hall was
lacking a working stove and oven until
recently, but the new paint and carpet, as
well as the wide-screen television in the
lounge, all make West a comfortable dorm,
he said.
According to Bodnarchuk, the significant
amount of construction completed over the
summer and continuing into the academic
year is the norm.
“Having projects that are so visible on the
main campus probably is a thing that seems
to be either disruptive or, ‘Wow, what’s going
on?’ ” he said.
Since Commencement in the spring, eight
major renovations were completed at Tufts.
The bathrooms in Metcalf Hall were com-
pletely overhauled, and two first-floor bath-
rooms in South Hall were updated for handi-
cap accessibility.
“Eaton Hall was a major exterior renova-
tion,” Bodnarchuk said. “So that was totally
cleaned and repaired.” The new façade of the
building “looks fabulous,” he added.
“[In] Dowling Hall ... the garage light-
ing was converted over to LED lights,”
Bodnarchuk said. “Number one, it saves on
energy which is a really important aspect
because of how long those lights are on.”
Lane Hall’s auditorium, which was in
“pretty sad shape” prior to the summer,
was divided into two smaller classrooms
with audio-video capability, according to
Bodnarchuk.
The Sawyer House at 120 Curtis Street was
also renovated to be handicap accessible.
A part of Curtis Hall was renovated to
accommodate the Office of Fraternity and
Sorority Affairs, which now has its own sepa- Rebekah sokol/tufts daily

vey.
“It lends a higher level of credibility
when you hire people whose job it is to
take on these projects,” Brooks said.
A committee of alumni who work in
specialized marketing fields helped to
edit the final product.
rate entrance.
Yet not all of the projects begun during
the summer were completed in time for the
school year, including some that were sup-
posed to be finished.
According to Roberto, the Tisch Library
roof renovation was originally intended to
One bathroom in West Hall was renovated this summer.
be completed by the beginning of the fall added to the building itself, there will be a
semester. Bodnarchuk said it will hopefully small addition strictly for the inclusion of an
be done by the end of this year. elevator, according to Bodnarchuk.
Packard Hall is undergoing a complete The “total gut” renovation of Packard
renovation. Though no new space will be should be completed by June or July 2009.

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After brainstorming various
models for content and design
update, Silverman enlisted the
help of the Department of Web
Communications in renovating
and launching the new site, an
endeavor that began in mid-July
and culminated with its August
21 launch.
Silverman said that Web
Communications provided the
Semester in Senate site’s template, the same
one that official Tufts Web sites
renovations — that each senator
undertakes after deciding that a
particular on-campus issue mer-
its special attention.
TCU Historian Antonella
Scarano praised the project
tracker as a vehicle for broaden-
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and the Senate, a goal that has
made for especially common
rhetoric in Senate campaigns of
late.
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affairs, Silverman said.
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online tool that’s used internally
by Senate to track what we’re
working on and keep a log from
year to year about progress that’s
been made on projects,” he said.
The project tracker also boasts
a search engine, supported by
a broad database, that helps
give the Senate “a sense of his-
tory” regarding projects that
have spanned multiple years
and Senate tenures, Silverman
added.
Shapanka said it is incumbent
upon the Senate to ensure the
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senators will actually update it.
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Tufts has Jumbo presence at Denver DNC

Michael Sherry | Political Animal

by Matt Skibinski vention began and held their own

mock convention — complete with
Palin!
Daily Editorial Board
delegations from different schools’
This article is the first in a two-part Democratic student groups, a nomi-
series about Tufts’ presence as Barack nation process and a keynote speech
Obama and John McCain were nomi- from Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.).

nated by their respective parties. This
installment will focus on students
who were in Denver. The second one,
which will be published tomorrow,
will deal with participants’ broader
reflections about the historical and
political significance of the events
and about how America’s political
landscape has changed this election
cycle.
When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)
became the first black man to accept
the presidential nomination from
a major political party last month,
capping what has been a historic
and contentious primary season with
a soaring speech, sophomore Lucy
Perkins sat watching in the front row.
Senior and political science major
Christine Mumma stood nearby,
behind the stage, trying not to look
nervous as she stood next to Rep.
Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and watched
the speech.
Mumma and Perkins were part of
a group of students who attended
the Democratic National Convention
(DNC) in Denver this August as repre-
sentatives for the College Democrats
of America (CDA). The experience,
which took them behind the scenes
at one of the most watched political
conventions in recent history, was
one that any political junkie would
die for.
“Everybody’s there,” said Perkins,
who spent the week watching speech-
es and helping set up events. “Every
MCT
Tufts students stood just a few paces away
from Barack Obama at the DNC.
person who you’ve seen on C-SPAN
— they’re all there. You can just walk
past them in the hallway or see them
sitting with their delegations.”
Though she has interned in
Washington, D.C., Perkins said her
experience in Denver was on another
level.
“I had never been in a place where
there were that many important and
well-known people, because every-
one comes for that one week,” she
said. “It was exciting; everything hap-
pened so fast. You could walk by
someone and not realize it until they
had passed you.”
As members of the CDA, college stu-
dents like Perkins arrived in Denver
the weekend before the formal con-
“We had our own convention
speakers, workshops, parties, cau-
cuses,” Mumma said. “We actually
had our own actual convention where
we nominated a president and vice
president … Each state had delegates
based on the number of schools pres-
ent.”
The CDA students found a number
of ways to get involved throughout
the week and had behind-the-scenes
access the whole time. Perkins helped
run a fundraiser for Sen. John Kerry
(D-Mass.) and spent much of her
time handing out signs to supporters
on the floor of the convention.
During Obama’s acceptance
speech, she found an opportunity that
allowed her to watch from incredibly
close to the stage.
“I don’t know how I scored this, but
it was my job to pass out the signs
to the Illinois delegation, which is
Obama’s home state,” Perkins said.
“We had a lot of downtime, and when
he spoke, we were allowed to crouch
down right in the front row.”
Mumma spent the entire day lead-
ing up to Obama’s speech on-site at
Invesco Field at Mile High.
“I also … volunteered and worked
in Invesco Field for 12 hours the day
of Obama’s speech … It was great to
volunteer because we got to be there
the entire day and see the behind-the-
scenes,” she said. “Not only did we
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J
ohn McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin for
vice president has sent the presiden-
tial race into uncharted territory. Her
candidacy, a completely unexpected
choice nowhere close to the media’s radar,
has fundamentally changed the dynamic
of the race, throwing the news media and
the Obama campaign for a loop. And in
November, it will come to be seen as either
the most brilliant, crazy-like-a-fox moment
of the McCain campaign or the wild flailing
of a desperate Republican Party.
I can’t say for sure, but right now it’s
looking a lot more like the former than the
latter.
Of course, the funny thing is that the
three days after McCain announced his
choice saw those same awesome-or-terri-
ble extremes play out nationally. They saw
the airing of every embarrassing or nega-
tive story the Democrats or news networks
could dig up about Palin, and a few the
McCain campaign knew about and chose
to release themselves (Palin’s daughter’s
pregnancy was one the campaign rolled
out on its own terms to control the story’s
landing).
In the wake of this avalanche of nega-
tive stories, gleeful Democrats were whis-
pering “Eagleton” to reporters — that is,
Sarah Palin would flounder so badly on
the national stage that her nomination
would have to be withdrawn in the same
way that Democratic vice presidential can-
didate Thomas Eagleton was taken off the
ticket in 1972 after it was revealed that he
had undergone electroshock therapy for
depression.
Palin’s support for the “Bridge to
Nowhere,” her daughter’s pregnancy, her

The micro-blog: What’s your status? suspicious firing of a state trooper, her
vaguely anti-Semitic pastor (if you think
cozying up to Jews for Jesus is anti-Semitic)
Thanks to the birth of YouTube.com and clip-driven television channels like MTV, the average attention span of a college student and a thousand and one other scandals —
is on the decline. some real, others inflated — seemed likely
Catering to people who are busy and on the go, snippets of personal information are sprouting up across the Internet. Away to swamp coverage of the Alaska governor.
messages, social networking profiles, Facebook.com statuses and Twitter.com, lumped together under the term “micro-blogs,” are But a funny thing happened: None of it
now a common way to catch up on friends’ lives and advertise one’s own personal preferences. stuck. As I write this, Sarah Palin has revived
Micro-blogs routinely plaster political statements, song lyrics, petty annoyances, Web site links or current locations (in class, at the Republican base, especially conser-
work, etc.) across cyberspace, reflecting a society more attuned to voice-free constant communication with friends and family than vative white women, in a way that John
ever before. McCain and tens of millions of dollars have
The Daily set out to find a smattering of momentary statuses from current Jumbos. Surprisingly, it was more difficult than been unable to do. Anecdotally, Republican
expected — people were far less likely to share their statuses out loud, “in real life,” than in the virtual world. state parties in every state in the country
Some seemed ambivalent about the rise of micro-blogs; others were openly opposed to them. are reporting record high numbers of vol-
“I never use Facebook statuses,” junior Adam Kornetsky said. “I don’t need to know everything about everyone’s lives.” unteers turning out, donations received
But some did play ball and offered up on-the-spot statuses. The following is a collection from this verbal approximation of micro- and organizers working. The McCain cam-
blogging. paign is seeing rallies with crowds of 20,000
people for the first time — nothing special
for the Obama team, but a huge change
from the snooze-fests that had previously
Brianna Smith is wishing I had more time for breakfast before my 10 o’clock class. been left in McCain’s wake.
The only catch? The huge crowds follow
when McCain shows up with his brand-
new running mate, not when he’s alone.
John McCain may become president,
Emily Boeke is sitting in the sun — I don’t really do statuses. but it will be Sarah Palin who will have won
the election for him.
I know a lot of Democrats, seeing
Obama’s lead in the national polls vanish,
are getting nervous. To them I say: Relax.
Ian Hainline is back in brown and blue. While Palin has boosted energy and enthu-
siasm among the Republican base, she
has not yet proven to be a crowd favorite
among independents and is certainly not
one among Democrats. It’s too early to tell
Helaina Stein is looking for members for intramural field hockey! Only one hour a week, contact me if you’re if McCain’s jump in the polls is just a regu-
interested. lar convention bounce or a real trend.
Palin’s sudden leap into the spotlight
has given the Republicans a measure of
the enthusiasm the Democrats have had
Serena Chang is spoiling my appetite by eating chocolate-covered peanuts and yogurt-covered pretzels — oh no! all year, but we’re entering the phase of
the campaign where voters really start to
pay attention. There are four nationally
televised debates which will provide both
sides with a chance to wrest control from
Eli Seidman is technologically a loser — I don’t use Facebook. one another. In three weeks, Palin’s novelty
will have worn off and there will be a whole
new set of events which everyone will be
obsessing over. Myself included.

Jillian Gruber is pumped for babies.

Michael Sherry is a senior majoring in
—by Robin Carol political science. He can be reached at
Michael.Sherry@tufts.edu.
4 The Tufts Daily Features Thursday, September 18, 2008

Study has optimistic outlook for Mass. energy capacity
by Sarah Butrymowicz
Daily Editorial Board
It seems that Tufts’ student-driv-
en environmental focus extends
well beyond the Hill. Jumbo involve-
ment in environmental efforts such
as the “Think Outside the Bottle”
campaign and Tufts’ Environmental
Consciousness Outreach falls in
step with a Massachusetts-wide
focus on larger environmental
goals.
A report released last week
showed “substantial potential” for
the state to develop its own renew-
able energy over the next decade.
The 114-page study, conducted
by Navigant Consulting, estimates
that the state is capable of using
assorted materials and technolo-
gies to produce about 10 million
megawatt hours of clean power by
2020, surpassing the goals laid out
in the Green Communities Act.
The act, signed into effect in July
2008 by Gov. Deval Patrick (D), has
called for a Renewable Portfolio
Standard that grows by one per-
cent per year, reaching 15 percent
in 2020 — or about 7.5 million
megawatt hours. The standards
of the act initially caused concern
that Massachusetts would have to
import power from other states to
meet requirements, as it has in the
past.
But the study suggests that
Massachusetts will not necessarily
be forced to look outside its borders
to comply.
“[It makes] it clear that there are
really sound choices that we can
make as a state that will set us up
for a very progressive future,” said
David Barclay, executive director of
the Northeast Sustainable Energy
Association.
While individual studies with
a narrower focus exist, this marks
the first comprehensive look at in-
state solar, wind, biomass, river and
ocean resources, according to Vivek
Mohta, director for energy reliabil-
ity and markets for the Department
of Energy Resources (DOER).
Looking at a variety of scenar-
ios, the report, commissioned by
the DOER and the Massachusetts
Renewable Energy Trust, assessed
the theoretical, technical and
economic potential from all five
resources. Wind and solar power
demonstrated the largest technical
and long-term economic potential:
Highly accessible resources, they
will eventually be more cost-effec-
tive than current energy projects.
“As the price of fuel continues to
climb, there will be an increasing
interest in clean renewable energy
as an alternative to fossil fuel sourc-
es,” Barclay said. “It’s both a pock-
etbook issue and one that makes
good sense from an environmental
standpoint.”
But Jeremy McDiarmid, a
staff attorney for Environment
Northeast, was unsure about the
feasibility of the study’s conclu-
sions, noting that the theoretical,
technical and economic markers
are lacking a companion indicator.
“There should be a fourth cate-
gory of achievable potential, which
is probably a little bit less than the
economic potential,” he said.
McDiarmid said the goals are
possible, but not without a good
deal of work. “It’s going to take a lot
of commitment on the part of the
state and the stakeholders to make
it happen,” he said.
The report singled out gov-
ernmental incentives as a highly
important but highly uncertain fac-
tor in deciding how much clean
power is produced in the state.
Since securing a permit is difficult,
political help is sometimes needed
in order to create new energy facili-
ties.
The commonwealth’s Green
Communities Act addressed this
and other problems by creating
an Energy Citing Commission “to
study the citing of energy facilities
in the state ... and streamline the
permitting process,” said Mohta,
who believes the commission will
start to have a big impact over the
next few months.
Incentives were also added on a
local level to help simplify the per-
mitting process in cities and towns.
Currently, projects under con-
struction, design or consideration,
if approved and completed, will
account for 3.7 million megawatts
of power, leaving a minimum of
3.8 million to be found from new
projects by 2020.
Mohta believes that an increased
interest in Massachusetts from
stakeholders nationwide involved
in renewable energy will come in
step with the release of the study.
“It lets them know that there are a
lot of untapped resources,” he said.
“We expect that those will be pur-
sued.
The study comes at the end of a
wave of four other environment-re-
lated pieces of legislation passed and
signed into effect in Massachusetts
in the past two months, in addition
to July’s Green Communities Act
and May’s Ocean Act, which dealt,
in part, with oceans as a renewable
resource.
“We need to work through those
and see where that gets us,” Mohta
said. “Of course, there are going to
be other things that are considered
in parallel, [but] the action that’s
been taken this year really puts us
in a good place to move quickly.”
While Anja Kollmuss, associ-
ate researcher at the Stockholm
Environment Institute’s US Center
in Medford, described the recent
legislation and survey as an “inter-
esting and important first step,” she
emphasized that it is an elementary
step.
“It’s no way near the kinds of
reductions we have to make if we
want to … keep climate change to
a minimum,” she said.
Light moments complement
rough convention schedule
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see the warm-ups and every-
body setting up, but we were
able to be there the entire
day, from the moment [Rep.]
Nancy Pelosi [D-Calif.] called
the convention to order.”
The experience, Mumma
said, rekindled her own
career aspirations.
“I want to work in
Washington, D.C., but I’m not
sure in what capacity yet,”
Mumma said. “The conven-
tion was great. It kind of reaf-
firms that I made the right
decision in what I want to do
— that I’m really interested
in it.”
“I had never been
in a place where
there were that
many important and
well-known people,
because everyone
comes for that one
week.”
Lucy Perkins
sophomore
Tufts’ presence at the con-
vention extended beyond the
CDA students — senior Matt
Shapanka, who is the trea-
surer of the Tufts Community
Union Senate, attended as an
aide with the Massachusetts
attorney general’s office.
“I went with the attorney
general of Massachusetts,
[Martha Coakley],” Shapanka
said. “I was involved in her
campaign in 2006, and I’ve
been close to her political
activities since then.”
He spent his week manag-
ing travel and event plans for
Coakley.
“I worked a lot on advanc-
ing sites and making sure that
she got from event to event,”
he said. “It was a lot of politi-
cal work. I had a lot of fun,
but I wasn’t out there just to
have fun.”
But despite a grinding
schedule, his experience had
some lighter moments.
At one point, Shapanka
said, a complication in the
attorney general’s transpor-
tation plans left her without
a ride to her next event.
Improvising, he and the
rest of Coakley’s staff flagged
down a rickshaw bicycle to
transport her instead.
“Here you have a state-
wide elected official from
Massachusetts, and she’s rid-
ing across Denver in a rick-
shaw bicycle,” he said, laugh-
ing. “It became my mission
for the rest of a week to ride in
a rickshaw bicycle myself.”
The trio of Jumbos is still
in awe of its opportunity to
witness and take part in such
a historic event.
“It was amazing just seeing
all of the governors sitting
there with their delegations,”
Perkins said. “Someone actu-
ally came up to me and asked
me if the governor had sat
down yet. I said, ‘Which one?
They’re all here!’”
“The whole thing was such
a great story to tell,” she con-
tinued. “There was so much
that happened.”

Domestic Politics

Lunchtime Speakers
Seminar in American Politics: Decision
2008, Campaign for the Presidency

Ron Kaufman, White House Political

Director for President George H.W. Bush

Thursday, September 18, Noon-1:15

Rabb Room at Lincoln-Filene Hall

For information on the remaining fall speakers,

visit the calendar at activecitizen.tufts.edu

Weekender Feature
‘Empire and Its
Discontents’ pays
homage to Said’s
‘Orientalism’
by Sarah Cowan and Lauren Herstik
Daily Editorial Board and Daily Staff Writer
Frustrated by the popular images of
“the Orient,” which often resemble scenes
from “Arabian Nights,” the artists featured
in “Empire and Its Discontents” seek to
dispel that notion with resounding fervor.
The exhibition, on display now at the Tufts
University Art Gallery in the Aidekman Arts
Center, features artists hailing from those
countries once united by that ambiguous
notion of Orientalism. Organized as a trib-
ute to the 30th anniversary of the publica-
tion of “Orientalism” by renowned thinker
and Palestinian-American political activ-
ist Edward Said, the exhibition comments
on some of his most fundamental ideas,
not the least of which deals with the West’s
false assumptions regarding the East.
Regarding Said’s influence on the selec-
tions for the show, curator Amy Schlegel
told the Daily, “It is not the driving force
behind this exhibition. It wasn’t some kind
of primary criteria that we used in select-
ing the artists; in fact, that came much
later in our curatorial process, more like
an overlay. We certainly let the art suggest
its own issues and concerns.”
These issues get fleshed out more thor-
oughly in the audio commentary on your
cell phone, a pilot program being inau-
gurated at the gallery for this exhibition.
Through this new system, visitors can
hear a more comprehensive audio guide
via their phones. “We’re very interested
in it because we have a target audience of
young adults who live and die by their cell
phones, who never go anywhere without
their cell phones, and we want to reach
that audience,” said Schlegel. “We want to
make coming here interesting and engag-
ing in a new way, and there is also the
option of accessing the information any-
Weekender
where, of checking it out later in a time
and place that is more comfortable.”
In addition to the cell phone informa-
tion, the wall texts paired with the pieces
still educate the viewer.
The term “polyphony” is defined in the
wall text as “the simultaneity of multiple
contradictory voices.” Nowhere is that
heard louder than in the imagined geog-
raphies of the Orient. Artists from coun-
tries as varied and distant as Iran, Egypt,
Pakistan, India and China come together
to represent ideas that resonate across
time and space.
“Said wrote ‘Orientalism,’ he has said
many times, because he really perceived
this huge gap between his own lived reali-
ty and representations of Arabs, and espe-
cially Palestinians,” said Schlegel. “He felt
compelled to write this kind of analysis
and to develop his theories because of
that gap and to try to bridge the gap, and
I do see this desire on the part of younger
artists.”
The gallery space is practically ringing
with polyphony. Andisheh Avini in partic-
ular sounds off about his personal struggle
with cultural identity. At the same time, he
confronts the issue of cultural homogeni-
zation that exists in the Western concep-
tion of his heritage. Avini is a Persian-
American artist whose work attempts to
reconcile his disparate cultural identities.
His prints incorporate decadent gold
leaf and a less-glamorous application of
bleach. He uses the bleach to obscure or
remove certain figures. The result is an
eerie collision of traditional Persian imag-
ery and poignant social commentary. The
subjects themselves could be characters
in a folktale, but, with their faces or entire
figures violently removed, they become
actors on a much more volatile world
stage.
It seems to exemplify Western inter-
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pretations of the Oriental cultures where
the interpreter picks and chooses which
elements to keep. Said meditated on this
in “Orientalism” as he explored miscon-
ceptions about the East cultivated by an
ethnocentric West. Avini’s paintings on
woodblocks further illustrate the point,
depicting a series of narrative scenes in
delicate detail. All of the figures, however,
have been blocked out entirely by a thick
application of solid gold leaf. By stripping
the figures of any recognizable identity,
Avini represents how the West might view
the people of his Persian heritage.
Kamrooz Aram’s work deals with this
subject as well. Schlegel explained, “I think
he had a sense that there was something
not right with images that represented
people or regions he felt he was a part of,
and now he’s very clear and very direct
in that he’s hoping to really challenge
distorted views and challenge the way we
look at what we think is familiar, and to
defamiliarize it.” Aram does challenge the
conventional views, but those of symbols,
not people. He said, “I use symbols in a
manner that I hope raises questions about
our expectations of them.”
The success of that aim is evident in
his painting, “Mystical Visions Undetected
by Night Vision Strengthen the Faith of
the Believers and Make Their Enemies
Scatter II” (2007). An enormous, arresting
oil painting in vibrant colors, it appears to
be merely a graphic experiment in color
and line. The work is actually made up of
various subjects, including what could be
an angel, the giant birds known as rukhs,
delicate patterns and designs, all set in
what could be a landscape scene. The
composition suggests some sort of narra-
tive, but Aram leaves it up to the viewer to
decipher what that might be.
The narrative element is also apparent
in Saira Wasim’s work. A master of Mughal
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miniature painting, Wasim uses her pro-
lific skill not as a defense of historical
painting, but rather as a pointed critique
of the present. Mughal painting developed
from Persian miniature painting and was
used as a form of illustration for books or
albums. Generally, the paintings showed
scenes from court life, hunting or battles.
Wasim utilizes the technique to chronicle
current and recent heads of state as the
characters in her own visual story.
Her effortlessly rendered images blend
East and West seamlessly, displaying these
characters in epic historical struggles, rid-
ing on the backs of elephants and stal-
lions. One of Wasim’s particularly humor-
ous works, “Round Table” (2005), includes
recognizable world leaders from Arab and
Muslim states sleeping around a symbolic
round table.
Concerning “Round Table,” Schlegel
said, “You know that may be funny to a
broader audience than we would imagine,
but it probably would also be offensive to
others, which underscores the fact that
[Wasim] works and lives in the West. The
reality is that that work could never be
shown in Pakistan — if she stayed in
Pakistan she would probably be the target
of an assassination.” Yet, Schlegel points
out, “I think that if you can poke fun, you
can poke holes, and I think that it’s a kind
of levity that maybe we need — it does beg
the question of whether any of this work is
truly political.”
Lara Baladi tells a visual story of her own
in her photo series “The Surface of Time.”
She intends it to be a commentary on the
“post-apocalyptic state” of Egypt under
current President Hosni Mubarak. The
series is arranged from right to left, as one
would read Arabic. It speaks grim volumes
without ever saying a word; not one person
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Movie Review

‘Traitor’ is nothing new amongst crowd

of terrorism-suspense films post Sept. 11
by Reid Offringa
Contributing Writer

Gentle music plays in the background

as a boy and his father lovingly interact.
The boy gets into a car, which promptly

Traitor

Starring Don Cheadle, Guy Pierce,

Said Taghmaoui
Directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff

explodes. The music cuts short and the

audience is left with an underwater deaf-
ness, coupled with intense ringing.
“Traitor” is a fairly run-of-the-mill action/
suspense terrorist flick, which in the post-
Sept. 11 era audiences have seen a lot of.
This is not to say that it is a bad movie, but
rather just that we’ve seen this all before.
Don Cheadle, of “Hotel Rwanda” (2004)
and “Traffic” (2000), stars as Samir Horn,
an ex-U.S. Army Special Forces explosives
expert working his way to the rotten core of
Islamic terrorism. Has he gone rogue? Is he
bad? Is he good?
Opposite Cheadle is Guy Pearce in the
role of Roy Clayton, the educated FBI agent,
keeping his hot-headed partner, Max Archer
(played by Neal McDonough), in check.
Clayton is the head of an FBI investigation
exploring a possible link between Horn and
recent terrorist bombings. The film follows
Clayton and his team’s pursuit of the ques-
tionable criminal around the world.
It seems like Cheadle and Pearce are
supposed to develop that smart cop/smart
criminal bond, but it never really reaches
that point. Pearce just ends up as a foil for
Cheadle, a situation which turns into a trite
lesson about how every coin has two sides.
The movie approaches this duality
through the respective résumés of the main
characters. Clayton is introduced in an
otherwise useless scene on an airplane, in
which his partner asks, “Where’d you pick
up Arabic?” Pearce explains that he has a
“Heavens to Betsy, how did I end up in this movie?”
Ph.D. in Arabic studies, which his partner
has never picked up on.
Horn’s introduction consists of a mon-
tage set to heavy drum beats, in which an
FBI agent looks up from his report with
astonishment, saying, “His test scores are
off the charts.” This résumé sequence is
punctuated by an FBI agent throwing down
a stack of papers, exclaiming, “And bingo:
you’ve got yourself a terrorist.”
It’s not clear if these scenes were used to
create two stereotypical foils or to play on
the American obsession with discrete units
of merit. Perhaps a little bit of both.
The directing, already confined by the
standard-order script, was a limiting fac-
tor in the cast’s overall performance. It was
surprising to learn that Steve Martin, an oth-
erwise talented writer, co-wrote the script
with director Jeffrey Nachmanoff. There is
one scene in which Archer punches Horn
in the stomach and says, “Oh, I’m sorry; I
forgot my ‘Bill of Rights’ at home!” It would
be interesting to see if Martin was the archi-
tect behind this gem. Although Martin does
often write well within worn themes, such
as “Shopgirl” (2005), he usually approaches
them in a more humorous or original way.
The structure of the movie makes it dif-
ficult to identify or empathize with Horn.
In other undercover cop thrillers, the star
agent breaks into the glamorous world of
organized crime. Organized crime is moti-
vated by things American audiences under-
stand: money and power. This allows an
audience to identify with the criminals and
thereby understand the undercover cop’s
temptation to really join the other side.
The closest that “Traitor” came to help-
ing the viewer empathize with the terrorists
was a collection of scenes where Horn and
his terrorist friend were recruiting young
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French Muslims. A friendly game of soccer
becomes an impassioned sermon, where
the most outspoken student is recruited
to wear a bomb. The downside is that
“Syriana” (2005) already delivered a similar
message through an almost identical scene
— so much for creativity.
A good movie should humanize people
and ideologies on all sides, even those
that might seem inhuman. It is here that
“Traitor” falls especially short. This under-
achievement is understandable, given the
politically-charged subject matter, but the
film’s skirting of the issues marred what
could have been a laudable final product.
Somehow, in this lack of humanism,
that trite America vs. the world of Islamist
extremism duality collapses. In the end,
this mediocre thriller falls flat, leaving the
viewer with an underwater performance by
a first-rate actor, but not much else.

Weekender Interview | Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton speaks to the Daily on his FBI agent role
in upcoming ‘Eagle Eye’ and his sterotype as ‘the bad guy’
by Matthew DiGirolamo
Daily Editorial Board
The Daily had the opportunity
to speak with legendary actor Billy
Bob Thornton over the phone this
week about his new movie “Eagle
Eye.” In the film, which opens
on Sept. 26, Thornton plays FBI
agent Morgan, who is investigat-
ing a suspected terrorist named
Jerry (played by Shia LaBeouf).
Jerry insists that an anonymous
caller has forced him and anoth-
er woman, Rachel (Michelle
Monaghan), by using technology
to track and threaten them and
their families, to become members
of a terrorist cell that has plans to
carry out a political assassination.
Jerry must work to clear his name
by finding out when and why. In
the interview, Thornton told the
Daily his opinions on technology,
different acting styles, music and
how to break into the business.
Question: How did you prepare
for your role as an FBI agent,
and what was your favorite part
of the role?
Billy Bob Thornton: Well, I like to
play different things all the time,
so just the fact that I hadn’t played
it before was pretty good. I did do
some research, and we had an
FBI guy there. It’s always different
though — what you say, when
you say it, when there is a bunch
of technical lingo and you don’t
really know what it means. When
you say it, I think the audience
can tell you are just reciting stuff
that you’ve memorized … the FBI
agent was really helpful.
Q: How was this movie different
from … your other movies?
BBT: Well, I do a lot of more char-
acter-based movies or indepen-
dent films. This is a big movie
though, a lot of action. It’s dif-
ferent in the sense that I have to
do a lot more running around
with a gun [laughs], that kind of
thing. Obviously it takes longer
to make it; it was similar to mak-
ing “Armageddon” [1998] or “The
Alamo” [2004].
Q: Are there any types of charac-
ters that you like playing more?
BBT: I’ve liked pretty much every-
thing. In the recent past, I’ve done
a lot of comedies which I normal-
ly didn’t do. I have to say I enjoyed
doing those comedies … I think
I did too many in a row though;
I think I’ll wait a few more years
before I do another one. I mean,
the movies I like doing the most
are like “Monster’s Ball” [2001]
and “The Man Who Wasn’t There”
[2001] because that’s where I live
the best.
Q: What was it like working with Shia
LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan?
Did you have any fun?
BBT: Yeah, we did, actually. Shia’s a
great kid and I like him very much.
He’s very mature of an actor for his
age. A lot of the time you work with
a 21-year-old and they don’t quite
have their chops yet, but he really
does. Michelle is just the sweetest
person I have ever worked with,
a really wonderful person. I didn’t
have a lot with Michelle in the
movie, but I had quite a bit with
Shia. I was just chasing Michelle
for most of the movie…
Q: What do you look for in an
action movie?
BBT: Well, it’s all about the
screenplay. If it’s well-written,
then you have something to start
with … you really need one that
is smartly written.
Q: What advice do you have for
kids looking to break into the
movie or music business?
BBT: Well, the first thing is to
learn the history of what you are
going into, whether it is movies
or music or whatever. I think for
a young person, it is very impor-
tant to know because it will give
you a foundation when talking to stupidcelebrities.com
people you are trying to break in Billy Bob Thornton doing his best Samuel L. Jackson impression.
with. Then I would say you need
to be in L.A., and possibly join a Q: In many of your movies, you BBT: A lot of people assume I play
theater group … it is easier to join play the bad guy. Is there any spe- bad guys. I mean, I play an a--hole
theater group than it is to join a cial appeal to playing the bad guy
movie. versus the good guy? see THORNTON, page 7
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Album Review
Woodland creatures lend talents to create ‘The Ocean and the Sun’
by Matthew DiGirolamo
Daily Editorial Board
The term “supergroup” usually evokes
visions of boy bands or legendary rockers.
This association may be right on the money
The Ocean and the Sun
The Sounds of Animals Fighting
Epitaph
in most cases, but progressive rock band The
Sound of Animals Fighting is redefining the
supergroup by combining some of today’s
biggest names in alternative and punk rock.
The band’s latest album, “The Ocean and the
Sun,” is somewhat tamer than its predeces-
sor “Lover, The Lord Has Left Us…” (2006),
which featured guest appearances from Craig
Owens (Chiodos) and Keith Goodwin (Good
Old War), among the many others who con-
tributed to artwork or production. This time
around, group founder Rich Balling kept the
team relatively small, using only the original
members of the band.
All members of the band take an alias to
further promote the mystery that surrounds
the group and its association with animals.
Rx Bandits members Matthew Embree and
Christopher Tsagakis and former mem-
ber Rich Balling are the Walrus, Lynx and
Nightingale respectively. Vocalist Anthony
Green, who appears to be very busy with his
solo career and Circa Survive, is the Skunk.
Matthew Kelly, a vocalist and member of the
Autumns, is the Wolf.
The album starts with a woman’s voice and
fades into the album’s title track, which has a
slight hip-hop feel. The drum hits sound
like something that would come out of a
Flobots album. Green moans and wails over
the drum track until he takes control of the
song and sings, “This house is a holy place,
you don’t ever have to leave/ Every age has
said we will call, we’ll come again.” The rest
of the song contains melancholy and slightly
disturbing phrases, such as,“The biggest lie
we tell ourselves/ We’re already in hell/ Blood
Thornton reveals
his inability to
send e-mails
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in “School for Scoundrels” [2006], and I
turn out to be not so bad in “Bad Santa”
[2003]. There is something appealing
about it; they are usually pretty interest-
ing characters, sometimes more inter-
esting than the hero.
Q: Is there anything about your charac-
ter that you feel personally connected
to?
BBT: Yeah, to a degree. You always try to
put some of yourself into every charac-
ter … you try to play it as if you were one
of those guys. If I were an FBI guy, that’s
how I would be. Initially, I had to find
my way into it because I didn’t relate
that much to the character. Of course,
there were elements that were similar;
a guy being overwhelmed, looking for
something he is not quite sure what it is
… I’ve felt that way plenty of times.
Q: In this movie, there seems to be a
lot of technology. How does technology
play a role in your life?
BBT: Being a musician and having a
recording studio, technology is a big
part of my life. But in my personal life, I
only got a cell phone two years ago and
I couldn’t tell you how to take a picture
on it or anything and I don’t really use a
computer. A lot of people in my life use
computers, so I beg them to help me
send an e-mail.
Q: We hear you have a record coming
out. What do you do in your band?
BBT: I write the songs [and] do the lead
and background vocals on the records. I
do play drums on the records, but when
we play live I have to be out front so we
have a live drummer … although I do go
back there sometimes.
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shines upon us, it maces and covers.”
Some of the tracks actually sound like
animals fighting — or at least like loud ambi-
ent noise. “Chinese New Year,” for example,
sounds like it was recorded live in New York
City on, you guessed it, Chinese New Year. A
lot of songs end with strange ambient noise
and people talking about random, unintel-
ligible things. “Ahab” starts with pure static
and electric noise, followed by a woman
talking about what she saw in the future.
This continues for about a minute before
the album moves on to the final track.
Most tracks on the album, however,
mix styles and genres while maintaining
a progressive feel. “Cellophane” shows
some jazz influence through the use of
a muted trumpet. This quieter sound is,
of course, followed by a massive break-
down into screaming and guitar-thrashing
that increases the tempo. “Another Leather
Lung” starts off well enough and then falls
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sages to reach world-wide audience
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is pictured. The conspicuous absence of
human figures enhances the ambience
with an “if these walls could talk” - style
exploration of the environments they
would have left behind. The rumpled
sheets on empty beds, well-worn couch
cushions and faded portraits against
peeling wallpaper all hint at the gran-
deur of the life that was.
Baladi’s piece is particularly poignant
when considered against the current
state of the Arab world compared to its
past. When asked what they consider
the Arab world, most Westerners would
make reference to war-torn failed states
rampant with terrorist cells and fun-
damentalist governments. More than
likely, they would make no mention of
the glorious empire that once existed
there in the Golden Age of Islam, when
cities like Baghdad and Cairo were
lively centers of learning and trade
at the crossroads of the world. Baladi
chronicles the 25-year decline of her
country under one president but paral-
lels a similar decline of the whole Arab
world in the mind of the West.
Marjane Satrapi tells another story
in her graphic novels. “Persepolis,” vol-
umes I and II, explore her childhood
in Iran during the revolution and her
life’s journey following it. The enlarged
excerpts from both volumes on display
demonstrate her enviable skill in story-
telling and illustration. Volume I, “The
Story of a Child,” features the preco-
cious young Satrapi learning to live in
a rapidly changing Iran as the rules get
stricter and religious influence takes
over the country.
While there are often supreme mis-
conceptions in the West about Islamic
religious rule, Satrapi tells the story
in the words of a child in a way that’s
relatable and accessible to anyone. It
frees us from the burden of our pre-
conceived notions about Islamic rule
and Iranian culture. Satrapi’s format is
simple yet masterful. She has created a
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into noise and screaming before picking
up the tempo and trying to sound like
“F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.” by The Fall of Troy.
The band also proves they are well-read
through two literary references in songs.
“Lude” is a dark, mystifying and creepy
piece that is in reference to the character of
Lude in the novel “House of Leaves” (2000).
There are no lyrics, only soft guitar, ambient
ghostly noises and an occasional whisper
from Green. “On the Occasion of Wet Snow”
is a reference to a section of a short novel by
Fyodor Dostoevsky titled “Notes from the
Underground” (1864).
With “The Ocean and the Sun,” this
supergroup decisively returns to its origi-
nal sound, and certainly does a good job
of creating something that is both strange
and appealing. Fans of the group, or any
of the associated acts for that matter, will
find “The Ocean and the Sun” a great
piece of collaborative work.
visually stunning graphic layout with
expressive characters using only black
and white. Her words are simple and
concise and yet they still conjure the
rich history of a country and a woman.
Satrapi’s work has become well-
known in the past year, as her books
were made into an award-winning
animated film that wooed audienc-
es all over the world. Suddenly the
story of the Iranian Revolution became
humanized, thrust onto a world stage
with a deeply-relatable character nar-
rating. Satrapi took advantage of the
phenomenon of globalization, which
gave her the ability to market her work
and her message around the world.
The gallery will be hosting a screen-
ing of “Persepolis” (2007) on Oct. 15 in
Sophia Gordon Hall.
Farhad Moshiri and Shirin Aliabadi
trumpet the implications of that same
globalization in a photo piece entitled
“We Are All Americans.” They photo-
graph international products whose
labels have been altered to include
loaded English statements. These art-
ists ask the question, “How are we to
conceive of ourselves in a world that
regards us as a homogenized whole?”
While the benefits of a global market-
place are known — greater exchange
of goods and ideas across borders and
more opportunities for poorer coun-
tries to develop — are the consequenc-
es worth it? Artists representing exotic
cultures and countries are all dealing
with the issue of retaining a cultural
identity in an ever-changing world.
“Empire and Its Discontents” gives
these artists the opportunity to have
their voices heard and to counter the
implications of Orientalism. They
come a few steps closer to regaining
their identities personally and cultur-
ally while fostering an understanding
in their audience. The public opening
reception for all fall exhibitions will
be today from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Check out upcoming events related to
“Empire” at www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery.
7
Mikey Goralnik |
Paint The Town Brown
9.05.2008,
Flying Lotus
W
hen I was a freshman, I incurred
the wrath of Internet-scouring
Phish fans who took issue with
a handful of lines in a piece I
wrote for the Observer about my New Year’s
Eve with Santa Cruz band Sound Tribe Sector
9 (STS9).
Leaving out all of the horribly offensive
things I said about Phish, their entire fan
base and everyone who owns or has owned
Birkenstocks, the gist of said article was that
I thought it was inappropriate for STS9 to
be lumped in with so-called jam bands just
because they play long songs.
If electronica-leaning STS9 has anything
in common with Phish, it’s that they are
excellent live performers and throw down
particularly hard on occasions like New
Year’s. That’s (roughly) all I said. And I got
heckled with some threats dastardly enough
to get Dick Cheney excited.
Nearly three years later, I still agree with that
sentiment. Bong-waterboarding threats be
damned; the only serious similarity between
STS9 and Phish is that, given a properly large
occasion, both bands are/were able to host
truly elite celebrations. I solidified this belief
two weekends ago when I made another
pilgrimage to Colorado to see STS9 level the
beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
The group did not disappoint, but while
I’d love to repeatedly talk about STS9’s inge-
nuity, spiritually transcendent melodies
and generally superior live performance, I
think there are more interesting things to say
about the weekend’s two sets from hip-hop
production golden boy Flying Lotus. Also,
I’m confident I can talk about him without
offending that many people.
It’s been a gigantic year for Flying Lotus
and his spaced-out, deliberately sloppy
beats. In 2006, the then-22-year-old debuted
to a largely unwelcoming critical reception,
getting written off by many as a Madlib-J
Dilla biter. Hilariously, much of the praise
for 2008’s “Los Angeles” is for so tactfully dis-
playing his Madlib-J Dilla influences, which
are hard to miss. His beats tend to be ever-so-
slightly off-time, and he arranges his theme
into a foggy, textured expanse. His music
feels and sounds organic the same way that
Madlib and J Dilla’s do, a statement that,
in hip-hop, is like telling a baseball player
that he plays like Albert Pujols and Alex
Rodriguez.
Still, despite (or maybe even because of)
the many aesthetic similarities between FlyLo
and hip-hop production’s upper pantheon,
he’s not REALLY a hip-hop producer. The
spacey fuzziness of his music that so strongly
evokes Dilla also sounds a lot like dubstep,
especially when he completely drops out
of the low end (more on that in a minute).
Minimal at times and definitely “experimen-
tal” sounding, FlyLo calls to mind left-field
dubstep producer Kode9 at least as much as
he does Madlib.
Exactly where he fits in the STS9 aes-
thetic, then, is unclear, but Boulder-based
Euphonic Conceptions (run by two STS9
loyalists) booked him to headline their after-
party following STS9’s fan-club-only show
at the Fox Theater. I love Flying Lotus and
drooled at the opportunity to see him live,
but this seemed a little questionable even to
me.
First of all, while FlyLo’s popularity may be
exploding, he’s still very much a niche musi-
cian: massively popular within certain cir-
cles, but generally anonymous everywhere
else. As a longtime member of the STS9
sphere, I certainly wouldn’t have counted
their faithful as a group particularly down
with FlyLo. Moreover, having been to a slew
of STS9 afterparties, I can attest that up-
tempo, dance-ready music tends to win the
post-STS9 crowd over — not (literally) off-
beat, atmospheric, quasi-hip-hop.
Never doubt Euphonic Conceptions. They
had the brass to stake their reputations on
an unlikely headliner who went ahead and
absolutely blew the doors off the Fox Theatre.
Expertly pairing tracks from “Los Angeles”
with a mind-blowing array of dubstep, IDM
(intelligent dance music) and hip-hop tracks
and cranking the lowend up to 11, FlyLo put
on a DJ set for the ages.
Tracks like “Shhh” and “Golden Diva”
define the fuzzy naturalness that makes
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The TUfts Daily the Fox theatre in Boulder
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his music so good, but that — I
thought — would make it less
Dear Jonas Brothers, than ideal in a late-night setting.
So wrong. By accenting the low
Let’s face it, we here at ends — I mean, REALLY accent-
the Daily aren’t exactly the ing; Gramps in the back could
crowd that you’re aiming feel his fillings vibrate — FlyLo
for, and we understand turned these songs from blunted
that. Actually, the only head-nodders into body-flinging
things we know about you bangers. The same is true with
are that you are somehow the explosive Daedelus single,
tied to Disney, you make “Hrs:Mins:Secs:”, which, given the
craptastic pop music and FlyLo low-end treatment, sounds
you have incredibly stu- like a fax machine bringing
pid Jew-fros even though about Armageddon. The mercu-
you’re all devout evangel- rial “Archangel” by down-tempo
ical Christians. Sadly, dubstep artist Burial grew wings
that’s all we need to know under FlyLo’ skilled hands, and
in order to hate you. And already-bangers by Caspa and
make no mistake: You Rustie rumbled and wobbled the
are no friends of ours.
If it wasn’t bad enough
that tween females have Top Ten | Requests for TRL before its cancellation
starplus.com
Miley Cyrus and Vanessa
Hudgens for role models (however hot they may be), they now have you three clowns for After an impressive 10-year
heartthrobs. It wouldn’t be that bad if you guys were really, really ridiculously good run, MTV’s landmark show
looking, but let’s face it, you’re not. You’re on about the same level with Justin Guarini, TRL will air its final episode in
and he could actually sing. November. Though the show has
Perhaps worst of all is how vocal you are about your religious beliefs, namely the fact gone through some changes to
that you don’t believe in sex before marriage, drinking, smoking or any form of drug stay in touch with young audi-
use. It’s just annoying how much press you’ve gotten about how “you’re over the fact that ences with increasing levels of
you’re so different because you’re oh-so clean.’ Instead of bling, you rock purity rings. ADD — including incremental
We have no issues with abstinence here at the Daily (well ... maybe), but building up shortening of music video clips
your ‘pure image’ like this is just going to make it all the funnier for us when you go — we in the arts section think
on a wicked acid trip and lose it all. Let’s be honest: You’re not the first Disney clean- there might be some changes
child puppets, and you won’t be the last to end up on the front page of tabloids fat, sad the network hasn’t thought of yet
and in handcuffs. We laughed at Lohan, Duff and Spears, and we’ll laugh at you. which have the potential to save
Here’s our prediction: If all goes according to plan, the youngest brother, whoever he the show. Rather than send them
is, let’s call him Ignantz for now, will knock up some C-list Disney co-star and go in a letter, we thought the show
US Weekly talking about his “journey to adulthood.” This will make him even more would appreciate it if we voiced
annoying because anyone with a brain will know Ignantz realized, “Hey, this sex thing our requests here.
is fun! What’s a condom? Oh well, wheee!” We’ll always have the music, though. Wait,
what song do you guys do? It’s that “Seven Things” ditty, right? 10. Bring back Carson Daly:
Let’s face it: you probably either
Talk to us after you grow some chest hair and learn about real life, loved him or, if you were a teen-
age guy, you probably hated him
The Daily Arts Department for his ability to talk to girls your
age without breaking a sweat.
Yet he was still TRL’s only truly
memorable VJ; try as they might,
the show just couldn’t find any-
Got an opinion?
one who was quite as big a tool
as Daly. I guess we’ll never know
whether he would have kept that
stylin’ swoosh haircut in the face
of impending baldness.
9. Restart the boy band craze:
We want to hear it.
TRL, it’s time to realize your
potential and consider that,
although you may have got-
ten tired of interviewing what
seemed to be the same post-
pubescent pretty boy, most of
America has not. We wanna see
more young men who aren’t
afraid of dressing alike, singing
cheesy lyrics and frosting their
tips. You know you have the
power, so let’s get it done.
8. Fix the live performance
sound problems: Everyone
would get excited when they
heard that their favorite band
was slated to play on TRL, but in
the end, it was never worth get-
ting excited for five minutes of
way-too-loud guitars and drum-
mers looking confused because
their bass drum just fell off the
stage. All the while, the studio
audience is totally phoning it in
while trying to act like they know
who these people on stage are.
7. Stop blocking traffic: As if
there weren’t already enough
Write to us!
tourists, vendors and homeless
people to make Times Square
into a hellhole, TRL had to also
make it an easy target for pedo-
Send op-eds to
philes. “Psst. Did you hear that
every day at 3:00 p.m., hundreds
of 13-year-old girls ditch their
parents, crowd around on the
tuftsdailyoped@ sidewalk,and ‘go wild’?”
6. Play more than 30 seconds of
the videos: “Here it is, guys, the
gmail.com second chorus of the song you
called in 6,000 times to vote for!”
The sad part is that no one was
really watching for the video itself
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Fox like a skinny jackhammer-
er. Whatever relative obscurity he
may have had with that crowd
disappearevd as he left the stage
to ferocious applause and a deaf-
ening chorus of “FLYLO WHAT?!”
What does this have to do with
STS9? This is yet ANOTHER exam-
ple of the band and its commu-
nity’s penchant for ratcheting up
the festivities on special occasions.
How do you improve on seeing
one of the country’s premier live
bands in perhaps the best outdoor
venue in the country? Bring out
one of the hottest, most original
musicians in the world, give him
some new subs, and tell him to
go nuts. Need more proof? Just
ask FlyLo. His parting words to
the Fox Theater: “Dayum y’all, this
sh-t was FUN.” Well said.
anyway. They could just print out
the list, hold it up to the camera
to let us read it, and then have
monkeys salsa dance in drag for
the rest of the hour. We have that
idea copyrighted, by the way.
5. Sedate in-studio audiences:
The only way to actually hear
music on TRL was to try des-
perately to tune out the over-
excited rabid throngs of tweens
screaming about anything
and everything in six-second
bursts, followed by the obliga-
tory “Wooooo!” Canned laughter
and applause never seemed so
good until TRL crammed “music
appreciators” into the studio and
told them to make “live” more
alive than it should ever be.
4. Eliminate shout-outs: Leave
out the shouts, for Jesse’s sake!
We’ve never been interested in
watching a bunch of tube-top-
wearing, screaming fangirls yell
into the mic, letting us know
that they love their boyfriend,
mother or mother’s boyfriend.
If that wasn’t enough, we were
forced to read the shout-out
messages on the bottom of the
screen throughout your show. By
the way, HEY MOM I’M AT THE
DAILY OFFICE WRITING THE
TOP TEN!!!
3. Resurrect Jesse Camp:
America’s favorite “who wants
to be a VJ” is … wait, is he
really dead? Well, hold on a
second, my séance cloak is in
the laundry. You brought the
goat’s blood, right?
2. Play my requests: Wasn’t MTV
based on the slogan, “I Want my
MTV!”? Every time you watch
the show, your favorite video
would be “on deck” and VJs
assured you it might be on the
next episode. How about you
play a music video that people
actually want to see? Start with
Prodigy’s “Smack My B-tch Up”
and move on to “Justify My Love”
by Madonna. That will get you
some viewers.
1. Incorporate reality TV into
the countdown: Why do you
think that shows like “The Hills”
and “Cribs” do so well on MTV?
Viewers don’t want music vid-
eos anymore, they want reality!
Here’s what you can do: vote off
VJs in the middle of the show,
have a candid backstage cat-
fight between Alyssa Milano and
Kennedy, film Damien Fahey
having a breakdown because he
hasn’t had his mineral water, or
film Daly and zombified Camp
in a long lip-locking session. Now
that’s good TV.
— compiled by the Daily Arts
Department
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EDITORIAL
THE TUFTS DAILY
Robert S. Silverblatt Thought you should know
Editor-in-Chief In the last few days, Sen. John rejected the allegations, the vehemence and demanded to show the kids how to
Editorial McCain’s (R-Ariz) campaign has been of her denials has been interrupted by put a condom on a banana. Every child
criticized for distorting the truth, her recent trip home to Alaska in order subsequently became pregnant.
Rachel Dolin Managing Editors obfuscating the facts and, in some to have coffee with Vladimir Putin, At a time when the economy is of
Kristin Gorman cases, just making stuff up. We at the who is her next-door neighbor and a paramount concern, McCain’s eco-
Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors Daily thought it only fair to even the close personal friend. nomic history is also unsettling.
Jason Richards score. McCain has said that his greatest While most Americans worried about
Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor To begin with, McCain’s much-tout- personal shortcoming was the failure their mortgages, McCain bankrupted
ed war record has come under fire of of his first marriage, which ended after Freddie Mac and had an affair with
Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors late. In addition to allegations that his McCain revealed to his wife, who had Fannie Mae from which she has never
Pranai Cheroo
Michael Del Moro “cross in the sand” story was directly been disfigured in a devastating car recovered.
Nina Ford stolen from Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s accident, that he had engaged in an And that’s not all. He framed O.J.
Ben Gittleson account of his times in the Soviet affair with his current wife Cindy. He Simpson, bombed the USS Cole, sank
Gillian Javetski
Jeremy White gulags, it has been alleged that the has also made note of his other sexual the Titanic, shot Kennedy from the
torture he went through in the Hanoi escapades: He dated a stripper called grassy knoll, and once had a fifteen-
Alex Bogus Assistant News Editor Hilton was actually a thoroughly relax- the “Flame of Florida,” encouraged minute conversation with Osama bin
Carrie Battan Executive Features Editor ing five-year stay at the Anoi Hilton Cindy to compete in a wet T-shirt con- Laden at a cocktail party, the tone of
in Hawaii. While there, he is said to test and, while on a state visit to Great which was later described as “cordial.”
Jessica Bidgood Features Editors have been discourteous to the staff, Britain, tried to kiss Queen Elizabeth He ratted out Anne Frank, broke up
Robin Carol offensive toward the female guests and on the mouth. the Beatles, shot Old Yeller, forgot the
Kerianne Okie
Charlotte Steinway reluctant to pay for frequent viewings Though McCain has recently said Alamo, burns flags, clubs seals, eats
of pornographic slides at the penny that his rival’s support for a bill to puppies, snorts coke, loves terrorists,
Sarah Bliss Assistant Features Editors arcade. protect children from sexual predators and hates the good ol’ USA.
Meghan Pesch
But the stories don’t stop there. was an inappropriate attempt to teach There have been many rumors and
Mike Adams Executive Arts Editor Speculation has run rampant that John sex ed to kindergarteners, he omits the allegations put out over the last several
McCain is Bristol Palin’s baby-daddy, fact that not only did he himself vote months by the McCain campaign. We
Jessica Bal Arts Editors
Grant Beighley due to the fetus’ uncanny prenatal to teach sex ed to kindergarteners, but at the Daily just thought that voters
Sarah Cowan resemblance to a gopher. While Gov. he also personally arrived uninvited should have all the facts.
Catherine Scott Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) has repeatedly to numerous kindergarten classrooms Your move, Senator.
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Don’t let comedy drown out the news
John Sotherland Executive Online Editor So … how about Tina Fey as Sarah Jon Stewart’s numbers compete with students, we’re smart enough to know
Palin? And Amy Poehler as Hillary those of cable newscasters like Sean better than to tell our professors we
Louise Galuski Online Editors Clinton delivered some delicious one- Hannity and Alan Colmes and exceed choose Stewart or Colbert when we only
Hena Kapadia
Minah Kim liners, as well. the numbers of news commentator Chris have time to watch one newscast.
It’s Thursday, and we’re still logging Matthews. Only Bill O’Reilly consistently What would your professors say? To
Matt Skibinski New Media Editor on to NBC.com to find the link to watch draws more viewers than Stewart. judge by what we see on the TV screens
Kelly Moran Webmaster the clip from Saturday night. In fact, last If comedians can count on millions of our friends right around 10 o’clock,
night, we clustered around a computer of viewers to tune in, we can count on we think they would say UA students
Caryn Horowitz Executive Copy Editor to watch the comedic duo when we were the idea that their satirical sketches are watch Jon Stewart when they’re sup-
Grace Lamb-Atkinson Copy Editors
supposed to be editing stories and writ- bound to affect the public perception posed to be studying chemistry. Or
Michelle Hochberg ing editorials. (But we quickly regained of candidates. showering. Or sleeping.
Ben Smith our focus.) And, in fact, 39 percent of viewers in Which is fine. We recognize the genius
Christopher Snyder Need we have felt guilty for stealing a the age range of 18 to 29 said comedy that is Jon Stewart, and we also agree with
Elisha Sum
Ricky Zimmerman few moments from our jobs to indulge shows and late-night programs such as Russell L. Peterson, an American studies
our penchant for brilliant barbs and “Saturday Night Live” and “The Daily professor at the University of Iowa, who,
Brianna Beehler Assistant Copy Editors informed hilarity, though? Or could we Show with Jon Stewart” informed their in The Washington Post, said true satirists
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Rachel Oldfield Comedians seem to be significant and campaigns at least sometimes, healthy way to the national election con-
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audiences. Supposedly, a Michigan State University media consumer is to “read the news for
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Thursday, September 18, 2008 The Tufts Daily Op-Ed 11

Conservative name-calling
by Beata Bujalska
I’ve never been shy about expressing my
political ideology and personal values —
especially during this election year. If you
find yourself engaged in a conversation
with me, you would swear that I had been
raised in America’s heartland. I identify
myself as a simple girl who grew up in a
humble Christian household, where fam-
ily values and hard work were stressed. A
strong supporter of American troops and
military power, I feel grateful to be living
in a country where freedom is not deemed
a privilege but an inalienable right. I can
identify a soybean crop at the drop of a hat
(and tell you the optimal conditions need-
ed for growth). Oh, yeah, and I’m finally
getting a gun license this year.
By the way, I am also unabashedly liberal
and a lifelong Democrat. In several weeks,
I will be casting my vote for Sen. Barack
Obama (D-Ill.) and I will be working furi-
ously to mobilize many others to do the
same across this great nation.
Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Over the
next weeks, you will hear fluff terms such
as “liberal elitism” and “latte liberal” com-
ing from the conservative side as a means
of convincing you that the Democrats, and
specifically Barack Obama, are out of touch
with American values and traditions. The
right-wingers will try their hardest to tell
you that liberals are destroying the fam-
ily unit, trying to take away our guns, and,
most importantly, that a Democratic vote is
a vote against God.
Don’t fall for it. I didn’t.
You see, for me, the preservation of tra-
ditional American values depends on the
availability of good, family-supporting
jobs. It means access to health care for all
individuals, not just those who are deemed
“worthy.” Furthermore, it means a guaran-
teed good education for every American
child. It means that all parents deserve to
spend more time with the kids, instead of
working 80 hours a week just so that they
can barely pay for the mortgage and ensure
that there is food on the table each night.
This is about retiring with dignity after a
lifetime of hard work.
Given the Republican track record on
these matters, I could never bring myself to
vote for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Despite all evidence to the contrary, the
conservative right will try to convince you
that John McCain deeply and truly under-
stands the issues plaguing working-class,
blue-collar Americans.
Don’t fall for it. I didn’t. I couldn’t.
Not when the McCain economic plan
outlines an increase in governmental incen-
tives for big businesses. Not when McCain
has repeatedly voted against fair wage laws.
Not when he openly supports the Bush tax
cuts for the wealthy. Not when his health
care proposal will increase insurance pre-
miums for thousands of Americans. And
not when he voted against expanding the
State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Family-supporting? I don’t think so.
Barack Obama, on the other hand, has a
solid record of supporting American fami-
lies. I’m sure you’ve heard the story by now
— faced with a number of job offers from
top corporate law firms, he instead decided
to work as a community organizer in the
South Side neighborhood of Chicago, help-
ing local residents find stable employment.
What you may not be aware of is that he
has continually voted in favor of prevailing
wages and has supported the Family and
Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Also, as a state
senator, he increased health care coverage
for thousands of children in Illinois.
Oh, and he firmly believes in the pres-
ervation of the Second Amendment. Yes,
despite all the conservative hoopla, Barack
Obama supports my desire to obtain a gun
license.
You see, Sen. Obama and the Democrats
believe that living in America is about being
a part of a community. It is about helping
each other in a time of need. It is about per-
sonal flourishing and the achievement of
the American dream. It is about fair com-
pensation for hard work. And it is about
preserving the rights outlined in the U.S.
Constitution. Government should ensure
that the values of the American people
are protected. Government should ensure
that its people have access to good jobs,
good health care and a good future. This
is the Democratic platform. These are the
Democratic values.
Unfortunately, some Republicans have
dubbed this sort of thinking “an ideology
of victimization.” Conservatives would like
to have us believe that any governmental
help to American taxpayers means a gra-
tuitous and irresponsible handout. What
these same conservatives fail to notice is
that the working people are not looking for
an easy way out. Rather, what we want is to
continue to live in a country that has been
called “the land of opportunity” because
the U.S. government has helped to provide
that opportunity.
In an effort to fool the American pub-
lic, conservatives are resorting to baseless
name-calling by continually associating
the Democratic Party with intellectualism
and a sanctimonious attitude, which, as I
mentioned above, all lead to the claim that
Sen. Obama is purportedly out of touch
with traditional American values.
Don’t fall for it. I didn’t. I couldn’t. I
wouldn’t.
For me, out of touch means being unable
to recall the number of houses one owns
while foreclosure rates are skyrocketing.
It means believing that earning below $5
million annually makes you middle class.
It means labeling the nation’s current eco-
nomic problems as merely “psychological,”
even though thousands of Americans are
losing their jobs.
I suppose that Republicans feel that they
must paint the Democrats as some sort of
harbingers of an anti-establishment hip-
pie agenda. Since their candidate, John
McCain, and his vice-presidential pick,
Sarah Palin, refuse to push policies that
actually will benefit American workers and
their families, conservatives are forced to
use an “us-versus-them” rhetoric in a fruit-
less attempt to gather votes.
Don’t fall for it. I didn’t. I couldn’t. I
wouldn’t.
And you shouldn’t either.
Beata Bujalska is a graduate student study-
ing philosophy. She is also co-head of Tufts
Students for Barack Obama.

Composting during orientation had mixed results

by Kelsey Schur
“My fork is made of corn?”
Surprised statements like this
peppered the hubbub of the larg-
est orientation events this year,
when Dining Services, Facilities,
the Office of Sustainability and
TuftsRecycles! introduced com-
posting to the massive fresh-
man feasts. New signs about
composting decorated disposal
stations that featured newly
painted green composting bar-
rels. Many students, parents
and faculty were impressed by
Tufts’ admirable effort to be
green, but this massive waste-
reducing feat was by no means
easy to pull off.
Anyone pushing his way
through the masses of stu-
dents, parents and Tufts staff
as he snagged a free meal could
see that people are generally
uneducated about composting.
The staff and volunteers help-
ing diners compost predicted
that people would be confused
most of all by the biodegrad-
able tableware. They were sur-
prisingly wrong. Many people
were in fact confused about
whether food or plastic bottles
or both could be composted,
despite the clearly labeled recy-
cling bins meant to catch plas-
tic bottles, and brightly colored
signs spelling out in pictures
that paper, certain tableware,
and food, including meat, could
all be composted.
After the Matriculation lunch,
staff members spent hours pull-
ing plastic bottles and caps out
of the bags of compost. At the
food fair, many yellow-shirted
compost staff and volunteers
could be seen half-submerged
in the trash and compost bins,
sorting out waste that had been
incorrectly disposed. They did
their best to instruct the people
who came to their waste sta-
tions, but as soon as a worker
turned her back on the bar-
rels to help someone, another
would throw a biodegradable
plate heaped with compost-
worthy food into the trash.
At the freshman banquet, an
unforeseen obstacle disrupted
what otherwise would have
been a much less complicated
composting effort. After all of
the new students had filed away
from the event chattering about
that bizarre Jumbo video that
seems to disturb first years at
every orientation, volunteers
cleared each table and com-
posted as they’d been instruct-
ed. Dining Services joined in
by making an effort to ensure
all of the food and materials it
used could be composted, but
somehow, butter wrapped in
foil made its way onto the tables
and generally wasn’t noticed by
the compost staff. Foil wrap-
pers cannot be composted, and
these tiny intruders made their
way into every bag of compost.
Dawn Quirk from TuftsRecycles!
and Tina Woolston from the
Office of Sustainability spent
the evening sorting through
every bag of compost, knee-
deep in the Dumpster searching
for these tiny pieces of foil.
You might ask, “What’s the
big deal over some tiny pieces
of foil?” Save That Stuff, the
composting company Tufts con-
tracted to take away the orien-
tation events’ compost, wants
absolutely no contamination in
what it picks up. The company
needs to drop off the compost
at clients such as Rocky Hill
Farm in Saugus, Mass., who in
turn sell the dirt made from the
compost. Compost-buying cus-
tomers don’t want to find little
pieces of metal in what they’re
using to landscape and grow
their crops.
Of course, this was frustrat-
ing for the staff and interns who
spent several weeks prepar-
ing to compost at the orienta-
tion events. Trash barrels were
repainted green and labeled for
compost, pickups were coor-
dinated with Save That Stuff,
staff members were educat-
ed, this intern spent several
sunny afternoons holed up in
a windowless closet in Lewis
MCT
making signs, and an iScreen
advertisement was even circu-
lating throughout orientation
week. While photographing the
composting at the food fair, I
remember threatening, out of
exasperation, to put photos of
anyone who erroneously dis-
posed of their food on TuftsLife.
com. I think they knew I was
joking. I think.
So now the question is: Should
Tufts try to compost at these
events or others in the future?
Everything discussed up to this
point seems to say no. Students
were frustrated by the complica-
tion of sorting their garbage and
generally too distracted to try
for more than five seconds. Staff
and volunteers pulled out their
hair with hands covered in sauce
and butter, and the involvement
of outside vendors with their
non-biodegradable tableware
complicated things even further.
But on the other hand, orienta-
tion attendees composted 1.725
tons of material that now won’t
end up in a landfill. Also, even
though some students were too
impatient to spend time figur-
ing out where to dispose their
trash, those who paid attention
to the signs and volunteers were
educated about composting and
enthusiastic that they had the
opportunity.
Before making plans for
next year, TuftsRecycles! and
Facilities will balance the diffi-
culties we experienced this year
against the beneficial outcome.
At least three-quarters of you
reading this op-ed probably
didn’t know anything about
the composting effort because
of the zealous way Tufts keeps
most upperclassmen away from
freshman events, but for those
of you who were there (that’s
you, first years), consider how
your conduct could have influ-
enced the outcome or continu-
ation of this effort.
If you made an honest effort
to compost, good for you! But if
you just tossed your plate in the
trash while the volunteer wasn’t
looking and scurried away with
your friends, why did you do
that? Were you just afraid of the
awkwardness of asking the vol-
unteers how to dispose of your
food? Did you think your friends
would judge you as stupid or
ignorant for asking? Well, if your
friends are really that quick to
judge, you’ve got some other
issues to work out, but is your
blooming college social life really
more important than the overall
well-being of the planet?
If the composting effort
makes a comeback at future
events, TuftsRecycles! will be
trying hard to fix the problems
we experienced this year and
make composting friendlier to
you and your fellow students.
So in return, make an effort to
follow the guidelines and help
out the environment.
Kelsey Schur is a sophomore
who has not yet declared a
major. She is also an intern for
TuftsRecycles!

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Field Hockey
Jumbo defense prevails in 2-1
battle against ranked Beavers
Junior forward Michelle Kelly, shown here during the field hockey team’s Sept. 10 contest against Wellesley, put up two shots on goal
during Tufts’ 2-1 road win over Babson Tuesday. Kelly currently ranks second on the team in total points (11) and goals scored (5).
by Amanda Chuzi
Contributing Writer
On Tuesday night, the field hockey
team found itself facing a handful of
firsts: It was the Jumbos’ first game away
from home, their first game on Astroturf
and their first game against a nationally
ranked opponent in the No. 16 Babson
Beavers, who were a perfect 4-0 heading
into the game.
Jumbos play to
scoreless tie in
another 2OT match
In the past 220 minutes of play, the
men’s soccer team has not recorded a
win.
With yesterday’s 0-0 tie against the
host New England College Pilgrims,
the men’s soccer team found itself
winless in its second consecutive
double overtime contest. The match
served as Tufts’ first 0-0 tie since Oct.
2, 1999, when the Jumbos fought
Bates to a standstill.
Senior tri-captain Dave McKeon tal-
lied four saves defending the net for
Tufts in the contest, earning his third
shutout in four games this season.
NEC goalkeeper sophomore Pat Harkin
posted six saves for the Pilgrims.
Both offenses played virtually toe-
to-toe, as Tufts notched 10 shots
on goal after 90 minutes versus the
Pilgrims’ nine. Each squad had man-
aged just one additional shot on goal
following the two subsequent 10-min-
ute periods.
With the tie, the Jumbos’ record
now stands at 2-1-1, while NEC moved
to 3-2-1 for the year.
Tufts also fell in the waning
moments of the second overtime
Saturday against the Colby Mules, los-
ing by a score of 2-1.
See tomorrow’s Daily for further
coverage.
—by Thomas Eager
Sports
FIELD HOCKEY
(4-0, 2-0 NESCAC)
Babson Park, Mass., Tuesday
Tufts 1 1 — 2
Babson 0 1 — 1
But thanks to a pair of goals from
sophomore Tamara Brown and junior
Amanda Russo, “first loss” didn’t make
Volleyball
Jumbos brush aside Gordon, move to 6-0
by Jeremy Greenhouse
Senior Staff Writer
Another match, another win. So it
has gone for the volleyball team, the
last remaining undefeated squad in the
NESCAC.
VOLLEYBALL
(6-0, 0-0 NESCAC)
Cousens Gym, Tuesday
Gordon 19 18 19 — 0
Tufts 25 25 25 — 3
The Jumbos took down Gordon
College 25-19, 25-18, 25-19 in Cousens
Gym Tuesday night to improve to 6-0
on the season, good for their best start
since 1999. Including its most recent
effort, Tufts has taken 18 straight sets
and hasn’t surrendered one since the
opening set of the squad’s first match
of the season against Div. II Stonehill.
Its season-opening run included an
impressive three-set victory over reign-
ing NESCAC champion Williams during
Saturday’s Brandeis Invitational.
“[Tuesday] was a really hard match
for us,” sophomore Brogie Helgeson
said. “We came off a really big high,
playing Williams and beating them in
three [sets]. What was most important
tonight was keeping our own pace, and
we did a good job of that, beating
Gordon in three.”
“This streak shows that we’re going
to be a really dominant force in New
tuftsdaily.com
Annie Wermiel/Tufts Daily
the list for Tufts as it improved to 4-0.
The Jumbos, who climbed up
the national rankings to No. 12 after
Saturday’s 5-0 dismantling of Colby, took
down the Beavers 2-1. While the team’s
offense has proven its mettle so far this
season, scoring a total of 21 goals in the
first three matchups alone, the Beavers
tested the Jumbos’ defensive skills, and
see FIELD HOCKEY, page 16
England,” junior Dena Feiger added.
“We plan on continuing this winning
streak, but there are things we need to
improve on. As we play together more,
and as we have more practices, the flow
as a team will continually get better.”
Senior tri-captain Kate Denniston,
who shared NESCAC Player of the Week
honors for her performance at Brandeis,
stayed true to form against Gordon,
totaling six kills versus one error and
assisting on three blocks. Denniston
has been the most efficient hitter in
the NESCAC in 2008, posting a team-
leading .433 hitting percentage.
“Kate has done a great job thus far,”
coach Cora Thompson said in an e-mail
to the Daily. “She absolutely deserved
the honors she received this week from
the Brandeis Invitational and from the
NESCAC. She has been a steady source
of offense and defense, and our team
feels confident with her on the court.
Her serving has really improved over
the years, and it was fun to watch her
hard work pay off on the court.”
As the lone setter on the floor, Feiger
distributed the ball evenly throughout
the match. Five Jumbo hitters found
themselves with double digit attempts
to hit, and each hitter recorded between
three and six kills during the contest.
“Obviously we want to try to maxi-
mize where we hit the ball and spread
our offense,” Helgeson said. “It’s a goal,
but it wasn’t a focus [on Tuesday night]
see VOLLEYBALL, page 17
15
Tufts math professor
selected to represent U.S.
tennis team in Turkey
by Scott Janes
Daily Editorial Board
Although you wouldn’t know it, there is
a national tennis champion in our midst.
And it’s not a Tufts student, either.
Marjorie “Molly” Hahn actually went
pro while teaching mathematics on the
Hill. And despite her affinity for algo-
rithms and proofs, Hahn has developed
into one of the game’s most talented and
shrewd players in her age group.
This month, Hahn, who has captained
various regional teams over her playing
career, was named by the USTA to the
2008 Alice Marble Cup Team for women
60 and over. The team, comprised of Hahn
and three others from across the country,
will represent the United States at the
Marble Cup competition Oct. 12-18 in
Antalya, Turkey.
The squad will compete against other
teams from countries across the globe
in hopes of earning both the gold medal
and the status of best team in the world at
their level.
“It’s very exciting for me,” Hahn said.
“This is a lot like the Olympics for
people that are senior players. It is very
exciting to get the opportunity to play
against the best players in my age divi-
sion in the world.”
“To be chosen to play in this tour-
nament is huge,” said Joan Oelschlager,
director of press relations for the Marble
Cup Team. “It’s sort of the ultimate goal
for an amateur player. Yes, you obviously
want to win, but it sets you apart from the
rest of the amateurs that take part in tour-
naments but don’t get to represent their
country internationally.”
In order to be named to the team, Hahn
played flawless tennis at recent nation-
al tournaments, putting together some
quality wins against top-ranked American
players over the past few years.
“[Being named to the team] is based
on her tournament results from the previ-
ous year, as well as her cumulative tennis
results over the past couple of years,”
Oelschlager said.
see HAHN, page 19
Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily
Senior Maya Ripecky puts up a serve dur-
ing the volleyball team’s 3-0 sweep of the
Gordon Fighting Scots Tuesday.
16 The Tufts Daily sports Thursday, September 18, 2008

Tufts’ perfect record Sailing

remains intact at 4-0 after Jumbos seek national championship

victory over Babson
FIELD HOCKEY
continued from page 15
the results were good — the
Beavers put up a measly two
shots over the course of the
entire game
“Babson did a really good
job on spreading out the field
on offense; we had to adjust
defensively to block up their
free hits,” senior-tri-captain
Brittany Holiday said. “I think
we did a really good job stay-
ing composed on defense. We
recognized when the transfer
was on and made good con-
nections around the back.”
“Our defense is really strong
this year,” coach Tina McDavitt
said. “Everyone knows what
they’re doing, and we also have
a strong couple of kids coming
off the bench on defense.”
With its defense in place,
Tufts needed to adjust to play-
ing on Babson’s artificial turf,
which generally lends itself
to faster and bouncier ball
movement, requiring more
speed and stronger position-
ing to control the ball. But the
Jumbos embraced the change,
taking advantage of the turf’s
unique properties.
“We have to keep
competing against
ourselves. Every play-
er on our team should
be better than every
player on the teams
we face.”
Tina McDavitt
women’s field hockey coach
“That kind of surface real-
ly complements our game,”
Brown said. “Our team is big
on passing sequences and
transfer balls, so it was a lot of
fun to be able to play on their
field.”
Brown, who leads the
team in scoring this season
with eight goals, was recently
named NESCAC Field Hockey
Co-Player of the week, along
with Wesleyan goalkeeper
junior Breen McDonald. After
sitting out last season with a
torn ACL, her return to the
team has benefited the Jumbos
immensely. Brown played a key
role in attacking the goal on
Tuesday, scoring the first tally
despite major personnel losses
by Philip Dear
of the game at the 21:55 mark. Daily Editorial Board
“Tamara did a great job tak-
ing on players one-on-one and After a disappointing end to
then setting up plays in the the 2007-08 season which left
offensive end,” Holiday said. Tufts out of the national champi-
“She carried the ball down the onship regatta for the first time
field and scored on an awe- in several years, the Jumbos are
some shot from the end line.” looking to rebound in full force.
The squad bolstered its lead But the Jumbos will be doing
early in the second half when so without some remarkable
Russo, who led Tufts in shots, talent lost to graduation in the
capitalized on a ball that had spring. In particular, the wom-
been deflected by Babson en’s team will sail without its
goalkeeper freshman Jessica leader, last year’s captain Kaity
Pashos. The goal was the sec- Storck (LA ’08), who was awarded
ond of the season for Russo, the New England Intercollegiate
who also has a team-high five Sailing Association’s (NEISA)
assists. Women’s Sailor of the Year award
“Amanda has been a really at the end of the spring sea-
solid contributor to the team, son. A two-time Intercollegiate
but this year we’re seeing Sailing Association (ICSA) All- Annie Wermiel/Tufts Daily
something different from her,” American, Storck and crew Several underclassmen will be looked upon to step up as the Jumbos look
McDavitt said. “She has more Lyndsey Gibbons-Neff (LA ’08), to return to the national championship regatta after not qualifying for the
strength, more vision, she’s who garnered All-New England first time in many years in 2007-08.
more composed, and she really and All-America Crew awards,
knows where she’s supposed to led a women’s team that reached per who helped the co-ed team team racing format, three boats
be on the field.” as high as No. 5 in the national to a top-10 national ranking for on a single team work together
Late in the second half, the rankings last spring. most of the season. As a skipper, to get the best combined score.
Beavers retaliated when fresh- “In terms of major losses, it’s Easton’s absence will be acutely After losing such a critical
man Erika Hansen scored on Kaity Storck,” senior tri-captain felt in the fall season. senior class, the Jumbos are
Tufts’ goalkeeper, freshman Dan Altreuter said. “She was “In the fall, we’re trying to focus looking for some younger sail-
Marianna Zak. Hansen’s goal College Sailor of the Year. That on building up our fleet racing ors to step up to the helm. One
was the first of the season says a lot right there. She was a skills,” Altreuter said. of these people will be junior
allowed by Zak, who played key part of the team.” Fleet racing, as opposed to team Tomas Hornos, the 2007 Snipe
all 70 minutes against Babson The other major departure is racing, relies more heavily on World Champion and one of the
and Colby after splitting the Michael Easton (LA ’08), a sec- each individual skipper to pull
first two games of the season ond-team All-New England skip- his own weight, whereas in the see SAILING, page 19
with sophomore Katie Hyder.
“The girls were tired in the SCHEDULE | Sept. 18 - Sept. 24
last 10 minutes when Babson
scored,” McDavitt said. “They thu fri sat sun mon tue WED
had to adjust their legs to run- vs.
ning on Astroturf.” Football Wesleyan
But the Jumbos fought 1 p.m.
through the fatigue to seal
the victory and preserve their vs. Conn.
undefeated record. Their next Field Hockey College
challenge awaits them Saturday 1 p.m.
in a conference showdown
against the 0-2 Conn. College at UMass
Dartmouth
Camels. Cross Country Invite
“We’re looking at each game 10:30 a.m.
as our biggest game of the sea-
son, and each win is another vs. Conn.
Women’s College at Wheaton
win under our belt,” Brown Soccer 4:30 p.m.
11 a.m.
said. “This past weekend,
Colby was our biggest game of
the season. Tuesday, Babson Men’s vs. Conn. vs.
Soccer College Springfield
was our biggest game, and now 1:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
that we have that win, we’ll
look ahead to Conn. College on
Saturday as our biggest game at Bates vs. Bowdoin
Volleyball vs. Brandeis
8 p.m. (at Bates)
of the season.” 7 p.m.
12 p.m.
“We have to keep competing
against ourselves,” McDavitt at Williams at Williams
said. “Every player on our team Golf Invitational Invitational
should be better than every 12 p.m. 12 p.m.
player on the teams we face.
I’m really pleased with the way Football
the team is playing right now, JumboCast
Field Hockey
but we have a long way to go.”

StatISTICS | Standings
Field Hockey Women's Soccer Men's Soccer Volleyball
(4-0, 2-0 NESCAC) (1-0-0, 1-0-0 NESCAC) (2-1-1, 0-1-0 NESCAC) (6-0, 0-0 NESCAC) NCAA Div. III Field Hockey NCAA Div. III Women's XC
(Sept. 16, 2008) (Sept. 10, 2008)
NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L T W L T W T W L T W L T W L W Points (First-place votes)
L L 1. Amherst, 280
Tufts 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Colby 1 0 0 2 1 0 Williams 1 0 4 5 1. Bowdoin, 851 (33)
Amherst 1 2. Calvin, 266
Bowdoin 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Conn. Coll 1 0 0 1 1 0 Amherst 0 0 6 1 2. Salisbury, 801 (4)
Tufts 0 3. Wisconsin Eau Claire, 262
Middlebury 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 Middlebury 1 0 0 3 0 0 Bates 0 0 3 4 3. TCNJ, 799 (3)
Williams 0 4. Luther, 258
Trinity 1 0 3 0 0 1 Bowdoin 0 0 6 1 4. Lebanon Valley, 731 (1)
Bowdoin 0 0 1 1 0 2 Wesleyan 1 0 0 1 0 5. Washington, 243
Coiby 0 0 4 2 5. Middlebury, 672 (1)
Williams 1 0 2 1 0 Wesleyan 0 0 1 2 0 1 Williams 1 0 0 2 0 0 6. SUNY Geneseo, 239
Conn. Coll. 0 0 3 4 6. Messiah, 621 (1)
Amherst 1 1 2 1 0 Conn. Coll 0 0 0 1 0 0 Amherst 0 1 0 1 1 0 Middlebury 7. DePauw, 237
0 0 2 2 7. Ursinus, 619
Bates 0 1 1 2 0 Trinity 0 0 0 4 0 0 Bates 0 1 0 1 1 0 Trinity 0 0 4 3 8. Williams, 223
Colby 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bowdoin 0 1 0 1 2 0 8. Johns Hopkins, 585 (1)
Bates 1 Tufts 0 0 6 0 9. Wisconsin-Platteville, 215
Conn. Coll 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 Trinity 0 1 0 3 1 0 Wesleyan 0 0 3 9. Rowan, 545 (1)
Colby 1 2 10. Case Western Reserve, 205
Wesleyan 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 Tufts 0 1 0 2 1 1 Hamilton 0 1 4 5 10. SUNY-Cortland, 430
Middlebury 3 11. Colby, 204
12. Tufts, 361
12. Wartburg, 193
G A Pts G A Pts G A Pts Offensive Kills SA N.E. Div. III Women's
13. Ithaca, 191
T. Brown 8 0 16 C. Cadigan 1 0 1 D. Schoening 1 1 3 S. Filocco 51 6 Soccer
(Sept. 16, 2008) 14. Middlebury, 172
M. Kelly 5 1 11 C. Hirsch 0 0 0 M. Fitzgerald 1 0 2 C. Updike 35 3
B. Helgeson 34 1 1. Williams 15. TCNJ, 169
A. Russo 2 5 9 S. Nolet 0 0 0 P. Doherty 1 0 2
K. Denniston 31 7 2. Wheaton 16. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 156
B. Holiday 2 1 5 W. Hardy 0 0 0 R. Coleman 1 0 2 L. Nicholas 23 0 17. Johns Hopkins, 153
L. Griffith 2 0 4 F. Gamal 0 0 0 B. Green 1 0 2 D. Joyce-Mendive 18 0 3. Western Conn. State
I. Lewnard 2 0 4 B. Morgan 0 0 0 N. Muakkassa 0 1 1 4. Springfield 18. Williamette, 147
C. Spieler 13 5
M. Scholtes 1 1 3 O. Rowse 0 0 0 J. Molofsky 0 0 0 5. Tufts 19. Emory, 131
M. Kutcher 1 1 3 A. Almy 0 0 0 A. Kobren 0 0 0 Defensive B Digs 6. Bowdoin 20. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 123
G. DeGregorio 0 0 0 M. Blumenthal 0 0 0 N. Goldstein 0 67 21. St. Thomas, 122
S. Filocco 7 55 7. Brandeis
Goalkeeping GA S S% R. Ramos-Meyer 0 0 0 22. Loras, 109
Goalkeeping GA S S% M. Ripecky 0 44 8. Eastern Conn.
M. Zak 1 4 .800 23. MIT, 101
H. Jacobs C. Spieler 2 44 9. Wellesley
K. Hyder 2 2 .500 0 1 1.00 Goalkeeping GA S S% D. Feiger 5 34 24. SUNY Cortland, 100
K. Minnehan 0 0 D. McKeon 2 21 .913 10. Salem State
A. Kuan 0 19 35. Tufts, 16
Thursday, September 18, 2008 The Tufts Daily sports 17
Tufts will take court against 6-1 Polar Bears Saturday Dave Heck | The Sauce

VOLLEYBALL
continued from page 15 It could
… [It] was definitely a team effort. I
think we worked really well together. be worse
We mixed in freshmen and had some

M
changes in the lineup, which keeps us anny being Manny. Bill
on our toes.” Belichick sporting his gray
Feiger filled out the box score nicely, sweatshirt. John Madden mak-
racking up 25 assists, seven digs, five ing comments like, “They’re
kills on only seven attempts, and a going to have to put together a long drive
couple of service aces just for good if they want to score.”
measure. Some things in sports are certain. For
“I was able to do those things because the past 13 years, the Yankees making
my whole team really works together,” the playoffs has been one of them. I’ve
Feiger said. “Everybody does their job, worried about my G-Men making a run
and it’s due to the others on the team through the playoffs, or about my Knicks
I’m able to do anything. We have great simply putting a respectable team on the
passers and hitters, which makes it floor. But even though I know that sports
easier for me.” are unpredictable and anyone can have
With the loss, Gordon had its four- an off year, I never really worried about
match winning streak snapped, drop- the Yanks.
ping the team’s record to 5-5. The They’ve had their injuries, their rough
Fighting Scots were paced in kills by patches, those devastating losses to divi-
senior Robin Smalt with six. On the sional opponents. They’ve been written
Jumbo side, senior tri-captain libero off for their poor starts and their disap-
Natalie Goldstein tallied 14 digs to pointing playoff exits, and for the past
lead the squad. decade they’ve been too old.
Tufts will put its perfect season on But somehow, they always managed to
the line this weekend when it travels step up when they needed to. They always
to Bates for a pair of critical match- had a bad April, they always trailed the
es that will open its NESCAC slate. Red Sox at the All-Star break, and yet they
Tomorrow night, the Jumbos will take always made the playoffs.
on the host Bobcats, who sit at just 3-4 Remember the Boston Massacre? Or
on the season. Aaron Small coming out of nowhere and
The more challenging test, howev- going 10-0? They simply won when they
er, will come Saturday at noon, when needed to.
Tufts will take the court against 6-1 So, as a lifelong Yankee fan who’s accus-
Bowdoin. The Polar Bears are led by tomed to rooting for a winner, I must be
freshman Kristin Hanczor, who shared pretty devastated by our team dwelling in
Monday’s NESCAC Player of the Week fourth place, right?
honors with Denniston. Well, not really.
“When we step on a court, we will Don’t get me wrong, it still sucks, but
respect our opponents and go into not necessarily as much as the last few
the match as if we are 0-0,” Thompson years have. At least I’ve had time to come
said. “We need to earn our win every to grips with it.
time out there. Records don’t pass balls The Yankees have made the playoffs
and serve aggressively. That’s some- the last few years, but for what? Three
thing we need to do every time out. straight losses in the first round. Getting
“If we do what we need to do on tossed out of the playoffs in the first
our side of the court, things will go round is almost as embarrassing as not
our way,” she continued. “When our making it at all. You go through your ups
serving is aggressive and our passing and downs of the season, grind out 162
is controlled, then our offense clicks, games to get to where you want to be and
and the flow continues from there. then get the boot because of some bad
Bates and Bowdoin are both improved luck in a five-game series. Screw that.
and will be bringing their best to the And while we’re at it, screw Chone
table. We are not taking anything for Figgins and the Angels, Kenny Rogers
granted, and we will work very hard Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily and the Tigers and the Indians and their
from the first point on to win these Freshman Cara Spieler notched 11 digs as part of another strong defensive outing for the Jumbos gnats. Those, I think, are all more painful
matches.” Tuesday night versus Gordon. Tufts overcame the Fighting Scots 25-19, 25- 18, 25-19. memories for me than this year will be.
This season has looked like a stinker
for a while. They had one of the rougher
first halves in recent memory, and they
Games of the Week didn’t right the ship as they normally do
in the heat of summer. But I don’t blame
looking back (sept. 14) | chicago cubs 5, houston astros 0 GM Brian Cashman or new manager Joe
Girardi.
So much for being hurt. Obviously the Matsui and Posada inju-
In his first game back since being sidelined with a sore rotator cuff, Chicago Cubs ace Carlos ries were devastating, but they’ve also
Zambrano left no doubt he’s ready to lead the North Siders into the stretch run, hurling the franchise’s lost three members of the Opening Day
first no-hitter in 36 years. Zambrano joined Red Sox lefty Jon Lester as the only pitchers to toss no- rotation for most of the year, and that’s
hitters this season. not even including the month that Joba
Playing before a crowd of 23,441 in Milwaukee’s Miller Park — the game had to be relocated Chamberlain missed.
from Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike — Zambrano faced just one more than the minimum, But there is definitely hope for the
striking out 10, including left fielder Darin Erstad for the game’s final out. Big Z helped his own cause future. The pitching is young, with
by going 1-3 at the plate and scoring on first baseman Derrek Lee’s two-run double in the top of the Chamberlain, Hughes and Kennedy (ages
third inning. 22, 22 and 23, respectively) still set to
Zambrano’s dazzling performance was a good sign for Cub fans, who had seen their ace struggle headline the rotation for years to come.
since he posted a first half worthy of early Cy Young consideration. Prior to Sunday’s effort, the burly Plus, they’ve got the types of role players,
right-hander had been 3-2 with a 4.50 ERA since the All-Star break. But Sunday’s no-hitter will surely like Edwar Ramirez (our new bridge to
quiet any concerns that Zambrano is not healthy enough to help the postseason-bound Cubs as they Mariano) and Brett Gardner (our Jacoby
try to capture their first World Series crown since 1908. Ellsbury), who key championship runs.
A Chicago pitcher came close to hurling another no-hitter the very next day, as Zambrano’s team- And if that’s not enough, check out the
mate, Ted Lilly, held the same Astros squad hitless until the seventh inning. The Cubs went on to win behemoth contracts coming off the books
6-1 and sweep the weather-shortened two-game set with Houston. MCT this offseason: Jason Giambi, Bobby
Abreu, Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte and
Carl Pavano. So, the Yankees will have the
cash to make an impact signing or two
(ahem: CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira).
looking ahead (sept. 24) | women’s soccer at wheaton And perhaps the front office will even
have enough savvy to recruit a low-risk,
After the women’s soccer team gets through with its matchup against NESCAC rival Conn. College this high-reward free agent (cough, cough,
weekend, the squad will encounter what is perennially one of its toughest early-season tests: New England Mark Prior).
powerhouse Wheaton. So what if we miss out on the October
The two teams, consistently among the best in the region, have built up a memorable rivalry in recent fun this year? If that’s what it takes to
years. Since 2004, the Lyons have controlled the regular season matchup, winning three of the past four build a dynasty, then I’m all for it. It’s cer-
meetings and shutting the Jumbos out in the past two. tainly better than continuing the string of
But Tufts won the most significant game in the rivalry, besting Wheaton 5-2 in the 2005 NCAA Sweet first-round exits.
Sixteen, part of a postseason run in which the Jumbos reached the Final Four. Tufts was down 2-0 at halftime In the meantime, I’m rooting for the
before exploding for five second-half tallies en route to the victory. Dodgers to make the playoffs and go
The nationally-ranked No. 10 Lyons, who have won 88 consecutive games against their NEWMAC oppo- on a serious run. There’s little I’d like to
nents, are as strong as ever this season, having torn through the beginning of their schedule at a 6-1 clip. In see more than Manny Ramirez, Nomar
seven games, Wheaton has outscored its opponents 17-1. Garciaparra and Derek Lowe winning a
This season, both teams are featured prominently in the most recent NCAA regional rankings, which were World Series. Under Joe Torre. In Los
released on Tuesday. The Lyons currently sit in second place in New England, right behind defending NESCAC Angeles.
JAMES CHOCA/TUFTS DAILY champion Williams. The Jumbos, meanwhile, remain in the No. 5 spot after opening their season with a 1-0
victory over Colby Saturday afternoon.
Dave Heck is a junior majoring in phi-
losophy. He can be reached at David.Heck@
tufts.edu.
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Math professor brings classroom skills to court
HAHN
continued from page 15
“They take people that are in
the top grouping of the national
rankings and those who have
won various tournaments and
have quality head-to-head singles
match wins,” Hahn said. “Being a
doubles player, in my case, was a
substantial plus for me as well.”
She hasn’t always been a ten-
nis phenom, though. Hahn first
picked up a racket when she was
only 12 years old. Later that sum-
mer, she took her first crack at
tournament play.
“The pro at my club asked me
if I wanted to enter into a tour-
nament, but I was too young at
the time,” Hahn said. “And even
though the pro knew I wasn’t that
good, and I was too young, he let
me play. Of course, I lost my first
match 6-0, 6-0.”
Being bageled like that cer-
tainly wasn’t going to be the end
of Hahn’s playing career, how-
ever. As spring rolled around
that following year, she found
the nerve to request a rematch
with her opponent from her first
match, and this time she came
out on top.
More recently, Hahn has
evolved into one of the best ten-
nis players in the United States in
her age group over the course of
the past decade. Her specialty is
grass court doubles, and she has
won the national tournament for
her age level in each of the past
five years.
At this point, Hahn does not
know whether she will com-
pete for the team in singles or
doubles, but she is certain that
no matter where she plays, her
time spent in the classroom will
give her a mental edge over her
competition.
A full-time Tufts mathemat-
ics professor, Hahn has found
that there is a great carry-over
between skills used in the math
classroom and on the tennis
court.
“As a professor, I use my ana-
lytical and critical thinking skills
to try and pinpoint my oppo-
nent’s weaknesses and exploit
them,” Hahn said. “In mathemat-
ics, you try to prove things step
by step; you attempt to set up a
logical method. I approach ten-
nis by using this plan and then
adjust on the fly.”
Leading up to next month’s
tournament, which will feature
a red clay surface, Hahn is mak-
ing attempts to work on her clay
game. She is known for her out-
standing grass court play, partial-
ly due to the fact that the major-
ity of her free time comes during
the summer when grass courts
are most prominently used.
Red clay courts, however, are
much slower than grass courts,
so a player who attempts to out-
muscle an opponent may find
their attempts futile if they’re pit-
ted against someone with good
lateral movement.
“There is definitely a big dif-
ference,” Hahn said. “If you serve
and come to the net right off,
you’re probably going to have
the ball hit right by you. Lots of
opponents are good at side-to-
side running, but up-and-down
is much tougher to do effectively
while accounting for all types of
shots.”
In spite of the challenge the
surface shift inevitably pres-
ents, Hahn is equipped with an
analytical mind that knows how
to use clay’s properties to its
advantage.
“You have to be much more
patient and wait for angles,
good drop shots, and place your
shots much better,” Hahn said.
“Knowing math as I do, I tend
to out-think my opponents very
often, so they don’t particularly
like to play against me because I
am good at making them do the
things they don’t like to do.”
With very little prior knowl-
edge on her future competition,
Hahn comes into next month’s
tournament hoping to represent
herself and her country to the
best of her ability.
“It is hard for me to have
realistic expectations because
I haven’t really competed in a
tournament like this before,”
Hahn said. “I just want to help
my team as much as possible in
any way I can towards winning
this cup. That’s all I can do.”
Potts’ DSQ doesn’t hold Jumbos
back as Tufts takes fourth
SAILING
continued from page 16
Jumbos’ strongest sailors last
year. His potential is critical for
Tufts.
“We’re a pretty underrated
team right now, but we’re very
enthusiastic about the poten-
tial of the team,” Altreuter said.
“[Hornos] is coming on strong
and doing really well. We’ve also
got a great freshman class.”
“Last year was a relative
disaster because we didn’t
qualify for nationals, but we
came very close,” Hornos said.
“This year, we want to do that,
and I think we will. We have a
lot of good junior and senior
skippers. Once we get [to
nationals], we want to see what
we can do. Hopefully we can
take advantage of our potential
and win.”
The co-ed team, looking to
bounce back from last semes-
ter’s letdown at the end of the
season when it finished 12th
out of 18 teams at the National
semifinal, three spots short of
advancing to the final, is already
off to a good start this season.
At the Harry Anderson Trophy
regatta at Yale University last
weekend, the Jumbos finished
fourth out of 20, beating many
of the best teams in the nation,
including Harvard, Georgetown
and St. Mary’s.
The Jumbos were led by
senior Peter Bermudez, who
finished tied for second in the
B division. Bermudez effective-
ly saved the team from disaster,
as senior tri-captain Baker Potts
and his boat were involved in
a protest that they eventually
lost. The A division boat’s score
took a beating for the disquali-
fication and could have done
severe damage to Tufts’ early
season campaign were it not
for Bermudez’s strong sailing.
“Peter Bermudez had a
really good weekend at Yale,”
Hornos said. “He definitely
stepped up for the team when
we needed it.”
Tufts hasn’t won a nation-
al championship since 2003
in women’s dinghies, a vic-
tory which followed a domi-
nant run last decade. Over
that stretch, the Jumbos won
18 national championships
in co-ed dinghies, women’s
and team racing combined.
While it will be a long road
back to that kind of success
for the Jumbos, with some
strong young talent and good
senior leadership, the horizon
is bright.
This weekend, the Jumbos
will be represented at seven
regattas in the area, including
the Hatch Brown Trophy regat-
ta at MIT.

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